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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The deadline for entries has been extended one week to January 21, 2022 at 5 p.m. Get your entries in today for the 17th Annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition featuring short and long-form films set or filmed in Baltimore. All screenwriters are encouraged to apply!
Artist Recovery Grant
The ARG will provide direct economic relief by providing grants to individual professional artists whose lives and livelihoods were demonstrably impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Applications open January 2022.
Maryland Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Presented by Arcadia
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. BOPA facilitates the Maryland Regional Competition presented this year by Arcadia.
'Continuous Line' Exhibition
Ernest Shaw Jr. will open his brazen solo exhibition “Continuous Line” on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. Visitors to Top of the World can view Shaw’s exhibition through Sunday, April 17, 2022.
'Emerge Baltimore' Exhibition
Artists’ narratives will unfold simultaneously across the three galleries at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower throughout 2022 — beginning on Thursday, February 10, with artists Aliana Grace Bailey, Derrick ‘DJ’ Smith, and Raquel Thompson.
Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) is proud to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 17th edition of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize. The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2022.

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