This Week: Meet Ashely Minner Jones and fellow artists-in-residence at KCA, AVAM’s 4th of July Pet Parade, Illuminating the Unseen opening reception at Alchemy of Art, Rapid Lemon’s ‘Variations on Courage’ at BBOX, A GENTE fundraiser at Creative Alliance, Democracy in the Crossfire First Friday opening reception at IA&A Hillyer, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage opens at The Phillips Collection, Jai Sallay-Carrington opening reception at Baltimore Clayworks, and Anson Asaka’s opening art show reception at Douglass-Myers Museum — PLUS apply for an Emerging Artist Fellowship at Touchstone Foundation for the Arts in DC 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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KCA’s Summer Residency – Meet the Artists
Tuesday, July 2 :: 5:36-6:30pm
@ Kent Cultural Alliance
On June 22, 2024, the Kent Cultural Alliance will welcome its second class of resident artists for the SFW Residency Program at the Raimond Cultural Center. These four artists will work with KCA’s partner, ShoreRivers. The SFW Residency uses the arts to provide a new lens through which Kent County residents can see and understand issues that impact our daily lives. In the spring, KCA partnered with Kent County 4H, FFA at Kent County High School, and Harborview Farms on the theme of LAND. This summer our artists will work with ShoreRivers’ river keepers and educational staff to shine a creative light on the importance of the health of our waterways.
We are grateful to ShoreRivers (www.shorerivers.org) river keepers and all of their staff as they work with us to provide information, education, and access to our artists during their visit. And we look forward to sharing the work of the artists as the residency progresses and with our culminating exhibit.
Thank you to the SFW Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Maryland State Arts Council, The Maryland Heritage Area Authority/Stories of the Chesapeake, The Hedgelawn Foundation, and the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. Special thanks to our community partners for this residency, ShoreRivers.
Important Dates:
The Kent Cultural Alliance offers several free opportunities for the community to engage with our resident artists. Some of those opportunities include the following dates: All events at KCA’s Raimond Cultural Center, 101 Spring Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland.
Meet the Artists: Come and meet our resident artists. This presentation will allow you to hear about each of our four artists and their own work.
Tuesday, July 2 at 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, followed by reception
Open Studios: Visit our resident artists in their studios as they work to complete their exhibit work. Saturday, July 27 from 12 – 3 pm
Exhibit Opening: The culmination of our summer residency and partnership with ShoreRivers.
Friday, August 2, “First Friday”, from 5 – 8 pm
Artists’ Talk: Hear from each of our four resident artists about their experience and culminating work from RIVERS, Summer 2024
Saturday, August 3 at 1:00 pm
4th of July Pet Parade & Animal Talent Show Returns!
Thursday, July 4 :: 9-10:30am
@ American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is delighted to announce that its popular July 4th Pet Parade and Animal Talent Show returns to the Museum’s Whirligig Plaza from 9-10:30 AM. All “friendly” pets and their owners are invited to join the festivities! Registration takes place at 8:30AM sharp. The Pet Parade through AVAM’s campus is followed by a Pet Talent Show for those pet-and-person duos who wish to participate. The Pet Parade is held each year in memory of supreme animal lover and AVAM’s devoted supporter and friend, Ellis Rosen.
Trophies to be awarded for the Parade and Pet Talent Show may include: Most Patriotic, Star-Spangled, Yankee Doodle Dandy Pet Award; Ready-for-Prime-Time Pet Talent; Best Pet Haute Couture (Best Costume); Best Visionary Pet Hair-do; The Peoples’ Choice Award; and the Pet Congeniality Award. The Grand Prize—“Most Visionary Pet 2024”—is awarded to the pet that embodies the spirit of a true patriotic visionary.
In the event of extreme weather or high heat and humidity, The Pet Parade and Talent Show will be cancelled. Participants are requested to check the AVAM website, www.avam.org, on July 3 for updates. Museum buildings will be open at 10 AM.
Illuminating the Unseen: Shadow Reflections | Opening Reception
Thursday, July 4 :: 6-9pm
@ Alchemy of Art
curated by Anna Divinagracia
Exhibition Dates: July 4 – July 31
Opening Reception: July 4, 6 – 9 pm
Artist Talk: July 11, 6 – 8 pm
The group exhibition “Illuminating the Unseen” is an exploration of the multifaceted nature of shadows, both literal and metaphorical. Shadows are not merely the absence of light but rather an entity in and of themselves; imbued with their own meaning and significance. They reveal the hidden, the obscured, and the mysterious, inviting us to contemplate the relationship between light and darkness in form and space.
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