In 2018, Marta Ali was one of the first 10 founder fellows at Baltimore Creative Acceleration Network (BCAN) which is a new city wide 10 year initiative that provides strategic + holistic entrepreneurship support for Baltimore creatives. Thank you BCAN For this feature article written by Carly Bales, who is an award-winning performance artist and cultural producer making experimental theatre, film, & performance art.
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Specializing in digital design and fabrication, Marta Ali uses her unique aesthetic approach to manufacture 3D building materials and experiment with innovation in the field of architecture and design. We met up with Marta in her workspace at Open Works, a makerspace and community hub in Baltimore's Greenmount West neighborhood.
Tell us about Marta Ali Studios. What is it and how did you come into it?
A design and fabrication company focused on innovation and experimentation. My background is in architecture and I am interesting in contributing to the field by finding and providing things that do not currently exist in the marketplace. When I was in school, I was exposed to approaching problems in experimental ways that were not the norm. When I got out, I realized often you didn't have the technology or equipment to actually implement those types of ideas or that, really, the field was much more traditional and very formal. I liked working with big architectural firms though. It gave me an opportunity to learn and understand how everything works together in design. I started to expand to construction management, which I really liked. And I thought, "Okay, now I can design, I can understand the management side of it, but something was missing -- innovation." I was lucky to start exploring maker spaces around 2015 and it really allowed me to find what I had been looking for. Read the full article here
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