The Painted Screen Society of Baltimore
The Painted Screen Society of Baltimore, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) educational organization whose mission is to preserve screen painting and rowhouse arts throughout Baltimore's neighborhoods.
The Society was founded in 1985 by folklorist Elaine Eff and screen painter Dee Herget (1935-2024.) At that time, dozens of artists were still active, but worked independently, unaware that each was a part of a community of traditional artists. Although everyone knew about the competition, few of the screen painters had ever met one another. In 1983 we began to gather and exchange ideas. Originally conceived as a guild for practicing screen painters, by popular demand, the Society became a membership organization of ardent supporters, neighbors and relocated Baltimoreans.
The Society acts as a clearinghouse for information and classes, hosts workshops, tours, artist residencies in schools and museums, demonstrations, exhibitions and community and custom outreach efforts. Our aim is to facilitate networking and communication--connecting artists to artists, customers to artists, and artists to resources -- to sustain the art form in Baltimore's rowhouse neighborhoods and beyond. By working together our goal is to encourage future generations of screen painters and aficionados.
The Society was founded in 1985 by folklorist Elaine Eff and screen painter Dee Herget (1935-2024.) At that time, dozens of artists were still active, but worked independently, unaware that each was a part of a community of traditional artists. Although everyone knew about the competition, few of the screen painters had ever met one another. In 1983 we began to gather and exchange ideas. Originally conceived as a guild for practicing screen painters, by popular demand, the Society became a membership organization of ardent supporters, neighbors and relocated Baltimoreans.
The Society acts as a clearinghouse for information and classes, hosts workshops, tours, artist residencies in schools and museums, demonstrations, exhibitions and community and custom outreach efforts. Our aim is to facilitate networking and communication--connecting artists to artists, customers to artists, and artists to resources -- to sustain the art form in Baltimore's rowhouse neighborhoods and beyond. By working together our goal is to encourage future generations of screen painters and aficionados.
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