In this focus exhibition of approximately 20 photographs, prints, drawings, and textiles, the natural environment is a source of creative inspiration worth celebrating and protecting.

The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Menil Collection have co-commissioned the pioneering, London-based filmmaker and artist Sir John Akomfrah (born 1957) to create an immersive multichannel video installation, which will premiere at the BMA in November 2025 and the Menil in April 2026.

For thousands of years, East Asia’s cultures have viewed human life as part of a much larger system that encompasses the natural world. Drawn from the BMA’s collection, this exhibition boasts more than 40 objects—from magnificent ink drawings to beautifully crafted stoneware and poignant contemporary photographs and prints. They bring into the galleries the mountains and seas, wild and supernatural animals, and plant life that are extensive across East Asian imagery and often carry symbolic meaning.

Teapots XI

January 10, 2026 @ 10:00 am – March 7, 2026 @ 5:00 pm

Juried by Pete Pinnell

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 10, 2026, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Baltimore Clayworks proudly presents our 11th biannual juried exhibition, Teapots XI. The juror, Pete Pinnell, selected the functional and sculptural teapots created by emerging and established artists.

Also on Exhibition

In The Beginning…

This focus exhibition of 10 works explores the relationship between burning fossil fuels—namely, coal—and the emergence of European modernism. Drawing on research conducted by climate scientists and art historians, the exhibition presents a range of paintings and works on paper by Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, and others to explore the ways that their artistic practices and style emerged, in part, in response to widespread pollution in London and Paris.

The Baltimore Museum of Art is open until 9 p.m.on Thursdays.

On view from January 10 – February 13, Two Modes is a two-man exhibition in our showroom gallery that pairs the energetic, multimedia creations of member artists, and emerging collector favorites, Patrick Dwyre and Shane Hargest. As summarized by Make Studio’s Studio Manager, “Shane conquers his work from all four sides with brush, pencil, or pen. . . Patrick often begins with a dense multicolor layer of oil pastels, subsequently embossing it with graphite pencil. . .

Join us at Baltimore Clayworks for an evening of art, community, and celebration at the opening reception for Teapots XI and In The Beginning…, alongside our Community Arts Winter Showcase. Come celebrate the artists, the history, and the community that make Baltimore Clayworks thrive. Free and open to the public.

Teapots XI

On View: November 26, 2025 - Thursday, January 29, 2026

Reception: Sunday, January 11 | 1 PM to 3 PM

Hotel Indigo | 24 West Franklin Street | Free & Open to the Public

Maryland Art Place, in partnership with Hotel Indigo Baltimore is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Maryland-based artist, Sandra Engel. The exhibition is on view at Hotel Indigo, located at 24 West Franklin St. from November 26 - January 29, 2026. A public reception will take place on Sunday, January 11 from 1 PM to 3 PM.

Somewhere between art and magic, The Macramé Room is an immersive pop-up exhibit designed to be experienced, not just viewed.

Over six weeks, the space transforms into a living installation of handcrafted macramé, texture, movement, and intentional design. Guests are invited to slow down, explore the environment, and connect through curated events, workshops, and creative gatherings.

Rich in What They Can’t Measure examines value beyond systems that rely on visibility, productivity, and quantification. The exhibition brings together artists whose practices center care, labor, intimacy, interiority, and inherited knowledge—forms of wealth that resist easy measurement yet sustain life, culture, and community.

On View: January 22 - March 14

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 22 | 6 PM to 9 PM

Artist Panel + Screening: Thursday, February 26 | 6 PM to 8 PM

Closing Reception + Screening: Thursday, March 12| 6 PM to 8 PM

Big Bang Baby transforms ancestral divinity, folklore, and science into a radiant universe of light, color, and controlled chaos. At its center are fantastical feminine figures creating universes and experiencing their own divinity. Inspired by Afro-Dominican spiritual traditions of “carrying a mystery,” as well as Native Taíno Zemi goddesses, LUSMERLIN celebrates the gift of spiritual presence and creation in women. Across pastel, acrylic and LED-lit sculptural forms, the exhibition asks: What does it mean to be stardust, to be a source of divinity?

Big Bang Baby transforms ancestral divinity, folklore, and science into a radiant universe of light, color, and controlled chaos. At its center are fantastical feminine figures creating universes and experiencing their own divinity. Inspired by Afro-Dominican spiritual traditions of “carrying a mystery,” as well as Native Taíno Zemi goddesses, LUSMERLIN celebrates the gift of spiritual presence and creation in women. Across pastel, acrylic and LED-lit sculptural forms, the exhibition asks: What does it mean to be stardust, to be a source of divinity?

On View February 4 - May 16 (closed March 15 - 22)

Explore the remarkable artistic journey and cultural legacy of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), widely regarded as the “Father of Modern Art” in Nepal. This collection of paintings—spanning the 1940s to the 1980s— reflects and reframes the cultural, political, and emotional realities of Bangdel’s time and traces his evolving vision as he navigated multiple worlds: colonial and postcolonial South Asia, cosmopolitan Europe, and an emerging modern Nepal.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Opening Reception & Curator Talk

Dr. Bibhakar Sunder Shakya: Lain Singh Bangdel and the Making of Modern Nepali Art

Wednesday, February 4. 7:30 p.m.

Asian Arts Gallery & Center for the Arts Atrium, Towson University

1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204