Artscape 2024

Artscape is an annual arts festival in Baltimore, and my experience with the 2024 festival began a few weeks before it opened. I was in the city for the Maryland Arts Summit. Before catching my train back to Washington, DC, I stopped into Night Owl Gallery and struck up a conversation with the staff. They introduced me to the gallery’s owner, Beth-Ann Wilson. After I shared some of my work, she invited me to show several pieces at Night Owl during Artscape.

That exhibition brought an unexpected first: I sold an original work. The sale came at a time when I really needed the money, but its impact went beyond the financial support. It gave me confidence at a moment when my belief in my practice was beginning to wane. Night Owl Gallery and Artscape will always be special to me for that reason.