This Week: Maryland Arts Summit, Can I Kick it? Road House at Creative Alliance, Within Walking Distance opening reception at MICA, Voices of the Gods documentary screening at SNF Parkway, Sainted Trap Choir at the Meyerhoff, Juneteenth celebrations at The Lewis and Current Space, Malcolm Majer and Ruri Yi at GENTLEMAN FARMERS opening, August Wilson Celebration at TU Center for the Arts, Hannah Brancato and Sanahara Ama Chandra in residence at BMA Lexington Market, Let Them Speak opening reception at The Peale, Distracted Soldiers opening reception at The Compound, The Art of Black Men at Eubie Blake, opening reception for Chia-Hsiu Liu at Heather Grey Gallery, First Flush at Area 405, and AFRAM 2026 — PLUS apply for the Artist Travel Prize and more featured opportunities!
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Tuesday, June 16 – Wednesday, June 17
@ Prince George’s Community College Center for Performing Arts
The Maryland Arts Summit, hosted at Prince George’s Community College Center for the Performing Arts, is a statewide conference presented by and for the Maryland arts sector, which includes, but is not limited to: Arts Advocates, Arts Educators & Teaching Artists, Independent Artists, Arts Organizations, Youth, Community Stakeholders, Arts, and Entertainment Districts, County Arts Agencies of Maryland, Public Artists, Boards of Directors, and Folklife Artists.
It is an opportunity to network, share the fantastic work that is being done across the state, learn about communities different from your own, celebrate the accomplishments of what we as a sector have achieved, and, through dialogue and action, bring to light where systems have fallen short of the support required to help artists and organizations thrive. The Maryland Arts Summit is a place for productive conversations to move the Maryland arts sector forward and ensure its long-term success.
When: Tuesday, June 16th- Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Location: Prince George’s Community College, Center for Performing Arts located at 301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20774
Wednesday, June 17 :: 7:30pm
@ Creative Alliance
CAN I KICK IT? is designed for fans of cult classic action films, Kung-Fu flicks, and the music they inspire. Each screening is scored live, scene-by-scene, by DJ 2-Tone Jones, blending Hip Hop, Soul, Rock, and more to create a truly unique cinematic experience.
Film Description:
Patrick Swayze kicks, philosophizes, and tears throats in this gloriously absurd cult classic. As Dalton, the world’s best “cooler” (yes, bouncer-philosopher), he brings zen and pain to a small-town bar terrorized by a local crime boss. It’s ridiculous. It’s sincere. It’s absolutely perfect midnight movie material.
Within Walking Distance: Local Artists in Celebration of the 200th | Opening Reception
Thursday, June 18 :: 6-8pm
@ MICA Meyerhoff Gallery
The Bolton Hill Community Association (BHCA), in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), is proud to announce a special exhibition that will showcase the diverse creative talent in the greater MICA neighborhood. With over fifty artists, the exhibition includes painting, sculpture, photography and multi-media artwork.
The exhibition will run from June 19 through July 19, 2026 in the Meyerhoff Gallery (Fox Building, Floor 1). Don’t miss the opening reception on June 18, from 6-8 PM.
Thursday, June 18 :: 7-9pm
@ SNF Parkway Theatre
his 1985 documentary profiles then-contemporary American followers of the Akan and Yoruba religions, two West African traditions that have long been practiced in the United States – including quite heavily in Baltimore.
“Voices of the Gods” – presented as a new 2K restoration – is a classic of Black independent cinema, a nuanced analysis of modern spirituality, and a means to reconnect with ancient histories. Filmed during the Reagan ‘80s, Voices of the Gods at times gives the sense of a political movement that has come to enter into – as Amiri Baraka wrote in a poem that serve as the film’s preamble – “the ancient image, into a new correspondence with ourselves and our black family.” Jenné Afiya curated this program as “an offering to a city that has and continues to be a stronghold for practitioners of these traditions, and to the now elders, some of whom may even see themselves or their dear ones on screen, that reached back and did not allow us to forget.
“Voices…” is preceded by the original short film “A Birth of Remembrance,” filmmaker Sharayna Ashanti’s Afro-futurist meditation on rebirth after loss, inspired by Orisha Obatala. Both “A Birth of Remembrance” and “Voices of the Gods” hold immense significance in the past and present documentation of African Traditional Religions of both the Yoruba and Akan cosmologies presence in the United States, by both an allied observer and practicing initiate in both the Southeast and Northeast USA.
A post-screening Q&A with Al Santana (director) and Baba John Mason (elder, scholar, and priest in the Yoruba tradition featured prominently in the film) to follow, moderated by Sharayna Ashanti Christmas.
Sainted Trap Choir presents “The Evolution of Jazz: The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Songbook”
Thursday, June 18 :: 7:30pm
@ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
The night before 300,000 people descend on Druid Hill Park for AFRAM’s historic 50th anniversary, Sainted Trap Choir will transform Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall into something between a church and a concert. On Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 7:30 PM, the 25-member ensemble will bring their critically acclaimed “The Evolution of Jazz: The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Songbook” to the 2,443-seat hall — a genre-bending tribute that reimagines timeless jazz standards through the lens of gospel, trap, and contemporary Black music.
Presented by Black Notes Project, the nonprofit dedicated to celebrating and amplifying Black American music, the concert marks BNP’s first expansion beyond Charlotte, NC — and Baltimore was chosen intentionally. “This is a city built on gospel,” said Dr. Amy Carleton, co-founder of Black Notes Project. “Between the energy around AFRAM’s 50th anniversary and what’s happening with the gospel revival here, there was no question Baltimore was the right city to bring Sainted to next. We wanted this show to be the cultural kickoff to Juneteenth weekend,” added co-founder Michael Kitchen.
The timing is no coincidence. AFRAM 2026 (June 19–21), the city’s landmark celebration of African American heritage, culture, and community, is expected to draw over 300,000 attendees to Druid Hill Park for its golden anniversary. The Sainted Trap Choir concert at the Meyerhoff positions itself as the premier cultural event to open an extraordinary Juneteenth weekend in Baltimore.
Co-founder DJ Fannie Mae, the official DJ of Charlotte FC and a nationally recognized curator of Black music experiences, will open the evening with a live DJ set designed to set the tone for the night.
Juneteenth 2026: Celebrate Freedom Day at the Lewis
Friday, June 19 :: 10am-3pm
@ Reginald F. Lewis Museum
This Juneteenth, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum invites the community to gather in celebration under the theme “Juneteenth Brings Balance to America’s Celebration of Freedom.” Inspired by our upcoming exhibition “The Lines We Cross,” this dynamic program explores how the story of freedom in America has been shaped by the lines we have drawn—and the ones we continue to cross.
Through history, dialogue, and cultural expression, this celebration reflects on Juneteenth as a powerful moment that helps complete and rebalance the national narrative. By connecting the legacy of emancipation to the ongoing pursuit of equity, the program invites visitors to consider how we each play a role in shaping a more inclusive and truthful understanding of freedom.
abdu mongo ali x twurl presents: Juneteenth: Soul of Tomorrow
Friday, June 19 :: 6-10pm
@ Current Space
abdu mongo ali x twurl presents: Juneteenth: Soul of Tomorrow
ft. abdu mongo ali, Mighty Mark, Muse(O)Fire, Kade Young, & DJ Zi
With opening poetry from Joël Díaz!
:: also at Current ::
Homage to Baltimore: A Quilting Exhibition | Closing Reception + Artist Talk
Mirror Mirror by Amy Boone-McCreesh and Libby Rosa | Closing Reception + Artist Talk
GENTLEMEN FARMERS Opening with Malcolm Majer and Ruri Yi
Friday, June 19 :: 6-8pm
@ GENTLEMAN FARMERS
Please join us on Friday, June 19, 6-8pm for GENTLEMEN FARMERS Opening, with special guest artists Malcolm Majer and Ruri Yi.
GENTLEMEN FARMERS
The Art of Casual Farming
Our Studio-Showroom-Garden Space is a new initiative and concept aligning the exhibition programming and retail experience. Shop our namesake collection, explore curated art and design pieces from both local and global creators, and discover a thoughtfully selected library featuring design, architecture, and horticultural books.
GENTLEMEN FARMERS STUDIO
Based in Baltimore, Maryland + New York, NY
1715 N Calvert St | Baltimore, MD 21202
Hours| By appointment only
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gentlemenfarmersstudio/
Friday, June 19 :: 7pm
@ Towson University Center for the Arts
This powerful celebration honors the life, legacy, and enduring influence of August Wilson, one of America’s most important playwrights and chroniclers of the Black experience. Through scenes, readings, panel discussions, and conversation, the event highlights Wilson’s monumental American Century Cycle, capturing the triumphs, struggles, humor, and resilience of African American life across ten decades. Rooted in community and collective memory, the August Wilson Celebration affirms theater’s power as a mirror of lived experience and a catalyst for understanding, connection, and change.
This program is part of Towson University’s Summer at The Center Festival’s Juneteenth Celebration.
Dreamseeds: Dreaming in Times of Chaos
Saturday, June 20 :: 11am-5pm
@ BMA Lexington Market
Join BMA Lexington Market Artists-in-Residence, Dreamseeds, a project by Hannah Brancato and Sanahara Ama Chandra, in seeding new visions for our collective future. Visitors are invited to weave baskets from foraged ivy, co-create experimental song circles, journal, converse, take home a plant, and add their dreams to a collection of “dreamseeds.”
Meet Hannah weekly on Fridays from 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for drop-in ivy basket weaving, zine-making, and journaling, and from 3 to 4:30 p.m. for a Gather Together meet up for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.
Join Sanahara Ama Chandra on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for song circles, card readings, and conversation.
Let Them Speak | Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20 :: 2pm
@ The Peale
Join us at The Peale for the Opening Reception of new exhibit, Let Them Speak.
Join us in person at The Peale for the grand opening of new exhibtion, Let Them Speak.
Organized by The West Coalition and brought to you by The Peale, Let Them Speak features the artworks of Tyrone West and other victims of police brutality.
Attend the Opening Reception of Let Them Speak and join in meaningful conversation, enjoy light refreshments, meet members of The West Coalition, and be inspired by the creativity of Tyrone West and other Baltimore artists whose legacy lives on in the work they’ve created and lives they’ve touched, and the advocacy against police brutality the West Coalition continues to lead.
This project is funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.
Distracted Soldiers | Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20 :: 5-8pm
@ The Compound
The Compound’s Multidisciplinary Arts Program is pleased to present Silver Baits, Silver Archives, a culminating multi-chapter series unfolding across exhibitions, performances, screenings, and site-responsive interventions from June 20 – July 25, 2026.
Distracted Soldiers is the first chapter and foundation of this culminating series. The stanchions stretch across the room, multiplying into a serpentine route that quietly choreographs movement, attention, and waiting. In this exhibition Distracted Soldiers, the entanglement of discipline and distraction exposes itself. Retractable queue barriers that maintain the order of lines will transform from auxiliary tools of order into the subject of space itself. The entire site will be covered by a serpentine path, and viewers will be compelled to move along predetermined routes. The space is choreographed as a site of continuous drill: monitors replay delayed images; mirrors generate returning lines of sight, quietly.
The barriers are strangely gentle, arranging bodies in the most ordinary way: the crowd is segmented into units within them; gazes slide above the belts, mutually visible. Mirrors reflect endlessly repeating queues—we watch order, and we also become the image of order.
This exhibition features Kyoungho Isaac Kim, Coco Klockner, Alyssa Matthews, Talia Rudofsky, Chase Satterwhite, Varvara Tokareva, Aineki Traverso, Kay Yoon, and Monsieur Zohore. Through installations, moving images, sound, performance, and spatial choreography, this project explores surveillance, collective memory, mistranslation, and the unstable relationship between witnessing and control. Across three interconnected chapters, participating artists collectively examine how self-surveillance and archives under the table deform, echo, conceal, and rehearse power.
Gallery hours: Friday & Saturday, 12–4PM
5 x 5 Baltimore: The Art of Black Men | Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20 :: 6-8pm
@ Eubie Blake Cultural Center
The Eubie Blake Cultural Center is proud to present 5 × 5 Baltimore: The Art of Black Men, a groundbreaking cross-regional exhibition opening June 20, 2026, and on view through August 22, 2026, at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center.
Opening on the eve of Father’s Day, the exhibition brings together ten Black male visual artists from Baltimore and Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley whose work explores themes of memory, identity, resilience, cultural sovereignty, and self-determination through painting, mixed media, abstraction, photography, and figurative practice.
Five participating artists are deeply rooted in Baltimore’s Black artistic ecosystem, joined by five artists from the Lehigh Valley, a region whose collaborative creative culture mirrors Baltimore’s long legacy of artistic innovation and cultural resilience. Together, the artists form a cross-regional dialogue reflecting intertwined histories of migration, labor, memory, and Black creative leadership.
“5 × 5 Baltimore is arriving at exactly the right moment, in exactly the right city,” said Alma Roberts, Project Advisor and artist. “The ten internationally renowned Black male artists from two of the nation’s artistic epicenters will resonate throughout Baltimore, and the messages embedded in forty remarkable works will be amplified far beyond the gallery walls.”
Co-Curator Barbara Bullard describes the exhibition as both locally grounded and globally resonant. “Baltimore and the Lehigh Valley are two regions shaped by resilience and cultural invention,” Bullard said. “By bringing artists from both communities into one exhibition, 5 × 5 Baltimore affirms Black men as architects of meaning whose practices carry memory, imagination, and creative sovereignty across borders.”
“The Eubie Blake Cultural Center is honored to present 5 × 5 Baltimore: The Art of Black Men,” said Derek Price, Executive Director. “At a time when Black male identity is too often narrowed or misrepresented, this exhibition creates space for complexity, vulnerability, joy, and creative expression while continuing the Center’s commitment to artistic excellence, community dialogue, and Black cultural leadership.”
Seasons Without Soil | Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20 :: 6-9pm
@ Heather Grey Gallery
Seasons Without Soil marks Chia-Hsiu Liu’s debut solo exhibition in Heather Grey Gallery, presenting a curated trajectory of her newest practice from Fall 2025, the year she graduated from her MFA, to her most recent explorations.
Central to this body of work is Liu’s deep response to the Mid-Atlantic’s vibrant, rhythmic seasonal changes, a stark contrast to the Humid Subtropical climate of her home, Taiwan. Seasonal changes have become the most noticeable phenomenon for Liu as a foreigner since she arrived in Baltimore. The fracture of the four seasons emphasizes Liu’s homesickness and enhances the discomfort of the fast-paced reality. Silhouettes of the shifting leaves across the four seasons, the unfamiliar cold of a snowy winter, and the East Coast urban palette serve not only as observations but also as mirrors of the foreign artist’s estrangement. The excitement of exploring her artistic career after graduation and the nerves about her future direction intertwined, leaving a void.
Liu identifies with the flora that stretches across the city’s concrete edges, which are resilient yet solitary, rooted in the landscape as they wait for the next season of change. Through an expanded exploration of the urban landscape, Liu decodes the complex interplay between “rootlessness” and “attraction.” Her paintings function as personal reflections on the cyclical nature of solitude and the quiet strength required to grow in a place far from home. Color and forms occupied most of the representation in Seasons Without Soil. By collecting pictures and paying attention to the city’s shapes of color, Liu is able to interpret her feeling of suspension through the interaction of a crashing palette as she lays and adjusts it, allowing her inner sense of thought to speak through
the canvas. The heaviness and yet relatively luminous hues and tones work together to reflect a distinctly sensibility, felt and realized through Liu’s body.
After three years in Baltimore, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, Liu came to realize that there is no one with a solid root; you grow like a plant, find a crack, flow with the wind, and blossom each season.
Seasons Without Soil invites viewers to witness a research-based visual journey into the identity of the displaced artist, seeking meaning in the transient beauty of a city in constant flux.
Sunday, June 21 :: 10am-4pm
@ Area 405
Join AREA 405 and Stone Chamber Collective for the debut of First Flush, a daytime ambient techno gathering on Sunday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Blending immersive electronic music, ceremonial tea, and a comfortable sofa lounge, First Flush reimagines underground club culture through the lens of holistic well-being and community care. Featuring resident DJs Sovar, MÅNG, and KLIX, the event invites guests to read, work, sketch, reflect, or simply listen as ambient techno fills the warehouse space. Celebrating Pride Month and the diverse communities that shaped electronic music, First Flush offers an inclusive, alcohol-free environment where music, creativity, and connection can flourish in the light of day.
Sunday, June 21 :: 12-8pm
@ Druid Hill Park
Meet me at AFRAM—one of the largest African American festivals on the East Coast! Hosted in Baltimore City’s Druid Hill Park, this 745-acre urban oasis draws crowds of over 150,000 each day of the festival. For two days, people from all walks of life come together to enjoy national entertainment, local eats, and much more.
Featured Opportunities
Lost in Dreamland Putt Putt
deadline June 21
posted by Friends of 26th Street Corridor
From October 9-11, 2026, the Friends of 26th Street Corridor will once again host a putt putt pop-up to amaze, delight, and challenge the people of Charles Village and beyond. Teams of artists, carpenters, mechanical engineers, and inspired weirdos will come together to design individual holes for a one-weekend-only “Lost in Dreamland” themed putt putt course. Fill out the application to participate below- if you dare!
Fried Fruit Art Space 2026-27 Exhibition Cycle
deadline June 26
In just a few years, the Fried Fruit Art Gallery has hosted over three dozen artists in our cargo gallery space in downtown Wilmington. A blank room to make completely your own, the gallery aims to let artists transform the small space into a meaningful visual experience.
Located in a thriving modern cargo community, we are given a unique perspective into the ever-growing art scene in Wilmington. Fried Fruit Art Gallery takes great care to present well-thought-out exhibition ideas that cultivate conversation. We welcome a variety of exhibition ideas to the gallery to highlight the wide range of artistic media.
Every artist’s conceptual intent is unique, so with a planned, thoughtful proposal, the space can successfully be activated to achieve whatever vision the artist desires.
Open Call : Summer 2026
deadline June 26
posted by Field Projects
Field Projects is pleased to announce our SUMMER Open Call! Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our group exhibition. All submissions will be considered for the Exhibition and the accompanying Online Exhibition. Simultaneously, Field Projects Panel will be considering the submissions for future Solo Shows, Art Fairs, Group Shows, Off-site Exhibitions, feature on our social media and our studio visit program (NY Artists).
About 85% of the artists we have shown at Field Project are discovered through the open call process. Believe in the PROCESS!
Field Projects is an NYC-based project space located in the heart of Chelsea’s gallery district. As an artist run space, we are committed to opening the field of exhibition opportunities to other working artists. Whether you have submitted to Field Projects before or it’s your first time, we would love to see your work!
Over 70 Show
deadline June 28
posted by Delaplaine Arts Center
For more than 20 years, the Delaplaine’s Over 70 Show has showcased artworks by artists age 70 and up during the month of August. The Over 70 Show continues to grow, with hundreds of artists from throughout the region submitting their artworks in recent years.
Artists of all skill levels, age 70 or older, are invited to submit one work of art in any medium. The exhibition showcases a wide range of styles, techniques, and interests. The first 100 submitted artworks submitted will be accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation email by the artwork drop-off dates, please contact us to verify your submission.
Queer|Art – Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
deadline July 2
posted by Queer | Art
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. In order to further recognize finalists for their artistic achievements, Queer|Art is pleased to announce that the grant will also provide a $1,250 award to four distinguished finalists. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.
Now in its 7th year, the Illuminations Grant was developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara. The grant is made possible entirely through support provided by visual artist Mariette Pathy Allen, whose body of photographic work over the last forty years has been squarely focused on expanding cultural consciousness around gender and transformation.
The XENO PRIZE for Performance Art and Artists’ Books
deadline July 4
In pursuit of its mission to present, preserve, interpret, educate and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content, Franklin Furnace has since 2023 offered the annual XENO Prizes for Performance Art and Artists’ Books, named in honor of xenophiles, people who appreciate all people and cultures.
The 2026 XENO PRIZE for Performance Art recipient will be selected from among proposals for the 2026-27 Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art (deadline April 1, 2026), to receive $5000 in support of new work by an early-career LGBTQ+-identifying performance artist working in one of the 27 United States where, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, laws and policies restrict gender-affirming care.
States include: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, ND, NH, OK, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WV, WY.
Open Call: Contemporary Clay
deadline July 6
posted by Pentimenti Gallery
PENTIMENTI is pleased to invite artists working in clay to submit work for an upcoming group exhibition opening in November 2026.
This exhibition will present contemporary ceramic works created within the last two years, celebrating the breadth, innovation, and vitality of clay practices today. Bringing together artists across generations, geographies, and identities, the exhibition aims to highlight the evolving language of contemporary clay and the expanding possibilities of the medium.
We welcome submissions from artists whose practices engage clay through sculpture, vessel-based forms, conceptual approaches, abstraction, or experimental processes.
The exhibition seeks to reflect the richness and diversity of contemporary ceramic practice while foregrounding artists who continue to challenge and redefine the material.
2027 NCECA Exhibitions
deadline July 8
NCECA’s Featured Exhibitions program brings ceramic art into the communities that host the annual conference, expanding visibility and access across a range of venues. The Featured Exhibitions program offers a dynamic platform for diverse artists to connect with regional, national, and international audiences. Artists and curators from the US and abroad are invited to submit proposals for consideration.
NCECA’s Exhibitions Director, Adam Chau, will chair a panel to review and select proposals in collaboration with members of the Baltimore region’s arts and culture community.
2027 Open Call for Visual Arts and Music Residencies
deadline July 13
posted by Pioneer Works
Applications are now open for our 2027 Visual Arts and Music Residencies. Each year, Pioneer Works welcomes artists and musicians who are visionaries in their field, push the boundaries of their practice, and thrive in interdisciplinary environments. Selected through a juried open call, residents gain access to numerous facilities, engage with the public through events like Second Sundays, and become part of a growing network of alumni collaborators.
During the selection phase, a jury comprising resident alumni and outside professionals search for cohorts that represent a diversity of media and backgrounds, demonstrate the potential for future or continued success, and who challenge the existing norms of their field. We are particularly interested in applicants who will excel in the uniquely dynamic, social environment of Pioneer Works.
Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (MASB) Artist Travel Prize
deadline July 14
posted by Create Baltimore
On behalf of The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City (The Society), Create Baltimore is proud to announce the annual awarding of the Artist Travel Prize. This year, The Society will award $8,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators, living or working in Baltimore City.
The successful proposal selected by The Society’s Board of Directors must clearly articulate the artist’s reason for travel to a specific destination and how this travel is essential to their studio practice. The Society’s focus will be on emerging artists.
Applicants must live or have a studio in Baltimore City during the time of application and during the granting period and may not be full-time students or be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of application or during the granting period.
Loghaven Artist Residency
deadline July 15
Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space. All Loghaven Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency.
Call for Proposals Prospectus 2027
deadline July 15
posted by COOP Gallery
COOP Gallery in Nashville, TN is accepting exhibition proposals for 2027. Artists and independent curators from across the country are invited to propose solo, two-person, and group exhibitions to be considered for a 3–4 week exhibition in our gallery space. Proposals should demonstrate a thought-out exhibition that considers our gallery’s physical space and responds to our 2027 Curatorial Theme: CURRENT. Preference is given to artists who respond with innovative proposals for art installations within our gallery. Selected artists/curators are expected to follow through on their proposal.
Selected proposals will be offered a 3–4 week exhibition in 2027 at COOP Gallery and will receive a one-time $500 honorarium. One exhibition will be selected as the National Open Call Winner and will be offered an exhibition in March, 2027 along with a one-time honorarium of $1,000. Artists not selected for a 2027 exhibition may be considered for future solo and group curated exhibitions.
Open Call to Baltimore Photographers
deadline July 26
posted by The Baltimore Museum of Art
Concurrent with the 2026 exhibition Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography, the Baltimore Museum of Art invites photographers to submit work for the Flashback Open Call, a rotating presentation celebrating diverse photographic perspectives on Baltimore life.
This open call seeks to amplify voices and visions that capture the complexity, beauty, and lived experience of Baltimore—particularly from photographers who have not had extensive professional exhibition opportunities.
Up to twenty (20) selected photographers will have their work featured in a rotating presentation within with the Flashback exhibition at the BMA’s Main Branch and Lexington Market Branch from October 2026 through February 2027. Please note that selected work will likely be projected or displayed on a screen, not printed.
The Other Side (Trans Art Show) – Open Call
deadline July 31
hosted by The Peale
The Other Side is a group exhibition featuring work by transgender artists of Maryland to be exhibited at The Peale Community Museum in December 2026-January 2027. Showcasing a wide array of creative skill sets, this exhibition focuses on the power of art as an act of triumph and remembrance. The Other Side works to expand a misunderstood narrative of trans experience by celebrating trans community, diversity, and persistence.
Recently, Baltimore has received national attention from the contemporary art community by hosting the work of transgressive artists, aligning our community with transgender rights in the welcoming of Amy Sherald’s work to the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Other Side continues this tradition by showcasing the transgender artists of Baltimore, showing that Baltimore is not only a safe haven for art but also for the artists of marginalized communities who need a supportive environment for their work. This exhibition will send a national message to transgender people of the United States, stating that Baltimore is a place free from persecution. More importantly, this will positively impact the transgender community of Baltimore, emphasizing that the skills that transgender individuals have are valuable to our city and culture, and that we care to elevate their voices.
The Galleries at CCBC: Curatorial Application
The Galleries at CCBC (Catonsville Gallery) seeks proposals from curators for their upcoming 2026-2028 exhibition roster. There is currently an immediate opening for September 2026.
Please note: submitting a proposal does not guarantee inclusion of your exhibit in the Galleries’ exhibition roster, and only complete applications will be considered.
The Exhibitions Subcommittee meets four times per year, and reviews submissions in the spring.
Notifications of acceptance or rejection are sent once per year, in the summer.
Exhibits submitted will be considered for the 2nd following calendar year (example: Submission in 2024 will be considered for inclusion in the 2026 roster)
Please note: submitting a proposal does not guarantee inclusion of your exhibit in the Galleries’ exhibition roster, and only complete applications will be considered.
The Exhibitions Subcommittee meets four times per year, and reviews submissions in the spring.
Notifications of acceptance or rejection are sent once per year, in the summer.
Exhibits submitted will be considered for the 2nd following calendar year (example: Submission in 2024 will be considered for inclusion in the 2026 roster)
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