Today is the final day for purchasing any of the custom orders for banners, bags or t-shirts. These one-of-a-kind pieces are only available on our website, so spend happy and spend lots!

All your purchases go towards supporting TreeBaltimore and future Tilt Studio Foundation initiatives.

The banners finally came down today! After an amazing and touching Saturday evening reception at the Maryland Institute College of Art we made our gracious exit from the banners of Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project to the TreeBaltimore’s campaign to plant trees. The banners came down last week and were placed from basement to sky in the Brown Center.

All photos were taken by Doug Retzler

The outside of the Brown Center getting prepped for the evenings festivities

We had installations from each of the events and have two wonderful speakers; Tom Stosur, Assistant Deputy Mayor and Wanda Durden, the new acting Director for Department of Recreation and Parks. We were presented with a beautiful plaque on behalf of the city written by our dear friends Anne Draddy, the Jones Falls Watershed Association and Emily Ellickson-Brown, the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Department of Recreation and Parks.

E. Rachael Baird, Wanda Durden, Jessica M. Pegorsch, Carolyn from Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, and Tom Stosur posing for a photo!

It was a night to remember. While a bit windy, the weather held and the light generously spilled out into the Leidy Atrium, covering the room with warmth… we were all amongst friends. Those who love Baltimore City, those who love the arts and those who truly want to make a difference in our world came from all over the country to be at our event. We are so honored to have been surrounded by such a great mix of people!

An overview of the Atrium

We are almost sold out of our banners! There are another 30 banners left, which is an incredible feat, but the rest are going fast! Visit the remaining banners online at our store and purchase all custom orders before July 7th! That is just one week from today!

So, you can see… it is almost the beginning. TreeBaltimore is taking root in Baltimore and is here to stay! SUPPORT THEM as much as you can (money, time, effort, spreading the word, etc.)

Click here and visit the rest of the photos online! See a sampling below.

Shopping in our Tilt Tent with some of the pre-made sample bags!

Mike Weikert’s daughter spinning in front of our PowerPoint. She is already a performance artist!

E. Rachael Baird & Jessica M. Pegorsch enjoying a moment during the speech.

A special thank you to:
-Baltimore City Mayor’s Office for the incredible opportunity to have this project and recognition for our efforts
-Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks for assisting with coordination from start to finish and helping to volunteer at the event
-Baltimore City Department of Transportation, Street Lighting Division for assisting us with the entire project and the exhibition put up and take down
-Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for ensuring that we had all of our t’s crossed and our i’s dotted
-Serigraphics for printing the banners and the t-shirts and pushing through the bag design with us to make this a success! Thank you for your endless hours!
-Designers, artists and K-12 students for their amazing talent and innate ability to be creative. Keep it up!
-Sponsors for helping to assist us with making this project possible.
-All of our volunteers that have helped at all of our events
-Our parents and team for their endless amount of effort and time put into making this project a success. We are forever grateful.

And a thank you for Saturday evening:
-Maryland Institute College of Art for lending us a space and assisting us with the exhibition put up and take down and event coordination
-Parkhurst Dining Services for the delicious food and alcohol serving
-AIGA Baltimore for sponsoring a table during the event and being such a great support at the end
-Lady G’s for local organic wine and beer
-Doug Retzler for photography coverage
-Scott Wilburn and Kris Vandevander for their amazing sound equipment and music

And the most special thank you of all: Thank you to our very own TreeBaltimore for having a message that we could get behind and help to support. We look forward to the results for years to come!

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Thank you to everyone for your participation! The top 6 selections are:

Jamie Barnett
Kate Cogswell
Kaitlin Pugh
Dani Stitz
Gina Flacone Skelton
Kevin Sprouls

Congratulations to our UFP Signature Designs! See their banners at Bloom! The Closing for Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project on Saturday, June 28th from 5-7pm. 250 people will receive a one-of-a-kind signature poster with the following 6 designs. First come, first serve!

Check out information online about the closing exhibition!

Yesterday was beautiful and HOT! With the Tour Dem Parks. Even amongst the trees, it was unbearable weather! For those that rode in the tour or came out to participate with Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project, THANK YOU!

During this event, Fastspot created a 156 ft long banner showcasing roughly 1500 leaves created by artists, community people and designers all over the globe. We pulled out 8 defined leaves that tell a story about the personalities and culture of greening. It was a spectacular installation because it really incorporated so many different people from so many walks of life.

Thank you to Fastspot for designing, developing and creating this wonderful masterpiece!

Here is the story of how it came to be:
In this iteration of the Project, Fastspot asked for the help of the community to make their banners. In order to foster community involvement, Fastspot created a Website where users were asked to contribute a portion of the banner by using online drawing tools to create a customized leaf. Through online submission, these leaves became part of larger banners designed by Fastspot and hung on the street lights all over the city.

View and interact with the program here: www.fastspot.com/client/urban_forest

As part of their involvement in the project, Fastspot was asked to contribute to the event in Carroll Park on June 8, 2008. Fastspot felt that the event reinforced the Project?’s message of sustainability and green-consciousness, while engaging the citizens who made their banners possible and showcasing the artwork itself. The event gave citizen leaf designers the opportunity to find their leaf amongst the over 1,500 individual submissions that made our project possible. These leaves were displayed on banners and markers throughout Carroll Park that invited attendees to “Find Your Leaf”, reinforcing the strong community involvement necessary in keeping our city clean and green.

The Fastspot banners are now available for sale as wall art or as bags at the closing exhibition. If you would like to purchase beforehand, feel free to contact us directly to buy: ufp@tiltstudioinc.com.

All photos were taken by Fastspot’s Stacy Spakowsky

Our friend Christine Neill is showing her love for nature with an expressive collection of work opening this Friday at Goya Contemporary. This show is an opportunity to see the original works of art from her banner series as well as to see her incredible perception of nature.

When: Reception is this Friday May 30, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Goya Contemporary 3000 Chestnut Ave Baltimore MD 21211 410.366.2001

Christine Neill collaborated with Designer Lew Fifield to produce a series of banners for the Urban Forest Project: bmore-ufp.org.This exhibit includes the original paintings they used as images for the banners that will hanging in four Baltimore City parks until June 27.

And it has started… the Gensler installation has taken over Patterson. Literally taking the meaning of tree canopy to a new level, Gensler has created an installation that has furthered the mission of Baltimore: Urban Forest Project. They have brung together 3 unique elements: Burlap (symbolizing the tree canopy), Stakes (symbolizing the shaft of a tree) and sod (symbolizing the root of a tree). The entire park has been transformed into a living, breathing exhibition. Rooted in the center of the park where the Saturday event will take place, there are “points” from each corner of the park that draw the community into the event space below the boat basin lake.

Thank you to the amazing volunteers who have been integral in the success of this installation.

The installation has already started taking shape, so feel free to go out and take a look. Make sure you come out this weekend and play! 12-4pm on Saturday, May 10th!

Check out the photos below for a sneak peak at the installation in progress!

Hi all–Danny here! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out in support on Saturday April 12th at Hopkins! It was a great, relaxed event. Check out some of the shots here below of our Create Change Tree and the crowd! Don’t forget to visit the events page to learn about all the events surround the Urban Forest Project. And since the weather has been great, its a perfect time to take a drive around the city and see what we’ve been up to!

Hi all you greener cleaner city lovers! Denise here to tell you we had our fundraising party for TreeBaltimore at AVAM Wednesday night (April 2nd) and it was amazing! We heard from these great speakers:

Tom Stosur, Assistant Deputy Mayor of Baltimore, who was impressed with the Urban Forest Project’s collaborative success and it’s relevance to the Mayor’s new Sustainability commission’s efforts
Mark Randall, the founder of the original Urban Forest Project in NYC shared his excitement at how we took his seed of an idea and grew it into a tree via our community stewardship approach
Myra Brosius the coordinator of Tree Baltimore (beneficiary of the Urban Forest Project) talked about our success raising awareness for their campaign
Maryland State Delegate Jon Cardin spoke about the value of our initiative and its relationship to Baltimore and Maryland leading the nation as a green state

A HUGE thank-you for the generosity of our sponsors whose donations made the evening wildly successful! Please click here to the “Plant Our City Green” party page to see all these amazing businesses and let them know how much you appreciate their support of this great initiative.

A great shot of the crowd and the digital banner display:

Click here to check out the photos of the event, taken by Emily Ellickson-Brown!

NEXT is “GROW” on April 12th!!! The Opening Exhibition for Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project takes place on the Johns Hopkins University Beach (corner of 33rd and N. Charles) from 12 - 6 pm! Please click here to learn more about this kick-off event!

Danny here!

I wanted to share that the banners are going up steadily all over the city! Right now you can see a selection of the banners along Mt. Royal Avenue near MICA’s Campus, and also up Charles Street near Johns Hopkins Campus and Wyman Park Dell. Here are a few images of the banners on Charles street! Enjoy! Do you want to get an exclusive look at all the banners, enjoy some great food & drink, and bid on some amazing silent auction items? RSVP TODAY for our April 2nd Gala at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Hello all! Danny here. So last night we hung the first banner and had a little banner preview reception. Despite the weather and traffic, we managed to kick off The Urban Forest Project! Check out these photos by Zoe Draddy of the event!

Diana Cohen’s Banner ready to go up!

A close-up!

Rachael leans out to secure the banner on the pole

DDGgreen’s banners at Skylofts

A few more banners on display upstairs

I would like to thank everyone who came out in support last night and who continue to support us in this endeavor! Want to get involved at our next event? RSVP today for our preview Gala on April 2nd!