Black Is Magazine, Baltimore, MD (2026)

12/29/2025

Our Year in Review 📃

This year, we’ve made great strides towards our vision for Black Is and how we want to cultivate this platform for Black image-based artists globally. In 2025, we:

-Announced an open call for our inaugural print issue

-Published our first exhibition interview for the , featuring curator Camille Brown and

-Published our first photo essay that documented AFRAM, one of Baltimore’s annual music festivals

-Brought on our first team member .ramey as our Editorial & Partnerships Manager

-Started our first event series “Black Is: Critique & Connect “ for the creative community in Baltimore, in collaboration with

As we early approach our 5-year anniversary in January, we want to thank you for your support of Black Is. Whether you’re a new or old supporter, we appreciate your belief in the advancement of Black visual culture. 🤎

12/15/2025

Black Is: Critique & Connect Presents, “Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo”, a documentary film by Carine Bijlsma.

For our last event of the year, we’ll be re-screening the film “Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo” to close out the event series. We previously showed this film during one of our last events as a last minute decision to honor the artist’s passing. This time, we’ve decided to do another showing to give more people an opportunity to watch the film with community.

🔴We will start the film promptly at 6:20PM.🔴

📅 December 19, 2025
🕕 From 6:00-8:00PM
📍3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio

12/08/2025

OPEN CALL FOR BLACK IMAGE-MAKERS

THE EVERYDAY: Scenes of Baltimore
A photo-based group exhibition curated by , Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Black Is Magazine

What does your Baltimore look like when no one is watching?

We’re inviting photographers and image-makers to submit work for THE EVERYDAY: Scenes of Baltimore, an upcoming exhibition presented by Black Is Magazine. This show centers everyday life in the city, focusing on moments that might seem small but carry real meaning.

This exhibition builds on Black Is Magazine’s 2025 open call for The Everyday Archive, which asked Black photographers to reflect on what legacy looks like in daily life. Now we are turning that focus to Baltimore. We’re looking for images that document the rhythm of this city in ways that feel intimate, grounded, and true to how people live here.

Eligibility:
-Open to Black photographers and image-makers based in Baltimore or with strong ties to the city
-Film and digital formats accepted

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To Submit:
-1 to 3 images (JPG or PNG)
-A short artist statement (150 to 200 words)
-Optional: link to your portfolio or Instagram

📅 Deadline: December 22
📩 Submit to: Link in bio 🔗
📍 Location: Charm CCC HQ (3100 Greenmount Avenue)
🗓 Exhibition Dates: January 17-March 22, 2026

11/18/2025

Have a favorite set of film photographs that you created? Is there a film photographer that you admire that you’d like to talk about? Want to be in community with other artists in Baltimore?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Black Is: Critique & Connect is happening again on November 22nd from 6–8 PM at Charm City Cultural Cultivation! This time, we’re presenting the theme of a Film Photo Show & Tell.

Whether you’re bringing your work for critique, offering your perspective to other artists, or just showing up to hang out, this space is for you.

📅 Saturday, November 22 | 6–8 PM
📍 3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP + artist submissions in bio

Artwork by

10/31/2025

After reviewing over 200 submissions, we’re happy to share the selected artists and writers that will have their work featured in our inaugural print issue! From D.C. to Brazil, these individuals captured the legacy of Blackness in photographic practices and the written word. As we prepare to design our print issue in preparation for our 5-year anniversary in January, we hope you continue to follow our journey as a platform for Black image-makers.

10/10/2025

Are you looking for a third space to be present in? Do you need feedback on a project you’re working? Are you looking to be in community with other visual artists?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Black Is: Critique & Connect is happening again on October 17th from 6–8 PM at Charm City Cultural Cultivation!

Whether you’re bringing your work for critique, offering your perspective to other artists, or just showing up to hang out, this space is for you.

📅 Friday, October 17 | 6–8 PM
📍 3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP + artist submissions in bio

Artwork by

09/12/2025

Want to be in community with other visual artists in Baltimore?

Black Is: Critique & Connect is back on September 26 from 6–8 PM at Charm City Cultural Cultivation!

Whether you’re bringing your work for critique, offering your perspective to other artists, or just showing up to hang out, this space is for you.

📅 Friday, September 26 | 6–8 PM
📍 3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP + artist submissions in bio

Artwork by

08/25/2025

Heard about our open call but at the last minute? Did you miss your moment to submit? If so, we’re excited to announce that we’re running a last call for submissions for our inaugural print issue! The FINAL deadline to submit is September 1.

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Black Is Magazine is now accepting submissions for our inaugural print issue, centered on the theme: Legacy and Continuity in Black Photographic Practice.

We are seeking thoughtful, visually compelling work that reflects how Black photographers preserve memory, document culture, and shape lineage through the photographic image.

We are currently accepting for two features:

📸The Everyday Archive Submit a photographic series (3–8 images) that meditates on the quiet power of everyday Black life. We’re interested in work that explores the poetics of routine, intimacy, and repetition as forms of cultural memory.

📝The First Time I Saw Myself in a Photo… Share a brief written reflection (150–200 words) on the first moment you felt seen in a photograph. What did the image reveal to you about self, history, or representation?

Selected works will be featured in our first-ever print issue.

Deadline: September 1st Submit to: [email protected] 
Open to Black photographers, image-makers, and artists at all stages of their practice.

Image in slide 1 by
 

08/12/2025

Looking for an event to be present with other artists in Baltimore?

Black Is: Critique & Connect is back on August 15 from 6–8 PM at Charm City Cultural Cultivation!

Whether you’re bringing your work for critique, offering your perspective to other artists, or just showing up to connect, this space is for you.

📅 Friday, August 15 | 6–8 PM
📍 3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP + artist submissions in bio

Slide 1: “Yasin”, 2019 by

08/08/2025

Today we’re spotlighting the work of Richmond Kobla Dido (.dido)!

Richmond Kobla Dido (b.1993 Accra, Ghana),is a photographer/creative director currently based in Sydney, Australia working across many genres that explores and documents from still life to portraiture.

Please take the time to check out the rest of his work on his site! 🤎

https://www.koblaphotography.net/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMDBlFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpxqeRcOvrRl6D64Pv3APJ6qYeEKQqUUNhSY8PYdfuZGX-E82ylY89kzYPNzH_aem_R-H_5UvkATLvrKonx7W6lQ

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Another set from my reimagined series. this time this set is from a project I curated with my sisters on Styling and .eltigan as muse.
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Dreamflower represents the birth of an idea to start curating a special series of african stories through the medium of photography.
Shot in Zamia Studios 📍
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08/05/2025

Black Is: Critique & Connect is back on August 15 from 6–8 PM at Charm City Cultural Cultivation.

Whether you’re bringing your work for critique, offering your perspective to other artists, or just showing up to connect, this space is for you.

📅 Friday, August 15 | 6–8 PM
📍 3100 Greenmount Ave
🎟️ RSVP + artist submissions in bio

07/31/2025

Our open call is about to come to a close! The deadline to apply is tomorrow by 10:00PM EST. Any submissions received after the deadline will not be counted or considered. Thank you again to everyone who has applied so far! Responses to those that applied will be sent very soon.

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Black Is Magazine is now accepting submissions for our inaugural print issue, centered on the theme: Legacy and Continuity in Black Photographic Practice.

We are seeking thoughtful, visually compelling work that reflects how Black photographers preserve memory, document culture, and shape lineage through the photographic image.

We are currently accepting for two features:

📸The Everyday Archive Submit a photographic series (3–8 images) that meditates on the quiet power of everyday Black life. We’re interested in work that explores the poetics of routine, intimacy, and repetition as forms of cultural memory. The images must be 300dpi.

📝The First Time I Saw Myself in a Photo… Share a brief written reflection (150–200 words) on the first moment you felt seen in a photograph. What did the image reveal to you about self, history, or representation?

Selected works will be featured in our first-ever print issue.

Deadline: August 1st Submit to: [email protected] 
Open to Black photographers, image-makers, and artists at all stages of their practice.

Image in slide 1 by
 

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