Carroll Park blooms with digital leaves

Thousands of leaves, designed online by Baltimoreans in connection with the Urban Forest Project, will be scattered through Carroll Park noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The leaves and day’s activities and entertainment, including a performance from local band KB Drive, are meant to encourage people to experience the city’s park and artistic expression. Local vendors and organizations such as Chipotle, Charm City Craft Mafia, TreeBaltimore, Tilt Studio Foundation and Baltimore’s Recycle! will be at the park, where visitors can buy one-of-a-kind bags made from the hundreds of banners that were on display throughout the city and designed by the local art community.

Outdoor arts show

Featuring more than 80 artists, Westminster’s annual Art in the Park juried show returns today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The free event is located on Westminster City Hall’s grounds, between Longwell Avenue, Locust Street and Key Street. Food and beverages will be available for sale.

Know them back when

Work in various mediums from Maryland Institute College of Art’s recent graduates will be on display for sale noon to 4 p.m. today and Sunday. Contributing, accomplished artists were students of the Hoffberger School of Painting, Mount Royal School of Art, Graduate Photography and Digital Imaging Program, Rinehart School of Sculpture and the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program. The exhibit, located at 1300 Mount Royal in Baltimore, is free.

First Saturday in Frederick

Art lovers prepare for a mini-road trip.

Today plein air painters and interactive public arts projects will flood downtown Frederick’s streets for “First Saturday.”

Beginning at 3 p.m., ten area painters will descend on the streets to paint scenes within designated blocks on Market and Patrick Streets, and Everedy Square/Shab Row. At 7 p.m. all of the paintings will move to the Cultural Arts Center at 15 N. Market Street for an exhibit and sale from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

During the day, visitors can help assemble or deconstruct pieces to be included in a mosaic, paint a baseball for the Art’s A Ball! Public Art Project and contribute to the giant Community Puzzle next to La Paz. Lastly, local sculptor Sarah Hempel Irani will create a sculpture using a live model from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the corner of North Market and West Patrick.