Author Archives: Fred Scharmen

Open Thread: Antiquarian Revival or Modernist Bright New Future?

August 13, 2009 in Open Thread by Fred Scharmen

An open forum to discuss issues of removal, adaptation, imitation, and innovation in Baltimore architecture, planning and development.

Abandon Ship

August 5, 2009 in Shows by Fred Scharmen

The Current Gallery is leaving its 30 S. Calvert St. location, just a few steps ahead of the demolition crews. True to form, the gallery is accepting site-specific proposals for its last show, Abandon Ship, right up until the final moment. And, according to this City Paper story, they plan to shoot video of the [...]

Social Aesthetics

July 31, 2009 in criticism by Fred Scharmen

Artist, designer, curator, and sometime collaborator Eric Leshinsky has assembled work on the web for the latest installment of no commercial value, an online gallery. This is the second show on the theme of art + service, following up on the first, curated by Valeska Maria Populoh. As Eric points out in his curator’s statement, [...]

Axis Alley Call for Proposals (deadline extended)

July 26, 2009 in RFPs by Fred Scharmen

MICA Sculpture professor Sarah Doherty has been working for more than a year now on site specific installations for an un-named alley in the Lower Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore. This project is expanding, and Doherty is now asking other artists to participate in a curated exhibition here, to run through the spring of [...]