Check out this month’s “Arts” section of Baltimore Magazine for their profile of Shodekeh, one of this year’s three Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners. The article, cleverly titled “Sho’ Time”, discusses Shodekeh’s diverse performances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Ethel Ennis, KRS-1, a blue grass band, Lithuanian folk singers, and opera singers. From the [...]

Shodekeh in Baltimore Magazine
Shodekeh Talifero’s Favorites
As we’ve said, we’re hearing more and more from curators and gallery owners who have been using bakerartistawards.org as a resource for putting together shows and exhibitions. But they’re not the only one’s. Using the “Favorites” feature on the website, anyone signed up can put together a show or curate a collection of their favorite [...]
In case you missed it…
here’s the special episode of MPT’s Artworks This Week featuring the announcement of the 2011 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners. Rhea Feikin interviews Audrey Chen, Gary Kachadourian and Shodekeh about their work and The Baker Artist Awards: The episode also takes a look at last year’s winners and their work, featuring video profiles of: – [...]

Mary Sawyers Baker Prize 2011
Ladies and gentleman, the 2011 winners of The Mary Sawyers Baker Prize: GARY KACHADOURIAN AUDREY CHEN SHODEKEH CONGRATULATIONS! Each artist will receive $25,000 and be featured in an exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) from September 7 – October 2, 2011, culminating in a celebratory “Late Night” event on October 1 with live [...]

“Music for All” featuring Peter Minkler and Shodekeh
Community Concerts at Second: Music For All is a program that features some of the best local and visiting musicians playing under one roof, for free at Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St Paul Street Baltimore MD 21218. This past Sunday, two past Baker Artist Awards Winners performed the piece “Variations for Four Drums and Viola” [...]




Shodekeh in The New York Times
That’s right! 2011 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winner Shodekeh was just featured in The New York Times leading up to his performance of Jan Vanio’s “Fujiko’s Fairy Tale” with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.