Tommy Whittington, who lives in Westlake Village, Calif., returned to his old East Baltimore neighborhood and haunts last week. The former screen painter and retired hotel executive was in town to ...

The tried-and-true pitch for painted screens applies as well to Jenny Campbell’s creations. That’s a good thing, because she has turned the Baltimore tradition into wearable art. For a gala a few ...

An east Baltimore tradition that dates back a century is getting a fresh coat of paint.This summer, painted screens are again going up across Highlandtown, but these screens are getting a bit of an ...

BALTIMORE -- Screen painting in East Baltimore won't die, not on Elaine Eff's watch. Eff, a folklorist, has been on a crusade for 30 years to preserve the kitschy art -- landscapes painted on rowhouse ...

Baltimore is known for its row houses — modest brick buildings lining sidewalks so narrow, you can see right through the front windows into people’s homes. To add privacy, window screens were ...

FANCY home projection systems are a great way to watch a movie, but unless you’ve got a screen to show your flicks on, you probably aren’t getting very far. And while you could go for the usual ...

For some 200 years, Korean kings broadcast their heavenly mandate by sitting before a painted screen showing five mountains flanked by a red sun and a white moon. But King Jeongjo, who reigned from ...

When the Utah Museum of Fine Arts acquired a major work by Japanese American artist Chiura Obata, curators knew they were getting something rare. What they didn’t know, until restoration efforts ...

In general, we associate a variety of activities in our lives with seasons. In the spring, it is usually housecleaning. In summer, vacations are often planned. During my recent cleaning, I found ...

A painted four-panel folding screen that stands 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide is a touchstone for “Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800,” a gorgeous new installation ...