Anna's Painted Screens

10/04/2026

"Baltimore's Silver Screens" painting on a mid-century metal window screen commemorates nine of Baltimore's popular historic theaters. See it and more painted screens and local artwork at Manor Mill's Beauty of Baltimore Exhibit Oct 10 - Nov 15.
https://www.manor-mill.com/.../beauty-of-baltimore-2026
Each theater has it's own amazing story:
1. The Patterson. Opened in 1910 at 3136 Eastern Avenue.
2. The Senator. Art Deco movie palace opened on October 5, 1939.
3. Mayfair. Originally opened as the "Auditorium" in 1904, re-named the Mayfair in 1941. The property has a unique history of unexpected transformations. https://www.mdhistory.org/then-and-now-the-mayfair.../
4. Hippodrome. built in 1914 at 12 N. Eutaw Street still stands, renovated in its original glory.
5. Ambassador opened in 1935.
6. Royal Theatre, 1329 Pennsylvania Avenue opened in 1922 as the Douglass Theatre.
7. Grand Theatre, opened in 1913 at 511 South Conkling Street, demolished 2004.
8. The Palace (originally the Empire Theater (1911), later the Palace, Town (1947), then Everyman (2012.) The Beaux-Arts style built in 1911 had a long and varied history, starting life with burlesque and vaudeville acts.
9. The Charles, The building operated as a streetcar barn 1892 to 1939. The theater opened as the Times Theatre in 1939 and was renamed the Charles 1958-9.

10/04/2026

KITSCHY fun gifts made in Baltimore.
"Now you see 'em; Now you don't."
Miniature "see-thru" painted screen ornaments magically disappear right before your eyes, just like when you look out a real historic rowhouse painted window screen.

Buy ornamants exclusively at the MCHC Museum Store for the holidays.
Chose from many hand-painted designs and doors with translucent stained glass transoms. Flip up the removable black backing to "see thru" disappearing paintings.
Each window and door is approximately 4 inches high.
https://www.mdhistory.org/

09/02/2026

Beauty of Baltimore EXHIBIT
Oct 10 - Nov 15
Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton MD

Featured artists include local artists like Crystal Moll, Robert McClintock and Baltimore screen painters

Gallery Hours: Wed - Sun, 12-6 pm

Celebrating the beauty of both Baltimore City & County at Manor Mill Gallery

05/19/2026

A few screens for 2026...

03/21/2026

Spring fever at Oriole Park...

03/21/2026

Painted Screens are happening both around town and across the country in Colorado.

Visit the Painted Screens of Baltimore exhibit at the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
mdhistory.org/exhibitions/painted-screens-of-baltimore

"Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard" exhibition runs now through July 25 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.
fac.coloradocollege.edu/exhibits/where-i-learned-to-look-art-from-the-yard

Learn more at paintedscreens.org/calendar

A sampling of the Painted Screen Society collection is on view now on the first and second floors of the lobby atrium.

03/16/2026

"Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard"
March 6, 2026 - July 25, 2026
Window screens painted by several artists are on exhibit at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. Thank you Paul Dorr and Michael Seipp for making this exhibit possible.
https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/exhibits/where-i-learned-to-look-art-from-the-yard/

12/24/2025

Santa Claus is coming to town!

12/24/2025

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas Baltimore!