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Baker Artist Awards
Please visit me at the Baker Artist Awards website.
The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund supports Baltimore's artists, the city's rich and diverse cultural offerings and the participation of its residents in the region's creative life.
Mary Sawyers Baker, one of Baltimore's early philanthropists, studied voice as a young girl in Paris and embraced the arts throughout her life. She established the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund in 1964 to honor her husband, a well-known Baltimore civic leader. In 2007, the Fund narrowed its philanthropic mission to focus exclusively on arts and culture; and in 2008, the Fund’s Board of Governors established the Mary Sawyers Baker Awards, up to three annual prizes of $25,000, to honor its founder. The first prizes were awarded in 2009.
http://www.bakerartistawards.org/nominations/view/Missy/
Melissa will be participating as a featured artist in the Great Big Halloween Parade of Lights and Luminaria in Patterson Park with her processional "float" entitled "Northern Lights"
Curated by Laure Drogoul and sponsored by the Creative Alliance
This Saturday, October 29th at 7pm
For directions and parking info go to: http://greatbighalloweenparadeoflightandluminaria.wordpress.com/
Sew Local!:
An Exhibition of Fiber Alumni Living and Creating in the City of Baltimore
Curated by Melissa Webb
Exhibiting Artists: Peter Boyce, Hannah Brancato, Gina Denton, Annie Howe, Michelle Edwards Longway, John Paul Morabido, Rebecca Nagle, Marla Parker, Valeska Populoh, Olivia Robinson, Sam Shea, Jennifer Strunge, and Melissa Webb
Opening Friday, October 21st at The Middendorf Gallery in the MICA Station Building: 1400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
Reception: 6pm to 9pm, with a panel of artist presentations and discussion at 7:30 pm in room S101.This exhibition of beyond the pale fiber artists outlines the creative explorations of our alumni sistren and brethren, varying between recent grads to those long established. Each of these artists has embraced the community of Baltimore as their own, and has become part of its thriving art scene. They highlight the vast interpretations, materials, and media that encompass fiber art while working with a multitude of processes. "Sew Local!" showcases fiber works employing techniques ranging from felting and weaving, to piece-work and paper cuts, to multi-media installation, costume, and performance.
Our 7:30 panel will show the bodies of work of three of the artists participating in "Sew Local!". The presentations will focus upon the evolution of their individual working processes, the Baltimore community as both a supportive network and a creative influence, as well as the ways in which these artists make a living to support themselves and their work. Questions and general discussion with each artist will be possible and encouraged.
Presentation Panel: Hannah Brancato, Rebecca Nagle, and Melissa Webb
Co-sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations, Career Development, and the Fiber Department at the Maryland Institute, College of Art.
Gourd Vector by Doug Retzler
In Progress: "Comeuppance" For Art in the Park: The Nature of Things
Curated by Doug Retzler
In collaboration with Rachael London (www.rachellondon.com) In Baltimore's Leakin Park, along the Gynns Falls Trail
Opening / Closing Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Watch: Rooms Play 2011
Video by Guy Werner
Landing of the Magic Flight: The Mysteries of Memory - July 14 - 30th 2011
A revisitation of The Magic Flight from Rooms Play 2011 with the Copycat Theatre A Participatory installation and performance featuring Melissa Webb and Autumn Breaud
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 14, 2011; from 6-9pm Part of the 2011 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Semi- Final Exhibition at The Maryland Institute, College of Art Fox and Decker Galleries
Live performances during Artscape 2011 and on display through July 30th.
Installation and Performance Within Copycat Theatre's THE ROOMS PLAY.
Part of the 8th Annual Transmodern Festival, April 27th - May 1st, 2011
The Rooms Play is a collaborative, immersive theatrical experience that asks the viewer to become a participant in the performance. There are twenty- two rooms to walk through, and each one is directed by a different team of 1-5 local artists and musicians. Each space in The Rooms Play functions like a scene of a play, and the audience members are integral to the scene’s unfolding. UPDATE June 2011: we met our goal and won the kickstarter campaign!
Visit http://www.transmodernfestival.org or Room Play's Kickstarter Page for more information.
The Temporary Nature of Ideas: Slideshow
A gallery of images from the two month run of the participatory gallery exhibition "The Temporary Nature of Ideas" at School 33 Art Center, including the opening and closing receptions, taken by Eddie Winter.
Viewer / particpants were asked the following via a sign on the wall:
"Feel free to use the space and materials provided to make a personal object in celebration of an unfruitful, unexplored, or abandoned idea. Your object will be a tribute to this idea, once alive and vibrant in your mind's eye, but now retired and unrealized. When you are finished, please use the clothespins and pulleys in the gallery to incorporate your idea into the growing environment."
Performers: Kelley Bell, Theresa Columbus, Jackie Milad, Monica Mirablie, Nicole Shiflet, and Melissa Webb
Many thanks to:
Monica Mirabile- Apprentice extraordinaire
Scott Pennington- For generous use of his woodshop, installation assistance, and emotional support
Paige Shuttleworth- Instructional paintings
David Crandall- Lights
Kelley Bell- Typeface Vectorization
Flores McGarrell- Endless Inspiration
Rene Trevino and School 33
and…
You and you and you!
The Temporary Nature of Ideas - Closing Reception
photo: Edward Winter
Friday, October 29 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
School 33 Art Center, Federal Hill
My how she has grown! So many wonderful friends, curious art-lovers, and talented object-makers attended the September 3rd opening of The Temporary Nature of Ideas and contributed to it's lovely metamorphosis. Since then, many other visitors have come during gallery hours to participate and to add their beautiful hand-made contributions to the growing environment.
On Friday, October 29th, there will be one last chance to make your mark in the space, during the closing reception from 6-9pm. All are also welcome to stop by through the month of October to make an object from the provided materials. Gallery hours are 12-6, Wednesday through Saturday.
School 33 Art Center
1427 Light Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
P: 410.396.4641 F: 410.625.2634
For more information, visit School 33.
The Charm City Circulator runs from Penn Station to 1 block from S33!
The following performers will appear as costumed characters at the closing event on October 29th:
Kelley Bell
Theresa Columbus
Nicole Shiflet
Monica Mirabile
& Melissa Webb