2026
These Grand Places
Tomiko Jones
Main Gallery
September 4-November 20, 2026
These Grand Places was ignited by seeing a list of federally protected public land to be reviewed for de-regulation during the first Trump administration. Through deep engagement and time spent on site, These Grand Places explores public land and national identity, uncovering the complexities of the current geopolitical and environmental moment, while illuminating the beauty of public lands. This project builds on lifelong concepts in Tomiko Jones’s work on place, belonging, and the care with which we move through the world as artists. Read more . . .
River, Red
Ahmed Ozsever
Efroymson Gallery
November 6-25, 2026
River, Red is a visual art and research project by artist Ahmed Ozsever that observes the space created by natural river migration. The project explores concepts of time as made evident in land, the malleability of human imposed borders, and the contrasting temporalities that can be perceived in nature and those that are human constructs. Read more . . .
Image by Attabey Rodriguez Benitez, Aurora Member
Aurora 2026 Members Juried Exhibition
Main Gallery
December 4, 2026 - January 15, 2027
Deadline to submit: August 31, 2026
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.
Juror: Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, Chair of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Cleveland Museum of Art
For information on eligibility and how to submit your work, click here to learn more.
Relentless Honor
Jamila Martin
Efroymson Gallery
December 4, 2026-January 15, 2027
For several years, 2025 Aurora Workspace Resident Jamila Martin has been documenting 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. Read more . . .