Art Exhibits 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
Open daily 9:00am to 5:00pm. Closed 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.
Brookside Gardens Art Exhibit Calendar is now fully booked through 2015. Applications for 2016 Art Exhibits will be accepted, beginning January 1, 2013. Questions? Contact ArtatBrookside@aol.com
Art Exhibit Application and Exhibition Guidlines
Visitors Center Art Exhibit Calendar
2012
Kay Sandler, Pastels and Watercolors
April 9 – May 18, 2012
Anna Shuman, Paintings
April 9 – May 18, 2012
Botanica 2012: The Art & Science of Plants (Watercolor, color pencil, graphic, pen & ink)
Artwork by teachers and students at the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration
May 19 – July 6, 2012
Debra Halprin, Recent Watercolors
July 7 – August 26, 2012
Gene Rizor, Photographs
July 7 – August 26, 2012
Jo Ellen Murphy, Fields of Light (Pastels)
August 27 – October 21, 2012
Washington Metropolitan Artist Society, Fall Exhibition of Paintings
August 27 – October 21, 2012
Judy Brown, Small Things That Matter (Watercolor, color pencil)
October 22 – December 2, 2012
Donna Auston, Donna Golden, Mariane Kastrinakis: Paintings
October 22 – December 2, 2012
Amy Quach – Chinese Watercolor
December 3, 2012 - February 3, 2013
Marilyn Banner – Handmade Paper Collage
December 3, 2012 - February 3, 2013
Montgomery County Department of Parks