Join us for the September 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.
Tonight’s theme is “Nocturne” and we’ll be celebrating with the first ever HIGHLANDTOWN NOCTURNE: Live Plein Air Art Competition!
ABOUT THE NOCTURNE COMPETITION
WHEN: Friday October 4, 2019, 5pm – 11pm
(Judging & Awards on Sat. Oct 5 at 10am at Night Owl Gallery)
WHERE: Highlandtown Arts District, Check in at Night Owl Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Unit C
Artist of all disciplines, join us in Highlandtown to create art outside during the Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk!
Registration Required ($30). All ages welcome.
All art forms are welcome. Work must be completed on-site between 5pm and 11pm and be viewable for judging the next day. Works will be on view and available for sale through October at Night Owl Gallery.
TO REGISTER & FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE.
Join us the next morning (Sat. Oct 5, 10-11am) for a celebratory brunch where juror Gina Caruso (Creative Alliance, Executive Director) will award prizes! A portion of the registration fee will go to supporting the Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District.
HIGHLANDTOWN ART WALK VENUES:
Y:ART Gallery & Fine Gifts
3402 Gough St
Best Gallery 2019 || Best Gallery 2018 || Best East-Side Art Space 2017, Baltimore Magazine
Current Exhibition: Bianco e Nero | Terry Thompson
Featured Plein Air Painters: Ken Karlic, Kathy Daywalt & Joyce Blair
Highlandtown Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery A
Celebrate our “Baltimore Nocturne” A Plein Air Show with an evening of live music and wine & cheese–plus catch artists throughout the district painting under the stars!
Zwiebach Creations Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery B
Featuring the one of a kind work by artist Debbie Lynn Zwiebach. Plus catch Debbie Lynn paint LIVE during the Nocturne: Plein Air Competition!
Night Owl Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery C
Join us as we host a nocturne featuring several local artists throughout the neighborhood live-painting outside after dark. Artists will have from dusk until 11pm to create an original piece of art from observation. Keep an eye on their progress as you stroll!
The evening will be followed up Saturday morning with a bagel brunch as juror Gina Caruso (Creative Alliance, Executive Director) awards prizes. All are welcome and collectors are encouraged to connect with artists. All art will be for sale.
The Laughing Pint
3531 Gough St
ON VIEW: New Art…Chaya Schapiro
The Laughing Pint is pleased to host new work by Chaya Schapiro.
$5 greyhound drink special & kitchen is open until 10:30pm.
The Pop-Up Studio @ 3522
3522 Bank St 1st Floor (Bank & Conkling)
Pop – Up @ 3522 Bank St (Bank & Conkling) is hosting 2 events for the October First Friday Artwalk:
- Pop-Up Art-O-Mat@3522
3522-A Bank St (entrance on S. Conkling St)
In conjunction with this month’s theme “NOCTURNE,” Guerrilla Theatre Front presents: Michael Panzarotto, Master of the Macabre shares his favourite spine tingling poems and stories. Starting at 6:30pm, readings with be throughout the evening as guests join is in the pop-up space. - Pop-up Studio@3522
3522 Bank St (entrance on Bank St)
GTF presents: “Doc Wietzel’s Traveling Curiosities Show”
A collection of bizarre oddities and infamous curiosities.
The collection will be open to viewing during ArtWalk and on select evenings on October in the studio space.
Baltimore Science Fiction Society @ Double and Up
3514 Bank St
Learn more about Highlandtown’s very own science fiction society.
RoofTop Hot
339 S. Conkling St
Stop by and pick up some fresh fruit and veggies before 7pm.
Featuring 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, October 4th, as we read from John Dexter’s 1966 “Lovin’ Linda”.
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.
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave
In the Gallery: Highlandtown’s Annual Arts District Exhibit
8 PM In the Theater: The Bumper Jacksons!
$20, $17 MEMBERS (+$3 at the door)
Roll Ice Cream & Coffee
3222 Eastern Ave
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
“The Monsters Under My Bed”
Drawings by Jeff Tarleton
Jeff Tarleton explores everyday anxieties in these spooky-quirky illustrations just in time for Halloween.
Happy Hour 4:30 until 7pm
Kitchen Open until 11pm
Yellow Arrow Publishing Presents:
Highlandtown Art Walk Writer-in-Residence
The writer-in-residence for October, November and December 2019 is Laura Hazan.
Laura Hazan is a librarian with the Enoch Pratt Free Library where she runs the bimonthly Light Street Writers Exchange. She completed her first novel, Little Boxes, and is seeking representation for publication. She attended the “Your Novel Year” program at Arizona State University’s Piper Writing Center where she was instructed and mentored by best-selling novelists Michael Stackpole and Jean Rabe, among others. In addition, her work has been published in Natural Bridge, Kirkwood Patch, Sauce Magazine, and Not A Pipe Publishing #yearofpublishingwomen anthology Strongly Worded Women available at Amazon.com and other booksellers. Laura is a resident of Baltimore and lives with her son, her husband and their one-eyed dog, Boh.
CLOSED THIS MONTH
PEAK Performance
512 S. Conkling Street
Closed for renovations but save the date for their Grand Re-Opening Celebration on Fri. Nov 1.
Springsteen Gallery
422 S. Highland Ave
Closed this month.
Flaneuse Couture & Millinery
300 block of S. Conkling St
Closed this month, but will return for the November Art Walk.
Presented by Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District in partnership with Highlandtown Main Street.
Highlandtown is a designated Arts & Entertainment District. For more information visit Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District
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