February is starting off strong with Baker Artists! After last week’s heavy winter storm led to many cancellations and rescheduled events, this week’s calendar is extra full—in the best way.
With dozens of events featuring Baker Artists taking place between Thursday and Saturday, our weekly email simply couldn’t hold it all. So we’ve rounded everything up here in one place to make it easier to plan your week/end and show up for Baker Artists in person.
Scroll on to explore the full list and make the most of this very busy (and very exciting) start to February!
Thur., Feb 5: Ouroboros at Meyerhoff Gallery
Ouroboros is an exhibition by MICA’s Curatorial Practice MFA and includes Baker Artists Kei Ito and Bria Sterling Wilson. The exhibit brings together work across multiple disciplines to explore the connections and tensions between MICA and Baltimore over the last 200 years. Includes an in-gallery archive on their shared history and interdependence. On view until Mar 8 at the Meyerhoff Gallery, with opening reception on Thur., Feb 5 from 5-8 p.m. Learn more.
Thur., Feb. 5: Rooted/Growing at Decker Gallery
Rooted/Growing, the Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) Bicentennial exhibition, celebrates 200 years of creativity by exploring the deeply intertwined histories of MICA and Baltimore. Featuring work by Baker Artist Awardees Joyce J. Scott (2016), Ernest Shaw (2022), René Treviño (2021), Jordan Tierney (2023), and Baker Artists Bria Sterling-Wilson, and Wickerham & Lomax. On view until Mar 8 at Decker Gallery, with opening reception on Thu., Feb. 5 from 5-8 p.m., and performance with Synesthesia Peabody X MICA at the Brown Center at 6:30 p.m. Learn more.
Thur., Feb 5: Big Bang Baby at Howard Community College
Big Bang Baby by Baker Artist Lusmerlin is an immersive sanctuary where African and Caribbean Native cosmologies converge with scientific wonder. Through a fusion of sculpture, painting, and LED light, Lusmerlin reimagines creation through a female Zemi—a Taíno spirit of transformation and radiant energy. By pairing ancestral narratives with the physics of matter, the artist celebrates joy as an act of resistance, offering a glowing, celestial environment that transforms collective memory into a living altar of possibility. Opening on Thurs., Feb 5 from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Artist Talk on Feb. 19, Closing Meet-the-Artist on Mar. 15 at the Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard Community College Columbia, MD. Learn more.
Thur., Feb 5: Nancy Fishel at Towson Arts Collective
In her latest exhibition, Baker Artist Nancy Fishel captures the dynamism of the human experience. Fishel documents the energy of people in motion—particularly cyclists and people in motion—drawing from her travels celebrating the rhythm of our ever-changing lives. On view until Mar. 24, Feb. 5, 4-6 p.m. at Towson Arts Collective, Court Towers, 210 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Fri., Feb 6-7: Venerations by Baltimore Dance Project
Join Baltimore Dance Project for Venerations, a loosely themed concert featuring new and reimagined works by professional dancers from Baltimore and beyond. Known for bold collaborations and integrating visual media and technology, Baker Artist Awardees of Orange Grove Dance - Colette Krogol (2021, 2023) and Matthew Reeves (2024) will screen their dance film Organism and premiere a new work. Feb. 6-7, 8 p.m., UMBC, Proscenium Theatre. Learn more.
Fri., Feb 6: Baltimore Claywork's Resident Artist Cup Fundraiser
Help send Baltimore Clayworks’ Resident Artists to NCECA! Join them for a cup and bake sale to support travel to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts this March. Enjoy an open-studio-style sale featuring work by Baker Artist Brady Fanning. Feb. 6, 5–8 p.m. at Baltimore Clayworks, Studio Building, 2nd fl. Learn more.
Fri., Feb. 6: The Wishing Tree Closing Reception & Artist Talk
Join us for the closing reception of Baker Artist Rejjia Camphor’s The Wishing Tree, a healing arts project centered on community care. The gathering offers a moment to reflect on the wishes and collective contributions created at the opening reception, honoring shared memory, grief, hope, and stewardship as the project comes to a close. Fri., Feb 6, 6-8 p.m. Artist Talk and closing reception at The Crow's Nest. RSVP.
Fri., Feb 6: Everything at Once Evening Reception
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville presents Everything at Once, an exhibition showcasing work by 14 adjunct and staff artists, including Baker Artists Brennan Donovan, Alex Garove, Em Goheen, Dara Lorenzo, and Russell Prigodich. On view until Feb. 27, Evening reception on Feb. 6, 6-8 p.m., Brunch reception on Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville, located in the Center for the Arts, Room 100. Learn more.
Fri., Feb 6: Gathering Act – Love as Transgression at 2640
Gathering Act is a community-centered performance space supporting experimental work and social change in Baltimore. Produced by Baker Artists Red Rae, Bao Nguyen, and Theresa Columbus , the event centers art as a tool for connection, social, and environmental justice. Fri. Feb. 6, 2640 Space, suggested donation $10-20. Learn more.
Sat., Feb 7: Across The Harbor at Music on the Square
Across The Harbor brings together Baltimore singer-songwriters and traditional instrumentalists for a one-night collaboration blending bluegrass, Irish, and old-time music. The Music on the Square series hosts reimagined songs and new collaborations exploring themes of rebirth and belonging. Featuring 2021 Baker Artist Awardee Katherine Fahey, as well as Baker Artists Alex Lacquement, and Georgia Beatty. Sat. Feb. 7., 4 and 8 p.m. at Music on the Square. Learn more.
Feb 7.: Phlowers at Genius Guice Studios
Phlowers is a juried group exhibition celebrating artists who use creativity as a tool for community impact and positive change. Featuring Baker Artist Bria Sterling-Wilson as one of the judges, as well as Baker Artists Michael Kirby, Autumn Wood, and Dionte Wilkens, the month-long show features work across mediums, with awards recognizing creativity, integrity, and impact—regardless of career status. On view until Mar. 7, Opening showcase Feb. 7, 5-8 p.m. at Genius Guice Studios, 106 N. Eutaw St. Learn more.
Sat., Feb 7: Cindy Rivarde at Hamilton Gallery
Featuring paintings inspired by Malta, Sicily, and Florida, Baker Artist Cindy Rivarde’s Travels Between Shores explores how travel and geographical displacement transform the way we see and engage with landscape. Drawing on unfamiliar light, terrain, and art-historical influence, the works reflect on how crossing shores reshapes perception, memory, and our relationship to place. First Saturday Reception, Sat., Feb. 7, 1-4 p.m., Artist Reception, Sun., Feb. 15, 1-3pm at Hamilton Gallery. Learn more.
Sat., Feb 7: The Tell-Tale HeART at Gallery 1448
This invitational exhibition draws viewers into a haunting world where darkness and romance intertwine. Featuring works by Baker Artists Emily Lamb, Michelle Lamb, and Bruce McKaig, the show lingers between disturbing dreams and grotesque realities Opening Reception Feb. 7, 2-5 p.m., Valentine’s Day Brunch Feb. 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. feat. “Exquisite Corpse” Poem Game, Closing Party Feb. 28, 1-4 p.m. at Gallery 1448. Learn more.
Sat., Feb 7: new.now. at Hamiltonian Artists
Hamiltonian Artists presents new.now., a group exhibition featuring the 2025–2027 fellows, including Baker Artist Tara Youngborg. Showcasing work the artists will develop during their two-year fellowships, the exhibition explores adaptability, resourcefulness, and creative responses to displacement, technology, and inequity—inviting viewers to imagine new possibilities rooted in connection, healing, and equity. Opening Reception, Feb. 7, 5-7 p.m. at Hamiltonian Artists. Learn more.
Sat., Feb 7: Ancestors’ Marks Artist Talk at Eubie Blake
Ancestors’ Marks: Artist Talk offers an opportunity to hear from the artist and discuss the ideas, process, and inspiration behind the work. Featuring Baker Artists John Brick Art and Ainsley Burrows, Artist Talk, Feb. 7th at 1 p.m. at Eubie Blake Cultural Center. RSVP.
Sat., Feb 7: Slippy Authorship! at Egatniv Vintage Store
Presented by Flying House Arts Collective, Slippy Authorship! is a group exhibition of paintings and wall-based sculptural works that explores authorship as unstable, transferable, and continuously rewritten. Set within a vintage shop, the exhibition considers how objects, materials, and histories blur ideas of origin, ownership, and creative authority. Featuring Baker Artists Chia Hsiu Liu, Yoon Sun Shin and Ellie Works. On view until Mar 7. Opening reception on Sat., Feb 7, 5-8 p.m., Closing reception on Mar. 7, 6-8 p.m. at Egatniv Vintage Store. Learn more.