Kevin Rohde is an artist and sculptor living in Baltimore, MD. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Keystone College and his Master of Fine Arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at institutions including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts(TN), Idyllwild Arts (CA) Peters Valley School of Craft (PA), Santa Fe Clay (NM), and universities such as Towson University in Towson, MD, George Washington University in Washington, DC and Hood College in Fredrick, MD. Kevin is currently the Artist and Children’s Program Manager at Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, MD.
Artist who creates in different media’s with a focus on glass and mirrors.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Choose Your Own Adventure
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/adventure-artscape/
https://vimeo.com/286601636
Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry
12’x40’x100’
Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD 21201
Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure.
July 20-22, 2018
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/adventure-artscape/
https://vimeo.com/286601636
Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry
12’x40’x100’
Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD 21201
Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure.
July 20-22, 2018
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Medium: Mixed
Year: 2018
Sun Stomp
Sun Stomp
http://grahamprojects.com/projects/sunstomp
Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor
34’x24’x75’
Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun.
April 14-21, 2018
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
http://grahamprojects.com/projects/sunstomp
Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor
34’x24’x75’
Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun.
April 14-21, 2018
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Medium: Mixed
Year: 2018
Dancing Forest
Dancing Forest
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/dancingforest/
https://vimeo.com/227485964
July 21-23, 2017
Artscape
Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Baltimore, MD 21201
Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website
20’ x 45’ x 200’
Anchoring Baltimore’s 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail, Dancing Forest converted a four-lane bridge into a grass-covered, kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers symbols inviting people to interact and explore Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs.
Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/dancingforest/
https://vimeo.com/227485964
July 21-23, 2017
Artscape
Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Baltimore, MD 21201
Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website
20’ x 45’ x 200’
Anchoring Baltimore’s 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail, Dancing Forest converted a four-lane bridge into a grass-covered, kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers symbols inviting people to interact and explore Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs.
Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library
Medium: Mixed
Year: 2017
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons
https://vimeo.com/528394639
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/curbside-commons/
StreetBond 150 pavement coating, thermoplastic crosswalks and bump outs, flex-posts, water-filled barriers, shade sails, outdoor seating, umbrellas, custom benches, bike racks
15,400sf, dimensions vary
June - November 2020
4300, 4700, & 4800 blocks of Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Project partners: Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Baltimore Development Corporation, Neighborhood Design Center, Baltimore City DOT, Equus Striping
https://vimeo.com/528394639
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/curbside-commons/
StreetBond 150 pavement coating, thermoplastic crosswalks and bump outs, flex-posts, water-filled barriers, shade sails, outdoor seating, umbrellas, custom benches, bike racks
15,400sf, dimensions vary
June - November 2020
4300, 4700, & 4800 blocks of Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Project partners: Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Baltimore Development Corporation, Neighborhood Design Center, Baltimore City DOT, Equus Striping
Medium: Mixed
Year: 2020