In Aurora’s Main Gallery for January First Friday, 6-9pm, the Aurora 2026 Members Juried Exhibition celebrates the creativity of Aurora’s members as a community that engages the medium of photography in all its many forms. With over 40 photographs featuring documentary, conceptual, figurative work, and more, Aurora’s 2026 Members Juried Exhibition truly showcases the wide range of topics and ways of working used by our members.

Participating artists include Rasheed Adeleye, Joel Atkinson, Eli Beaverson, Cary Benbow, Attabey Benitez, Jonathan Blaustein, Bridget Conn, Nicholas Cooper, Eli Craven, Janet Fry, Patrick Haltom, Matthew Herbertz, Joshua Herr, Sarah Hollcraft, Nicholas Jager, Hazal Kara, Trevor Langston, David Lee, Thomas Lewis, Arindam Majumdar, Chris McCarty, Alexandra McNichols-Torroeldo, Matt Nowlin, Erin Patton-McFarren, Andy Pham, Tony Pipkin, Owen Prucey, Gautam Rao, Luke Sandy, Mark Sawrie, Eric Schoch, Seth Teeters, Celina Wu, Charles Yang, and Ivan Zubov.

The exhibition was juried by Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, Chair of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Cleveland Museum of Art. All work in the Aurora 2026 Members Juried Exhibition will be for sale, unless otherwise noted. Most works will be framed and priced in the $100-$150 range.

Image by Jamila Martin

Opening December 4 in Aurora’s Efroymson Gallery: Aurora is pleased to host the exhibition Relentless Honor, by 2025 Aurora Workspace Resident Jamila Martin. For several years, Jamila Martin has documented the lives of those who care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. In the exhibition Relentless Honor, Martin focuses on her own caregiver experience of seeking balance between personal fulfillment and caring for her mother. On view through January 15.