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Work in a variety of media View artworks created by local youth selected as 2026’s Bettie Award Winners, who will be announced on Facebook on February 7. Join us at ...

Works in a variety of media A showcase of the talents of those who teach at The Delaplaine Arts Center, including painters, metalsmiths, photographers, sculptors, and more.

Works in a variety of media This annual juried exhibition highlights young adult artists at the outset of their creative endeavors. Visit Emerging Perspectives Exhibition page for more information. ABOUT THE JUROR: Steven Pearson is the Joan Develin Coley Chair in Creative Expression and the Arts and Professor of Studio Art at McDaniel College in Westminster, ...

Paintings A collection of contemporary mixed media portraits of individuals from the worlds of entertainment, sports, politics, philanthropy, and service who have made a mark on modern American history. They are not all American citizens or commonly perceived as heroes, but they have all made a tremendous impact and re-defined our understanding of their work ...

Acrylic paint and mixed media with embroidery Drawing from her collection of vintage and heirloom textiles, Wunder's paintings include embroidery, fabric, and pattern tissue, which she says are more than embellishment, they are a means of preserving not just beauty but belonging.

Watercolor paintings This watercolor series of couples’ portraits began in 2017, continued through the COVID pandemic, and concluded in 2025 after 86 paintings were completed.

Paintings We often overlook ordinary wonders in nature—quiet reminders that grace and beauty persist in familiar places. Invitation takes its title from the poem by Mary Oliver, echoing its gentle call to pay attention. At its heart, this show turns our gaze toward process and presence and is an invitation to slow down, reconnect, and ...

Works in a variety of media The Delaplaine’s annual juried show features works by artists from around the region and the nation. CALL FOR ENTRIES: Artists throughout the nation are invited to enter the 2025 National Juried Exhibition. All media are eligible, including, but not limited to, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture. ...

Work in a variety of media For our nation’s semiquincentennial, we invited artists to create work reflecting on their personal experiences as Americans as well as how they engage with ...

Photography These works offer nighttime views in settings around the world, from Vietnam to Bangladesh. The world is different after dark: different light, different skies and cityscapes, different people. This is especially true for photographers, for whom the technical challenges of shooting at night are rewarded by the opportunity to explore a different world.

Works in a variety of media A signature of the Delaplaine’s Creative Aging Month, this annual exhibition celebrates local artists over age 70 and showcases a wide range of styles, ...

Oil paintings This exhibition showcases landscape paintings from a variety of perspectives, locations, and themes both natural and man-made.

Paintings This exhibition by is an exploration of peace within chaos. Humans make sense of the world through finding patterns in their surroundings. This search for repetition and self-similarity not ...

Mixed media A collection of recent work by Montreal artist James Gardner, this exhibition continues his task of reinterpreting religious imagery through the lens of Western esotericism. Looking to the ...

Works in a variety of media In this unique exhibition, artists were invited to submit proposals focusing on the topic of mental health and mental health risk by utilizing premade ...

Linoleum prints Cutting these images of the historic farmland of Antietam National Battlefield is the artist’s way of cultivating a fertile line of remembrance to forge a memory of place. ...

Ceramic sculptures The work in this exhibition is a reflection on the natural world as an ever-changing playground for the mind to wander and escape from the inevitability of chaos ...

Watercolor paintings These paintings focus on the Provence region of France and highlight key elements of the natural landscape through evocative imagery.

Photography Part of FOCUS: A Celebration of Photography, the NJPE takes place every other year in November. The exhibition features selected photographs by regional and national artists. CALL FOR ENTRIES: ...

Photography Seaver’s photography uses ice and its properties as a filter through which to photograph. The result is the refraction of light, which distorts and abstracts the world seen through ...

Photography The Dirty Window is a phantasmagoric cycle of photography that aligns with the four stages of sleep. Casamassima uses photography to explore how repetition reveals difference and where latent ...

Photography Elsewhere exists between places, neither here nor there. The work in Stiver’s exhibition explores themes of human connection and disconnect and feelings of belonging and misplacement, shrouded in a ...

Fiber This exhibition features members of the Clustered Spires Quilt Guild who have made work from two themed challenges: create a quilt that illustrates your favorite song and one that ...

Work in photo collage and soft pastel The work in this exhibition is a reflection of hope for reconciliation of the cultural divides affecting us in politics, class, religion, gender, ...

Mixed media This series of intimate portraits were created on the pages of discarded books using pencil, watercolor, and acrylic. They focus on fleeting expressions, gestures, and moments of recognition. ...

Watercolor With a wide range of subject matter and techniques, the work in this exhibition comes from Signature Members of The Baltimore Watercolor Society, one of America’s oldest watercolor societies. ...