This year, we celebrated the 2012 Baker Artist Awards Exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art with an opening reception at the museum. The turn out was more than we expected – 781 total guests – and the exhibit and performances were a huge success! The free event featured live performances by Mary Sawyers Baker [...]

Opening Night At The 2012 BMA Baker Awards Exhibit

TODAY! The 2012 Baker Artist Awards Opening Party at the Baltimore Museum of Art
OPENING TODAY, the annual Baker Artist Awards exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art will highlight all three 2012 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners: Alexander Heilner David Knopp Nathan Bell as well as feature the work of all of 2012′s b Grant winners: Brent Crothers Miranda Pfeiffer Tiffany Jones Chris Bathgate Lauren Simonutti Yoshi [...]

Behind the Scenes at the Baker Artist Awards Exhibit at The BMA
More behind the scenes as installation for the 2012 Baker Artist Awards exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art continues!

The 2012 Baker Artist Awards Exhibit at The BMA!
Installation for the 2012 Baker Artist Awards exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art has begun! This year’s annual exhibit opens in less than two weeks on September 7th!

David Knopp featured in Urbanite
2012 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winner David Knopp was recently featured in the Arts and Culture section of Urbanite Magazine. The article, written by Cara Ober, talks about his work evolving from drawing and his intuitive process in making his elaborate sculptures. “David Knopp has explored the aesthetic qualities of line for many years, first [...]

Mary Sawyers Baker Prize 2012
Ladies and gentleman, the 2012 winners of The Mary Sawyers Baker Prize: ALEXANDER HEILNER NATHAN BELL DAVID KNOPP CONGRATULATIONS! Each artist will receive $25,000 and be featured in an exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) from September – October, 2012. ALEXANDER HEILNER is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in photography, video, digital imaging, [...]

Save The Date: APRIL 25th ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY!
In just two weeks, we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2012 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize on a special episode of Artworks This Weekon Maryland Public Television at 8:00pm. AND – In honor of this year’s winners and the 2012 award season, we’re gonna throw another party!

Carl Grubbs and Peter Minkler at The Walters Art Museum
Carl Grubbs, Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winner in 2009, will be performing with Peter Minkler, Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winner from 2010, NEXT WEEK at The Walters Art Museum!

Welcome to the 2012 Baker Artist Awards!
The new Award Season has begun, and we have another three $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes to be awarded for 2012!



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 [...]