Visit the Baltimore Sister Cities booth at Artscape, Baltimore’s annual free public arts festival — Friday July 15 through Sunday July 17, 2016

During Artscape, the Baltimore Sister Cities organization will have a booth with fun activities for kids related to wind energy, and information about our sister cities around the world.

As a special attraction on Sunday, July 17, Ms. Lifen Weng will demonstrate and exhibit traditional Chinese painting. Ms. Weng is an exchange teacher at Baltimore Design School from Xiamen, Baltimore’s sister city in China.

Sister Cities booth location:

Booth number E22, on the south side of Mount Royal Avenue, on the overpass over Howard Street, near the MICA main building. See map at the bottom of this page.

Festival website

artscape.org

About Artscape

Artscape is America’s largest free arts festival, attracting 350,000+ attendees over three days. Artscape features 150+ fine artists, fashion designers and craftspeople; visual art exhibits on and off-site, including exhibitions, outdoor sculpture, art cars, photography and the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize; incredible live concerts on outdoor stages; a full schedule of performing arts including dance, opera, theater, film, experimental music and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; family events such as hands-on projects, demonstrations, competitions, children’s entertainers and street theater; and a delicious, international menu of food and beverages that is available throughout the festival site.

This year, Artscape’s theme is “outer space” and features many kid’s activities related to science, technology engineering, and math, in combination with art (STEAM).

Map showing the location of Sister Cities booth

Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC)
baltimorerotterdam.org
Promotes cooperation, mutual understanding, and friendship between the residents of Baltimore in Maryland, USA and Rotterdam in the Netherlands and supports activities in Baltimore city related to the Netherlands.

Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC)
bxscc.org
Promotes business, cultural, educational, health/environmental and other cooperation and exchanges between the cities of Baltimore, Maryland, USA and Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of China and supports activities in Baltimore city related to China and the local Chinese community.

More information about this event:
Facebook
Press release (PDF)
Press release for the art exhibit (PDF)
Postcard (PDF)
Baltimore’s sister city committees are affiliated with:
The City of Baltimore, Office of the Mayor
Sister Cities International
Visit us at baltimoresistercities.org

Rotterdam photo: Claire Droppert / Rotterdam Image Bank • Xiamen and Baltimore photos: istockphoto • Postcard design: mdesignbaltimore.com

This summer, Crew 3776 of the Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America is hosting 6 scouts and 6 leaders from the Kawasaki District of the Scout Association of Japan.  This is an exchange program that has been in place between the sister cities of Baltimore and Kawasaki since 1985 (30 years ago). The exchange program is facilitated by the Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee.

The Scouts from Kawasaki arrive in Baltimore on July 24, 2015. On July 25, there is a Welcome Party and 30th Anniversary Celebration at the War Memorial in Baltimore.  The scouts are staying with families in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area and are spending a week at the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation.  After camp, the visitors will spend time with their Host Families, make a day trip to New York City, and complete their visit by hosting a Sayonara Party for all those who made their visit special.  They return to Japan on August 6.

Baltimore is launching a new annual arts festival March 28 – April 3, 2016 called Light City Baltimore. Baltimore invites artists to submit proposals for installations and performances that involve light to be installed around Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Baltimore Sister Cities strongly encourages artists from Baltimore’s sister cities to submit proposals. A jury will evaluate all the submitted proposals and select the winners. Funds will be provided to the winners.

Deadline for proposals is August 31, 2015. 

lightcity.org/call-for-entry/

There will also be a technology innovation conference and events during this week.

lightcity.org/innovation/

THESE EVENTS ARE NOW OVER

Visit the Sister City booth at Artscape festival July 17-19 to learn about our sister cities and enjoy fun cultural activities for kids. Our booth is located in front of the Modell Center (the Lyric Opera House).

Artscape is America’s largest FREE arts festival, held every summer in Baltimore. Artscape features art (artists, exhibitions, outdoor sculpture, art cars, end more); performing arts (live concerts on outdoor stages, dance, opera, theater, film, experimental music, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra); family events (such as hands-on projects, demonstrations, competitions, children’s entertainers and street theater); and an international menu of food and beverages.

Festival website: artscape.org

Other art activities happening in July

Baltimore Museum of Art hosts FREE workshops for kids with a Van Gogh theme every Sunday afternoon in July, in honor of the 125th anniversary of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh’s death. This is a collaboration with the Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
Free Family Fun Day schedule