
Creative Alliance

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Creative Alliance
Creative Alliance is a 501c3 multidisciplinary arts nonprofit made up of a diverse, versatile group of change makers and artists with years of experience in community building, education, music, performance, film and video, visual arts, and more.
Mission: Creative Alliance builds communities by bringing together artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds to experience spectacular arts and education programs and engage in the creative process. We provide support to area artists, promote Baltimore as a center for creative production, act as a positive force in our community, and advocate for cultural expression rooted in a sense of place.
We Are One
Exhibition Statement
“We are not all the same, but we share a oneness.” This quote from exhibiting artist Ernest Shaw is the backbone of this exhibition, We Are One, which serves as a cross-generational conversation between Black artists working in Baltimore, exploring the complexity of these artists, their interests, passions, and what is driving their current practices.
Why this exhibition?
This exhibition was chosen in order to highlight five Black artists in Baltimore who are creating impactful work. This show is intergenerational as well as interdisciplinary, showcasing the diversity of the Black portraiture genre.
Exhibiting artists
Ernest Shaw, Jerry Prettyman, Monica Ikegwu, LaToya Hobbs, Mark Fleuridor
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LaToya M. Hobbs
...and then she knew she was enough, 2019
Acrylic, collage, and relief on wood panel
48 x 36 inches
...and then, she realized she was enough
LaToya M. Hobbs
LaToya M. Hobbs
...and then she knew she was enough, 2019
Acrylic, collage, and relief on wood panel
48 x 36 inches
Ernest Shaw
Songye, 2019
Acrylic
60 x 36 inches
Songye
Ernest Shaw
Ernest Shaw
Songye, 2019
Acrylic
60 x 36 inches
Monica Ikegwu
Sage, 2019
Oil paint on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Sage
Monica Ikegwu
Monica Ikegwu
Sage, 2019
Oil paint on canvas
60 x 48 inches
LaToya M. Hobbs
Birth of a Mother, 2019
Acrylic, collage, and relief on wood panel
48 x 72 inches
Birth of a Mother
LaToya M. Hobbs
LaToya M. Hobbs
Birth of a Mother, 2019
Acrylic, collage, and relief on wood panel
48 x 72 inches
Ernest Shaw
Ibeji (Rites), 2018
Acrylic
60 x 48 inches
Ibeji (Rites)
Ernest Shaw
Ernest Shaw
Ibeji (Rites), 2018
Acrylic
60 x 48 inches