The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund established the Baker Artist Awards in 2008-2009 to recognize Baltimore’s artists and engage regional, national and international audiences in supporting these artists’ work. The 2011 Baker Artist Awards encourage all Baltimore area artists working in any creative discipline to register, exhibit their work, promote the site to friends, enjoy the broad public attention given to the site and compete for the Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes. The latest web technology is available to artists and the viewing public to better appreciate video, audio, image and text nominations. All site visitors are invited to logon as participants and to create a “favorites” exhibition, to comment on artist work and contribute to the site blog. Check out Matt Porterfield’s 2010 Baker Awards nomination HERE.

NOV 19 >>> Icaro Central American Film Festival, GUATEMALA
NOV 19 & 20 >>> Oslo International Film Festival, NORWAY
NOV 21 >>> Cinema St. Louis, MISSOURI
NOV 22, 23 & 24 >>> Stockholm International Film Festival, SWEDEN
NOV 23 & 24 >>> Gijon International Film Festival, SPAIN
DEC 1, 2 & 6 >>> Auteur Film Festival, BELGRADE

DOPE BODY voted “Best New Band” in Baltimore City Paper:

“Holyfuckingshit, when Dope Body started playing sometime early last year, making blistering, inventive art-punk that is actually punk, we had no idea it would grow up to be the kind of force-of-nature the trio is now. You see this band play and it’s like a rush of something scraping all the cynicism and shit out of your veins and just leaving you smiling—because if a band can still make this kind of music, things might just be alright.” - CP

And “Best Trend”? MUSIC VIDEOS SHOT ON FILM:

“Don’t get us wrong: We love that digital video is so affordable and responsive that bands can shoot and edit videos themselves and have them posted online quickly. But there’s still something romantic about film, especially when it’s used in a music video. First Mary Helena Clark’s gorgeously abstract and experiential video for Future Islands’ “As I Fall” reminded us that celluloid still has textures that DV can’t always approximate. And then Matthew Porterfield’s seismic collage for Dope Body’s “Enemy Outta Me” reminded us that there still exist some underground sounds that scream for grainy film images rather than smooth and flat DV polish.” - CP