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Creative Minds

Baltimore ’ s creative spirit has nurtured nonprofits , museums and schools to celebrate arts and culture throughout the city .

$ 606 million

total economic activity generated by the Baltimore nonprofit arts and culture industry

# 3

Baltimore ’ s rank in Porch ’ s list of best cities for young families

350,000 +

visitors attend Artscape , the country ’ s largest free arts festival , each July

$ 400,000

in grant money awarded to the Creative Alliance by the National Endowment for the Humanities , in order to construct a new Creativity Center

# 3

( and # 4 )
BY THE NUMBERS

9 SOLO exhibitions

of works by female-identifying artists to be shown this year at the Baltimore Museum of Art

$ 510,000

awarded to the Maryland Institute College of Art ( MICA ) by ArtPlace America to support creative placemaking
- rank , respectively , of the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum in a reader-voted list of best free museums in the country on USA Today ’ s 10Best . com

3,500 students

enrolled at MICA , from 49 states and 52 countries
Baltimore Museum of Art
JASON VARNEY
6 BALTIMORE . ORG