From the vault: Artscape in the ’80s and ’90s
The country’s biggest free arts festival has been happening in Baltimore since the 1980s. Take a look at some photos of Artscapes of years past.
Christina Tkacik 0 Comment From the Vault Artscape, from the vault., historic baltimore, retro baltimore
The country’s biggest free arts festival has been happening in Baltimore since the 1980s. Take a look at some photos of Artscapes of years past.
Jon Sham 0 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Artscape, Artscape 2015, instagram, jon sham, Justin Fenton, Scott Dance, Steve Earley
Professional photographers flock to events like Artscape, but you don’t need a $5,000 camera to take some good snaps. Here are some photos from this year’s festival as our staff saw it on Instagram.
Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Artscape, festivals, Station North
With more than 350,000 drawn to the streets of Baltimore for one weekend, Artscape is almost like Baltimore’s Mardi Gras. America’s largest free arts festival returned this past weekend for its 34th year for three days of concerts, with performers like Michael Franti & Spearhead, visual art exhibitions, the Artists Market and more.
Jon Sham 0 Comment Art, Entertainment, Maryland, The Baltimore Sun, Video Artscape, camera, DSLR, time-lapse, Tips, tripod
So you want to make a time lapse. That’s great. Time lapses usually make for very compelling video. Just look at this 4K time lapse of scenes in Norway. Beautiful, right?
Yours may not look quite that good, but I’m offering some tips on how to most effectively time lapse with a DSLR camera. See below the video.
Steve Earley 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun arts festival, Artscape, Artscape 2015, Baltimore, Facebook, Mount Royal Avenue, photography, smartphones, Tips
Even before smartphones proliferated, for one weekend every mid-July, the blocks of Mount Royal Avenue between North Avenue and Charles Street have become probably the most photographed in Baltimore. And even before Facebook’s “On This Day” feature made it plain to see, many of those photos looked eerily similar to those from the year before. To make your pictures of “America’s largest free arts festival” stand out, both from others’, and from your own archives, we offer these 10 tips.
Steve Earley 0 Comment Art, Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Artscape, Baltimore, charm city folk and bluegrass festival, festival, Hampden, hampdenfest, live music, music, Natty Boh, scapescape, SoWeBo, SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival, SoWeBohemian Festival, Union Brewing
A week into autumn, the cider and pumpkin beer have already begun to flow at the first of the area’s harvest-time events. Before the taste of summer is completely washed away, here’s a salute to the warm weather festival season for making the year’s lazy days a little bit livelier.
The Baltimore Sun 0 Comment Maryland, World Artscape, Baltimore, Hula Hoop, street festivals, Thailand
On March 5, 1963, Wham-O’s co-founder, Arthur “Spud” Melin patented the Hula Hoop® (U.S. Patent Number 3,079,728). However, the folks at Wham-O can’t technically claim to be the first to spin hoops around their midsections. For centuries, many cultures have been using hoops for exercise and religious ceremonies. It just so happens that the sock hoppin’ 50’s and the gyrating hips of a king meant the time was right for the toy makers to introduce their hoop en mass to the hip-shaking American youth. The first modern Hula Hoop was first marketed 1958 leading to hundreds of millions of units sold before Wham-O’s patent was even granted.