This Week: Share Your Why artist talk at Motor House, free admission to Walk a Mile in My Dreams + panel discussion with Joyce J. Scott at the BMA, Revolution in our Lifetime roundtable discussion at The Peale, Station North Art Walk, Sprung reception at Waller Gallery, Margaret Atwood lectures at Goucher College, Brandon Woody, Asya Shaw, and Nia June perform to celebrate Elizabeth Talford Scott at the Lewis Museum, artist talk with Sheila Rider at New Door Creative, and Pauline Oliveros documentary screening at UMBC — PLUS Grit Fund application deadline approaches and more featured opportunities!
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis.
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Share Your Why | Artist Talk
Tuesday, April 9 :: 8pm
@ Motor House
A common human experience is hearing the perfect song, closing the eyes and imagining an aesthetic, a scene or artwork that compliments the song perfectly. This practice is so universal that the social media platforms now encourage users to “add sound” to their content in efforts to connect to others. The irony is that by experiencing these artworks through devices, viewers are more disconnected from the art and the artist. February 29th, Share Your Why invites all to reconnect with humanity via an immersive music and arts experience.
“Share Your Why” is the first of two exhibits by curator Shardé Hoff as a part of Motor House’s Emerging Curator’s Program. The exhibit explores the theme of Passion, and how this invisible entity drives humanity throughout life. “Share Your Why” utilizes the artistic expression of nine talented local artists to reveal and give shape to said passion and begs us all to explore our own “Why”.
“Share Your Why” is Shardé’s third silent disco exhibit. The Silent Disco is a vibrant fusion of visual art and music, creating an immersive experience for attendees, fostering a deeper connection to the artists’ inspirations and expressions. The opening reception is free and open to the public, but to participate in the full silent disco experience (the way the curator intended) you can purchase tickets here www.sysmvmt.com.
Risk-Taking Women in the Arts Panel Discussion + Free Admission to Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams
Thursday, April 11 :: Panel Discussion 6:30pm
@ The Baltimore Museum of Art
Risk Taking Women in the Arts Panel Discussion
Don’t miss artist Joyce J. Scott in conversation with longtime performance and comedy collaborator Kay Lawal-Muhammad, who is also a founding director of Actors Against Drugs, Kuumba Women’s Theatre Company, and WombWork Productions Inc. Moderated by Tracey Beale, BMA Director of Public Programs. This is the third and final installment of the Risk-Taking Women in the Arts series. Check out Joyce J. Scott’s official music video, Ya Know, featuring Kay Lawal-Muhammad. The event is free, but space is limited. Register Here
Schedule
10 a.m.–9 p.m. – Free admission to Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams.
Timed tickets required!
6 p.m. – Auditorium doors open
6:30 p.m. – Conversation begins
7:30-8:30 p.m. – Reception in Fox Court
Kay Lawal-Muhammad
For over five decades, Kay Lawal-Muhammad has performed around on the world on stages in New York City, Edinburgh, Scotland, Amsterdam, and Kenya. Blending artistry with activism, Lawal-Muhammad is a founding director of Actors against Drugs, Kuumba Women’s Theatre Company, and WombWork Productions Inc. She has appeared in the Emmy award-winning episode of the television series Homicide as well as on America’s Most Wanted, The Cornerand The Wire. One of Lawal-Muhammad’s most acclaimed productions was her long running partnership with artist Joyce J. Scott, known as the provocative comedy team The Thunder Thigh Revue, which toured in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through her “Kayotic Komedy,” she takes the title of “Laugh Therapist” and invites audiences to laugh through hardships and celebrate everyday joy. Her newest character, “Hip Hop Granny the Virtues Queen,” uses Hip Hop and the use of the five strategies of the Virtues Project International and African Centered Rites of Passage to elevate youth. As Artistic Director of WombWork Productions, Lawal-Muhammad has provided life-changing experiences for thousands of youth through a three-tier mentoring process she pioneered: Nu World Art Ensemble (ages 18 and up), Nu Generation Art Ensemble (13-17), and Next Generation Art Ensemble (5-12). Lawal-Muhammad is an official Rites of Passage Facilitator and a Master Virtues Facilitator (Virtues Project™).
Joyce J. Scott
Joyce J. Scott (b. 1948, Baltimore, MD) earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts from the Instituto Allende in Mexico. In 2018, she was awarded an honorary fellowship from NYU, as well as honorary doctorates from both MICA and the California College of the Arts. In 2022, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Her work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, with major solo shows such as Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ (2018); Joyce J. Scott: Truths and Visions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2015); Maryland to Murano: The Neckpieces & Sculpture of Joyce J. Scott at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2014-15); and Joyce J. Scott: Kickin’ It with the Old Masters at the BMA (2000). She has received commissions, grants, awards, residencies, and honors, including from MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2016), Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman, and Smithsonian Visionary Artist Award, among others. Scott’s work is also included in many public collections, including the BMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Seattle Art Museum, and many others.
This program is sponsored by the Deborah Buck Foundation, an organization supporting institutions that are actively working to reverse the marginalization of women in the Fine Arts. The evening is dedicated to the loving memory of Sue Dalsemer, Deborah Buck’s mother.
Revolution in Our Lifetime | Roundtable Discussion with the Curators
Friday, April 12 :; 5-7pm
@ The Peale
This roundtable conversation brings together the curators of the exhibition “‘Revolution in our Lifetime’: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968-1974” on display at the Peale, April 12 – May 26, 2024. Hear from the team of students who conducted months of archival research, read through thousands of pages of newspapers, and spoke with experts and eyewitnesses to rediscover the activities, motivations, and programs of the Panthers in Baltimore, as well as their repression by law enforcement. Please join them as they share their experiences and findings. All are invited to engage in a conversation about this remarkable chapter of Baltimore history and its legacies!
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