Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Dinner Used to Be at 6
January 18 – April 22, 2026
"Dinner Used To Be at 6" is a group exhibition featuring Trang Huynh, Angel Jones, and Amelie Wang, three Baltimore-based artists whose practices center on memory, identity, and inherited histories. Through diverse mediums, each artist explores how personal experience is shaped by collective memory, cultural and social moments. Despite their different backgrounds, the artists share a common thread in their exploration of generational trauma and the enduring impact of colonial violence within the context of the Western world.
Rooted in traditions yet reshaped by modern realities, the artwork reflects on what it means to carry the past while navigating the present. Each piece serves as a conversation between cultures, timelines, and geographies-where ancestral patterns and family stories are reimagined through contemporary practices. In doing so, the exhibition speaks to the complexities of living between worlds and holding space for both grief and joy.
Community Gallery
Feathers, Fur, Flowers and Unforgettable Faces
Artist: Mary Hicks
April 20 – May 20, 2026
Mary Hicks is a multi-media artist who uses inspirational images she selects from photos of pets, books, magazines, old calendars, walking outside or her imagination. The meditation practice of studying each image intently and then layering, blending or smudging colors takes hours of quiet moments. The process gradually nudges a studied form to emerge on paper or canvas. Start anywhere in this collection and let the work speak to you. Watch what feelings or thoughts are evoked inside you as you meditate on one work one at a time.
Entangled Worlds: Thingumabobs and the Duality of Identity
May 3 – August 5, 2026
“Entangled Worlds” is a solo exhibition emerging from Korean artist, Hyunsuk Erickson’s ongoing exploration of how bodies, materials, and identities exist in states of tension and connection. Shaped by memories of growing up on a farm in Korea—working directly with soil, clay, wood, plants, and seasonal cycles—her practice is grounded in an understanding of care, labor, and dependence on the land. These early experiences now intersect with the use of fiber, synthetic fill, and repurposed industrial materials. Rather than positioning natural and artificial materials in opposition, Erickson treats them as coexisting systems, each carrying histories of pressure, endurance, and transformation. Her Thingumabobs function as hybrid bodies—soft yet resilient, organic in behavior yet visibly constructed—formed through the contradictions of culture, identity, and ecology.
The work resists fixed ideas of growth, stability, and resolution. The Thingumabobs gather, extend, and suspend through acts of holding and support, modeling growth as uneven, collective, and adaptive rather than linear or hierarchical. Nature and the artificial are inseparable here; they are entangled conditions of contemporary life. Identity is not presented as resolved or singular, but as something continuously shaped through attachment, repetition, and care. The exhibition proposes coexistence rather than opposition, inviting viewers to consider how bodies—human, nonhuman, and speculative—persist within shared, fragile systems that demand connection rather than control.
Upcoming exhibitions
Rooted & Rising:
AAPI Stories through Visual Art in Celebration of Maryland 250.
May 13 – 20, 2026
Sandy Spring Museum is honored to present the week-long exhibition Rooted & Rising: AAPI Stories through Visual Art in Celebration of Maryland 250 at Willow Grove Cultural Commons. Organized in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives and the Asian Pacific American Affairs (APAA) Commission, the exhibition will be on view from May 13–20, 2026.
The exhibition features artwork by winners of the 2026 AAPI Art Competition, hosted by the GOCI APAA Commission and open to students in grades K–12 as well as adults. Through this competition, participants celebrate their heritage, communities, and lived experiences through visual art.
This event takes place at Willow Grove Cultural Commons. Willow Grove is part of the Sandy Spring Museum's main building, but has its own entrance. From the parking lot, proceed past the museum's front door down the cement walkway until you reach the red stone plaza.
Community Gallery
A Journey with Art
Artist: Ahmed Alkarkhi
May 21 – June 22, 2026
A Journey with Art by Ahmed Alkarkhi reflects the idea that art is not simply works of art; it is a spirit that knows beauty, carries music in its soul, and holds the colors of sunsets in its hand. It can move through a burning world and make the world move with it.
Ahmed Alkarkhi does not have one favorite place, but he is drawn to anywhere near water—watching it flow meditatively and listening to its music. Being near water is where he finds peace and calm.
Ahmad Alkarkhi is an Iraqi artist who lives in Maryland USA. He obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad in 2001. Alkarkhi is a member of Iraqi Artists Syndicate, Iraqi Plastic Artists Syndicate and Iraqi Art Nexus in USA. He held several solo and group exhibitions in the Middle East and around the world.
A Community of Handweavers: Bridging Tradition and Innovation
Art Organization: The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore (WGGB)
August 16 – November 18, 2026
A Community of Handweavers: Bridging Tradition and Innovation by the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore (WGGB) highlights the enduring role of weaving in American life, from its roots in early domestic and industrial practices to its place in contemporary artistic expression. As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition reflects on how textiles once served as both everyday necessities and forms of cultural and political expression - an influence that continues in the work of weavers today.
Many pieces draw on historical traditions, referencing coverlets and overshot patterns while using materials such as cotton, flax, natural dyes, and locally sourced wool. At the same time, the exhibition emphasizes weaving as an evolving practice, incorporating modern fibers, tools, and experimental techniques.
Through inspirations ranging from photography to crochet patterns, and approaches that expand weaving into sculptural and collaborative forms, the artists demonstrate how tradition and innovation remain deeply connected. Together, the works present weaving as a living, adaptive practice shaped by community, creativity, and ongoing exploration.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the Maryland State Arts Council, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Handwork 2026.
The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and the advancement of weaving and fiber arts. Founded in 1948, it brings together over 300 members from across the Mid-Atlantic region who connect through monthly meetings, lectures, and shared resources, including an extensive fiber arts library. The Guild also offers workshops, classes, a weaving school, and community programs that support learning, collaboration, and public engagement in fiber arts.