Free Fall Baltimore, Celebration Of The Arts, Returns In October
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Free Fall Baltimore is a free month-long celebration of the arts in the Charm City held during National Arts and Humanities Month.
"Baltimore has a huge creative community and we're just excited that we're back online," Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) Chief Operating Office of Marking and Programs Tonya Miller Hall said.
BOPA coordinates all of the events at local museums, art galleries and performance venues. BOPA also helps local artists get involved.
"This year alone, we gave over 50 grants to individual artists and communities so they could open their door and create programming to specifically their neighborhood and communities," Miller Hall Said.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library participates in Free Fall Baltimore every year.
"It's a really exciting time for people to get an inside look at some of things that we offer at the library year-round," said Meghan McCorkell, marketing and communications director for the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Last year, all Free Fall Baltimore events had to be held virtually because of COVID-19.
There will still be virtual events this year, but there will also be in-person ones, too.
McCorkell said with virtual events growing in popularity, the library will host several virtual speakers in October.
"There really is an audience for some of these virtual events that we've been doing and we're still trying to socially distance," McCorkell said.
BOPA believes Free Fall gives people the chance to discover something new.
"This really is a great time in October and a great way to kick in the fall season," Miller Hall said.
Free Fall Baltimore runs from Oct. 1-31.
Here's a list of all the participating artists and venues:
- Alanah Davis
- An die Musik Live!
- Anima Brass
- Bach in Baltimore (d/b/a); Bach Concert Series, Inc.
- Ballet After Dark fiscally sponsored by Bmore Empowered
- Baltimore Children's Choir
- Baltimore Filmmaker's Collective
- Baltimore Jazz Alliance, Inc.
- Baltimore Job Hunters Support Group (BJHSG), a Program of LifeCareerPivoteers Inc
- Baltimore Lieder Weekend
- Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra
- Baltimore Playwrights Festival
- Baltimore Rock Opera Society
- Baltimore Theatre Project, Inc.
- Black Cherry Puppet Theater
- Bryan Robinson/The Black Genius Art Show
- Caprece Ann Jackson-Garrett
- Catherine's Family and Youth Services Inc.
- Center for Neighborhood Innovation
- Cheryl Terese Goodman
- Cierra Little
- CityLit Project
- Contemporary Arts Inc.
- Cousin Tito
- Current Space
- Dance & Bmore
- Druid Heights Community Development Corporation
- Ed Hrybyk
- Eric Hicks
- Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
- Evan Hall of (The Trilla G)
- Fleesie Hubbard
- Fluid Movement
- Friends of Wyman Park Dell
- Full Circle Dance Company
- Hot Rock Collective
- Hot Sauce Artist Collective
- Keswick Community Health
- Local Color: A Baltimore Podcast
- Make Studio
- Michele Bowman
- Muse 360 Arts
- Music at St. David's
- National Aquarium
- New Broadway East Community Association
- Phil Ravita Jazz Group
- QuintEssential Winds/Misto di Voci
- Rapid Lemon Productions
- Raymond Banks 'A Way With Words' Foundation
- Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures
- Scout Roll
- SOGAA Inc.
- Station North Arts
- The Enoch Pratt Free Library
- The Strand Theater
- The Walters Art Museum
- Violesia Tull
- Young Adult Community Organizers of Baltimore (YACOs)
