The performances, and videos in 'Paradise Portals,' are illustrations of human struggle, which despite the many forms our storytelling takes as a species, is the thing our work always comes back to.

Founded by Leonardo Martinez, a recent DC to Baltimore transplant, the new artist incubator, studio building, and gallery devoted to climate justice is nestled just behind the central branch library on Mulberry Street.

Following a triumphant opening at BOPA's Top of the World, writer Quentin Gibeau caught up with the multidisciplinary artist Ainsley Burrows to talk practice, success in Baltimore, and upcoming events on October 25th

“The show wasn’t intended to be actively political, but the body is always political.”