Pile of Craft is a juried indie/alternative craft fair in the Spring/Summer of each year. The whole homemade renaissance has resuscitated the image of crafting — gone is the cliché of your kooky aunt slaving away at a kiln behind the garage. Sure, it’s still kooky, in that delightful screw-manufactured-taste kinda way where colors and patterns don’t need to match so much and connections between forms are invented on the fly. So, get your craft on, hon! http://pileofcraft2012.wordpress.com/
CPM Gallery recently announced that the run of Richard Ayodeji Ikhide's solo exhibition "Tales from Future Past" would be extended to November 22 by appointment. At the opening on September 27, the British-Nigerian artist was interviewed by luminary art historian, curator, and educator Lowery Sims.
The idea of a master narrative and the Eurocentric bias of earlier editions of this text have been pressured, and forced to make room for multiplicity and inclusivity. The history of graphic design appears here fresher, livelier, and more relevant.
This Week: Soft Gym celebration at the new YNot Lot, screening of "Without Arrows" at The Walters, artist talk with Jaz Erenberg at Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore Clayworks Winterfest, Rooted in Joy reception at Coppin's Cary Beth Cryor Art Gallery, Arts for Learning celebration, and more!
Merkin Dream III expanded on themes of women’s rights, sex work, body image, and dysphoria through bold design, movement, and performance.
