Artscape

Sondheim Prize finalists announced

2012-04-20 06:21:00

A half-dozen artists, ranging from a sculptor specializing in what he calls "tombstones for a cemetery that has turned carnival" to a photographer focusing on abandoned spaces and objects, have been announced as finalists for this year's $30,000 Janet &...

Event info.: Artscape 2012

2012-04-20 06:33:12

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Robert McClintock's computer-aided artwork clicks with the public

2012-02-19 14:17:00

This summer, the Baltimore artist Robert McClintock can see one of his brightly colored original prints hanging in the prestigious Smithsonian Institution. He just can't get into Artscape. The 54-year-old McClintock is one of Baltimore's most popular &#...

McDaniel College art instructor is semifinalist for Artscape prize

2012-02-25 20:21:00

WESTMINSTER — The Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts has announced that Steve Pearson, an associate professor of art and art history at McDaniel College, and a Westminster resident, has been named among 24 semifinalists for the seventh...

Local hula hooper has high hopes of breaking a world record in Italy

2012-03-06 09:32:00

Ladies and gentlemen, signore e signori, welcome to the showdown in Italy this week between two American giants of hula hooping. In one corner, Andreas "Spilly, the hula hoop man" Spiliadis, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, a weekly fixture at the farmers'...

Neighborhood Institute's focus: Growing Baltimore through housing and arts

2012-03-25 20:50:00

Growing Baltimore's population will take much more than lowering property taxes, said organizers and participants at the Greater Homewood Community Corp.'s fifth annual Neighborhood Institute. "We need to turn renters into homeowners. And buy art!"...

Columbia Digest

2011-12-28 20:14:36

Art exhibit "Beginnings," featuring the works of Joan Bevelaqua, Nancy Linden, George Sakkal and John Brandon Sills, will open Jan. 15 and run until March 18 at the Meeting House Gallery. The exhibit is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. A reception to...

Rain Pryor to lead Station North's Strand Theater

2012-02-03 14:08:00

The first time Rain Pryor visited the intimate Strand Theater, she knew she was in the right place. "I thought, 'It smells like theater. I'm home,'" says the actress, comedian, writer and musician who has just been named artistic director of the Strand....

Artist Gary Kachadourian has a room with a point of view

2011-09-23 14:27:00

Artist Gary Kachadourian loves homely things. He appreciates modest, utilitarian objects that don't call attention to themselves, objects that frequently are described as ugly but that are undeniably functional: Dumpsters, highway barriers, chain-link...

New Fillmore Silver Spring could hurt Baltimore's live music scene, promoters say

2011-09-23 08:47:00

In Silver Spring, they've been waiting for it for a decade: a brand-new music venue smack in the middle of the arts district — a rock counterpart to the dignified AFI Silver Theatre and the brainy Discovery complex. When the Fillmore Silver...

Where celebrities stay in Baltimore

2011-07-24 13:33:00

In June, when Sade was preparing to kick off her first tour in more than a decade, the husky-voiced crooner tweeted about her love of Baltimore and entertained reporters while relaxing in her 2,100-square-foot suite at the Hotel Monaco. When in town,...

Survey: Grand Prix fell short of spending projections

2011-10-18 22:41:00

Baltimore Grand Prix attendees spent as much as $25 million — far short of the $70 million projected by race organizers, according to an economic impact survey released this week. In their report, two Maryland professors also found about three-...

This week's runner-up is Bill Hughes for his picture titled "A Dog's Best Friend, a Fire Hydrant.

2012-01-09 06:07:34

Steamed crabs make their debut at Artscape. Look for them, along with steamed corn, pit beef and grilled Roma sausage, in the Taste of Baltimore area at the Station North food court, across from the Charles theater. Baltimore wholesaler Mister Fish is doing the steaming.

2011-07-18 21:00:00

Costumed person at Artscape festival

2011-07-18 13:14:36