Past Exhibitions
The Paranormal Realm:
Beyond the Lore
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
Oct. 14 - Nov. 15, 2024
Curator: Derek Pentz
Artists: Artists: Studio 5 Baltimore (Nicholas Rudolf & Richard Henneberry), Zenobia Darling, Jessi Hardesty, Alexa Hauck, Alisa Kleckner, Brixx Minguez, Megan Plummer, Ashley Reinhardt, and Linnea Tobert
In The Paranormal Realm: Beyond the Lore at The Gallery at CCBC Essex, curator Derek Pentz (aka Zenobia Darling) has invited a select group of talented artists and creatives to explore the question: is the paranormal realm more than just mythology and folklore?
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville
April 22 - June 15, 2024
Reception: May 2, 4-8pm
Curator: Cathy Till
The Hottest Blaze in Town:
The Life of Fannie Belle Fleming
This exhibition delves into Blaze Starr's journey from her humble beginnings in West Virginia to her reign as the "Queen of Baltimore Burlesque." The exhibit highlights facets of her career not often explored - as an emancipated woman, one with considerable business acumen.
I don't dream of labor
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
March 18 - May 19, 2024
Receptions: October 21, 10am-12pm & 6pm-8pm
Healing Workshops: April 20, 12pm - 4pm
Curator: Mallory Kimmel
I don’t dream of labor is a collection of work by women artists and healing practitioners that undermines hustle culture through satire and provides space and resources to foster community around well-being.
Artists and Healers: Ama BE, Ama Chandra, Kathryn Cornelius, Nancy Daly, Chiara Francesca, Michelle Dubreuil Macek, Maria Porges, Shirin Towfiq, and Christine Wang
underCurrent
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
September 18 - December 1, 2023
Receptions: October 19, 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm
Curator: Sharon Trumbull
underCurrent showcases artwork focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding waterways. Each artist explores the ecology of the area with a mix of celebration and fear for its continued health.
Artists: Vian Borchert, Kristine DeNinno, Peggy Fox, Nic Galloro, Shawn Humes, Bonnie Kennedy, Catherine Kleeman, Corrie Francis Parks and Kelly Bell, Roz Racanello, Lisa Scarbath, Rhonda Smith, Elizabeth Steel, and Ann Stoddard.
The Empty Hourglass Project, Part II
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville
September 5- December 8, 2023
Receptions: November 2, 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm
Curator: Samantha Trionfo
This is part II of the two-part exhibit series.
The Empty Hourglass Project is an ongoing community art project and safe space for people of all ages who’ve been affected by trauma, mental illness, abuse, suicide, and grief to share their stories, their art, and to experience healing through creative expression.
Unveiling Resistance
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
June 17 - September 9, 2022
Opening Reception: June 17, 6-8
Artist Panel: Aug. 31, 7-8:30pm
Closing Reception: Sept 9, 12-4
Curator: Thomas James
Artists: Chukwudumebi Amadi-Emina, Rowan Bathurst, Autumn Breon, Theresa-Xuan Bui, Ainsley Burrows, Allen Golder Carpenter, Ailish Hopper, Charles Jean Pierre, Christopher Johnson, Sagar Kamath, Jeffrey Kent, Denese King-Ashley, George Lorio, Paula Mans, Tonisha Hope McCorkle, Elizabeth Ann Miller, Lydia Moore, Amuri Morris, Kim Rice, Laura Sligh, Fahimeh Vahdat, McKinley Wallace, Esteban Whiteside, and Helen Zughaib.
The Baltimore Watercolor Society's Mid-Atlantic Exhibition
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville
June 13 - July 23, 2022
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Saturday, June 25, 2-4pm.
This juried exhibition featured 91 artists from all over the mid-Atlantic region. The judge for the submissions and awards was Kathleen S. Giles, AWS, NWS.
An astounding array of talented watercolorists.
Still Light
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
Jowita Wyszomirska Solo Exhibition
April 4 - May 21, 2022
"Working at the intersection of installation and drawing, I contemplate nature and our relationship with the environment. My work evolves from the context of observing moments at the periphery of our experience: A cloud casting shadow as it crosses the sun, the ever-changing shoreline as land and water meet, the sensory experience of wind, the warmth of shimmering light touching the skin."
-Jowita Wyszomirska
And Still We Rise:
A Exhibit on Humor
The Gallery at CCBC Essex
November 1 - December 11, 2021
Curator: Emilyann Craighead
Artists: Brad Blair, Susie Brandt, Chloe Irla, Jeremy Jirsa, Donna McCullough, David Showalter, Christine Wolfe Strong, R. L. Tillman
The artists in And Still We Rise use humor in their artwork, each in their own way. Some use it to help talk about important issues by giving the viewer a gentle entry into thinking about the topic. Others use it to point out societal follies, and some just use it to provide a little levity. This exhibition hopes to bring humor into your day.
Jump Cut
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville
August 23 - December 8, 2021
Curator: Nicole Buckingham Kern
Artist: Amanda Burnham
A solo exhibition of Amanda Burnham's artwork at the Gallery at CCBC Catonsville.
"With these structural and symbolic motifs, I mean to suggest difficulties of navigating the contemporary world as an individual – particularly in the face of overwhelming systemic disfunction and the suspicious and contested nature of information."
-Amanda Burnham
Frankenstein and Frankenshow
Online only virtual exhibition and theatrical performance
October 15 - December 31, 2020
Exhibition Curator: Erik Miller
Director: Brad Norris
The Galleries and the Theater of CCBC are joining together to produce a digital presentation of the student-written play of Frankenstein. Reinterpreted to be set in present-day Baltimore, the play highlights aspects of Mary Shelley’s book, such as belonging and otherness, while also bringing forth new themes like gender identity and motherhood. There will be staged readings, filmed scenes, interviews, and images of the creative processes involved in creating this Frankenstein.
A(Mend)
Online only virtual exhibition
November 1 - December 20, 2020
Curator: Jessica Walton
Artists: Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ashley Minner, Pamela J. Peters, Sarah Sense, Anna Tsouhlarakis, and Monique Verdin
The works in this exhibition celebrate Native American living histories. The works unravel and counter stereotypes by creating new representations and celebrations of the complexity and vibrancy of Native American cultures.
- Jessica Walton, Curator
There is No Design Button
Online only virtual exhibition
August 10 - October 17, 2020
Curator: David Zobel
Artists: Infinito, Marcos Faunner, Diego Franco, Martin French
"Taking design from this formulaic approach and making me feel something, making me want to hang it on the wall like a piece of art, that's what design should be about."
- David Zobel, Curator
Protest Art
Online only virtual exhibition
June 12, 2020 -August 21, 2020
The Galleries at CCBC feel passionately about showcasing protest art that lets our students and community know that our spaces are a place where the fight for justice for all can continue, and that art can make a difference.
More than 50 artists are showcased in this exhibition.
Images of Perseverance
Online only virtual exhibition
April 20 - May 15, 2020
Artists: Gail Burton, Robert Creamer, Jessica Deleon, Geoff Delanoy, Steven Dembo, Albert Ewing,Tiffany Jones, Howard Korn, Brion McCarthy, Mollye Miller, Kyle Myles, Kyle Pompey, Colette Veasey-Cullors and Todd Wilson.
Curator: Nicole Buckingham Kern
Discomfort
The Gallery at CCBC Catonsville
January 6 - February 28, 2020
Artists: Muqaddas Azam, Emilyann Craighead, Kameron Jones, Nicole Buckingham Kern, Dayana Henriquez, Janae Jacobs, Trisha Kyner, Joey Liu, Doug McNamara, Osvaldo Mesa, Erik Miller, Ashley Reinhardt, Mareh Smith, Jonah Tanenbaum-Vogler, and Abigail Wolfe.
