Life-size artwork you can step into, a dazzling aerial spectacle, musical improvisations, alternative theater, and Baltimore’s best authors, poets, and singer/songwriters—don’t miss an electrifying evening of performances and art at the BMA Late Night on Saturday, October 1 from 7 to 11 p.m. Featuring the 2011 Baker Artist Award winners, this FREE Late Night event includes access to the Baker Artist Awards 2011 exhibition during extended evening hours, performances, DJ, light fare, and cash bar. This is the culminating event for the exhibition, which closes October 2, 2011.
Audrey Chen
Late Night highlights the winners of the $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker prize with performances by experimental musician Audrey Chen and beatboxer/vocal percussionist Shodekeh, and a room-size installation of detailed drawings by visual artist Gary Kachadourian. Chen uses her cello, voice, and electronics to create unique sound compositions. Shodekeh emulates various instruments and soundscapes, such as drum sets, turntables, ocean waves, and sleigh bells. Kachadourian’s photocopied and enlarged drawings cover every wall in the gallery—as well as the floor and parts of the ceiling—with life-sized bricks, trees, lamp posts, and other everyday objects. Special Late Night performances by the $1,000 b-grant prize winners Copycat Theatre, Mara Neimanis, Fernando Quijano III, Nelly’s Echo, Justin Sirois, ellen cherry, and Michelle Antoinette Nelson continue the celebration of Baltimore’s talented artistic community. The schedule of performances is listed below.
7-8 p.m. Meet the Baker Artists
8-8:20 p.m. Audrey Chen
8:30-9 p.m. Mara Neimanis, Shodekeh
9:15-10 p.m. Copycat Theatre, Audrey Chen
10:15-11 p.m. Michelle Antoinette Nelson, Fernando Quijano, Justin Sirois, Nelly’s Echo, ellen cherry, Shodekeh
The Baker Artist Awards are directed by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund with the assistance of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. The exhibition is supported by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.
VISITOR INFORMATION: General admission to the BMA is free; special exhibitions may be ticketed. The BMA is open Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (except major holidays). The Museum is closed Monday, Tuesday, New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The BMA is located on Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st Streets, three miles north of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. For general Museum information, call 443-573-1700 or visit artbma.org.
Shodekeh
