Academy Art Museum Announces May Events

May Events

 

Special Events

Academy Art Museum’s Annual Spring Event: Light the Academy

Celebrating Exhibition Highlights Past and Present

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The centerpiece of this year’s Spring Event will be an exhibition by Oxford resident, James Turrell, whose medium is light.  Acclaimed as one of the most important artists of our time, Turrell will be feted with retrospective exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Los Angeles County Museum in addition to the Academy Art Museum. The Museum’s May 4 celebration begins at the Avalon Theatre with award-winning tenor and cabaret entertainer Dennis McNeil.  Cocktails follow at the Waterfowl Building, where banners will highlight previous exhibitions and events.  Then the spotlight shifts to the Academy for exceptional dining and the opportunity to participate in the Museum’s Artful Adventures, rare opportunities to experience artful living in the region’s private homes. The event supports the Academy Art Museum’s mission to enhance cultural life on the Eastern Shore by making available to everyone the Museum’s expanding collection, exhibitions, and broad spectrum of arts programs for dance, painting, music and more.  The Museum’s ArtReach and Art to Go programs reach underserved populations on the Mid-Shore. PNC Wealth Management joins Maxine and Bill Millar as Signature Sponsors of the Museum’s Annual Spring Event.  The Corporate Patrons are Guilford & Company in St. Michaels and Avon Dixon. Corporate Donors are Shore Health System, Pure, and Winchester Construction Company.

Exhibitions

James Turrell Perspectives

Through July 7, 2013

The Museum will host the exhibition, James Turrell Perspectives, concurrent with the artist’s retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Los Angeles County Museum.  James Turrell is an internationally-acclaimed light and space artist whose work can be found in collections worldwide. Over more than four decades he has pursued his fascination with the phenomena of light to create striking works that play with the perception and the effect of light within a created space.  Beginning in 1974, Turrell has been converting and extinct volcano in Arizona, Roden Crater, into a monumental work of art.

James Turrell Perspectives will provide a context for understanding Turrell’s work. The artist, who resides part time on the Eastern Shore, and his team are collaborating fully on the project. The exhibition consists of three parts, an introductory overview, a gallery of holograms, and a site specific Aperture Space. Together these three parts will focus on Turrell’s fascination with both the mechanics of visual perception and the metaphysics of light. The exhibition, organized by Museum Director Erik Neil and Curator Anke Van Wagenberg, is underwritten in part by the Dedalus Foundation, The Ravenal Foundation, the Talbot County Arts Council and the MD State Arts Council, as well as Thomas and Robin Clarke and Robert and Marsha Lonergan.  

 

Jan Kirsh: Forms from the Garden

May 4 – July 7, 2013

Intrigue, whimsy, humor or drama is found in the sensuous curves and shapes of the familiar forms Jan Kirsh creates in her sculpture. They inspire healthy chatter, upbeat conversations that evoke positive emotional feelings. The sculpture breathes personality into the easily recognized forms, subtle movement and contours are reminiscent of human anatomy.  Nature inspires Kirsh’s work. Cherishing time in her studio, Kirsh has produced voluptuous and exuberant vegetable and fruit forms, made in a variety of materials, including bronze, resin, glass fiber reinforced concrete, stone, coated urethane or fiberglass for large-scale pieces in virtually any size and any color. Her sculptures are simultaneously intimate and heroic, organic and modern, fertile forms that remind us of the infinite wonder of Nature.

 

Cedar Colonnade

Howard and Mary McCoy

May 1 – August 1, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The columns and arches of cathedrals and monasteries were inspired by the trees of ancient sacred groves. Making arches with bare cedar branches, environmental artists Howard and Mary McCoy will create Cedar Colonnade in the Museum’s courtyard. Bridging nature and architecture, this site-specific installation will lend the space the atmosphere of a medieval abbey cloister and intimate one of the primary functions of an art museum – to provide a non-sectarian, modern-day space for contemplation and spiritual experience. As with last year’s Branch Dance, the branches will cast changing shadows into the interior of the Museum throughout the day. The McCoys have been working together collaboratively since 1985 and have shown their work in the U.S., Ireland, Wales and New Zealand.

Arts Express Bus Trip

A Day in DC with the Director

Tuesday, May 7, 2013                          

Cost:  $50 Members, $85 Non-members

Museum’s Director, Erik Neil will lead this excursion to the National Gallery of Art to view the exhibitions Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900 and Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina.  Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design is the first major survey of the art of the Pre-Raphaelites to be shown in the United States features some 130 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art objects. Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina features the art of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), long considered as the greatest German artist. This groundbreaking exhibition is a culmination of decades of acquisition, study, and exhibitions of early German art at the National Gallery of Art.

Adult Classes

The Landscape in Pastel: Painting the Big Sky

Instructor: Katie Cassidy

May 1 – 29, 2013 (no class May 15), Wednesdays: 9:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Cost: $185 Members, $215 Non-members

The focus for this class is the “big sky” painting, with exercises in seeing correct values, color harmony, descriptive edges and atmosphere. A variety of underpainting techniques will be introduced and demonstrated. There will be discussion on what to look for in a good reference photo and weekly critiques.

Private Painting Lessons

TBD Dates and Times: Flexible

Instructor: Margery Caggiano

Cost: Per hour for one to three hours

Private instruction in acrylics or oils is being offered to intermediate or advanced painters and held in Margery Caggiano’s studio in St. Michaels, MD. Techniques, methods and materials will be tailored to the individual, whether it’s layering and glazing (indirect painting), or wet into wet, “Alla Prima” (direct painting). As an alternative to a painting session, a one hour portfolio analysis can be arranged for those who want structure and direction, but prefer to paint at home. Contact the instructor to schedule lessons  www.margerycaggiano.com.

Painting Impressionist Gardens from Photos

Instructor: Diane DuBois Mullaly

May 9 – May 30, 2013

Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Cost $150 Members, $175 Non-members 

This four-week indoor studio class will help students compose and paint the elements of the impressionist garden, including flowers, planters, pathways, trees in bloom, statuary, benches and fountains. The class will include weekly demonstrations, written materials filled with pointers, and lots of individual attention. www.dianeduboismullaly.com.

 

Workshop: Birds, Boats and the Bay

Instructor: Matthew Hillier

Saturday and Sunday, May 18 – 19, 2013, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Cost: $200 Members, $230 Non-members 

Back by popular demand, this weekend course is all about the painting the birds and boats of the Chesapeake Bay. It is impossible not to be inspired by the wildlife and culture of this beautiful part of the world we live in. One day will be all about birds and the other day will be all about boats. Hillier will demonstrate and give one-on-one instruction. He has been a professional wildlife painter for over 30 years. After moving to the Chesapeake Bay six years ago, he discovered the pleasure of painting boats. Students will need to bring paints, canvases or boards, sketchbooks and reference. The instructor will bring along additional reference photos.

Individual Lessons in Photography or

Photoshop

Instructor: George Holzer

Day of the week, dates, etc.: TBD

Cost: TBD (per hour fee)

Private lessons in digital photography, Photoshop (Elements or Full Version), and general digital imaging; shoot­ing pictures and photography principles, Photoshop enhance­ments and creative uses, and specific individual digital projects. Lessons can be tailored to individual needs and time frame.

 

Individual Lessons for Teens or Young Adults in Photography or Photoshop

Instructor: George Holzer

Day of the week, dates, etc.: TBD

Cost: TBD (per hour fee)

Private lessons in digital photography, Photoshop (Elements or Full Version), and general digital imaging; shoot­ing pictures and photography principles, Photoshop enhance­ments and creative uses, and specific individual digital projects. Lessons can be tailored to individual needs and time frame.

 

Stained Glass Mosaic Studio

Instructor: Jen Wagner

Ongoing Open Studio Wednesdays, 6 – 8 p.m. and Sundays, 1 – 4 p.m.

Cost: $250 Members; $285 Non-members (Priced per project)

Students will create a beautiful stained glass mosaic project in an open studio setting. This class covers design, breaking, adhering and grouting techniques. Students begin by creating a stained glass mosaic window, then move onto projects of their choice. This class provides ample time to work, allowing optimal creative results.

 

Open Studios

Open Portrait Studio: 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon on Mondays. One pose, clothed figure. Modeling fee is divided among participants.

Open Figure Studio: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. on Mondays. Nude model, variety of gesture, short poses and long poses. Modeling fee is $10.

Open Collage Studio: 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. second Saturday of each month. 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.

Participants must be an Academy member to participate. Call Katie Cassidy for more information at 410-820-5222.

 

VOICE LESSONS (Ages 10 through adult)

Instructor:  Suzanne Chadwick    (410) 963-0893

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.

 

PIANO LESSONS (Ages 6 through adult)

Instructor: Robert Baker (443)-385-0519

The program offer weekly private lessons to beginner, intermediate and advanced students from age 6 through high school and beyond. The lesson plans include a balance of theory, ear training, sight reading and repertoire appropriate to the student’s level and musical ability. Contact the instructor directly for lesson schedule and cost.

 

Adult Ballroom & Latin Dance

Amanda Showell, (410) 482-6169, www.dancingontheshore.com.

May 14 – June 4

7 p.m. – Beginner Rumba/Bolero Class

8 p.m. – Beginner Country Two Step

May 16 – June 6

7 p.m. – West Coast Swing

8 p.m. – Technique Class – all dances

Thursday Night Latin Classes Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Classes will focus on the basic movements of these dances as well as the techniques of each dance. Dances to be taught Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Rumba & ChaCha.

Friday Dance Party-May 17

7:30-8 p.m. Salsa Lesson

8-10 p.m. Dance Party

 

Children’s Classes

Craft Saturday at the Museum

Mother’s Day Crafts

Saturday, May 11, 2013, 1-3 p.m.

FREE

Each month Free Craft Saturday concentrates on an artistic creation based on the festivities of the seasons.  Different mediums will be used to create masterpieces inspired by the holiday or season that children can give as a gift or use as a decoration for the home or to share with friends and family. Pre-registration is required.

 

For information on any of the Museum’s exhibitions, programs or classes, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

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