Click here to watch a 2024 Baker Artist Portfolio Info Session recording.
-Want to learn more about the Baker Artist Portfolios and associated awards?
-Have questions about the Baker program or website?
-Need help with your portfolio?
-Want to hear tips and pointers?
The deadline to be considered for one of the 2024 Baker Artist Awards is January 17, 2025 at 5:00pm. All artists with an active portfolio at the deadline will be automatically considered for one of this year's six awards totaling $90,000.
The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) and the William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund are thrilled to announce the 2024 Baker Artist Awardees. Judah Adashi (Music), Kelley Bell (Interdisciplinary Arts), Albert Birney (Film/ Video), Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn (Literary Arts), Matt Reeves (Performance), and Stephen Towns (Visual Arts) were selected as this year’s awardees.
New opportunities for Baker Artists to display and sell their work in Summer 2024 including at WTMD's First Thursday Festivals and the Waterfront Partnership's Baltimore x Baltimore Festival.
Featuring our panelists Shawn Theron (SOGH), Michele Blu, and Matt Muirhead
36 Finalists announced for the 2024 Baker Artist Awards!
Thank you to the over 600 artists who created or updated their Baker Artist Portfolio this year!
What happens now?
Maryland Public Television has produced and broadcast the annual Baker Artist Awards Special for fifteen years years. The format of the show, which profiles each year’s remarkable awardees, has evolved over the years in response to changes in the award structure.
Watch for information about creating a Baker Artist Portfolio or being eligible for a Baker Artist Award.