How will Baltimore arts fare amidst funding cuts and freezes?

By Ashley Sterner,

Melissa Gerr

Published February 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM EST

'Reverie and Alchemy' exhibition view, on view at Towson University's Center for the Arts Gallery. Photo: CAGallery

President Trump’s executive orders put funding for the arts in peril. How might that affect Baltimore’s art landscape? Cara Ober of Bmore Art weighs in, and reminds us why we should care: “The arts, and artists are there to really sustain us during difficult times. It’s entertainment, but it’s there to feed our souls.” Plus, she says get out and experience art now, and offers these highlights: Reverie and Alchemy at Towson University Center for the Arts Gallery, LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage at MICA, Soil to Skin at Silber Art Gallery, and James Rouse: En Plein Air, at Grimaldis Gallery. For information about state arts funding, visit this link.

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Ashley Sterner

Ashley Sterner is the co-host of WYPR’s <i>On The Record</i>.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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