Baltimore artist Oletha DeVane on what inspires her studio work
Oletha DeVane is an accomplished multimedia artist who strives to understand the human condition through whatever medium serves to tell the story. She is interested in diverse cultural interpretations of universal myths and the spiritual connections underlying cultures. She derives her inspiration from her faith, Greek mythology, Yoruba religion, and biblical references.
Born in Baltimore, DeVane received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her first major exhibition was at the Springfield Museum of Art in Massachusetts in 1976. Since then, her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Maryland and along the East Coast. In 2003, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture in Baltimore commissioned DeVane to create a video installation documenting Marylands history of lynching. The piece was inspired by an earlier silent video installation of the same subject at Maryland Art Place in 2002.
DeVane, is currently the head of visual arts in the Upper School at McDonogh School in Owings Mills and was honored in 2007 as a recipient of the Rollins/Luktemeyer Chair for Distinguished Teaching.
Age: older and wiser (maybe)
Occupation: Artist and educator
Baltimore Neighborhood: Studio in Hampden/Woodberry
Obsessive Collections: Books, art from different places and people, mermaids.
Currently Reading: Unbroken
Coolest Place You've Ever Lived: Temperature wise? Massachusetts. Warmest: Monterey, California.
Hobbies or Leisure Activities: Travel
Favorite Food to Eat at Home: Grilled/baked salmon or any kind of fish. It's simple stuff usually lentil soup and my mother-in-laws fabulous cakes!
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The piece was inspired by an earlier silent video installation of the same subject at Maryland Art Place in 2002. DeVane, is currently the head of visual arts in the Upper School at McDonogh School in Owings Mills and was honored in 2007 as a recipient
Winet previously taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of California, Davis, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He came to UI in the fall of 2002 to lead the intermedia area in the School of Art and Art History,
The Maryland Parkway Music Festival is planned for Friday through Sunday at venues around the "university district" of Paradise. The free event will feature music, art, poetry and demonstrations exhibits, performances and vendors.
Several landscaped courtyards are awash now in black-eyed Susans and plantings native to Maryland, and the 23-acre site offers an outdoor classroom. "This school was truly designed with children in mind," Blaine Hawley, Red Pump's principal, said.
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Stone named executive director of Station North Arts and ...
Ben Stone will officially begin work as executive director of Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District Inc. on Aug. 31.
Stone is an architectural designer and planner at the Baltimore Development Corp. and sits on the board of directors of D center Baltimore.
He has experience in art, design, community engagement and urban planning in the U.S. and abroad. While in graduate school at MIT, Stone focused on the use of arts and entertainment districts as an economic and community development strategy.
Stone succeeds David Bielenberg, who led the organization for the past four years.
Kelsey Addy, a member of Americorps who works as a community organizer with Central Baltimore Partnership, has been serving as interim executive director during the transition.
Ben StoneEducation: Master’s in city planning, MIT; B.A. in American studies, Tufts University; BFA in studio art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Pikesville High School.
Resides in: The Miracle on 34th Street, Hampden, Baltimore.
Daily commute: Short bike ride down the Jones Falls bike path, with an occasional 30-mile detour through Greenspring Valley or Patapsco State Park when the weather is nice.
Most recent vacation: Currently bicycling 1,800 miles from Vancouver to Tijuana along the Pacific Coast.
Hobbies: Bicycling, cooking, traveling, eating, flanerie.
Favorite book: Ken Kesey’s “Sometimes a Great Notion”
Favorite food: Mushroom Lovers pizza at Joe Squared.
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