BmoreArt’s Picks: February 10-15
This Week: Terry Thompson at Eubie Blake, Baltimore Black Dance Collective at The Gordon Center, Maryland Arts Day, The Chicory Project at The Walters, Teri Henderson and Tracey Beale in conversation at The BMA, performance by Mandy Brown at Peabody Library, 405 Daily exhibition opening at Area 405, Voices in Solidarity at The Lewis Museum, opening reception for Erica Soohyun Kim at Ink Spot Press, Shades of Black Film Fest at CCCC, free admission for Tom Miller Day at MCHC, opening reception for Gina Pierleoni at The Peale — PLUS 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.
To submit your calendar event, email us at events@bmoreart.com!
Terry Thompson, BHCLA Artist-in-Residence
Wednesday, February 11 :: 4-8pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center
Please join us for an exciting opportunity to talk with BHCLA Artist in Residence Terry Thompson for our fourth Helena Hicks Speaker of the season. He will give a short address reflecting on his artistic career, participate in a live oral history interview recording, and host an open Q&A with the audience. The Peabody Graduate Jazz Fellowship will perform a number of jazz selections to kick off the evening.
Please note that Black Culture Builders of Baltimore Coworking begins at 4pm in the same space!
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Terry Thompson is a self-taught American artist, born in Chicago, Illinois. He currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland. He also well-known veteran club dj/producer/promoter with releases on the London, UK record label Defected. During the 80’s, Thompson often decorated nightclub parties with his photo-montages and collage works. He produced numerous events over the years including massive parties during the famed Winter Music Conference in Miami. In 1990, Thompson moved to a loft space in downtown Baltimore after a successful Army career. During that period he started his art career with small shows in his loft and eventually branch out to local exhibitions while simultaneously dj’ing and working in corporate America. His art creativity began with figurative collages and paintings influenced by Romare Bearden, Picasso, Miro, Modigliani, and his long-time friend, Spanish painter Salvador Bru. Today, Thompson has his own vocabulary that is a unique blend of colors, shapes, forms, and motifs inspired by dance/dj culture, fashion, design, dreamscapes, and experimental vistas.
Thompson held Artist-in-residence from 1999-2004 at School 33 Art Center. Thompson participated in various exhibitions including: Bianco e Nero, YART Gallery Baltimore (2019), Post Cards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery (2019) New York, ATM at the Former Robert Miller Gallery (2018) New York, Post Cards from the Edge at Gallery 524 (2018) New York, The ArtBox Project 1.0, Basel, Switzerland (2017), Post Cards from the Edge, Metro Pictures (2017) New York, Art Takes Miami at Scope (2014), Scope, Miami (2012), Sub-Basement Art Gallery (2004, 2008), Galerie Francoise (2012), Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy (1998). He holds a Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.
Celebration: Uplifting & Honoring the Culture & History of Black Dance
Wednesday, February 11 :: 7:30pm
@ The Gordon Center
In partnership with the Baltimore Black Dance Collective, the Gordon Center presents a celebration of the history, diversity, and beauty that resides within African American Culture through the voices of community artists from around Baltimore County.
CELEBRATION is an evening of powerful performances that honors and uplifts cultural storytelling. Held in February in recognition of Black History Month, this dynamic event features local professional dance companies, student ensembles from Baltimore County Public Schools, and performances from local Baltimore-area dance studios. Hosted in partnership with the Baltimore Black Dance Collective, the showcase reflects the richness and diversity of the African Diaspora through movement, music, and community. It is a vibrant gathering that bridges generations and celebrates the legacy and future.
Featuring original dance performances by artists, companies, studios, students and schools in our local community, the showcase highlights select dance works in an eclectic range of styles from ballet to hip hop to liturgical and more.
Participants include:
• Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company
• Full Circle Dance Company
• Dance & Bmore
• Coppin Dance Company
• Stephanie Powell Danse Ensemble
• George Washington Carver Junior Dance Ensemble
• Milford Mill Dance Company
• Sudbrook Magnet Middle Dance Ensemble
• Baltimore County Public Schools All County Dance Ensemble
• Baltimore Dance Tech Hip Hop Ensemble
• Symmetry Arts
• Morton Street Dance Center
• Maryland Academy of Dance
Thursday, February 12
@ St. John’s College, Annapolis
Maryland Arts Day is the largest annual gathering of arts professionals in Maryland. With more than 500 participants, representing every county in the state and Baltimore City, this statewide arts advocacy event connects artists, educators, administrators, volunteers and trustees with lawmakers from every legislative district in Maryland. Maryland Arts Day needs your participation to show strong support for the arts in Maryland and its impact on the economic and cultural vitality of the state.
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