2023 Municipal Art Society of Baltimore Travel Prize Recipient
The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore announces Jill Orlov as recipients of the 2023 Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize. Jill receives $7,000. The prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford. Jill was selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The eighth annual Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize is managed by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and sponsored by the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City.
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Jill Orlov
Jill Orlov has begun re-curating a Walters Art Museum gallery in miniature, replacing the masterpieces with artworks by incarcerated artists. She will research additional gallery or library spaces in other cities of the City Beautiful Movement. Her proposed travel includes the Field Museum in Chicago; the Public Library in Boston; the Grand Parkway in Philadelphia; Union Station in Washington DC; and the Parks & Boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri.