BmoreArt’s Picks: July 16-22
This Week: 2024 Sondheim Finalist Exhibition opens at The Walters, Art Around Hampden, Young Blood opening reception and E. Brady Robinson’s closing reception at MAP, Voyages: Chapter 5 featuring Schaun Champion at the Aquarium, Baltimore Jewelry Center Summer Fundraiser, and Megan Lewis’ artist talk at Galerie Myrtis — PLUS apply for American Craft Made Baltimore 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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The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Finalists Exhibition
Wednesday, July 17 | Ongoing through September 8
@ The Walters Art Museum
The 2024 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, which awards a $30,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the greater Baltimore region, opens Wednesday, July 17 with a finalists’ exhibition at the Walters Art Museum.
The work of the three finalists—weaver Hellen Ascoli, mixed-media artist Amy Boone-McCreesh, and ceramicist Sam Mack—will be on view through Sunday, September 8. The winner of the 2024 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, chosen by this year’s jurors, will be announced during a special reception and award ceremony at the museum on Thursday, August 22. Each finalist will also receive a $2,500 M&T Bank Finalist Award, which is designed, in part, to assist them in preparing for the exhibition. One finalist will receive a studio residency at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower.
Jurors for the 2024 competition are artist, scholar, and poet Noel W. Anderson; curator, educator, and historian Connie H. Choi; and curator, historian, and lecturer Aaron Levi Garvey.
The Sondheim Art Prize is named in honor of Janet & Walter Sondheim, both of whom were instrumental in furthering arts and culture in Baltimore City. Janet Sondheim danced with the pioneering Denishawn Dancers, a legendary dance troupe founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Walter Sondheim, Jr. was one of Baltimore’s most important civic leaders for over 50 years. He was deeply involved in the development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor and continued to be civically active until his death in 2007, serving as the senior advisor to the Greater Baltimore Committee.
This year marks the 19th edition of the Sondheim Art Prize, one of the region’s most prestigious honors. The $30,000 prize is awarded annually to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Learn more about the 2024 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize by visiting promotionandarts.org and following BOPA on social media (@promoandarts).
Art Around Hampden
Thursday, July 18 :: 5-8pm
Art Around Hampden! Every Third Thursday of every month! Free and open to the public!
Hampden’s newest art event starts on July 18. Discover our neighborhood’s excellent galleries, artists, and pop-up art spaces, every third Thursday of each month. Most venues will be open with extended hours from 5-8PM, but check the map for each location’s hours and featured artists.
See the map here.
Young Blood | Opening Reception
Thursday, July 18 :: 5-9pm
@ Maryland Art Place
Maryland Art Place is proud to announce the return of Young Blood marking MAP’s 15th Young Blood program which has, to date, provided an important post-graduate artistic platform for transitioning Masters of Fine Arts students. Since 2008 Young Blood has continually brought recent graduates together to make new connections and present special selections from their thesis project(s). The exhibition will highlight exceptional works ranging in media.
Young Blood Exhibiting Artists:
Elly Kalantari | UMBC
Evelyn Lee | MICA
Dan Ortiz Leizman | UMD
Andrew Liang | UMBC
Pavlos Liaretidis | MICA
Grusha Sabharwal | MICA
Lika (Yuyun) Su | MICA
Ann Zellhofer | UMBC
Read more of this week’s picks at BmoreArt.