Overlea ArtsFest is a free, family-friendly annual festival celebrating local visual and performing art. Artists and filmmakers of all genres and levels of experience are invited to submit their work to our juried show, which is held on the 2nd weekend of August every year at Holt Park & Center for the Arts. A diverse group of performance artists, singers, musicians, and spoken word poets are chosen to perform at the event, and free art activities are offered for kids of all ages.
4Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Artshttps://www.promotionandarts.orgbopacommunications@gmail.com(410) 752-8632
10 E Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD 21202
United States
www.thegailery.com
Art Painting Abstracts, Mixed Media, Collage, Jewelry, Painted clothing
Kyaira is a R&B/Soul singer-songwriter and WAMMIE award winner based in the Greater DC, MD, and VA area. Known for her unique powerhouse vocals and soothing undertones, Kyaira's voice has been compared to legendary artists like Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, and Ari Lennox. Her voice is like the warm hug you never knew you needed.
A painter born in Silver Spring Maryland in 1981 and working in and living in Baltimore, D’Metrius Rice’s work involves a mix-matching of visual elements rooted in a unique visual language of simple geometric forms arranged into compositions that are formal and quasi-narrative. He has shown in New York, Washington, DC, Australia, and Baltimore, with two museum group shows, and in Baltimore and Los Angeles. He has an upcoming solo show and residency at Hancock Solar Gallery in July in Baltimore.
Baltimore based painter. What started as a means to keep myself and young son occupied during quarantine, evolved into a love to create fun art.
A group of Maryland Composers, centered in Baltimore, who sponsor performances of their own works, often newly composed.
Baakari Wilder is internationally known for starring in the Broadway musical Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk. He received a Bessie Award for his performance, and later assumed the lead role for a year. He received the Pola Nirenska Award for achievement in dance, and the “Hoofer Award” by the American Tap Dance Foundation. Baakari's dancing has delighted audiences around the world in places such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, France, Africa, Brazil, Germany, Japan, and Russia.
Digital Media Productions (Urban) founded by Edward Washington
Contact:
(240) 241-0232
edwardjwashington2022@gmail.com
A collaboratively produced experiment in radio as cultural commons.
Guitarist Mark Edwards has been hailed by the Montgomery Advertiser as a player who “transfers to another zone, effortlessly strumming, plucking and picking a variety of classical masterpieces with clarity.” Susan Brall says, “If you want to hear the best, you will want to catch Mark Edwards performing…His talent is unbelievable.”