BmoreArt’s Picks: February 24 – March 2
This Week: Vibes in Mt. Vernon Vol. 2 at Center Stage, “The Beat Goes On” documentary screening at The Real News Network, artist talk + lecture with Amy Boone-McCreesh at MICA, Global Ballroom: Baltimore Meets Brazil events, artist workshop with Wordsmith at The Lewis Museum, Licensed to… opening reception at Make Studio, Art of the Collectors XI panel discussion at Galerie Myrtis, and an artist talk with Elena Volkova at Stamp Gallery — PLUS Mr. Trash Wheel’s Birthday Call for Art 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!
Tuesday, February 24 :: 7pm
@ Baltimore Center Stage
Vibes in Mount Vernon is a community centered artist showcase featuring performances, open mic talent, vendors, and immersive art that celebrates Baltimore creativity.
Doors Open 6:30pm
Show Begins 7:00pm
NEW DOCUMENTARY SCREENING “The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat”
Wednesday, February 25 :: 6pm
@ The Real News Network
Join us for an in-person screening of “The Beat Goes On,” diving into Baltimore Beat’s inspiring story!
6:00p.m. – Doors open
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Film Screening
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. – Q&A with Baltimore Beat & 6PM Productions
Join us at for an exclusive screening of our documentary.
The film chronicles Editor-in-Chief Lisa Snowden and her team as they build a news outlet for all of the city.
You are cordially invited to join Baltimore Beat, The Real News Network and 6pm Productions for a screening of “The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat,” a documentary exploring Baltimore’s legacy of Black journalism, the end of 40-year-old cultural institution Baltimore City Paper, and police accountability in the wake of the 2015 uprising sparked by the death of Freddie Gray.
“There’s no better time than now for this conversation about journalism and storytelling,” Snowden said. “We are living through the reality of what happens when the news isn’t inclusive, when the news doesn’t meet the needs of everyone in the community. The Beat is part of a community of news outlets that are trying to build something better. I’m grateful that we’ve been able to have our stories told in this way.”
6pm Productions,composed of director David Elliot, producer Dion Smith, and producer and recording artist Eze Jackson, has spent the last year following the Beat and interviewing co-founders Snowden and Brandon Soderberg, along with Beat staffers, local artists and musicians, journalism veterans like Mark Steiner and Baynard Woods, and longtime police accountability activist Tawanda Jones.
“We had this opportunity to tell the story of how the legacy of the Black press is still impacting journalists in Baltimore,” Elliot said.
Following the film, join us for a talkback/Q&A with The Real News Network’s Editor In Chief Maximilian Alvarez. Learn more about how the film came together and their takes on the state of journalism in Baltimore and in the United States.
High & Low, exhibition by Amy Boone-McCreesh | Artist Talk + Lecture
Friday, February 27 :: 4:30-5:30pm
@ MICA PInkard Gallery
High & Low is a collection of work by artist Amy Boone-McCreesh made over the last four years. This body of work examines the hierarchies of American material culture and the ways that objects and spaces signal they are expensive, desirable, and worthy of assigned value. Indicators of class and socio-economic status often present visually, from the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, and the spaces we inhabit. Boone-McCreesh’s work borrows visual cues from these worlds to examine assumptions about taste and access. Beauty, while operating freely in nature, has been co-opted for consumerism as a way to buy into depictions of success. Sometimes humorous and sometimes earnest, her work adopts maximal and often repetitive motifs as a way to explore these ideas.
Location: Pinkard Gallery (Bunting Center, Floor 1 )
On View: February 13 – March 11, 2026
Artist Talk & Lecture: Friday, February 27th from 4:30-5:30pm in MICA Brown Center Lecture Hall 320
Reception: Friday, February 27th from 5:00-7:00pm
