Past Exhibitions

ARTINA 2026: Ripples of Ten Years

September 20 – November 8, 2026

Artist Group: Washington Sculptors Group

10th Anniversary Exhibition (2026 Catalog (opens in a new tab))

Celebrating its tenth edition, ARTINA 2026: Ripples of Ten Years continued Sandy Spring Museum’s annual tradition of transforming its 7-acre grounds into a site of artistic exploration, discovery, and reflection. Organized in partnership with the Washington Sculptors Group, this outdoor sculpture exhibition featured works by 17 sculptors who created dynamic connections between art, nature, and the surrounding landscape.

Juried by Maryland-based independent curator Maria Gabriela (“Gaby”) Mizes, the exhibition explored how sculpture can shift our perceptions of space, time, and the environment. Through diverse materials and artistic approaches, the participating artists investigated themes of reflection, transformation, connection, and imagination, inviting visitors to experience an ever-changing landscape shaped by sunlight, weather, and movement.

Since its founding in 2016, ARTINA has encouraged artists and audiences to engage in the museum’s outdoor spaces through meaningful encounters with contemporary sculpture. ARTINA 2026: Ripples of Ten Years celebrated the series’ decade-long history while looking toward new possibilities for artistic expression, collaboration, and community connection.

Entangled Worlds: Thingumabobs and the Duality of Identity

May 3 – August 5, 2026

Entangled Worlds: Thingumabobs and the Duality of Identity was a solo exhibition by Korean artist Hyunsuk Erickson, exploring how bodies, materials, and identities exist in states of tension and connection. Drawing on memories of growing up on a farm in Korea and working with soil, clay, wood, plants, and seasonal cycles, Erickson brought natural and synthetic materials together in hybrid forms that reflected care, labor, identity, ecology, and transformation. Her Thingumabobs modeled growth as uneven, collective, and adaptive, inviting viewers to consider how human, nonhuman, and speculative bodies persist within shared and fragile systems.

Dinner Used to Be at 6

January 18 – April 22, 2026

“Dinner Used To Be at 6,” on view from January 18 to April 22, 2026, was a group exhibition featuring Trang Huynh, Angel Jones, and Amelie Wang, three Baltimore-based artists whose practices centered on memory, identity, and inherited histories. Through diverse mediums, the artists explored how personal experience was shaped by collective memory and broader cultural and social contexts, while examining generational trauma and the lasting impact of colonial violence. Rooted in tradition yet reframed through contemporary perspectives, the works reflected the complexities of living between worlds, where past and present, grief and joy, were held in dialogue.

Speaking in Symbols: Masterworks of Traditional Uzbek Ceramic

January 25 – April 22, 2026

“Speaking in Symbols” was an exhibition featuring the intricately decorated ceramic works of Alisher Nazirov, a renowned Traditional Master Ceramist from Rishtan, Uzbekistan, whose practice drew on centuries-old Uzbek artistic traditions. His handcrafted vessels - ranging from intimate drinking wares to large ceremonial forms - were created using local materials and techniques, and adorned with symbolic motifs, or “islimi,” forming what he called his “Alphabet of Uzbek Ornament” to convey blessings and goodwill. Co-curated with DC-based ceramic artist Dee Harris, the exhibition also reflected their artistic exchange and shared creative dialogue, marking Nazirov’s first presentation to a U.S. audience.