Events

Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 5:00 PM

Invisible Architectures | Social Contracts

Exhibition: Thursday, May 16 - June 29, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday May 16, 2024 | 5 - 9pm

Maryland Art Place in collaboration with COFAC CoLab  Directors Dr. Kalima Young and Ada Pinkston, are excited to present "Invisible Architectures \ Social Contracts." This exhibition explores the impact of geographic, economic, social, and institutional structures on personal relationships. This dynamic interdisciplinary art festival and Co-Lab sponsored project  (Spring 2024) investigates the past, present and future directions social contracts may take. Join us on Thursday, May 16 from 5 pm to 9 pm for the opening reception taking place during the BROMO Art Walk .

Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 5:00 PM

Experience the Bromo Arts District during a night of artistic performances, exhibits, and open studios on Thursday, May 16, from 5-9pm. View information below for participating creative groups to help plan your evening. Event maps will be available at all participating locations during the event. Use our Google Map to help navigate the district and to see all venues, retailers, and public art locations.

View Invisible Architectures and Social Contracts, in collaboration with COFAC CoLab Directors Dr. Kalima Young and Ada Pinkston. Juried by Doreen Bolger, this exhibition explores the impact of geographic, economic, social, and institutional structures on personal relationships.

This event is free, but registration is recommended in order to get event updates and access to special promotions. Scroll to the bottom of the Eventbrite page to view the event FAQs for more information about the Bromo Art Walk. Register HERE!

Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 6:00 PM

On View:  May 3 - August 1, 2024

Reception: Thursday, May 16 | 6  to 9 pm

Hotel Indigo | 24 West Franklin Street | Free & Open to the Public

Maryland Art Place in partnership with Hotel Indigo Baltimore is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Maryland-based artist, Andrew Thorp. The exhibition is on view at Hotel Indigo, located at 24 West Franklin St. from  May 3 - August 1, 2024. A public reception will take place Thursday, May 16 from 6 to 9 pm during the BROMO Art Walk.

About the artist: Andrew Thorp was born and raised in Tulsa, OK migrating to MD to pursue a BFA from MICA and later an MFA from Towson University..  Currently Thorp  works and resides in the neighborhood of Waverly in Baltimore, MD.

Thorp’s paintings are pictures from liminal everyday spaces painted usually with oil on canvas or panel. He states: “These images - a stray hubcap, a chain link fence, and grass growing on a median - are typical and even banal, but in them I find immense depth, presence and beauty. I enjoy the immediacy and quickness of paint, often letting the paint be itself rather than worrying too much about representation. I am interested in not only what objects are in my paintings but what they can become. I focus on presence in my work and what it means to present in a world susceptible to collapse due to climate catastrophe and economic disaster.

Please join us on Thursday, May 16 from 6  to 9 pm at Hotel Indigo  for the opening reception celebrating the solo exhibition of Andrew Thorp. Hotel Indigo is free and open to the public.

Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 12:00 PM

Zeke’s: Generation: Crit III 

On View: May 3 - August 1, 2024 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8 | 12 to 2 pm

Location: 4719 Harford Road Baltimore, MD 

Zekes’ Coffee Shop and Maryland Art Place (MAP) are pleased to present Generation: Crit III, an exhibition featuring artworks from a local Maryland Art Crit Group from Center Arts and Studios located at the Mill Center. 

Generation, is a series of exhibitions developed by MAP to promote the work of artist groups or collectives who come together to support, critique and inspire one another.  Join us for the opening reception held at Zeke’s Coffee located at 4719 Harford Road on Saturday, June 8 from 12 to 2 pm. 

Exhibiting Artists include: 

Mark Cameron, David  Diaz, Elizabeth English,  Calliandra Hermanson, Ashley Kidner,  Karen Klinedinst, Jennifer McBrien, Helen Sgouros, Leslie Shellow and Virginia Warwick.

ABOUT ZEKE’s: In 205 Thomas Rhodes sold his first pound of coffee at the Baltimore Farmers Market. One year later he opened a retail space on Harford Road in Lauraville, and further expanded his operations to a fully functioning café just down the street at 4719 Harford Road in 2017. www.zekescoffee.com