The Academy Art Museum offerings in October include exhibitions, a craft show, lectures, “arts express,” and classes and lesson for adults and children. Learn more below:
EXHIBITIONS
The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior
Through January 4, 2015
(closed October 15 – 20 and November 12 – 17)
Members’ Reception: September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Curator-Led Tours: Wednesday, September 24, 12noon & Friday, October 24th, 12 noon
Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior is an exhibition exploring the design of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, often considered his greatest architectural accomplishment. Through reproduction drawings, photographs, and photographic murals, the exhibition illustrates the myriad ways—both obvious and subtle – Wright created the visual character of interior space and objects within it, each an essential detail of the larger whole. Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior is organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC, in cooperation with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ.
Moscow Studio: Russian Prints from the Permanent Collection
Through November 14, 2014
(closed October 15 – 20)
Members’ Reception: September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Curator-Led Tour: Wednesday, September 24, 12 noon
Washington artist and Corcoran School of Art teacher Dennis O’Neil made his first trip to Moscow in 1989 with a small group who were introduced to Russian artists who shared their particular interests. These children of the Cold War had never expected that such a meeting would be possible, or that art
would provide them with an opportunity to collaborate. The prints in the exhibition are mostly
screen prints, created in central Moscow during the summer of 1992 at the Moscow Studio on 10 Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow. Some were part of the Senejh Portfolio, at a workshop sponsored by the Union of Artists of the USSR in May/June, 1991. The set was donated to the Museum by Vivienne M.
Lassman, Independent Curator and Art Consultant in Washington. She was one of the original Board Members of Moscow Studio and visited O’Neil in 1992, when he was working with the initial group of
Russian artists in the primitive facility.
Benson’s Waterfowl: Selections from the Peg and Bob Keller Collection
Through January 4, 2015
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1862, Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) was a descendant of a family who had settled in Salem during the Revolutionary era and had prospered in the maritime trade. In 1879, Benson studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and in 1885 at the Académie Julian in Paris. He taught at the School of the Museum while establishing himself as a successful portraitist and painter of interiors with figures. His plein-air works won critical acclaim at exhibitions. Benson joined “the Ten American Painters” (or “The Ten”), a group of painters who left the established Society of American Artists in 1897. Most of them painted in an Impressionist style and exhibited
independently. Beside Benson, members included Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman, and J. Alden Weir, among others. Benson, recognized as one of the best American printmakers of the 20th century, is credited with making wildlife prints a distinct genre.
Mary Ann Schindler: Totems and Touchstones
Through October 14, 2014
Mary Ann Schindler works in acrylic, watercolor, oil pastel, pencil, textural medium, mosaic and found and created objects to make paintings, 3-dimensional art and site-specific installations. With acrylic pours, she manipulates pure paint to create an image independent of the usual canvas or board anchorage. Current explorations involve photographs printed on canvas and transformed or exaggerated by the application of paint. Totems and Touchstones addresses the persons (real or fictional), iconic ideas and objects that are emblematic of our personal and cultural belief systems. The pieces in the show employ traditional mediums, as well as a variety of repurposed materials and found objects chosen for their materiality, as well as for the nuance they bring to the piece. Her work can also be seen at the Race Street Gallery in Cambridge, the Opal Gallery in Leonardtown, MD, and at the Rehoboth Art League, DE.
Light
Tidewater Camera Club
Through January 4, 2015
The Tidewater Camera Club exhibition is a biennial event at the Academy Art Museum. In consultation with the Museum’s Curator, the Tidewater Camera Club members have been challenged to submit their best interpretations on the theme of “Light” to the jurors, Paul and Holly Fine. Now in its 51st year, the Tidewater Camera Club has long been a mainstay in the art community on the Eastern Shore. The club is dedicated to improving member skills and to promoting interest and participation in the field of photography for all skill levels and ages.
EVENTS
17th Annual Academy Art Museum Craft Show
Get Back to Your Roots: Shop Early for an American-made Holiday
Preview Party and Raffle: October 17, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Single ticket price: $100 per person
Craft Show: October 18, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. & October 19, 10:00-4:00, Daily admission: $10
Artist Lectures: Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.
The Museum’s Craft Show is the most prestigious juried craft show on the Eastern Shore. This year, it will feature 60 juried exhibitors, both established and new emerging artists, more than 30 of which are new to the show. Some of the artists are returning favorites from years past. Items available for purchase will include unusual and hand-made home accessories like oil painted rugs and blown glass, fine crafted furniture, wearable art, including fine hats and purses, jewelry and many other gifts.
New this year will be featured exhibitors, including tree sculptor Tom Yates, members of the Midshore Woodworkers’ Guild, a tapestry artist, and ManneqART displays. There will also be an activity for the littlest crafters. For further information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.
LECTURES
Kittredge – Wilson Speaker Series
Living at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob
The Lord Palumbo of Walbrook and Lady Hayat Palumbo, Former Chairman of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2004), Trustee of the Mies van der Rohe Archive, MoMA
Friday, October 24, 6 p.m.
Individual Tickets Cost: $15 Members, $20 Non-members
Lord and Lady Palumbo, owners of a Frank Lloyd Wright house, will discuss living challenges and enjoyments in a house of the most famous of American architects as well as the process of the selecting a winner in the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.
ARTS EXPRESS
Phillips Collection
Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities
Painting, Poetry, Music
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Fee: $85 Members, $105 Non-members (Includes admission and tour)
Around 1890, neo-impressionist painters, including Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, and
Théo van Rysselberghe, created pictures that accentuate subjectivity and an inner world
of experience, approaches they shared with their contemporaries, symbolist painters, writers, and composers in Paris and Brussels. This focus was different from neoimpressionism’s beginnings in 1886, when the movement was hailed as an alternative to impressionism, offering a fresh opportunity to focus on light and contemporary life. With more than 70 paintings and works on paper this exhibition demonstrates how the neo-impressionists employed stylization and a deliberate orchestration of color to create landscapes and figures that went far beyond observed nature.
ADULT CLASSES
Saturdays en Plein Air!
Mentor: Diane DuBois Mullaly
Monthly the Last Saturday of each month,
May – October, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
FREE to Members of the Museum
Basic Drawing: Perspective and Composition
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
6 weeks: October 7 – November 11
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Drawing: Fundamentals of the Head
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
6 weeks: October 21 – November 25
Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Clothed Figure Drawing
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
6 weeks: October 21 – November 25
Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Painting the Head
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
6 weeks: October 30 – December 18 (no class on November 13 and 27)
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Landscape Painting
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
6 weeks: October 30 – December 18 (no class on November 13 and 27)
Thursdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Pastel: Underpainting Techniques
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
4 weeks: October 8 – 29
Wednesdays, 9:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Still Life Part 2: Make Your Still Life Sing
through Color, Harmony, and Rock Solid
Composition
Instructor: Rita Curtis
4 weeks: October 22 – November 12
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Paint Your Grandma: Learn to Paint Faces
Instructor: Rita Curtis
4 weeks: October 22 – November 12
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Discover and Use Your Painting Memory
Instructor: Diane DuBois Mullaly
Two Day Workshop: Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Digital Photography – Shooting and Composition
Instructor: George Holzer
Six weeks: October 29 – December 10 (no class November 26)
Wednesday evenings, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Private Lessons in Photography or Photoshop
Instructor: George Holzer
Time & number of weeks: variable
DIGITAL ART CLASSES
Playing and Listening to Music with Your
Smart Phone
Instructor: Scott Kane
Wednesday, October 1, 8 and 15, 6 – 8 p.m.
Field Trips for Grownups
Fall workshops (please choose one):
Monday, October 6, 2014, 6 – 8 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 2 – 4 p.m.
OPEN STUDIOS
Open Portrait Studio *
The group meets weekly with a live model.
Model fee collected weekly.
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – noon
Open Studio with Live Model *
An opportunity to study the human figure and its
action, volume, structure, anatomy, design and expressive
potential. Money is collected weekly to cover model fees.
Mondays, 1-3:30 p.m.
Collage Studio*
For those interested in collage, assemblage or fibers.
Artists are invited to come and work on a project they
would like to start, or have begun. There is no designated instructor.
Studio meets second Saturday of each month.
*A Museum membership is required to participate.
2014 pARTy for Art Educators
Friday, October 10, 2014, 5:30-7 p.m.
Learn about ArtReach, 2015 Student
Art Exhibitions, Portfolio Night, In-service Day Opportunities and our signature Cross Curricular
Program, “Museums in the Museum!”
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
Museum Young Explorers Program
Classes begin week of September 8th, 2014 and continue through May 2015
For children ages 2-5 years of age
Holiday Craft Saturdays at the Museum
(Ages 6-12)
HALLOWEEN: Saturday, October 25, 1-3 p.m.
Pre-registration is required.
After-School Art Club
Students in grades 4 – 7
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Nine Thursdays: September 11 – November 20 (no class October 16 or November 13)
3:45 – 5 p.m.
Home School Art Classes
Ages 6 and up
September 6 – December 12, 2014 (No classes October 17, November 14th and November 28)
Fridays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Beginning/Intermediate Photoshop *
Grades 5-8
Instructor: Garnette Hines
5 Weeks, Wednesdays, October 29 – December 3 (no class on November 26)
4 – 5:30 p.m.
*A Museum membership is required to participate.
LESSONS
Acting Lessons
Acting in Character: Learning the Tools of Acting Through Character Development
Instructor: Pat Murphy Sheehy
4 weeks: Sundays, October 26, November 2, 9, & 16, 2014, 2 – 5 p.m.
Cost: $180 Members, $210 Non-members
Class is limited to 10 people. Registration must be finalized 10 days before first session.
Using the script as a text, Ms. Sheehy has devised a method of teaching the principles of acting through character development. The student will study text, create a character, develop a bio and use the understanding of the character to create scenes and move to performance level. (No final performance is required.) At the end of the four week workshop, the actor participants will have the tools to use any script to create a role in a play, an audition piece or enhance their daily living. Pat Murphy Sheehy is a Washington, DC theater professional actress, director and producer, most notably as Producing Artistic Director of Source Theatre Company where she produced over 100 plays including 35 world premieres; acting and directing in many.
Voice Lessons
Instructor: Erika Knepp
(443) 254-0157
Exploring vocal technique, performance skills, and even stress therapy can be a part of each individualized program. Contact the instructor directly for lesson schedule and cost. Erika Knepp holds a BA in Music and French Studies from Smith College, where she was named a STRIDE (Student Research in Departments) scholarship recipient, researching computational geometry and also compiling a digital catalogue of Beethoven’s music, a First Group Scholar, and a recipient of the Judith Raskin Memorial Prize for excellence in vocal studies. She has studied privately with Jane Bryden at Smith College, Ruth Drucker, formerly a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory, and Dr. Thomas Houser in Pennsylvania.
Guitar, Bass, Banjo and Mandolin Lessons
Instructor: Curt Heavey
(410) 820-0950
Get away from the computer and learn an instrument! Fresh and fun lessons for guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin – all ages and all styles. Only your imagination is more fun. Contact the instructor directly for lesson schedule and cost or visit curtheavy.com.
Ballet Theatre of Maryland at the Museum
Register for ballet, tap, and jazz classes. Contact the Ballet Theatre of Maryland for additional information or to register for classes at 410-224-5644.
ADULT BALLROOM & LATIN DANCE CLASSES
Instructor: Amanda Showell
Tuesday and Thursday night dance classes in bolero, tango, East Coast Swing, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha-Cha, Latin Variety, Rumba, and Bachata. Contact the instructor at (410) 482-6169 or visit www.dancingontheshore.com.
For further information or to register for these programs, classes and event, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.
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