About | Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance

The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance advances equity and opportunity in, through, and for arts and culture across the Greater Baltimore region. Through advocacy, professional resources, artist support, and community partnerships, GBCA works to strengthen a vibrant and connected cultural ecosystem.

Mission and Vision

Values

Our history

Cultural Equity Statement

Staff

Board of Directors

Supporters

Mission

GBCA is a nonprofit organization advancing equity and opportunity in, through, and for arts and culture in Greater Baltimore region.

Vision

Artists, and arts, cultural and humanities organizations are valued:

▪ as essential contributors to the social fabric and human spirit of Baltimore;
▪ for their contributions to equitable education, economy, and opportunity;
▪ as problem-solving partners to government and business; and
▪ for both their inherent worth and their power to create change.

Equity, inclusion, access, and justice can be advanced in, and through, arts and culture. The sector is stronger together and can take collective action. The dignity of a broad, complex spectrum of human creative expression must be recognized and respected. The history, evolution, resilience, and aesthetics of Baltimore provide a context for and inform the allocation of GBCA’s resources.

Artists and arts, cultural, and humanities organizations are valued as :

Essential to Baltimore’s social fabric and human spirit;
For their contributions to equitable education, the economy, and opportunity;
Problem-solving partners to government and business;
For both their intrinsic value and their power to drive change.

The vision to form GBCA emerged from a series of conversations between 1998 and 2001 among cultural organizations, artists, and supporters about the need for a unified and collective voice for the sector. Incorporated in December 2001, founder Nancy Haragan acted as executive director of GBCA until December 2009. J. Buck Jabaily succeeded Nancy and served as Executive Director until December 2012, when GBCA hired Jeannie L. Howe who leads the organization today.

1998

The vision for forming GBCA emerged from a series of conversations held between 1998 and 2001 among cultural organizations, artists, and supporters, all recognizing the need for a unified voice for the sector.

2001

The vision for forming GBCA emerged from a series of conversations held between 1998 and 2001 among cultural organizations, artists, and supporters, all recognizing the need for a unified voice for the sector.

Since its launch, GBCA has acted as both a catalyst and an incubator for significant programs and initiatives. The organization promotes the cultural community and helps build awareness and audiences through resources such as the Culture Fly event calendar, weekly discount and free ticket promotions, JobsPlus, and its weekly community newsletter.

2003

GBCA has sponsored and co-sponsored symposia and the biannual Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting, and has led numerous community convenings. It has coordinated sector-wide participation in major citywide festivals—including VIVAT! (2003), Tour de Clay (2005), Free Fall Baltimore (2006–present), and The Maps Festival (2008)—and has completed several important sector-wide studies, such as the Collaborative Arts Marketing Study.

2007

From 2007 to 2011, GBCA served as the licensee for the Maryland Cultural Data Project, making Maryland the first state outside Pennsylvania to adopt what is now a nationally recognized tool for organizations and funders. GBCA also hosted RadarRedux.com (2008–2011) and undertook a local Wealth Analysis study (2007).

Since 2008, GBCA has managed the website and awards program for the Baker Artists Awards on behalf of the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund. This innovative platform has attracted thousands of viewers worldwide and awarded more than $1 million to area artists.

Since its launch, GBCA has served as both a catalyst and an incubator for important programs and initiatives. GBCA promotes the cultural community helps build awareness and audiences with the Culture Fly event calendar, weekly discount and free ticket event promotion, JobsPlus, and its weekly community newsletter.

GBCA has sponsored and co-sponsored symposia and the bi-annual Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting, and led a number of community convenings. GBCA has helped coordinate sector-wide participation in ambitious citywide festivals, such as VIVAT! (2003), Tour de Clay (2005), Free Fall Baltimore (2006-present), and The Maps Festival (2008), and completed several important sector-wide studies, including a Collaborative Arts Marketing Study. GBCA served as licensee for the Maryland Cultural Data Project (2007-2011) making Maryland the first state outside Pennsylvania to adopt CDP which is now a nationally-recognized tool for organization and funders. GBCA also hosted RadarRedux.com (2008-2011) and undertook a local Wealth Analysis study (2007).

Since 2008 GBCA has managed the website and awards associated with the Baker Artists Awards on behalf of the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund. This innovative site has attracted thousands of viewers from around the world and awarded over $1million to area artists. For more on current GBCA programs, click here.

The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance is committed to fairness and to honoring the contributions of people from all backgrounds.

Cultural equity, for us, means upholding values, policies, and practices that ensure all people—including those historically underrepresented by race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, or religion—are fully included in shaping arts and culture.

This includes equitable support for artists, accessible and vibrant spaces for expression, and fair distribution of programmatic, financial, and informational resources.

Jeannie L. Howe

Executive Director

Jeannie L. Howe
Executive Director
jhowe@baltimoreculture.org

Jeannie L. Howe is the Executive Director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA), a regional, membership organization that was organized by artists and cultural organizations to unify, nurture and promote the cultural sector in Baltimore and its five surrounding counties. Under her leadership, since January 2012 GBCA has transformed and expanded its services to the cultural community, including: new professional development initiatives for artists and emerging arts management leaders of color; re-launched audience development strategies; supported artists with awards and grants; and advocated for the health, visibility, and financial strength of the sector. Membership during this time has increased from 80 to nearly 500 artists and organizations.

Prior to joining GBCA, Howe was founder and president of BayCliff Associates, and provided management and fundraising consultation for nonprofit clients, including Everyman Theatre in Baltimore for whom she led a successful $17.7 million capital campaign. Her career has included leadership positions with a range of nonprofit organizations including the Alley Theatre, Baltimore Reads, and The Marrow Foundation (now Be the Match Foundation). Howe has held many volunteer positions including her current service on the Baltimore Orchard Project and Callaway Garrison Improvement Association Boards of Directors. Howe received a M.A. in Theatre from Miami University of Ohio and a B.A. in Theatre from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In 2014, the Daily Record recognized her as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women.

Alix Fenhagen

Baker Artist Portfolios Manager

Alix Fenhagen
Baker Artist Portfolios Manager
afenhagen@baltimoreculture.org

With a background in arts management, marketing, development, and theatre practice, Alix has consciously combined her passion and creative thinking as an artist with a strategic and collaborative approach to promoting and sustaining artistic endeavors. Alix has worked as a digital marketing and PR strategist and consultant in the arts, helping artists and organizations promote their work to reach and grow audiences. In addition to her work as an arts administrator, Alix is a multifaceted theatre artist, who has had the privilege to work with many of Baltimore’s wonderful theatre companies and artists. Alix believes that arts and culture are deeply woven into the fabric of any community and that artists are integral to continually shaping and enhancing the creative landscape of Baltimore. She holds an M.A.A.A from Goucher College where she wrote extensively about how active artistic practice enhances adaptive leadership on both a psychological and neurological level. She also holds a B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern University.

Rhea Beckett

External Communications Associate

Rhea Beckett
External Communications Associate
rbeckett@baltimoreculture.org

Rhea Beckett is an artist, independent curator, and founder of Black Artist Research Space, a platform dedicated to fostering collaboration among artists and exploring the intersections of creative practice and historical resistance. A graduate of Fisk University, where she performed as a soprano with the renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers, Beckett honed her passion for cultural preservation through on-stage performances with the ensemble and fellowships in paper conservation and archival research through The Carl Van Vechten Gallery and John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.

Beckett has held roles with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where she co-organized community-focused events, and the Howard University Gallery of Art, where she managed a permanent collection of over 10,000 artworks and cultural objects. She has also served as a Grants and Legislative Affairs Specialist with the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Rhea Beckett earned her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2016 and joined the faculty in 2022. Rhea is also a professor of African American Art history at Trinity Washington University and enjoys creating music in her free time.

Executive Committee

Randi Benesch

President

Randi Benesch
President, Nonprofit Consultant, Benesch Consulting

Carla Du Pree

Vice President Executive Director

Carla Du Pree
Vice President Executive Director, CityLit Project

Jonathan Schwartz

Treasurer

Jonathan Schwartz
Treasurer Special Assistant for Projects, Office of the Baltimore County Executive

Kevin Apperson

Immediate Past President

Kevin Apperson
Immediate Past President, Chief Information Officer, Amergis

Stacie Sanders Evans

Governance Chair

Stacie Sanders Evans
Governance Chair President & CEO, Arts for Learning

Charisse Nichols

Executive Committee

Charisse Nichols
Executive Committee, Director of Storytelling and Content, Baltimore Public Markets Corporation

Board of Directors

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