Holiday Gift Show & Sale
Find something special for everyone on your list at the Holiday Gift Show & Sale. Explore work by more than 60 artists across a variety of media, with unique gifts for every budget—from small treasures to stunning works of art. Shop the Ornament Show & Sale during your visit for even more holiday finds.
Planning an evening visit? Beginning November 27, admission to Annmarie Garden in Lights is required to shop during evening hours.
19th Annual Ornament Show & Sale
Find a little holiday magic at the Ornament Show & Sale, presented by the Annmarie Gift Shop! This juried show features handcrafted ornaments by more than 25 regional artists, offering unique, affordable gifts for friends and family—or a special addition to your own tree.
Explore ornament-filled trees in the Main Gallery of the Arts Building, choose your favorites right from the branches, and bring them to the Gift Shop to purchase.
The show opens before Thanksgiving and runs through early January, with extended evening hours during Annmarie Garden in Lights; a ticket for the light show is required to visit during evening hours.
Inked: The Art of the Tattoo
Juror: Duffy Fortner, Tattoo Artist at Red Octopus Tattoo, Prince Frederick, MD, Ink Master Season 6 Contestant
Inked: The Art of Tattoo celebrates rich artistic traditions, cultural significance, and the evolving creative language of tattooing. Long regarded as both a personal form of expression and a powerful visual art, tattoos tell stories of identity, memory, heritage, transformation, and belonging. Through this exhibition, artists are invited to explore the imagery, symbolism, techniques, and aesthetics inspired by tattoos and tattoo culture.
In the gallery, you will find tattoo flash paintings, artistic photographs of tattoos/tattooed people, handcrafted tattoo machines, and artworks related to tattoo subculture. Works also celebrate the craft itself, examine the cultural significance of tattooing across societies, and explore themes of permanence, resilience, transformation, memory, and self-expression.
This exhibition will be open to the public in the Kay Daugherty of Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center from October 9 through January 17.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
David M. Alcantar, Nicole Ayres, Shawn Barber, Brandin Baron, Ryan Alexander Bose, Jackie Clark, Mark A. Dierker, Lana Dragon, Kay Fox, James Hayden, Autumn Katsouros, Michael Kelly, Craig Keppler, Libbyanne Lightner, John Lupo, Emily Marbach, Cynthia Martin-Brennan, Leah McKinley, Karen Middleton, Maria E. Miller, Seth Orsetti, John P. Potter, Robie Sayan, DA Sieloff, Steven “Shady” Smith, Bettie Sperty, Sheldon B Stehman, MURD3BIRD (Scott Tippett), Shannon Wang, Peter West, and Bethany Yates.
Plumage & Place: Birds of the World
Plumage and Place: Birds of the World invites visitors to explore the remarkable diversity of birds and the adaptations that help them thrive in habitats from forests to deserts. Discover how beaks, feet, feathers, and even bones reveal a bird’s lifestyle—from cracking nuts to sipping nectar or swimming with ease—and see houseplants paired with birds from their shared regions of origin. The exhibit highlights unusual, colorful, tall, and tiny species, showcases how evolution shapes form and function, and explains everyday threats like window collisions and how you can help. All ages will enjoy the eye-catching displays and hands-on activities throughout this exhibit.