Exhibitions
These exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and Chesapeake Publishing.
Paulette Tavormina: Seizing Beauty
Through July 10, 2016
Curator-Led Tour: Wednesday, May 4, 12 noon
Paulette Tavormina’s photographs of still life arrangements often recall the sumptuous detail of seventeenth century Old Masters like Francisco de Zurbarán, Adriaen Coorte, and Giovanna Garzoni. Tavormina’s work can be found in museum, corporate, and private collections around the globe. She is also an active commercial photographer, photographing artworks for Sotheby’s, collaborating with The Fabulous Beekman Boys on their cookbooks, and working on assignment for “The New York Times” and “National Geographic” magazine, among others. Tavormina has also been a prop and food stylist for major Hollywood films and her work has been seen in “The Perfect Storm,” “Nixon,” and “The Astronaut’s Wife.” Tavormina’s first monograph, “Paulette Tavormina: Seizing Beauty” (The Monacelli Press, New York, 2016), which features an essay by the Academy Art Museum’s Senior Curator Anke Van Wagenberg, was published in April 2016.
Peter Milton: Living Old Master
Through July 18, 2016
Peter Winslow Milton (1930) is a major force in the printmaking world. Milton began his artistic life as a painter, but in the mid 1960s abandoned that medium and began to distinguish himself as a printmaker through his mastery of texture. Restricted by color blindness, Milton is a creator of black adn white etchings and engravings that often display an extraordinary degree of photo-realistic detail placed in the service of a truly visionary aesthetic. His themes inlcude architecture, history, myth, and memory, their intersections and hidden juxtapositions. Milton has taught at Yale and the Maryland Institute of Art, served as visiting artist at Dartmouth, Columbia, Yale, and the Rhode Island School of Design, as well as many other schools. He has been honored by awards at international exhibitions including Cali, Seoul, Lvov and Cracow. The Academy Art Museum is privileged to have of Peter Milton’s prints in its Permanent Collection. The exhibition was made possible with support from Jane Haslem in Washington, DC and The Old Print Shop in New York.
Selections from the Grover Batts Collection
Through August 7, 2016
During his life time, Washington resident Grover Batts donated close to 200 works on paper to the Academy Art Museum, exerting a significant influence on its collection. His support of the Museum began when he and his partner owned a summer home in Bellevue, MD and became familiar with it. While working at the Library of Congress, Mr. Batts’s interest in the Library’s art exhibitions sparked a passion for collecting and in time, his Capitol Hill home was filled with art. Upon his death in July 2014 Mr. Batts left his collection to the Museum. His magnanimous gift includes works by renowned late 19th and 20th century American and European artists. A first selection of this major gift will be on view in the Calvert Gallery.
Brooke Rogers: In the Offing
Through June 12, 2016
Brooke Rogers grew up in Ocean City, MD. After college in suburban Chicago, he studied with Abstract Expressionist Grace Hartigan at the Maryland Institute. He earned his MFA from MICA in 1992. He stayed in Baltimore for a time, taught at MICA and established a painting studio of his own. Brooke moved back to Ocean City in the 1990s and currently teaches at Salisbury University. His work has been exhibited widely in the Mid-Atlantic region. Living near the ocean is an important influence on his work, which has ranged from abstraction in a reductive vein, to a somewhat cartoony figuration. Minimalism and Pop Art have held sway over his work in a back-and-forth manner. Abstraction has won out in recent years.
Special Event
Spring Party: Every Picture Tells a Story
May 7, 2016, 7 p.m. Cocktails/8 p.m. Dinner
This year, the Academy Art Museum spring event will return to the Museum for dinner preceded by cocktails at the newly air-conditioned Waterfowl Building. We are fortunate to build upon two outstanding exhibitions which open in late April. Ruth Starr Rose’s portrayal of African American life in Talbot County during the early twentieth century will be on view at the Waterfowl Building. The Academy Art Museum will exhibit Paulette Tavormina’s photographs reminiscent of Old Master still lifes of the seventeenth century. This event celebrates the Museum’s mission to promote the knowledge, practice and appreciation of
the arts and to enhance cultural life on the Eastern Shore.
Adult Workshops
Saturdays en Plein Air!
Mentor: Diane DuBois Mullaly
Monthly: the last Saturday of each month, April – October, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
FREE to Members of the Museum
Adult Classes
Florals and Still Life in Pastel or Oil
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
3 weeks, May 7-21
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Cost: $165 Members, $195 Non-members
The Power of Art
Instructor: Heather Crow
4 weeks: May 17, 24, June 7, 14 (no class May 31)
Tuesdays, 1-4pm
Cost: $150 Members, $180 Non-members (plus $20 supply fee paid to instructor)
Pottery
Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Pottery
Instructor: Paul Aspell
One six-week session: May 4 – June 8
Wednesdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Cost: $195 Members, $225 Non-members
iPhone Class
Instructor: Scott Kane
2 Days: May 11 & 18
Wednesdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Cost: $50 Members, $80 Non-members
Adult Dance
Adult Ballroom & Latin Dance, Amanda Showell (410) 482-6169, ww.dancingontheshore.com
Children’s Classes
Li’l Kids Art Club
Ages 6-8
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Four Fridays, May 13 – June 3 (Students can join at any time; fees will be prorated)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 Members, $70 Non-members
(Painting Studio)
Art Club
Ages 9 +
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Four Thursdays, May 12 – June 2 (Students can join at any time; fees will be prorated)
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $65 Members, $75 Non-members
(Painting Studio)
Homeschool Sessions Continue
The Museum offers art classes for the area’s home-schooled children, ages 6 and up. Classes focus on fine art techniques and materials. A variety of media will be explored. Students visit the Museum’s exhibitions when appropriate. All classes meet on Fridays from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Instructors are Constance Del Nero for ages 6 to 9 years (Drawing Studio) and Susan Horsey for ages 10+ (Painting Studio)
Spring Session: April 22 – June 3 (Note that there are NO
classes on May 6). Late joiners are welcome and costs will be prorated!
Children’s Dance
Pre-Ballet & Pre-Tap Classes, Classical Ballet Classes, Tap Classes, Jazz Classes
Contact the Ballet Theatre of Maryland for additional information or to register for classes. 410-224-5644.
Voice & Piano Lessons
Instructor: Erika Knepp
Exploring techniques, performance skills, and even stress therapy can be a part of each individualized program. Contact the instructor directly for lesson schedule and cost.
Mini Masters Academy
An Early Enrichment Program for Children ages 2-4
In Partnership with the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
Mini Masters Academy introduces young children to new ideas through a thematic approach to learning that emphasizes relationships and the ability to make meaningful connections. The program follows the vacation and cancellation schedule of the Talbot County Schools. The schedule is flexible. Two-year-olds can attend either 2 or 3 days per week, while 3 and 4-year-olds can attend up to 4 days per week with an option to attend a full day program. Sign up now for the summer and fall offerings. Complete information packets are available at the Museum or online at academyartmuseum.org
For further information on any exhibitions, classes, or programs or to register, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.
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