Monthly Newsletter: July 2026
Summer is off to a hot but exciting start. We first want to thank everyone who attended our inaugural Sound & Space concert a few weeks ago featuring Continuum Chamber Collective. The gallery was filled with an incredible audience, and the ensemble delivered a fantastic performance. Creating a welcoming community space where people can come together to experience the arts has been our mission since Day 1, and we look forward to continuing to expand our programming with events like these.
I'm also excited to share our newest exhibition, Gathered Space, which is now on view. The exhibition brings together a selection of new pieces alongside thoughtfully curated works, creating conversations that highlight each artist's inspiration, process, and unique perspective.
NEW EXHIBITION
GATHERED SPACE
On View Through August 23, 2026
Featured Artists: Tracey Halvorsen, Shawn Humes, Ricardo Roig, Justin Winkel
Gathered Space brings together a selection of new works by represented artists, presented in conversation rather than under a singular theme. While diverse in material, process, and intention, the works resonate through proximity, contrast, and quiet alignment, forming relationships that emerge naturally within the gallery space.
Included in the exhibition is the final iteration of The Shared Surface, alongside a chronological photographic wall installation documenting the evolution of the work and the many individuals who contributed to it. This archival component traces the accumulation of marks, gestures, and participation over time, positioning the installation as both an artwork and a record of its own making.
Together, these elements frame the gallery as a place of gathering and transformation, where individual artistic practices coexist while a shared history remains visible through process, collaboration, and form.
INSTALLATION VIEWS
INSTALLATION VIEWS
OUTSIDE THE GALLERY
OUTSIDE THE GALLERY
WHAT TO READ
At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta’s ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.
While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry—and the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.
A mesmerizing historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.
THINGS TO DO IN BALTIMORE
AVAM’s Flicks from the Hill returns Thursdays in July! Free museum admission, hands on art-making, dance workshops and more! Enjoy a free outdoor movie night under the stars with family and friends: bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and favorite snacks for an evening of fun and film on the big screen! Arrive early to grab a good spot on Federal Hill. Popcorn and sodas for purchase. Food trucks to be announced!
Dates: July 9th, 16th, 23rd, & 30th
Activity Schedule:
5:00-9:00 PM | FREE admission to the museum and museum store, Sideshow at AVAM
6:30-8:00 PM | FREE family-friendly, movie-inspired workshop
7:30-8:30 PM FREE Dance Workshop with Dance Baltimore in AVAM’s JRVC building
8:45 PM | Movie starts! Outdoors, on the Federal Hill side of AVAM’s JRVC building
Location: The American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230
As featured on Netflix, this troupe of trained house cats, all former orphans, rescues, and strays, give a one-of-a-kind, 90 minute purrformance that includes cats riding skateboards, jumping through hoops and performing other feats of agility and acrobatics.
Date & Time: Daily recurring shows from Thursday July 9 through Sunday July 26, 2026.
Location: Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21224
MUSIC UNDER THE DOME: THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Cruise the cosmos in an immersive planetarium experience featuring the trippiest in-house curated imagery set the to the tunes of the good ol’ Grateful Dead. Uniquely developed to compliment The Very Best of Grateful Dead compilationalbum, and only available at the Maryland Science Center—this show’s goteverythingdelightful. This show’s goteverythingyouneed.
Date & Time: July 31, 2026., showtimes at 8pm & 9pm
Location: Maryland Science Center
601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD, 21230
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS TO VISIT
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
On View Through July 26, 2026
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection brings together approximately 80 works by nearly 70 of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Magdalena Abakanowicz, Cecily Brown, Sheila Hicks, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Joan Mitchell, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sillman, Lorna Simpson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Pat Steir, Sarah Sze, Kara Walker, and Zarina. Featuring a wide variety of artworks from the past eight decades, including painting, sculpture, installation, textile, beadwork, and ceramics, the exhibition emphasizes connections between intergenerational and international artists who circumvent and upend conventions in art-making, embracing craft techniques, inventive methods, and alternative materials.
American Icon: The US Flag in Art
On View Through December 06, 2026
Across generations, the Stars and Stripes has inspired pride, protest, and profound artistic expression. From battlefields to modern cultural movements, our flag's journey through art reveals a nation constantly redefining itself.
This installation features some 30 artworks from the late 1800s to present day, tracing how the meaning of the US flag has evolved over time. It explores what the flag represents and how people connect with it. You’ll find paintings, prints, and photographs by renowned artists like Gordon Parks, Childe Hassam, Dorothea Lange, Jasper Johns, and Faith Ringgold.