The "Headquarters Project" as the Contemporary Museum is an art-activist project focused on the relationship between the prison-industrial complex, U.S. society, and issues in Baltimore. In addition to the ongoing exhibit at this Mt. Vernon-located hotspot, the museum hosts weekly events.

Wednesday, July 5, 7:30pm @ Contemporary Museum
Indymedia Writing Workshop

This workshop will focus on news reporting, feature writing, and interviewing techniques. Indymedia editors and writers offering this workshop have experience writing for Social Anarchism, the Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy, the City Paper and Z Magazine.

Thursday, July 6, 7pm @ Contemporary Museum

The Trailer, a conversation with campbaltimore
This discussion outlines the activities of the Mobile Unit trailer. The trailer project is an experiment in mobility and organizing. How does it work? Who is involved? How effectively does the instrument serve organizers and their efforts? How can a project of this kind be sustained?

Sunday, July 15, 4 - 6pm, begins and ends @ Contemporary Museum
Toxic Tour with Glenn Ross

Longtime community organizer Glenn Ross will lead a bus tour of Baltimore to visit some of the city’s most dangerous public health sites. Learn how redevelopment, demolition, and industrial sites negatively impact communities, and how these unhealthy conditions disproportionately affect poor and distressed areas. The tour will begin at 4pm at the Contemporary and will return at 6pm. $5 transportation charge per person. Call 410.783.5720 ext. 102 to reserve a seat.

LOCATION:
Contemporary Museum,
100 West Centre Street
(between Cathedral St. and Park Ave.)
Info: 410.783.5720 and www.contemporary.org

HEADQUARTERS: INVESTIGATING THE CREATION OF THE GHETTO AND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Exhibition Dates: Through August 27, 2006
Museum Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, Noon – 5 pm (May through July, open until 7 pm on Thursdays)

Description: Blurring the lines between art and activism, Headquarters participants intervene in Baltimore’s social and political fabric with projects that examine (and propose alternatives to) the relationship between the state, the ghetto, and the prison industrial complex.
Participants: Ayeen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Baltimore Free Store, campbaltimore, Critical Resistance, Emily Forman, Food Not Bombs, Ashley Hunt, Taller de Costura de Código Abierto, Red Emma’s Collective, UWA (United Workers Association), and others