Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize
Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) and the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB) have opened applications for the eighth edition of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize. This year, the prize has been increased to $7,000, which will be awarded to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living in Baltimore City. The $7,000 prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford. Artists over the age of 21 who live and/or work in Baltimore City are eligible to apply. Applicants’ proposals do not need to be tied to a possible or secured artist residency; however, each proposal should include a post travel public presentation, i.e., an artist talk presented with BOPA and MASB.
We are proud to announce metal miniaturist Jill Orlov as the recipient of the 2023
We are proud to announce metal miniaturist Jill Orlov as the recipient of the 2023 MASB Artist Travel Prize. Originally trained as an architect, Orlov’s design process always began with tiny concept models. Now, she uses those same skills — in addition to extensive research of classic and iconic spaces — to build miniature vignettes in metal and found objects. Orlov also uses fragments of architectural salvage, bicycle parts, copper sheet, mesh and rivets, mirror, aluminum, my handmade miniature paper books, and miniature glasses and bottles. Her work merges classic old-world designs with industrialism.
The first of a series, Orlov has begun re-curating a Walters Art Museum gallery in miniature, replacing the masterpieces with artworks by incarcerated artists. To continue her series, she will research additional gallery or library spaces in other cities of the City Beautiful Movement. Her proposed travel includes the Field Museum in Chicago; the Public Library in Boston; the Grand Parkway in Philadelphia; Union Station in Washington DC; and the Parks & Boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri.
Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) and the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB) have opened applications for the eighth edition of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize.
This year, the prize has been increased to $7,000, which will be awarded to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living in Baltimore City. The $7,000 prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford.
Artists over the age of 21 who live and/or work in Baltimore City are eligible to apply. Applicants’ proposals do not need to be tied to a possible or secured artist residency; however, each proposal should include a post travel public presentation, i.e., an artist talk presented with BOPA and MASB.
● June 28, 2023: Call for entries released
● August 1, 2023: Application deadline
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About the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB)
The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore was founded in 1899 as part of the City Beautiful movement. It is one of only two remaining societies to be operating under its original charter “to provide sculptural and pictorial decoration and ornaments for the public buildings, streets and open spaces in the City of Baltimore, and to help generally beautify the City.” Artistic contributions to the City span more than one hundred years. In 2016 the MASB embarked on a path to provide new opportunities to Baltimore artists and art places within the City, including this Artist Travel Prize and an annual Public Art Prize.
Previous Artist Travel Prize Recipients
2022: Jackie Milad, Elena Volkova
2021: Rosa Leff
2020: Hoesy Corona, Schroeder Cherry
2019: LaToya Hobbs, J.M. Giordano
2018: Erick Antonio Benitez, Erin Fostel
2017: Nate Larson
2016: Stephen Towns
QUESTIONS?
Have questions about the Artist Travel Prize? Please contact Prize and Competition Manager Lou Joseph at ljoseph@promotionandarts.org or 410-752-8632 x 4339.
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