This Week: Baltimore Improv Festival continues through Sunday, ‘Black Remedy’ Summer Fashion Show at Jubilee Arts, Bearing Witness exhibition opening at Eubie Blake, opening reception for Vic Yambao at Waller Gallery, HOPE performs at the Creative Alliance, iWITNESS: Media & The Movement Free Day at the Lewis Museum, a dance concert at the Lewis Museum, Yelé Stitches presents Runway Revolution at Motor House, and closing day for Women to Watch at the NMWA — PLUS Elena Johnston Memorial Scholarship applications and more featured opportunties!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 16th annual Baltimore Improv Festival
Ongoing through August 11
The 16th annual Baltimore Improv Festival is coming up from Aug 5-11 at the Baltimore Improv Group theater. We’re again bringing improv comedy teams from around the US to perform and lead workshops here. Our audiences love the festival, and we always have out of town teams tell us how much they love our audiences. Full schedule & tickets here:
https://www.bigimprov.org/bif-2024
The Black Remedy Show
Friday, August 9 :: 5-9pm
@ Jubilee Arts
Welcome to The Black Remedy Show!
Come join us for a night of art, fashion, community Building and fun at 1947 Pennsylvania Ave.
The theme of this year’s collection is “Black Remedy,” focusing on solutions for issues affecting Black communities, social justice, and the broader challenges faced by people of color. This powerful theme is reflected in the designs our youth have created over the summer.
In addition to the fashion show, we are excited to announce that we will also be launching a 24-hour fundraising campaign in partnership with CLLCTVLYGIVE. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to support our programs and initiatives.
We invite you to join us for this dual celebration of creativity and community giving. Your support can make a significant difference in helping us reach our fundraising goal.
Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore | Opening Reception
Friday, August 9 :: 6pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center
Exhibition Saturday, August 4 – September 29, 2024
Opening Reception Friday, August 9, 2024; 6pm
Artist Talk Thursday, September 5, 2024; 7pm
Family Photo Day/ Closing Event Saturday, September 28, 2024;
-a panel discussion which allows space for the artists to discuss their work and explore themes of black representation.
Family Photo Day/ Closing Event Saturday, September 28, 2024;2pm
A workshop on how to preserve family photos, digitization station, photo studio for family group pictures
A photography session with a local Black photographer that documents 12-16 Baltimore families and allows them to receive professional family photographs.
Featured Photographers Daisy Brown, John Clark Mayden, I. Henry Phillips, Sr.,I.H. Webster Phillips, III, Brian Pinson, and SHAN Wallace
About Bearing Witness Provocative, insightful, unfiltered.For almost 200 years, Black photographers have intentionally documented Black communities. They have used their cameras and creativity to portray Black people “as they see them” and redress the racialized narratives which are common in popular media. In Baltimore, Maryland, Black photographers have played a critical role in representing lives too seldom celebrated and too often forgotten. With their images featured in spaces ranging from family photo albums to national publications, these artists embody a tradition of witnessing and storytelling from a Black point of view.
The Bearing Witness exhibition highlights the work of six local Black photographers who explore historical and contemporary depictions of Black family life. It features a mix of established and emerging artists whose images of Black Baltimore from the 1950s to the present display how Black folk live, love, struggle, and triumph in their everyday lives.
Read more of this week’s picks at BmoreArt.
