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Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

Sound Off Live! presented by Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore
Sound Off Live! (SOL!), presented by Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore, is Baltimore's premier "Battle of the Bands" event for emerging artists located in Maryland and the surrounding region.
Baltimore is thriving
CEO Donna Drew Sawyer shines a light on Baltimore in "The Washington Post." "Our city is not just surviving; it's also thriving."
School 33 Art Center’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Using the entire building’s gallery spaces, the anniversary exhibition features more than 40 regional visual artists who have shown in the galleries over the years. School 33 Art Center’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition includes works from a wide variety of media and visual disciplines.
Youth Arts Council 2019-2020 Applications Are Now Open!
The Baltimore Office of Promotion& The Arts (BOPA) is inviting teen creatives to join the BOPA Youth Arts Council in order for Baltimore’s youth perspective to be heard in arts programming and policy. We are seeking creative young people between the ages of 14 and 19 who have an interest in the arts, writing, event planning, and education policy. An application is now available online!
We Are Illuminating Baltimore’s Brilliance
BOPA has worked with the passionate people and experienced the dynamic culture and diversity that make our city great. #WeAreBaltimore
2019 Sondheim Winner: Akea Brionne Brown
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts announces Akea Brionne Brown as the winner of the 14th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize.
Derrick Adams Opening Reception
Where I’m From, unveils ten (10) new never-seen-before large scale paintings taken from scenes of his childhood in Baltimore City. On this new body of work, Adams says, "These paintings are expressionistic scenes taken directly from my family’s photo albums, archiving our history and functioning more broadly as reflections on representations of kinship and close-knit relationships."

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BOPA's annual economic impact for special events and festivals $111.1 million

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Light City's total economic impact on Baltimore City is approximately $44.3 million

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