Artesanitos
Artesanitos is a free educational program centered on passing down folkloric traditions in Latin American arts and crafts.
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Buy TicketsArtesanitos is a free educational program centered on passing down folkloric traditions in Latin American arts and crafts.
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Singing Storytime in Spanish is about giving parents and caregivers fun and easy ideas in Spanish of things they can do with their babies/kids that encourage interaction and early literacy in this new language.
In this hands-on workshop we will learn about musical instruments that have been made across Central and South America for thousands of years and learn to build our own working clay flutes.
Join us for In the Medium, a new craft night at Creative Alliance in the Marquee Lounge! Gather with fellow artists, makers, and crafters to work on current projects or start something new. Feeling uninspired? We'll have artist prompts to help you get started, and of course, the bar will be open for drinks! Worried that you aren't good enough...? You belong! This night is for everyone, from dabblers to professionals. Let's hang out and make something fun!
Creative Alliance's monthly Blackscope Cinema Series expands our understanding and appreciation of Black Film in America. Through varying programming, including talks, demos, and making activities, the Baltimore community is invited to celebrate modern and contemporary film from Black and Diasporic creators.
Blackscope Cinema Series ends with a carnival snacks themed night with the movie Bebe's Kids! Featuring a conversation afterwards with Rob Lee of Truth in This Art Podcast!
Aaron Dante of NoPixAfterDark interviews Ngaiire for a live podcast before the show!
Ngaiire’s shows give the audience the full spectrum of live performance: one moment a pop banger will have you dancing, and in the next moment, she will break your heart.
Artesanitos is a free educational program centered on passing down folkloric traditions in Latin American arts and crafts.
In Latin American tradition, families gather to acknowledge their warrior mama with folkloric dances, live music, poems, gifts, and traditional food. Join the Artesanas of the Creative Alliance to celebrate all mamas the Latin American way!
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
Combine the musical stylings of The Mills Brothers, Ray Price, Count Basie, and Willie Nelson, and you have none other than The Quebe Sisters! The band’s stripped-down acoustic instrumentation breathes new life into seasoned sounds once found in Texas dance halls and honky-tonks.
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Singing Storytime in Spanish is about giving parents and caregivers fun and easy ideas in Spanish of things they can do with their babies/kids that encourage interaction and early literacy in this new language.
Celebrate the launch of local author Josh Aterovis’ brand-new mystery series (set in Baltimore!) with the release of his book A Kind of Death, a Cav Crawford Mystery. Come early to mix and mingle for a cocktail hour, then stay for a drag story time and performance by drag artists Cherub Borne and Jesus Vice 007.
A livelier life drawing event, Dr. Sketchy's is where artists of all levels draw fabulous burlesque and variety performers! Enjoy delicious cocktails and a performance by the model, and compete in zany drawing contests to win free drinks and other awesome prizes!
Buy your tickets online, in person, or over the phone by calling 410-276-1651. Members save $3 on almost every show!
Our Box Office is currently open from Noon to 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays and one hour before all ticketed events. We accept cash, cards, and checks. Service fees are waived for in-person ticket purchases.
Creative Alliance supports area artists, promotes Baltimore as a center for creative production, acts as a positive force in our community, and advocates for cultural expression rooted in a sense of place.