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“He loves this city and its people, is full of energy and optimism, and is open to new ideas and ways to collaborate that get important things done,” Brown said of Hopkins. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow board members to wholeheartedly support George and our amazing, youthful staff in service to improving the quality of life in Baltimore.” Read at BmoreArt.com:: George Hopkins to Lead the Deutsch Foundation as Jane Brown Becomes Board Chair After 31 years, Jane Brown passes the torch to George A. Hopkins, a Cherry Hill native, pastor, and organizer who helped drive Baltimore’s “whole blocks” housing plan. Words: Cara Ober @caraober
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✨ An exclusive Baltimore Director's Salon gathering limited to just 10 guests! 📅 Monday, October 19 | 6 PM 📍 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation 2519 N. Charles Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21218 🎟️ RSVP REQUIRED — RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Reserve Your Spot with the QR Code... #INSeries #TheMAKADO #BaltimoreArts #DirectorsSalon #BaltimoreTheatre #OperaThatSpeaks
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🌊 This afternoon we’re unveiling Envisioning the Harbor, new public artwork created by Baltimore Youth Arts Apprentices for the National Aquarium’s Harbor Wetland exhibit. BYA youth artists spent the spring and summer designing, revising, and building this work together, and we are so excited to celebrate this project and this partnership with all of you. Huge thanks to the National Aquarium team, Adrienne, Jennifer, and Ciara, for trusting BYA and our apprentices with this work. Thank you to the Baltimore Children & Youth Fund, the Abell Foundation, the Maryland State Arts Council, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Thomas Wilson Foundation for their investment in our program. And thank you to our team: Dave, Pran, Brandon, Jasmine, and Shadi who made every class and every step of this possible. 📍 Harbor Wetland exhibit, National Aquarium, between Piers 3&4 🕐 11:30-1:30 This event is part of Free Fall Baltimore and is free and open to everyone. We hope to see you there! 💙🐟 📸 Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium @nationalaquarium @create_baltimore #FreeFallBaltimore #HarborWetland #YouthArts #BaltimoreArt #PublicArt
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We got that Garden Art Party! #bloomnotdoom We outside and we together. Pull up early and get some gardening in/learn from a farmer/get a Lil produce. Then we got yoga in the park. We got a mat for you. Then of course we got art making, dj, yummy garden-based cuisine, workshops and vibes. Remember when the village used to get together and people did things and ate real food? It is happening here. Free. Rain Or Shine. Rsvp at Link in Bio.
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🖨️🎨BYA Apprentices have been in the studio pulling prints by hand for this Saturday’s unveiling of their public artwork at the National Aquarium’s Harbor Wetland exhibit! Come see what we made in person and celebrate with us! 🌊 Envisioning the Harbor 📅 Saturday, October 10 ⏰ 11:30am to 1:30pm 📍 Harbor Wetland exhibit, National Aquarium Free and open to the public. Part of Free Fall Baltimore. 🍂 @nationalaquarium @freefallbaltimore #baltimoreyoutharts #youtharts #printmaking #harborwetland #freefallbaltimore
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Envisioning the Harbor 🌊 Save the date: on Saturday, October 10th, we’re headed to the National Aquarium’s Harbor Wetland exhibit to debut new artwork by BYA Studio Apprentices! This spring and summer, 31 BYA Apprentices worked alongside BYA staff and with National Aquarium conservationists and educators to imagine what a healthy Inner Harbor could look like in 25, 50, and 100 years. Now it’s time to see what they made. Come learn about the harbor, try your hand at printmaking, and hear directly from youth artists about their process and research. Free and open to the public. No tickets, no registration, just come celebrate creativity, mentorship, and Baltimore’s future with us. 📍 National Aquarium, Harbor Wetland Exhibit, 501 E Pratt St between Piers 3 and 4 🗓️ Saturday, October 10 · 11:30am–1:30pm Attendance to this event does not include entry into the National Aquarium. This event is part of Free Fall Baltimore RSVP Link in our bio! #BaltimoreYouthArts #HarborWetland #NationalAquarium #BmoreArt #freefallbaltimore
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Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with me at the @baltimoremuseumofart September 16, 2026 - May 2, 2027 @jerrellgibbs Step into a world shaped by memory, family, and the enduring power of connection. In Come home with me, acclaimed Baltimore artist Jerrell Gibbs presents approximately 35 new paintings inspired by the people, places, and experiences that have defined his life. At the heart of the exhibition is the home of Gibbs’s Aunt Ella, a cherished gathering place where loved ones came together. Through richly expressive works, Gibbs transforms personal stories into reflections on home, community, and the moments that shape who we are. Come home with me celebrates the relationships and experiences that connect us across generations, backgrounds, and communities. Through this powerful new body of work, Gibbs reminds us that home is more than a place; it is a feeling of belonging that resonates with us all. Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with me is curated by Antoinette Roberts, BMA Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art. Photos @caraober from Sept 16 Press Preview with the artist
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Grateful for those who invest in the work. Your support helps turn second chances into real opportunities. Check out our feature in The Elm! https://elm.umaryland.edu/elm-stories/2026/Digital-Equity-for-Second-Chances-Creates-Technology-Pathways-for-Returning-Citizens.php
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The Flowers Whiting Initiative understands that successful reentry means more than returning home. It means access to education, workforce development, technology, housing, supportive services, and real opportunities to build a sustainable future. Our Digital Equity for Second Chances program is one piece of that work. Through partnerships with A Prosperous Tomorrow and the UMB Community Engagement Center, we are helping returning citizens and justice impacted individuals develop skills for today’s workforce. Meeting people where they are, but not leaving them there. Check out our latest Baltimore Times feature⁠: https://baltimoretimes-online.com/detail/digital-equity-program-opens-technology-pathways-for-baltimores-returning-citizens
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ETERNITY ONE premieres tomorrow at @rockawayfilmfest 🫂🌾☄️ go Marnie, go island! Proud to produce with three incredible Baltimore based artist supports @saulzaentzinnovationfund @rubysartistgrants and @rwdfoundation
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🗞️Extra! Extra! 📰A&O Awarded a Rubys Grant for "Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms!" "The Rubys Artist Grants provide direct funding of up to $15,000 to Baltimore-area artists to support innovative projects with significant impact." -@rwdfoundation “Mechanisms” is at the halfway point of a two-part process in a 26 month development period. 🧰 Save the Date for the Rubys premiere May 6-23, 2027 at Baltimore Theatre Project! 💥 ♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️ "The Rubys Artist Grants provide direct funding of up to $15,000 to Baltimore-area artists to support innovative projects with significant impact. Grants are offered in four broad discipline categories—Performing Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Literary Arts—for the creation of new artwork. The Rubys supports the notion of risk-taking (in practice, content, process, and/or outcome) and equally values artistic integrity, strong ideas, feasibility, and communal meaning. ♦️ Launched in 2013, the Rubys Artist Grant program was conceived, designed, and initiated with funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. To date, the program has granted over $680,000 to 92 artists. The Rubys Artist Grant Program was inspired by the work of Creative Capital in New York City and named in honor of its visionary founder, Ruby Lerner. ♦️The Deutsch Foundation is hyper-local. We focus on Baltimore because the money we distribute was made here, because the needs are massive, and because Baltimore has exciting potential. The city’s history as an entrepreneurial hub and its contributions as a creative leader are significant, but our former prominence in 19th and 20th century industry has been lost. Now that we are a 21st century city, we need to participate in a new, creative economy. The Deutsch Foundation sees its role as providing seed funding to create and sustain human capital—helping the inspiring change-makers here do what they do best." - @rwdfoundation 📷 Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography
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I’m incredibly honored to share that “Shabtis Gather: Jackie Milad” has been selected as a winner of AIGA’s 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2025. Founded in 1923, @aigadesign 50 Books | 50 Covers is one of the longest-running competitions celebrating excellence in book design. This year, books were selected from 536 entries representing 29 countries. The winning publications become part of the permanent collection at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library in New York. Designing “Shabtis Gather” was a deeply rewarding collaboration. Working closely with Jackie Milad, I wanted the book’s materiality, pacing, typography, and structure to echo the layered nature of her practice, creating a publication that invites readers to experience the work rather than simply view it. I’m deeply grateful to @_jackie_milad_ for her trust throughout this process and to @bmoreart for partnering on the publication. Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, expertise, and care to this project. Books are always collective efforts, and this recognition belongs to the entire team. Credits Artist & Publisher: Jackie Milad Publishing Partner: BmoreArt Book Design and Editorial Production by Raquel Castedo Studio [Creative Director: Raquel Castedo, Design Assistant: Thaís Franco] Essays: Dr. Alice Stevenson, Dr. Fatma Ismail, Heba Abd el-Gawad Photography by: Vivian Marie Doering and Saskia Kahn Copyedited by: Chelsea Lemon Fetzer and Cara Ober Proofreading by: Rebecca Juliette, Inés Sanchez de Lozada, Samia Bzioui Arabic Translation by Hicham Habibi Printed by: Ipsis This book was made possible in part by two generous grants from Creative Capital and The Alumni Rubys Award, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. It’s an honor to see Shabtis Gather join this extraordinary history of book design. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners. #AIGA #50Books50Covers #BookDesign #EditorialDesign #PublicationDesign
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