October 2026

First Friday Reception | October 2, 5–8 pm Building Compassion transforms simple cardboard cubes into an immersive community installation that demonstrates how compassion begins with seeing. Developed by St. Margaret’s House in partnership with designer Emma Brooks, the exhibition features words, artwork, and stories from the guests, volunteers, and broader community of St. Margaret’s House. 

First Friday Reception | November 6, 5–8 pm “A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric.” –Robert Rauschenberg, 1959 Mixed Media presents an expanded view of SBMA’s permanent collection, highlighting works by over 70 regionally- and nationally-prominent artists who combine and experiment with

Artist Talk and Reception | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 6:30pmGalleries open 6 to 8pm. Free and open to all. In his solo exhibition Source Code, Jason Lahr presents five new large-scale paintings that explore painting as a contemporary narrative form. Blending text that he writes, appropriated imagery, and diverse visual languages, Lahr investigates the

First Friday Reception | November 6, 5–8 pmSBMA Community Print Exchange | November 10, 2026, 5:30–7pm Artists: Jesus Salome Arriaga, Louise Collins, Bradley Davenport, Nick Donovan, Gray Hannah, Kristyn Kertai, Eli Lozano, Kolt Lucius Sizer, William Tourtillotte, Morgan Watters, and King Wong For its inaugural exhibition, IMPRINT (Innovative Mediums in Printmaking) presents recent work by