Academy Art Museum to Offer Exhibitions, Workshops & More in December

The following is a listing of the many offerings at the Academy Art Museum in December:

EXHIBITIONS

These exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.

Robert Rauschenberg: ROCI Works from the National Gallery of Art
December 5 through March 6, 2016
Curator-Led Tours: Friday, January 15, 12noon & Tuesday, February 9, 12noon

As one of America’s most iconic 20thcentury artists, Rauschenberg (1925 – 2008) was a painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop Art movement. He is best known for his Combines of the 1950s, in which nontraditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. Robert Rauschenberg: ROCI Works from the National Gallery of Art is the first exhibition of ROCI artworks in Maryland. The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI, pronounced “Rocky,” the name of the artist’s pet turtle) was established in 1985 to enable and support Rauschenberg’s collaborations with artisans and workshops abroad and to promote world peace and understanding. Over a six-year period, Rauschenberg created works in host countries all over the world to be included in exhibitions in each country and donated a work of art to each location. The various exhibition catalogues included contributions by local poets, writers, and journalists. Announced at the United Nations in December 1984, ROCI involved the artist making and presenting work while traveling with a team of assistants through 11 countries, including China, Tibet, the U.S.S.R. and former East Germany, as a way to foster cross-cultural dialogue. Some works remained in their original sites as gifts and others traveled with the ROCI team to be shared with future participants. Rauschenberg personally funded the project, which concluded with the exhibition Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange of over 125 works at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, in 1991, attracting 414,000 visitors.

 

Robert Rauschenberg: Kyoto, Sri Lanka, and Thai Drawings
December 5 through March 6, 2016
Curator-Led Tours: Friday, January 15, 12noon & Tuesday, February 9, 12noon

“Rauschenberg: Kyoto, Sri Lanka, and Thai Drawings” is the first of two exhibitions featuring works by Robert Rauschenberg. As one of America’s most iconic 20thcentury artists, Rauschenberg (1925 – 2008) was a painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop Art movement. He is best known for his Combines of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. Curator Anke Van Wagenberg has worked closely with David White, Senior Curator at the Rauschenberg Foundation in New York. The Foundation agreed to loan 17 ROCI-related drawings, made by the artist in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Kyoto, Japan. A new aspect of the exhibition is The ROCI Road to Peace: Experiments in the Unfamiliar and the involvement of Nicole Bray, graduate of the MA Contemporary Art program at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, and winner of the inaugural Rauschenberg Foundation Emerging Curator Competition (2015). Bray will bring The ROCI Road to Peace: Experiments in the Unfamiliar to the Museum as a contemporary extension of the exhibition.

 

AAM Faculty Exhibition
December 5, 2015 – March 6, 2016

The Museum’s Faculty Exhibition features artworks created by 14 of the Museum’s instructor artists and represents the institutions broad range of class offerings. Works in a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, digital art and photography will be on display. Exhibiting instructors will include Paul Aspell, Katie Cassidy, Rosemary Cooley, Heather Crow, Constance Del Nero, George Holzer, Matthew Hillier, Susan Horsey, Joan Machinchick, Patrick Meehan, Diane Mullaly, Christopher Pittman, Lynn Reynolds and Sahm Doherty Sefton. Many of the award-winning faculty artists have exhibited nationally and their works have been included in museum collections around the world, and featured and reviewed in prestigious arts journals and magazines.

 

John Ruppert: Grounded
Continuing through March 31, 2016

Sculptor John Ruppert’s recent work on display at the Academy Art Museum includes elegant shapes he forms from chain-link fabric and cast metals. As a great technician with a passion for blurring the lines between natural and man-made materials, Ruppert uses cast metals such as iron, aluminum, copper, or bronze to explore this idea. This is evident in the set of Pumpkins displayed in the Museum’s front yard, which are cast in various metals. At first glance it is hard to distinguish between the different types of metal. Ruppert’s cast Pumpkins are in several collections on the West and East Coasts, including Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ, and now in Easton. He is represented by C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD; John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY; Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM; and was the first Distinguished Visiting Artist for SANDBOX at Washington College, in Chestertown, MD. Ruppert investigates the relationship between natural systems and human decision making.

 

LECTURES

The State of the Art Market: Current Trends
Speaker: Carolyn Nagy, Assistant Vice President at Sotheby’s Inc., in Philadelphia
December 3, 6 p.m.

 

CONCERTS

Monument Brass
Cocktails & Concert
Thursday, December 17, 5:30 p.m., Concert begins at 6 p.m.

Caption: Monument Brass

 

ADULT CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

Painting the Landscape Snow in Oil and/or Pastel
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
2 weeks: December 1 and 8
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Monoprint Workshop
Instructor: Rosemary Cooley
3 Days: December 4, 5 and 6
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
www.rosemarycooleyart.com

Monthly Coffee and Critique
Mentors: Katie Cassidy and Diane DuBois Mullaly
December 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Private Lessons in Photography or Photoshop
Instructor: George Holzer
Time & number of weeks: variable

 

CLASSES FOR CHILDREN/FAMILIES

Have a Ball! A Ceramic Clay Hand-Building Workshop
Ages 8-14
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Two Sessions: Pre-holiday: December 5 & 12 & Winter doldrums: January 23 & 30
Time: 1 – 3 p.m.

For further information on any exhibitions, classes, or programs or to register, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

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