BALTIMORE, MD – On November 20, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will open the first U.S. museum exhibition of works by acclaimed Senegalese contemporary artist Omar Ba. Born outside of Dakar and living between Dakar, Brussels, and Geneva, Ba creates expressive figurative paintings that often intertwine African and European cultures and histories to examine […]
This fall, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and Delmarva Paddlers Retreat are partnering up to offer the public a chance to build their own skin-on-frame kayak. Scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30–Thursday, Oct. 6, this weeklong intensive will be led by Anders Thygesen of Vestfossen, Norway. Thygesen, himself an expedition kayaker, is a favorite guest of […]
CINCINNATI – William Louis Sonntag returns to Cincinnati after a stint in Germany. The 19th century artist helped set the scene of the prehistoric American landscape for the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. Now home in Cincinnati, Sonntag’s painting is on display in Cincinnati Museum Center’s America’s Epic Treasures featuring Preternatural by Michael Scott. Sonntag’s 1850 painting […]
The public is invited to help honor the arrival of the new Maryland Dove to St. Mary’s City, Maryland on August 27, 2022. Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC) will open at 10 a.m. on August 27, 2022, with the ship scheduled to sail in between 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. (weather permitting). After the ship’s […]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that it has broken ground on its new Welcome Center—a major milestone marking the start of Phase II of its ongoing Master Plan campus upgrades. Opening in 2023, the new, fully ADA accessible building will house CBMM’s Welcome Center, Museum Store, and two exhibition spaces. “The […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) Board of Trustees recently elected James D. Thornton as the museum’s 26th Board Chair and the first person of color to lead the BMA’s Trustees. He succeeds Clair Zamoiski Segal, who held the position for seven years and remains on the board as Immediate Past Chair […]
On Sunday, Aug. 14, Watermen’s Appreciation Day returns to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., featuring a spirited boat docking contest, steamed crabs and other regional food, live music, beer, boat rides, family activities, and more. The fundraising event is organized by CBMM in cooperation with the Talbot Watermen Association, with proceeds […]
The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) will present Maude Schuyler Clay: Portraits of a Place, an exhibition of nearly 100 photographic works by the artist from the early 1980s to the present, including intimate family portraits, still-life images of fruit, haunting landscapes, and glass plate images taken by Clay’s grandfather, Joseph Albert May. Judge May […]
The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) presents Jamal Cyrus: The End of My Beginning, the first museum survey of celebrated Houston-born artist Jamal Cyrus (b.1973). On view from October 29, 2022 – March 3, 2023, the exhibition spans 15 formative years of Cyrus’s multidisciplinary practice from 2005 to 2020, assembling over 50 artworks including drawings, […]
CINCINNATI – In Cincinnati Museum Center’s newest exhibit, you don’t just learn history, you make history. Made in Cincinnati opens Friday, the newest permanent addition to CMC’s museum experience. Made in Cincinnati is a celebration of innovation and excellence. It firmly plants the city’s flag as a leader of industry – past, present and future […]
BALTIMORE, MD — The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today a wide range of acquisitions that reflect its ongoing commitment to diversifying the range of voices and narratives represented across its encyclopedic holdings. This includes approximately 30 works and suites by contemporary artists as well as new additions to the museum’s European, Asian, African, […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is proud to present A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, a groundbreaking exhibition that explores the profound impact of a pivotal time in American history through the perspectives and works of 12 acclaimed Black contemporary artists. Featuring new commissions by Akea Brionne, […]
