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This Week: BmoreArt Happy Hour at True Chesapeake, Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Hall in conversation with Teri Henderson at UMBC, closing reception for VILLAGER at Eubie Blake, Subscape Music Festival, BROS Garbage Quest, Station North Art Walk, Parol Lantern Making workshop with Anna Divinagracia at Creative Alliance, Motor House 10 Year Celebration, Glenn Walker closing reception at The Peale, artist talk + book signing with Jackie Milad at Goucher College, and Lumbee Living Legacies exhibition launch at Eastpoint Mall — PLUS MAP’s Under 2500 call for entry and more featured opportunities!

BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas. For a more comprehensive perspective, check the BmoreArt Calendar page, which includes ongoing exhibits and performances, and is updated on a daily basis.

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BmoreArt Happy Hour
Wednesday, October 8 :: 5-7pm
@ True Chesapeake

Join the BmoreArt team for an informal happy hour at True Chesapeake. Find out more about our upcoming 20th issue, our Ball and Benefit, and upcoming books! Meet other creative colleagues, slurp delicious oysters, and have a drink with us.

 

 

Pedagogy Study Hall: Opening Conversation
Thursday, October 9 :: 5:30-7:30pm
@ UMBC CADVC

Artist Tomashi Jackson and policy analyst Nia K. Evans in dialogue with Teri Henderson of the “Baltimore Beat.” The talk will take place from 6-7 PM.

About Teri Henderson

Teri Henderson is a Baltimore-based independent curator, author, and editor with a distinguished talent for crafting compelling narratives and shaping critical discourse in contemporary art and culture. As the visionary behind the @blackcollagists platform, which she launched in 2020, she established a vital global hub for artists of the Diaspora, fostering community and re-charting art historical narratives. Her authority in the field is cemented by her acclaimed book, Black Collagists: The Book (Kanyer Publishing, 2021).

As the Arts and Culture Editor of the Baltimore Beat, a Black-led Black-run, nonprofit newspaper, Henderson consistently provides insightful and critical perspectives through diverse storytelling. Her writing regularly is featured in leading publications such as Artforum, the Washington Post, and numerous other outlets. Her extensive curatorial practice includes co-curating “LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage” at Maryland Institute College of Art in January 2025, serving as a consulting curator for “New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024″ at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and notably, curating the inaugural Scout Affordable Art Fair with Derrick Adams in May 2025. She also served as a jury member for the 2023 exhibition “Histories Collide: Jackie Milad x Fred Wilson x Nekisha Durrett.”

Henderson’s influence in media and journalism is further recognized through her participation in prestigious programs, including the 2020 Momus Emerging Critics Resident, the 2024 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow, and the 2024 Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Fellow. In 2024, Baltimore Magazine honored her as a “GameChanger” for her leadership in Baltimore’s creative community, underscoring her commitment to empowering artists of color.

 

 

DEVOTION, DREAMS AND DESTINY: solo exhibiton by VILLAGER | Closing Reception + Performance
Thursday, October 9 :: 6-9pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center

We are pleased to invite you to the Performance Night and Closing Reception of Devotion, Dreams, and Destiny: a solo exhibition by Nigerian–born Transdisciplinary Artist, VILLAGER (b. A. Adekunle Adaranijo). Join us on October 9, 2025, from 6PM – 8PM, in celebrating the culmination of this exhibition of painting, site-specific installation, experimental film, and collage. The evening will offer a final opportunity to experience the works on view and engage with the artist. We also welcome you to gather in celebration as the exhibition comes to a close with a performance from VILLAGER and Bao Nguyen.

In this program, both Bao Nguyen and VILLAGER will independently weave together live performances using music, movement, spoken word, and field recordings to recontextualize the exhibition, eliciting the revelations that await at the crossroads where we dream with devotion – glimpsing, listening, and holding the whisperings of our destiny. The closing reception is free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $15 ATD.

For additional information on the exhibition, please contact the gallery at (410) 225-3130 or email info@vllager.com for all acquisition inquiries

Bao Nguyen is a performance and visual artist based in Baltimore and raised in Vietnam. They improvise through movement, action, voice and words to unravel a range of emotions. Recently, they recited Cardi B’s “WAP”, rolled in a blanket while being naked, ate soil, scolded the audience and asked for their keys. Bao messes up the context of DIY and institutional spaces they perform in to uncover collective intimacy, openness and vulnerability.

VILLAGER (b. Abdul Rasheed Adekunle Adaranijo in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born International Artist, Cultural Producer, and African Spirituality Practitioner. Through spirit-led intuition, VILLAGER connects with the sacred and evokes ancestral rhythms of divine transformation and harmony as sonical technologies for forging new pathways of release, renewal, and transformation of futures we can all occupy. VILLAGER’s sound, movement, rhythm, and spoken word are in reverence to the ancestors and the land, time, and their continuous journey of becoming a vessel of the right-minded.

 

 

Subscape FREE Music Festival
Friday, October 10 | Ongoing through October 12

Baltimore’s biggest DIY music festival is BAAAAACK for its second year! Subscape is a 3 day, 3 stage, 60+ band celebration of the subversive elements fueling Baltimore’s bleeding-edge underground. Like Baltimore’s previous “Scapes” (Ratscape, Whartscape, Scape Scape, and Mix Tape), Subscape is a DIY, all-volunteer effort to uplift local artists and musicians.

THE DIFFERENCE? THIS FESTIVAL IS COMPLETELY FREE TO ATTEND!The festival runs October 10th through October 12th at Metro Baltimore, Mobtown Ballroom, and Ema’s Corner (former Joe2 building).

This year’s line up includes (more TBA):

Deakin, The HIRS Collective, Arbouretum, Dark Thoughts, LandisHarryLarry, Black Lung, Sadness, Bao Nguyen, Bedlam Brass, Boat Water, Burger Monday, Carillon, Carl Gene, Catherine Savage, Cex, Chasing Mice, Chaz Monroe, Crawler, Curse, Curver, Curving Tooth, Darker Than, Distend, Doubt, Drivel, Dry Socket, Early American, Electric Grandmother, Eyelet, Genevieve, Gist, Glorian, Herschel Hoover Abstract, HEUP!, Illustratus, Insignia, Julia Set, Khristian Weeks, LCL FMS, Linda Smith & Blake Douglas, Little Lungs, Los dientes hundidos en la garganta, Manners Manners, Mass Ego, Muscle, Nocturnal Cellist, Odebette, Ousted, Oxrun, Pale Stag, Polluted Tongues, Prognoz, Sad Roach, Scum, Street Rat, Suppai Helwa, Tartarean, Thee Windows, Total Maniac, Tripper, Underlined Passages, Vicious Order, Virginia Warwick Trio, Visitor Center, Waco Mammoth, Worm Jets

Our team set out to make Subscape FREE because we want to open up the Baltimore music underground. Our city has one of the best music scenes on the planet and it deserves to be championed by everyone who lives here.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!! We’ve launched an Indiegogo to help raise money to make sure every band gets paid. Think of this as buying a ticket for a friend. Perks include shirts, posters, and VIP passes. Anything you can donate will help or even just sharing the link.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/subcape-2025-band-fund-part-2/

 

 

Super BROS Adventure VI: Garbage Quest DX, aka Garbage Quest
Friday, October 10 | Ongoing through October 31
@ Baltimore Rock Opera Society

Dust off an ancient console, jam in your favorite cartridge, and practice your overly long attack combos as you set forth on an homage to the games you know and love. In this show, you’re the player, naming the characters, their backstories, and ultimately deciding their fate on an epic journey through a fantastic land of pixels and comedy.

Garbage Quest is an original semi-improvised homage to retro video games, presented by Baltimore Rock Opera Society featuring the band Garbage Masher. BROS puts the controller in the audience’s hands, guiding our plucky adventuring party through quests, romance, and against the evil forces of Monetization in this 1 hour celebration of gaming, fantasy, and electronic music.

Music by Garbage Masher

Written by Ave Kaye and Robyn Stegman

Directed by Ave Kaye and Matthew Payne

Venue at 1915 Maryland Ave

 

 

Station North Second Friday Art Walk – October
Friday, October 10 :: 5-9pm

Experience something fresh and inspiring every month at Station North’s Second Friday Art Walk—art, community, and surprises await!

This series of monthly self-guided tours of all the art and culture that Station North (near Baltimore’s Penn Station) has to offer is a grassroots, artist-led effort organized by community members and stakeholders. Spanning the neighborhoods of Charles North, Greenmount West, and Barclay, Station North is a diverse collection of artist live-work spaces, studios, galleries, rowhomes, and businesses, all just steps away from Penn Station and several higher learning and cultural institutions in the heart of Baltimore.

See below for venue list (coming soon)! Join us every Second Friday of the month for MONTHLY Art Walks in the neighborhood.

Check out the map for venues and create your own self-guided tour! Map will continue to be updated: https://shorturl.at/fuCV6 Printed maps available at some venues. Follow @stationnorth on Instagram for updates and map pdf!

 

 

Pandarayuhan: Home is a Memory (Exhibition) | Parol Lantern Making
Friday, October 10 :: 6-8pm
@ Creative Alliance

On View: FRI OCT 24 – SAT NOV 22, 2025
Parol Lantern Making: FRI OCT 10 | 6-8PM
Exhibition Opening: THU OCT 23 | 6-8PM
Artist Talk & Closing Reception: FRI NOV 21 | 7-9PM

Pandarayuhan: Home is a Memory is a solo exhibition by Anna Divinagracia that reflects on the complexities of home, identity, and longing through the lens of the Filipino immigrant experience. Rooted in personal history, the exhibition deconstructs familiar symbols and spaces of a house to reconstruct what it means to create a home, especially when shaped by two vastly different places: the Philippines and Baltimore.

The show weaves together lens-based work, sculptural installations, and alternative photographic processes that contrast the two places. Divinagracia builds a visual language shaped by fragmented memory, bureaucracy, and dislocation by using photographs, family archives, and immigration documents as recurring materials embedded and collaged into the surfaces of the work. These documents act as both personal record and visual anchor, representing the quiet, ongoing tension between belonging and uncertainty.

Pandarayuhan, meaning migration or the act of moving away, is not just about departure. It’s about the emotional labor of building something from fragments, and the quiet resistance in claiming space while also tethered elsewhere. The exhibition invites viewers to consider the quiet and often unseen details of immigrant life, the paperwork, the waiting, the adaptation.

 

 

Motor House 10 year Celebration Party
Friday, October 10 :: 6pm-1am
@ Motor House

We’re celebrating 10 years by honoring the performance history of Motor House. A packed night featuring a wide range of artistic expressions that highlight the variety of genres within each art form – offering something for everyone, includingperformances, food and installations.

​Main Event: 7-9pm FUNKTOPIA

​ABOUT FUNKTOPIA

Funktopia is an Afrofuturistic theater and music collective that blends performance, storytelling, and world-building to center Black voices. Through residencies, performances, and community programs, Funktopia uses art, movement, and imagination to explore what it means to be human while building new possibilities for the future.

Founded by Jonathan Gilmore in partnership with veteran actor Stevanie Williams, Funktopia was born out of a desire to create a new voice in theater that is both cosmic and community rooted. Drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism, hoodoo traditions, and the rhythms of funk, house, and jazz, Funktopia has become a platform where art is not only performance but also community ritual.

 

 

Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond | Closing Reception
Sunday, October 12 :: 12-4pm
@ The Peale

Join us at The Peale as we celebrate a rare retrospective of Baltimore artist Glenn Walker, whose bold and unflinching vision left an indelible mark on the city’s art scene. From intimate portraits to charged social commentary, Walker’s work captures the beauty, humor, and complexity of everyday life.

 

 

No Soy Ana Agnabi | Artist Talk + Book Signing
Sunday, October 12 :: 6-8pm
@ Goucher College Silber Gallery

Goucher College proudly presents No Soy Ana Agnabi, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Jackie Milad, featuring new and recent works developed through the support of the Creative Capital Award and the Rubys Artist Grant. This exhibition centers on Milad’s reinterpretation of ancient funerary figures known as shabtis, examining their global dispersal, symbolic resonance, and the ways in which cultural heritage is fragmented and reframed through contemporary practice.

In No Soy Ana Agnabi, Milad expands her signature visual language—layered wall collages, sculptural interventions, and archival imagery—into a series of immersive installations that reclaim the shabti as both object and witness. Drawing from ancient Egyptian funerary practices and working in dialogue with Goucher College’s own collection of shabtis, Milad juxtaposes historical artifacts with hand-crafted surrogates made from bronze, epoxy resin, ceramic, and wood. These figures become agents in a larger narrative about diaspora, colonial extraction, and the emotional toll of cultural displacement.

The exhibition’s centerpiece is a series of altars densely populated with shabti forms, their collective presence evoking both an imagined afterlife and the haunting reality of scattered histories. Monumental collages—some extending up to 11 feet—surround the installation, incorporating fragments of language, textiles, and drawing that evoke a palimpsest of place and identity.

This project marks a major evolution in Milad’s career, reflecting a deepening of her engagement with themes of cultural hybridity, stewardship, and the politics of collecting. Accompanying the exhibition is a bilingual publication (English and Arabic) featuring new essays by leading scholars in Egyptology and cultural history.

No Soy Ana Agnabi  is not merely a meditation on the past—it is a vivid call to reimagine how we carry, question, and reclaim cultural memory in the present.

For press inquiries or further information, please contact liz.faust@goucher.edu.

1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Baltimore, MD 21204

Artist Talk and Book Signing:
October 12 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Sanford J. Athenaeum (ATH)
6:00 PM – Doors open, guests arrive6:30–7:45 PM – Jackie’s talk and Q&A
7:45–8:00 PM – Book signing in the gallery
ASL interpretation will be provided.

 

 

Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies | Exhibition Launch
Monday, October 13 :: 6:30pm
@ Eastpoint Mall Food Court

Date of Event: Monday, October 13, 2025

Time of Event: 6:30 PM ET

Location of Event: Eastpoint Mall Food Court

7838 Eastpoint Mall

Baltimore, Maryland 21224

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies, a public exhibition of the year-long Library of Congress American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant project of community artist Ashley Minner Jones (Lumbee) and photographer Jill Fannon Prevas, in collaboration with 16 Baltimore Lumbee elders, will open at Eastpoint Mall.

The place today known as Baltimore is part of the ancestral homelands of the Piscataway and the Susquehannock peoples. A diverse host of folks from Indigenous nations throughout the land have passed through or lived in Baltimore at different times and still do. The majority of Native people living in Baltimore today are citizens of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the largest American Indian tribal nation east of the Mississippi River and the ninth largest within the United States.

Beyond Baltimore Street is an oral history and photo documentary project that celebrates the vibrant, fascinating, everyday lives of Baltimore Lumbee elders. In their youth, they migrated from the Lumbee tribal homeland in North Carolina and settled along and around E. Baltimore Street, forming what was once affectionately known as “the reservation.” In the decades since, most have moved beyond Baltimore Street, yet remain in the region and in community with one another. Being from one unique place and having lived most of their lives in another, they created a new culture that has been inherited and riffed upon by the generations of Baltimore Lumbee that descend from them.

Over the course of a year, Ashley Minner Jones and Jill Fannon Prevas have collaborated with 16 Lumbee elders to produce forever-accessible records of their everyday lives and likenesses. They have recorded new oral history interviews and accompanied elders to photograph them doing whatever they like to do for fun, whether walking the mall, playing bingo, buying lotto tickets, or singing in church.

The exhibition consists of 20 free-standing banner displays, each featuring a portrait of elders and a QR code to access more images, full interview recordings, transcripts, and more information about the project. The opening reception will include remarks from two participating elders and the artists. ASL interpretation of the program will be provided by Joyful Signing. A listening station, free postcard prints, and light fare will be available during the reception. The public is cordially invited!

Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies was made possible in part by funding from the Library of Congress. The exhibition debuts in the place where many of the elders gather to exercise and socialize daily thanks to Eastpoint Mall and MCB Real Estate.

 

 

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Mr. Trash Wheel needs YOU to be an extra in the first ever “Mr. Trash Wheel” music video!

On Sunday, October 12th, we will be shooting the first ever music video of the “Mr. Trash Wheel” song and we need the most passionate, obsessed audience of Mr. Trash Wheel fans to come out, sing along, and make the Mr. Trash Wheel band (aka The Lost Pythons) look like real rock n’ roll stars. This is our rescheduled video shoot date after the September 6th filming date was rained out.

The video shoot will take place on the Inner Harbor Promenade outside of the Maryland Science Center at 601 Light Street.

Wear your Mr. Trash Wheel t-shirts or dress up as your favorite Trash Wheel, memorize the song lyrics, and get ready to party on film!

 

 

Open Call: 2025 Fine Arts & Crafts Holiday Gift Show at Sandy Spring Museum
deadline October 17
posted by Sandy Spring Museum

Are you a craftsperson eager to showcase your handmade artwork?

Are you an artist looking for an opportunity to sell your creations?

Are you a committed “shop local” enthusiast who wants to engage with the community and be part of a festive holiday event?

Sandy Spring Museum is excited to announce an Open Call for the annual 2025 Fine Arts & Crafts Holiday Gift Show, which will run from November 28 (Black Friday) to December 24, 2025.

As a museum devoted to promoting local artists and fostering a more equitable community, we celebrate regional artists of all backgrounds and invite you to be part of this gift show. Don’t miss this chance to share your creativity, connect with fellow artists, and delight the community with your crafts.

Please submit your application by October 17, 2025. The museum will review all applications and notify selected participants by October 24, 2025.

Bring your art, your passion, and your joy to the museum! We can’t wait to see your creations light up the 2025 holiday season!

 

 

Calling Baltimore Student Visual Artists!
deadline October 30
posted by Baltimore Center Stage

Baltimore Center Stage is on the search for a Baltimore Arts Student (collegiate or high school) to submit 1-2 original piece(s) for this year’s 2025-2026 Youth Season. The winning artworks will be the face of the 41st BCS Young Playwrights Festival and/or BCS Camps!

ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS:

BCS Young Playwrights Festival Competition (YPF)
This year’s 41st Young Playwrights Festival Competition will lead the journey with the theme: “Hear the World, Heal the World”: a hopeful imagining of the current world we live in, the many worlds we create, and the hope of a better future. This statewide youth competition is a celebration of artistry and the tradition of storytelling and we want the power of this theme to inspire you! What messages do you hear from the world? How can our stories heal the world?

CAMP BCS
Camp is an opportunity for youth 6-16 to embark on a fun-tastical artistic journey! Campers will cultivate their individual creativity and imagination through all aspects of theater: acting, singing, dance, writing, props building, costume creation, and lighting. Campers will stretch the boundaries of theater and engage in additional art forms which include yoga and painting. Through play and collaboration each camper will experience a world of fun and discovery!

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

Create 1 or 2 original pieces that embody and represent:

1. The Theme of this year’s Young Playwrights Festival Competition: “Hear the World, Hear the World”

2. Let your imagination fly in creating the artwork for this year’s CAMP BCS: a summer filled with theater, arts, and everything in between.

WINNING PRIZE!

The top 3 finalists will be featured on Baltimore Center Stage’s Social Media.. The chosen featured artist(s) will win a $150 cash prize for each piece (or $300 for both!), will be featured on our website, and have the opportunity to showcase their portfolio(s) at Baltimore Center Stage.

 

 

2026 Post-Grad Residency Open Call for Artists
deadline October 31
posted by The Torpedo Factory

The 2026 Post-Graduation Residency is open to recently graduated art students who earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the visual arts from an accredited university or college. We offer an opportunity for professional development, interaction with the public, and a chance to define independent work processes outside of the academic context.

Selected artists will receive a free studio space and will have the opportunity to be active participants in the Art Center’s unique creative community, benefiting from engagement with local, national, and international artists. Artists will be encouraged to be active in the Art Center’s programming.

Artists may apply as partners to share a studio (two artists), or apply solo, depending on preference. If two artists are accepted together, they will share the studio space for the residency term and the stipend.

 

 

Lord Baltimore Seeks Submissions for Annual Couture Tree Competition
deadline November 1

The historic and award-winning Lord Baltimore Hotel invites designers to participate in its annual Couture Tree Competition, a signature holiday tradition that transforms the hotel lobby into a dazzling winter wonderland. The 2025 tree display will be unveiled on Monday, December 1, and remain on public view throughout the month.

Artists, designers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit original tree design sketches to ljohnson@lordbaltimorehotel.com by Friday, November 1, 2025. An internal panel will review submissions and select the most compelling designs to be brought to life within the hotel. Selected designers will have the opportunity to showcase their creativity to thousands of visitors, with the added chance to win a $500 grand prize in one of two categories — Individual/Business Design and Nonprofit Organization Design. Winners will be determined through a guest vote at the hotel’s private holiday gathering.

In addition to the Couture Tree Competition, the Lord Baltimore Hotel is excited to welcome back several beloved seasonal events and partnerships, including:

• The Holiday Shoppe, a boutique for unique holiday gifts presented by Fleurtopia, a local, women – owned small business, will be open Friday through Sunday from 2:00-6:00 p.m. beginning November 28^th through December 14^th with an extra shopping day on Wednesday, December 3^rd from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Local artists, creators, and businesses will offer handcrafted jewelry, vintage clothing and collectibles, repurposed furniture, original art, accessories, locally made sweets, herb infused oils and vinegars, and more on the hotel’s mezzanine level.
• A Gingerbread Rowhome Build on Saturday, December 6 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in partnership with the Baltimore Architecture Foundation at The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N. Charles Street. This family-friendly event invites guests to build and decorate gingerbread rowhomes—a sweet and playful tribute to Baltimore’s iconic architecture. And for those interested in making a gingerbread rowhome on their own can purchase a kit via the registration link or at the LB Bistro & Bakery while supplies last. Registration: Gingerbread Rowhome Build and Kits | TicketHive.
• As a preferred hotel partner of the 2025 Christmas Village in Baltimore, the Lord Baltimore Hotel will offer complimentary hot chocolate vouchers to overnight guests and participate in the citywide celebration with exclusive promotions and themed experiences.
• Returning by popular demand, the hotel will once again host Breakfast with Santa, on December 13 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. (Adults $25, Children 12 and under $15). Registration: https://BreakfastWithSantaLordBaltimore.eventbrite.com.

 

 

 

Call for Entry: UNDER 2500
deadine November 1
posted by Maryland Art Place

Deadline: Saturday, November 1 @ MIDNIGHT | Application
PROSPECTUS 

CALL FOR ENTRY: Have your work purchased by local buyers & collectors, just in time for the holidays! Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists for UNDER $2500, our upcoming winter benefit exhibition & affordable art sale. The exhibition will include approximately 1-3 works by each selected artist (scale dependent – in the case of smaller works more than 3 pieces may be accepted). Each individual piece must retail for $2,500 or less.

Why UNDER $2500? In the last 2 years inflation has been a huge contributing factor to rising artwork sales prices. Simply put, the cost of goods for artists to create their art is far higher than it used to be. The majority of galleries consider the most important contemporary artwork value segments to be under $5,000–$10,000 according to ARTSY (2023.) It is with that in mind that MAP is presenting UNDER $2500 as affordable.

In our 13th year of the sale, we look forward to showcasing a more diverse and broader range of artworks. Artists are encouraged to submit works retailing in both the UNDER $500 and UNDER $2500 categories to include original works, editioned prints, sculptures and more.

UNDER $2500 is MAP’s winter benefit. Proceeds from the sale of artwork will be split 50/50 between Maryland Art Place and the artist. The event is ticketed ($40) however participating artists are welcomed free of charge.

UNDER $2500 is a hybrid, physical and virtual exhibition event. The physical exhibition opens Friday, November 21  from 6pm-10pm. Artworks may be purchased by patrons and taken off the walls on a first come first served basis that night. All works will be wrapped in brown paper with MAP’s signature holiday bow.

he virtual sale will launch the very next day, Saturday November 22 at 10 am and run through BLACK FRIDAY, November 28, 10pm. The virtual sale will include more artists than the physical sale. *Please note: applications received will be selected for either the virtual sale (featured online) exclusively, or for both the physical (featured in gallery) AND virtual exhibition (featured online). Your acceptance letter will indicate in which capacity your work will be presented.

MAP will maintain gallery hours Saturday, November 22 from Noon-4pm for any remaining physical works that may be left for purchase.

 

 

Open Call for 2027 Exhibitions
deadline November 1
posted by Open Source Gallery

We’re excited to announce that our Open Call for 2027 Exhibitions is now open!

Impacted by the open source movement—which promotes freely shared, educational software and information—Open Source Gallery applies a similar philosophy to create an approachable space dedicated to the accessibility of contemporary visual art. In addition to monthly exhibitions, which feature conceptually-driven art from both local and international artists, we offer many public programs that foster dialogue about art in our neighborhood.

For our 2027 Open Call, we invite applications from artists working in any medium and location, whose practices emphasize experimentation, sustainability, and social engagement. As part of this opportunity, selected artists will receive artist fees based on the W.A.G.E. certification schedule, a production budget, and support from Open Source in the form of planning, production and communications. The chosen exhibition(s) will take place in 2027 and will be scheduled according to artists’ availability and other programming dates. Exhibitions are typically 5-6 weeks long.

 

 

2026–2027 Fellowships
deadline November 3
posted by Harry Ransome Center

The Ransom Center will award up to 50 research fellowships for its 2026–2027 program. Please view the individual residency types within the application instructions to determine the qualifications for each. We offer funding to graduate students, current and former academic faculty at any level of career, and independent researchers such as journalists and artists, who require archival research at the Center for their projects.

Research conducted by humanities scholars contributes to a dynamic body of knowledge that has the potential to reshape our understanding of archival collections—what is preserved and valued in our communities. The Ransom Center fosters a supportive environment so that researchers may explore, examine, critique, and better understand the cultural works in its collections. Fellowships of varying lengths (from one week to two months) are offered for research projects that require substantial on-site use of collections that span a variety of disciplines.

 

 

Call for Student Artwork Submissions: 2025 Juried Winter Show
deadline November 7
@ UMD Stamp Gallery

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, November 7, 2025
Notification for Acceptances: Monday, November 24, 2025
Exhibition Dates: December 22, 2025 – February 6, 2026
Exhibition Closing Reception: Friday, February 6, 2026 at the Stamp All Niter
Artwork Drop off: December 8 – 12, 2025

The Stamp Gallery announces a call for student artwork for a juried exhibition to be held during the Winter Session. Artwork in this exhibition will be displayed on the walls in front of the windows of our gallery during the winter session, with a closing reception during STAMP’s All Niter. All forms of media, including 2-D, 3-D, and digital art, are accepted.

Proposals are open to all currently enrolled University of Maryland students. Any questions about the submission guidelines can be directed to stampgallery@umd.edu.

Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Stamp Gallery in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park, between December 22, 2025, and February 6, 2026.

Juror: Craig Kier, Director, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities