Exhibitions

Out of Order Online & KIDOOO 

Out of Order & KIDOOO Virtual Auction:

Saturday, May 15 | 10 am - Saturday, May 22 | 10 pm | FREE

Click HERE to view 

Maryland Art Place (MAP)  2nd Virtual Out of Order exhibition event and very first virtual KIDOOO is LIVE! This year marks the 24th year of MAP’s signature Spring art auction. Using a virtual platform, Out of Order will is available to anyone on an electronic device and is free!

As one of Baltimore’s longest-standing consecutive contemporary exhibitions, Out of Order has successfully continued to stay relevant and fun. This year we're excited to have over 400 participating artists! 

MAP is happy to continue KIDOOO, a youth version of Out of Order!  KIDOOO was created as an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work with a major arts venue, expanding MAP’s services to students in elementary, middle, and high school level arts classes. KIDOOO artists are aged six-sixteen.  All KIDOOO artists are tagged and searchable. To find a KIDOOO artist simply search KIDOOO in the search bar or scroll to the 500 items. 

BUY IT NOW artists are invited artists. BUY IT NOW artists are listed as instant items. These works can be purchased outright and are not for auction. To locate BUY IT NOW artists simply search BUY IT NOW in the search bar, under items for purchase click BUY IT NOW, or scroll to the 400 items.

BUY IT NOW exhibiting artists: Emma Childs, Ramsey Brisueno, Elizabeth (Beth) M. Caruso, Tristan Heles, Julia Glatfelter, Greg Minah, Magnolia Laurie, Kate Norris, Ernest Shaw, Rosa Leff, Claudia Marie Cappelle, Farida Hughes, Jill Orlov, Richard Liu, and Kelly Walker.

This year OOO & KIDOOO are open for bidding for an entire week as opposed to one evening. Participants may bid from their homes, offices, or vacations while perusing hundreds of works of art from the many talented artists throughout the state and region. Text OutofOrder2021 to 76278 to register and bid. By watching an item you can expect text messages when you have been outbid throughout the auction and can counter from your phone! 

The OOO & KIDOOO Online auction is open to the public, TODAY, running one full week through Saturday, May 22, 2021 and is FREE.  All bids must be submitted no later than 10 pm on Saturday, May 22. The virtual exhibition can be viewed on May 15 at 10 am. Register to bid HERE. You must be registered to bid. 

Buyers Guide: HERE

Virtual Exhibition Link: https://OutofOrder2021.givesmart.com

To Register for the event click HERE

Out of Order Online & KIDOOO 

Out of Order & KIDOOO Virtual Auction:

Saturday, May 15 | 10 am - Saturday, May 22 | 10 pm | FREE

Click HERE to view 

Maryland Art Place (MAP)  2nd Virtual Out of Order exhibition event and very first virtual KIDOOO is LIVE! This year marks the 24th year of MAP’s signature Spring art auction. Using a virtual platform, Out of Order will is available to anyone on an electronic device and is free!

As one of Baltimore’s longest-standing consecutive contemporary exhibitions, Out of Order has successfully continued to stay relevant and fun. This year we're excited to have over 400 participating artists! 

MAP is happy to continue KIDOOO, a youth version of Out of Order!  KIDOOO was created as an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work with a major arts venue, expanding MAP’s services to students in elementary, middle, and high school level arts classes. KIDOOO artists are aged six-sixteen.  All KIDOOO artists are tagged and searchable. To find a KIDOOO artist simply search KIDOOO in the search bar or scroll to the 500 items. 

BUY IT NOW artists are invited artists. BUY IT NOW artists are listed as instant items. These works can be purchased outright and are not for auction. To locate BUY IT NOW artists simply search BUY IT NOW in the search bar, under items for purchase click BUY IT NOW, or scroll to the 400 items.

BUY IT NOW exhibiting artists: Emma Childs, Ramsey Brisueno, Elizabeth (Beth) M. Caruso, Tristan Heles, Julia Glatfelter, Greg Minah, Magnolia Laurie, Kate Norris, Ernest Shaw, Rosa Leff, Claudia Marie Cappelle, Farida Hughes, Jill Orlov, Richard Liu, and Kelly Walker.

This year OOO & KIDOOO are open for bidding for an entire week as opposed to one evening. Participants may bid from their homes, offices, or vacations while perusing hundreds of works of art from the many talented artists throughout the state and region. Text OutofOrder2021 to 76278 to register and bid. By watching an item you can expect text messages when you have been outbid throughout the auction and can counter from your phone! 

The OOO & KIDOOO Online auction is open to the public, TODAY, running one full week through Saturday, May 22, 2021 and is FREE.  All bids must be submitted no later than 10 pm on Saturday, May 22. The virtual exhibition can be viewed on May 15 at 10 am. Register to bid HERE. You must be registered to bid. 

Buyers Guide: HERE

Virtual Exhibition Link: https://OutofOrder2021.givesmart.com

To Register for the event click HERE

Young Blood Exhibition: Thursday, July 15 - Saturday, August 21st, 2021

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 15 | 6 pm to 8 pm

Maryland Art Place is proud to announce the return of Young Blood, an exhibition showcasing the works of recent Baltimore-area Masters of Fine Art graduates. This marks MAP’s 12th Young Blood program which has, to date,  provided an important post-graduate artistic platform for transitioning Masters of Fine Arts students. Since 2008 Young Blood has continually brought recent graduates together to make new connections and present special selections from their thesis project(s). The exhibition will highlight exceptional works ranging in media.

Young Blood took a brief hiatus due to the pandemic last year. As result  exhibting artists have graduated from their MFA programs in 2020, in addition to current MFA candidates (2021) were invited to participate. 

Brandon Ables | UMBC 

Jason Charney | UMBC 

Elijah Davis | UMBC

Jim Doran |  Towson University 

Brianna Doyle | Towson University 

Tinglan Huang | MICA 

Yifan Luo | MICA

Noah McWilliams | UMD

McKinley Wallace | MICA 

You Wu | Towson University

The exhibition will be on view Thursday, July 15 - Saturday, August 21. A physical opening reception will be held at Maryland Art Place (MAP) located at 218 West Saratoga St. Baltimore, MD 20201 on Thursday, July 15 between the hours of 6 and 8 pm.

The 14Karat Cabaret: Baltimore…Paris…The Gutter

Exhibition On View: September 16 - Saturday, November 13, 2021

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 16, 2021 | 6pm to 8pm

Maryland Art Place is proud to announce an exhibition showcasing the history of The14Karat Cabaret, a performance project located at MAP for over 25 years.Directed and organized by Baltimore artist Laure Drogoul, the project was conceived as a place to experiment with new forms, challenge societal expectations and experiment with new genres of art making. The project presented hundreds of local, national and international artists. The14Karat Cabaret exhibition at MAP will feature ephemera, photos, posters, performing objects and video of the history of the project from its beginning in 1989. Expect pop-up performances throughout the run. 

The exhibition will be on view Thursday, September 16 - Saturday, November 13, 2021.

14Karat Cabaret Retrospective Pop-Up Performance

Saturday, November 6 | 8 pm to 9:30 pm

Please join us for an evening of delightful performances on Saturday, November 6 from 8 to 9 pm at Maryland Art Place! As part of The 14Karat Cabaret Retrospective Exhibition MAP will host a series of pop-up performances in the Maryland Art Place gallery located on the 1st floor of the MAP building.

The 14Karat Cabaret exhibition will be open for viewing and seating at 7:30pm with performances beginning at 8pm. Performances will take place in the gallery on the 1st floor.

Featuring short performances by: 

Linda Cambell Franklin

Joe Meduza

Carly Bales

Alexander D’Agostino

Boy Meets Pearl (Sea Griffin and Christian Crowley) 

Red too Real (Cliff Doby, Theresa Columbus and Rae Red).

Come if you can it will be a wild ride and it is the

Last performance pop-up before the exhibition closes on Nov.13.

MAP is located at 218 West Saratoga St. Baltimore, MD 

10/14/2021

Kelly Walker

On View: October 13, 2021 - January 25, 2022

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 | 6pm - 8pm

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

Maryland Art Place (MAP) in partnership with Hotel Indigo, are pleased to present new works by Baltimore-based artist, Kelly Walker. Walker's paintings will be hung in Hotel Indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. The reception will be held on Thursday, October 14  from 6 to 8pm. The exhibition will be on view at Hotel Indigo Thursday, October 14 through January 25, 2022. 

About the artist: 

Kelly Walker is an American born, self taught artist who continues to study at the ‘School of Life’. She found her way to Baltimore, Maryland by the age of 18 where she has lived ever since. Walker absorbs the beauty, chaos and reality of Baltimore City channeling it into her work.

In 2013, Walker purchased a rundown auto shop in the heart of the city. The building is located between the historic cultural arts district of Mt Vernon and the newly designated Bromo Arts district currently undergoing a neighborhood revitalization. In an immense labor of love, Walker transformed the downtrodden building into a live/work space that has been featured in Baltimore Magazine as a work of art in of itself. An art collection covers the inside walls, boasting of other local artists. The studio and apartment serve not only as a place of business and a home but sometimes Walker opens her home for gatherings which benefit community organizations such as Creative Alliances ‘Art to Dine for’.

The dichotomy of Kelly Walker’s world translates onto her canvases as she paints in fits of inspiration which has led to an expansive collection of unique series, committing spontaneous reflections of her mood and emotions to canvas. Walker’s abstract paintings demonstrate the techniques, textures, and patterns she employs as a professional decorative painter. She pushes mediums past their intended purposes, encouraging them to collide and react, not rejecting happy accidents and forcing incompatible materials to meet. Utilizing a wide range of atypical materials, her works are intricately layered, calling reference to landscape, graffiti and color fields. Walker’s artwork has been featured extensively at venues both in and outside of the Baltimore area, including the Rosenberg Gallery, Silo Point, Gallery 1951 in Los Angeles & Las Laguna Art Gallery in California and the Delaware Museum of Art."

Due to COVID and the ever changing social distancing landscape, we ask that all guests RSVP for the reception. Please contact Caitlin@mdartplace.org to reserve your spot 

We hope to see you Thursday, October 14  from 6 - 8pm for the opening reception.

Validated parking is available at 15 West Franklin St. Garage.

UNDER $500 Exhibition and Sale

UNDER $500: Friday, December 17 | 6pm to 10pm | Tickets

*Tickets may also be purchased at the door!

Last Chance: Saturday, December 18 |  12 to 4pm

Virtual Exhibition & Sale: Saturday, December 18, 10am – Monday, December 20, 10pm

To view the virtual exhibition click HERE

Buyers Guide 

Deck the walls by giving the gift of art this holiday season! Maryland Art Place is excited to host its 9th annual UNDER $500 affordable art sale where artwork is sold on a first come first served basis right off our gallery walls!

Friday, December 17 from 6 pm to 10 pm (ticketed) and Saturday, December 18, 2021 (last chance). Get your tickets while they last!

UNDER 500 promotes the sale of artwork by artists in the Maryland region. Guests can expect to mingle with other artists, collectors, patrons, and general art enthusiasts at the event. Take your purchases home with you the night of the event. Gift wrapping will be available on-site. 

This year's theme is tinsel, come in your shiniest attire. We will have a wonderful trimmed tree on display! We will be keeping the atmosphere cheerful with some holly jolly tunes and decorated Xmas trees. Light confections will be served and beer and wine will be available at the open bar. Then join us in the basement for a live performance by Jumpin' Jupiter!

A virtual sale and exhibition will also take place will be featured online HERE from Saturday, December 18 at 10 am– Monday, December 20 at 10 pm. Artwork will NOT be available to view online until December 18 at 10 am. Be sure to register in advance in the interim! Registration is free.

Sales & PIck Up: We're aiming for all sold work to be at MAP before December 24th, in time for the holidays. Once the sale closes on December 20 at 10 pm, we will coordinate with the artists to have the work delivered to MAP. We will notify all buyers once your purchase is secured an onsite at MAP. Please make sure we have your artwork before coming to MAP, though the pick up window will be Dec 21- 23, from 11am - 4pm or by appointment. All artwork will be wrapped and ready to fulfill its destiny as the perfect holiday gift!

QUESTIONS/INFORMATION: 410.962.8565 or email Caitlin@mdartplace.org

6/26/2021

On View: April 29 through June 26, 2021, at MAP and online

Virtual Opening Reception: May 6 | 6pm - 7:00pm | FREE

To check out the Virtual Exhibition Click HERE 

I want to Be: A series of performances that occur via telephone conference call by Anna Kroll and Chloe Engel.

Friday, May 14 @  7 pm | Friday, May 28 @ 7 pm | Friday, June 25 @ 7 pm

Call  (760) 548-9513

Towson University and UMBC present the fourth installment of the collaborative SPARK pop-up exhibition — SPARK IV: A New World? — in partnership with Maryland Art Place (MAP) and the creator and generous sponsor of SPARK IV,  PNC Bank. The exhibition in MAP's main gallery space is open to the public for view from April 29 through June 26, 2021, Tuesday - Saturday from 12pm to 4pm, with opportunities to experience the exhibition and programs virtually.

SPARK IV expands beyond a focus on light-based artworks of years past to embrace the notion of art's power to illuminate and trigger reflection and dialogue. In A New World?, artistic work is considered through the lens of the significant modifications to life during the pandemic alongside longstanding concerns such as systemic racism and the climate crisis. What have we been through and what happens next? After experiencing the chaos, upheaval, and uncertainty that dominated this past year, how do we see the world, and how do we cope, adapt, and persevere. 

SPARK is curated by Catherine Borg, a Baltimore artist tracing shifting narratives in American culture in photo and video-based artworks.

Exhibiting Artists: Amanda Burnham, Beth Yashnyk, Carrie Fucile, Evan Tedlock, Foster Reynolds Santiago, Grace Doyle, Irene Chan, Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack, Jenny O’Grady, Jim Doran, Jon Lundak, Kelley Bell and Melissa Penley Cormier, Kyohei Abe, Luci Jockel, Lynn Cazabon, Monique Crabb, Nahid Tootoonchi, Jenee Mateer, Kat Navarro, Kimberly Hopkins, Rahne Alexander, Ryan Shelley, Safiyah Cheatam, Samantha Sethi, Sarah G. Sharp, Sookkyung Park, and Stephen Bradley.

“I Want to Be” | May 14 & 28 and June 25 at 7 p.m. 

Part of the UMBC and Towson University Collaborative Exhibition at Maryland Art Place (MAP), SPARKIV: A NEW WORLD artists Anna Kroll and Chloe Engel present “I Want To Be,” a series of performances that occur via telephone conference call. Kroll and Engel navigate a score in which they co-imagine events in a room. These are improvisational, spoken performances that have developed out of their collaborative practice of negotiating and refining scores to create imaginary realities. To attend, the performance audience members call a phone number at a specific time and listen to an improvisational guided exploration. Every phone call offers a new room, with infinite possibilities. A live-captioned version will also be simultaneously available. For more information, visit www.mdartplace.org.

Virtual Student Exhibition

Students from UMBC and TU were asked to submit work for the exhibition at MAP and seven were chosen to have their work presented along with the faculty in the gallery.  

10 students, 5 from UMBC and 5 from TU, were also chosen for awards based on their submissions and their work is presented in the virtual student exhibition.