OCTOBER ART WALK
Graphic Design by Yuling Zhang
Join us for Second Friday Art Walks in the artistic heart of Baltimore. Enjoy an evening of simultaneous exhibitions, special events, and open studios at multiple venues in the Station North Arts District.
Art Walk is FREE and open to the public*
Friday, October 9, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
*some events will be ticketed
Reserve your spot today!
‘ART WALK WITH’ Your City Planners
5:30 pm gather at the Impact Hub, 6:00 pm tour
Join us at 5:30 pm this Friday, October 9, at the Impact Hub for the Art Walk With Baltimore City Planners, Rachel Donaldson and Marie McSweeney Anderson! ogether, they will take us on a tour of Station North's rich history and development, making stops at Centre Theatre, North Avenue Market, the YNot Lot, Parkway Theatre, and Charles Theatre in the midst of our monthly Art Walk and the Inviting Light Starlight Stroll public works installation tour.
Rachel Donaldson is the Deputy Director of the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation. As a historian, she has published two books and written for the National Park Service, academic journals, and edited volumes. She has also appeared in documentaries for PBS, NPR, and the BBC.
As the Northern District Planner, Marie McSweeney Anderson is an admirer and advocate for 50+ neighborhoods in north central Baltimore City. Prior to joining planning in 2022, Marie has 10+ years of experience working with and for neighborhoods in the Govans/York Road area on projects related to building civic capacity, strengthening commercial corridors, enhancing education and youth development, and increasing affordable access to fresh produce. Marie is a double graduate of Loyola University Maryland with a multidisciplinary liberal arts background in Political Science, Economics, Sociology, and History.
The tour will highlight some of the thrilling, no-cost attendance events taking place during October's Art Walk! Gather with us at the Impact Hub at for an in-depth oral history of some of our neighborhood's most iconic sites!
ART WALK PARTICIPATING VENUES
Inviting Light Starlight Stroll
Starting at Harmony Park, 1707 Barclay Street | 6:30 PM
One last Inviting Light event to celebrate the five installations continuing to shine bright in Station North! Join us for an evening stroll of the Inviting Light sites led by artist and Inviting Light curator Derrick Adams along with all of the Inviting Light site installation artists.
Derrick Adams and artists Ekene Ijeome, Phaan Hwong, Tony Shore, Zoë Charlton, and Wickerham & Lomax (Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax) will talk about their work and answer your questions as we take in all five of their art installations that are enriching the Station North Arts District. We'll stop along the way to toast the artists, their amazing installations, and YOU for bringing your light to Station North!
Stroll Schedule:
6:30 pm: Meet up at Harmony Park, 1707 Barclay Street
6:40 pm: Remarks and Q&A with Linzy Jackson III, Director of the Mayor's Office of Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (MOACE). Derrick Adams and Ekene Ijeoma share remarks and take questions
7:00 pm: Depart for Charles Street
7:10 pm: Meet outside Tapas Teatro, 1711 N Charles Street, to view Big Ass Snake (Plant)s On a Plane across the street. Special toast and snacks while Derrick Adams and Phaan Howng share remarks and take questions
7:40 pm: Meet across the street from 1813 N Charles Street to view Aurora. Derrick Adams and Tony Shore share remarks and take questions. Laverne's, coming soon to the old Trip's space, will be open for a sneak peak
8:10 pm: Meet in front of McDonald's, 15 W North Avenue, to view Third Watch. Derrick Adams and Zoë Charlton share remarks and take questions
8:30 pm: Meet at Soft Gym at the Ynot Lot, 101 W North Avenue. Derrick Adams and Wickerham & Lomax share remarks and take questions
9:00 pm: Stroll ends. Post stroll gathering spot at Club Car, 14 W North Avenue
AREA 405
405 E Oliver St
Sweaty Everything
Alongside Sweaty Eyeballs’ 14th year as Baltimore’s premier animation festival, Sweaty Everything asks us to think of animation as a perspective rather than a medium. When looking at the world, we have an instinct to imagine its life: the ways in which the beings in it interact and move. A narrative emerges, a history. As animators, we see ourselves and our point of view reflected in other artforms. We push upon the walls of our medium, inviting others to expand our realm of possibility. There’s human behavior that connects all of this—sequence, story keeping, embodiment.
Hancock Solar Gallery
20 E. Lanvale
Wish You Were Here
From a starting point of nostalgia and wishful thinking, the landscape-inspired paintings and drawings on view in ‘Wish You Were Here’ explore a broad array of ideas and observations. Ranging from man-made disasters to fantasy, this work comprises Kate Mackinnon’s first solo exhibition in 10 years. The riverbed images first appeared in 2017 in a series based on the visual signs of climate change. The ocean scapes were begun in 2021 during the COVID lockdown. The Super bloom paintings soon followed in a continuation of themes of longing and escapism which she continues to explore.
@hancocksolargallery @kate_mackinnon
Ynot Lot
101 W North Avenue
Revive Night Market
Revive Night Market at YNOT Lot! Featuring local 1:1 brands, creatives, artists and live music all night stage side. Over in the parking lot we will have a warm, true vintage, atmosphere; featuring clothes, CDs, vinyl, collectibles and more!
gallery alley
the bridge - Fred Lazarus IV Center, 131 W North
The Ballad of Jones Falls
MICA alumni Jordan Tierney debuts her permanent installation, The Ballad of Jones Falls, at gallery alley—MICA’s new open-air gallery for art and ecology. Built from found and repurposed objects, including large timbers from a 130-year-old Baltimore roadhouse, the piece explores the Jones Falls River's place in Baltimore's history and the importance of preserving it. Join us on Friday, October 9th, at 6:00p.m. to celebrate the unveiling of Jordan's piece and the Jones Falls River's impact on Baltimore's artistic ecosystem!
NEW DOOR CREATIVE
1601 Saint Paul St
GREG BRIDGES: LAGNIAPPE
GREG BRIDGES: LAGNIAPPE (LAN-yap), “a little something extra,” features twenty works by Baltimore painter Greg Bridges. A self-taught artist, Bridges delivers the vision of a unique personal history and evolution of experimental creative practice. The exhibition explores two themes: “what I see” and “what I feel” with dual intention to transform environments emotionally and create human connection through deeply personal visual expression
Blue Light Junction
209 McAllister St
As part of Blue Light Junction’s October Art Walk, the studio is welcoming visiting artist Sunaina Bhalla with a free & open to the public event. Join us for an evening centered around textiles, material, process, and exchange. Sunaina will introduce her processes and histories that inform her work as a textile artist. Visitors will have an opportunity to encounter Sunaina’s practice through conversation and hands-on material exploration with block printing. She’ll also be presenting selected sculptural works from her Saree Project, where she works with the saree as a second skin—an intimate cultural object carrying histories of femininity, inheritance, labour, and identity.
No registration required. Just stop by the studio!
5 PM | BLJ opens its doors
6:30–7:15 PM | Artist Talk + Conversation
7:15–8:30 PM | Material Play +& Exploration
8:30–9:00 PM | Art Walk Continues
Zo Gallery Garage Project
1905 N Howard St
Terra (Almost) Firma: Unearthing the Unstable Ground
Terra (Almost) Firma: Unearthing the Unstable Ground, is a multi-media group exhibition that asks what becomes visible when we stop taking the ground beneath us for granted—and when we slow down long enough to observe it closely. Across the exhibition, soil and land emerge not as passive surfaces but as active sites where ecological processes, human histories, memory, conflict, attention, bodily life, and transformation continually meet. The exhibition will be presented at two venues in Baltimore City.
Locations and dates: Zo Garage Project at Graffiti Alley, October 9-December 4
Reception: October 9, 5-8 pm
Studios at the Fox Building (Hampden) October 10- November 7
Reception: October 10, 5-8 pm
Candela Arepa Bar
10 E Lanvale St
Candela is offering a one night only special arepa for the October Art Walk!
Chorizo Pepper Melt $16
Hand tossed chorizo and peppers, melted pepper jack cheese, guasacaca, hearts of palm pico de gallo
Ms. Elderberry Café
117 W 24th St
Join Ms. Elderberry Café for community vibes, amazing vegan foods, tasty matcha flavors, and our viral carrot dog and smash burger! Did I say vibes…? :)
Red Thorn Tattoo
1731 Maryland Ave
Doing Walk-in tattoo, flash designs, and showcasing a collection of art work.
The Club Car Baltimore
12 W. North Avenue
Open for Art Walk
