Ashley Minner Jones: The place today known as Baltimore

September 10 – October 17, 2026
Thursdays 10 am – 5 pm, Fridays 10 am – 2 pm, Saturdays 10 am -1 pm

Join Ashley Minner Jones, BMA Lexington Market’s Artist in Residence, for storytelling, archival research, and art making—with the Market itself as a collaborator. Drawing on Lexington Market’s history and physical space, we’ll experiment with alternative photographic processes such as salt paper printing (one of the oldest-known photo processes), anthotypes (printing with plant pigments and the sun), and cyanotypes (the original “blueprints”). Learn two artist book forms to make your own sketchbook, journal, or visual story about the past, present, and future of Baltimore—and our place in it.

On Thursdays beginning September 24 between 2 and 3 p.m., meet Ashley for a story circle to share about life in Baltimore.

Location
BMA Lexington Market is located in the Upper Market near the Baltimore Room at 112 N. Eutaw Street.

About Ashley Minner Jones
Ashley Minner Jones is a community-based visual artist and folklorist from Baltimore. Her interdisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in place—usually within the context of the U.S. South—and is focused on honoring and celebrating everyday people by lifting up their stories. Her artwork has been exhibited widely and is represented in several prominent collections. Her research is being archived as “the Ashley Minner Collection” in the Albin O. Kuhn Library of the University of Maryland Baltimore County. A monograph on one of her recent projects, a reconstruction of East Baltimore’s historic American Indian “reservation,” is forthcoming. Jones earned an MFA in community arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an enrolled citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Offerings & Events

Week 1 Offerings
Thursday, September 10, 5–8 p.m.: Salt of the Earth
September 11–12: Drop-in salt paper printing and paste paper making

Week 2 Offerings
September 17–19: Drop-in anthotype printing, rubbings, and story circle about life in Baltimore

Week 3 Offerings
September 24–26: Drop-in cyanotype printing, rubbings, and story circle about life in Baltimore
Thursday, September 24, 2–3 p.m.: Story circle

Week 4 Offerings
October 1-3: Drop-in cyanotype and salt paper printing
Thursday, October 1, 2-3 p.m.: Story circle

Week 5 Offerings
October 8–10: Drop-in alternative photo-printing processes
Thursday, October 8, 2–3 p.m.: Story circle
Saturday, October 10, 12–3 p.m., Artist Book Workshop: The Pamphlet Stitch

Week 6 Offerings
October 15–17: Drop-in alternative photo-printing processes
Thursday, October 15, 2–3 p.m.: Story circle
Saturday, October 17, 12–3 p.m., Artist Book Workshop: The Accordion Fold

About the BMA Lexington Market Artist-in-Residence Program
The Baltimore Museum of Art at Lexington Market (BMA LM) Artist-in-Residence Program places six artists within one of Baltimore’s most historically layered public spaces. The program invites artists to serve as both practitioners and public-facing cultural hosts, contributing to an evolving conversation around art, community, and the role of institutions and public spaces in Baltimore City.