Big money is on the line for six Baltimore-area artists ? $25,000, to be exact. The superior six beat 318 other artists all vying for the third Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize.

The finalists ? Becky Alprin, Melissa Dickenson, Dawn Gavin, Geoff Grace, Maren Hassinger and Molly Springfield ? will exhibit their works June 21 through August 2 at the Baltimore Museum of Art in conjunction with Artscape, the country?s largest public arts festival.

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