Cognizant of the colder temperatures outside – and people’s desire to avoid them – Berlin is moving most of its 2nd Friday operations indoors through March.
Berlin Md. Arts & Entertainment, which organizes the monthly art stroll, will host the third-annual “collaborative art show” at The Globe on Friday.
This year’s show is called “Big Ideas.” Printmaker Brian Robertson, who helped organize all three exhibitions, said.
“The first show was ‘Small Things,’ the next show was ‘Medium’ and this one is ‘Big Ideas.’ The artist is open to interpret it however they want, whether it be some kind of social commentary, or some historical reference. It leaves the door open,” he said.
“We did it so it would be a reprieve of all the art strolls,” he added. “No one wants to be out art strolling in -17-degree weather.”
The show, Robertson said, has grown in both attendance and participation each year. This year, he said the show would have roughly 20 different pieces by 15 different local artists, with the media ranging from oil paintings to collage and photography.
“I think someone is even doing a pollinator wall,” he said. “You would set this wall up outside in the summertime and it allows for bees to colonize.”
All of the work will be available for purchase, with the artists getting 80 percent of the proceeds, and the remaining 20 percent supporting the arts and entertainment committee, including the new mural on the Berlin Visitor’s Center and the “Movies in the Park” series.
“Hopefully, everyone has a good time,” Robertson said. “It gives people a chance to see some newer art that they probably haven’t seen around here – some different, more contemporary stuff.”
The opening reception for “Big Ideas” runs from 5-8 p.m. at The Globe, on 12 Broad Street. For more information, visit www.berlinmainstreet.com/arts-entertainment or search “Berlin MD Arts & Entertainment” on Facebook.
Berlin Md. Arts & Entertainment, which organizes the monthly art stroll, will host the third-annual “collaborative art show” at The Globe on Friday.
This year’s show is called “Big Ideas.” Printmaker Brian Robertson, who helped organize all three exhibitions, said.
“The first show was ‘Small Things,’ the next show was ‘Medium’ and this one is ‘Big Ideas.’ The artist is open to interpret it however they want, whether it be some kind of social commentary, or some historical reference. It leaves the door open,” he said.
“We did it so it would be a reprieve of all the art strolls,” he added. “No one wants to be out art strolling in -17-degree weather.”
The show, Robertson said, has grown in both attendance and participation each year. This year, he said the show would have roughly 20 different pieces by 15 different local artists, with the media ranging from oil paintings to collage and photography.
“I think someone is even doing a pollinator wall,” he said. “You would set this wall up outside in the summertime and it allows for bees to colonize.”
All of the work will be available for purchase, with the artists getting 80 percent of the proceeds, and the remaining 20 percent supporting the arts and entertainment committee, including the new mural on the Berlin Visitor’s Center and the “Movies in the Park” series.
“Hopefully, everyone has a good time,” Robertson said. “It gives people a chance to see some newer art that they probably haven’t seen around here – some different, more contemporary stuff.”
The opening reception for “Big Ideas” runs from 5-8 p.m. at The Globe, on 12 Broad Street. For more information, visit www.berlinmainstreet.com/arts-entertainment or search “Berlin MD Arts & Entertainment” on Facebook.