Kohl Gallery

Kohl Gallery Kohl Gallery is located in the Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College in Chestertown, MD.

Kohl Gallery fosters the study and understanding of art through a diverse range of exhibitions and public programs. Embracing its liberal arts context, Kohl endeavors to present fresh perspectives on historical and contemporary art and to promote interdisciplinary conversations about historical, social, and cultural issues of significance to the community of Washington College, Chestertown, and beyond.

Kohl Gallery in conjunction with the Art + Art History Department at Washington College is excited to present: periphery...
04/15/2026

Kohl Gallery in conjunction with the Art + Art History Department at Washington College is excited to present: periphery. Four senior capstone exhibitions by Roselyn Garcia-Mendoza, Erin Helgerman, Ella Jendrek, Rebekah Naomi McCreary Salazar on view from April 17 - May 2, 2026.

This group exhibition highlights each of the artist’s perspectives from the margins - including marginalized cultures, technologies, and geographies. An opening reception featuring short artist talks at 5pm will be held on Friday, April 17 from 4:30-6:30pm.

Light refreshments will be served and the reception and ongoing exhibition are free and open to the public. Join us to celebrate these artists' accomplishments. All are warmly invited to attend.

Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 2026 from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Artists’ Talk at 5:00pm

periphery is on view April 17 - May 2, 2026

Kohl Gallery Hours are: Tuesday - Saturday 2pm - 5pm, Wednesdays 2pm - 6pm.

Come on out to support the artistry living in so many of the students throughout Washington College at the annual All St...
03/16/2026

Come on out to support the artistry living in so many of the students throughout Washington College at the annual All Student exhibition opening at Kohl Gallery this Friday, March 20th from 4:30 - 6pm.

The exhibiting students are: Ella Baldwin, Sophia Cost, Jeremy Cress, Faye Dorman, Victoria Griffith, Erin Helgerman, Ella Humphreys, Ella Jendrek, Ella Lenert, Rebekah McCreary, Sage McKim, Calynn Nelson, Ethan Ransom, Heidi Tine, Nilofar Turabi, Max Van Doren, Isabella Yim.
Their work was selected by the Baltimore-based artist and arts administrator Lou Joseph.

A tour of the catered exhibition will be led by the students and Lou Joseph starting at 5:00pm, Friday, March 20, 2026.
This All Student Exhibition will remain on view from March 20 through April 4, 2026

Kohl Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 2pm - 5pm, Wednesdays 2pm - 6pm

The Kohl Gallery would like to thank everyone who attended the event Heirloom Surgery last week. The gallery was excited...
03/04/2026

The Kohl Gallery would like to thank everyone who attended the event Heirloom Surgery last week. The gallery was excited to host 80 attendees including mayor of Chestertown Meghan Efland . Over 50 pieces were examined by our textile, object and book conservators Rebecca Stern, Diane Fullick and Ruth Blackson that night.

The event happened in collaboration with the current exhibit Washington College Collects!- a sneak peek into the college's vast archive over two hundred years in the making. In celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary get a rare glimpse into the history of the United States's first liberal arts college and the vast history of the Eastern Shore! The exhibit runs until this Saturday March 6th so don't miss your chance to see the pieces. Also ongoing is fundraising by the College to restore and learn more about pieces within the exhibit and broader college collection.

Photos courtesy of Timothy Corrao

Kohl Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Saturday
2:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesdays
2:00pm-6:00pm

Today, bring your family treasures to Kohl Gallery for the FREE Heirloom Surgery! This is an opportunity to receive expe...
02/25/2026

Today, bring your family treasures to Kohl Gallery for the FREE Heirloom Surgery! This is an opportunity to receive expert advice from textile, object, and book conservators about how you can preserve and protect your family's treasured possessions for future generations.

This event begins at 5:30pm and will end at 7:00pm on Wednesday, February 25 located in the Kohl Gallery, Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College. There is no registration required.

This event is in conjunction with the exhibition Washington College Collects! - a sneak peek into the college's vast archive over two hundred years in the making. The exhibit runs from February 12 to March 6th.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
2:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesdays
2:00pm-6:00pm.

Come explore the incredible pieces within the Washington College Archives in a special exhibit, Washington College Colle...
01/28/2026

Come explore the incredible pieces within the Washington College Archives in a special exhibit, Washington College Collects! showing at the Kohl Gallery from Thursday February 12 - March 6.
Fundraising will also be ongoing for the restoration of pieces within the colleges collection.

Kohl Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-5pm & Wednesdays from 2pm-6pm

Now open for submissions is the Kohl Gallery's annual 100 Proof Juried Student Art Exhibit, which will be showing at the...
01/24/2026

Now open for submissions is the Kohl Gallery's annual 100 Proof Juried Student Art Exhibit, which will be showing at the gallery from March 20th-April 4th with a public opening reception on March 20th.

This year’s exhibit is open to all mediums and themes, and all Washington College students from all majors are encouraged to apply. Experimental and ephemeral forms, including proposals for installation and performance art, are also encouraged. Artistic collaborations are welcome.

This year’s 100 Proof Juror is the professional artist Lou Joseph. Joseph is an artist and arts administrator based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently the Manager of Grants, Competitions and Exhibitions at Create Baltimore, the arts council for Baltimore. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a BFA in painting in 1998 and received an MFA in printmaking from Indiana University in 2004. He has exhibited work in New York, Chicago, Venice, Berlin among others. From 2012 to 2022 he directed the Institute of Contemporary Art Baltimore, an artist-run nomadic art space, staging 36 large scale solo artists exhibitions, along with professional practice programming. He lives with his family in the city of Baltimore.

Application Instructions:
You may submit up to three artworks for consideration.
Artworks must be submitted as digital images. Ensure that the following image criteria are met:
- images clearly depict artwork against a neutral background with minimal distractions
- all images should be sized to approximately 6”x8” at 72dpi, max 1MB per image
- all images should be saved as .jpg
name images with your name and the number that corresponds to the artwork submission form (i.e., JaneArtist_1.jpg, jpg, JaneArtist_2.jpg, etc.)
- Complete the Submission Form linked in our bio
Or, you may also: submit all images and completed Submission Form (ATTACHED) in a single email to [email protected]
Please use ‘100 PROOF SUBMISSION – YourFirstName LastName’ as the email subject line (i.e., 100 PROOF SUBMISSION – Jane Artist)

All Applications due by Midnight February 13th.

The Kohl Gallery is excited to be hosting the works of three incredible Washington College seniors Shannon Smith, Ziggy ...
04/12/2025

The Kohl Gallery is excited to be hosting the works of three incredible Washington College seniors Shannon Smith, Ziggy Love Angelos, and Katelyn Reggie. We thank you all for the exciting opening night and look forward to hosting the three's senior capstone exhibits for the next few weeks.

Smiths piece MONKS MONSTERS & THE THEORIES OF HUMOR is located directly outside the Kohl Gallery and explores humor in the medieval period through an examination of the humorous marginalia found in the W.102 Book of Hours.

Angelos exhibit in the gallery BODILY focuses on explorations of the figure and ones relationship with the self both internally and externally.

Reggies exhibit in the gallery PLAY! uses line and repetition to explore the ideas of play and whimsy, with the materials guiding one through the work.

All three artists works will be open at the Kohl Gallery from April 11-May 3 2025, so don't miss the chance to see these exciting new works!

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-5pm & Wednesdays 2pm-6pm
Exhibit Running: April 11-May 3, 2025

A huge thank you to María de Lourdes Mariño Fernandez curator of DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cuba's Recent Activist Sc...
02/22/2025

A huge thank you to María de Lourdes Mariño Fernandez curator of DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cuba's Recent Activist Scene, for her incredible talk last night at the exhibits opening event. Thank you as well to all the nights attendees, particularly the alumni travel program which just recently returned from their trip to Cuba. If you missed yesterdays opening event never fear as DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cuba's Recent Activist Scene will be open at the Kohl Gallery until March 8th.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-5pm & Wednesdays 2pm-6pm
Exhibit Running: Feb 6-Mar 8, 2025

The Kohl Gallery is honored to have had DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cubas Recent Activist Scene featured in a recent a...
02/22/2025

The Kohl Gallery is honored to have had DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cubas Recent Activist Scene featured in a recent article published by news station and written by journalist Yolanda Huerga. Other news sites such as Noticias de Hoy, 14yMedio, Cubanos por el Mundo, and Diario de Cuba have also recently run stories about the exhibit. The exhibit as Huerga describes "indaga en el uso del dibujo como instrumento para canalizar las ideas críticas y promover la narrativa política dentro del panorama cultural cubano."("investigates the use of drawing as an instrument to channel critical ideas and promote the political narrative within the Cuban cultural panorama").
DRAFTING DISSENT: Drawings in Cubas Recent Activist Scene will be open at the Kohl Gallery until March 8th. Don't miss the chance to see this incredible exhibit.
You can find the article here:
https://www.martinoticias.com/a/obras-de-otero-alcantara-de-la-prision-en-cuba-a-una-galeria-en-maryland/409818.html

Please join Kohl Gallery for the artist talk and gallery opening of .ahmad.art’s ‘Devotions.’‘Devotions’ is centered wit...
11/12/2024

Please join Kohl Gallery for the artist talk and gallery opening of .ahmad.art’s ‘Devotions.’

‘Devotions’ is centered within Sobia Ahmad’s ongoing connection to the in Utah. This ancient grove of 47,000 aspen trees is considered Earth’s oldest living organism. Pando stretches over 100 acres and is unified by a single immense root system, making it ‘a forest of one’. In response to this unique and living site, Ahmad created ‘One Big Eye.’ This hand-processed 16mm film transferred to HD was made in collaboration with and weaves scientific, folkloric, and mystical ways of relating to Pando. Writing about this forest and its broader influence on her artistic practice Ahmad shares: “I see Pando’s root system as a guiding metaphor for interconnectedness. I am interested in the theme of entanglement through the lens of Oneness in Sufi mysticism, the power of film as a medium to remind us of our shared reality, and the political implications of relating to each other and a more-than-human world as an interconnectedness whole.”

This Friday Nov 15
Artist talk: Tawes Theatre, 4-5pm
Opening Reception: Kohl Gallery, 5-6:30pm

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