First Friday Art Walk: Jul 5 – I ♥ Highlandtown

FRI JUL 5 ǀ 5-9 PM

Join us for the July Art Walk with over a dozen venues featuring live music, art demos, drink specials, tasty eats and more! Explore our unique array of shops, galleries, landmarks and murals on a self-guided walking tour.

Grab your bathing suits, marshmallows and sun screen–it’s SUMMER CAMP night in Highlandtown! Bonus points and high-fives to anyone who wears an old camp T-shirt!

ART WALK VENUES & DETAILS:

*Some venues are closed for the July 4th holiday weekend. List of closed venues is at end of page*

Highlandtown Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery A
Cool off this summer with a show celebrating “The Blues” and featuring work by Jason Tompkins, Sandi WIlson, Rae Hamilton, Ann Crostic and Deborah Ponder.
Live music and sangria.

Zwiebach Creations Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery B
Featuring the one of a kind work by artist Debbie Lynn Zwiebach…and also highlighting work in “The Blues.”

Night Owl Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery C
Studio Cleaning/Art Inventory Close Out–come for a great deal on work and help make space for new artwork to come!
Outside: Something and/or someone amazing…as always (and weather pending)

The Laughing Pint
3531 Gough St
“Passing Time: Photography and Collage ” by Laura Dodson and LuAnn Zubak
Two women record the passage of time by exploring personal and historical memory.
$5 greyhound drink special & kitchen is open until 10:30pm.

The Pop-Up Studio @ 3522
3522 Bank Street 1st Floor (Bank & Conkling)
July 5th, the Pop-up Studio at 3522 transforms into camp “Idonwanna”.
Join us for “Camp” events and upcycle your own printable t-shirt or bag
“Free” with a camp logo by Lorraine Imwold.

RoofTop Hot
339 S. Conkling St
Featuring silk screen artwork by Charlie Barton as well as pottery and ceramics by local artists Monica Broere and Dennis Moore.

Rust-N-Shine [Special First Friday Opening]
410 S. Conkling St
Rust-N-Shine Presents An Evening of Vintage Smut
We’re baaack and SMUTTIER. THAN. EVER!
Join us Friday, July 5th, as we read from Simon Eisner’s 1952 “The Naked Storm”.
Reading at 7 p.m. Vintage, retro, and handmade treasures on sale from 5-9 p.m.
(Only open from 5-9 p.m. during Highlandtown’s First Friday Art Walks!)

Filippo’s Restaurant & Lounge
418 S. Conkling St (and through to 417 S. Highland Ave)
Live entertainment and art. Drink specials available inside Filippo’s Lounge.

Roll Ice Cream & Coffee
3222 Eastern Ave
See the new mural inside Roll Ice Cream & Coffee by José Vigo. Come experience the culinary art of rolled ice cream. All our ice cream is made to order right in front of you. We take it from liquid to solid in less than 3 minutes.

Off the Rox
3232-A Eastern Ave
Featuring artful tastings on the First Friday Art Walk.

Snake Hill Tavern
418 S. Clinton St
A Closer Look
Photography by Jim McPherson & Ohio-based Anne Meike
Happy Hour until 7pm
Kitchen Open until 11pm

Ideals of Highlandtown
3319 Eastern Ave
Stop in for a refreshment and the unique wood furniture pieces at this home goods shop.

Yellow Arrow Publishing Presents:
Highlandtown Art Walk Writer-in-Residence
The writer-in-residence for July, August and September 2019 is Jessica Gregg. Be sure to say hello when you see her out and about or scribbling away in one of the venues above. Jessica Gregg is the editor of Baltimore Style magazine and also oversees Baltimore’s Child and Washington Family magazines. She is a Baltimore booster, proud rowhouse dweller, the mother of two teenagers, and an avid poetry reader. Her poetry collection “News from this Lonesome City” will be published this year by Finishing Line Press.

CLOSED VENUES ON JULY 5
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave

Y:ART Gallery & Fine Gifts
3402 Gough St

PEAK Performance Training
512 S. Conkling St

Springsteen Gallery
422 S. Highland Ave