Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS

The Delaplaine offers five main galleries on two floors showcasing local, regional, and national artists. In addition, the Community Art Gallery features artworks from local schools and nonprofit organizations, and the Community Outreach Gallery primarily features artwork created through our Community Outreach program partnerships. Galleries are open daily and admission is free.

The Delaplaine also operates three satellite galleries in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries.

Art Matters Artist Talks

Join us on most First Saturdays for artist talks from new exhibiting artists, 2-3 pm.

Meet the Artists

Join us on most First Saturdays for new exhibition openings and to meet the artists, 3–5 pm.

Past Exhibitions

View links to our Flickr albums of past exhibitions.

JULY 20–SEPTEMBER 1

Over 70 Show

Works in a variety of media

A signature of the Delaplaine’s Creative Aging Month, this annual exhibition celebrates artists over age 70 and showcases a wide range of styles, techniques, and interests.

 

JULY 6–SEPTEMBER 1

Joh Ricci

Eclectic Expressions

Mixed media

Fireglow

This exhibition brings together Ricci’s passion for fiber art, an exploration in painting,and the combination of both mediums. Colors, shapes, textures, and subject matter allow endless possibilities to create her original artwork.

 

JULY 6–SEPTEMBER 1

Mary Scire

The Lost Threads

Paintings

Lost Threads Scripts 1-11

This series is a collection of abstract paintings based on lost writing systems, or scripts, from antiquity. These lost scripts have provided a jumping-off point in beginning each of these abstract paintings. Their unique forms, although simple in nature, come together to create complex paintings reflecting the collective diversity of these lost scripts. The cultures represented in the various scripts range in dates from 6,000 to 400 BCE, with two undated.

 

July

Frederick County Home Instruction, featuring art created by local homeschooled students

 

July–August

M&T Senior Scholarship in the Arts Show, featuring Delaplaine art students over age 65

 

SEPTEMBER 7–OCTOBER 27

Contemporary Innovations:  Rose Jaffe

Harmonious Bloom

Works in a variety of media

Centered Together

This exhibition showcases a new collection of prints, paintings, and sculptures that explore the interplay between human relationships, femininity, and the natural world.Through vibrant colors and overlapping figures and forms, Jaffe invites viewers to contemplate the beauty of transformation.

 

SEPTEMBER 7–OCTOBER 27

Studio Art Quilters Associates; Delaware, DC, Maryland, & West Virginia Region

Simple Lines

Fiber

Andrea Finch, Womb of the Nation

Living in or near a center of power such as Washington, DC, can affect a person’s viewof the world. Every day seems to be filled with activity on multiple levels, weaving a complex structure of society that can be a challenge to understand and navigate. Using fiber art, the artists express Washington, DC, and the surrounding area in a simplified form.

 

SEPTEMBER 7–OCTOBER 27

Jim Roberts

Under the Influence

Mixed media sculptures

Each and Every Town, USA

These installations are a commentary on the gun culture in our country and the varioussystems that fuel it, particularly the NRA. They are a response to Roberts’ twenty-four years of teaching in a public high school and the countless in-services and faculty meetings intended to prepare for active shooter situations.

 

SEPTEMBER 7–OCTOBER 27

Michel Demanche

The Yellow King

Mixed media

Stalemate

Through its multi-media collage symbology, the artwork in this exhibition invites anexamination and contemplation of the consequences of political issues, racism, and bigotry towards the marginalized in contemporary culture.