Name: Inviting Light Starlight Stroll
Start: 2026-10-09T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-09T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 1707 Barclay St

One last Inviting Light event to celebrate the five installations continuing to shine bright in Station North!
About this Event

Join us for an evening stroll of the Inviting Light sites led by artist and Inviting Light curator Derrick Adams along with all of the Inviting Light site installation artists.

Derrick Adams and artists Ekene Ijeome, Phaan Hwong, Tony Shore, Zoë Charlton, and Wickerham & Lomax (Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax) will talk about their work and answer your questions as we take in all five of their art installations that are enriching the Station North Arts District. We'll stop along the way to toast the artists, their amazing installations, and YOU for bringing your light to Station North!

Stroll Schedule:

6:30 pm: Meet up at Harmony Park, 1707 Barclay Street

6:40 pm: Remarks and Q & A

Linzy Jackson III, Director of the Mayor's Office of Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (MOACE)
Derrick Adams and Ekene Ijeoma share remarks and take questions

7:00 pm: Depart for Charles Street

7:10 pm: Meet outside Tapas Teatro, 1711 N Charles Street, to view Big Ass Snake (Plant)s On a Plane across the street

Special toast and snacks
Derrick Adams and Phaan Howng share remarks and take questions

7:40 pm: Meet across the street from 1813 N Charles Street to view Aurora

Derrick Adams and Tony Shore share remarks and take questions
Laverne's, coming soon to the old Trip's space, will be open for a sneak peak

8:10 pm: Meet in front of McDonald's, 15 W North Avenue, to view Third Watch

Derrick Adams and Zoë Charlton share remarks and take questions

8:30 pm: Meet at Soft Gym at the Ynot Lot, 101 W North Avenue

Derrick Adams and Wickerham & Lomax share remarks and take questions

9:00 pm: Stroll ends. Post stroll gathering spot at Club Car, 14 W North Avenue

Feel free to join us for the entire stroll or meet us along the way.

This event is free and all are welcome but please do reserve a free ticket!

About Our Starlight Stroll Guide

Derrick Adams is the artistic director of Inviting Light and curator of the light-based site installations. His artwork spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, sound, and public activation and explores how identity and personal narrative intersect with American iconography, art history, urban culture, and Black experiences. Adams’s work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and shown in public spaces at the National Mall, Rockefeller Center, and Chicago’s Navy Pier. He is the founder of Charm City Cultural Cultivation, a non-profit organization that supports and encourages underserved communities in Baltimore through The Last Resort Artist Retreat, a residency program that subscribes to the concept of leisure as therapy for the Black creative; The Black Baltimore Digital Database, a collaborative counter-institutional space for collecting and safekeeping the data of local archival initiatives; and Zora’s Den, a community of Black women writers.

About Inviting Light

Inviting Light Baltimore is a public art initiative supported by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge that explores how light can transform urban spaces and strengthen community connections after dark. Through a series of artist-designed installations across the Station North Arts District, the project reimagines how lighting can promote safety, belonging, and joy. Since its February 2025 launch, Inviting Light has unveiled four other art installations:

Tony Shore’s
Zoë Charlton’s
Phaan Howng’s
Wickerham & Lomax’s
Ekene Ijeoma’s

About Inviting Light Project Partners & Sponsors

Inviting Light is facilitated by Central Baltimore Partnership (CBP) in partnership with the Neighborhood Design Center (NDC) and Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Arts, Culture &Entertainment (MOACE).

The project is made possible through funding and grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the National Endowment for the Arts, Baltimore Community Foundation, BGE, and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. Together, the partners and sponsors aim to activate public spaces, support artists, and strengthen neighborhoods through meaningful cultural investment.