Art Shows at Brookside Gardens
Art is Part of Our Mission
Brookside Gardens supports and promotes all the arts with show opportunities and by working with individual artists, groups of artists, and public sector agencies including the Montgomery County Arts Council and the Public Arts Trust.
Art and Photography Exhibits in the Visitors Center
Visitor
Center Art & Photo Exhibit Application*
Open
daily 9:00am to 5:00pm. Closed Christmas Day and selected
holidays.
The Brookside Gardens Visitor Center at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland 20902, includes four gallery areas: the atrium, lobby, education hall, and library. Exhibits of 8 to 60 works run all year long in all areas for both individuals and groups of artists and feature paintings, photographs, fabric arts, and any other hangable art, with a theme of plants. These shows are visited by up to 30,000 visitors per month. Sales are conducted by the Visitor Center Gift Shop. Artists have included everything from the second grade of Glenallan Elementary School to the world famous aubusson tapestry artist, Dirk Holgar. Application forms are accepted anytime.
Visitors Center Art Exhibit Calendar
Landscapes Near & Far - Palette knife oils
Linda DeCamp
8/16 to 10/10/08
Tropical Sensations - Paintings
Jamie Downs
8/16 to 10/10/08
Baltimore Watercolor Society Exhibition
10/11 to12/ 5/08
A Feast in Winter – Watercolors & pastels
Concetta Scott
12/6/08 to 2/6/09
Winter Made Glorious Summer – Watercolors, pastels, & oils
Washington Metropolitan Artists Society
12/06/08 - 2/06/09
Living on the Wind - Watercolors
Kandy Phillips
2/07 – 4/03/09
A Promise of Spring – Watercolors & pastels
Laurel Art Guild
2/ 07 – 4/03/09
Spring Landscapes, Summer Blossoms – Paintings
Terry Peterson & Lee Klopp
4/04 to 5/30/09
Hometown Gardens, Electric Heavens – Watercolors & Acrylics
Debra Halprin
4/04 to 5/30/09
Brookside Gardens 40th Anniversary Exhibition
5/30 to 7/25 09
Botanica 2009: The Art of Science of Plants – Watercolor, color pencil, graphic, pen and ink
Artwork by teachers and students at the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration
7/25 to 9/12/09
A Season of Splendor – Watercolors
Potomac Valley Watercolorists
9/12 to 10/31/09
Scenes of Autumn – Paintings
MCAA
10/31 to 12/12/09
Hidden Landscapes – Watercolors
Rachel B. Collins
10/31 to 12/12/09
Cloth & Chocolate – Art Quilts
Cloth & Chocolate
12/12/09 to 2/12/10
