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Union organizers accuse BMA Director Chris Bedford of privately stalling election while publicly championing security guards through a new exhibition

On Tuesday, March 22, a group of seven workers who are part of the ongoing effort to unionize the Baltimore Museum of Art held signs with slogans such as “1 Voice, 1 Union” and “No More Delays”; one sign had “Guarding the Art” changed to “Guarding the Guards.”

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Raoul Middleman's studio transformed into a museum, State senate passes Trans Health Equity Act, Hilton Carter is a good plant neighbor, and more reporting from Hyperallergic, The AFRO, WYPR, and other local and independent news sources.

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Stoop Storytelling talks the Baltimore music scene at Ottobar, Resplendent opens at Mehari Sequar Gallery with curator Teri Henderson, The Peale presents a panel discussion for The Guardians, Myrtis Bedolla in conversation with painter Alfred Conteh, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Madeline Stratton's exhibition at Hamiltonian, the curtain comes up at the Hippodrome, Majolica Mania at The Walters, Maryland's fiscal surplus, the Museum J.E.D.I. podcast, and more reporting from Real News Network, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Brew, and Real News Network.

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week:  Jeanne Keck, Scott Newcomb, and Tim McFadden at Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, Women artists at Chesapeake Arts Center, NMWA celebrates Black women printmakers, High Tide in Dorchester screens at MD Center for History and Culture, The Folks at Home open at Center Stage, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Safe Streets, call for "State of Emergency" in Baltimore, abortion debate continues in State House, “Black Collagists: The Book” by Teri Henderson featured at No Pix After Dark, and more reporting from The Trace, Baltimore Fishbowl, WYPR, and more.

The LLC, 405-417 East Oliver Street Partners, closed on the four-story, 71,744-square-foot building for $3.8 million

The legendary Greenmount West artist studio and exhibition space, owned and operated by artists since 2002, was sold to an LLC formed by the nonprofit Central Baltimore Partnership and real estate developer Ernst Valery on March 8, 2022.

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week:  Zoë Charlton leads a talk on Baltimore artist residences for MSAC, NMWA presents International Women’s Day virtual festival, reception for E. Brady Robinson's SK8R GRLS at Hotel Indigo, John Waters reception at C. Grimaldis Gallery, BMA hosts Rikiesha Metzger lecture, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Happy filthy 50 to Pink Flamingos, opposition to gun safety bill from gun dealers, Ernest Shaw podcast profile, Roland Park green space, and more reporting from Maryland Matters, WYPR, Baltimore Brew, and other local and independent news sources.

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

19th CityLit Festival opens, BmoreArt’s Jeffrey Kent and Cara Ober in conversation with Ernest Shaw Jr. and BOPA curator Kirk Shannon-Butts, Nanette Carter lecture at Towson University Center for the Arts, Lawrence Burney hosts Baltimore Living Archives at the Parkway, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: New exhibition at the BMA curated by security guards, "Worst of Waters" exhibit coming to Grimaldis Gallery, art community members describe their goals for the BMA, and more reporting from Real News Network, The Afro, WYPR, and other local and independent news sources.

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week:  Single Carrot Theatre's Is Edward Snowden Single?, BMA Violet Hour: The Monument Quilt, tet[R]ad closing reception at MAP, Jamie Grace Alexander, Rob Ferrell, and Abbey Parrish panel discussion presented by Gormley Gallery, The Peale presents Unmarked film screening, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Lindsey Jordan rocks, Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones' abortion rights legislation, local director Albert Birney profiled in advance of his film release at the Parkway, and more reporting from Maryland Matters, WYPR, The AFRO, and other local and independent news

The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.

This Week:  Lou Stovall at the Kreeger Museum, MICA Blackives presents Tom Miller Week, BMA Violet Hour with Lauren Frances Adams, Mequitta Ahuja, LaToya M. Hobbs, and Cindy Cheng, Dave Eassa opening reception at Cody Gallery, Maryland Arts Day, and more!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

This week's news includes: Hogan not running for Senate, Safe Streets program is dangerous work, a profile on 'Rat Film' filmmaker Theo Anthony, and more reporting from Baltimore Magazine, Technical.ly Baltimore, The Art Newspaper, and other local and independent news sources.

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