Photos: BaltiGurls' "BLK LUV" Show

Over the weekend, all black and brown girl art squad, BaltiGurls presented their first collective art show, "BLK LUV", at Penthouse in Baltimore. Accompanied by music from the collective's in-house DJ, Trillnatured, the show consisted of performance art, paintings, installations and collage work by members Briana Arrington, Suldano Abdiruhmanm, Jenne Afiya, Chanel C. Cruz, Ashley Chambers, N'Deye Diakhate, Donnisa Hinson, A. Isabel, Sophia Yeshi, Christianna Clark and Stephanie Alexandra Wallace.

According to BaltiGurl's frontwoman, Jenne Afiya, the show's goal was to pay homage to both Black History Month and Valentine's Day by celebrating the aesthetics of their love traditions and collective cultural identities. Here are photos of "BLK LUV" by the collective's photographer, Ashley Chambers:

Photos: BaltiGurls' Edge Control

This past Saturday, BaltiGurls, a Baltimore-based art collective of black and brown women, threw the first of their Edge Control party at EMP Collective in downtown Baltimore. The packed-out show, which was decorated with the collective's merch, projections of black hair commercials and wavy hair graphics had sets by Joy Postell & The Breedz, Trillnatured, Sneaks and DC's Kleonaptra. Below are photos from Edge Control by Branon Price and a few snagged from party-goers' Instagram posts.