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The Baltimore Museum of Art presents exhibition of Baker Artist Awards 2011 Winners

BALTIMORE, MD.- The talent and diversity of Baltimore’s arts community is on display at the BMA with Baker Artist Awards 2011, a multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the winners of the prestigious $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize. On view September 7 through October 2, the exhibition also features examples of works by the 18 b-grant winners and culminates with a free celebratory Late Night event on October 1 at 7 p.m. The three Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners this year are performance artist Audrey Chen, visual artist Gary Kachadourian, and beatboxer/vocal percussionist Shodekeh. Visitors to the BMA can see a room-size installation of Kachadourian’s intricately detailed drawings photocopied and enlarged so that every wall in the gallery—as well as parts of the floor and ceiling—are covered with life-sized bricks, trees, lamp posts, and other everyday objects. Another gallery features new video f