Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk: July 7

FRIDAY, JULY 7   ǀ   5-9 PM On First Fridays from 5–9pm, art-centric businesses and arts venues in the Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment District stay open a little later than usual to play host to a self-guided walking tour of our neighborhood shops, galleries, landmarks and murals. Neighbors and visitors are encouraged to visit multiple… Continue reading Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk: July 7

Shop Highlandtown’s Arts Businesses

Highlandtown is filled with vibrancy, color, and art. We are home to the Creative Alliance, Highlandtown Gallery, Y:ART Gallery, and more. We also love to showcase our talents right on the main street with impromptu Mariachi bands, yarn bombings, and dance performances. We are a neighborhood of makers. We’ve got designers, jewelry makers, metal workers,… Continue reading Shop Highlandtown’s Arts Businesses

To see Highlandtown’s Painted Screens simply look up!

Celebrating over a century of screen painting, colorful new window screens are being installed all over Highlandtown, at the very heart of the neighborhoods where this summertime tradition began and flourished. Scroll down to see some of our new screens! Honoring the beautiful work done in the past, new artists are engaging in this vibrant… Continue reading To see Highlandtown’s Painted Screens simply look up!

Highlandtown’s BUS garners international attention

“Artists like to explain their work, but this is a piece of work very, very easy to  understand,” said Ciro Márquez, describing the new piece next to the Creative Alliance on S. East Ave. Márquez—who is part of mmmm…—a Madrid-based artist collective that also includes Eva Salmerón, Alberto Alarcón and Emilio Alarcón—was speaking about what… Continue reading Highlandtown’s BUS garners international attention