Community Calendar

Between 1946 and 1953, Henri Matisse created 28 lithographic portraits for Poésies Antillaises (Antillean Poetry), a book of poems by John-Antoine Nau. Published posthumously in 1972, this rare volume remains one of Matisse’s least-known illustrated works.

Inspired by his brief 1930 visit to Martinique, Matisse translated Nau’s evocative poems—celebrating travel, music, and oceanic landscapes—into vibrant portraits. These reflect the artist’s collaborations with notable Caribbean and international models and are presented alongside works by two leading artists from Martinique and Guadeloupe, Germaine Casse and Serge Hélénon. This focus exhibition illuminates aspects of the transatlantic artistic circles active during the late French colonial period.

Jewish Community Services offers a group for care partners to someone with Parkinson’s Disease on the 3rd Thursday of each month. This group is a safe, confidential space to have conversations, share experiences, receive support, and gather caregiving resources. For more information, visit https://jcsbalt.org/care-partner-parkinsons/ or contact Beth Hecht at [email protected] or 410- 843-7456.

On View February 4 - May 16 (closed March 15 - 22)

Explore the remarkable artistic journey and cultural legacy of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), widely regarded as the “Father of Modern Art” in Nepal. This collection of paintings—spanning the 1940s to the 1980s— reflects and reframes the cultural, political, and emotional realities of Bangdel’s time and traces his evolving vision as he navigated multiple worlds: colonial and postcolonial South Asia, cosmopolitan Europe, and an emerging modern Nepal.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Department of Music features the winners of the Sidney Lieberman Scholarship Competition in our annual scholarship recital sponsored by Sidney Lieberman and the TU Foundation.

Exhibition
Transformations: Lain Singh Bangdel, Art, Nepal
February 4 – May 16 (closed March 15-22)
Monday – Saturday 11 am – 4 pm
Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Towson University
1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204

Explore the remarkable artistic journey and cultural legacy of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), widely regarded as the “Father of Modern Art” in Nepal. This collection of paintings—spanning the 1940s to the 1980s— reflects and reframes the cultural, political, and emotional realities of Bangdel’s time and traces his evolving vision as he navigated multiple worlds: colonial and postcolonial South Asia, cosmopolitan Europe, and an emerging modern Nepal.

"Resonant Site" is an immersive art installation coming to the Pikesville Armory in April of 2026 (two consecutive weekends). It's a multi-screen audiovisual exhibit exploring the intersection of industry and the environment in Baltimore, where water meets land in the region, by Maryland artist duo Collis Donadio.

Free to attend and open to all. Picnic and family-friendly! Rain or shine (exhibit is indoors). Ample free parking on site.

Exhibit Hours:
April 17, 18, 19:  1-6pm
April 25, 26:  1-6pm

More info and RSVP: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E362285&id=29

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Jackie Andrews, TU '20, is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, researcher, and arts administrator. Often using their studio practice as a method of creating dialogue with their art historical interests and queer identity, Jackie’s work has been exhibited widely, including recent shows at Iridian/Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA; Virginia Tech University Library, Blacksburg, VA; and Marshall University Library, Huntington, WV. Andrews co-founded Power Clash Art, an experimental publishing platform and was previously the Editor of Future Heirloom, NYC Jewelry Week’s blog. They’ve been a contributor to "Making Progress: Resources for Social Justice in Craft" and have written for "Metalsmith" magazine and other art and craft journals and publications. Jackie is currently a Staff Grant Writer at Benvenuti Arts Consulting and was previously a Grants & Development Associate at The Walters Art Museum, specializing in Institutional Giving. Jackie graduated from Towson University with a BFA in Sculpture and a minor in Art History in December 2020.

Warren Wolf, vibes
Brent Birckhead, alto saxophone
Allyn Johnson, keyboards
Richie Goods, electric bass
Quincy Phillips, drums
Imani-Grace, vocals

Celebrate with Baltimore's Warren Wolf as we enjoy the release of his new album, SMOOVE, out April 2026! SMOOVE is an album designed for music lovers of R&B, gospel, soul and fusion jazz. Songs such as “Yesterday”, “Take Five”, “Some Skunk Funk” will be featured.

Warren Wolf is an acclaimed jazz vibraphonist known for his sophisticated, exploratory, nearly acrobatic post-bop style that moved one critic to exclaim that “he plays the vibraphone like an electric guitar!” From the young age of three years old, Warren has been trained on the vibraphone/marimba, drums, and piano. Under the guidance of his father Warren Wolf Sr., Warren has a deep background in all genres of music. Warren has performed and/or recorded with such luminaries as Bobby Watson, Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis, Christian Scott, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, and others. Warren Wolf is one of the hardest swinging virtuosos in all of modern music.

A free conversation between three Hollywood greats who are also Johns Hopkins alumni.
In celebration of Johns Hopkins' Sesquicentennial and MICA’s Bicentennial we will be hosting three distinguished Hopkins alumni at the Parkway Theatre on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00PM. 
Caleb Deschanel is a six-time Academy Award nominee in cinematography and winner of the American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award. His thirty-two major Hollywood films include The Black Stallion, Being There, The Right Stuff and The Natural. Walter Murch is a three-time Academy Award winner (and six-time nominee). He is known for his work as a ground-breaking editor credited with the invention of cinematic sound design. His work includes Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I and II, The Conversation, Ghost, and The English Patient. Matthew Robbins, Cannes Film Festival Award-winning screenwriter and director, wrote Steven Spielberg’s first feature film, The Sugarland Express, and worked with Spielberg on the screenplays for Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as the original screenplay for George Lucas’s first feature, THX 1138. He has worked extensively with director Guillermo del Toro, and most recently co-wrote Brad Bird’s upcoming feature, Ray Gunn. The longtime friends’ stories are intertwined with the birth of film studies at Johns Hopkins, thirty years before film was an official major. They made their first films at Johns Hopkins; founded a film society; and were actively involved in Baltimore’s arts community. Essential pioneers of the New Hollywood in the 1970s, they have worked (and continue to work) with the most important filmmakers of the past 60 years.  They will discuss their time at JHU and their early film careers, key films from their later careers, and their ongoing friendship. The conversation will be moderated by JHU Film and Media Studies faculty member Linda DeLibero.