![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e7518fca532fb81c851c84_Hero1.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e751920bee38ae972b0d11_Hero2.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e751956d94e2ff0dec7f0d_Hero3.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e751996c389a3894f29b72_Hero4.jpg)
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e7519d00b8e8db625b8bb1_Hero5.jpg)
A Flagship for the Arts
Creative Alliance
Creative Alliance
Two decades ago, we transformed the historic Patterson Theater into a performance and gallery space for the Creative Alliance, a community arts organization. We recently helped the Creative Alliance expand its educational programs with the Creativity Center, a new hub for hands-on art and culture experiences across the street from the Patterson.
The arts have been an important part of the redevelopment of Southeast Baltimore in terms of evolving as a really multicultural and diverse neighborhood.
![An interior photograph of an art museum.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e101334e06670444bc0b9f_PF1.jpg)
The Patterson Theater
The Patterson Theater, affectionately known as “the Patterson,” began life as a cinema in the 1930s. In 2003, it reopened as the Creative Alliance’s home base, offering a 200-seat theater, café, exhibition space, and live-work artist studios.
![An interior photograph of a group of people congregating around a table eating.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e102324052f54b3c43fa50_PF2.jpg)
The Creativity Center
The new Creativity Center provides art classrooms, a spring-floor dance studio, and a teaching kitchen. The new spaces have allowed the Creative Alliance to greatly expand the programs they offer and audiences they serve.
![An exterior photograph of a corner building.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/624e7e6d36c27d685c5365f6/65e10332afea466e2feae0ee_PF3.jpg)
Highlighting the Arts
Putting the arts on display, the Patterson and Creativity Center create a vibrant gateway into the Baltimore’s Arts and Entertainment District. Our contextual design visually connects the buildings to each other and their urban setting.