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Artscape is an annual art festival held in the Mount Royal neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland in July. Since its first annual event in 1982, it has become the largest free arts festival in America.[1] It has boasted acts such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Matisyahu in the past, attracting over 350,000 people[2] from the city, and surrounding areas. Film programming during Artscape is provided by Maryland Film Festival. There are artists in a variety of visual and performing media. Events are free and open to the public.
Funding
[edit]According to Artscape, 43% of the funding for 2010's event came from sponsorships and contributions, while 29% came from concession income, the remaining funds came from fundraising, and grants. The report states that about 18% of their expenses in 2010 went to administrative costs, 3% to fundraising activities, while the majority 79% went to program expenses. [3] Artscape organizers estimate that the total economic impact for the City of Baltimore in 2010 was $25.97 million. It is reported that 2009 attendees spend $9,256,046 with Artscape vendors.[4]
Programs
[edit]Artscape includes various programs and artwork displays, including juried exhibitions, installations, literary arts, visual arts, and performances.[5][6] Musical performances take place at various stages across Baltimore. Past notable musical performers have included Aretha Franklin (1994),[7] Al Green (2003),[8] and Isaac Hayes (2004),[9] among others.
Musical line-up
[edit]2016
[edit]- BGE Main Stage
- Wyclef Jean
- Burning Spear
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Jah Works
- Spirit Blues
- Chelsey Green and the Green Project
- Of Tomorrow
- Foggy May
- 8 Ohms Band
- Tropik Sol
- Bond Street District
- Reggie Wayne Morris
- Thurgood Marshall Band
- Aztec Soul
- Johns Hopkins University Station North Stage
- Baltimore City Public Schools' Young Audiences Summer Arts and Learning Academies
- Hotline
- F featuring Landis Expandis
- Parks Landing
- The Henchmen
- Prince Dance Party featuring Wendel Patrick & DJ Dubble8, DJ Sam Burns
- Modern Nomad
- Fake Flowers Real Dirt
- Lost Keys
- Surf Harp
- Weekends
- Sun Club
- Bmore Does Bowie (featuring Aguierre’s Dogs, Scroll Downers, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, SYS Band and The Band that Fell to Earth)
- Milestones
- Scroll Downers
- Expert Alterations
- Chiffon
- Bmore Beatscape hosted by Eze Jackson
- Morgan State University Sound Off Live Stage
- Michele McTierney
- Coexist Music Group and Devin Jano
- Spaceboy
- DBS
- Rumba Club
- David Bach
- The Coldspring Jazz Quartet
- Orchester Prazevica
- Gotham Theory
- Greenspan
- Naked Jungle
- Dunson
- Michael Raitzyk Quartet
- Tongue in Cheek
- High-Brid Band
- Essential Vybe
- The Palovations
- Edjacated Phools[10]
2015
[edit]- George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
- The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Martian Architect
- Slow Lights
- Reve
- Purple Orange
- Inde
- Kanika
- Goat
- Subtle Hustle
- Quinton Randall
- 10 Step Groove
- The Upstarters
- D.T. Huber
- 9 Mile Roots
- The Slanted Sound
- Hollywood Banks[11]
2014
[edit]- MEA Energy Stage
- Anthony Hamilton
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Ozomatli
- Galactic
- Carl Filipiak
- Emily King
- Nadine Ray & The Allstars
- Kelly Bell Band
- Joe Cooper Project
- By & By
- Sweet Leda
- The Crawdaddies
- May Weather
- Kevin Jackson
- Station North Stage
- The Players Band
- All Mighty Senators
- Baltimore City Public Schools
- Blind Man Leading
- Brooks Long and the Mad Dog No Good
- Bobby E Lee & The Sympathizers
- Small Apartments
- 8 Ohms Band
- Skydivers
- Wyoming Exploding
- Deaf Scene
- Andy Poxon
- Bosley
- Super City
- Connor Brendan Band
- Among Wolves
- The Festival Stage
- Tom Principato
- Cowboy Mouth
- The Glenmont Popes
- Yellow Dubmarine
- Reverend Horton Heat
- Blizz
- Mystic Warriors
- T.K. Blue
- Evokatones
- Muddy Crows
- Eureka Birds
- Honest Haloway
- Plurals
- Lotus Song & The Black Light Asylum
- Voodoo Pharmacology
- Rufus Roundtree & Da B’More Brass Factory
- MC Booze
- No BS! Brass Band[12]
2013
[edit]- Wells Fargo Main Stage
- Brittanie Thomas
- Bridget Kelly
- Kem
- iLyAIMY
- Krar Collective
- Jukebox the Ghost
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- North Mississippi Allstars
- Tosin
- Meena Cryle & The Chriss Fillmore Band
- Flying Eyes
- The Wailers
- Festival Stage
- Basement Instinct
- Sojourne
- The Rez
- Bill O'Connell & The Latin Jazz Allstars
- Reina Williams
- The Control
- Straight Up Tribal
- UllNevaNo
- Lafayette Gilchrist & The New Volcanoes
- United States Navy Band Country Current
- The Booby Traps
- Reesa Renee
- Greasy Hands
- Don Trunk
- Sine' Qua Non
- Appaloosa
- Station North Stage
- Baltimore City Public Schools
- Leland Palmer
- Lazlo Lee & The Motherless Children
- J Pope & Funk Friday
- Matmos
- Victims of Experience
- Yellow North
- Thee Lexington Arrows
- Val Yumm
- Allie the Cats
- Dead Melotron
- Dreamboat Armada
- Bad Seed Rising
- Wild Honey
- Red Sammy[13]
2012
[edit]- Wells Fargo Stage
- Navasha Daya
- Brian McKnight
- Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
- Clutch
- Dontae Winslow & Winslowdynasty
- Easy Star All-Stars
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Festival Stage
- Tom Principato
- Donegal X-Press
- Julienne Irwin
- Café Red Band Howard "Funkyfoot" Brooks Productions
- Maimouna Youssef
- Station North Stage
- Arbouretum
- Big In Japan
- Yeveto
- Celebration
- Egg Babies Orchestra
- Caleb Stine[14][15]
2011
[edit]- Wells Fargo Stage
- Fantasia
- Southern Culture On The Skids
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- Matisyahu
- Miguel
- Nikka Costa
- The Pietasters
- The 8 Ohms Band
- Carolyn Malachi
- The Players Band
- The Jon Bailey Band
- Can't Hang
- Festival Stage
- Mosno Al-Moseeki
- E Major
- Superland Stage Band
- Telesma
- Unity Reggae Band
- Pompeii Graffiti
- The Kings of Crownsville
- The Rise Band
- Andy Poxon
- The Crawdaddies
- Orch Kids
- The Band Belief
- Larry Brown Quartet
- Big Daddy Stallings
- Urbanite Stage
- Baltimore City Public Schools Showcase
- Strings and Things
- Matt Wigler
- Lee Pearson
- Bottle of Blues
- Eric Byrd Trio
- Turn Around Norman
- Love Craft
- Kevin Driscoll
- Time Out
- Blues Society
- Community Groove
- Tom Williams Quintet.[16]
2010
[edit]- Wells Fargo Stage
- Charm City Stage
- Toubab Krewe
- Sahffi
- Breaking Reign
- Urbanite Stage
- Eric Kennedy Quartet
- Jump Street
- Michael Raitzyk Trio
- Festival Stage
2009
[edit]- Robin Thicke
- Cake
- Dionne Warwick
- Robert Randolph & The Family Band
- River City Extension
- Electrik Red
- Faction
- Lafayette Gilchrist
- Ms. Sara & The Help[19]
- Beat Box
- No Second Troy
- Basshound
- Ellen Cherry
- Tim Warfield
- Los Reyes Del Ko
- Higher Hands
- The Drakes
- Gaybomb
- Lo Moda
- The Polygons
- Pie Boys Flat
- Noble Lake
- Fall Back Plan
- Tia Dae
- Balti Mare
- Jason Dove
- Nickodemus & Quantic Sun People
- Neal Conway
- David Andrew Smith
- Matt Wigler
- Deja Belle
- April Sampe
- Todd Marcus
- Needle Gun
- Salamander Wool
- Dave Fell
- Wolf Pac
- The Quartet Offensive
- Matt Davignon
- Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra
- Cold Spring Jazz Quartet
- Bay Jazz Project
- The Dave Tieff Band
- Il Culo[20]
2008
[edit]- Roberta Flack
- Ne-Yo
- The Wailers
- Rusted Root
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- Gary B & the Notions[21]
- Thrushes
- The Oranges Band[citation needed]
- Mike Doughty[22]
2007
[edit]- Main Stage
- The Isley Brothers
- Los Lonely Boys
- Lupe Fiasco
- Keyshia Cole
- Ryan Shaw
- Burning Spear
- Sam Bush
- Nuttin' But Stringz
- Shaw
- Festival Stage
- Old 97's
- University of Baltimore Stage
- Damsels
- Soul'd Out
- Wendy McIntyre
- Fools & Horses
- DJ Culture stage
- DJ Vadim
- Karizma
- Tittsworth
- Pase Rock
- Uncle Jesse
- DJ Sabo with Nappy G
- DJ Ulken with Shanta Live
- DJ Impulse[23]
2006
[edit]- Common
- Brazilian Girls
- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Michael Franti[citation needed]
- Citizen Cope
- Randy Travis
- Jarflys
2005
[edit]- Morris Day and the Time
- Boyz II Men
- Q-Tip
- Shaggy
- Drive-By Truckers[24]
- The Disco Biscuits[25]
- Platinum Pied Pipers
- Danielia Cotton
- The Seldon Plan
- Swingin' Swamis[26]
2004
[edit]- Isaac Hayes
- Wyclef Jean
- Tortured Soul
- De La Soul
- Arrested Development
2003
[edit]2001
[edit]- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe[30]
- The North Mississippi Allstars[31]
- Railroad Earth[32]
- Etta James[33]
- Ray Charles[33]
- Junkyard Saints[33]
- Carl Filipiak[33]
- Shemekia Copeland[33]
- Smokey Robinson[33]
- Junior Brown[33]
2000
[edit]1999
[edit]- Ashford & Simpson with poet Maya Angelou
- Earl Klugh
- The Temptations
- Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Dionne Warwick
- The Disco Biscuits
1998
[edit]- Roger Daltrey and the British Rock Symphony and Choir
- Gladys Knight
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
1997
[edit]- Patti LaBelle
- KoKo Taylor
- Tito Puente
- Kelly Bell Band
1995
[edit]1994
[edit]1993
[edit]1992
[edit]1991
[edit]1990
[edit]- Letitia Leigh
- Roberta Flack
- Chick Corea
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
1989
[edit]1987
[edit]1986
[edit]1985
[edit]1984
[edit]- Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Morgan State University Choir
- Wynton Marsalis Quintet
- Sweet Honey in the Rock
1983
[edit]1982
[edit]- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Ray Charles
- Ethel Ennis[34]
References
[edit]- ^ Mary Gail Hare (July 19, 2009). "'Too much fun' OK at Artscape". The Baltimore Sun.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mike Unger. "Artscape 2009 in Baltimore". Baltimore.about.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "ARTSCAPE 2018 :: FUNDING PIE-CHART". Artscape.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "ARTSCAPE 2018 :: ARTSCAPE ECONOMIC-IMPACT-REPORT-AND-DEMOGRAPHICS-". Artscape.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Music box: Artscape brings big names to baltimore". Capital. 22 July 2005. ProQuest 232748987. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Dorsey, John (25 July 1997). "Art is bustin' out all over; Review". The Sun. ProQuest 407004871. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Obermayer, Joel (16 July 1994). "Aretha Kicks Off Artscape". The Sun. ProQuest 2294337004. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Ollison, Rashod D. (28 July 2003). "He sings so mean, that Rev. Al Green". The Sun. ProQuest 406557533. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ McNatt, Glenn (19 July 2014). "This year, Artscape earns rave reviews; Visitors find much to their liking - the food, music draw crowds, too". The Sun. ProQuest 406618023. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Sun, Baltimore. "Artscape 2016 music schedule". Baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Kaltenbach, Chris (9 June 2015). "Artscape 2015 draws big-name headliners for three-day event". Baltimoresun.com.
- ^ "Artscape 2014 Music Line-up Announced". Metro Montage. 27 May 2014.
- ^ Case, Wesley. "Artscape 2013 headliners include Bridget Kelly, Kem and more". Baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Sun, Baltimore (17 July 2012). "Pictures: Artscape 2012 lineup". Baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Sun, Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore (30 May 2012). "Brian McKnight, Clutch to headline Artscape". Baltimoresun.com.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kaltenbach, Chris (25 May 2011). "Fantasia, G Love, Matisyahu headline Artscape lineup". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ Sessa, Sam (9 June 2010). "Artscape 2010 lineup announced. What do you think?". Baltimoresun.com.
- ^ "Gov't Mule, Musiq Soulchild to headline Artscape". Tribunedigital-baltimoresun. 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Ms Sara and the Help Live at Artscape Festival on 2009-07-18". 18 July 2009.
- ^ "Artscape 2009". Songkick.
- ^ "Artscape returns, bigger and greener". Tribunedigital-baltimoresun. 5 June 2008.
- ^ "Mike Doughty Live at Artscape Festival on 2008-07-19". Archive.org. 19 July 2008.
- ^ "Artscape draws up this year's musical lineup". Tribunedigital-baltimoresun. 2 June 2007.
- ^ "DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS". Drivebytruckers.com.
- ^ "Disco Biscuits Live at Artscape on 2005-07-22". Scott Schneider. 22 July 2005.
- ^ "Huge Artscape thrives without superstars". Tribunedigital-baltimoresun. 22 July 2005.
- ^ "Blues Traveler Live at Artscape - Festival Stage on 2003-07-25". Dave Mallick. 25 July 2003.
- ^ "Radiators Live at Artscape Festival Stage on 2003-07-26". Tom Wardell. 26 July 2003.
- ^ "The Bridge Live at Artscape on 2003-07-25". Alex Mitchell. 25 July 2003.
- ^ "Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Live at Artscape-Fox Stage on 2001-07-15". George Plaatje. 15 July 2001.
- ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Live at Artscape - Sun Stage on 2001-07-15". Archive.org. 15 July 2001.
- ^ "Railroad Earth Live at Artscape on 2001-07-15". Archive.org. 15 July 2001.
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- ^ Sun, Baltimore (27 June 2001). "Artscape Timeline". Baltimoresun.com.
External links
[edit]- Official homepage
- The annual Foodscape Show was a parody art exhibition that ran during more than 30 years of Artscape festivals.