39°17′15″N 76°37′15″W / 39.2875°N 76.620833°W Bromo Arts District is one of four designated arts district in Baltimore, MD and is centered around the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower, which houses artist studios. The district is roughly bounded by Park Avenue on the east, Lombard Street on the south, Paca Street on the west and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Read Street on the north and is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Mount Vernon and downtown Baltimore. It is home to the University of Maryland Medical Center, Lexington Market, Westminster Hall and Edgar Allan Poe's gravesite, the former Martick's Restaurant Francais and many cultural institutions including the Hippodrome Theatre, the Everyman Theatre, the Eubie Blake National Jazz and Cultural Center. It is also home to A.T. Jones and Sons, the oldest costume company in the United States.
The official name of the organization is The Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District. The offices are located in the Maryland Art Place building located at 218 W. Saratoga Street. The Executive Director is Stephen Yasko[1] who was previously the founding General Manager and Executive Director of WTMD 89.7 FM. Yasko took over the leadership of the organization in October 2016. The board of directors is chaired by Vincent Lancisi of the Everyman Theatre.
Organizations
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- 14 Karat Cabaret
- Arena Players
- Artstar Custom Paintworks
- Baltimore Jazz Alliance
- Black Genius Art Show
- Charm City Fringe Festival
- Current Space
- Dance Baltimore
- Downtown Cultural Arts Center
- Eubie Blake Cultural Center
- Hippodrome Theatre
- Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company
- Le Mondo
- Maryland Art Place
- Maryland Center for History and Culture
- Maryland Women's Heritage Center
- Market Center Merchants Association
- MUSE 360
- National Museum of Dentistry
- NoMuNoMu
Former Organizations
edit- Baltimore Annex Theater
- EMP Collective
- Gallery Four
- H&H Building
- Jordan Faye Contemporary
- Nudashank
- Open Space
- Resort
- Rock 512Devil
- Sophiajacob
- SubBasement Artist Studios
- Terrault
- The Whole Gallery
References
edit- ^ Britto, Brittany. "Former WTMD GM Stephen Yasko named executive director of Bromo Tower arts district". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ https://bromodistrict.org/whats-in-bromo/ [bare URL]