……..Twenty Years!

New Door Creative announces its twenty-year anniversary with an exhibition and reception at 1601 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland on December 8th, 2024, from 2 to 5 PM. The milestone exhibition will feature a collection of work by artists who have exhibited at New Door during the past two decades.

Originating on Baltimore’s historic Antique Row, New Door Creative became a pioneer exhibition venue in Baltimore’s Station North Art and Entertainment District in 2004. Relying upon a sincere passion for creative expression, critical interactions with a range of international artists, and a sense of the wealth of untapped imagination, the gallery has featured artists from around the globe in projects engaging stories that reference personal, cultural, and social critique, and who share a unique experience that transcends mere technique. Major exhibitions have explored themes such as confinement, displacement, migration, personal and emotional encounter, and the pursuit of championship; work that does not reiterate popular conversations but introduces new narratives that enable curiosity and contemplation. 

Founding director, artist, and curator Michelle Talibah has dedicated the venue to prominent and under-represented talent. New Door exhibitions have featured work by legendary artists such as Faith Ringgold, Valerie Maynard, Richard Mayhew, and David C. Driskell whose contributions to defining the canon known as African American art are undisputed.  

The gallery continues with a focus on the practice of artists inspired by their unique passion. New Door Creative featured artists include mixed media portrait artist Morgan Monceaux, spirit painter Judy Tallwing, ’blackstraction’ artist Sheila Crider; painters James Phillips, Tafa, Bruno Metura, and mixed media/fiber artist Maria-Theresa Fernandes.