PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Ann Weaver, Audrey Lee Naiva, David Page, Elliot Doughtie, Heather Braxton, Katie Peck, Kristin Putchinski, Lyn Goeringer, Margaret Rogers, MJ Neuberger, Mo Kessler, Nate Larson, Red Rae, Station North Tool Library, Terence Nicholson, Thea Canlas, Theresa Robertson, Wonchul Ryu (류원철)

GALLERY HOURS

Thursday – Saturday
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

AREA 405 presents 405 DAILY, its first tenant exhibition, featuring works by seventeen (17) former and current building artists and the Station North Tool Library. On view from February 13 to March 13, 2026, the exhibition adopts the format of a newspaper, with the curator assuming the role of journalist to document the day-to-day lives of artists working upstairs.

The exhibition takes shape through curator Joyce Liang’s reflection on the static public image of AREA 405. It explores how public memory is shaped by headlines, whose prominence is closely related to their ability to trigger emotional responses. While early press coverage of the building largely focused on moments of crisis and transition, this exhibition turns viewers’ attention to what continues beyond such events. Framed as a manifesto, it asserts that everyday life, and often undocumented experiences, constitute the majority of AREA 405’s lived history.

In the curator’s diaries, Liang wrote: “Since [the public announcement of its reopening], I find people’s impressions of [AREA 405] somewhat unchanged, as if its public presence has been frozen on the date of that piece of news…Major events in the history of 405 like this often spread to a wider audience because of their simplicity and intensity, and I realize that this phenomenon applies similarly to other major events in human history.”

The exhibition also challenges the hierarchy of headlines, recognizing that those appearing in The New York Times carry different weight than those published in community newspapers. This distinction, however, is not a judgment of significance, but an acknowledgment that within a community, its own headlines represent what matters most to its members, regardless of the relative significance of national news.

Across the exhibition, participating artists present works rooted in personal anecdotes and intimate reflections, alongside responses to broader historical moments. MJ Neuberger’s What Trees Know (2025) molds carvings of hearts from trees she discovered during her hikes. The work reflects on the intensity of love that drives the act of carving and on how that our emotion fades, witnessed by nature and the passage of time. Thea Canlas’s site-specific installation Pananabik (Longing) (2026) occupies the gallery’s fridge with Philippine food sourced locally in Baltimore. Drawing on her Philippine upbringing, the work emphasizes how early colonial economies continue to shape modern global foodways. A dinner prepared from these foods will be served as part of the programming for the exhibition. 405 DAILY also welcomes back David Page, AREA 405’s first-ever tenant and the last artist exhibited before the building's transition of ownership.

Together, they acknowledge the accumulated weight of ordinary time as it unfolds in human history and in the life of the building.

This exhibition is part of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)’s Bicentennial celebration and includes a Gallery Naming Ceremony in honor of Dr. Leslie King Hammond on Friday, February 20, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The exhibition also presents a month-long series of tenant-led workshops, performances, and open studios.