Road to the ARTS 2025

Take a ride with the arts!
Celebrate the start of the 2025-2026 gallery season with a weekend of gallery events and exhibits in Howard County. While you’re on the road, don’t miss the ARTsites sculptures installed at outdoor sites throughout the county. Info also available here: Road to the Arts 2025 

 

Saturday, September 13

1 The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery

Visual Poetry: The Work of Wonsook Kim showcases the dreamlike visual language of Korean-American artist Wonsook Kim. Known for her poetic, story-based works, Kim blends memory, imagination, and emotional resonance in paintings, etchings, and sculptures. The exhibition invites viewers into contemplative spaces where narrative and reflection intertwine. As Kim notes, “I paint sadness and happiness – the kind of place that is unspoken yet spoken, unexplainable but expressible. 

Reception: Sept 13, 6pm-8:30pm 

Exhibit Dates: Aug 25 – Oct 10, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Sun – Sat 9am-9:30pm 

Howard Community College 

10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy | Columbia 

(443) 518-4645 | howardcc.edu/galleries 

  

Friday, September 19

2 Howard County Arts Council

Gallery I: Clarity & Perspective 

Curated by CT Denby, includes work from Shiri Achu, Janai Marshall, Monica Milton, Samantha Modder, Qrcky, Ken “Tsunami” Shep, and Brent Taylor. 

Gallery II: ImPRINT 

Featuring work from Alexander D’Agostino, Donald Depuydt, and Martin Krafft. 

Reception: Sept 19, 6pm-8pm 

Exhibit Dates: Aug 15 – Sep 27, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm 

8510 High Ridge Rd | Ellicott City 

(410) 313-2787 | hocoarts.org 

 

Saturday, September 20 

3 African Art Museum of MD (AAMM) 

Out of Africa… From A to Z 

Featuring Twins 7-7, Lamdi Fakeye, G. Sunday Tenabe, and Abudalay Kasse. 

Reception: Sept 20, 2pm-4pm 

Exhibit Date: Sept 20, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Wed – Sat 11am-4pm 

The Long Reach Village Center 

8775 Cloudleap Ct | Suite 112 | Columbia 

(410) 740-7411 | africanartmuseum.org 

  

4 Bernice Kish Gallery 

Properties of Imagination: A Multidisciplinary Arts Exhibition 

Featuring Julie Henneberg, Andrew Williams, Cori Bowen, Kory Sutherland, Anthony Williams, Charlotte Mann Lee, Maureen Cogan, and Nick Stern. 

Reception: Sept 20, 10am-12pm 

Exhibit Dates: Aug 12 – Oct 5, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm 

Slayton House 

10400 Cross Fox Ln | Columbia 

(410) 730-3987 | wildelake.org/art-gallery 

  

5 DoodleHATCH Interactive Art Museum 

ManneqART Sculpture in the Human Form 

See wooden, ceramic and metal dresses. Participate in making a community sculpture on a life size dress form. 

Reception: Sept 20, 10am-5pm 

Exhibit Dates: Sept 1 – Oct 30, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri 9am-4:30pm 

9775 Cloudleap Ct | Columbia 

(301) 778-0616 | doodlehatch.com 

  

Sunday, September 21 

6 Artists Gallery 

Plein Air Sketches of Maryland by Rana Geralis 

Reception: Sept 21, 2pm-3pm 

Exhibit Dates: Aug 27 – Sept 28, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Wed 11am-3pm, Thur – Sun 11am-6pm 

8197 Main St | Ellicott City 

(443) 325-5936 | artistsgalleryec.com 

 

7 Columbia Art Center Main Gallery and Window Gallery 

Main Gallery: MAPAPA Exhibit 

Window Gallery: Perspectives in Clay 

Works by the Ceramics Instructors of Columbia Art Center 

Reception: Sept 21, 1pm-3pm 

Exhibit Dates: Sept 11 – Oct 11, 2025 

Gallery Hours: 

Mon 10am-8pm, Tues 10am-5pm, Wed – Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-12pm 

Columbia Art Center Galleries 

6100 Foreland Garth | Columbia 

(410) 730-0075 | columbiaartcenter.org 

  

8 Backwater Books 

History and Imagination – Images of The Enchanted Forest 

Featuring Wiley Purkey. 

Reception: Sept 21, 2pm-5pm 

Exhibit Dates: Sept 19 – Sept 21, 2025 

Gallery Hours: Sun 11am-6pm, Tues-Thur 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 11am-11pm 

8156 Main St | Ellicott City 

(410) 696-2482 | backwaterbooks.com 

 

ARTsites 2025 on view through July 2026: more here