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All summer long, even on the hottest days, a gentleman in a tuxedo stands on the Ocean City boardwalk. Locals and vacationers scurry over to find out what he's up to. The man is Joe Kro-Art, owner of Ocean Gallery, and if he's not playing boardwalk emcee, he's possibly watching a bicycle plunge from the rooftop of his old, hodge-podgy building. Of all the screaming attractions along the bustling Boardwalk, few have managed to sustain a vibrant and thriving business for as long as the outrageous, half-century-old gallery.

When area residents begin lining up outside the Nancy Hammond Editions art gallery in Annapolis early Sunday morning for copies of the artist's latest city poster, it will be a bittersweet time for fans of Hammond's work. Having moved to the Eastern Shore, Hammond will close her Annapolis gallery on State Circle Dec. 31 and end a brief but popular tradition of selling hundreds of copies of an annual limited-edition poster, many at a big discount, on a first-come, first-served basis. As she prepared for a celebration to mark the introduction of her latest work, Hammond said it was the right time to end the series.

A two-alarm fire in Remington Wednesday night did not damage any of the artwork in the Open Space gallery, tenant Max Guy said on Thursday afternoon. Organizers, with community help, were moving the artwork into storage Thursday. Guy is the curator of "Solitary Stones on a Rocky Shore," which was scheduled to debut at Open Space on Friday. The Open Space website describes "Solitary Stones" as "large-scale graphite drawings and monumental concrete sculpture by Miranda Pfeiffer and Ledelle Moe. " Guy says the exhibition has been postponed until further notice.

One of Baltimore's newest art galleries is 929, which opened at 929 S. Charles St. in September. It's run by two families, the Stratmanns and Liparinis, who have long wanted to have a gallery and purchased the building earlier this year. According to one of the principals, Shawn Stratmann, the gallery will show work in all media and strive to keep its prices affordable. Future shows include one of works by members of the local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists, and another of works by Maryland Institute, College of Art graduates.

A two-alarm fire in Remington Wednesday night did not damage any of the artwork in the Open Space gallery, tenant Max Guy said on Thursday afternoon. Organizers, with community help, were moving the artwork into storage Thursday. Guy is the curator of "Solitary Stones on a Rocky Shore," which was scheduled to debut at Open Space on Friday. The Open Space website describes "Solitary Stones" as "large-scale graphite drawings and monumental concrete sculpture by Miranda Pfeiffer and Ledelle Moe. " Guy says the exhibition has been postponed until further notice.

Annapolis police were looking yesterday for a man who stole a $2,100 bronze horse from a well-known city art gallery. The thief was the only person in the McBride Gallery on Main Street at 7 p.m. Thursday and was "walking around in a manner that [the owner] wouldn't see him," according to the police report. After he slipped out, gallery owner Cynthia McBride immediately noticed that the 12-inch statue of a horse by artist Sandy Scott was missing from the front room. Judy Brick, a manager at the gallery, said thefts are rare and losing the horse felt a bit like losing a member of the family.

Artists looking for a place to display their work can do so for one day at the Maryland Art Place. For a contribution of $10, you can bring one ready-to-hang art work in any media, measuring 40 X 40 inches or less, to the gallery, where it will become part of the annual Out of Order benefit exhibition. All artists must do their own installation, but MAP provides the nails and hooks. There is one day set aside for installation -- artists can stop by between 7 a.m. and midnight on April 2. It's first-come, first-served in terms of location in the gallery (and, for sculptors, in terms of available pedestals)

Mission: To support the Baltimore arts community and provide a showcase at Villa Julie College for regional art and collections through a range of visual arts exhibitions, informational lectures and accompanying essays and pamphlets; to give students hands-on gallery experience, greater opportunities to exhibit work, and greater involvement in the world of arts. The 700-square-foot modern, cube-like gallery in the new academic center and theater complex opened last October.Latest accomplishments: The gallery's inaugural season featured "Baltimore Collects: George Ciscle," a show of works by the founding director of the Contemporary Museum.

Jorden Nye, co-owner of South Baltimore's Nye Gomez Gallery, is leaving the gallery as of Tuesday to resume working for the Internal Revenue Service.He has been with the gallery since October 1991, when he took over co-ownership from Gary Knight, one of the first two owners with Walter Gomez.Mr. Nye said yesterday that his reason for leaving was basically economic. Despite the gallery's success, with 1992 art sales up almost 40 percent over 1991, "the reality is that for the foreseeable future it will be difficult for it to support two owners with a decent salary."

A two-alarm fire engulfed a building containing several auto repair shops and the artist gallery Open Space in Baltimore's Remington neighborhood Wednesday night. One firefighter was sent to the hospital for minor injuries, and firefighters were evacuated after a portion of the building collapsed. The fire was reported about 6:30 p.m. and was still active as of 9 p.m. The building, at 2720 Sisson Street, also contains 22 apartments, but no residents were reported injured. Baltimore Fire Department spokesman Roman Clark said firefighters were trying to contain the blaze to the side of the building that housed four auto body shops.

Cathy Z. Sawdey makes spare use of thin lines to outline the full-figured models in her exhibit "Life Lines: Figurative Drawings" at the Artists' Gallery. Her very selective use of color also ensures that you're mostly looking at the expanses of white space representing her fleshy subjects. There is a bluntly presentational quality to how most of the models are posed. In "Woman Leaning Back on Elbow," the model assumes a casually direct pose. The physicality of that pose is underscored by the fact that the woman's downcast head and closed eyes seemingly ensure that her body is on public view and yet her thoughts remain private.

Because of budget cuts mandated by the federal sequestration, the Smithsonian Institution will begin closing galleries in some art museums to the public. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough said Tuesday in a news release that the temporary closings would begin May 1 and would continue through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. He said that the closings are necessary because a hiring freeze has reduced the number of security guards available to patrol galleries. The Smithsonian is losing 5 percent of its federal budget from March through September, or about $41 million.

The proposed partnership announced earlier this month between the University of Maryland College Park and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington is one of the more unusual ideas floated in recent years, not least because it would involve Maryland's flagship university investing in a privately owned institution located outside the state. Yet from what is known of the plan so far the potential benefits for both UM and the Corcoran could far outweigh the risks involved in such an arrangement, and for that reason it's worth exploring further.

At first glance, the Metro Gallery's Saturday night bill seems like an odd pairing: Dope Body - one of Baltimore's noisiest, most abrasive bands in years - and Mykki Blanco, a gender-bending, impressively nimble rapper from New York. But watch some live YouTube clips of each act, and the show makes more sense. Dope Body and Mykki Blanco command attention immediately, and both are capable of consistently winning over new audiences through sheer force and charisma. It doesn't matter that their albums would be categorized at opposite ends of the store.

The exhibit "Arcane Convergence" brings together two artists whose shared abstract orientation merits the show's title. Fortunately, Linda Trope and Adam Zynger both create artwork that is easy to approach at the Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House. Trope's mixed media works on paper actually do incorporate representational figures and recognizable landscapes, but they're so spare and stylized that you should not expect anything specific by way of biography and geography. Instead, you'll constantly encounter lithe dancers whose gently curving bodies and limbs are painted with such zestfully assertive colors as pink and purple.

Of the three photographers showing at the Knight Gomez Gallery this month, Jennifer Bishop is the most journalistic in her approach. This is hardly a surprise considering that her work has been featured in the City Paper for more than a decade.Bishop's travels in this country and abroad have resulted in many on-the-road shots that juxtapose the ordinary and the unexpected. In a photo shot in Arizona, for instance, the barren desert is broken by an elevated automobile being used to advertise an auto parts company.

Twelve galleries and museums along the Charles Street corridor will offer free admission from 5:30 to 7:30 during tonight's "First Thursday" event.Free transportation will be provided among the sites via the Tres Bon Trolley, running from the 300 block of Charles Street to the Maryland Institute on Mount Royal Avenue and returning via Cathedral Street. Riders must show a Street Sheet newsletter, available at the various galleries. Jazz musicians, performing on Charles Street, will add to festivities.

Artists looking for a place to display their work can do so for one day at the Maryland Art Place. For a contribution of $10, you can bring one ready-to-hang art work in any media, measuring 40 X 40 inches or less, to the gallery, where it will become part of the annual Out of Order benefit exhibition. All artists must do their own installation, but MAP provides the nails and hooks. There is one day set aside for installation -- artists can stop by between 7 a.m. and midnight on April 2. It's first-come, first-served in terms of location in the gallery (and, for sculptors, in terms of available pedestals)

Artist Mia Wiener embroiders provocative images on white linen because she's fascinated by the intimate nature of textiles and by the way that most people take them for granted. Emily C-D creates collages in her native Baltimore and also in Mexico from materials that other people throw away: discarded newspapers, bottle tops, string, and old pots and pans. And Ashley Minner crafts nearly life-size portraits of Baltimore's Native-American Lumbee community that revel in the beauty and strength of the people with whom she grew up. The women are part of the generation that will determine the form that the visual arts will take here in the future and are being highlighted in "Thirty: 30 Creative Minds Under 30," a group of 10 gallery talks sponsored by Maryland Art Place . The trio have been selected to present their artwork in the debut presentation on Wednesday; the remaining nine events will take place roughly once a month.