It is impossible to view Isabel Pardo’s work without becoming intrigued by its imagery. Working primarily with gouache on paper, Pardo’s work overwhelmingly references mythology, history, and religious iconography. With fluid lines and clear colors, Pardo paintings include images of coiled snakes, overflowing fruit bowls, vines with thorns, hands gesturing, and, in an homage to St. Lucy, eyes on a plate.
If the season is right with no leaves on the trees, you can see Babette, a kinetic sculpture by Bolton Hill resident Paul Daniel. It is an impressive combination of grace and scale, a formative piece in an urban field on the MICA campus. And, as with most of Daniel’s work, the piece goes one step further: it moves with the wind.
Lauren’s canvases are based on photographs shared with her from family and friends, and they were chosen because they resonated with her in a meaningful way. Every painting has a story, and the stories are poignant.
In what could become an annual cool-weather supplement to the summer Arts in the Parks concerts, BHCA is hosting with the Basilica Oratory at Corpus Christi church two indoor music concerts, free to the neighborhood.
💡 Hey, neighbor: have you got a light?💡
✂️ Artscape is scheduled, earlier and shortened ✂️
⚖️ State Center settlement is a small step toward redevelopment of the site ⚖️
♿ City agrees to spend more to make some sidewalks suitable for wheelchairs ♿
Baltimore Unity Hall, which opened 30 months ago determined to reduce barriers in Central West Baltimore, is entering a new phase focused on the arts, community outreach and, especially, fundraising, its new director says.
On a damp September Saturday that coincided with MICA Weekend, town and gown met to dedicate the sculpture Crouching Movement by artist Kristen Campbell. It’s the first of six outdoor sculptures gifted to the neighborhood by longtime resident and art collector Stanley Mazaroff and his late wife, Nancy Dorman.
The Organ Historical Society will present its 2024 annual convention in Baltimore July 20-26, with programs and organ concerts around the city and in Bolton Hill.
Michael Stefanek in February began his role as Minister of Music at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Bolton Hill. Stefanek is organist and choir director and manages all the music ministries of the church. He was selected after a search that attracted applications from organists across the United States.
Rich Dubroff has been in Sarasota, FL, since mid-February, covering the Baltimore Orioles spring training games and posting Orioles news stories every day on BaltimoreBaseball.com as the team gears up for regular season play.
