Despite spend­ing upwards of 20 hours in my stu­dio this week­end (in a flurry of paper scraps to say the least), I was able to check out sev­eral shows this week­end. Rang­ing from minia­tures to yarn, paper to paint­ing, shows at Gallery 500, Nudashank, and School 33 demon­strated a var­ied aes­thetic through­out Baltimore.

Mul­ti­plic­ity, at Gallery 500, was a show that fea­tured minia­tures. Each piece was no larger than 1“x1“x1”, and in the mid­dle of the gallery housed a giant gum­ball machine where view­ers could buy artist works for $1. Hav­ing the gum­ball machine made for a light, fun atmosphere.

Mon­ica Stroik:


Chelsea Ragen:


Delilah Knuck­ley Mong:


Kate Smith-Morse:


Jef­frey Vin­cent:

See more pho­tos of the Mul­ti­plic­ity open­ing here.

I am always impressed with the shows at Nudashank — Alex and Seth have a really fresh way of curat­ing and installing work. Paper­chasers included 90(!) works on paper by vary­ing artists. That much work could have been over­whelm­ing, but the way in which works were grouped broke up the myr­iad of styles and sizes through­out this show.

Brion Nuda Rosch:


Matt Leines:


Max Guy (top work), armacost/Plank (bot­tom piece):

View more pho­tos of Paper Chasers here.

School 33 included two shows — Gulp Yarn Bang! in the lower gallery, main gallery and Paul Jeanes: Dead Reck­on­ing in the mem­ber gallery upstairs. Gulp Yarn Bang! is a show fea­tur­ing artists that use yarn in their work. Yarn made for an inter­est­ing show choice– it obvi­ously has its roots in a craft tra­di­tion, and I enjoyed see­ing it in gallery con­text in dif­fer­ent ways.

Alex Ebstein:




Jo Hamil­ton:




Ellen Nielsen:


Sarah Mas­ton

See more pho­tos of Gulp Yarn Bang! here.

Paul Jeanes: Dead Reck­on­ing is a show that fea­tures lucio­sus, large, non-representational paint­ings explor­ing a ges­ture through color and light. The fin­ish is beau­ti­ful up close.