Saturday October 19th, 6-8pm. Featuring the work of Bonnie Schupp and ellen cherry.

Don’t miss the opening reception!

Through art and stories, we seek to make sense of the world. We find connection to others by revealing universal themes and common ground. We also build a bridge to understanding ourselves and our place in the world by revealing subtle layers. Lyrics and music invite us to examine emotional connections. Stories in Small Spaces filters out the noise that bombards us and asks us to pay attention to a single moment. No image in this exhibit features a human form and this absence is intentional--viewers can become participants through their own imagination.

Are you participating in this year's Inktober challenge but could use some motivation? Come share your Inktober drawings from each week with a community of artists working in the same medium. Starting Tuesday October 8th at 7pm and going until the end of the month. Join us at Gallery CA to chat, mingle, share, and maybe brainstorm!

What is Inktober? It's a annual drawing event in which artists create drawings in ink from a list of prompts like the one above, and post them on social media, or share them with other artists. It's a great way to kickstart your skills and creative process.

Witness the thought-thought-proviking series of site-specific mixed media narratives about racial and economic turbulence in Morrell Park, a community in southwest Baltimore at the Opening Reception of Views of Morrell.

Do not miss the opportunity to visit Gallery CA during Artscape for vibrant unique art and activities!

Join us for the opening reception for the exhibition, Eruptions Of The Digital Into The Physical, happening during a special Prints and Multiples Fair edition of the monthly Alloverstreet Art walk! More info below.

Eruptions Of The Digital Into The Physical

This exhibition has been developed alongside a larger exhibition entitled Just Press Print which has been curated by UWE Lecturer / Researcher Dr. Paul Laidler. The Just Press Print exhibition presents a number of artists and designers that have worked collaboratively with Paul Laidler through his print publishing work athttp://www.cfpreditions.co.uk/. The print publishing and exhibition work both comment upon the influence of digital technology within the discipline of printmaking and the field of graphic arts. Just Press Print was exhibited at MICA from December 2015 to March 2016 and will continue to travel in the USA between 2016 – 2017.

To create this exhibit, students from both the University of the West England, Bristol UK and Maryland Institute College of Art were asked to explore the development of today’s technologically informed scene as a maker of physical artworks, and respond to one of the following quotes / ruminations (that are central to all the artists works in the Just Press Print exhibition) by the American author and futurist Bruce Sterling -  ‘Looking through the eyes of machines as humans’ and ‘Eruptions of the digital into the physical’. The goal of this endeavor is simple, to create work that engages the public with the possibilities of print in the digital age. 

Participating artists include: Kaitlin Beebe, Amelia Bombace, Evan Christopherson, Kaitlyn Conte , M. McCallum Dickens, Jackson Farley, Alexandra Harmel, Alexandria Henry, Dasom Kim, Ema Koch, Dan Langston, Aida Ramirez, Amber Rhein, Isabel Rosen-Hamilton, Madison Scillian, Morgan Strahorn, Jamie Burns, Ruth Irvine, Evangelina Papadopoulos, Eleanor Elliot-Rathbone, Matilda Scott, Olivia Beckett, Tom Handy, Jono Kamester, Steve McCarthy, Willem Purdy, Stuart Cannell, Nick Greenglass, Judy Lau, Jono Sandilands and Stephanie Turnbull

Join Cutz exhibition curator Michelle Gomez for a talk at New Beginnings Barbershop in South West Baltimore. 

Saturday, October 24th 5pm-7pm
New Beginnings Barbershop
1047 Hollins St, Baltimore, MD 21223

Join us in celebration of:

Cutz: Black Men in Focus by Gracie Xavier
On View: October 2-30, 2015
Reception: October 9, 2015 6-9pm


"Cutz: Black Men in Focus" is a photography and video exhibit by Gracie Xavier that investigates current events, social myths and personal perceptions surrounding the Black male identity through the backdrop of the African American barber shop.

“As a Social Worker and Community Artist, I was deeply moved and inspired to create an intrinsic solution to address the social justice issues facing men of color,” says artist Gracie Xavier. Often the only stories highlighted of black men are centered around violence, incarceration, and death. Because stories depicting positive images of African American men are not readily available or highlighted in the media, Xavier worked in collaboration with local barbershops, community groups and schools to amplify the voices of African American men in the narration of their own stories and celebration of their lives.

This community art project is produced by Gracie Xavier and curated by Michelle Ivette Gomez.

Interested in scheduling a tour of the exhibition? Would you like a copy of the press release? Have any questions? Please contact blackmeninfocus@gmail.com.

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One last opportunity to see "Rituals and the Docile Body", the work of Dafna Rehavia. Join us and get an intimate look at the work and have an in-depth discussion with the artist. Feel free to bring a dish. No alcohol please.

About the Artist:

Dafna Rehavia is an Israeli born feminist, activist artist. She explores the docile body as the site of specific behaviors that she defines as rituals. Her works symbolize the ways authoritative discourses trap our bodies. Rituals and the Docile Body sheds light on the bodily practice and performance of “natural,” accepted, cultural, religious and political acts and habits. The exhibit has three bodies of work that deal with religious and political rituals “Menstrual Wedding Dress’”; “ConStricted”; and “Present-Absent: De-Constructed”. A dance ritual performance and participatory workshop will take place during the opening night, inviting audience members to join the artist in turning menstrual pads into ‘flowers’.

Rehavia received her B.F.A & BED from Beit-Berl, Hamidrasha Israel, M.A. CAT at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and her Ph.D at the University of Derby, UK. Rehavia’s work has been exhibited internationally, in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, New York City, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago and more.
dafnarehavia.com

Join us for the opening of Rituals and The Docile Body: Work by Dafna Rehavia.

Featuring:

Participatory workshop by The Feminist Project-Baltimore: 7:00pm

Dance Performance by Slowdanger - Pittsburgh: 8:00pm

About the artists:

Dafna Rehavia is an Israeli born feminist, activist artist. She explores the docile body as the site of specific behaviors that she defines as rituals. Her works symbolize the ways authoritative discourses trap our bodies. Rituals and the Docile Body sheds light on the bodily practice and performance of “natural,” accepted, cultural, religious and political acts and habits. The exhibit has three bodies of work that deal with religious and political rituals “Menstrual Wedding Dress’”; “ConStricted”; and “Present-Absent: De-Constructed”. A dance ritual performance and participatory workshop will take place during the opening night, inviting audience members to join the artist in turning menstrual pads into ‘flowers’.

Rehavia received her B.F.A & BED from Beit-Berl, Hamidrasha Israel, M.A. CAT at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and her Ph.D at the University of Derby, UK. Rehavia’s work has been exhibited internationally, in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, New York City, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago and more. dafnarehavia.com

Slowdanger is a movement/music duo from Pittsburgh, PA founded by Taylor Knight and Anna Thompson. Using performance as ritual practice, Slowdanger soaks the observer in memory by creating immersive multi-media experiences that delve into patterns of the circular rhythms of life. Anna/Taylor currently create with The Pillow Project, merrygogo, Mark C. Thompson, Jil Stifel, Jasmine Hearn, and Mario Ashkar Film. Slowdanger released their full length album 'memory 3' in March 2015. Most recently they presented their performance piece “swimmoon” at the PGH Biennial and the Space Upstairs.www.slowdangerslowdanger.com

The Feminist Art Project -Baltimore,  recognizes the aesthetic, intellectual and political impact of all women on art, history and culture, regardless of race, class or creed. The Feminist Art Project-Baltimore is a grassroots, non-profit arts organization which aims to be inclusive; supporting local, self-identified women artists, as well as men who recognize and promote Baltimore area women in the arts.  http://tfapbmore.blogspot.com/

Ben Cricchi is a photographer, who specializes in but is 
not confined to portraiture. His work consistently captures 
the human side of the street. He has been a contributor to the Baltimore City Paper, offering a variety of images of city life. He has also traveled extensively which has provided a worldly perspective to his body of work.

Process Collective Presents:
ALLOVERSTREET - March 6, 2015 7-10PM
Alloverstreet is an evening of simultaneous art openings and events spanning the many arts spaces of East Oliver Street in The Station North Arts and Entertainment District. 
City Paper’s “Best Art Walk That Doesn’t Suck” 2014

La Bodega Gallery
ANXIETY4U
Curated by Anthony Grago
Work by Eric Benitez, Anthony Grago, Drew Haglin, Lucas Novaes, Pablo Machiolli, & Danyell Perkins
The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

Lil Gallery
Foose Designs
Works by Tony Auth
The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

Terrault Contemporary
Alchemical Studio 
A bio art installation by Richard Walshe
The Copycat Building, 1515 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

The Copycat Building Garage
FOOT LOCKER
Curated by Joseph Shaikewitz
Work by Thomas Teurlai
The Copycat Building, 1511 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

Gallery CA
XENOS
Matt Adelberg, Andrew Boudreau, Christianna Clark, Kevin Cobb, Ilana Elbaze, Joshua Fetzer, Matthew Freel, Lynn Hunter, Jordan Purnell Jackson, Scott T. Mallory, Jr., Rahn Marion, Paul Rucker, MacKenzie Schroeder, Terron Sorrells, McKinley Wallace III, & Amare Worku
440 E Oliver Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

The Xenos gallery talk is an opportunity for the Baltimore community to listen and learn about the issues present in the show's body of work. Featuring guest speakers Leslie King Hammond and Rabbi Daniel Burg of Congregation Beth Am.

Thursday, February 26th at 7pm

GALLERY CA
440 East Oliver Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
info@galleryca.org - 410.528.9239 - galleryca.org/xenos

Xenos takes a look at recent and historical patterns of violence against two cultural groups, Jews and African Americans, and the adversity that they share. Artists from Baltimore and abroad discuss issues of identity in a multimedia exhibit with a series of political and aesthetic themes.

On View Feb 13- Mar 13
OPENING RECEPTION February 13, 2015
GALLERY TALK February 26, 2015
CLOSING RECEPTION March 13, 2015

galleryca.org/xenos