Upcoming Exhibits | Sandy Spring Museum

What is Ours?

September 7 – November 16, 2022

Get your free tickets for the opening reception on Sunday, September 25.

In a contemporary culture where womxn* artists are profoundly underrepresented in art institutions and women’s rights continue to be repealed, What is Ours? is an opportunity for womxn to reclaim space, authority and confidence in themselves, their communities and our collective future. This juried group exhibition by members of the Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, DC is a culmination of artistic expressions devoted to individual and shared experiences in present-day society. The selected works might reference the body as a place of privacy where womxn have the right to choose and deny government intervention, or they might reference economic inequalities intensified by the pandemic and rising inflation. What is Ours? can also extend to what brings us together. Topics of family, heritage, intersectional identity, education, and tradition may be examined as they articulate the womxn experience and all that is theirs.

Call for Artists: What is Ours?

*womxn is an inclusive term used to describe all people who identify as women.

Meet the juror:

Risikat ‘Kat’ Okedeyi is a curator, cultural architect, business owner, professor and connector. Her personal mission is to create and produce high-quality cultural events, digital media, and conversations on and around progressive global Black culture, identities and aesthetics. She has professional affiliations with Prince George’s Community College, Bowie State University, The Kennedy Center, The Reach, Pyramid Atlantic and STABLE Arts.

If you are interested in learning more about the local Women’s Caucus for Art, please see the link below:

https://www.wcadc.org/

ARTINA 2022: A Space in Place

ARTINA 2022: A Space in Place

The Washington Sculptors Group presents A Space in Place for an annual outdoor sculpture installation. This year, artists respond to the theme of sculpture being out of place.

For something to be out of place, one must question the relationship between the object and its surroundings. A Space in Place will be an immersive sculpture garden with site-specific sculptural disruptions on the museum grounds, for example, an oil rig amongst a rose garden or sculptures interrupting paved walkways. ‘Out of place’ may also refer to the object being located out of context or the contrast between the topic of the artwork and the place in which it resides. Although the friction of opposition may also exist within the object itself. Sculptures may resemble functional objects defying their functionality.

The dichotomy of space and place is presented for artists and viewers alike to engage with relationships to place. How might the placement and context of sculptures on the museum property effect our understanding of the sculptural work and the museum space?

Call for Entries: Artina 2022: A Space in Place

About the Juror

Natalie Fulgencio-Turner is a curator who develops multicultural and multilingual exhibitions and art experiences. Her practice is rooted in sustainable partnerships, which she maintains with the International Monetary Fund, community galleries of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and through local DC Metro artists affiliated with the Arlington Arts Center and Black Market Art/Common Collective DC initiative.

For more information about the Washington Sculptors Group please refer to the website below:

https://washingtonsculptors.org/

Space

On exhibit June 17 – August 28, 2022

Opening Reception June 17, 4 pm – 6 pm

“Space” is a versatile word. It can mean an area, distance, time, or even the cosmos. Over the pandemic, the term “space” primarily referred to the physical distance between people. We have seen how physical space impacts the intangible areas of our lives, including our mental health, relationships, and connections to the world around us. Space has become a mandate, a personal preference, and a source of constant reevaluation. In this exhibit, artists from Studio In-Sight consider the idea of space in many contexts. They explore the concept of emotional and physical space through their lived experiences of isolation, quarantine, conflict, relationships, self-discovery, and nature.

Left: Artwork by Joanne Dvorsky

About Studio In-Sight

Established in 2006, Studio In-Sight is a shared studio program that provides space and inspiration to artists who create outside the mainstream. The studio is part of Cornerstone Montgomery, a psychiatric rehabilitation facility in Montgomery County, Maryland that serves those living with chronic and persistent mental health disorders. Studio In-Sight artists are encouraged to pursue their own interests – photography, painting, sculpture, wood work, etc. Some use their artistic expressions to work through emotional struggles, while others simply relish in the freedom that creation brings.

The artists of the Studio In-Sight program are a diverse group of creators who produce together through the Foundations Day Program at Cornerstone Montgomery. The shared studio, instruction, and program itself celebrate neurodiversity and support artists who live with mental illness. This unique community program looks at how artists can pursue art as a vocation, and how shows, exhibitions, and craft fairs can help unconventional artists participate in meaningful work.

Sharp Street United Methodist Church

Opened February 28, 2022

First formed in 1822 as Sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Sharp Street United Methodist Church is the oldest Black church in Montgomery County. This exhibit honors this social and spiritual anchor of the Sandy Spring Community with a display of related artifacts and photos, many of which are on loan from church members.

Health & Safety

In an effort to keep you healthy, we are requesting that audience members provide proof of a COVID vaccine when attending scheduled programs, and that audience members wear masks unless they are eating or drinking. Under certain conditions, exemptions may be made for those who are not vaccinated. Please email us for more information.

Creating Context for the Collection

On exhibit January 17 – March 13, 2022

Staff recently began inventorying the museum’s artifact collection and wants to share the excitement of discovery with you. On exhibit this winter will be assemblages of items as they were found upon opening storage boxes. Visitors will see objects that are rarely displayed and will learn how and why an inventory is conducted. The inventory is part of a three-year project generously funded by the Institute of Library and Museum Services with the long-term goal of redressing historical inequities in our collecting practices.

The Big Weave

On exhibit January 17 – March 13, 2022

from many diverse threads comes one vibrant, beautiful community

In 2015, we installed nine giant looms in the exhibit hall. A wide variety of weaving materials were provided by the museum, but visitors were invited to bring their own materials to incorporate into the woven works. They brought lanyards, scarves, medals hanging from ribbons, lockets, images of their grandchildren, a tie worn by someone’s father, and more. The final weavings were amalgams of yarn, fabric, ribbon, recycled materials, and found objects.

Artist Suzanne Herbert-Forton conceived of the giant looms when she was asked to create a project that used the theme of weaving that allowed for maximum community participation. The Museum became a metaphor for the exhibit’s theme: From many diverse threads comes one vibrant, beautiful community.

As we emerge from the chrysalis of the pandemic, we are sharing The Big Weave once again. Visitors can enjoy the original tapestries, as well as participate in the creation of a new one.

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This exhibit was on display in Summer 2013. This was an exhibit of oil and water color paintings that referenced the spirit of Sandy Spring and its history. Her work addressed the ways one occupies space and the ways one assigns color and graphics to various objects. Bellairs also explored the Museum’s collection and created new pieces inspired by what she saw. Her favorite objects were documented visually and organized and regrouped by color and pattern in the community. She enabled viewers to see the items in the collection in a new light and imagine what life was like in past times.

On exhibit August 2 to September 2, 2017

For many years, Sandy Spring Museum and the Olney Art Association have worked together to offer visitors new views of the surrounding area. In this year’s theme, “Celebrating Our Neighborhoods,” each artist has strived to capture that special something in our neighborhood, loosely defined as the 6-mile radius stemming from the Sandy Spring Meeting House – that gives him or her cause to celebrate.

With an exhibit of over 40 original works of art by members of the Olney Art Association in multiple media, they celebrated the everyday life in these communities – Ashton, Brighton, Brinklow, Brookeville, Burtonsville, Cloverly, Ednor, Norbeck, Norwood, Oakdale, Olney, Sandy Spring, Spencerville, Sunshine, Roslyn, Tridelphia and Unity.

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