2020 Vision Community Day – Baltimore Musuem of Art BMA March 15 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Free
We hope you join us for this afternoon of free artmaking, interactive demonstrations, and performances dedicated to the achievements of female-identifying artists to mark the opening of Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read and 2020 Vision exhibitions in the Contemporary Wing.
General admission to the BMA is free so that everyone can enjoy the power of art.
Events
1–5 p.m.
Free admission to Candice Breitz: Too Long, Didn’t Read
Identity-flag-making workshop guided by teaching artists and inspired by the works on view in Katharina Grosse: Is It You?
1–3:30 p.m.
Demonstrations and opportunities to support local female makers and creatives: Drama MaMa Bookshop, Megan Ruthke, Personal Best Ceramics, Flourish Baltimore, and Priya Means Love
Interactive conversation station
1:30–3:30 p.m.
Tasting experience catered by Mera Kitchen Collective, a community-driven, food-based cooperative focused on empowering refugee and immigrant women
2 p.m.
Storytelling workshop with Discover Me/Recover Me, featuring griots, Dr. Deborah Pierce-Fakunle, and Dr. Davide O. Fakunle
Artist Shinique Smith discusses her new sculpture on view at the BMA, Grace stands beside
2:30 p.m.
In-gallery performance by operatic baritone, Kellen Johnson
3 p.m.
Performance by the “electronic opera queens” of Baltimore, the OUTCALLS
4 p.m.
Artist Candice Breitz in conversation with Asma Naeem, Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator
For more information go to https://artbma.org/events/2020-03-15_2020.vision.community.day
Courtesy Photo/BMA
2020 Vision Community Day
About
Founded in 1914, The Baltimore Museum of Art is a major cultural destination recognized for engaging diverse audiences through dynamic exhibitions and innovative educational and community outreach programs.
The BMA’s internationally renowned collection of 95,000 objects encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the famed Cone Collection of modern art, as well as one of the nation’s finest holdings of prints, drawings, and photographs. The galleries showcase an exceptional collection of art from Africa; important works by established and emerging contemporary artists; outstanding European and American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts; ancient Antioch mosaics; and exquisite textiles from around the world.
The 210,000-square-foot museum is distinguished by a grand historic building designed in the 1920s by renowned American architect John Russell Pope and two beautifully landscaped gardens featuring an array of 20th-century sculpture.
The BMA is located in Charles Village, three miles north of the Inner Harbor, and is adjacent to the main campus of Johns Hopkins University.
General admission to the BMA is free so that everyone can enjoy the power of art.