The 2020 Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk season begins on FRI. FEB 7 from 5-9pm! Join us for at 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.
For a map of Art Walk venues and places to eat, CLICK HERE.
THEMES FOR 2020 INCLUDE
FEB 7: HEARTBREAK
MAR 6: PRINT
APR 3: COLLAGE
MAY 1: FIESTA
JUN 5: STOOP
JULY (NO ART WALK)
AUG 7: LITERARY
SEP 4: SNAPSHOT
OCT 2: HAUNTED
NOV 6: HARVEST
DEC 4: TRADITIONS
FRI. FEB 7 ART WALK VENUES INCLUDE
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave
Marquee Lounge:
Main Gallery: On the Verge: 25 New and Emerging Artists
Amalie Rothschild Gallery: The Notable Letter Hh Creative Alliance’s Annual Resident Artist Exhibition
Theater: Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
8 PM ︱ $25, $22 MEMBERS (+$3 service fee)
Highlandtown Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery A
Join us for the second opening of our “100 Artist” show. Meet and greet with local artists featuring new works in the collection; some with their own interpretation of what love and heartbreak means to them. Live music and refreshments available to all guests. Opening reception starts at 5:00pmF
Night Owl Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery C
Beth-Ann Wilson: Indiana Dunes Residency Paintings
New work by Beth-Ann Wilson interpreting the juxtaposition of figures in beautiful natural landscapes against the backdrop of industry in Northern Indiana
Opening Reception February 7, 5 – 9 pm
Refreshments will be Served
Artist Talk/Q+A Saturday, Feb 29 at 3pmOff the Rox
3232-A Eastern Ave
D
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 & Dennis Moore and silkscreens by Charlie Barton.
Rust-N-Shine
410 S. Conkling St
Baltimore’s randiest reading series returns!
Join us as “An Evening of Vintage Smut” debuts Smut Season 2020 with our FIRST EVER role play.
Reading at 7 p.m. Vintage, retro, and handmade treasures on sale from 5-9 p.m.
Snake Hill Tavern
418 S. Clinton St
Snake Hill is proud to present Autumn Kulaga: Desire. Kulaga’s background as a medical illustrator comes through in her work which conjures its own poetic symbolism of flowers, masks, birds, and ethereal figures.
Happy Hour until 7pm
Kitchen Open until 11pm
The Art-O-Mat
3522-A Bank St (side entrance on Conkling St)
Musician and poet Zeig will perform original works exploring heartbreak and the belief that art reveals the universal emotions beneath our wildly different human experiences, connecting people who didn’t realize they were already connected.
Y:ART Gallery & Fine Gifts
3402 Gough Street
Y:ART Gallery is pleased to present February’s Featured Artist, Effie Gereny
Yellow Arrow House
335 S. Conkling St
As we launch the newest edition of the Yellow Arrow Journal, we will gather to hear our Baltimore area authors share their published pieces and engage in an interactive discussion on the meaning of resilience and how this theme was interpreted in our latest publication. Stay to make a haku lei inspired by the cover art. Light refreshments served.
Readings: 6-7:30pm
Lei making: 5-9pm
Yellow Arrow Publishing Presents: Highlandtown Art Walk Writer-in-Residence
Applications are in and the 2020 writers-in-residence will be announced February 7th.
Zwiebach Creations Gallery
248 S. Conkling St, Gallery B
Meet with accomplished fine artist, Debbie Lynn Zwiebach, currently displaying her collection “A Face Only A Mother Could Love.” Also on display will be her brilliant archival works of “Romance of the Operetta.” Refreshments will be available along with merchandise featuring works from Debbie Lynn herself. Opening reception starts at 5:00pm