The Creative Nomads

Some names should never be forgotten.

Some stories deserve more than a page in a history book.

Through **Cosmic Roots: Illuminating Our Legends**, Creative Nomads and WNADA are transforming a vacant home into a vibrant public art installation honoring eight extraordinary Baltimore icons whose lives continue to shape our city and inspire future generations.

✨ Cab Calloway
✨ Eubie Blake
✨ Lillie May Carroll Jackson
✨ Mother Mary Lange
✨ Pauli Murray
✨ Verda Welcome
✨ Reginald F. Lewis
✨ Walter P. Carter

Created through the hands of talented local artists and community members, these portraits celebrate leadership, creativity, advocacy, service, and the enduring spirit of Baltimore.

Now, we invite you to celebrate with us. - DM US FOR THE RSVP LINK -

🎉 **Cosmic Roots: Illuminating Our Legends Community Celebration**

📅 **Wednesday, July 1**
🕕 **6:00 PM – 9:00 PM**
📍 **WNADA Headquarters**

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Join us for an evening of art, artist talkbacks, community, music, and reflection as we unveil this collective tribute to the people whose roots continue to nourish our city.

Because honoring our history isn't just about remembering where we've been, it's about illuminating the path forward.

Happy Father's Day, Dads!

At Creative Nomads, we know that some of life's most important moments don't happen in grand gestures; they happen in the everyday conversations, shared experiences, laughter, lessons, and memories that shape relationships over time.

That's why we created Drumming With Dad. We need YOU to help us keep the program going with a donation today, with the link in our bio.

For years, Drumming With Dad has brought fathers, other male caregivers, and their children together through African drumming, culture, movement, community, and outdoor experiences. What begins with rhythm becomes something much bigger: stronger connections, increased confidence, shared traditions, and meaningful time together.

Since launching the program, more than 250 fathers and children have participated in this unique experience, culminating in Camp Dad, where families continue building memories beyond the summer months.

Today, as we celebrate fathers and father-figures everywhere, we're also asking for your support.

Programs that celebrate and invest in positive male engagement, Black fatherhood, and family connection matter. Your gift helps us provide free programming, transportation assistance, supplies, meals, cultural experiences, and Camp Dad opportunities for participating families.

💛 Help us keep the rhythm going.
🥁 Help us bring more dads and kids together.
🌳 Help us create another unforgettable summer.

Donate $25 today using the link in our bio or QR code in the graphics.

Community-centered arts organizations like Creative Nomads don't exist because people like our work. We exist because people choose to support it.

This Juneteenth, let's move beyond admiration and into action.

Freedom is not just something we commemorate. It is something we build.

Every mural painted, every artist hired, every young person introduced to creative expression, every family gathered around a shared experience contributes to a stronger, more connected community.

The creative economy matters.

Artists are entrepreneurs. They are educators. They are taxpayers. They are homeowners. They are community builders.

When we invest in Black artists and Black-led organizations, we invest in neighborhoods, local economies, cultural preservation, and opportunities for future generations.

So today, as we celebrate Juneteenth, we invite you to think about how you support the things you value.

If Creative Nomads has inspired you, taught you, connected you, or brought beauty into your community, consider taking the next step:

Donate.
Share our work.
Attend a program.
Invite a friend.
Wear the merch.
Spread the word.

The future of Black arts and culture depends not only on creativity, but on community investment.

Something extraordinary is taking shape on West North Avenue.

Join Creative Nomads and WNADA for Cosmic Roots: Illuminating Our Legends, a community-powered public art project celebrating the Black Baltimore icons, visionaries, artists, advocates, and changemakers whose legacies continue to shape our city.

On Monday we're opening the doors to the studio and inviting the community to become part of the process.

✨ Open Studio
📅 June 15
🕐 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Meet the artists, explore works in progress, learn about the legends being honored, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how these large-scale portraits are being created.

🎨 Community Paint Day
📅 June 17
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

🎨 Community Paint Day
📅 June 22
🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

No artistic experience needed. Artists will guide participants through the process as we collectively help bring these portraits to life.

📍 Carolyn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center
800 Poplar Grove, Baltimore

Every brushstroke helps illuminate a story. Every participant becomes part of the legacy.

What if summer wasn’t just a season Comrades, but a shift? A shift toward connection. Toward creativity. Toward showing up for each other in ways that feel intentional and real. Through art, we’re creating opportunities for families to bond, for artists to lead, and for communities to come together in spaces that feel welcoming and alive.

This is the work. And summer is when it shines.

Be part of it.

🚨 We’re LIVE at Artscape! 🎨☀️

If you’re out at Artscape today, come find us in Kidscape for a Community Paint experience where YOU get to help bring the artwork to life.

Kids, families, Comrades, creatives, curious folks who just like to touch paint 👀—this is for you.

Come add your color, leave your mark, and be part of something made by community.

Huge love to APG Federal Credit Union + Create Baltimore for helping make this happen 💛

📍 Kidscape at Artscape
📅 TODAY
🎨 Pull up + paint with us

See you outside.

Creativity doesn’t fade, it evolves Comrades.

Through painting and shared creative practice, elders continue to explore, express, and connect.

Join us:
📍 The Intergenerational Center
📅 2nd + 4th Thursdays in May + June
⏰ 11AM - 12PM

Pull up and create with us.