In an age of online stay-at-home comfort, it can be intimidating to try a new place and meet new people. This is one reason BmoreArt has continued our tradition of hosting release parties in different iconic Baltimore locations, spaces that would otherwise require an invite to a private event. Like the city itself, our online and print publication is brimming with opportunities to experience excellence, to feel the pride of belonging to something larger than oneself.
On May 15, we celebrated the release of BmoreArt’s 19th issue themed around hidden gems at True Chesapeake with all of the featured artists, contributors, advertisers, and our subscribing members at the Artist level and above.
Issue 19 highlights Baltimore’s “hidden gems” through the stories of individuals and organizations often operating below the public radar but making a solid contribution to city life. This issue reveals a thriving hub of culture workers, events, traditions, and institutions that bend over backwards to entice us.
Baltimore itself is a hidden gem. Sure, it has flaws, but for anyone who dares, it offers up sparkling and surprising opportunities that wildly exceed expectations. It’s the perfect city for people who enjoy making discoveries and having adventures. Wealth is not a harbinger of taste in Baltimore; rather it’s a confidence in ones’ own agency, a fierce independence honed by authentic experience.
Baltimore truly is a city of artists. BmoreArt plays a critical role in our cultural ecosystem by providing an independent, regional platform for creative communities to share their work and ideas with new audiences through print and online media, bespoke art books, and events of all kinds.
