Creative Alliance provides venue space for
Music, Performance & Film, Youth & Family, Festivals & Community, Exhibitions, Classes, Fundraisers, and Signature Events.
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This monthly program shares ways to meet the challenges of daily life by staying connected to our choices without reacting to people and situations. This is an opportunity to discover well-being within your body and mind regardless of your situation. On alternating months, the program will be conducted in Spanish.
Papercut artist Annie Howe teaches the basic technique of papercutting and how to create your very own custom papercut patterns in this hands-on workshop. Participants will work towards completing at least one finished papercut design and will gain the know-how to continue papercutting at home.
Indulge in the magic of herbal crafting! Led by a seasoned herbalist, dive into the world of spring herbs as you learn to infuse them into delightful libations. This hands-on experience promises to awaken your senses and elevate your cocktail game, offering a blend of flavor, health, and craftsmanship. Join us for an evening of creative concoctions and celebrate the essence of spring in every sip. Reserve your spot now and embark on a journey of herbal delight!
STEAM learning with Camp Puh’tok! How do you tell one tree from another? Together we will learn how to identify native species that you can find in your backyard or local park! Participants will then learn some sewing skills and create a felt pin of their favorite native leaf!
Free Baltimore Yoga is a safe space grounded in community movement. Our sessions aim to be accessible trauma-informed, nervous- system -focused, and breath- centered. All ages!
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Join us in the Creativity Center every Saturday to create fun seasonal crafts and art projects based on current exhibitions! Come make a mess at our house!
Join Y.M.U. Yummy U! in partnership with the Creative Alliance for an afternoon of food, fellowship and community dining. In each session, Doc. J will lead cooking demonstrations showcasing a featured ingredient or theme and collaborate with participants to create a full community meal. Learn, cook, and break bread together in this cooking experience that brings back Sunday dinners!
Explore the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation, an open-ended form of dance that embraces the kinesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Build skills through exploring principles of weight sharing, embodied listening, and collaborative movement. Each session will be organized into two parts. The first half of each session will focus on a particular skill or principle. The second half of the session will move into an open jam (with some guidance), in which participants are able to integrate what they've been learning. All levels of experience are welcome.
Your story is worth sharing. Because you've learned from it. Because others can relate. Because it's a story only you can tell. In each session of Write Here Write Now, learn a different writing technique to help you turn your truth into a tale. You'll have time to practice on the spot, and the option to receive feedback. Come eager to share your truth.
This drop-in figure drawing course is suitable for all skill levels. Untrained new artists will learn multiple approaches to figure drawing while seasoned artists will have the opportunity to hone their skills and further train their eye. Each class will feature a nude model and begin with quick gesture poses. The remaining time will be spent on the artistry of longer poses. The goal is to train all artists to more quickly and fluidly capture the gesture of the entire figure.
Painted screens are a unique Baltimore folk art. This workshop will include a short film on the history of the painted screen and the early painted screen artists, a demonstration of the painted screen technique, and painting a small screen. Multiple painting options will be available.
Step into Idalee's Fresh Kitchen, where Chef Idalee DiGrigorio teaches you to up your culinary skills with seasonal ingredients, top-notch techniques, and cultural connections of each session's meal. Sign up either individually or as a couple and forge an exquisite meal from scratch, with recipes and easy-to-apply skills that you can take home to freshen up your own kitchen! After strutting your culinary stuff, finish off with a full shared meal with your new culinary compatriots in this joyful, enlightening Friday evening experience.
Free Baltimore Yoga is a safe space grounded in community movement. Our sessions aim to be accessible trauma-informed, nervous- system -focused, and breath- centered. All ages!
Want to work with a diverse group of people to create performances? So do we! Move Move Collaborative artists will draw on years of experience to offer movement practices outside of traditional dance classes. The first four classes feature movement artists Peter Redgrave, Matt Williams, Ariel Foster, and more; sharing techniques that range from butoh to contact improv to clowning. These techniques come to a head in the fifth session, which centers around planning an original performance! Participants will learn about different ways to organize a performance—durational, score based, and choreographed modes will be explored. The final class will be an open sharing of our collective thinking. Please come and get expansive and get move moving!
Join one of Creative Alliance's own Artesanas for a delicious trip through Latin and South American cuisines. In this session, Carmen Lopez leads you through the tastes of Mexico City in a culinary experience humming with flavor, warmth, and just a little heat. Join the Artesanas for a continent-spanning cuisine rendezvous on the last Friday of every month. We'll see you there!
Free Baltimore Yoga is a safe space grounded in community movement. Our sessions aim to be accessible trauma-informed, nervous- system -focused, and breath- centered. All ages!
Create and take home a small tropical ecosystem inside repurposed glassware! These terrariums are inspired by the Amazon Rainforest and other South American rainforests and will showcase plants native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Columbia, including Fittonia (Nerve Plants), Syngonium, Peperomia, Pilea, Philodendron, and Pothos varieties. Design your mini ecosystem however you want, and decorate with stones, cork pieces, and even plastic dinosaurs!
Want to work with a diverse group of people to create performances? So do we! Move Move Collaborative artists will draw on years of experience to offer movement practices outside of traditional dance classes. The first four classes feature movement artists Peter Redgrave, Matt Williams, Ariel Foster, and more; sharing techniques that range from butoh to contact improv to clowning. These techniques come to a head in the fifth session, which centers around planning an original performance! Participants will learn about different ways to organize a performance—durational, score based, and choreographed modes will be explored. The final class will be an open sharing of our collective thinking. Please come and get expansive and get move moving!
Have you wanted to work with clay but haven't had the opportunity? Bmore Clay Series is a Black and queer-led program created to present an alternative to predominantly white ceramic spaces and provide work opportunities with clay. We host accessible, diverse, intro to hand-building workshops created for communities of color in Baltimore. This workshop is open to everyone.
Join Y.M.U. Yummy U! in partnership with the Creative Alliance for an afternoon of food, fellowship and community dining. In each session, Doc. J will lead cooking demonstrations showcasing a featured ingredient or theme and collaborate with participants to create a full community meal. Learn, cook, and break bread together in this cooking experience that brings back Sunday dinners!
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.
