Creative Alliance's Biggest Fundraiser of the Year!
Select this ticket level to make an extra donation to Creative Alliance. 50% of your ticket price is tax deductible. Your generous support allows us to keep dance party tickets accessible to the community!
Select this ticket level to make an extra donation to Creative Alliance. 50% of your ticket price is tax deductible. Your generous support allows us to keep dance party tickets accessible to the community!
ILLUSION escorts us back to the wonder of the Golden Age of Magic at the turn of the 20th Century, when the artistry of stage performers, magicians, and illusionists filled us with shock and awe!
On the Main Stage: Rufus Roundtree & Da B’more Brass Factory
The essence of a New Orleans brass band infused with authentic Baltimore beats, guaranteed to keep the crowd dancing!
In the Marquee Lounge: Illusionist Dakota Priest, Bellydance from Naimah, Juggling from Saymo Saymo, Escape Artists Dessie Delaplaine & Ri Dickulous
The lounge transforms into an otherworldly cabaret, as mysterious and magical acts emerge from under the cover of night!
In the Main Gallery: The Encounter, Baltimore Hoop Love, and Tarot by Soleil
Surprises around every corner!
Upstairs in the Amalie Rothschild Gallery: Frick Frack Blackjack
No cash-no limit barter blackjack and clownish antics under the Big Top!
Food by Our Time Kitchen & The Lunchbox Lady
Cocktails by Nick Pikounis, nominated Best Bartender in 2023 Baltimore Sun Best Of and Best Cocktail in 2023 Baltimore Magazine Readers’ Poll
Event curation and production by Jenn K AKA Ruby Rockafella
The Marquee Ball is Creative Alliance’s annual fundraiser gala that includes a VIP dinner, art auction, open studios, and a wild dance party that honors The Patterson’s history as a movie palace. The movie theme inspires the evening’s events and attire with eye-popping results! Baltimore’s wildest party supports Creative Alliance’s free youth education and community arts programs!
Check out our Pinterest Board or visit our fabulous friends at Milk & Ice Vintage for magical, mystifying costume and styling ideas. You can even contact them to set up a private, personal shopping experience!
Movies to watch: The Prestige, Howl’s Moving Castle, Presto, Houdini films
Dance Party Ticket ($65, $60 Members)
Includes: Costumed dance party, specialty cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres, live music, pop-up performances, silent art auction of over 100 works of art, resident artist open studios, photo booth, and more!
High Roller Dance Party Ticket ($130, $120 Members)
Includes: Costumed dance party, specialty cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres, live music, pop-up performances, a silent art auction of over 100 works of art, resident artist open studios, photo booth, and more!
Select this ticket level to make an extra donation to Creative Alliance. 50% of your ticket price is tax deductible. Your generous support allows us to keep dance party tickets accessible to the community!
VIP Dinner ($350) – Sold Out!
Includes: Cocktail hour, full seated dinner and awards presentation, live auction, and entry to the dance party after dinner! Only a limited number of tickets are available. If interested in reserving a full table for 10, please contact Vic Yambao at vic@creativealliance.org.
2024 Golden Formstone Award: Todd Marcus
Todd Marcus is a community activist, jazz musician, and resident of the Sandtown-Winchester community of Baltimore. As executive director and co-founder of Intersection of Change, he supports the work of their Martha’s Place, Jubilee Arts, and Strength to Love II programs, and holds a degree in urban studies from Rutgers University. Originally from New Jersey, he came to his community as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in 1995 and never left. As a musician, his work as a bass clarinetist and composer includes leading ensembles of 2-10 musicians and often incorporates Middle Eastern influences from his Egyptian heritage. Todd has performed at Creative Alliance many times, bringing lush and intricate original compositions as well as powerful collaborations to the stage.
2024 Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Leslie King Hammond
Dr. Leslie King Hammond is an artist, curator, and graduate dean emeritus and founding director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2006, King Hammond was appointed chairperson of the collections and exhibits committee at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture and in 2007 she became the chairperson of the board of the Lewis Museum. She also sits on the board of the Creative Alliance for the Artists, Baltimore, MD. Between 1985–98, King Hammond was the project director for Ford/Phillip Morris Fellowships for Artists of Color at MICA. She has won lifetime achievement awards from the Studio Museum in Harlem, the DuBois Circle, Women’s Art Caucus-College Art Association, and the James A. Porter Colloquium, Howard University. In 2008, she was granted an Andy Warhol Curatorial Fellowship. The Detroit Institute of the Arts gave her the Alain Locke International Prize in 2010. She served as a Center panelist in Pew Fellowships in 2009.
Sponsor the Marquee Ball!
Your support is essential. We can customize a package for you that includes tickets, exposure, and more. Email vic@creativealliance.org for details.
About the Marquee Ball
Location: The Patterson
Location: The Creativity Center
