Artscape at the Midway

Sara Seidman and me inside David Enoch Mcpherson's mirrored installation, "The Inner Spaceship"

The Midway, located on the Charles Street Bridge, features site-specific , interactive installations by local artists. Set up in carnival-style booths, the Midway is an inviting, fun selection of performance, installation and goal-oriented interactions, which include the photo project, Emily C-D's Imago machine, and a booth bent on making the largest friendship bracelet in the world.

Outer view of "the inner spaceship"

the friendship bracelet station

Ten Tigers ladies, Sara Seidman and Alex Ebstein looking tough in the photo project

Emily C-D, Jessie Unterhalter and Katie, inviting passers by to use the Imago machine

The return of the Hydra

Alex Worthington and her Artisan Shoppe, again, because it rules

Inside the parade of freaks

Imago machine, outside and inner view

Catch these exhibits while they're there, this is a short-lived installation!

Photos from the Outdoor Lounge Opening

Curator Michael Benevento and Jordan Bernier sitting in Andy Ecklund's porch scultpure

The Outdoor Lounge, a brilliantly curated selection of sculptures on Mount Royal Avenue, was officially unveiled to the Artscape and Baltimore public on Thursday, July 17th. Each of these sculptures investigates the relationship between art, architecture and public space.

Satanic Sausages at Andy Ecklund's porch bbq

Christine and Robert Tillman love art outside

Liz Ensz and Susie Brandt's tree stumps

John, Seth and Walter talking art in the median

Hermoine Williams' sculpture

Adrian Lohmuller's Outdoor Shower

Jeremy Roundtree's take on an outdoor lounge

John Bohl in front of PANTS RAMP

Thao Nguyen and Barry Febos' urban archaeological collection

Adam Montegut's alternative swing set

Jessie Reid's "SIT, EAT, CHAT"

Ivan Hernandez Quintela's temporary library

Action on the pants

Artscape Midway

Come one, come all to the Artscape Midway!
July 18 - 20, 2008.
Hours- Friday and Saturday 12-10pm, Sunday 12-8pm

On the Charles Street bridge
(between Penn Station and the Charles Theatre area)

Opening Thursday, July 17th, from 6-10pm
To inaugurate the expansion of the Artscape festival onto Charles Street,
Midway will present installations, performances, sculpture and other forms of
art and performance to create an alternate carnival midway.

Emily C-D will be unveiling her IMAGO MACHINE
a whirling kaleidescope of deceiving reflections and many masks.
Who do you believe yourself to be? How do others perceive you?
We are all moving towards the idealized vision of our true selves,our final metamorphosis.
So step right up and let yourself be transformed.

Current Gallery Opening and Satellite Show, Outdoor Lounge

A collection of experimental public furnishings, creating alternative interactions through architectural engagements with the body, located on Mt. Royal Avenue, with additional work at the Current Gallery, curated by Michael Benevento (who totally rules)

Opening @ Current Friday, July 11th 7 - 10pm

Participating artists: Jordan Bernier, John Bohl, Alex Ebstein, Sara Seidman, Steve Santillan + Elie Sollins ~ Susie Brandt + Liz Ensz~ Andy Eklund ~Jaclyn Lewis ~ Jim Gallucci ~ Adrian Lohmüller ~ Adam Montegut ~ Thao Nguyen + Barry Febos ~ Ivan Hernandez Quintela ~ Audrey Lea Collins Petrich ~ Jessie Reid ~ Michelle Rosenberg ~ Jeremy Rountree ~ Hermonie Williams

That's Right.

Art and the Great Outdoors-Sculpture Garden @ Evergreen House

Sharon Englestein's Green Golly

Who doesn't appreciate both art and nice weather? The JHU Evergreen House's sprawling grounds and gardens are home to this years' site-specific sculptures which are available to the public during museum hours through September 28, 2008.
Walk around, enjoy the sunshine and the installations, take hokey pictures!
This year's exhibition includes artist from New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Virginia, and is curated by Andrea Pollan of DC's Curator's Office.
For more information on events and museum hours, visit the Evergreen House website.

This is made the hard way...no joints, lost of glue or maybe some friction fit pieces

Bonner and Sara express their feelings about art through interpretive poses

Hyungsub Shin's "Rhizome" made of electrical wire

Mike Womak's "Shooting Electrons," we're not touching the art.

Sara admires Rebecca Herman and Mark Schoffner's beaver temple

J. Hill's "Hideouts"

Hiding out

Bonner and his appropriate, though politically incorrect, G.I. Joe companion

Brian Balderston's box with chair. "Remnants of the Solar Cell"

tin bridges

We actually managed to miss a few of the sculptures, but it is a gorgeous facility and worth a return-trip.