WHAT'S ON
Coming Up: August 8-22
Black August: From Harlem to Havanna
OPENING RECEPTION+PERFORMANCES
August 8 7-10PM
CLOSING RECEPTION+ ARTIST TALKS
August 22 2-5 PM
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Black August commemorates and carries forward the struggle and sacrifices of Black political prisoners and freedom fighters. With its origins in 1979, and George Jackson's organizing in California's San Quentin State Prison, observers of Black August call for the freedom of all political prisoners in the United States. This year we want to highlight the international character of Black August, and the interconnected struggles of resisting efforts to disenfranchise Black communities, terrorize immigrants, and deepen environmental and climate injustice. We also celebrate the long history of Cuba's solidarity with Black revolutionaries, and call for resistance to U.S. imperialism and its brutal blockade and sanctions on Cuba, which grows more deadly by the day. Just as U.S. imperialism presses its boot on the Black population in the U.S., it uses the same violence on oppressed peoples around the world.
This Black August, Baltimore Artists Against Apartheid, Crows Nest, and Baltimore PSL present BLACK AUGUST: FROM HARLEM TO HAVANA, bringing together artwork that honors this international legacy of struggle for liberation. More than just a reflection on the fight for the freedom of political prisoners at home, this exhibition is a rallying cry to carry forward this international struggle today.
Online Exhibit
22 Federal Workers
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“31 Civil Workers” is a series of portraits that was painted daily by Paint Brains in the month of January (2026). A curated collection of 22 Federal workers is shown in this online exhibit. Each portrait is of a current or former federal worker who is continuing to protect civil services and other federal employees. These portraits were submitted voluntarily, along with any texts they wished to share and include stories from the EPA, CDC, NIH, and more. This is a timely project featuring federal workers continuing to protect their country while they themselves are being vilified and changes in regulations restrict their abilities to work. For example, many of the featured federal employees were fired unexpectedly in 2025.
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