What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I was motivated a lot by watching Missy Elliott videos. Living in the city is hard, and there's no hope, but she made me feel like I could do something. There was no one teaching me step by step, but, watching those videos, [...]

Thinking about Larry Scott recently—he would have turned 52 on July 9—I visited the blog for Blood on the Wall$, Barry Michael Cooper's 2005 film starring the late artist. The film, shot mostly in Baltimore using untrained actors such as Scott, was directed by Cooper, who wrote the screenplays for New Jack City, Sugar Hill, [...]

What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I saw How to Draw a Bunny, the documentary about Ray Johnson’s life. I had been familiar with Ray’s work, and I felt some sort of connection with him. Here’s a guy who could have been as popular as Andy Warhol, a guy who [...]

If you haven't checked out the Laure Drogoul retrospective (Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums) at MICA, you have a few more days. It's a fascinating, whimsical, absurd, and sprawling show, one that speaks to the free-wheeling creative spirit that flourishes in this city. Over the past two decades, Drogoul has been an integral part of [...]

Loring Cornish is profiled here in the January issue of Baltimore.

M.I.A., the British/Sri Lankan songwriter/producer/designer, has teamed with Baltimore DJ Blaqstarr for this take on The Wire theme song, "Way Down in the Hole." It's the latest version of the Tom Waits-penned tune, which has already been covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Neville Brothers, Steve Earle, and DoMaJe, a local gospel group. [...]