CALL FOR ENTRY: UNDER 500

Application Deadline: November 13, 2020

Get ready to shop ‘til you drop – from the comfort of your own home – at the Arts Council's Virtual Holiday Maker-Mart! We’ve teamed up with Artists Sunday this year to launch an online version of our popular holiday sale. Howard County artists and artisans working in a variety of media will be featured during this virtual event, which will take place over a 2-week period, from November 29 – December 14 at hocoarts.org/makermart2020. Choose from a variety of unique and affordable art and handcrafted items, perfect for holiday gift-giving.

The BMA invited several Baltimore-based galleries and collectives to curate digital exhibitions at tomorrows.artbma.org. Galerie Myrtis, Creative Alliance, ICA Baltimore, and Current Space, among many others, present the work of artists including Ernest Shaw, Zoë Charlton, LaToya Hobbs, Antonio McAfee, and Graham Coreil-Allen. Drop in the virtual galleries, and if you’re able, be sure to support them. All transactions will be conducted by the individual galleries, who will keep all proceeds along with the artists they represent.

UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents Southern Rites by Gillian Laub, on display from October 15 through December 12.

Artist Sizhu Li transforms the gallery space into an immersive, kinetic installation composed of aluminum sheets, wood, fans, and light bulbs.

Sizhu Li, a Chinese-born multi-disciplinary artist based in New York, employs a unique visual language of immersive kinetic installations to illustrate her understanding of the universe, society, and nature, with influences from both Eastern wisdom and Western philosophy.

Exhibit dates: October 22 - December 12. Gallery hours: Tues & Thurs 1-7pm, Sat 10am-4pm. The exhibit will also be available to view online.

An exhibit featuring artwork created by juried artists during Paint It!, an annual plein air paint-out in Historic Ellicott City, Maryland. The juror for Paint It! Ellicott City 2020 is award-winning artist and gallery owner Crystal Moll, who will offer remarks and present juror awards at a virtual reception on October 21.

Exhibit dates: October 22 - December 12. Gallery hours: Tues & Thurs 1-7pm, Sat 10am-4pm. The exhibit will also be available to view online.

On View | November 19, 2020 - February 4, 2021

Online Exhibition | Tuesday, December 2 - Thursday, February 4

Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 13 | 5 -7pm

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

Springsteen is pleased to present, The Waiter's Lament, by Joe Speier. The exhibition opens Saturday, December 5th from 12-7pm and is on view through January 9th, 2021. Appointments are strongly encouraged due to pandemic capacity limitations, and can be made at springsteengallery.com/visit. Masks are required.

Valerie J. Maynard leads a virtual walkthrough of Valerie Maynard: Lost and Found, the first major museum exhibition of the artist’s 60-year career. Join Maynard in conversation with writer/filmmaker Angela N. Carroll and BMA Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs Leslie Cozzi live on the BMA's Facebook page. Don't miss this rare opportunity to listen to the artist discuss her work and the exhibition first-hand.

Join us for an in-depth conversation with artists Katharina Grosse and Eric N. Mack, moderated by critic and art historian Dr. Molly Warnock. Inspired by the exhibition Katharina Grosse: Is It You?, Grosse and Mack will discuss the intersections of their work, processes, and influences during this livestreamed conversation.

What is thread? Is it just a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers? What is the thread that holds us together? How is thread made? This exhibit explores the answers to these questions and much more. This Call for Artists show features 20+ different artists from around the area and their interpretations of what thread means to them using a variety of mediums. Available in an online catalog format!

In fall 2019, UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presented Experimentalist: The Art of Robert W. Fichter, the first retrospective of the artist’s career in over thirty years. We are pleased now offer this exhibition in an online version, available here.

Get craft ideas and downloadable art projects for free art-making workshops.

Join Ronni Jolles in creating super fun and beautiful papercraft art from home!