Via webcast, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance just announced that public voting has begun for the Baker Artist Awards. In making the announcement, GBCA Executive Director Nancy Haragan encouraged folks from Baltimore to Timbuktu to check out the Baker Awards website and vote for their favorite Baltimore area artist before voting close on February […]

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Baltimore artist Joseph Sheppard has won one of the top international sculpture prizes. Sheppard was presented with the 18th Edizione Premio Internazionale di Scultura on September 12th in Pietrasanta, Italy. The likes of Fernando Botero, Gio Pomodoro, and Jean-Michael Folon have won the prize in the past.
“It is an honor for me to be recognized […]

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Baltimore native Matthew Weiner picked up a pair of Emmys Sunday night for his work on Mad Men, which won for “Outstanding Drama Series.” In the “Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series” category, Weiner beat out Baltimore’s David Simon and Ed Burns, who were nominated for The Wire.
Shame on The Emmys for giving The Wire […]

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It was just announced that work by Baltimore artist Bernhard Hildebrandt (see photo) took third place (and pocketed $1,000) in Bethesda’s Trawick Prize competition. Dan Steinhilber—a D.C. artist with a studio at Load of Fun—placed second. D.C.’s Maggie Michael won “Best in Show” and took home the $10,000 top prize.
The finalists’ work is currently on […]

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“Best Song” winner Howard Markman was circulating in the VIP room at Thursday night’s Best Of Baltimore party at Ravens stadium. Three days later, he performed at the Wings n’ Wheels benefit for veterans on the Eastern Shore. Accompanied by Glenn Workman (of Crack the Sky!) on keyboards, Markman closed his set with […]

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Local artist/Overlea art teacher Geoff Grace won the $25,000 Sondheim Prize at the BMA last night. His installation, “It’s the Linger, Not the Long” (pictured), is an inviting, whimsical, and personal piece that pulls in the viewer and encourages lingering. It’s on view through August 3rd.

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Tomorrow, one of the six finalists for the annual Janet and Walter Sondheim Award will pocket a $25,000 prize. The award ceremony is scheduled for 7 pm at the BMA, where an excellent exhibit of the finalists’ work is on display through August 3rd.
If the school children visiting the BMA on Wednesday afternoon were […]

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Of the 14 artists selected as finalists for the the Sixth Annual Trawick Prize—a juried art competition sponsored by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District—five are from Baltimore: Lynn Cazabon, Dawn Gavin, Bernhard Hildebrandt, Kay Hwang, and Tony Shore (who was featured in the March issue of Baltimore). Shore’s on quite a roll—he also won […]

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Local faves Deanna Bogart and The Holmes Brothers picked up trophies at the Blue Music Awards (BMA) in Tunica, Mississippi last Thursday. Bogart won “Best Horn Instrumentalist” and The Holmeses took “Best Soul Blues Album” for State of Grace, their most recent disc. It was the first time a woman has ever won the […]

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