Maryland Art Place
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The Maryland Art Place is a not-for-profit contemporary art
gallery in Baltimore, Maryland
, U.S.A. established in 1981. The gallery is located in the historic Pratt Street Power Plant
on Baltimore's Inner Harbor
.
MAP offers changing exhibits each year that are open free to the public. Annual programs include: Curators' Incubator, a program that fosters new curatorial talent; Critics' Residency; Out of Order, a free-hang exhibition and silent auction; and an annual benefit gala. Other activities include gallery talks, artist lectures, and workshops.
The 14Karat Cabaret, located at 218 W. Saratoga Street in Baltimore, is an artist-run program of Maryland Art Place that offers a series of performance, music, dance, film and video in an informal setting.
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Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
gallery in Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, U.S.A. established in 1981. The gallery is located in the historic Pratt Street Power Plant
Pratt Street Power Plant
Pratt Street Power Plant, also known as the Pier Four Power Plant, The Power Plant, or Pratt Street Station, is a historic power plant located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
on Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Inner Harbor
The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and iconic landmark of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Described by the Urban Land Institute in 2009 as “the model for post-industrial waterfront redevelopment around the World.” The Inner Harbor is actually the end of the...
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MAP offers changing exhibits each year that are open free to the public. Annual programs include: Curators' Incubator, a program that fosters new curatorial talent; Critics' Residency; Out of Order, a free-hang exhibition and silent auction; and an annual benefit gala. Other activities include gallery talks, artist lectures, and workshops.
The 14Karat Cabaret, located at 218 W. Saratoga Street in Baltimore, is an artist-run program of Maryland Art Place that offers a series of performance, music, dance, film and video in an informal setting.
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