July 10th, 2026 — Darkness probes the moist inner workings of the places we are often most unwilling to go: our bodies, our racial identities, and even the ground under our feet. The works in this exhibition challenge the sterility, generational shame, and white supremacy of puritanical American culture while also celebrating mystery, fecundity, imperfection, and uncertainty.
April 29th, 2026 — UNDERSTORY, an artist-run gallery championing new and emerging voices, is dedicated to driving discourse with Fuzzy Fields, opening May 13. In this exhibition, artists Susan Snipes and Jamie Zimchek explore the fuzzy fields that form around unresolved sites and across indeterminate time.
April 24th, 2026 — This year, Mary Urbas, long-time curator of From Woman, returned to Understory to mount part of her large-scale, annual exhibition, now in its 19th iteration.
February 17th, 2026 — Power Exchange Rate (PER) examines how one’s bodily intimacies and understanding are shaped, regulated, and contested within the structures of capital and power. Review by Lyz Bly, Phd.
October 15th, 2025 — Sport is far more than a game. Group exhibition And The Crowd Goes Wild positions the athletic arena as a microcosm of society—a space where power, performance, and discipline collide, and dominant values are both reinforced and contested.
June 1st, 2025 — In an age simultaneously augmented and fragmented by pings and likes, breaking news and bank alerts, where do we place our focus? Distractions surround us, both real and virtual. Amidst this jockeying for our attention, what takes precedence?
March 18th, 2025 — Roger Miller from Tues@7 live interviews Mary Urbas, curator of From Woman, at UNDERSTORY.
March 7th, 2025 — Review by Lyz Bly, PhD, in CAN Journal: "Last year, Mary Urbas left her longtime post as Director of the gallery at Lakeland Community College...
February 19th, 2025 — From Cool Cleveland: Sadly, among its many cutbacks, Lakeland Community College closed its gallery and let go its gallery director, Mary Urbas,...
November 20th, 2024 — UNDERSTORY invites you to see the world through a different lens with “I Only Have Eyes for You,” a holiday art exhibition featuring a stunning collection of works from over 40 artists inspired by the theme of eyes.