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Giving Tuesday
Support the arts in Baltimore on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 for the global day of giving. Image Credit: Tom Miller Mural at Enoch Pratt Free Library Cherry Hill Branch, Photo by Shawn James of Mural Masters Inc.
2019 Sondheim Artscape Prize
Artists are now welcome to apply for the 14th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. Submissions are due Tuesday, January 15, 2019.
Light & Literature Unite In November 2019
Baltimore Book Festival and Light City unite to create a one-of-a-kind international event, Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 10, 2019.
19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
BOPA is now accepting applications for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade set to begin on Monday, January 21, 2019. Submissions are due Monday, December 31, 2018.
School 33 Fall 2018 Exhibitions
School 33 Art Center presents three new exhibitions opening Friday, October 12, 2018 through Saturday, November 24. 2018. Image caption: Bryan Funk, “Wandering Properties”
Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar
Applications are now open for the 42nd season of the Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar starting Sunday, April 7, 2019. The deadline to apply is Monday, December 31, 2019.

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