Description: Artists of all disciplines, including media and film arts, traditional and folk arts, literary arts, music, dance, theater, and visual arts, are crowdsourced.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Artists & Resources, Artists (Crowdsourced)
Description: Spacefinder run by the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance is an inventory of work exhibit and performance space available for artists. The SpaceFinder program increases the visibility of rental options helps artists find the space they need and helps venues promote and rent their spaces. SpaceFinder is a free resource for both artists and venues.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Artists & Resources, Work Exhibit & Performance Space
Description: The role of Maryland Humanities is to inspire learning and promote dialogue about our heritage, culture, and future as Marylanders. While the humanities have the power to impact all of us collectively, the rewards of engaging with literature, history, philosophy, and social sciences are also deeply personal.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Events, Maryland Humanities Events, 2016
Description: Industrial Arts Collective is an alliance of makerspaces, craft manufacturers, and education initiatives working together to make Baltimore a better place for making things. industrial arts collective, tools, maker space, artist, jewelry, metal-working, wood shop
Copyright Text: Data Points, Artists & Resources, Maker Spaces
Description: Museums are part of the Arts-Related Businesses Data Set and include all industries defined by the following NAICS codes: 712110. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of objects of historical, cultural, and/or educational value. The following are included: Art galleries (except retail), art museums, community museums, contemporary art museums, decorative art museums, fine arts museums, art galleries (except retail), halls of fame, herbariums, historical museums, human history museums, interactive museums, marine museums, military museums, mobile museums, multidisciplinary museums, museums, natural history museums, natural science museums, observatories (except research institutions), planetariums, science and technology museums, sports halls of fame, traveling museum exhibits, war museums, and wax museums (Definition Source: InfoUSA).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Arts & Culture Organizations, Museums
Description: Baltimore City Public Schools, also referred to as Baltimore City Public School System, BCPSS, BCPS and City Schools, is a public school district in the state of Maryland, United States (Definition Source: baltimorecityschools.org). This dataset includes information about the number of certified art teachers in each public school, connections to arts organizations through Arts Every Day (see "Arts Every Day Schools Program Organizations"), and Fine Arts Subject(s) taught in each school. Fine Arts Subjects include art, dance, drama/theater, and music.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Arts Education, Art Education Teachers by School, 2016
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Description: Arts Every Day connects City Schools with Baltimore City arts and cultural organizations and local teaching artists. The Schools Program is a partnership between Arts Every Day, Baltimore City Public Schools, and over 100 arts organizations, cultural institutions and teaching artists in Baltimore (Definition Source: artseveryday.org). This dataset includes Schools Program Organizations, the art form/medium that was taught, and connections to individual public schools.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Arts Education, Schools Connected to Organizations, 2015
Description: Arts Every Day connects City Schools with Baltimore City arts and cultural organizations and local teaching artists. The Schools Program is a partnership between Arts Every Day, Baltimore City Public Schools, and over 100 arts organizations, cultural institutions and teaching artists in Baltimore (Definition Source: artseveryday.org). This dataset includes Schools Program Organizations, the art form/medium that was taught, and connections to individual public schools.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Arts Education, Organizations Connected to Schools, 2015
Description: Libaries include all branch locations in the Enoch Pratt Free Library System. The Enoch Pratt Free Library is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States and serves the residents of Baltimore with locations throughout the city and the residents of Maryland as the State Library Resource Center (Source: Enoch Pratt Free Library).
Description: This grant program will provide funds for heritage tourism projects and programming. Eligible projects include planning, interpretation, programming (seminars, lectures, performances, etc.), and operational support. The grant award is a maximum of $15,000 for projects and programs; operation support is capped at $10,000. Grants must be matched by 75% cash (Definiton Source: Baltimore National Heritage Area).
Description: Funded through Baltimore City voter-approved bonds, the Small Capital Grants provide funds for acquisition of property, development, preservation, and restoration. The grant award is a maximum of $15,000, but previous awards have normally ranged between $2,000 and $10,000. Grants must be matched in cash in an amount at least equal to the grant (Definiton Source: Baltimore National Heritage Area).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Grants & Resources, Heritage Investment Grants, Baltimore Small Capital Grants, 2017
Description: Each year, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority provides dollar-for-dollar matching project grants to non-profit organizations and governments for capital and non-capital projects located within certified Maryland heritage areas (which includes the Baltimore National Heritage Area). Grants can support heritage tourism-related projects involving historical, cultural, or natural resources, events, or properties. Award amounts are a maximum of $50,000 for non-capital and programming projects and a maximum of $100,000 for capital projects (Definiton Source: Baltimore National Heritage Area).
Description: The program awards organizations with cash grants of up to $1,000, for the purpose of producing special events, such as festivals, community arts programs, back-to-school rallies, block parties and health fairs. The MECU Neighborhood Event Grants program is supported by MECU: Baltimore’s Credit Union and administered by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (Definition Source: BOPA).
Description: Originally passed in 1964, Baltimore's 1%-for-Art Ordinance, sets aside up to one percent of the budget of the City's capital construction projects for artwork. Baltimore was the second city in the nation, after Philadelphia, to pass such an ordinance. Over the past 40+ years, Baltimore has commissioned over 300 works as part of this Percent for Art Program. On Monday, August 13, 2007, the updated ordinance was approved by Baltimore City Council. With this revision, the new legislation requires at least 1% of the City's capital construction project's eligible funds be used for the selection, acquisition, commissioning, fabrication, placement, installation, display and maintenance of public fine artwork; and the establishment of a nine member Public Art Commission (Definition Source: BOPA).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Grants & Resources, Publicly-Funded Grants, 1% for Public Art, 2015
Description: "The PNC Transformative Art Prize (TAP) was created in 2012 to provide catalytic funding for communities who partner with artists to transform their underutilized neighborhood spaces through high impact public art projects. Originally, awards were made to fully fund sculptural or mural projects in the amount of $20,000 and the program was funded solely by PNC Bank. As a response to applicant feedback regarding budget overruns for their projects, top awards were increased to $30,000 in 2013. In 2014, the program received additional funding from Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and the Baltimore City Department of Community Development (HCD). In this year, the TAP also added performing arts projects to its eligible arts activities, and began to award funding in ranges from $10,000-30,000 (Definition Source: BOPA).
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Copyright Text: Data Points, Grants & Resources, Publicly-Funded Grants, Transformative Art Prize, 2015
Description: During the city-wide arts celebration, Baltimore City arts organizations present FREE arts activities including dance, music and theater performances, art exhibitions, free admission to museums, walking tours, festivals and workshops. To be eligible for a Free Fall Baltimore grant or participate in Free Fall Baltimore, program must: (1) Provide outreach and access to young adults, families and/or underserved audiences; (2) Include plan for sustaining audience development efforts; (3) Be free of charge and open to general public without contingencies; (4) Proposed activities must occur in Baltimore City; and (5) Proposed activities must occur between October 1 and October 31 (Definition Source: BOPA).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Grants & Resources, Publicly-Funded Grants, Free Fall Baltimore, 2015
Description: Since 1991, the mission of the Bright StARTS Art Program is to provide Baltimore City’s children with the broadest possible view of the world through the arts. To accomplish this, Bright StARTS offers workshops taught by professional artist/educators in a wide variety of artistic disciplines and media. These disciplines include; painting, drawing, sculpture, drama, dance, music, spoken word and poetry (Definition Source: BOPA).
Description: The Baltimore Mural Program was created in 1975 to make Baltimore neighborhoods more attractive, instill a sense of pride, provide employment for local artists in their own field, combat graffiti in neighborhoods, and engage young people in the beautification of their own communities. Working with the artists, neighborhood groups/associations and funding sources, the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts (BOPA) coordinates and directs this ongoing program. The Baltimore Mural Program has produced more than 250 murals across the city, creating an outdoor public museum for the enjoyment of the people of Baltimore. We work with local mural artists who have experience working with communities. Art @ Work, is a five-week mural artist apprenticeship program produced in collaboration with Jubilee Arts, for Baltimore City youth enrolled in Youth Works. In addition to working alongside professional artists to create murals and mosaics in their community, youth participate in professional development and skill-building workshops led by various local organizations (Definition Source: BOPA).
Description: Through the Creative Baltimore Fund, BOPA grants funds to qualified artists, and arts and cultural organizations based in Baltimore City. Creative Baltimore has two primary grant programs: Mayor’s Individual Artist Award - Project Support (PS) provides support for arts or cultural programs that promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and/or cultural programming in our community; General Operating Support (GOS) provides core support for established arts or cultural organizations that benefit the public and are artistically or culturally vibrant (Definition Source: BOPA).
Description: "A historic district is a geographically definable area-urban or rural, large or small-possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, and/or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development." - National Register
In Baltimore there are two types of historic districts- national and local. A National Register Historic District is a distinction conveyed by the federal government and is created through a process administered by the National Park Service. Local Historic District designation is created by the Mayor and City Council and is generally initiated by community residents. One designation type does not automatically lead to the other, and there are differences in the conditions and benefits of being listed either Locally or Nationally (Definition Source: CHAP, National Register)
Copyright Text: Data Points, Historic Resources, Local Historic Districts (CHAP)
Description: Maryland’s Arts & Entertainment (A&E) Districts help develop and promote community involvement, tourism, and revitalization through tax-related incentives that attract artists, arts organizations, and other creative enterprises. (Definition Source: Maryland State Arts Council)
Copyright Text: Data Points, Arts & Entertainment Districts, Arts & Entertainment Districts, 2017
Description: Public Murals are publicly-funded murals administered through the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. They are a subset of the "Public Art" layer and encompass murals funded by the Baltimore Mural Program (see: "Grants & Resources").
Description: Public Art works include, but are not exclusive to, murals, monuments, sculptures, mosaics, and stained glass. The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts tracks works created through the 1% for Public Art and Baltimore Mural Programs and maintains general inventories of public art and murals (Source: Vital Signs).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Public Art, All Public Art
Name: Baltimore City Recreation Centers and Facilities
Display Field: Recreation
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: BCRP manages 40 recreation centers for your enjoyment and leisure activities. Each center offers a wide array of programs for children and adults. Activities include enrichment classes, theatre productions, arts and crafts, and gym activities.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Community Spaces, Baltimore City Recreation Centers and Facilities
Description: 14 Senior Centers are located in Baltimore City and offer a wide range of services; programs and activities that help meet the social, physical and intellectual needs of older adults.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Community Spaces, Baltimore City Senior Centers
Description: The Baltimore Main Streets program is an approach to neighborhood revitalization by providing customized support and public resources to each district in order to attract new businesses and new jobs to the neighborhood. Baltimore has the second largest urban Main Streets program in the U.S., with nine fully designated communities. Each district’s Main Street program has a different strategy for spurring economic activity, but support may include marketing and event planning, financial assistance for design and promotions, architectural services for facade renovations, streetscape improvements, technical support, access to grants, and more (Definition Source: Baltimore Development Corporation).
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Main Streets
Description: Event Permits for Public Events are requested through the Department of Transportation. Events include, but are not limited to, festivals, block parties, races, and parades. In the event of a large event, the central point is used to calculate the location of the request.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Events, Public Events, 2017
Description: Community development corporations or "CDCs" are generally defined by their community-based leadership and community-based goals. CDCs are broadly defined, but are typically locally based tax-exempt non-profit corporations that promote physical and social improvements in communities with a significant low-income population (Definition Source: https://www.peoples-law.org/community-development-corporations-cdcs-maryland)
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Community Development Corporations (CDCs)
Description: Baltimore City Public Schools, also referred to as Baltimore City Public School System, BCPSS, BCPS and City Schools, is a public school district in the state of Maryland, United States.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Public Schools, 2017
Description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and granting degrees at baccalaureate or graduate levels. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods. The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Colleges and Universities
Description: Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore provide a Christ-centered education that is academically excellent and empowers students to reach their full potential – spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and morally. The Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools enroll over 25,000 students. There are currently 45 elementary and middle schools, and 19 high schools spread throughout the Archdiocese, which includes: Baltimore City, Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and Washington Counties.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Archdiocese of Baltimore - Catholic Schools
Description: Baltimore City Public Schools, also referred to as Baltimore City Public School System, BCPSS, BCPS and City Schools, is a public school district in the state of Maryland, United States. These boundaries are the catchment zones for elementary schools.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Elementary School Catchment Zones, 2014
Description: Baltimore has more than 270 Neighborhood Statistical Areas (NSAs) that are typically geographic areas with some distinctive features. They are defined by both the City Planning Department and the local residents, however the boundaries defined by residents are often more fluid than those defined by the city.
Copyright Text: Data Points, Reference Places, Neighborhoods, 2010