IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

While Artscape is in full swing, don’t miss out on the other amazing art events happening all over the city. Explore all the incredible art events in Baltimore during Artscape from August 2-4th.

WEST BALTIMORE IMAGINATION AROUSED HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE

Friday, August 2nd and Saturday, August 3rd

Imagination Aroused is a cultural action to embrace and support the West Baltimore Community in its engagement with Baltimore City Department of Transportation Reconnecting Community Grant towards a vision and new story for Baltimore Highway To Nowhere. The cultural engagement is rooted in a historical thinking of a place (West Baltimore) that provided great meaning, cultural practices, and a sense of belonging to many African Amercians in the city of Baltimore. Pennsylvania Avenue served as one example allowing West Baltimoreans to live and experience a cultural life.

Imagination Aroused will serve as an engagement that will allow West Baltimore and Artscape goers to participate in interactive Learning Exchanges, story circles, engage in creating oral history stories for the Harlem Theatre and experience interactive art, story-circles, and historical funk and jazz music on the HIghway To Nowhere and the Harlem Theatre.

Friday, August 2nd 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Highway to Nowhere, Parking Lot D (Franklin and Payson Streets)

The public introduction of Culture and Economics virtual interactive sculpture providing visual and meaning to culture integrating economics in community life. Dialogue and discussions in community with community.

Saturday, August 3rd 11:00-4:30 Harlem Theatre, 610 N. Gilmor Street

Learning Exchange (11:00-12:30) The Untold Story

Author, Evans Paul, Stop The Road War will dialogue to discuss West Baltimore activists who fought to stop the creation of the Highway To nowhere including visual representation of who they were.

Learning Exchange (1:00-2:30) The Highway To Nowhere and Human Flourishing

Economist, Dr. Fluney Hutchinson will dialogue with participants in imagining Human Flourishing for the HIghway To Nowhere as key elements to bridge the connection between culture and economics.

Story-Circles (3:00-4:30) Creating the New Story/The Story in the Middle

Participants will gather and circle together, given a prompt to share a short story on the meaning of the highway to nowhere and imagine a new future, generating the new story for the Highway To Nowhere. Stories will be recorded by Maryland State Archives.

Performances (5:00-8:00) Funk, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues Franklin and Payson Streets

Joe Keys Funk and Rhythm and Blues

Dr. Phil Butts and Orchestra with songstress (big band and jazz)

Todd Marcus (modern jazz)

*Through out the day, Maryland State Archives will engage goes to provide oral history stories of the Harlem Theatre.