Join BmoreArt and the American Craft Council (ACC) for a discussion of contemporary craft with three featured artists in ACC’s Baltimore Craft Week. Prior to COVID-19, ACC’s annual juried shows in Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Paul, and San Francisco featured thousands of professional artists working in metal, glass, wood, clay, and fibers and attracted a loyal following of more than 45,000 patrons. With Craft Week, ACC is moving their Baltimore event online, so this year we will spotlight a few of their talented artists about the shrinking divide between contemporary art and craft, the meaning of materials, and why living with artful, handmade objects is so important.
Join the Society of Design Arts, AIGA Baltimore, and Stevenson University for this online talk by Angelina Lippert.
The Swiss Grid
The Swiss Grid explores the development and impact of the International Typographic Style, considered one of the most important movements in graphic design history, through a selection of posters and ephemera. Influenced by the Concrete art of the Bauhaus and Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography, the practitioners of this style streamlined compositions through an adherence to geometric grid structures. The results were pared down, harmonious, instantly comprehensible designs—masterpieces of communication—that have stood the test of time. To complete the story of Swiss poster history, companion exhibitions in adjoining galleries will celebrate over 100 years of Swiss design, from illustrational posters of the prewar period up through the “Swiss punk” movement of the 1970s and beyond.
About the Presenter:
Angelina Lippert holds an MA in the art of the Russian Avant-Garde from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and a BA in theology and art history from Smith College. Prior to working at Poster House, Angelina served ten years as a poster specialist at a leading New York City leading auction house. She has produced dozens of auction catalogs and articles, as well as The Art Deco Poster, and has lectured at SVA and The Cooper Union. She is a member of AAM, AAMC, AIGA, and is on the Board of Directors for The Ephemera Society of America. Her research interests include German Expressionism, Soviet film posters, and the history of food and wine in advertising.
How to attend the event:
1) This event will be online using Zoom. Click here to register for free.
2) Please ensure you download the app for your computer or mobile device prior to the event here on Zoom.
3) Registered attendees will receive a link and password when they complete their registration. The link and password will also be sent 24 hours and 1 hour before the event. Make sure to check your spam folder for the email.
Accessibility
If you need any accommodations to fully access the event, please get in touch with us 1 week before the event at info@baltimore.aiga.org.
Code of Conduct
AIGA Baltimore expects that all attendees treat each other with respect, openness, and adherence to the guidelines specified in AIGA’s Code of Conduct, which can be found here: Code of Conduct.
Join the Society of Design Arts, AIGA Baltimore, and Stevenson University for the online talk “Notes on being a DOMINICANYORK” by Ramon Tejada.
Tejada will present his work and exhibition featured in Stevenson University’s School of Design gallery. As a graphic designer, Tejada rarely encounters Dominican design and Dominican aesthetics, even in NYC, home to the largest Dominican community outside of the DR. “One can argue that Design rarely represents anything but Western Design with its roots firmly planted in a Bauhaus, modernist lineage.” His current practice is focused on what he calls “puncturing;” bringing (inserting the Dominican) narratives and voices that Graphic Design has ignored, neglected, and undervalued into the conversation and point of view.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Ramon Tejada is a New Yorkino/ Dominican/ BIPOC American designer and educator based in Providence, RI. As an Assistant Professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), he works in a hybrid design/teaching practice focusing on collaborative design models. Tejada’s design interests lie in the disruption and puncturing of the Design Canon, inclusivity, diversity, collaboration, and the expansion of design narratives and languages.
Grab your phone and jump on Instagram at 1:00 PM ET on Thursday, October 29th for a live interview with Jess Langley of White Coffee Creative! Hear how the designer and muralist got started, lessons learned from starting a business, how she approaches mural projects, and more.
About White Coffee Creative
Purpose-Driven Design and Murals
White Coffee Creative is an inclusive, woman-owned studio in Baltimore, MD creating design and murals with sustainability in mind.
Learn more: whitecoffeecreative.com
Meet Jess
Jess Langley is the founder and artist behind White Coffee Creative. She started the business to make an impact and help others do the same. The three words she uses to describe her style: colorful, simple, and cohesive. A self-taught muralist, her work can be found inside of Spark Baltimore, on the walls of Christopher Schafer Clothier on Aliceanna Street, and on the storefront of Sharp Dressed Man just to name a few.
Baltimore Mural Hunt
This Instagram Live event is being held during our Baltimore Mural Hunt: a weeklong challenge to close out Baltimore Design Month 2020! October 25th-31st, take a self-guided tour of the city’s public art and share your mural photos and selfies with us by tagging @aigabaltimore and #BmoreMuralHunt20. The art hunter who visits the most murals between October 25th and 31st will win a specially curated prize!
Join the Baltimore Mural Hunt
Monument Women’s Creative Alliance and AIGA invite you to join us for Baltober (Inktober with a Baltimore spin). From October 18-24, we will be posting daily prompts to inspire your work. Draw your Baltimore take on the prompts and share using #Baltober. We will share some of our favorite submissions on social and more!
Here are the prompts for Baltober:
- Day 1: Mr. Trash Wheel
- Day 2: United
- Day 3: Harbor
- Day 4: Crabs
- Day 5: Hon
- Day 6: Neighbor
- Day 7: Bromo Seltzer
Tired of staring at your screen? Itching for a new view during your daily quarantine walk? We get it. Join the Bmore Mural Hunt this October 25th-31st to gain a new appreciation for the walls around you. Browse the Baltimore mural map and take a tour of the city’s public art by the likes of Ernest Shaw, Megan Lewis, Nether, Iandry Randriamandroso, Stephen Powers, Amy Sherald, GAIA, and many more.
Murals can be local landmarks, cultural statements, business and branding tools, or simply beautiful! There’s something to see in every corner of Baltimore, with new pieces popping up daily.
How To Participate:
- Take a self-guided tour of the city’s public art. Browse the Baltimore mural map
and Annapolis murals for ideas.
- Share your mural photos and selfies with us by tagging @aigabaltimore and #BmoreMuralHunt20
- The art hunter who visits the most murals between October 25th and 31st will win a specially curated prize (including a gift Skillshare subscription)!
Artists, show us your work! Post photos of your murals, street art, and hand-painted signage with #BmoreMuralHunt20, and be sure to tag the location so mural hunt participants can find it.
Check out these artists’ work and start searching:
@eshaw_art
@jessieandkatey
@urbanhipsta
@gaiastreetart
@whitecoffeecreativeco
@eckerdesignco
@steveespopowers
@pablomachioli
@6reg6annon
@nether410
Technically Creative: 5 Rapid Fire Talks that Bridge The Gap Between Tech & Creative
What a year! This is usually the time of year where we have a nice big event and gather our community in person for networking, mentorship, and professional development. But the world had other plans, and if it’s one thing we’ve learned over these past few months, it’s how to be flexible and go with the flow.
Have fun and learn with us at Technically Creative rapid-fire talks, an event that seeks to expose you to some new ideas that bridge the gap between tech and design, all while using the fun format of 5 slides in 5 minutes. There are some big things happening in Baltimore, and some very passionate people leading the cause. We can’t wait for you to join us for this event.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7:30PM – Open the Zoom Room
7:35PM – Welcome & Speakers Intros
7:40 – Speakers – 5 Minutes Talks & 2 Min Q&A
8:15PM – Networking & Recap
Baltimore Womxn in Tech (BWiT) is for women and female-identifying technologists in the Baltimore and the Greater Baltimore region who are working and playing with any kind of technology. We host events and educational programming throughout the year that showcase and support Women in Technology initiatives. We aim to empower women in our extended community so that they understand the work they do is valuable and feel supported. You don’t have to be a developer to be considered a woman in technology.
Our events are open to all genders.
SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
Points North Studio
Spark Baltimore
Fearless
AIGA Baltimore
Baltimore Design Month presents:
Revolutionary Typography with Tré Seals
Join us for an informal interview with Tré Seals on Instagram (@aigabaltimore), on Oct. 6th, 12pm, and for a longer presentation followed by discussion on Zoom, on Oct. 13th, 12pm-1pm.
Tuesday, October 6: IG Live: View Video
12:00–12:30 PM
Tuesday, October 13: Zoom Webinar (Register Here)
12:00–1:00 PM
AIGA Baltimore, Society of Design Arts, and Stevenson University co-host these online events with Tré Seals, founder of Vocal Type Co. With the mission of diversifying design (through type), Seals has crafted a catalog of fonts that tell the stories of various underrepresented races, ethnicities, and genders—from the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Argentina to the Civil Rights Movement in America. And the rest is history.
Fun Fact! We used Tré’s typeface, Bayard, in this year’s Design Month Branding.
About Tré Seals
Tré is one of those rare individuals that became what he wanted to be as a child. From kindergarten to third grade, he would bounce between drawing, religiously, and practicing writing in cursive until he could get his handwriting to look like the sample sheets.
In the 5th and 6th grades, Seals started his first business. For $3, he would graffiti people’s names on index cards. In high school and college, he would design bead jewelry, Lego™ jewelry, tattoos, posters, and t-shirts.
And at the age of 22, he started a passion project turned font foundry, Vocal Type. With the mission of diversifying design (through type), Seals has crafted a catalog of fonts that tell the stories of various underrepresented races, ethnicities, and genders—from the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Argentina to the Civil Rights Movement in America. And the rest is history.
Social Handles
Instagram: @vocaltype.co | @seals.studio
Twitter: @vocaltypeco
Pinterest: @vocaltype
Unique & United is the theme for this year’s Baltimore Design Month and it’s time to get outside.
Look for the letters of our theme at home, on the street, or wherever you find yourself, then create a collage of letters spelling “Unique & United.” Share to social media using our hashtag #BmoreDM20 and tagging @aigabaltimore, and we’ll reshare your creations throughout the month! Submit your collage by the 13th for a chance to win a Skillshare subscription.
Note: Letter prompts will be posted daily to IG/FB stories. Feel free to join the event at any time and tag us (@aigabaltimore #BmoreDM20) as you collect each letter, but in order to win you only need to tag us when you post your finished type collage on October 13th. If you snag a letter from a Baltimore landmark or business, make sure to give a shout out. Letters can also be created from found objects or hand drawn.
How to win:
- Find and photograph, cut out, or create each of the 13 characters in our theme, Unique & United.
- Create a collage with your letters that spell out Unique & United.
- Share your creation on social media by October 13th using our hashtag #BmoreDM20 and tagging @aigabaltimore.
- Your handle will be added to a list to be included in our random drawing.
- The winner will be announced via our IG feed, story, and social media inbox.
- Respond to our DM with your email address to receive your subscription link.
About Skillshare:
skillshare.com
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. On Skillshare, millions of members come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey.
Join the Society of Design Arts, AIGA Baltimore and Stevenson University for a discussion with SHAN Wallace and Elena Volkova. The Blacks and Blues archive and the curation process for the exhibition Reflections: a brief history of looking at ourselves (2019) will be presented.
Wallace’s Blacks and Blues archive demonstrates the “Archive as Artwork” medium. This archive and search engine innovates and challenges how modern archives can be curated. It also shows us through photography the experiences, identities, inequalities and injustices of Black life, as well as, how to ethically accumulate primary source documents.
What drives people to sit for a portrait? was a primary question that guided co-curators Elena Volkova and Joe Tropea as they researched the Maryland Historical Society archives for the exhibition Reflections: a brief history of looking at ourselves. In addition to the exhibition, a secondary project was launched, photographing Baltimore residents using Tintypes, a 19th century photographic process. Tintype processes and photoshoots will also be featured in Volkova’s remarks for how they demonstrate the many ways of how the taking of a portrait is an event.
HOW TO ATTEND THE EVENT
1) This event will be online using Zoom. Click here to register for free.
2) Please ensure you download the app for your computer or mobile device prior to the event here on Zoom.
3) Registered attendees will receive a link and password when they complete their registration. The link and password will also be sent 24 hours and 1 hour before the event. Make sure to check your spam folder for the email.
