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This Week: Jayme McLellan at UMBC, Maryland Film Fest at the Parkway, SPARK VII opening reception at The Peale, In the Stacks celebrates the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, Cordially Invited opening reception, Submersive Productions opening reception at Creative Alliance, Kristin Putchinski closing reception at Gallery CA, opening reception for The Ink Spot Press annual exhibition, Susan Goldman opening reception at Galerie Myrtis, Extreme Heat closing reception + panel discussion at Crow’s Nest, (un)Alter(ed) Ego closing reception at Bogus Gallery, and Full Circle Dance Company at the BMA — PLUS a submission request for the Baltimore Review and more featured opportunities!

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis.

To submit your calendar event, email us at events@bmoreart.com!

Header Image: Susan Goldman, Bordeaux Blossom, 2025, Digital pigment print on aluminum, 49 x 40″
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Myrtis

 

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Jayme McLellan: Fostering Sustainability in a Career in the Arts
Tuesday, November 4 :: 4-6pm
@ UMBC CIRCA

Jayme McLellan is a curator, gallery director, artist, and educator. Over the past two decades, she has curated 150 solo, group, and thematic exhibitions of contemporary artists. In this presentation, she will share stories about successes and failures in her efforts to help artists become more professional so that they can have maximum freedom to carve out their own sustainable paths. She will discuss fostering long-term sustainability for artists, outlining unspoken expectations of professional presenting institutions and the wider public, as well as accessing available resources.

 

 

Maryland Film Fest 2025
Wednesday, November 5 | Ongoing through November 9
@ SNF Parkway Theatre

Five days of film, tech-forward storytelling, music, art, food, parties and unforgettable connections.

 

 

SPARK: Industrial Afterglow | Opening Reception
Thursday, November 6 :: 5-8pm
@ The Peale

SPARK VII: Industrial Afterglow, a collaboration between UMBC and Towson University, brings together over twenty artists working across sculpture, installation, sound, photography, video, textiles, and ecological documentation to explore what lingers in the wake of industrial and technological systems.

From bioplastic light sculptures and cyanotype archives to rewilded cityscapes and AI-coded sea monsters, the exhibition casts light — literal and symbolic — on the residues of industry, the reconfigurations of ecosystems, and the speculative futures already blooming in the present.

As a former industrial port city undergoing rapid urban transformation, Baltimore provides a vital lens through which to consider the aftermath of extractive systems and the possibilities of repair. Industrial Afterglow asks: What remains after infrastructures collapse? How do ecologies adapt and resist? What does it mean to imagine otherwise? By attending to what still glows, hums, or grows through the ruins, this exhibition transforms light from metaphor into method — revealing the unseen, mourning the obsolete, and illuminating paths toward speculative futures.

Participating artists include Chelsey Barrera, Sue Borchardt, Lynn Cazabon, Cathy Cook, McCoy Chance, Danielle d’Amico, Alexandra Garove, Eunice Hong, Gracie Horne, Jinyoung Koh, Dara Lorenzo, Jenee Mateer, Leah Clare Michaels, Eric Millikin, Timothy Nohe, Edgar Reyes, Sarah G. Sharp, Alexi Scheiber, Samantha Sethi, Jena Burchick, Mariia Usova, and Tara Youngborg.

Spark VII: Industrial Afterglow is curated by Liz Faust.

Public Programs – All Events at the Peale Unless Otherwise Noted

• November 6 | 5–8 PM: Opening Reception
•November 8 | 2-4 PM: Panel Discussion
•November 16 | 11 AM–12:30 PM: Panel Discussion – Online
•November 21 | 3–5 PM: Film Screening
•November 21 | 6–7:30 PM: Panel Discussion
•November 22 | 11 AM–2 PM: Artist-led Workshop
•November 22 | 3–5 PM: Lecture
•December 6 | 11 AM–12:30 PM: Panel Discussion – Online
•December 7 | 10 AM–2 PM: Artist-led Workshop

 

 

In the Stacks: Music from the Great Gatsby era with Janet Paulsen and the Hotel Paradise Orchestra
Thursday, November 6 :: 7-8pm
@ George Peabody Library

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby with an unforgettable evening of music. Janet Paulsen and The Hotel Paradise Orchestra will bring the Roaring Twenties to life with a performance of several songs immortalized in Fitzgerald’s classic novel.

The program will also shine a spotlight on several of Baltimore’s musical legends of the era, including Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway and his trailblazing sister Blanche Calloway, Chick Webb, and the incomparable Billie Holiday.

Join us for a night of jazz, glamour, and rare books in one of the most beautiful libraries in the world!

 

 

Cordially Invited | Reception
Friday, November 7 :: 5-8pm
@ Make Studio

Make Studio is excited to announce the highlight of our fall programming season, the 8th installment of Cordially Invited! Cordially Invited is our annual invitational exhibition featuring artworks created in innovative U.S. and international studios serving disabled artists.

On view from October 10 – November 15, Make Studio’s CordialIy Invited VIII highlights the phenomenal and thought-provoking art produced in progressive art studios internationally as a way to better understand and appreciate our neurodiverse world. Each year it is our honor to put together this showcase to celebrate how these studios foster and promote exceptional art, advance full inclusion, and ensure the advancement of disabled artists so that their distinctive work can be experienced by all. This year’s installment features 28 participating groups, hailing from as near as Rockville, MD and Washington, DC, and as far as Spain and Japan. Over 100 selected artworks will be featured in our gallery and even more will appear in the digital exhibition online. Visitors are encouraged to drop into the gallery during our weekly hours, or visit during special extended hours that will be announced on social media.

A reception will be held on November 7 from 5:00-8:00 PM during Art Around Hampden and First Fridays in Hampden. Details about exhibiting artists and studios, as well as special programming including a virtual artist talk with participating studios, will be shared on Make Studio’s website and social media. A companion display of Make Studio artists’ work will also be on view at University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Campus Center for Disability Employment Awareness Month throughout October.

 

 

Submersive Productions: A Decade of Mapping New Worlds | Opening Reception
Friday, November 7 :: 5-8pm
@ Creative Alliance

Exhibition Opening: November 7 | 5-8PM
On View: November 7 – December 20, 2025
Creative Alliance | Galleries Are Free & Open to the Public

Submersive Productions creates original, site-specific immersive works where artists and audiences engage together at the intersection of histories, mythologies, and immediate experience. Based in Baltimore, our predominantly female collective works collaboratively to create richly layered environments that are deeply sensory, emotionally resonant, and radically participatory.

Founded in 2015 by Co-Artistic Directors Ursula Marcum and Glenn Ricci, and now consisting of a Collective of over 50 multi-disciplinary artists, Submersive has created over two dozen works, reimagining iconic spaces such as The Peale Center, The War Memorial, The Peabody Library, The Enoch Pratt House, and the National Aquarium. Our projects invite curiosity, empathy, and play while holding space for dissonance, complexity, and transformation.

 

 

Kristin Putchinski: Piano | Closing Reception
Friday, November 7 :: 7pm
@ Gallery CA

Gallery CA is pleased to present Piano, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Kristin Putchinski, on view from October 4 through November 7, 2025. Through her distinctive interdisciplinary practice, Putchinski reimagines the grand piano—not only as a musical instrument, but as a vessel of memory, movement, and transformation.

The exhibition features two major works from Putchinski’s ongoing Piano series. The first, Piano: Theme & Variation explores concepts of tension, balance, transformation, and release through a series of actions, performances, and sculptures that utilize an upright piano as the primary object. Her process is tri-fold: unmaking, playing, and remaking. This body of work confronts conventional training on the piano and articulates some experiences on a journey of healing from a profound encounter with violent trauma.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is Putchinski’s newest work, Piano: The Body is a Sacred Garment. Using a petit grand piano once owned by her late neighbor and fellow musician, David Crandall, the artist crafts a personal meditation on mortality, aging, intimacy, and pleasure. The work honors Crandall’s legacy while offering a poetic inquiry of vulnerability, grief, resilience, and play.

In addition to the installations, Piano includes two live events focused on the concept of “performing sculpture,” both free and open to the public. The first features an iterative installation of Hex 1 & Hex 2, developed in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Anna Kroll. The second is a solo performance of Garment/Gauge, a newly developed work by Putchinski that further expands her investigation into movement, balance, tension, and the limits of the body and form.

The second event is a documentation performance. Audience members are encouraged to witness a video-taped performance of Hex 1 & Hex 2 and Garment/Gauge, through the windows of Gallery CA.

At the opening and closing events, audience members are invited to join Putchinski one hour before the event to pick up trash outside the gallery and in the surrounding streets. Trash bags and disposal will be provided.

Putchinski spent twenty-seven years touring as an award-winning songwriter, musician, and composer before completing an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2024.

 

 

THE INK SPOT ANNUAL 2026 | Opening Reception
Saturday, November 8 :: 2-4pm
@ Ink Spot Press

The Ink Spot Press is excited to announce that our winter show is early this year! We will have an opening reception Saturday November 8th, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The show will run through January 31st, 2026.

We will be showcasing a variety of printmaking works by Baltimore based artists. Some have been keeping the Baltimore print scene alive since the 1980s, others are the next generations of this medium. Most works are intaglio prints, along with some relief and photographic works.

 

 

Susan Goldman: The Origin of Self | Opening Reception
Saturday, November 8 :: 2-6pm
@ Galerie Myrtis

Galerie Myrtis is proud to present “Susan Goldman: The Origin of Self,” a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the 25-year journey, artistic evolution, and groundbreaking contributions of master printmaker, artist, curator, and filmmaker Susan Goldman. Curated by Galerie Myrtis’s Founding Director, Dr. Myrtis Bedolla, the exhibition will be on view from November 8, 2025, through January 17, 2026.

The retrospective traces Goldman’s trajectory as a leading voice in contemporary printmaking, highlighting her involvement with both the historical aspects and future developments of the medium.

The exhibition examines her own practice—ranging from monotypes and screenprints to mixed media and limited-edition works on aluminum and paper—while also spotlighting her collaborative ventures through Lily Press®, the printmaking facility she founded in 2005.

Through Lily Press®, Goldman has collaborated with some of the most prominent voices in contemporary art, including Sam Gilliam, Keiko Hara, and Renée Stout, while also fostering emerging talent such as Halim Flowers. Together, these collaborations have expanded the possibilities of printmaking; preserving its legacy while advancing the medium.

In addition to reflecting on Goldman’s storied career, the exhibition also serves as a prospectus—offering a glimpse into her continued experimentation, material innovation, and future direction as a printmaker.

 

 

Extreme Heat | Public Servants Panel & Exhibit Closing Reception
Saturday, November 8 :: 3:30-5pm
@ Crow’s Nest

Join us for the final program and chance to see Extreme Heat, featuring the work of Rowan Bathurst, Kei Ito and Rachel Stein.

We are delighted to have two panelists and public servants from the city whose work involves directly combating the challenge of extreme heat. Erica Pinket and Michelle “Shelly” Smith will share their own professional efforts and experience dealing with extreme heat in Baltimore City.

Erica Pinket, Climate and Resilience Planner

Erica Pinket, MPS-EDM has been with the Baltimore City Office of Sustainability (BOS) since 2024. In her current role as the Climate and Resiliency Planner, she serves the Baltimore City community by co-leading the city’s interagency Extreme Heat portfolio, coordinating the community resiliency hub program, and executing the Disaster Preparedness and Planning Project (DP3). Prior to her work with BOS, Erica served as a Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) Fellow of the Washington, D.C. cohort and a Consultant for Tetra Tech from 2021-2023. From her 10-year emergency management career of national consultancy, clean energy leadership, U.S. Department of State risk communication, and as a published academic in preparedness, response, mitigation, and resilience, Erica gained transferrable skills in Federal emergency response protocols, the Whole Community Approach, and environmentally just planning gap solutions which she leverages when conducting her work within BOS. In addition, Erica graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2015 earning a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a dedicated focus on Foreign Policy. In 2020, she graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s degree in Emergency Management. Erica is committed to uplifting the local community because this city has given so much to the world and it is an honor and privilege to do my part in keeping a great and historical city thriving for generations to come.

Michelle “Shelly” Smith , Preparedness Section Chief, Baltimore City Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management.

Michelle holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology and Family Studies in Human Development from Central Michigan University. With 15 years’ non-profit sector experience, she has worked as a direct caregiver, case manager and residential program director.

She has supported individuals from socially vulnerable communities including those with physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, individuals experiencing homelessness, severe mental health illnesses, survivors of intimate partner violence, veterans, individuals with substance use disorders and those living with HIV and AIDs.

In her most recent role, she works for the Baltimore City Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Management as the Preparedness Section Chief. In her role she provides education and resources on emergency preparedness to the citizens of Baltimore. Michelle serves as a member of the Mayor’s Sustainability and Resiliency Sub-Cabinet Heat Mitigation Workgroup, Mayor’s Coalition on Disabilities, Mayors Equity Committee, the Overdose Prevention Team, and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Evacuation and Whole Community subcommittees.

 

 

(un)Alter(ed) Ego | Closing Reception
Saturday, November 8 :: 6-9pm
@ Bogus Gallery

Bogus Gallery presents the next exhibition in our gallery program opening during the @stationnorth art walk:

(un)Altered(ed) Ego curated by Rieko Chacey

An exhibition by nine artists
Featuring:

Veronica Barker-Barzel | @jewfroart
Rieko Chacey | @riekochacey
David Ignacio | @davidignco
Ellen MacKenzie | @mackenzieart358
Lynn Nguyen | @l7nne.4rt.h
Yeeve 이재인 Rayne | @yeeve.rayne
Leslie Shellow | @leslieshellow
Alexandra N Sherman | @alexandrasherman
Yi Wang | @yiwang9735

Closing Reception:
📆 Saturday, November 8th
⏳6-9PM
📍Bogus Gallery 1511 Guilford Ave. Baltimore, MD 21202 | At the Copycat Building

Gallery Hours:
📆Weekly Open on Fridays & Saturdays
⏳2-6PM
📍Bogus Gallery 1511 Guilford Ave. Baltimore, MD 21202 | At the Copycat Building

 

 

Rooted and Rising: Full Circle Dance Company’s 25th Anniversary Season
Sunday, November 9 :: 2-6pm
@ Baltimore Museum of Art

Full Circle Dance Company, a pillar of Baltimore’s arts scene, will celebrate 25 years of creative work in 2025 with performances that both honor its roots and celebrate new voices.

Season Headliner: Rooted and Rising (November 9)

Headlining the season is Rooted and Rising, to be presented on November 9, 2025, at the Baltimore Museum of Art. This show includes She Did That!, a new work inspired by the stories of female ancestors. Based on true stories, drawing on raw material generated through free community workshops, and created collaboratively by multiple choreographers, She Did That! unearths and honors women who cleared paths for future generations.

Also premiering November 9 is To Come Full Circle by longtime artistic collaborator Travis D. Gatling, commissioned to mark the company’s 25th anniversary. Gatling explores the theme of ancestry from a different angle, celebrating the ways diverse, committed artists can together build an enduring creative family.

In addition to these two premieres, Rooted and Rising will include some of the very best works created by and for Full Circle since its founding. These include one of the very earliest works by Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs; a historically grounded work by award-winning choreographer Hope B. Byers; and an entrancing, virtuosic work by Full Circle veteran Jennifer Seye.

 

 

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Gallery Residency Program
deadline November 14
posted by Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

Through the Gallery Residency Program, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop seeks to expand its engagement with artists working in the DMV.

The CHAW gallery will, for eight weeks each year, become an incubator space for the selected Resident Artist. During that time, the Artist will transform the gallery while interacting with visitors and students.

The Residency provides a well-lit and clean gallery central to the DC area with substantial foot traffic and visibility. CHAW will offer promotion for the Resident Artist, their work and the show.

During the Residency, an Artist can create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The Residency encourages interaction, dialogue and exploration both within the CHAW artist community and city-wide. The right fit is someone who is looking for a blank slate, offering freedom, challenge, and openness to the artistic process, as well as a collaborative community element.

Applications will be judged on the quality of work and professional promise. Artists who qualify for the Residency are working at the professional level in their fields. Applicants should be over the age of 18; the program is not designed for undergraduate students or commercial artists.

The Resident Artist must be available to work in the CHAW gallery during the eight weeks of the residency. CHAW will not provide housing for Resident Artist.

After reviewing all the applications, three artists will be interviewed at CHAW by the gallery staff and CHAW Director.

 

 

Lunar New Year Arts Festival Request for Visual Artists
deadline November 15
posted by NAAAP Baltimore

Selected artists from this RFA will be featured in the art gallery from the Opening Reception until Saturday, February 28, 2026. The festival will be a vibrant celebration of local talent and Asian and Asian American communities. For three weeks, the public will enjoy a diverse array of music, dance, visual art, spoken word, markets, and other cultural activities. This event is a platform to honor and share the traditions of many Asian and Asian American cultures and communities that call our area home. We look forward to receiving your submissions and making this a memorable celebration for all.

 

 

Access/VSA Emerging Young Artists Program
deadline November 16
posted by The Kennedy Center

Our programs for artists with disabilities shape the future of the arts. The Access/VSA Emerging Young Artists Program, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, amplifies the voices of emerging visual artists through career development and professional empowerment.

This national juried exhibition seeks artwork that demonstrates the excellence and important perspectives of artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, residing in the United States. Fifteen artists each receive a $3,000 financial stipend, engage in professional development activities at the Kennedy Center, and have one of their submitted works featured in an exhibition that tours the United States.

 

 

Artist Residency
deadline November 16
posted by Gladstone House

Gladstone House invites applications for short-term (3 month) visual art or craft residencies. Residencies are self-directed: the artists work on projects of their own choosing. Work may be tied to a project, including preparation for an exhibition or show/sale, or may be for portfolio/practice development.

There is no fee to use the space; see The Artist Commitment section for more information.

The artists have access to the Art Studio 7 days a week, from 7:00am to 11:00pm.

 

 

The Sound of Joy – Participation Form
deadline November 30
posted by LUSMERLIN

Art has the power to shape the future and capture our shared feelings. For this collaborative soundscape, I invite everyone to contribute the sounds that inspire joy, peace, and hope.

✨ What everyday sounds bring you happiness?

✨ Or what sounds can you imagine for a future full of possibility?

Perhaps it’s the sound of your bike chain, the feet of your dog running around, or your grandma humming in the kitchen.

It is completely valid to use your voice! Think that we’re building a vibe, an atmosphere for people to hear across cultures, backgrounds, ages, and locations.

Submit or record up to two, 60 second clips of sound, and my team and I will edit this into a soundscape. Please do not upload copyrighted material because we want to respect creators.

This piece will be edited and published in 2026, by me/my team.

Deadline – November 30th, 2025

 

 

Baltimore Review | Submission Request
deadline November 30

Please review the editors’ preferences and tips to writers. We may not be able to completely pin down what we want—and we do want to be taken pleasantly by surprise—but you may find the quotes helpful. And please take a little time to check out our blog and to read some of the work in our current and past issues.

What to put in that Cover Letter box: When you submit your work, please include a brief bio to introduce yourself. Generally, a “thank you for considering my work” and a brief bio similar to those on our website is all that’s needed. Note that for contest submissions, that information is concealed.

If your work is accepted for publication, we ask only for the right to publish it for the first time, online and in print. Please do not submit work that has been accepted for publication elsewhere. All rights revert to the author after publication by The Baltimore Review. All accepted work will be archived on the website.

We accept submissions only through the link at the bottom of this page. We do not consider emailed submissions or submissions sent through the postal service. Every poem, short story, and work of creative nonfiction we accept is selected from the Submittable queue based on merit and the needs of the journal.

Submissions in more than one category are permitted, but please do not submit work more than once per reading period in any category.

Among other resources for writers, NewPages.com has a Publications for Young Writers page. We encourage teen (and younger) writers to review this list before submitting work to literary journals. The Baltimore Review considers submissions from writers who are 18 years of age or older.

Simultaneous submissions are absolutely fine. If you need to withdraw your work, or part of your work, from consideration, let us know. Use the Withdraw option if withdrawing the entire submission; send us a message through Submittable if withdrawing part of your submission, e.g., one poem from a group of three.

Once your work has been accepted by a publication, always withdraw it from any other publications right away.

Our next submission period is August 1 through November 30, 2025.

 

 

OPEN CALL : Winter 2026
deadline November 30
posted by Field Projects

Field Projects is pleased to announce our WINTER Open Call! Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our group exhibition. All submissions will be considered for the Exhibition and the accompanying Online Exhibition. Simultaneously, Field Projects Panel will be considering the submissions for future Solo Shows, Art Fairs, Group Shows, Off-site Exhibitions, feature on our social media and our studio visit program (NY Artists).

About 85% of the artists we have shown at Field Project are discovered through the open call process. Believe in the PROCESS!

Field Projects is an NYC-based project space located in the heart of Chelsea’s gallery district. As an artist run space, we are committed to opening the field of exhibition opportunities to other working artists. Whether you have submitted to Field Projects before or it’s your first time, we would love to see your work!

 

 

Trauma and the Environment Call for submissions: Tendrils, an art & literary journal
deadline November 30
posted by Tendrils Journal

Tendrils Journal is seeking submissions of visual art and short-form literature for its edition “Trauma and the Environment.” As an art & literary publication, we’re dedicated to sparking conversations around trauma and opening pathways for healing.

The second edition of Tendrils will explore the profound relationships between trauma and the natural and built environment; how processes of growth, decay, and change, mirrors and shapes our individual and collective experiences.

We invite creators to interpret this theme in their own way––whether conceptually, through abstraction, realism, or any form in between. We’re interested in thoughtful, bold, and distinctive voices that contribute fresh and meaningful perspectives to the topic.

Your work:

Art submissions can be in any medium or size

For literature, submit short-form work (up to 1,000 words) such as poetry or short stories. We will consider excerpts if you have a long-form work that aligns with the themes.

Deadline: Nov. 30th

There is no fee for submission.

Visit www.tendrilsjournal.com/call-for-submissions to learn more and apply