Photos by Brooke Hall
Graffiti Alley in Station North is a veritable gallery of work by some of Baltimore’s less than conventional visual artists. There’s an explosion of color and profusion of inventive urban design waiting to meet you once you enter the corridors behind Load of Fun Studios. It’s absolutely stunning and one of the most unique art spaces in the city. Here lies the perfect setting for an annual festival that typifies the individuality and idiosyncrasy that has come to define the Baltimore art scene.
In-Flight Theater’s Alley Arial Festival is a showcase for the exploration of aerial theater that broadens the definition of the art form. Here is where we get to see Baltimore artists setting trends instead of following them. This year’s festival featured an eclectic assemblage of performers, from those who displayed an impressive level of strength, endurance, and grace, to yet others who explored music, prose, and performance art with rigging as their stage. The entire afternoon was framed by a quirky, comical, vaudevillian narrative expertly acted out by founders of the festival and hosts, Mara Neimanis and Tim Scofield.
One can’t help but believe that this is a festival that will continue to grow and work its way into the mythos that will define the brilliant convergence of creativity that is currently shaping our city.
Mara Neimanis
Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey
Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey
Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey
Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey
Tim Scofield & Mara Neimanis
Mark Harding
Jamie Hodgson
Jamie Hodgson
Eric Gorsuch
Eric Gorsuch
Archane Aerial Arts: Andrea Burkholder & Sharon Witting
Archane Aerial Arts: Andrea Burkholder & Sharon Witting
Archane Aerial Arts: Andrea Burkholder & Sharon Witting
Tim Scofield
Mara Neimanis
Mara Neimanis
Therese Keegan & Lizard Walker Keegan
Therese Keegan & Lizard Walker Keegan
Nina Charity
Nina Charity
Nina Charity
Kate Winston
Kate Winston
Kate Winston
Kate Winston
Kristen Faber & Kerry Dougherty
Kristen Faber & Kerry Dougherty
Echo
Echo
Echo
Echo
Tim Scofield
Mara Neimanis & TIm Scofield
Photos by Brooke Hall
