Baker Artist Portfolios: What You Gain
The Baker Artist Portfolios give Baltimore-area artists more than a place to post their work. It opens a door to visibility, recognition, and real opportunities to show, sell, and perform.
Reach a global audience
Your portfolio connects your work to regional, national, and international audiences. The site has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of art lovers, critics, gallery owners, academics, and creative-industry leaders in nearly every country around the world. Annually, bakerartist.org is visited by 60k - 100k viewers.
Ongoing opportunities to show and sell your work
Baker Artists are regularly invited to participate in festivals, exhibitions, and events. There are also calls for artists and offerings from partner organizations, which Baker Artists can apply to directly from the site, using their existing portfolio. Recent opportunities include:
- Tabling at WTMD’s First Thursday Festival and the Baltimore x Baltimore Festival
- Signing and selling at a Baker Literary Artist's table at Baltimore Book Festival
- Showing in group exhibitions like the biennial(ish) Off The Web, which invites any artist with a Baker Artist Portfolio to share one piece of art in the exhibition or connected live events.
- Curating or creative-directing showcases featuring fellow Baker Artists
Automatic awards eligibility
Every artist with a Baker Artist Portfolio is automatically eligible for one of six Baker Artist Awards, recognition that includes significant monetary prizes, exhibition opportunities at major Baltimore institutions (including the Biennial Baker Artist Awards Exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art), and promotional support.
Open to every discipline
Whether you work in painting, sculpture, performance, music, film, literature, or any other medium, the portfolios welcome artists across all disciplines. No gallery representation or institutional pedigree required; although, artists with both are also welcome.
Free, online portfolio
There’s no cost to create or maintain a portfolio, and many artists use theirs as their primary web presence. There’s no domain to register, no hosting fees, no design work, and none of the ongoing upkeep that comes with running your own site. It’s a polished, professional home for your work online, open to any artist who lives and works in Baltimore City or its five surrounding counties.