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Inviting Light transformed the Station North Arts District with five breathtaking site-specific public art installations and a series of dynamic community events and arts programming in 2025 and 2026. Explore the installations below and then take a self-guided tour as they are all still on view!
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Derrick Adams is the lead curator and artistic director for Inviting Light. He approached 5 artist teams to materialize a new way of approaching light as a public art initiative for the area. The 5 installations were activated by event programming curated by José Ruiz in 2025 and Spring 2026 in Station North. With the support of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge and our partners, the project was a unique opportunity to engage an area so pivotal to Baltimore by way of its location with this unique cultural initiative.
1
Soft Gym
Wickerham & Lomax
At once a gym, sculpture, and social experiment, Soft Gym at the Ynot Lot invites visitors to consider how shared environments shape us – how we perform, support, and stretch one another.
2
Third Watch
Zoë Charlton
Located at the North Avenue Market, Zoë is conjuring Bwanga of Cameroon as a security nightlight for those seeking spiritual comfort and protection while passing the North Avenue Marketplace at night.
3
Aurora
Tony Shore
Tony’s work is an homage to real Baltimore people found in their usual neon-lit haunts. This is installed on the facade of what was formerly known as Gatsby’s on Charles St.
4
Big Ass Snake(Plant)s On A Plane
Phaan Howng
Playing off big action movies, Phaan transports the Charles St. Garage into an over-the-top light-filled action movie– right across from the Charles Theatre.
5
Harmony Park
Ekene Ijeoma
Harmony Park is a site-responsive landwork that transforms two vacant lots in Baltimore into a public sculpture park and garden.
