Charm City Circulator

09/17/2020

Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Two greening and beautification grants have been released:

-Keep Maryland Beautiful provides grants of up to $5,000 for greening and beautification projects. Deadline is Nov. 12. Funds need to be used by February 28, 2022. https://dnr.maryland.gov/met/Pages/grant_programs.aspx#:~:text=Applications%20will%20be%20accepted%20online,2020%20through%20November%2012%2C%202020.&text=These%20grants%20are%20available%20to%20nonprofits%2C%20schools%20and%20municipalities.&text=These%20grants%20are%20available%20to%20Maryland%20local%20land%20trusts.

-Baltimore National Heritage Area's Neighborhood Placemaking Grants-Projects must be in the Baltimore National Heritage Area (which includes most but not all of Baltimore). Grants can be from $1500 to $5000, but must provide one-to-one match. The projects can be festivals, planning and feasibility studies, and greening projects. Deadline is December 10. https://www.explorebaltimore.org/grants

Baltimore Green Network

09/17/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

We're hosting a virtual event for #DowntownBaltimore residents with Spin and Bikemore about #safestreets and how #COVID has affected micromobility. It'll be informative, fun and FREE!

Register to join us on September 22nd. 🚴‍♀️🛴

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8615986166407/WN_qg5dmpTGSw6YXiLlTP4uVQ

09/16/2020

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Our doors are officially open! We’re so excited to welcome Baltimore back to our galleries and to begin our phased reopening. Visit artbma.org/reopening to grab free time-entry tickets, see which galleries are on view right now, and for details on our new safety procedures.

As you enter, you’ll notice a new addition to artist Mickalene Thomas’ transformation of our East Lobby entrance: Two banners signaling support of social justice and freedom. Displayed on the façade, one banner reads, “Black Lives Matter” and the other, “Can We Breathe.”

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📷: #MickaleneThomas: A Moment’s Pleasure. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Biennial Commission, November 2019 – May 2021. © 2020 Mickalene Thomas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photography by Maximilian Franz #bmalivingroom

09/16/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

As Baltimore’s Arts Council, we are committed to focusing and educating on how important it is to have a complete Census count of our creative community. Take part in the Census and shape your future. Participate to say “I count!”

Begin the 2020 Census questionnaire today. It takes 10 minutes to complete. #ImCreativeAndICount https://bit.ly/3hAmAeu

09/16/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

The Baltimore Orioles have sparked important conversations with community leaders around topics such as women’s empowerment, the importance of voting, diversity and inclusion, and youth engagement.

As part of this Empowerment Series, Shelonda Stokes spoke with another pioneer, Orioles' first female play-by-play game announcer Melanie Newman, about leading positive change in Baltimore and how our organization is working to make our city a more inclusive place for everyone.

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/fans/empowerment

09/15/2020

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore

Elephant live stream? Yes please!

NEW LIVE CAM: We hope you're all ears, because there's an elephantastic new stream for you to enjoy from home!
Watch Now: https://bit.ly/2DYLnLo 🐘

09/15/2020

The Black Women Artists to Have on Your Radar

The Black Women Artists to Have on Your Radar

These women are changing the game.

09/15/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

If you know a community leader that fights year-round for change in the city, sign them up to be the Honorary Grand Marshal for 2021.

The Top five eligible individuals with the most nominations will move forward to the final vote by a committee chosen by BOPA. All Baltimore City residents are who have made a significant contribution to someone or a Baltimore City community are eligible. Nominations close on Friday, November 6, 2020. https://bit.ly/3ht5cIr

09/14/2020

Yum!

It may look like Tuffy the elephant has bitten off more than he can chew, but one African elephant can munch 300 lbs of food in one day! 🌿🐘

09/12/2020

Just a reminder that Charm City Circulator service now ends at 8:00 pm Monday thru Sunday.

09/12/2020

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Jack Whitten’s abstract mosaic “9.11.01” pays homage to the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Whitten saw the twin towers fall from his home and studio in Queens and, over the course of five years, made this work as a tribute.

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🖼: #JackWhitten. "9.11.01." 2006. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., BMA 2018.81. © Jack Whitten Estate. Courtesy the Jack Whitten Estate and Hauser & Wirth.

09/12/2020

Making Baltimore greener one community at a time. We're on board!

Want to find a way to fund a community greening project in your neighborhood?

Then come and hear about state grants for greening and other beautification projects at the last Reclaiming Vacant Lots meeting on Monday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. at Kirby Lane Park, 1822 W Saratoga. Masks will be mandatory. We will be implementing social distancing throughout the meeting. You may want to bring a chair.

Our speaker, Trey Miller of Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will be talking about MDHCD's upcoming grants, including Community Legacy, BRNI and others that will be posted next week and due in October. You will get the scoop on the details of these grants at the meeting.

Many neighborhood groups throughout Baltimore (such as Boyd-Booth, Druid Heights, Franklin Square and Park Heights) have successfully applied for these grant funds and created a beautiful green space for their community.

Speaking of a beautiful neighborhood green space, you will also get a chance to see the awe-inspiring Kirby Lane Park created by Donald Quarles and the Franklin Square Community with help from the state of Maryland, Bon Secours Community Works, Play4All, and Parks and People.

This meeting is aimed at community and neighborhood leaders-but everyone is invited. To participate virtually, call +1 667-228-6519 and enter the conference ID: 121 846 059#

Photo by BridgetCiminoart - Bridget Cimino was the muralist for this beautiful mural.

09/12/2020

Congrats Nate! #outreachhero

We're incredibly proud of Nate Fields, our VP of Community Outreach. He's a tireless advocate for people struggling with housing security and was just named a new The Journey Home board member of Baltimore City's Continuum of Care, a collaborative body that promotes community-wide efforts to prevent and end homelessness in Baltimore City.

Nate's work is inspired by this quote from Marian Wright Edelman: "Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success."

09/10/2020

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum

Discover what is revealed when precious metals are cleaned and advanced imaging techniques allow us to see inside them. Join Gregory Bailey, Senior Objects Conservator, and Ashley Dimmig, Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Islamic Art, in a conversation about recently examined and treated metal objects from the Islamic world, including a “celestial” globe inlaid with silver that maps the stars in the sky.

09/10/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

I Am Baltimore Art Highlighted Artist: Waylon K. Smith 🎶 (@wksmithmusic).

Waylon K. Smith is a singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist located in Northeast Baltimore (Hamilton).

“Music has always been an important way for me to work through difficult emotions and anxiety. I am compelled to write and perform because (for me) it’s the best way that I can communicate to others about how I view the world. I’ve met many amazing people through the arts and am lucky to be a part of this universe.”

#IAmBaltimoreArt #Baltimore #baltimoreartist #passion #blackandwhite #art #mybmore #bmoreart #portrait #music #musician

09/08/2020

Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Update or create your emergency kit today! For details: http://ow.ly/4cbj50Bi3r9 #BmorePrepared #HurricaneStrong #PeaceOfMindPrep

09/04/2020

We all need a little art these days, and The Baltimore Museum of Art is the place to find it. Let us take you there!

Welcome back! The BMA will begin a phased reopening on Wednesday, Sept. 16. 🎉 Timed-entry passes will be available to all this Friday, Sept. 4. 🎟 BMA Members are welcome to reserve tickets today.

We're reopening slowly and carefully and can’t wait for you to visit your favorite works of art in the African, Asian, European art galleries, and Antioch Court.❗️We hope to have all remaining galleries accessible by Sept. 30.

Find ticket information, learn more about our new safety protocols and what's on view, and become a BMA Member here: https://artb.ma/3jF1tcc

09/03/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

The 32nd annual Baltimore Open Studio Tour will occur virtually the weekend of October 24-25, 2020. Baltimore Open Studio Tour is an annual showcase of artist studios throughout Baltimore City, held each October as part of Free Fall Baltimore and in conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month.

Baltimore Open Studio Tour invites the public into artists’ workspaces to view or purchase original works of art, meet the artists, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their creative processes. This year, due to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, the tour will feature a weekend full of virtual studio tours, artist talks, and art exhibitions across BOPA’s social media platforms on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2020.

Applications for artists to participate in Baltimore Open Studio Tour are available and due by Sunday, September 13, 2020 Apply: https://bit.ly/31UEEeJ

09/03/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Artist-run Current Space's new window exhibition, Black Noise, kicks off this weekend. Alpha Massaquoi uses charcoal drawings to explore Black joy and Black beauty while acknowledging the everyday struggles of his subjects. Check it out at 421 N. Howard in the Bromo Arts District. https://bddy.me/3lMCrcY

09/02/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

Applications for the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are now open.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. For the second year, BOPA serves as the regional affiliate for all counties in the state of Maryland for the art region. For the writing region, BOPA serves all counties excluding Anne Arundel, Prince George, and Howard County.

Students who are 13+ are eligible to apply. Applications are due December 8, 2020.

Learn more:https://www.artandwriting.org/

09/02/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Just because we can't attend the first few Baltimore Ravens games at M&T Bank Stadium this season doesn't mean we can't all have presence there! Purchase a cutout of yourself, or your favorite #Ravens fan, and the team will place them in the end zones of the lower seating bowl. Best of all, proceeds benefit the Ravens Foundation and its support of local #COVID-19 relief efforts.

Cutouts cost $55 (general public) and $45 (PSL Owners). Order yours by September 7 to have it there for the opening game on September 13. You can purchase the cutouts here: https://bddy.me/3beSjAr

#RavensFlock #Football #Baltimore #DowntownBaltimore

08/31/2020

The Baltimore Museum of Art

If you can't get to the beach on #NationalBeachDay, transport yourself to your favorite sandy shores through Joel Meyerowitz’s “Bay/Sky, Provincetown.” ⛱

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🖼: #JoelMeyerowitz. Bay/Sky, Provincetown. 1977, printed 1979. From the portfolio "Bay Sky Porch". The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore, BMA 1988.458.6. © Joel Meyerowitz

08/31/2020

Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Time for an #EveryStoryCounts community highlight! 📣

Torbin Green started out as a classroom volunteer at the St. Francis Neighborhood Center in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood six years ago. Today, he is the center's Operations & Program Director. When COVID-19 hit Baltimore in March, he came up with a plan to make sure that none of the children in the center's after-school program lacked the ability to learn. Due to their close relationships with the families they serve, staff quickly realized that even more support was needed to weather the crisis. Now, Torbin and his team are distributing hundreds of free boxes of produce each week, and he has become an advocate for fresh food access in West Baltimore.

To read the rest of his story, visit:
https://www.baltimoresustainability.org/2020/08/everystorycounts-torbin-green/

08/31/2020

Don't worry. We'll be here when you get back. :)

Bike to Work Week is Mon, September 21- 27!

Whether you bike every day, or once a year, this event encourages more people to enjoy a two-wheel commute. See how fun, easy, affordable & healthy commuting by bike can be!

Register for free today. #B2WW2020 www.biketoworkmd.com

08/27/2020

Cuteness alert!

ICYMI: You can see blue duiker Flower and her 2-month-old calf, LJ (Lucky Jr.) during your Zoo visit! The pair now share the habitat of the dik-dik and the two species alternate days in the outdoor space.

08/26/2020

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum

Baltimore portraitist Jerrell Gibbs exhibits his work all over the nation. His paintings illustrate his life growing up as a Black man in Baltimore. Jerrell delves into the importance of collecting Baltimore experiences throughout history and how to create context for the Black experience beyond trauma in art.

Jerrell Gibbs retraces family memories, examining the origin of his own life by representing intimate and instantly joyous moments. While affirming the multilayered experience of the African-American diaspora, Gibbs plunges the viewer into an immersive experience, the realm of his childhood. Growing up in Baltimore influenced his perspective of socio-economics, body politics, race, economic disparities, and their influence on one another.

Thursday programs are sponsored by BGE.

08/26/2020

Maryland Transit Administration

Today is National Dog Day, and MDOT MTA recognizes our K9 Police Force for a job well done. The K9 unit is a vital part of MDOT MTA's team in protecting the public at major events and for keeping our transit system safe throughout the Baltimore area.
#NationalDogDay
#MDOTsafety

08/25/2020

Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Let your voice be heard. The Urban Mobility & Equity Center at Morgan State University is researching how those who use public transit are affected by COVID-19. All are welcome to participate in this brief survey, including those who drive. https://bit.ly/MSUCovid

08/25/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

We are so pleased to have Marian House involved in #DowntownBaltimore. They do important work helping homeless women with children and, if you hadn't heard, took over the former Womens Industrial Exchange building on Charles Street. Right now they're planning for its future. Help them determine how best to use the retail space there by taking this super quick survey. https://bddy.me/3jedzZA

08/25/2020

890,000 meals! Go team go!

DOT wants to extend a sincere thanks to the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Ravens for letting us and our partners, including the Salvation Army of Central Maryland, the Baltimore City Health Department, RMA Worldwide and Rouge Fine Catering use your parking lots to stage emergency food distribution for seniors. Since April, the team has delivered nearly 890,000 meals to those most at risk to COVID-19!

08/20/2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show

So cool! Way to go The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore!

Talk about saving the turtles! 💗🐢 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore took this severely injured turtle under their wing and fashioned a wheelchair made out of Legos to help its shell heal. Two years later, the turtle is now healthy and happy living freely in the wild!

08/19/2020

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Our parklet is now in front of Mick O'Sheas Irish Pub, just in time to enjoy a pint on this perfect summer afternoon.

#DowntownBaltimore #placemaking #parklet #CurbsideBaltimore

08/18/2020

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis, we have postponed the Baltimore Book Festival until 2021 and Light City until 2022. Currently, a decision has not been finalized for Baltimore’s New Year’s Eve Spectacular.

While large-scale events are no longer possible in 2020, BOPA will continue to amplify the work done as Baltimore City’s Arts Council by developing virtual options for the annual programs Free Fall Baltimore and Baltimore's Open Studio Tours, held during October in conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month.

BOPA continues supporting the greater creative community, working with artists, cultural institutions, state and civic organizations, and educational entities to find innovative ways to ensure that greater Baltimore continues to benefit from Baltimore City’s thriving arts and literary scene.

For more information: http://promotionandarts.org/