Nōs•reme

Nosreme Baltimore is a community-rooted arts nonprofit connecting local and global creatives through art, cultural exchange, and artist residencies.

Based in Baltimore, celebrating resilience, creativity, and healing—one mural, meal, and memory at a time.

05/29/2026

Emerson wasn't writing grants — but he was writing about exactly what we're trying to do.

This week's quote stopped me because it's the whole reason public art exists. Most people don't actually see where they live. We're trying to change that in Baltimore.

Welcome to Founder Fridays. 🖤 (and let us know if we should keep this up👀)

What's one thing in your city you've never really looked at?

05/27/2026

For over 40 years, Artscape turned Baltimore into a living canvas. 🎨

More than a festival, it became a space where public art, music, performance, food, fashion, and community collided — transforming the city into one giant creative experience.

From iconic installations to unforgettable street energy, Artscape helped shape Baltimore’s cultural identity and showed what happens when art belongs to everyone.

05/25/2026

Meet Ariana - founder of Nosreme Baltimore.

An architect, artist, and cultural builder reimagining what creative opportunity can look like in Baltimore and beyond. Through public art, creative exchange, and community-centered projects, Nosreme is helping expand access for artists while creating work rooted in culture, connection, and impact.

Rooted in Baltimore. Connected to the world. 🌍

05/08/2026

Three years ago, just months after a shooting in Brooklyn, Nosreme partnered with to host a community crab feast and outdoor public gallery.

But this wasn’t just an event.

Our food and art pop-up series was designed to bring two things that naturally gather strangers — food and art — directly into neighborhoods across Baltimore.

We were asking:
Where should Nosreme’s future brick-and-mortar live?

We want to be rooted where artists can create real impact.

Seven Baltimore artists, curated by , transformed the space into an accessible outdoor gallery for the Brooklyn community.

When rain interrupted the event, we continued with a Part II exhibition at .

This was early Nosreme — building relationships, testing space, listening carefully.

04/30/2026

Baltimore ↔ Rotterdam.
Two artists. One exchange.

Nosreme Baltimore is introducing the artists behind our inaugural international residency — (Baltimore) and King (Rotterdam).

In 2026, Naomi comes to Baltimore for three months. In 2027, kolpeace travels to Rotterdam. Together, they’ll co-create public murals in both cities — work shaped by the communities they’re in, and built in conversation across the Atlantic.

This started with Walk On By — a sister City exchange connecting Black artists from Baltimore and Rotterdam, in partnership with the Sister City Committee and . That moment sparked something bigger.

Now we’re building the pipeline.

This isn’t just an exchange. It’s the beginning of a new model — one that connects Baltimore artists to global opportunity, and brings the world back here.

We’re closing the final gap to make this happen.

🔗 Learn more + become a founding supporter — link in bio.

04/17/2026

Did you know Baltimore is home to over 1,000 public art installations?

From sculptures at elementary schools to murals in Graffiti Alley, public art shapes how we experience this city every day. Here are five pieces we think everyone should know:

🌟 A Bird Flying North (1971) — Michio Ihara
A kinetic, wind-activated sculpture at Bay Brook Elementary, funded by Baltimore's percent-for-art program. Ihara, a Japanese-American sculptor, came to the U.S. in the late 1960s to build his career.

🌟 Foodplay (2021) — Reed Bmore, Nick Ireys + Eric Smith
A whimsical sculpture at Lexington Market celebrating the food inside — designed by Reed Bmore, aka "the Banksy of Baltimore."

🌟 Untitled / Penn Station Wind Screen (1984) — William Leizman
Sixty slabs of steel with unique designs cut into each edge, creating a rhythmic flow across the platform at Penn Station.

🌟 Trane (2018) — Ernest Shaw Jr.
A striking portrait in Graffiti Alley. Ernest's work reflects the lived experiences of Black/Africana people past, present, and future — many of his subjects are his own students.

🌟 Red Buoyant (1978) — Mary Ann E. Mears
An iconic Inner Harbor sculpture. Fun fact: Baltimore commissioned a copy to send to its sister city in Kawasaki, Japan.

Want to explore more? The Baltimore Public Art Inventory — built by and — has a full searchable database of murals, sculptures, mosaics, monuments, and more across the city. Link in their bio.

What Baltimore public art piece do you think we missed? Tag the artist or drop the location below.

PublicArtYouShouldKnow

04/15/2026

Nosreme joined a conversation with creative industry leaders from Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, and Uganda — part of the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program, hosted by the World Trade Center Institute.

We asked :
→ How does art drive economic growth in your community?
→ What models exist for international creative exchange in your country?
→ How do you connect emerging artists to global networks?

What we heard was both familiar and surprising. Some have government-backed exchange programs. Others are building from scratch through local embassies and grassroots networks. All of them are doing the same work Nosreme is doing — creating infrastructure for artists to access global creative networks.

We had translators in the room helping us communicate across languages. It was one of the most energizing conversations I've been part of. A reminder that the challenges we face in Baltimore aren't unique, and the solutions are being built all over the world.

Thank you to for making this happen. And to our guests:

🇩🇿 .farid.luthier — Farid Taleb, Algeria
🇨🇩 — Rhema Cedre, DRC
🇸🇿 — Sizo Hlophe, Eswatini
🇺🇬 — Patience Katushabe, Uganda

Building a global creative economy takes global conversations.

Which action do you think would help artists connect globally?

04/01/2026

We just received $1.1 million to build our global artist residency campus in Baltimore. 🥳🥳
..

April Fools. 🃏😜

But here's what's not a joke:

Black-led nonprofits receive less than 1% of philanthropic dollars. Artists in Baltimore are underpaid and overlooked. And the infrastructure to change that doesn't exist yet.
So we're building it anyway.

Since 2022, Nosreme Baltimore has activated public art across the city, launched a transatlantic exchange with Rotterdam, and secured our first major residency partnership — all on a shoestring budget.

The $1.1 M campus is the dream. The work is already happening.

Help us close the gap.

🔗 Donate. Share this. Tag a funder. Link in bio.
AprilFools BaltimoreCulture ArtsMatter

10/02/2025

Katherine Ella Wood gave a performance that carried us deep into the story of Henrietta Lacks. Through her voice and presence, she led us to the kitchen of Henrietta’s home and into the love story between Henrietta and her husband, weaving history into song with beauty and care.

Accompanied by Obasi Akoto, Danny Janklow, and Aidan Francia Cotter, Katherine created a sound that blended local and global artistry. Her voice carried through the room, filling the celebration with depth and connection.

Katherine even invited a Juilliard student in the making to join her on stage.

We are grateful to Katherine and to the Black Juilliard Alumni Association for making this connection possible. Performances like hers embody the mission of Nosreme Baltimore — connecting artists across backgrounds, celebrating Black legacies, and creating experiences that root global artistry in Baltimore’s communities.

09/30/2025

What made this night so special wasn’t just the music — it was where it happened. At Henderson Hopkins, inside an elementary school auditorium in Baltimore’s Middle East community, the celebration of Henrietta Lacks came to life in a way no one expected.

When lifted his trumpet, everything changed. Backed by a guitarist [ ] and drummer [ ], they turned the space into a jam session that pulled everyone in — even the janitors and security guards were dancing.

Brandon is no stranger to some of the biggest stages, yet on this night he brought that same artistry home to Baltimore. We were honored to have him lead the music for the mural celebration, helping us honor the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks in the city she called home. 🌟

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