Rotating History Project's Down Through the Needle's Eye at EMP

July 13, 2012 - August 10, 2012 | 6:00pm - 10:00pm

EMP Collective
306 W Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

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EMP Collective is collaborating with the Rotating History Project (Teddy Johnson and Heather Rounds, http://rotatinghistory.blogspot.com) in its historic space, the Faust Building, this July. The Faust Building, once a wholesale shoe business and mercantile outpost, resides at the heart of Baltimore?s former Garment District. Drawing from EMP?s location and the neighborhood?s history as garment manufacturing center, the Rotating History Project created Down through the Needle?s Eye.<br /><br /> Down through the Needle?s Eye is a multidisciplinary art exhibition that brings 19 local artists together to explore and ruminate upon concepts and themes related to Baltimore?s historic former Garment District. The project features many 2012 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize applicants and EMP is proud to host this exciting project as part of The Artscape Gallery Network.<br /><br /> Melding past and present, an artistic exploration of the history of the neighborhood seems especially fitting given its location within the newly-designated Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District.<br /><br /> The History of Baltimore?s Garment District<br /><br /> An area of the city loosely falling between Fayette Street, Greene Street, Pratt Street and Hanover Street, it was in the Garment District where umbrellas were first manufactured in the US and the second largest men?s clothing factories in the world once operated. The city?s labor movement and many of its early union struggles happened here as well.<br /><br /> The rise and decline of the Garment District as a flourishing industrial center for Baltimore?s manufactured products, as well as the people who worked and struggled to maintain their livelihoods through the decades, speak to events and societal practices that are not alien to our own time and highlight the finite nature of our society?s industries in general.<br /><br /> Opening Reception and Site Specific Performances:<br /> Friday, July 13th 2012<br /> 6 pm - 10 pm<br /><br /> Featuring visual art, music and performances from:<br /><br /> Andrew Shenker, Annie Farrar, Charlotte Keniston, Chris Fitzwater, Christine Stiver, Daniel Van Allen, Dominic Terlizzi, Dominique Zeltzman, Grant Whipple, Hannah Brancato, Hannah Mandel, Joseph Young, Kaitlin Murphy, Laure Drogoul, Max Bent, Melissa Webb, Michael Masatsugu, Minas Konsolas, Rachel Wolfson, Valeska Populoh<br /><br /> EMP Gallery Hours:<br /> Thurs-Sat, 2-7PM<br /> July 13-August 10<br /><br /> Closing Reception:<br /> August 10, 6-9pm<br /><br /> ABOUT THE ROTATING HISTORY PROJECT<br /> Through various artistic mediums, the Rotating History Project aims to draw attention to the threads running through our history, culture and environment, without compromising the integrity of our subject matter. For us, history does not begin and end on a page. It moves all around us; alive wherever we may turn our head next. It's a tool for informing our present and future. Although our mediums are the arts, we see our target audience as the larger community, far beyond the scope of art patrons and practitioners. The Rotating History Project was founded by Baltimore-based artists Heather Rounds and Teddy Johnson, who work in collaboration with a variety of individuals, specific to the themes of each event.

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