Monday, July 13, 2009

ABANDON SHIP @ Current continued call for entries


Opening Reception and continued call for entries

ABANDON SHIP
July 10th – Demolition

Join us for the Reception:
Friday July 10th 7-10pm

Curated by: Michael Benevento + Monique Crabb + Hans Petrich

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY... This is Current, Current, Current...Position 30 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Our vessel is going down! We require immediate assistance....All Hands on Deck!

An exhibition in preparation for the demolition of 30 South Calvert Street. For the past four years, Current has been a breeding ground for cultural production, opening onto countless collaborators, nourishing an ongoing conversation. Like a supernova before the collapse, we prepare for the building's demolition with an ongoing collaborative exhibition that embodies 30 South Calvert. Welcoming you moments before bulldozers consume the building, and we slither out the anus of the temporary shelter, like a colony of parasites discharged onto the city.

This is the last exhibition at 30 South Calvert, an ongoing collaborative installation, which will be demolished with the building (but not the last exhibition for Current).

Artworks will be added throughout the duration of the exhibition, featured artists include:
Adrian Lohmüller, Andrew Liang, Andrew Shenker, Angela Devoti, Aron Fay, Audrey Lea Collins Petrich, Ben Fisher + Lou Joseph + Mary Lewandowski, Dirk Ober, Erin Womack, Gary Kachadourian, Ivan Hernandez Quintela, Jackson Frazier, Jacqueline Schlossman, Jason Kachadourian, Jan Razauskas, Jason Smith, Joe Ride, Julianne Hamilton, Justin Lucas, Kelly Cobb + Mary Smull, Lara Antal, Liz Flyntz, Lotfy Nathan, Neal Reinalda, Phuong Pham, Ryan Patterson, Symmes Gardner, Vestal Abbott, Vishwam Velandy, and more

Organized in conjunction with Offsite Artscape 2009.

We are currently accepting proposals to be installed prior to the opening reception on July 10th, and projects added throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Please visit us at www.currentspace.com under: call for entries to submit:


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Current Gallery
30 South Calvert Street
Baltimore Md 21202

www.currentspace.com
currentspace@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/currentspace

Mailing Address
P.O. box 23821
Baltimore, Md 21203-5821

Volunteers are needed/ NorthScape Festival/Benefit/Sat, July 18th

Volunteers needed for NorthScape Festival

A Benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Volunteers are needed for the NorthScape Festival on
THIS Saturday, July 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

A benefit for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation called NorthScape will be held Saturday, July 18th from noon to 1 a.m. at the corner of North Avenue and Charles Street to coincide with ArtScape. The event, featuring non-stop music, performers, food and beer, is free with a suggested donation of $5 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation which seeks a cure and helps improve the quality of life for those with the disease.

Volunteers are needed from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. (Sunday), for set-up, beer sales (21+ only), and chair rentals. All proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

To volunteer, please contact David at info@stationnorth.org or 410-962-7075. Please indicate when you are available to volunteer - i.e. 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

More info about NorthScape at www.northscape.org

SINK/ FLOAT at Area 405 / Reception: Thursday, July 16th 8-11pm

SINK/ FLOAT at Area 405

Area 405 is pleased to announce SINK/ FLOAT, a juried exhibition
of new and existing works by 19 National and International Artists.
In the heat of another Baltimore Summer, work in this show is
both reaction to and incorporation of water and weight.


Artists are:
Adam Nelson, Aric Hiser, Beki Basch, Ben Lock, Bill Pressly,
Christian Benefi­el, Elena Volkova, Daniel Sullivan, Marilee
Schumann, Jonathan Taube, Matt Saindon, Morgan
Showalter, Minna Philips, Rollergirl, Ruth Bowler, Ryan
McKibbin, Rick Hornig, Sarah Laing, and Tanya Synar.


Artist Reception: Thursday, July 16th 8-11pm

405 East Oliver Street Baltimore, MD 21202

www.area405.com

info @area405.com

Sink/Float is and Official Artscape Off-site Exhibition
July 16 - August 16, 2009
Gallery Hours during Artscape July 18 & 19 noon- 5pm
all other Sundays noon-3pm or by appointment


This exhibition is made possible in part through the support of Mayor Sheila Dixon and Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council. Views and opinions expressed byt the artists/grantees are not necessarily those of the aforementioned.

SalsaPolkaLooza, Sat July 25 2pm - 7pm FREE!

SalsaPolkaLooza

Sat July 25 2pm - 7pm FREE!

Neighborhood Festival for the whole Family! Inside and outside of the Creative Alliance on East Ave Baltimore - 3134 Eastern Ave

410-276-1651 www.creativealliance.org

Come Dance!

¡Pablo Antonio y La Firma – salsa and bachata!


Kids Make Art!

NEW!! CAmm Make your own Music Video!

GIANT Outdoor Kids Mural Painting!

Arte en estambre, the Huichol yarn art taught by Francisco Loza of Mexico!

Pysanky with Halyna Mudryj—her sensational class returns with more prized eggs!

Face painting, too! All free!


Highlandtown Merchants’ Sidewalk Sale – get a free prize!

EBLO- Mi Segunda Casa at John Ruhrah Break Dancing

Bailes de Mi Tierra

Every Body Moves!—Hearing impaired and English as a second language families of Baltimore Medical System premiere their new dance piece made with Quest

And much more!

‘Looza Beer + World Crafts & Cuisine

Little Morocco Café, Fiesta Mexicana, Everything Turkey, Bada Bing Bada Beef polish sausages, Taharka Brothers Ice Cream, and more!

With high quality art making for kids and a new Make Your Own Music Video studio, CA is all about kids at SalsaPolkaLooza, an international celebration of Southeast Baltimore. New this year—Make Your Own CAmm Music Video – with costumes, microphone, and full screen of YOU singing your way to the top of the charts! Also new, Highlandtown Merchants hold their first ever Sidewalk Sale on Eastern Ave, including a free prize for kids! Take a salsa lesson, and dance to incredible salsa and bachata. Listen to top-notch Polka of The Continentals, Caribbean music of St. Veronica’s Youth Steel Orchestra! Folk dance performances from Kalinka (Russia), Ballet Folklorico Mexico Vivo (Mexico), Hellenic Golden Coins (Greece), and Break Dancing with Education Based Latino Outreach’s Mi Segunda Casa kids from John Rurah Elementary! The Patterson bursts at its seams with high quality art activities taught by world-class artists Francisco Loza from Mexico and Halyna Mudryj of Ukrainian descent. Create your own mini-masterpiece and take it home—for free! Inside the theater presents folk dance performances and more. Both galleries and the bar are open! Outside grab a Polish sausage or Falafel dinner and check out Screen Paintings, Huichol art, jewelry, cartoons and more! SalsaPolkaLooza is a bilingual festival with Spanish and English from both stages.

In the event of rain, activities will be moved inside The Patterson.

High resolution images available upon request.

Photo credit: Alan Partlow