The Eubie Blake Cultural Center will host a multimedia exhibition about dirt bike riders called “Culture on Wheels: Power. Escape. Ride.”
It opens on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, and runs through Saturday, Jan. 9, 2027.
Gallery Reimagined collaborated with B-360 and The Eubie Blake Cultural Center to present the exhibition. B-360 is a Baltimore nonprofit founded by Brittany Young that uses dirt bike culture to teach STEM skills and to create career pathways for city youth. The Eubie Blake Cultural Center is Baltimore’s historic home for African American artistic legacy, open since 2000.
However one feels about dirt bike-riding in Baltimore City, there is no denying the activity here has morphed into a distinct and unique cultural phenomenon. The exhibition reframes Baltimore’s dirt bike riders as artists, engineers, and cultural storytellers.
The show features Aaron Maybin, a Baltimore-born artist and activist whose mixed-media portraits of local riders serve to anchor the exhibition. Maybin is a former pro-football player in the NFL, playing for five years before leaving to pursue “a life of activism through art”. Veteran Baltimore artist Larry “Poncho” Brown serves as curator.
“Culture on Wheels” includes photography, painting, sculpture, video, and immersive installation to shift the conversation around Baltimore’s “Bike Life” culture. Often described in terms of danger, spectacle, and stigma, dirtbiking gets a second look in this exhibition that views it through a lens of artistry, engineering ingenuity, and community resilience.
Khateeta Emerson, a West Baltimore native and former chemical engineer, founded Gallery Reimagined as a space where art could shift public ideas of underrepresented communities, connecting audiences with artists on a personal level.
“’Culture on Wheels’ isn’t just an exhibition; it’s a mission to give riders power over their narrative, using art as a tool to transcend stereotypes,” Emerson said. “We are providing a platform for riders to reclaim their story through photography, painting, and sculpture.”
Baltimore has long been known as the “dirt bike capital of the world.” The city is home to riders who seem to defy gravity with their wheelies and other bike stunts. Riders and the culture have been the subject of the documentary “12 O’Clock Boys” and the feature film “Charm City Kings.” The “Culture on Wheels” exhibition builds on these works, spotlighting all the things that keep Bike Life alive: community organizing, mentorship, technical skill, and B-360’s work training young riders a engineers and mechanics.
The exhibition engages neighborhoods with deep ties to dirt bike culture, including West Baltimore’s Sandtown- Winchester, Penn North, and Upton; East Baltimore’s Middle East, Oliver, and Broadway East; and the Howard Street corridor surrounding the Eubie Blake Cultural Center. Programming includes youth workshops, panel discussions, and STEM-and-art programming developed with B-360.
Exhibition Schedule and Public Events:
- Exhibition on view – Nov, 14 – Jan. 9, 2027
- Opening Reception – Nov. 14, 2026
- Artist Talks Panel Discussion – Nov. 14, 2026
- Programming (Festive events, Workshops, Creativity Event, etc.) – Nov. 21, 2026
- Closing – Jan. 9, 2027
The Eubie Blake Cultural Center is located at 847 N. Howard St., Baltimore.
