THE BMA PRESENTS VIDEO WORKS CREATED BY BALTIMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH GET YOUR LIFE!

 

BALTIMORE, MD (September 26, 2018)—The Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) fourth Commons Collaboration in the Joseph Education Center showcases an exhibition of video works created by Get Your Life! —a collaboration between Baltimore artists who produce narratives developed by and featuring local middle school students. On view November 14, 2018, through November 2019, Commons Collaboration: Get Your Life! presents the breadth of the group’s practice, including a dozen videos displayed in a brightly colored gallery with youth-designed furniture and lighting, as well as props, costumes, and other related ephemera.

 

Get Your Life! (GYL!) emerged in 2014 from an extended relationship between artist Lee Heinemann (b. 1993, Kansas City, MO) and the Better Waverly community art center 901 Arts. GYL! puts adult artists to work producing video art projects written, directed, and designed by neighborhood middle school students. In addition to a dedicated group of 15 youth artists, GYL!’s organizing team includes artists Renee Anderson, Maggie Fitzpatrick, Derrick Johnson, Luz Orozco, Anais Perez, and Stephanie Wallace.