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Arts alert! JELMA + Baltimore Beat

By Melissa Gerr,
Sam Bermas-Dawes
Published May 10, 2023 at 10:05 AM EDT
Photo: Constance Mattox
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Photo: Constance Mattox
Mixed media collage: Stacey Cruise
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Mixed media collage: Stacey Cruise
Photo by Jackie McCray
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Photo by Jackie McCray
Non Binding Mandala by Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo: BMA
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Non Binding Mandala by Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo: BMA
Night Crawlers Meets Day Break, Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo: BMA
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Night Crawlers Meets Day Break, Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo: BMA
Moon Mandala, Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo/BMA
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Moon Mandala, Martha Jackson Jarvis. Photo/BMA
Rapper 4kMicheal. Photo: provided
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Rapper 4kMicheal. Photo: provided
Musician Kirby The Immortal1. Photo: Nao Hasegawa
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Musician Kirby The Immortal1. Photo: Nao Hasegawa

How does Tribe 55, a group of Black Women artists aged 55+ amplify its message? With their new exhibit ‘Seen. Heard. Common Ground.’ It opens at JELMAon Morgan State Campus. Dr. Schroeder Cherry, curator, and Stacey Cruise, Tribe 55 member give us a preview. Plus, Baltimore Beat’s arts and culture editor Teri Henderson offers her picks in music and art!

Links: JELMA, Seen. Heard. Common Ground. , KirbytheImmortal1/Purple Freestyle, 4kMicheal/Truss, Deep Sugar After Hours, Sweet Spot: Space Cowboy, Micah E. Wood at Current Space, Crying in the Yard, Martha Jackson Jarvis/BMA, Blossom at Raunjiba Design Center.

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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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Sam Bermas-Dawes
Sam Bermas-Dawes is a producer for Midday.
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