Join artist Pedro Ledesma III for the opening reception of The Promissory Note: A Visual Audit of the American Dream, a major new exhibition created over the past year in Allegany County.
Through photography, historical processes, archival materials, and community participation, the exhibition explores how America’s founding promises are lived and experienced today. Featuring local landscapes, historic sites, schools, and community members, the work connects Western Maryland to broader questions about the American experience.
Highlights include 19th-century wet-plate collodion photographs made on glass at the Union Grove Schoolhouse, large-scale photographs, and a 40-foot installation of approximately 60 silhouetted community members.
The opening reception is free and open to the public. Meet the artist and experience the first major presentation of this ongoing project.
The exhibition will be on view through October 2, 2026, Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
