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CURRENT EXHIBITION

MATTHEW MOORE: POST-SOCIALIST LANDSCAPES

October 16–November17th, 2023

Artists' Reception: Saturday, October 21, 4-6 pm

Post-Socialist Landscapes is an exploration of memory sites in countries that were at one time occupied by the Soviet Union. The photographs in this project fall into two main groups. One set of images depicts the exact location where statues of Lenin and Stalin once stood. These photographs seem to portray obscure public squares or city parks, but to many local inhabitants, these spaces are still charged with an ominous presence. In some cases, the absence of the statue is more obvious, while in others the local government has gone to great lengths to transform the space. A second group of photographs focuses on the fate of the discarded communist monuments that once stood throughout Europe’s Eastern Bloc states. Today they can be found stored behind buildings or gathered in private parks. Placed safely away from public view, their power to intimidate has been stripped from them. Together, these two groups of photographs speak to the way local governments and municipalities control historical narratives through the manipulation of public and private space. While some societies go to great lengths to eradicate the unwanted reminders of their past, others are willing to let them slowly disintegrate. Some communities even leave purposeful reminders of a painful past in an attempt to keep history from repeating itself. Regardless of the strategy, the evidence of our past is recorded in the landscape. Each new layer of information tells an important story about the way history, and even memory, are shaped by human intervention. This project also calls attention to the process happening in the U.S. and elsewhere with regards to the removal of monuments that propagate false histories. By looking at how societies in Europe have dealt with this issue more than thirty years after the fall of communism, the project sheds light on how other communities might deal with their own uncomfortable legacies.

PAST EXHIBITIONS

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LIFE ON HOLD

January 23-March 3, 2023

Featuring artworks made by women incarcerated at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women, through a collaboration with NDMU students, faculty, and staff. Led and curated by Casey McKeel.

STUDENT EXHIBIT

December 4-9, 2022

Annual salon-style exhibition of student work from fall semester art and art therapy classes.

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PARALLAX WOMEN'S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

October 17 - November 18, 2022

Juried by Liz Faust, and featuring a vast array of photographic approaches practiced by women across the country.

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SUZY KOPF: ORANGE CRUSH

September 6-October 7, 2022

An examination of American citriculture.

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SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION

May 2-22, 2022

Capstone work by six students graduating from Notre Dame of Maryland University with bachelor's degrees in studio art, photography, and art therapy.

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33RD NATIONAL DRAWING & PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION

March 7-April 14, 2022

Juried by Joy Davis and featuring work by 19 artists from across the United States.

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LAID BARE

January 24-February 25, 2022

Curated by Quentin Gibeau, this exhibition examines the theme of apocalypse as revelation.

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STUDENT EXHIBIT

December 6-10, 2021

Annual salon-style exhibition of artwork made by students enrolled in fall courses in the Art and Art Therapy departments at Notre Dame of Maryland University. 

There is no virtual version of this exhibition.

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SAM LACOMBE: 25 YEARS OF NEON

October 25-November 19, 2021

Featuring paintings and gouaches of urban Americana graphic signage, which Lacombe transforms in poetic ways.

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CAITLIN GILL:
NATURE VS. NURTURE

September 20-October 15, 2021

Exploring the notion of femininity and its relationship to nature and culture.

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CALENNA CAULEY: A DIVE INTO MY MIND

August 30-September 11, 2021

Thesis exhibition by Notre Dame of Maryland University art student Calenna Cauley '21

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PROCESS = RELATIONSHIP

May 3-14, 2021

Featuring process-based work by graduate and undergraduate students in the Art Therapy programs at Notre Dame of Maryland University. This exhibition was on view in the physical gallery space only -- no virtual exhibition.

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32ND NATIONAL DRAWING & PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION

March 22-April 23, 2021

Juried by Alex Ebstein and featuring work by 21 artists from across the country

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LOOKING AT LEADERSHIP

January 25-March 5, 2021

Curated by Sarah B. McCann, this exhibition celebrates leaders and examines the values needed to lead.

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STUDENT EXHIBIT

December 7-18, 2020

Annual salon-style exhibition of artwork made by students enrolled in fall courses in the Art and Art Therapy departments at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

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RECORDING HISTORY

October 26 - November 27, 2020

Examining art’s role in recording history and documenting our lived experience of it.

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31ST NATIONAL DRAWING & PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION

September 9 - October 16, 2020

Juried by Doreen Bolger, Former Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, and featuring 50 artists from across the United States.

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