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MWHC Featured Artist

Artist Rowan Bathurst, seated in front of multiple art works. Wearing white jeans and head resting on hands

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Anne Calamuci

“Ageless Creativity is a photographic celebration of creative women, aged 55 and over. I showcase how vibrant, creative and full of life women are in the latter chapters of their lives.” Anne’s exhibit opens with a free reception on Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2 PM – 4:00 PM (Artist talk at 3:00 PM) at MWHC, 333 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Read/see more.

Photographer Anne Calamuci focuses on +55 women in AGELESS CREATIVITY

(February 6, 2025) "I turned 60 and became keenly aware of the negative, off-the cuff comments about women at that age on television, in movies and during talk show interviews. There’s some kind of mystique that once we turn a certain age that we have nothing left to...

We owe it to our foremothers to use our voice, programs and advocacy to fight for equality

(February 1, 2025) Since inauguration day 2025, reports have emerged about massive proposed and actual funding cuts to services for vulnerable people; public slurs against people with disabilities; and cancellations of programs and observance days that honor women,...

See the future and nominate a promising student for the Maryland Young Women Leadership Award

(January 23, 2025) From the Maryland Commission for Women: Do you know a young woman between the ages of 11 and 20 who has taken a leadership role to advance the rights of women and girls? Maybe she has advocated for menstrual hygiene products in school or helped...