Arts Every Day continues to partner with Courting Art Baltimore for 2023! This Art Contest is open to all Baltimore City Public School high school students.
This year’s theme is: “MY BALTIMORE”.
The winning artwork will be on long-term display at the Eastside District Courthouse. Courting Art Baltimore aims to promote youth art and connecting the legal community with the communities of Baltimore City.
Court House Awards Reception
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
6 – 7:30PM
Eastside District Court
1400 E. North Ave Baltimore, MD 21213
COURTING ART BALTIMORE 2023 GALLERY
Jeanette Toomey
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Stacy Vasquez
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Keira Early
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Kaden Bowie
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Claudia Mejia Rocio
Western High School
Mara Coughlin
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Lindsey Funes
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Jonathon Gossage
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
T’Nyah Kerr
Western High School
Jade Davis
Western High School
Jesus Portillo
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Eliijah Miango
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Antonio Knox
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Elle Pitt
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Niara Eugene
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Alex Coleman
Western High School
Diane Ambe-Niba
Frederick Douglass High School
Rayne Davis
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Javonte Patterson
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Summer Hubbart
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Ronny Noah Granados
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Spence
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Mark Misomali
Bard Early College Baltimore
Andrea Calderon
Baltimore City College
Naomi Clark
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Julisa Ruiz
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Tytiana Chase
Frederick Douglass High School
Isaiah Richardson
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Eli Weikert
Baltimore City College
Jaylen Williams
Achievement Academy
Jose Zamora Guerra
Frederick Douglass High School
Damyrie Patterson
Baltimore City College High School
Kesai Lee
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Lulu Hobson
Baltimore City College High School
Ma’Shay Cox
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Tavius Small
Merganthaler Vo-Tec High School
Asia Price
Frederick Douglass High School
Jomirrea Briggs
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Quarron Johnson
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Kirk Waters, Jr.
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Kairi Duckett
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Lyrik Tatum
Western High School
Jaylen Williams
Achievement Academy
Aniya Branch
Western High School
Ibrahim Ahmed
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Syrai Hearns
Western High School
Mia Weller
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Rayne Davis
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Phoenix Matthews
Baltimore Design School
Layla Dixon
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Jaya Lee
Baltimore City College
Hadja Jahna
Western High School
Mikayliah Lomax
Achievement Academy
Hieu Do
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Ka’Liyah Teagle
Western High School
Sophia Bender
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Sage Machado
Bard Early College Baltimore
Jennifer Monroy Vargas
Benjamin Franklin HS at Masonville Cove
R’Reeyah Mabry
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Gabrielle Weinberg
Western High School
Taleal Robinson
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Janiya Dredden
Bard Early College Baltimore
Laila Williams
Western High School
Mariam Abdelrady
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Mahalia Williams
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
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Yuki Lin
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Ke’Asia Keys
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Riven Myers
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
I’ara Marks
New Era Academy
Aniyjha Johnson
Western High School
Ijeria Allen
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Jaylen Howell
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Eva Bachman
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Ladana Demby
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Rodney Judkins
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Iris Zheng
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Naomi Dow
New Era Academy
Daishanae Butler
Western High School
Lindsay Barrientos-Sandoval
Western High School
Andy Cruz
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Nathaniel Brewer
Frederick Douglass High School
Felicia Mosely-Putman
Claremont Middle High School
Don McClain
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Edith Engelke
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Mara Coughlin
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Phoenix Shelton
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Kevin Rodriguez Lopez
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Carol Istupe Taperio
Benjamin Franklin HS at Masonville Cove
Chloe Harrison
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Oscar Chinchilla
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Robert Johnson, III
Bard Early College Baltimore
Trevin West
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Jayla Hines
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Martaejah Easley
Western High School
Daniya Manley
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Alex Coleman
Western High School
Ayanna Wilson
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Francisco Coronado
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Michelle Law
Western High School
Shamiah Myers
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Aniya Grier
ConneXions: A Community Based Art School
Genesis Uriquia-Bobadilla
Western High School
Deshawn Daniels
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Jalen Green
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Anika Stikeleather
Baltimore City College
Alexander Brown
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Jamal Middleton
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Tyrone Davis
ConneXions: A Community Based Art School
Mya Lewis
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Daejah Brown
Western High School
Eman Atwain
Western High School
Amaya Meggett-Johnson
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Annabelle Jones
Western High School
Leon Leonardo
Benjamin Franklin HS at Masonville Cove
Hagar Alradaei
Western High School
Aram Hayrapetyan
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Lyrik Tatum
Western High School
Lamar Matthews
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Gertrude Smith
Baltimore City College High School
Dwayne Anderson III
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
Jama’al Morris
ConneXions: A Community Based Art School
Shantay Williams
Western High School
A’Davian Kinsler
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Gentry Antwon
Mergenthaler VoTech High School
About Courting Art Baltimore
Courting Art is a program that promotes youth artwork, connects the legal community with local communities of Baltimore City, and aims to reduce stress and anxiety for litigants and visitors by beautifying local courthouses. Originally hosted by the District Court of Maryland and in partnership with the Baltimore Bar Foundation, Incorporated and the Bar Association of Baltimore City, the contest is open to all Baltimore City public high school students. Courting Art Baltimore also collaborates with Baltimore City Public Schools, Arts Every Day, Baltimore City Community College, and the College Bound Foundation to achieve success each year since its first contest in 2016. Courting Art Baltimore also connects Baltimore City students with a local community college and provides scholarships to the winning artists to pursue higher education after high school.
Courting Art Baltimore is modeled after a program created by the Montgomery Bar Association of Pennsylvania. The Montgomery Bar Association began its Courting Art program in 2013 with its contest focusing on artwork by local senior citizens. The Montgomery Bar Association Courting Art Project received acclaim and has been credited with saving taxpayers’ thousands of dollars in long overdue public improvements to the Montgomery County Courthouse. In addition, the contributing artists brought public attention to local landmarks and community treasures.
The specific theme of the contest for Courting Art Baltimore changes yearly, but always relates to the core mission of Courting Art. The top works are selected based on relation to the year’s theme, artistic difficulty, aesthetic beauty, and connection to the mission of Courting Art of connecting communities, reducing stress for litigants, and beautifying the courthouse.
All submissions to the contest are displayed at a public exhibition at the District Court for Baltimore City. At the opening night of the exhibition, approximately fifteen to twenty top works are selected to be professionally reproduced for long-term display at the Eastside District Courthouse in Baltimore City.
Following the installation of the artwork at the courthouse, an awards reception is held to reveal the top works of the entire contest. All finalists receive gift certificates for art supplies and the contest winners receive financial scholarships for post-high school education.
For more information and questions about Courting Art Baltimore, please contact Betty Gonzales at betty@artseveryday.org.