What is "artscape"

Artscape may refer to:

• Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa
• Artscape Nordland, an international art project
• Artscape (festival), America's largest free arts festival, located in Baltimore, Maryland
• Artscape, a television program series on Australia's ABC TV

Artscape is an annual art festival held in the Mount Royal neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland in July. Since its first annual event in 1982, it has become the largest free arts festival in America. It has boasted acts such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Matisyahu in the past, attracting over 350,000 people from the city, and surrounding areas. Film programming during Artscape is provided by Maryland Film Festival. There are artists in a variety of visual and performing media. Events are free and open to the public.