MARA BALDWIN | Rover
May 16 – June 21, 2026

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 5 – 7 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 6, 2026, 3 PM
Adult Workshop: Sunday, June 7, 2026, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Family Workshop: Sunday, June 7, 2026, 1 – 2 PM

While summer camp is often remembered as a carefree rite of passage, Baldwin approaches it as a subject worthy of deeper reflection. Her work considers both the tenderness and the fraught joy of searching for identity within communal spaces. Through this lens, she also examines the histories of exclusion embedded in outdoor and camp traditions—including colonial legacies, class divisions, and forms of white feminism—reflecting on how spaces once meaningful in childhood can simultaneously alienate queer and trans communities today.

In response, the environments Baldwin creates suggest human presence without directly depicting it. Her work combines found materials, intricate surfaces, and carefully constructed textures to evoke quiet interiors and remnants of speculative landscapes—spaces where memory, labor, and imagination intersect, especially the historically under-recognized depth of female experience.