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This Week: Tomashi Jackson and Nia Evans at UMBC CADVC, Strong, Bright, Useful & True exhibition opens at JHU Bloomberg Frary Gallery, GBCA Happy Hour honoring Carla Du Pree at The Peale, artist talk with Jonna McKone and Elena Volkova at BmoreArt Connect + Collect, reception for Soledad Salamé at Goya Contemporary, ‘Confluences’ performance at Creative Alliance, Out of the Woodwork closing reception at Eubie Blake, receptions for 2025 Baker Artist Award Finalists + Rachel Hayden at Current Space, and the Sondheim Finalists exhibition opens at The Walters — PLUS apply for the Trawick Price and more feature opportunities!

 

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Image: Tomashi Jackson visits CADVC for a public program in Spring 2024, with an image of Nia Evans projected on screen in the background. Photo by Tedd Henn.

Tomashi Jackson and Nia Evans: “Pedagogy Study Hall” — Education history and policy
Tuesday, April 15 :: 6-7pm
@ UMBC CADVC

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC) hosts an Exploratory Research Residency that invites artists and interdisciplinary collaborators to take advantage of scholarly resources and to build partnerships at UMBC and in the Baltimore region. In 2025, CADVC hosts Tomashi Jackson’s “Pedagogy Study Hall” project as part of this program.

In collaboration with policy analyst and economic advocate Nia Evans, Tomashi Jackson’s “Pedagogy Study Hall” project will host a series of intermedia series of public discussions about investment and disinvestment in the arts and humanities, looking to Baltimore as a critical case study in grassroots organizing in a system of gross structural inequity.

Baltimore offers a critical forum for exploring a range of formal and informal organizational approaches to arts education and community development through the arts. It also provides an important model for exploring informal cultural economies that support local art education and production in the interstitials between, and in the absence of, major financial investment.

April 15, online, 6–7 p.m.: Panel on education history and policy with Davarian Baldwin and Matt Cregor.

Admission is free, and reservations are required.

 

 

Joyce J. Scott, Ancestry Doll 1 (2011), Beads, African sculpture (Ghana), Japanese-made figurines, thread, and fabric, image courtesy of the artist.

Strong, Bright, Useful & True: Recent Acquisitions and Contemporary Art from Baltimore
Tuesday, April 15 | Ongoing through September 6
@ JHU Bloomberg Center Irene and Richard Frary Gallery

This spring, Derrick Adams, Jerrell Gibbs, Joyce J. Scott, and other contemporary Baltimore artists shaping the national and global arts landscape will be featured in Strong, Bright, Useful & True: Recent Acquisitions and Contemporary Art from Baltimore at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Strong, Bright, Useful & True features a selection of new acquisitions made through the Johns Hopkins University Art Collecting Committee, which includes faculty, staff and students, in collaboration with BmoreArt Connect + Collect. These new acquisitions will be shown alongside works from the campus collection at Hopkins. On view April 15 through September 6, 2025, the exhibition illustrates the vibrancy of Baltimore’s contemporary art scene and the University’s longstanding commitment to elevating creative culture in and around the region, including through its acquisition efforts.

Showcasing a broad spectrum of media—including painting, sculpture, time-based media, and photography—Strong, Bright, Useful & True includes works by globally recognized and emergent artists such as Adams, Gibbs, and Scott, as well as Nakeya Brown, Se Jong Cho, Brandon Donahue-Shipp, Oletha DeVane, Erin Fostel, Phaan Howng, Kei Ito, Linling Lu, Edgar Reyes, Soledad Salamé, Bria Sterling-Wilson, and René Treviño. The exhibition’s title is inspired by the inaugural address of the first Johns Hopkins University president Daniel Gilman, who in 1876 proclaimed Hopkins’ simple aim “… to make scholars strong, bright, useful, and true.”

“This exhibition represents our mission at Johns Hopkins to build bridges between the broader Baltimore and Washington, D.C. communities through programming at the nexus of art, culture and policy,” said Cybele Bjorklund, executive director of the Hopkins Bloomberg Center. “The Hopkins Bloomberg Center provides a phenomenal platform to amplify the contributions of Baltimore artists to the country through their thought-provoking work.”

“Visitors to the exhibition will experience works from today’s leading artists who work and live in Baltimore, as well as opportunities to discover the city’s emerging artists who are already starting to be represented by blue chip galleries and within the collections of major art institutions worldwide,” said Caitlin Berry, director of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery. “Johns Hopkins’ stewardship of Baltimore artists across a broad range of perspectives, artistic traditions, and disciplines tells a multigenerational story about one of the most vital and energetic artistic communities in the country. The exhibition expands upon this narrative by revealing the profound impact the city has as a major incubator of innovation and creative expression on the national and international stage.”

Exhibition highlights include Derrick Adams’ Interior Life (Woman) and Interior Life (Man) (2019), part of his 2019 series “Deconstruction Workers”; Brandon Donahue-Shipp’s Basketball Bloom (Spectrum) (2024), which emphasizes community and place, two themes that are central to the exhibition; and Phaan Howng’s Monstera Mash (2024), which focuses on ecological stewardship.

Strong, Bright, Useful & True is the first presentation of contemporary artwork at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, which was inaugurated in October 2024. While advance reservations are requested, admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.

 

 

GBCA April Happy Hour
Wednesday, April 16 :: 5-7pm
@ The Peale

Join GBCA, and leaders of the arts community to celebrate and honor Carla Du Pree, Executive Director of CityLit Project, with the 2025 Cultural Innovator Award. She is a passionate writer, stalwart leader, and pillar in the Baltimore literary community. This special GBCA Happy Hour Celebration is on Wednesday, April 16th at 5:00pm at The Peale.

Event details are as follows:

Wednesday, April 16th 2025
5:00pm – 7:00pm
The Peale
225 Holliday St, Baltimore, MD 21202

 

 

BmoreArt C+C Artist Talk with Jonna McKone and Elena Volkova
Wednesday, April 16 :: 6-8pm
@ Connect + Collect

Join us on Wednesday, April 16th, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at BmoreArt Connect+Collect for an artist talk with Jonna McKone and Elena Volkova. This conversation will explore their distinct yet resonant photographic practices, which examine time, memory, and history through slow, meticulous processes.

McKone’s images reveal how built environments, natural spaces, and personal narratives bear the weight of time, resistance, and transformation. She examines how history is inscribed, reinterpreted, and experienced across generations. In this presentation, she will discuss her site-based projects, focusing on the research and methods that guide her into these environments. She will speak on the importance of engaging directly with the land and incorporating natural elements—such as soil, water, and light—into her work. McKone will also explore the histories embedded in these landscapes and their evolving relationship with the communities connected to them.

Volkova will discuss her use of historic tintype photography to create a visual archive that explores themes of belonging, trauma, and transition, while blurring the lines between subject, creator, and audience. She will speak about The Me Before the War No Longer Exists: Ukrainian Portraits, a participatory project that documents the experiences of Ukrainian women displaced by war, using portraiture to preserve personal and collective histories. Volkova will also share her ongoing exploration of overlooked domestic moments through still lifes, delving into themes of liminality, subjectivity, and resilience. She will examine how these series intertwine, evolving through her lens as a photographer dedicated to capturing identity, time, and transformation.

The evening begins with time to view In Silver and Earth, the current exhibition at C+C, followed by presentations from each artist. A moderated conversation will deepen the discussion, leading into an audience Q&A.

:: Wednesday, April 16th :: 6-8 pm Artist Talk: Jonna McKone and Elena Volkova
Connect+Collect Gallery

 

 

Image detail: Soledad Salamé, Blue and Yellow Algae, AP 2/10, 2025, Silkscreen on Rives BFK paper, 19 x 38 inches. 19 x 19 inches each

Soledad Salamé: Camouflage | Reception
Thursday, April 17 :: 5-7pm
@ Goya Contemporary

Goya Contemporary Gallery is pleased to present Soledad Salamé: Camouflage, a traveling exhibition on view at Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD from April 12- May 22, 2025, with a Reception on April 17, 5-7pm. This exhibition will then travel to the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX in October of 2025, where it will remain through March of 2026.

As environmental degradation becomes an increasingly pervasive and subtle part of our daily lives, its impact continues to be overshadowed by the promises of “green” consumerism. While major corporations tout their eco-friendly initiatives, the exploitation of natural resources persists unchecked. Global summits and regulations continue to struggle for meaningful change, and the spectacle of eco-activists disrupting art institutions seems more like a symbolic gesture than an effective solution. It is within this complex and urgent context that Chilean American artist Soledad Salamé positions her latest work—a profound, poetic intervention at the intersection of art, research, and environmental activism.

Salamé’s work highlights the quiet but powerful resilience of nature in the face of human influence. She collaborates with scientists, ecologists, and environmentalists to create works that are not only visual reflections, but also repositories of labor, resistance, and hope. Through this collaboration, she captures the often invisible or overlooked effects of environmental violence, while also exploring moments of healing and repair…

 

 

Confluences
Thursday, April 17 :: 7:30pm
@ Creative Alliance

Home to an experimental music subculture rooted in events at the Red Room and in the High Zero Festival, which has been held annually for more than 25 years, Baltimore has grown to be one of the richest cities in the country for experimental art.

In “Confluences”, local musicians Michele Blu, Rachel Beetz, Melissa Foss, and Bonnie Lander come together to create an evening of experimental sounds and improvised music featuring an eclectic array of instruments including voice, singing bowls, flutes, electronics, handmade sculptural instruments, and more.

Come immerse yourself in some of the strangest, most beautiful, and evocative music you’ve ever heard, in this not-to-be-missed event!

This performance is part of the programming for the exhibition Kith & Kin: A Rewilding of Sound and Form, which is up from March 14 – April 18 at Creative Alliance.

Doors at 7
Performance starts at 730pm

 

 

Out of the Woodwork! Bringing Tom Miller’s Legacy to Light| Closing Reception
Saturday, April 19 :: 5-8pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center

Come celebrate the closing of Out of the Woodwork! Bringing Tom Miller’s Legacy to Light at Eubie Blake with a unique blend of art, conversation, and celebration.

5 PM: Beverly Carter, art collector and former gallerist, will share her passion for art collecting, commissioning, and preserving artworks—specifically her work with Tom Miller. She’ll be joined by Dr. Diala Toure, owner of Appraisals of Value, LLC, who will present on the importance of preserving personal art collections and walk us through the appraisal process for the Tom Miller Week exhibition. Moderated by Deyane Moses, Founder of Blackives, LLC. A Q&A will follow, offering the chance to dive deeper into the world of art collecting and preservation. [Donations Appreciated, 3rd floor]

6PM – 8PM: It’s time to dance with live music by Sounds by Seven. wearing bright and bold colors are encouraged by not mandatory. [ Donations Appreciated, 2nd Floor]

7 PM: There will be a raffle for a signed Tom Miller poster. The winner of the silent online auction will be revealed at the dance party. Bids for of a one-of-a-kind piece owned by the Monumental Bar Association can be placed here. Proceeds benefit both Blackives and the association. Auction sponsored by Black Art Today Foundation.

 

 

2025 Baker Artist Award Finalist Showcase | Opening Reception
Saturday, April 19 :: 7pm
@ Current Space

Current Space is proud to present the 2025 Baker Artist Award Finalist Showcase, an exhibition of works by finalists in the Visual and Interdisciplinary Arts disciplines.

Please join us for the opening reception on April 19th from 7-10pm!

Artists Include:
Andrea Sherrill Evans
Ann Margaret Morris
Bria Sterling
Bruce Willen
Dave Greber
Jim Doran
Lynn Cazabon
Sanah Brown-Bowers
Suzanne Coley

Check out all of the finalists here: bakerartist.org/2025finalists

Exhibit Runs: April 19 – May 25, 2025
Opening Reception: April 19, 7-10pm
Closing Reception: May 25, time TBA
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-5pm, by appointment, & whenever we’re open (check out the show anytime you’re here)!

 

 

“Life Cycle of a Painted Lady” by Rachel Hayden | Opening Reception
Saturday, April 19 :: 7-10pm
@ Current Space

Life Cycle of a Painted Lady
An exhibition of works by Rachel Hayden

Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 19th from 7-10pm!

Exhibit Runs: April 19 – May 25, 2025
Opening Reception: April 19, 7-10pm
Closing Reception & Artist Talk: May 25, time TBA
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-5pm, by appointment, & whenever we’re open (check out the show anytime you’re here)!

 

 

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Finalists Exhibition
Saturday, April 19 | Ongoing through July 20
@ The Walters Art Museum

Centre Street Building, Level 1

The 2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, which awards a $30,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the greater Baltimore region, opens Saturday, April 19, with a finalists’ exhibition at the Walters Art Museum.

The work of the five finalists—Aliana Grace Bailey, Amanda Leigh Burnham, Lillian Jacobson, Jacob Mayberry, and Wonchul Ryu—will be on view through Sunday, July 20. The winner of the 2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, chosen by a panel of jurors—Jaqueline Cedar, Mike Cloud, and Jennie Goldstein—will be announced during a special reception and award ceremony at the museum. Each finalist will also receive a $2,500 M&T Bank Finalist Award, which is designed, in part, to assist them in preparing for the exhibition.

The Sondheim Art Prize is named in honor of Janet & Walter Sondheim, both of whom were instrumental in furthering arts and culture in Baltimore City. Janet Sondheim danced with the pioneering Denishawn Dancers, a legendary dance troupe founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Walter Sondheim, Jr. was one of Baltimore’s most important civic leaders for over 50 years. He was deeply involved in the development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor and continued to be civically active until his death in 2007, serving as the senior advisor to the Greater Baltimore Committee.

This year marks the 20th edition of the Sondheim Art Prize, one of the region’s most prestigious honors. The $30,000 prize is awarded annually to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Learn more about the 2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize by visiting promotionandarts.org and following BOPA on social media (@promoandarts).

 

 

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2nd Annual Maryland Makerspace Meetup to Convene Innovators, Educators, and Creators at the University of Maryland | Call for Proposals
deadline April 18
posted by Maryland Makers Association (MMA)

The event is an opportunity to share knowledge, research, and best practices that align with MMA’s mission of creating an inclusive and sustainable makerspace ecosystem. Attendees are invited to submit proposals for sessions, white papers, and research projects.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Deadline to submit: Friday, April 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Notification of acceptance: Friday, May 2, 2025
Submit Here: https://airtable.com/appcPcoXLY7EfvVFv/pagMZFedBufXShlZk/edit

About the Maryland Makers Association (MMA):
MMA seeks to build and sustain an inclusive network of makerspaces across the state, ensuring that every person has access to the tools and training needed to improve their lives and our communities.

 

 

Call for Solo Proposals: Legacies of Landscape
deadline April 18
posted by Smith College Oresman Gallery

The Oresman Gallery, located in the Smith College Department of Art, is an exhibition space dedicated to showing new work by emerging and established artists (who are not currently enrolled in a degree bearing program). The Oresman is currently seeking proposals in any media, for solo show opportunities for our Spring 2026-Spring 2028 exhibition season. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of Smith College studio art faculty. Each exhibition will be installed for 6 weeks, and scheduled throughout the academic calendar year.

Exhibition theme 2026-2028

Legacies of Landscape and New Approaches to landscapes: Whether playing with traditional forms, contested legacies, emergent spaces, oceanic narratives, ecologies, urban planning, the anthropocene, technological landscapes…the visual category of Landscapes continue to shift, recall the past, and be seen through new forms and hybrid spaces. We ask artists in this call to consider how their work might speak to the Landscape Reimagined, Landscape Emergent…

The Oresman Gallery will provide artists with a remuneration of up to $400 to cover documented exhibition costs, which will be paid as a reimbursement. Exhibitors are responsible for arranging transport, installing and de-installing their work. The gallery is 12’ x 20’ with 10’ walls, and one window wall.

Exhibiting artists are also encouraged to give a public artist lecture that can be arranged during their exhibition period for which there is a $400 artist honorarium.

As a teaching gallery we encourage applications from a diversity of artist perspectives and a range of artistic media.

 

 

Gimmie More: The Eras of American Consumption Call for Art
deadline April 18
posted by Carolla Arts Exhibition Center

As a species, we have always been consumers of the materials/supplies we need to survive. Up until the Industrial Revolution, we broadly approached our consumption with need-based frugality. But as the 19th century dawned our relationship with our accoutrements drastically changed as society shifted toward a consumerist culture. Today, we consume more than ever before; from 2016-2021 we globally consumed 75% of what we did for the entire 20th century. We no longer consume what we need, we take what we covet, and then some. The evolution of our collective consumption illustrates our insatiable hunger for more. What will our next era of consumption be?

Gimmie More: The Eras of American Consumption invites artists to engage, critique, wrestle, and face our relationship with consumption thru visual media. Below is a framework for the evolution of consumption over the past two centuries:
I. Industrial Revolution: Consumption emerges
II. WWI and WWII: Save Everything to Keep America!
III. Emerging out of War: Consumption to Save America!
IV. Post War: Consumption to Modernize America OR consumption as propaganda?
V. Class Consumption
VI. Consumption to produce efficiency OR modern consumption?
VII. Late-Stage consumption: To keep up with the jones’, to keep up with tech and its planned obsolescence, to show off to others, to show off how much you give away, to show off how little you need
VIII. Epilogue: PURGE: A New History for American Consumerism, Marie Kondo-ing Consumption to Preserve America

Submissions
We welcome submissions from artists work in all disciplines whose work engage with the theme(s) of the exhibition. Each submission should include a statement detailing who the work connects to these themes, enriching the curatorial process and offering deeper engagement for the audience.

 

 

Handmade Photobook Exhibition 2025
deadline April 20
posted by The Griffin Museum of Photography

Handmade photography books transcend the digital realm, offering a tangible and deeply personal experience. They are more than mere collections of images; they are crafted narratives. The unique quality of a handmade photobook lies in its tactile nature, where texture, style, and craft converge. The selection of paper, the binding technique, and the attention to detail all contribute to a sensory tangible object of beauty. Each page invites the viewer to not only see, but also to feel the story within. This dedication to craftsmanship elevates the photobook from a simple album to a cherished artifact, a testament to the photographer’s vision and the enduring power of physical media.

This year is the first year we have a unique exhibition for handmade photobooks. Unlike our self published works, this call for entry requires the hand of the artist in the manufacture and production of the book and its contents.

We are thrilled to have Sangyon Joo, founder of Datz Press as our juror for this call. Datz Press produces high quality monographs that are beautiful objects themselves. We are excited to see your works submitted for her review.

The call for entry will open March 21 and close April 20, 2025. Submissions will be held on CaFE.

The Handmade Photobook Exhibition will be held this summer, opening July 1 through September 28, 2025. There will be associated receptions and artist talks all dates to be determined.

 

 

Baltimore Jewelry Center Teaching Fellow
deadline April 25

The BJC is offering one three-year teaching fellowship; start date August 2025. In addition to gaining teaching experience, the selected fellow will develop pedagogical skills, build leadership experience, receive mentorship from experienced educators, and play an influential part of a vibrant educational community.

The ideal candidate is passionate about metalsmithing and art jewelry as well as teaching and learning. They should be eager to engage with students in a variety of settings, from the studio to community events. The candidate should have a strong background in and understanding of metalsmithing and or art jewelry. They will work closely with a small programming team to help plan classes and workshops for the BJC and our partners. Classes at the BJC follow a quarterly calendar and fellows will have the opportunity to teach at least 2 classes or workshops per session.

Applicants should have an MFA in metals and/or jewelry, or a BFA in metals and/or jewelry and work experience (in teaching or other aspects of the field). Some prior teaching experience is highly preferred. The ideal candidate has a strong desire to teach; specifically in a community-based learning environment and is knowledgeable of current trends, conversations, and issues happening within the field.

 

 

The Trawick Prize
deadline April 30
posted by Bethesda Urban Partnership

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. & Virginia.

Now seeking artists! Applications are open and due by April 30, 2025. Artists who live in DC, MD and VA, and are over 18 years of age are eligible to apply. The exhibition of finalists will be held in September 2025 at Gallery B.

The 2024 winners were Pedro Ledesma III (Best in Show), Scott Pennington(2nd place), James Stephen Terrell (3rd place) and Paloma Vianey (Young Artist).

 

 

Vitrine Gallery: Call for Submissions
deadline May 4
posted by Baltimore Jewelry Center

Our community makes great jewelry, and we want to show it off!

The Baltimore Jewelry Center is excited to invite artists from our community to display their work in our front hallway vitrine gallery. The exhibition will run from mid-May through December 2025, and we are especially eager to feature the creative talents of current and former students from the Baltimore and greater DMV area.

 

 

The Martin House Creative Residency Program
deadline May 9

The Martin House Creative Residency Program is a project-based residency that provides creative individuals a designated time and space to develop new works of the imagination inspired by one of the great examples of 20th century architecture.

The primary goals of the program are to:

• Nurture creativity by offering individuals from multiple disciplines a thought-provoking environment in which to produce works and present them to our community.
• Expand interpretation of our site through active solicitation of diverse perspectives and voices.
• Provide audiences across racial, ethnic, and economic lines an opportunity to discover and engage more fully with the Martin House and the creative arts.
• Strengthen the Martin House and the region as a center for architecture, art, design, and culture.

The residency is a competitive program that is open to applicants who seek the resources to support ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Creative makers who are selected to participate will generally spend 2-4 weeks onsite either consecutively or incrementally within the specified residency term. Length of stay is project-based and determined by the needs of the applicant and in alignment with the Martin House schedule.

Residents are also expected to deliver a free public program, performance, exhibition, or other creative presentation in order to share their Martin House-inspired work with the larger public.

Residency proposal must relate directly to the Martin House. End-products may revolve around any of the themes central to the site. Subjects of inquiry may relate to architecture, art, art history, landscape, building and design, social history, state and local history, issues of gender, race and class, modernism, urbanism, housing and gentrification, business and industry, the history of technology, cultural studies, engineering and applied sciences, for example.

 

 

Peyton Evans Artist Residency Program
deadline May 15
posted by The Studios of Key West

The Studios of Key West, the premier arts organization at the Southernmost Point of the United States, offers a residency program for emerging and established artists and writers from around the world. We provide residencies to visual artists, writers, composers, musicians, media artists, performers, and interdisciplinary artists.

The program grants nearly 40 artists each year the time and space to imagine new artistic work, engage in valuable dialogue and explore island connections.

The Studios’ residency program is community-based and built upon the hope that visiting artists will take inspiration from Key West’s rich artistic past and present, and will engage with — and be inspired by — the remarkable people and culture that surrounds them.

Key West’s official motto, “One Human Family” reflects our commitment to living together as caring, sharing neighbors dedicated to making our home as close to paradise as we can. To that end, we encourage artists of all races, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities to apply.

 

 

Image © Maria Oliveira

Call for Entries, The Contemporary Portrait
deadline May 15
posted by SE Center for Photography

The Portrait. We use portraits as objects of remembrance and reverence, of seduction and glorification. From the keepsakes in lockets as tiny remembrances of love, to the likenesses of leaders meant to inspire and seduce with their power.

Our juror, Aline Smithson, is a visual artist, educator, and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Best known for her conceptual portraiture and a practice that uses humor and pathos to explore the performative potential of photography. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, her work is influenced by the elevated unreal. She received a BA in art from the University of California at Santa Barbara and was accepted into the College of Creative Studies, studying under artists such as William Wegman, Allen Ruppersburg, and Charles Garabian. After a decade-long career as a New York Fashion Editor, Smithson returned to Los Angeles and to her own artistic practice.

5-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slideshow. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.

Submissions Now Open, Submissions Close 5/15/25, Exhibition Opens 7/1/25

 

 

header image: Brandon Donahue Shipp, Basketball Bloom (Spectrum) (2024), 46 x 49 x 8 inches, found and deconstructed basketballs, shoestrings, image courtesy of

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