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About three dozen artists created more than 200 works inspired by the experience of parenting — the good, bad, horrific and sublime — in the new themed exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Oct 23, 2018

Don those outlandish costumes and join us for our annual screening of the cult classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Friday, Oct. 26, at 10 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $14 for students and seniors.

Christine Mercer-Vernon is a regional artist participating in the current show at Carroll Community College titled Phantom Narrative. The show is being held at the Scott Gallery through Nov. 2 and was organized by Art Department Chair Jessi Hardesty,

Baltimore resident Izzie Arrizza uses her IPhone to captures colorful and artistic doors along the streets of Baltimore.

By Lloyd Fox

Oct 12, 2018

Besides providing a literally illuminating night in the woods, OPUS Merriweather is a free event designed to call attention to the evolving Merriweather District.

"Sinister Speakeasy," a 1920s-themed murder mystery dinner party presented by Whodunnit for Hire and the Best Western Westminster, benefiting the Carroll County Arts Council is set for Nov. 3. Tickets are $75.

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Oct. 7-13, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 7, 2018

Baltimore should remember Fort McHenry's Joseph Lewis Weyrich.

Only Baltimore bad boy John Waters would create a sculpture that envisions a babyhood encounter between the pop star Michael Jackson and the serial killer Charles Manson.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Oct 5, 2018

There is still time to catch a gallery show full of work by Carroll County Public Schools visual arts teachers, on display until Nov. 2.

On Oct. 13, get ready for “The Return: A Beatles Tribute.” Beatlemania is alive and well, thanks to this tribute band from Atlanta, Georgia. They’ve got the look and sound of the Fab Four. Sing along to your favorite hits from the Ed Sullivan era through the "Sgt. Pepper" album.

Some thoughts on PoeFest International, from some of the folks who know Mr. E.A. Poe best

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 3, 2018

What better way to celebrate the fall holidays than by seeing a show, catching a movie, taking a class, or viewing some of the beautiful artwork on display here at the Carroll Arts Center.

A group exhibition of artists "who explore unseen forces and ephemeral experiences will be on view at the Gallery of the Scott Center at Carroll Community College beginning Oct. 5.

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in Maryland. This gallery seeks to create a greater understanding of the problem.

By Cody Boteler

Sep 24, 2018

Photographer Erin Douglas documents the people of color at Burning Man 2018.

By Lloyd Fox

Sep 21, 2018

Jakayla Holmes, age 9, was feeling a little bit sorry for the visiting stranger because he wasn’t getting the same chance to be creative that she was enjoying.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Sep 20, 2018

Here at the Carroll Arts Center, we are presenting a number of autumn programs and getting ready to celebrate the holidays with amazing presentations and exhibits.

A six-week International art exhibition featuring paintings, textiles and sculpture from Estonia opened Sunday at The Liriodendron in Bel Air.

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Sept. 16-22, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 16, 2018

This 39-piece traveling exhibit running through Oct. 14 at the Reginald Lewis museum includes artifacts spanning 150 years of the Jim Crow era in the U.S. Such items as a 1906 calendar advertising Rastus Cigars show how stereotypes get formed.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Sep 14, 2018

A preview of Howard County Arts Council' Road to the Arts taking place on Sept. 14-15.

Wilderness Farm, the 32nd annual Decorator Show House of Historic Ellicott City Inc., will be open to the public Sept. 21 to Oct. 21.

Stop by the Carroll Arts Center on Thursday afternoon for the opening reception for three new exhibits in our galleries. 

Shifts in population and religious affiliations have left many Baltimore-area churches bereft of congregants. But a congregation’s loss can be a homeowner’s gain as churches get redeveloped into housing stock.

Two arts related events are coming to Bel Air on Sunday, Sept. 16, one new and one a longtime staple of the town’s fall activities.

Douglas L. Frost, former vice president of development for the Maryland Institute College of Art who led the way in expanding the Bolton Hill art school, died Friday from heart failure at Springwell Senior Living in Mount Washington. He was 80

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 11, 2018

The Walters Art Museum director takes the same approach to home decor as her Mount Vernon museum does presenting exhibits. “For me, it’s about the life of the object,” she says. “So it’s not just, you know, when the object was made, who made it. But what is your relationship to it?"

By Sarah Meehan

Sep 11, 2018

Maryland Institute College of Art professor and Korean-American artist Mina Cheon began displaying her installation "Eat Choco-Pie Together," made up of 100,000 choco pies, at the Busan Biennale in South Korea Saturday.

By Brittany Britto

Sep 10, 2018

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Sept. 9-15, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 9, 2018

The second annual "Color Columbia Plein Air Paint Out" will take place on Sept. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lake Kittamaqundi and Wilde Lake.

It is time for kids to go back to school, football season to get underway, and the schedule to start filling up with multiple events at the Carroll Arts Center!

Couple Stanford Kimmel and Chris Franzoni's Federal Hill row home is bursting with art and personality.

By John-John Williams IV

Sep 6, 2018

Animal lover Iris Katz of Westminster has been a textile artist for almost 40 years and specializes in creating animal portraiture in needlepoint and cross stitch.

Carroll County Camera Club members talk why the county is good place to be a photographer. Their latest exhibit is on display at the Carroll Arts Center until Nov. 3.

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone! As we enter the month of September, we have a lot going on at the Carroll Arts Center. Whether you are a film buff, a concert enthusiast, an art connoisseur or an avid class participant, you can find something to get you in the fall spirit.

Maryland Institute College of Art fine arts teacher was recalled as a gifted artist and mentor to his students

By Jacques Kelly

Aug 29, 2018

Mary Carol Williams, a nurse who changed careers and became a coffee shop owner and later a prolific artist, died of leukemia July 24 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. The former Essex resident was 65.

By Jacques Kelly

Aug 29, 2018

From "Beetlejuice" to the New York Film Festival, these are the fall events arts lovers

The top arts and entertainment events in the Baltimore area for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Aug 26, 2018

After two weeks of camp, local youth star in a summer Spotlight Exhibition at Montpelier Arts Center.

Future of Main Street merchant needs our support.

Commissioners approved for the Office of Tourism to purchase Maiorana’s sculptures for installation outside the Carroll County Government Offices on N. Center Street and the Carroll County Farm Museum in late June, after Tourism Manager Bonnie Staub saw them.

If you’re in town over Labor Day weekend, come support September Song Musical Theater’s production of “Anything Goes,” held at the Carroll Arts Center.

More public art is being created in Bel Air, as artist Marshall Adams puts the finishing touches on an eagle mural on an outer wall of the Armory Marketplace to honor first responders. Adams also painted a mural depicting downtown Bel Air several years ago on the side of the Sheriff's Office HQ.

By David Anderson

Aug 23, 2018

When you walk through the group exhibit “Kaleidoscope” at The Meeting House Gallery, you are prompted by this show’s title to think about how its artists make decisions concerning shapes and colors.

Artist and professor Chloe Irla's show, titled "The Hunter and the Hunted: Made to Measure," will run in McDaniel College's Rice Gallery from Aug. 30 through Sept. 28.

Sally J. Michel, a civic activist and former chair of the city Planning Commission who founded the Parks and People Foundation, died Thursday from complications at her Roland Park home. She was 80.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 21, 2018

These are the four monuments linked to the Confederacy that were removed from city property overnight Aug. 15 into Aug. 16.

Thanks to all of you who have donated so many great pieces of previously enjoyed artwork, frames, books and art supplies for this weekend’s sixth annual yART Sale!