Beyond the Canvas: Art as Inspiration for the Students of Blair G. Ewing Center

January 9, 2026 – January 31, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays, 12-5pm; Sundays, 11am-2pm

The Blair G. Ewing Center is MCPS’s Alternative Education Program, designed to serve students with a variety of learning and social emotional needs. John Charles, art teacher at the center, has spent the past several years crafting the visual arts program to allow the students to express their creativity and emotions while also fulfilling their art credit requirements. The classes “blend several studio media, printmaking, sculpture, photography and digital arts” says Charles, whose own background in silk-screening encourages the students to layer drawings and photographs with abstract elements to create multimedia compositions. The January show will feature large- and small-scale prints from current students and recent alumni.

“The Postcard” by Art4US

February 6, 2026 – March 1, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays-Saturdays, 12-7pm; Sundays 11am-4pm
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 8, 2-4pm

“Plato argues that human beings are imprisoned in the cave of their own existence. We construct a narrative of our lives, we write the story in linear sequence, and we defend it. Inviting you to enter The Cave and send yourself a Postcard from the locale that reminds you of a visceral experience. Awaken a fragment of your being.” ART4US is a creative cooperative providing a virtual place to display, develop and cultivate patrons’ relationships. They are a group of international artists offering their unique mix of creativity, painting, photography, handcrafted jewelry and more.

Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Annual High School Art Show

March 6, 2026 – March 29, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays – Sundays, 12-5pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 3-5pm

The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio present the 27th Annual High School Art Exhibition, which they have sponsored for the past 26 years. The exhibition will feature work from high school students around the DMV. The 2026 juror is acclaimed contemporary artist and awarded poet Vian Borchert.

The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio was incorporated in 1994, as a nonprofit organization, established to support The Yellow Barn art studio at Glen Echo Park.  Through extensive fundraising of the Friends’ and help of the community, the Yellow Barn studio was renovated to become a welcoming, quality art school and community. In a few short years the Yellow Barn art studio earned its reputation for high quality of instruction and affordable art classes, for all ages and levels of experience, in a supportive atmosphere. The Yellow Barn is more than an art school – it is an inclusive art community.

“A Persistent Nature” by ImagineEarth Collective

April 3, 2026 – April 26, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays – Saturdays, 12-5pm; Sundays, 11am-2pm.
Opening Reception: TBD

Nature and art are borne of persistence. Both involve tireless experimentation, iteration and growth. Nature itself can be considered the world’s greatest artist, utilizing the elements to create masterpieces just as we – as artists – use shape, color, line, texture, value, and form to create our work. “A Persistent Nature” considers these commonalities from the perspective of our artists, who are persevering amid a D.C. community undergoing change, challenge and volatility. In persisting, our members and their works prompt visitors to interrogate how they can practice their own versions of persistence for the benefit of the environment – whether that be through individual action, advocacy or policy.