A flurry of able volunteers and dedicated staff are putting finishing touches on the Oxford Community Center’s 32nd annual Fine Arts @ Oxford, a juried exhibition and sale which benefits the OCC. The event will open with its traditional Preview Gala (May 20, 6 to 8 p.m.), featuring a generous medley of scrumptious specialties from Latitude 38 and full bar offerings to showcase the first glimpse of quality art. Advance purchase of Preview Gala tickets ($80 per person) is recommended and includes, of course, event entrance for the full weekend. FA@O continues on Saturday (May 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) with $5 admission, and optional purchase of raffle tickets ($10/book of six). Forty artists will exhibit this year, a wide majority of whom have generously donated work to the Sunday afternoon raffle. Visitors need not be present at the hourly drawings to win, and have the option of choosing the piece(s) they’d most like to own.
Participants hail from four states and the District of Columbia; six are brand-new to the event, and two others (Diane DuBois Mullaly/Easton and Kurt Plinke/Greensboro) were recently juried into the prestigious and highly-competitive upcoming Plein Air Easton. Additional artists offering a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional subject matter and media on display and available for purchase include David Aiken (Weems, VA), Norm and Paula Bell (Oxford, MD), Carole Boggemann-Peirson (Townsend, VA), Katie Cassidy (Easton, MD), Elizabeth Casqueiro (Washington, DC), Fred Craig (Ruxton, MD), Lois Engberg (Salisbury, MD), Beverly Ford Evans (Franklin, TN), Ned Ewell (Cockeysville, MD), Nancy B. Galvin (Middle River, MD), Rae Hamilton (Parkton, MD), Carla Huber (Woolford, MD), Linda Kirvan (Bethesda, MD), Howard Lapp (Oxford, MD), Mary Ellen Mabe (Bozman, MD), Stephanie Nadolski (Shady Side, MD), Larry Ringgold (Chesapeake Beach, MD), Steve Rogers (Lewes, DE), Brad Ross (Easton, MD), Erick Sahler (Salisbury, MD), John Schisler (Georgetown, DE), Nick Serratore (Lewes, DE), David Stevens (Easton, MD), Sharon Stockley (Easton, MD), Nancy R. Thomas (Ridgely, MD), W. Robert Tolley (Cambridge, MD), Nick Vincent (Westminster, MD), Betsey Von Dreele (Harbeson, DE), Nancy Richards West (Chincoteague Island, VA), Heidi Wetzel (Easton, MD), C. Keith Whitelock (Salisbury, MD), featured poster artist Chris Wilke (Easton, MD), Karen Wood (Easton, MD), M. Joyce Zeigler (Denton, MD) and Barbara Zuehlke (Easton, MD).
Regular FA@O attendees who have come to expect fresh, homemade luncheon fare for sale over the weekend won’t be disappointed. Grilled hotdogs, salad and sandwich choices will be available, accompanied by OCC’s traditional and stellar strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream.
All are welcome at the Preview Gala; visit www.oxfordcc.org to purchase tickets directly or call/e-mail the OCC (410-226-5904/[email protected]) to receive a mailed invitation. The Oxford Community Center is located at 200 Oxford Rd. in Oxford, MD; it is a 501c3 organization and 30% of all art sales directly benefit the Center and its programs.
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