Countdown to Artscape
Billed as the nation?s largest free public arts festival, Artscape returns for its 27th year on Friday. Highlights of the festival include 120 artists? tents, annual Art Car Show, hands-on visual arts projects, live concerts on four stages, children?s entertainment, opera, dance and street theater performances, international food and drinks, and the Janet & Walter Sondheim Finalist exhibits on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art.
Artscape takes over Mt. Royal Avenue, Cathedral Street and Charles Street noon to 10 p.m. Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19 and from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 20. For more information, visit www.artscape.org. ? Jessica Novak
Paintings for dogs and cats in Canton
Some people are closer to their pets than they are their own friends and family. Baltimore painter Gil Jawetz understands those bonds and immortalizes the pet-owner relationship in his exhibit Human(e) Beings at Canton?s Yellow Dog Tavern.
The exhibit, up through July 28, marks the Tavern?s one-year anniversary with 16 new pieces from Jawetz as well as older favorites. To give back to his four-legged subjects, Jawetz will donate 5 percent of the show?s sales to the Baltimore animal rescue group Recycled Love.
Lift a glass to Human(e) Beings 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday during the exhibit?s wine reception. For more information and a look at Jawetz?s work, visit buskerdog.com. ? Jessica Novak
Free mosaic workshops
The Howard County Art Council?s hands-on workshop will show you and your child the techniques used to create mosaics. Workshops will be held Mondays, July 14 and 28, and Fridays, July 18 and 25. Each workshop will last 30 minutes to an hour.
Your completed mosaic tiles will be added to the Benchmark Courtyard at the Center for the Arts. Artist Ginger Peloquin will lead the exploration of mosaics ? alluring designs often built with small colored pieces of stone or tile. Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Supplies will be provided. Call 410-313-2787 or visit www.hocoarts.org to reserve your workshop space. ? Jessica Novak
