Highlandtown’s A&E District (a.k.a. "ha!") envelops the Baltimore neighborhoods of Highlandtown, Patterson Park and parts of Canton and Greektown. ha! offers artists opportunities to live and work in one of the most culturally diverse areas of the city.
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United States
Education: University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD (JD, 1983); Hollins College, Roanoke, VA (BA, cum laude, 1976); Universites de Paris - Sorbonne, Paris, France (Certificat Pratique de Langue Francaise, 1976). Represented by: Dorothy Rogers 2004 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM Paper Rock Scissors 1111 W 36th St Baltimore, MD Solo Exhibitions: Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore (2002); St.
Sylvie van Helden was born in Montreal, Canada in 1974. After a brief stint in Biology, she moved to Baltimore in 2000 to attend the Mount Royal Program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Upon graduating with her MFA in 2002, she taught at the college and high school levels for 13 years. Her works have been shown in local, regional, and national shows at venues such as Maryland Art Place, Hillyer Art Space, The Autry Museum of The American West, and the Painting Center.
Education: Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (MFA, 1981). Selected Exhibitions: To This I Came, Loyola College and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (1999); Earthworks, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (1997); Book Value, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY (1995); Catholic Girls, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (1994); Hubble Space Telescope Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1993); Salute to the Arts, Baltimore, MD (1993); Worhy Gallery, Washington, DC (1990); Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (1990).
Michael Weiss is a Baltimore-based artist who uses traditional painting materials and methods to create contemporary images containing oblique, but not opaque content. He has exhibited widely throughout the region and his work is a part of numerous private and corporate collections.
Andre Barnett recently participated in a group show in Annapolis, MD and was also included in the tenth anniversary of the Northern Arts District in Baltimore MD this past summer. His work has been featured in many group shows starting in 1996 to the present: New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC and Richmond, VA.
Education: Maryland Institute, College of Art (MFA, 1989; BFA, 1986) Recent Exhibitions: Solos Show - York Arts Center, York Pennsylvania: Lancaster Coounty Art Association, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Nelson Fine Arts Gallery,Lexington, VirginiaPaper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri: American Juried Art Salon Online Exhibition, Plano Texas; Upstream People Gallery Online Shows, Omaha, Nebraska, Flips at Clipper Mill, Baltimore, Maryland, Rome Art Coterie, Rome Georgia; Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Westmoreland Arts and Festival Heritage, Latrobe, Pennsylva
EDUCATION: MFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (1986); BS, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (1982)
AWARDS: Franz & Virginia Bader Fund Grant, 2013, Loyola University MD Summer Research Grant, 2011, MD State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, 2013, 2002, 1996, 1995
Joan Cox (born 1969) is a figurative painter who focuses on painting intimate relationships between women. Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, Joan navigated her formative years during a time when LGBTQ+ identities were often marginalized and silenced. Cox portrays the complex, dynamic, sensual, and loving relationships between women in her work. Her subjects are drawn from her immediate circle, featuring her friends and lesbian couples in her community. She fearlessly depicts herself and her wife, inviting viewers into their lives and personal narratives.
Jeffrey Kent was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His studio is in Baltimore, Maryland, where as, a visual artist and founder of the Sub-basement Artist Studios, is committed to communicating through creative expression, and his dedication to community service, ideals he learned as a youth. He learned the importance of sharing his time and knowledge, teaching to set goals and to recognize the possibilities within one's grasp. In 2003 Kent founded Sub-Basement Artist Studios a 12,000+ sq. ft.