The following are exhibitions, events, classes, lectures, lessons, and more, taking place at the Academy Art Museum during the month of January, and beyond.
EXHIBITIONS
The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.
December 6, 2014 – March 1, 2015
Members’ Reception: December 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Curator Tours: Friday, January 30, 12 noon and Tuesday, February 24, 12 noon
Bill Viola (b. 1951) is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists. He has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art and in so doing has helped to greatly expand its scope in terms of technology, content, and historical reach. For over 40 years he has created architectural video installations, video films, sound environments, electronic music performances, flat panel video pieces, as well as works for television broadcast, concerts, opera, and sacred spaces. Viola’s video installation – total environments that envelop the viewer in image and sound – employ state-of-the-art technologies and are distinguished by their precision and direct simplicity. Viola uses video to explore the phenomena of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge.
Africa Now!
Sub-Saharan Artwork from the World Bank
January 10 – April 5, 2015
Members’ Reception: January 9, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Curator Tours: Friday, January 30, 12 noon and Tuesday, February 24, 12 noon
The World Bank’s Art Program’s stated mission supports the World Bank’s mission – the eradication of poverty across the globe. The Art Program plays a role by giving visibility and voice to emerging artists in client countries – promoting their work through international exposure such as exhibitions, acquisitions, catalogues, brochures, and art workshops. Africa Now! pays a special tribute to these creators, presenting a selection of works collected by, donated, or loaned to the Art Program and crowns years of research and exhibitions conducted by the Art Program in partnership with the Vice Presidency for Africa, colleagues in the field, and many dedicated external associates. A selection of this important collection will be on view at the Museum.
The Art of Greg Mort
Selections from the Hickman Bequest III
January 10 – April 12, 2015
Members’ Reception: January 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Tour: Friday, January 9, 5 p.m.
From January 10 to April 12, the Academy Art Museum will exhibit paintings and drawings of Greg Mort. Internationally acclaimed, Mort is a self-taught artist who hikes the rugged coast of Maine and travels the rural trails of Maryland with his brushes, paints, and canvases. Drawing and painting since childhood, Mort’s professional art career star began to rise at an early age with his first museum show at eighteen. Recognized today as one of America’s leading contemporary artists, his watercolor, oil and pastel images are in notable collections around the world. The Academy Art Museum is the largest public repository of the artist’s work due to a bequest by David Hickman who left over 30 paintings by Greg Mort to the Museum. This exhibition is the third part of selections from the Hickman gift.
Ellen Hill: Life Lines
January 10 – March 8, 2015
The Museum presents Life Lines, a solo exhibition by Rockville, Maryland artist Ellen Hill. Hill creates mixed media work by assembling panels and fragments of carved, painted, and inked wood to produce richly textured artworks that reflect her strong respect and love for nature. The changing quality of light that comes with the turning of the seasons and natural processes of tidal pull, spring thaw, wind, erosion, aging, growth, and renewal are all inspirations for Hill’s work. The repetition in Hill’s work is in itself an expressive act for her, expressive of feelings she has about the constancy of natural cycles, and the joy and comfort that she finds in them. Works in this exhibition are courtesy of Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore.
LECTURES
Robbery and Recovery
Lynn H. Nicholas, Independent Researcher, author of “The Rape of Europa”
January 15, 6 p.m.
Cost: $15 Museum members, $20 Non-members
Acclaimed author of the award-winning book, “The Rape of Europa,” will offer an update on the search for missing artworks. The book describes the looting of Europe’s works of art by the Nazis in World War II and their subsequent recovery by the Allied “Monuments Men,” who were in their military forces. Millions of items looted from Jews and the Eastern European nations were also recovered.
ADULT CLASSES
DIGITAL STUDIO CLASSES
FREE Digital Studio Introductory Classes
(Registration required – Limited spaces)
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Thursday, January 15, 6 – 8pm or Saturday, January 17, 10 a.m. – 12noon
In this free class, adults will learn how to set up your digital painting, sketch a simple composition, and turn your sketch into a finished illustration.
Creating Cartoons Using Adobe Illustrator
Thursday, January 15, 4:30 – 6 p.m. or Saturday, January 17, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
This free class is offered to upper elementary through middle school students, as well as adults, and will focus on learning the basics of cartooning using the program Adobe Illustrator.
“Painting” Using Photoshop
Instructor: Christopher Pittman
6 Weeks, January 22 – February 26
Thursdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Cost: $150 Members, $185 Non-members
Intro to Cartooning Using Adobe Illustrator
Instructor: Christopher Pittman
6 Weeks, January 22 – February 26
Thursdays, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $110 Non-members
ADULT ART CLASSES
Figure Drawing
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
8 weeks: January 13 – March 3
Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost $245 Members, $270 Non-members
A wonderful class for the student who wants to develop a better understanding of the human form.
Still Life Part 3: China, Brass & Glass
Instructor: Rita Curtis
4 weeks: January 14 – February 4
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $150 Members, $180 Non-members
Learn how highlights can make your paintings sizzle. Make a china cup shine, a glass of wine glisten, and a bottle shimmer.
Head Painting
Instructor: Patrick Meehan
8 weeks: January 15 – March 5
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost $245 Members, $270 Non-members
This class will concentrate on a fresh, direct approach to painting the head from life.
Explorations with Colored Pencil
Instructor: Constance Del Nero
4 weeks: January 16 – February 6
Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $120 Members, $145 Non-members
This 4-week workshop is perfect for those who took the “It’s All About Blending” workshop in the fall, for those who have some experience working in colored pencil and would like to learn more, or for those who have always been fascinated with the medium and would like to give it a try.
2nd Annual Winter Challenge – A Painting a Day for 30 Days!
Instructors: Diane DuBois Mullaly & Katie Cassidy
5 weeks: January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14
Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $175 Members, $200 Non-members
Based on the philosophy of the Daily Painting movement, painting one small work each day is a great way to improve quickly, loosen up, and develop the discipline to get into the studio every day. Paintings are 6”x 6” and can be any subject painted from life or from photos.
Introduction to Bookbinding
Instructor: Elizabeth McKee
2 Sessions of 4 hours each: January 17 and 24
Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $125 Non-members
This workshop will focus on the fundamentals of bookbinding.
Pastel: Creating Strong and Vibrant Compositions in Still Life and Landscape
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
2 sessions of 6 weeks:
Session 1: January 21 – February 25
Session 2: March 11 – April 15
Wednesdays, 9:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $195 Members, $220 Non-members for each session
Learn the secrets of this intensely expressive and colorful medium.
How to Tame Your Camera – Beginning Photography
Instructor: Sahm Doherty-Sefton
3 weeks: January 22, 29 and February 5
Thursdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $125 Non-members
Understanding photography isn’t as hard as you think. As soon as you discover what all the dials, buttons, and wheels on your camera do, and understand how exposure and composition work, you can start to take photographs that you are happy with.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
Craft Saturdays at the Museum
(Ages 6-12)
VALENTINES DAY
Saturday, February 7, 1 – 3 p.m.
Cost: $5 per child (Pre-registration is required. Scholarships available.)
Come join the Museum staff for an afternoon of holiday crafts. We will create one or more seasonal projects that children can take home to keep or give as gifts. Color your holiday with fun! Scholarship application forms can be obtained at the front desk of the Museum or contact Constance Del Nero at 410-822-2787 or [email protected].
After-School Art Club
Students in grades 4 – 7
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Nine Thursdays: January 8 – March 5
3:45 – 5 p.m.
Cost: $125 Museum Members, $135 Non-Members
Popular Country School art teacher, Susan Horsey, offers an exciting new Art Club for budding artists. The Art Club will focus on a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, 3-D wire construction, collage, pastels, and graphite, while also teaching stylistic secrets of famous artists.
Home School Art Classes
January 9 through March 27, 2015
Fridays, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $165 Museum members, $175 Non-members
Preregistration is advised as space is limited in each group.
Instructor: Constance Del Nero for ages 6 to 9 years (Please no 5 year-olds in this class)
Instructor: Susan Horsey for ages 10+
The Museum offers art classes for the area’s home-schooled children, ages 6 and up. If you missed the fall semester, don’t worry as you can join the group at any time. Classes focus on fine art techniques and materials. Students visit the Museum’s exhibitions when appropriate and a variety of media is explored.
Play with Clay for Kids
Ages 7 -1 3
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Saturdays, January 31 & February 7
10 a.m. – 12 noon
Cost: $50 Museum Members, $55 Non-members
This fun clay workshop for kids will allow young clay lovers to explore their own imaginative ideas while learning new hand-building methods and techniques. Kids will learn how to make their own funny-faced pinch pot planters and cups, along with fairy bells, garden gnomes and more in this two-class clay adventure.
OPEN STUDIOS
Book Arts Studio*
Second Sunday of each month, 1-4:00 p.m.
Starts Sunday, December 14, 2014
For artists who would like to experiment with book-making techniques from the simple to the fanciful. There is no designated instructor. Participants should bring all materials from home. For additional information contact: Lynn Reynolds at 410-757-5542 or at [email protected].
Open Portrait Studio*
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – noon
The group meets weekly with a live model. Model fee collected weekly. For additional information contact: Nancy Reybold at 410-822-0597, [email protected].
Open Studio with Live Model *
Mondays, 1-3:30 p.m.
This studio offers 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. For additional information contact: Nancy Reybold at 410-822-0597 or at [email protected].
Collage Studio*
Second Saturday of each month, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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. For additional information contact: Susan Stewart at 410-226-5742, [email protected]
*A Museum membership is required to participate.
LESSONS
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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