Inside Baltimore County’s Art Galleries

Manor Mill – Monkton

“Birds 2: Feathers & Forms” curated by Brad Blair

May 16 – June 28, 2026

The upcoming group fine art exhibition celebrates the beauty, movement, and symbolism of the avian world. “BIRDS 2: Feathers & Forms” brings together 25 artists with more than 100 original artworks including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, and more. The exhibition explores birds as both subject and metaphor, capturing the energy and enduring presence in our lives.

TU Center for the Arts Gallery – Towson

“Vital Beauty – Narrative Through the American Body”

June 12 – July 11, 2026

As part of Summer at the Center Arts Festival, “Vital Beauty” explores what it means to be in, or from America, and how its land, communities, and histories imprint itself on the body.

TU Asian Arts Gallery – Towson

“People Get Ready: A Century of Posters Exhibition”

June 12 – July 11, 2026

This exhibition highlights the powerful visual legacy of Black American music and its deep connections to cultural expression and civil rights.

Stevenson University Manning Academic Center – Owings Mills

“Captured Light: A Student Exhibition of Analog Photography”

January 26 – May 31, 2026

The “Captured Light” exhibition includes 50 images and several creative projects that include analog photographic processes. During the Fall 2025 semester, 11 students practiced analog photography by experimenting with pin hole exposures and 135 mm film negatives.

CCBC Catonsville Art Gallery – Catonsville

“Archival Practices in the Virtual Age” curated by Ayobami Adeyemo

March 16 – July 3, 2026

Explores the evolving nature of archives and their significance in a digital world, examining how memory, materiality, and ephemerality intersect as we preserve, reinterpret, and transform knowledge in virtual spaces.

Goucher College Silber Gallery – Towson

The Unobskey Visiting Artist Series by Lola Flash

April 17 – May 28, 2026

Celebrated New York-based photographer Lola Flash has become known for images that transcend preconceptions about gender, sex, and race. Their art is profoundly connected to their activism and a lifelong commitment to preserving the legacy of queer communities, especially communities of color.

Their work is part of permanent collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.

Goucher College Rosenberg Gallery – Towson

“Onderduiker*: Hiding in Plain Sight at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo” by Baltimore photographer Phyllis Arbesman Berger

April 17 – May 28, 2026

Berger tells the powerful story of the Jews, resistance fighters, and young men escaping forced labor during World War II. Using infrared photography and lyrical poetry, Berger explores the psychological fears of the men, women and children who spent years hiding in plain sight behind the scenes of animal enclosures, attics, and stables within the peaceful confines of Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo.

Holt Park and Center for the Arts Gallery – Overlea

The Beauty of Springtime in Maryland

April 4-May 31, 2026

The first-ever Spring Sticker Contest at Holt Park and Center for the Arts. Inspired by the beauty of springtime in Maryland, this juried exhibit features artwork from more than 40 area artists. The winning pieces selected by the panel will be produced as stickers, available for purchase to support art programs and environmental education at Holt Park and Center for the Arts.