What We Do

For over a decade, the Creative Alliance has created spectacular and engaging cultural experiences by working closely with artists, educators, activists, and the communities that call Baltimore home. We host and organize hundreds of events each year that connect artists and audiences with one another, and with new ideas.

Music/Performance

The stage at The Patterson is a lynchpin of Baltimore’s cultural scene. We're not afraid to take risks and always strive for a richer, deeper experience. We present neo-burlesque performers as well as serious theater, traditional Irish and bluegrass concerts along with world music, indie rock, and hip hop. Whenever possible, we try to mix up these bills, based on a simple philosophy of bringing people together to see what happens.

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Exhibitions

Film/Video/Digital Media

Creative Alliance Media Makers (CAmm) presents new work by local filmmakers, video and digital artists and uses film as a way to get people talking about issues affecting them. We also lend support and vital resources to Baltimore's thriving independant filmmaking community, with workshops, career development, and places for filmmakers to gather, meet one another, and share their passions.

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Workshops & Artist Programs

Residency Program

The Patterson Residency Program provides a highly visible, intense and creative environment for the production of artwork in all media. Attracting artists from around Baltimore, and the nation, the program is located at The Patterson, a historic former movie theater converted into a vibrant, community-based art center, with generous workspace, modern facilities, and an atmosphere of ongoing critical feedback.

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Youth Education

The Creative Alliance after-school and summer programs give kids a safe haven and enriching experiences that help shape their intellect. With rising demand for the Creative Alliance’s innovative art education programs, what began as a month-long summer program in Southeast branches of the Enoch Pratt library, has expanded to year-round visual and performing art opportunities in schools, library branches and community centers.

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Community Outreach

At the heart of what we do is the notion that we can support the arts in Baltimore and our neighboring communities by connecting the two. We're blessed to reside in the culturally rich neighborhood of Highlandtown at the heart of Southeast Baltimore, steeped in the history of recent immigrants from Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, older immigrants from East and Southern Europe, and white and black Baltimoreans both professional and working class.

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