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When Creatives Thrive: a BOPA Podcast
by BOPA
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) is an independent 501©(3) nonprofit organization which serves as Baltimore City’s arts council. By providing funding and support to artists and arts organizations, BOPA’s goal is to make Baltimore a more vibrant and creative place to live and work.
Episodes
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Her Story on the Wall: Jasmin Manning and Painting Sheroes for Art@Work Mural
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we feature Baltimore artist, muralist, and graphic designer, Jasmin Manning. Jasmin creates work that celebrates Black identity, honors community, and helps people feel seen. From her early training at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and…
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One More for the Harbor: Greeyo. Represents at Baltimore x Baltimore
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Greeyo., a Baltimore-based multidisciplinary artist whose work brings together music, movement, performance, and visual storytelling. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he made a defining choice: Baltimore was where he would build, grow, and push his...
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Steel Standing: Anthony Whitaker’s Photographs of Ground Zero, 25 Years Later
Anthony Whitaker is an artist born in The Bronx and raised on Long Island. He currently resides in Harlem, NYC. And he’s also a first responder who was on site at Ground Zero twenty-five years ago on September 11, 2001. Immediately after he finished a night shift he was contacted by Con-Ed, who...
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The Art of Advocacy: Inside Maryland Arts Day with Nicholas Cohen
On this episode we feature Nicholas Cohen - a musician, educator, and the Executive Director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts. MCA is an arts advocacy organization committed to expanding the nonprofit arts sector through public investment and service, thereby enhancing lifelong learning, quality...
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Beyond the Destination: Brian Oliver on Travel, Storytelling & Baltimore
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Brian K. Oliver, a travel and city experience content creator who brings destinations to life through community, culture, and storytelling. Born on the west side of Baltimore, his love for travel began at a young age on local journeys with his...
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Joy Takes the Floor: How Cheryl Goodman Gets Baltimore Dancing
On this episode of "When Creatives Thrive" we feature Cheryl T. Goodman, the Founder and Director of the nonprofit organization Dance Baltimore, Inc. Cheryl is a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University. She has studied, worked, and performed in the professional arena of...
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"They Fight" and the Battle to Keep Filmmaking Local
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Baltimore natives, Nikki Powell and Alexandra Queen-Sneed. We’ll also hear special behind the scenes interviews with the director and crew of “They Fight,” a feature film produced in Baltimore last year that is now available to stream on Hulu....
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Art Meets Ocean: Sarah Doccolo and the National Aquarium's Voyages Series
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we feature Sarah Doccolo. With a background in the arts, she has been deeply involved with multiple award-winning theater companies in Baltimore as a director, performer and educator for more than a decade. She is passionate about applying her love of the...
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Revolutionary Voices: How Kenneth Something & Unique Robinson Speak Their Truth
This episode we are joined by Baltimore-based poets, organizers, cultural architects, and Slam Champions: Kenneth Something and Unique Robinson. Their shared story begins at a poetry competition, where they met as young artists finding their footing in the power of spoken word. From that early...
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Love a Love Story: B.K. Borison and Why Baltimore is Due for a Little Romance
This episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature B.K. Borison, a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Baltimore native. Her most recent release, AND NOW, BACK TO YOU, is a warm, witty romance novel inspired by When Harry Met Sally. Its main characters, two rival meteorologists, are forced to...
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The Tuft Life: Feedy Finds Joy Thread by Thread
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature Jamaal ‘Feedy’ Jackson, a textile artist based in Baltimore. Feedy's venture into art began in 2021 while searching for a creative outlet during the pandemic. A simple video of tufting on social media inspired him to experiment with yarn and...
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Red Giant Rising: Building Art, Business, and Belonging in Baltimore
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we feature Red Giant, an artist-run gallery, studio, and workshop, located in the Bromo Arts District of Baltimore City. Red Giant’s mission is to create a platform for art and artists by curating exhibits and embracing their neighborhood to develop...
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Women-led, Baltimore born: How Boob Sweat Gets Films Made
Boob Sweat is a Baltimore-based, woman-led film collective. Formed while in graduate school at the Maryland Institute College of Art, “Boob Sweat” has come to signify the empowerment the founders still feel as a team of women working in the entertainment industry. Whether they are producing,...
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A Lasting Image: Ayana Gordon on heritage and analog photography in a modern era
Ayana Gordon is a self-taught Antiguan-Haitian photographer and multimedia artist based in Baltimore, MD. Working primarily with analog film and darkroom printing, she creates textured, immersive images that explore identity, heritage, and the spiritual connections between people and their...
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The Long Run: Amanda Leigh Burnham on Art, Endurance & the Sondheim Win
On this episode we feature Amanda Leigh Burnham, a visual artist based in Baltimore who makes drawings and large, site specific installations which are also drawings. Amanda’s vivid, chaotic compositions incorporate a variety of materials, styles, and techniques which result in three-dimensional...
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Adam Kaufman: Jewish Jerky Brand, Nourishment, and The Baltimore Farmers' Market
On this episode we feature Adam Kaufman, the creator of Jewish Jerky Brand. After a move from Los Angeles to Baltimore and a few literal signs along the way, Adam has shifted his focus onto an unexpected project: snacks. Made with Chutzpah, Jewish Jerky Brand has set out to create a new take on…
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Belle Gaskin-Burr: Comics, Inclusion, and Reshaping Local Theater
This episode features the multi-hyphenate theater artist and writer, Bell Gaskin-Burr. As a writer, Belle works to uplift through the content on “Pop Culture Uncovered" aka PCU, a social and media commentary platform she helps run. Her goal is to amplify underrepresented voices, advocate for...
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Alanah Nichole Davis: Telling Baltimore's story, self-care, and real, good things
Alanah Nichole Davis is a Bronx-born, Baltimore-raised writer, cultural strategist, and social designer whose work bridges storytelling, civic imagination, and community care. She’s built a legacy of using creativity and empathy to connect people, nurture ideas, and reimagine what’s possible for...
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Robyn Murphy: Inside the launch of Create Baltimore and Baltimore's creative come-up
On this episode we're joined by Robyn Murphy, the CEO of the newly announced Create Baltimore. Create Baltimore is our new name and brand identity, launched this week with blessing of the city and Mayor Brandon M. Scott under Robyn’s leadership. Just as Robyn has created a space for us to connect...
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Katie Pumphrey: From Bay Swim to Swimming Pool and the future of the Inner Harbor
On this episode we feature Katie Pumphrey, an interdisciplinary artist and ultramarathon open water swimmer living and working in Baltimore. In June 2024, Katie swam an incredible 24 miles from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Her effort was a celebration of a swimmable…
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VILLAGER: Reverence, destiny, and embodying the divine
On this episode we feature VILLAGER, a Nigerian-born artist living in Baltimore. VILLAGER's work spans across various media in an interconnected ritual of honoring and remembering Indigenous Yorùbá knowledge systems, visual & material culture, and African spiritual technologies and philosophies....
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Chris Wisniewski: The Scholastic Art & Writings Awards and celebrating Maryland regional prizewinners
This week we feature Chris Wisniewski, the Executive Director of The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Chris was formerly the Executive Director of the arts organization Studio in a School and Deputy Director for Education and Visitor Experience at the Museum of the Moving Image. Each year…
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Jaz Erenberg: Brush Mural Fest, chairing the PAC, and drawing outside the box
On this episode we feature Jaz Erenberg, a Baltimore-based public artist, community organizer, and advocate for creative expression and social justice. As a muralist and visual storyteller, Jaz’s work focuses on the intersection of art and activism, with a deep commitment to creating public art...
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Lesley Malin: Uniting the theatre community through The Baltimore August Wilson Celebration
This week we’re joined by Lesley Malin, a founder of The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and its Producing Executive Director. Under her supervision, CSC has grown into one of the largest theatres in Maryland and the fifteenth largest Shakespeare theater in the U.S. Lesley discusses equity in the...
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Camila Leão: From Brazil to Baltimore, Scout Art Fair, and feeling home at Artscape
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive, we’re featuring Camila Leão. Camila is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist working across illustration, murals, public art, and fine art. Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, she grew up between the fast-paced urban energy of the city and the raw, untamed...
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Reginald Lewis: Artscape '25, Art @ Work, and "A Taste of Legacy"
This episode we’re joined by Reginald Lewis, a visual artist born in Baltimore, Maryland, who is known professionally as Insanely Dope Designs. Despite challenges, including a recent car accident, Reggie is guided by the mantra “Dedicated On Purpose Everyday,” i.e. DOPE. Over the past year…
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Deyane Moses: Curating Tom Miller Week and preserving Black History
This episode we’re joined by Deyane Moses. Deyane is an Army veteran, multidisciplinary creative, educator, and curator living in Baltimore. She is also the current Director of Partnerships and Programs for Afro Charities Inc. Deyane discusses her passion for Black History, archives, and her...
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James Lane: The Shaky Experience plays Artscape's Echoes of the City Stage
This episode, we’re excited to feature James Lane of The Shaky Experience - a local Baltimore band performing this year on Artscape’s Echoes of the City Stage. The Echoes stage was created to let homegrown, Baltimore talent shine at Artscape in front of their city. It will feature local bands of...
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De’Shaun Fortune: Podcasting as an outlet, representation in gaming, and growing at Wide Angle Youth Media
On this episode of When Creatives Thrive we feature De’Shaun Fortune, a Baltimore native and creator of the Mustard Cast, a podcast inspired by the art of storytelling. De’Shaun is also a graphic designer, and has worked professionally at Wide Angle Youth Media, an organization dedicated to...
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Brittain Duckworth: Whiskey Feathers, creative community, and sobriety
On this episode of “When Creatives Thrive” we welcome Brittain Duckworth, the leader of Baltimore-based band, Whiskey Feathers. Whiskey Feathers blends rock, Americana, and livetronica influences into a dynamic, immersive sound. The band is currently comprised of Brittain Duckworth on Vocals and...
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Ainsley Burrows: Abstract painting, exhibiting at The Gallery in the Sky, and imagining Baltimore's "Third Future"
Ainsley Burrows is a poet, musician, performer, and painter based in Baltimore. On this episode, we begin with childhood experiences in Jamaica that informed Ainsley’s abstract style and point of view. We discuss his move to Baltimore from New York and why this city was the best next step in his...
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Amy L. Bernstein: Embracing doubt and taking creative risks
Amy L. Bernstein is a Baltimore-based author, book coach, and creativity counsellor. She is also a past BOPA grant recipient and participant in Free Fall Baltimore. Throughout her career, she has worked in playwriting, journalism, speechwriting, and communications. These days, she leads…
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Zoe Scott: Upcycling and sustainable fashion design
This episode we are joined by Zoe Scott of KNWLDG Couture. Zoe is a Baltimore-based sustainable fashion designer and long-time upcycler. Through her practice of upcycling, she transforms garments that might otherwise end up in a landfill into elevated outfits by breaking down clothing and...
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Mark A. West Jr: History through art, jet-black deities, and building a metaphoric house
In celebration of Black History Month, this episode we're joined by Mark A. West Jr, a Baltimore-born visual artist, curator, and historian. He is also a current resident artist at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Downtown Baltimore, which is a BOPA facility. We discuss how history, which Mark...
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Sheila Crider: Relocating to Baltimore, abstract city skylines, and coining "Blackstraction"
This episode we're joined by Sheila Crider, a self-taught artist who recently relocated to Baltimore after facing displacement from her home in Washington, DC. We’ll discuss her relocation, establishing a creative community for herself in Baltimore, and how the city and its skyline found its way...
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Wendell Supreme Shannon: Unity and collaboration in the arts
This episode we're joined by Wendell Supreme Shannon - a geometric precision painter, muralist, & designer with over 14 years of artistic impact. He joins "When Creatives Thrive" to reflect upon his recent work honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at AVAM (The American Visionary Arts...
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Michael Bruley: Multi-disciplinary artist, entrepreneur, Bromo-Seltzer Arts Tower resident
Multi-disciplinary artist Michael Bruley joins When Creatives Thrive: a BOPA Podcast to discuss his experience as a resident artist at The Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower. Michael opens up about his work with stained glass, art as a business, and childhood experiences that allowed him to think outside…
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The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) is an independent 501©(3) nonprofit organization which serves as Baltimore City’s arts council. By providing funding and support to artists and arts organizations, BOPA’s goal is to make Baltimore a more vibrant and creative place to live and work.
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