This past weekend, local NPR affiliate station 88.1 WYPR featured a story on this year’s Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners on their weekly program “The Signal”. Senior producer Aaron Henkin interviewed Jonathan Latiano, Dariusz Skoraczewski, and Lynne Parks about their work and creative processes. In case you missed it, be sure to check it out here: [...]
2013 MSB Winners on The Signal
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Mary Sawyers Baker Prize 2013
Ladies and gentleman, the 2013 winners of The Mary Sawyers Baker Prize: JONATHAN LATIANO DARIUSZ SKORACZEWSKI LYNNE PARKS CONGRATULATIONS! Each artist will receive $25,000 and be featured in an exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) from February – March, 2014. Jonathan Latiano is an installation artist with an MFA from the Maryland Institute [...]
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Stay tuned for the 2013 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize….
The winners of three $25,000 Mary Sawyer Baker Prize’s will be announced May 2nd, 2013 at 8:30 pm on Maryland Public Television. Hosted by Rhea Feiken with a guest appearance by the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Director Jeannie Howe, the program will introduce the work of the 2013 winner’s. The program will also feature a [...]
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Post Typography: MD Film Fest 2013
2011 b Grant winners Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen, aka the brilliant minds behind Post Typography, have been designing the posters for the Maryland Film Festival since 2011 and every year they just get better and better. With the 2013 festival just around the corner (May 8-12), they have released the poster for this year [...]
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Maryland Honors 87 for Artistic Excellence
Baltimore, MD (March 21, 2013) The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, has recognized 87 Maryland artists for creating work of exceptional quality within a range of disciplines. This class of outstanding writers, artists and performers was selected from nearly 600 applicants and awarded grants [...]
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ellen cherry’s misadventures in Texas
ellen cherry, one of our 2011 b Grant winners, was in a nasty car accident while on tour in Texas a few weeks ago. While we were alarmed to hear the news, ellen says she is doing OK and feels lucky to be alive. According to ellen: “The guitar is OK!!! But the Honda [...]
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Nominations are officially closed for 2013
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who signed up this year, and best of luck to all of our nominees! The nominating season of the 2013 Baker Artist Awards is now officially closed. With another big last minute jump, we’ve once again exceeded last year’s nominations with over 700 artist’s! Everything about the awards is [...]
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Are you ready for 2014?
Seems like a silly question, seeing as 2013 just started. Here’s the thing though- if you nominate yourself by TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, you’ll be able to edit your nomination after the announcement of the 2013 Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes. New nominations, however, won’t be accepted until the 2014 season begins. Wouldn’t you like to have [...]
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Bruce Nelson Profile in Baltimore Gay Life
2011 b Grant winner Bruce Nelson was recently featured in Baltimore’s LGBT publication Gay Life, profiling his acting skills and work with Everyman Theatre. From the article by Frankie Kujawa: “Nelson’s skill as an actor, as well has his clever wit, has captivated fans across the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area throughout the last two decades. The [...]