Co-organized with The Bronx Museum of the Arts, this is the first comprehensive museum exhibition of the profoundly moving and complex work of Darrel Ellis (1958–1992).

Ellis created a multifaceted body of work that merges painting, printmaking, photography, and drawing before he died of AIDS-related causes at age 33. During his lifetime, his work was included in important contemporary surveys but only now is garnering the posthumous attention it deserves.

Approximately 15 works on paper celebrate Stanley Whitney’s (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1946) lifelong engagement with Henri Matisse’s color, drawing, and composition and reveal his thinking through the stained-glass windows that are now a permanent feature of the BMA’s Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies.

Organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, this exhibition debuts a recent body of work by New York-based artist Elle Pérez.

Including 13 photographs created between 2019 and 2021, Devotions explores relationship building, creating space to reflect on how we navigate ourselves in relation to others and the world. Pérez’s carefully sequenced images dwell in moments of grief and care, pain and pleasure, desire and self-exploration. Amidst recurring motifs of water, touch, and BDSM are also striking choices in proximity, scale, color, and light.

John Waters’ bequest of 372 works by 125 artists brings a particular cutting-edge articulation of American individualism to the BMA’s collection, particularly as it relates to queer identity and freedom of expression. Waters favors works that are visually witty, abstract, and often refer to the absurdities of the art world.

To showcase this provocative gift, queer photographers Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson are guest curating highlights from the collection for the BMA’s Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs.

This is the first U.S museum exhibition of Omar Ba (born Dakar, Senegal, 1977), one of today’s leading contemporary African artists.

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UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Patrick Crossland.

Carlo Gesualdo: O vos omnes

Dieterich Buxtehude: Ad manus (To the hands) from Membra Jesu Nostri

Caroline Shaw: To the hands

Matthew Aucoin: Choruses from Crossing

David Lang: Beautiful Dreamer, from battle hymns

Derrick Sky: Ready, Bright

Celebrate the Sixth or Eleventh Day of Candy Lane and join us for Christmas Karaoke. Grab your friends, colleague, or crush and meet for a karaoke evening featuring your favorite holiday tunes. No reservations are required.

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*Masks required at indoor events

The Peale is thrilled to host an important, topical conversation with thought leaders and doers–among them are the Baltimore “Guardians,” featured in the acclaimed community art project The Guardians: Reshaping History. The Guardians are a cohort of Baltimore’s finest, yet underrecognized, leaders. They are ambitious black women leading change in the everyday lives of their families, neighbors and communities. The Guardians panelists will explore individual power and community growth with author Jon Alexander.

In conjunction with the exhibition Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit, UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents a closing panel discussion, featuring the artist, the exhibition curator, and additional scholars:

Jessica Bell Brown, Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art

Peabody Jazz Ensemble

UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein.

The Percussion Ensemble is highly adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works and theater pieces, as well as works by important early percussion composers such as John Cage, Carlos Chavez, and Alan Hovhaness.

Join us at Gallery 1448 for a festive holiday show featuring work by resident artists. A variety of fine art will be on display, including paintings, mixed media works, and photography. Affordable gifts, hand-made crafts and holiday cards will also be available for purchase.

Featured artists include Lauren Case, Bev Eisenberg, Joseph Germershausen, Betsy Heeney, Edna Kurtz Emmett, Laura Vernon Russell, Ron Russell, Valerie Potrzuski, Molly Roberts, Leslie Schwing and Sabrina Yelverton.

SPECIAL EVENTS & GALLERY HOURS

On the Sixth Day of Candy Lane, join us for a Frozen Sing-A-Long. Complete with a hot cocoa bar and swing set installation – attendees of all ages and encouraged to come belt “Let It Go” with Elsa, Anna, and Olaf themselves during this free family event.