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A Soulforms Caravan of Painters, Photographers, and Interdisciplinarians
City Arts Gallery 440 East Oliver Street Baltimore, MD 21202
August 18-Sept 9, 2011 
 Event: September 2, 2011 5pm-10pm

“This exhibition is the exploration of the soul in a variety of forms expressed through all vehicles of creativity. It is about individual souls and our collective creativity translated into many forms manifested through art.” ~Brian C. Baker

The art exhibition “Soulforms Caravan” includes 10 City Arts resident artists as well as 8 Soulforms collaborators and colleagues; City Arts residents: visual artists, Brian C. Baker, Noah Hall, Stefan Ways, Brady Starr, Ymaht Jacintho Bloom, multi-medium artist Dayna Harris Smith, sculptors, Jessica Schimpf and Savanna Leigh, photographer Megan Dee, interdisciplinary artists, Heather joi and Bernard Stiegler, guest artists: photographers, Jack Radcliffe, Phillip Edward Laubner, Ed St. Marc, Matt Saindon, interdisciplinary artists, Carl Stevens, Steven Dewey, Sarah Schwartz, origins, manifestations and expressions of the soul and It’s many forms. Curated by Brian C. Baker.

“Soulforms Caravan” will be presented in the City Arts Gallery from August 18 through September 9, 2011. This exhibit, which is free and open to the public, can be viewed Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. The artist reception will take place September 2, 2011 from 5pm to 10pm with interdisciplinary performances including poetry by Auset, Ris and Jazmine, dance by fusion belly dancer Little Renegade, performance art by Heather joi and Carl Stevens, film by Carl Stevens and Bernard Stiegler, animation by Bernard Stiegler, yoga by yoga Christy, and music by Two in the Pink and Fractal Cat.

“City Arts is an artist-residence space committed to the progression of the community within the building, and the growth and re-development of the community that we are now apart of. A host to all forms of artistic expression and the furthering of our understanding of one another. City Arts aims to be a beacon in the flourishing art scene and re-urbanization of Baltimore city and beyond.” ~City Arts Gallery Committee

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