Open Works
Station North Arts Walk
TONIGHT!!! 5–8PM
Tonight is Station North Arts Walk’s Spotlight on Greenmount West and Open Works will serve as a hub with a maker’s mart, food vendors, and music from DJ Trillnatured.
Registration is not required, but appreciated.
Maker Vendors include:
TheNASA8
Priyanka Kumar
cmmnctn brkdwn
Laura Benson Art
Positive Image Products
Mowgli
NoelleRx
Sarah Etherton
Ëdá Idán
Tams Hand Crafts
Food Vendors:
Cajou Creamery
Ta Ta Tacos
Our Oliver Street neighbors at City Arts, Area 405, and the Station North Tool Library are also stops on the Art Walk.
All vendors and entertainment at Open Works will outdoors. Come by at 5:30 for an (indoor) tour of our facility.
Check out this map for a complete list of stops on the Station North Art Walk (or pick one up at Open Works). Included on this the map is information about accessibility, masking and vaccine requirements for the different venues, as well as whether they are indoors or outdoors.
Big thanks to the Central Baltimore Partnership for making the Art Walks happen. Can’t wait to see you all tonight.
Applications for the Teen Maker Program and Youth Maker Shop are open!
The Open Works Youth Teen Maker Program aims to provide hands-on design and production experience to the next generation of aspiring makers. Through a series of collaborative and independent creative projects, Baltimore high school students will learn how to safely use the technology available here in our state-of-the-art makerspace to develop an idea into a finished product as well as learn the ins and outs of building and managing a sustainable creative practice. Stipend available, participation-based.
Join Open Works for weekend afternoon classes at Open Works, learning and creating with different tools and technologies.
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