EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions are generously supported by the Maryland State Arts Council, the Talbot County Arts Council and the Star-Democrat. Curator-Led Tours will be held on Tuesday, May, 2, 2017 at 12 noon.

FABRICation

Through July 9, 2017

The exhibition FABRICation is making its way around the country, coming to the Academy Art Museum by way of Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Co-curated by Reni Gower, professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University and Kristy Deetz, professor in the Art Discipline at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, FABRICation features seven artists (Erin Castellan, Kristy Deetz, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson and Natalie Smith) who incorporate a textile sensibility in their artwork through elements of fabric and fabrication. Funding for FABRICation was made possible in part by Virginia Commonwealth University, VCUarts, and the Painting and Printmaking Department (ESWA.org).

Parts and Labor: A Survey Exhibition of Print and Collage Works by Steven Ford

Through July 9, 2017

Steven Ford layers colors via simply carved linocut blocks and collagraph plates. The linocut blocks are often re-inked and reprinted with the paper shifted to create layering and cross hatched patterns. The collagraph plates print “real” textures from items such as popsicle sticks and lathe from old plaster walls. Ford works quickly, rolling ink onto the blocks and cranking them through an etching press. At times the thin, strong Asian papers are folded like an accordion bellows and printed, then flattened and printed some more. Steven Ford is represented by Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia.

Luminous Forms: Marble and Bronze Sculpture by Shelley Robzen

Through July 16, 2017

Shelley Robzen’s sculpture is amazing in its purity and its celebration of beauty and craftsmanship. Robzen has a sophisticated sense of form, volume and line. Her sculptures are sensual and sensitive. They are pared down to an essential simplicity. Her sculpture is included in private collections in the United States, Italy, France, England, Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, Israel and Japan. Robzen is represented by Carla Massoni Gallery. The Academy Art Museum is presenting her marble and bronze sculpture in her first solo museum exhibition in the U.S.

Todd Forsgren: Birdwatcher and Ecologist

Through May 30, 2017

Todd R. Forsgren uses photography to examine themes of ecology, environmentalism, and perceptions of landscape while striving to strike a balance between art history and natural history. To do so, Forsgren uses a range of photographic approaches, from documentary strategies to experimental techniques. His work has been shown at numerous venues and has been featured in National Geographic, Nature, and TIME’s Lightbox, to name a few.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Annual Spring Event – The Art of Color
May 6, 2017
Guests will sip cocktails under the spring sky, while enjoying the smooth sounds of The Eric Byrd Trio. Dinner will be held at the Museum, where attendees will be surrounded by the vibrancy and boldness of the exhibitions on view, Steven Ford: Prints and FABRICation. 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. To purchase tickets, call the Museum at 410-822-2787.

Art After Dark: Pottery Date Night
Friday, May 19, 6–9 p.m.
$100/couple (includes wine, beer and light snacks)
Need date night plans? Ceramics instructor, Paul Aspell will walk you through how to center and shape your clay on the potter’s wheel. Students will select the glaze colors to finish their pieces. Dress in comfortable clothes. You may get a little dirty!

ARTFUL ADVENTURE TRIP
Maine
July 31-August 5, 2017
The Museum will travel to Maine from and visit the state’s leading museums, including the Portland Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Museum of Art (where former AAM Director Christopher Brownawell serves as Executive Director), the Colby College Museum of Art, the Bowdoin College Art Museum, and more. Led by Director Benjamin Simons and Senior Curator Anke van Wagenberg, participants will enjoy private visits to some of the leading private collections in the region, take in Winslow Homer’s studio at Prouts Neck, and explore the region’s other cultural offerings and fine dining. For further details, or if you are interested in participating, please contact Damika Baker, Director of Development, at [email protected].

ADULT CLASSES

Classes:

Paint Along with Diane and Sheryl
Mentors: Diane DuBois Mullaly and Sheryl Southwick
3 days: May 30, 31, June 1 Tuesday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Cost: $95 Museum members, $114 non-members
Diane and Sheryl invite all their students and friends to paint along (in any medium) with them during this unique mentored outdoor painting experience. Each day the group meets at a different fabulous private property, where everyone picks a spot and starts painting. Diane and Sheryl will make rounds to each painter’s easel throughout the morning to make suggestions and give advice. www.dianeduboismullaly.com and sherylsouthwick.com

From Viewer to Doer
Monday, May 15, 6–8 p.m. or Thursday, May 18, 2–4 p.m. (Choose one)
Cost: $10
Transform yourself from “viewer” to “doer” by taking part in a special spring workshop. The “From Viewer to Doer” approach consists of an informal tour/chat about the exhibition(s) on view and the opportunity to work on a related art project. No art experience or “talent” necessary! Workshops to complement the Museum’s spring exhibitions, FABRICation: Fiber Art and Parts and Labor: A Survey Exhibition of Print and Collage Works by Steven Ford. Contact Constance Del Nero at [email protected] for additional information or sign up online.

CHILDREN’S CLASSES/PROGRAMMING

FAMILY ART DAYS

Travel the World at the Academy Art Museum
Saturday, May 13, 2017, 10 a.m.– 1 p.m.
Cost: FREE!
Children 6+ and their parents work together on an art project and enjoy tasty snacks typical of that country. Our next stop will be Ghana. We will be inspired by the work of El Anatsui, who works with recycled materials to create stunning wall-hangings.

PIANO & GUITAR LESSONS

Piano & Guitar Lessons
Instructor: Raymond Remesh (410) 829-0335
Whether your goal is to audition for a conservatory, lead your family in song during holidays or learn to play the music you love, a personalized music education is one of the most rewarding and enduring investments a person can make for themselves or their child. Contact the instructor directly for lesson schedule and cost.

VOICE LESSONS

Voice Lessons
Instructor: Erika Knepp (443) 254-0157
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.

DANCE

Adult Ballroom & Latin Dance

Amanda Showell (302)-377-3088. www.dancingontheshore.com.

For additional information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call the Museum at 410-822-2787.

The Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, offers summer camps for students age three through high school.  Younger children will enjoy camps about creating masterpieces through drawing, painting, collage and printmaking, puppet making, Sumi-e painting, clay sculpture, and even medieval castles. The Museum’s signature week-long Kaleidoscope camp offers exploration of multiple mediums and the opportunity to get really messy!

Middle school and high school students will have a great time at a plein air painting or animal camp, or classes on tie dyeing, papier mâché sculpture, Sumi-e painting, clay sculpture, drawing from life, and creating a sketchbook. There are also innovative classes on creative writing for poetry, fiction, and short stories and digital media, including Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

To register for any of the Academy Art Museum Summer Camps, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

2017 Academy Art Museum Summer Camp Listing

Bring Your Drawings to Life with Adobe Illustrator
Grades 6–9
Instructor: Chris Pittman
Monday–Friday, June 19–23, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Cost: $135 Museum members; $145 non-members
Participants learn the basics of drawing by hand and on the computer, learning how to sketch more quickly and accurately and discover the techniques employed by comic book artists, Disney animators, and children’s book illustrators. Students will then be able to bring their drawings to life using the program Adobe Illustrator. No experience is required—just a love of art and drawing.

Oil Painting Outdoors in Plein Air!
Ages 12+ (Adults welcome)
Instructor: Diane DuBois Mullaly
Monday­–Thursday, June 26–29, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Cost: $135 Museum members; $145 non-members

Easton is an international hub for plein air painting, as evidenced by the world-class artists its annual festival attracts. Award-winning local artist, Diane DuBois Mullaly, is eager to show young artists the magic of painting outdoors. This camp is for students who have never painted outdoors in plein air, as well as for those who have some experience. Participants will learn to mix oil colors from the three primary colors, plus white, and then paint skies, clouds, trees, flowers, buildings and street scenes. Please bring a hat, sunblock and water and wear old clothes! All art materials are provided.

Masterpieces from Little Hands
Ages 5-7
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Monday–Friday, June 26–30, 10 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $135 Museum members; $145 non-members

Young ones will have fun while learning about famous artists and creating their own colorful masterpieces. Activities will include drawing, painting, collage and printmaking. All art materials are provided.

Animal Art Adventures (Including a visit from the Salisbury Zoo!)
Ages 7-13
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Wednesday-Friday July 5–7, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Cost: $175 Museum members; $185 non-members

This fun and exciting camp offers young artists opportunities to draw, paint and sculpt while discovering the wonders of the animal world. Children will learn realistic art techniques, learn about animal artists of the past, and study a variety of animals through art. Projects will include animal illustrations, mask-making, animal sculptures and much more. On Thursday, July 6, an animal handler from the Salisbury Zoo will bring some exotic live animals for the children to draw.

Puppet-Making Workshop
Ages 6–8
Instructor: Alanna Berman
Monday-Friday, July 10–14, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $125 Museum members; $135 non-members

Puppets are part of our lives. Students can learn how they are made at this interactive camp. The camp will get behind the scenes to see how storytelling works and campers will get hands-on experience in creating a puppet and puppet theater and in learning voice acting. On the final day, there will be a grand performance! Campers will take home their puppet and a video of the performance. All materials provided.

Medieval Castles, Art, and All the King’s People
Ages 6–8
Instructor: Alanna Berman
Monday-Friday, July 10–14, 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
Cost: $115 Museum members; $125 non-members

Do you love stories of brave knights, crazy kings and bold princesses? This camp will show children how to role play their favorite characters by creating flags, hats and 3-D castles. Campers will even create the monster their character must vanquish or the mythical creature it will befriend. Parents are invited to the final day where students will present their characters and their stories! All materials provided.

Fun with Tie Dyeing
Ages 11–15
Instructor: Katy Trice
Monday-Thursday, July 10–13, 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
Cost: $135 Museum members; $145 non-members

Students will experiment with resist dyeing, spray and scrunch dyeing, and fold dyeing. On the first two days, they will practice folding, binding and tying small squares of fabric and on the last two days, they will create their own design and dye their tee shirts. Students should wear old clothes or bring a smock. All materials provided. Price includes tee shirt. Shirt size needed from each student.

Papier Mâché Sculpture
Ages:10–13
Instructor: Theresa Schram
Monday-Friday, July 17–21, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Cost: $120 Museum members; $130 non-members

This dynamic and creative class focuses on 3-D papier mâché sculpture. Teaching artist Theresa Schram will show students how to manipulate the materials and create unique pieces of art. Students will complete two projects—a papier mâché animal head using molding templates and a sculpted 3-D animal of their choice. The projects will alternate each day to allow the previous day’s work to dry. The final day will be spent adding paint, fun details and decorations. All materials provided.

Play with Clay
Ages 8-13
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Monday-Friday, July 24–28, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $120 Museum members; $130 non-members

Students will explore sculpting with different types of molding materials. Aspiring sculptors will learn how to work with different types of clays and sculpting tools, while creating whatever interests them and pushing their creative limits. Various types of ceramic clay, Sculpey polymer clay, salt dough, and paper clay will be explored in this exciting 3D art class. All materials provided.

Sumi-e Painting
Ages 8–14 (Adults welcome)
Instructor: Dawn Malosh
Monday-Friday, July 31–August 4, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $115 Museum members; $125 non-members

Students in this workshop will learn a unique method to meditate and relax, while painting the “chi” of the nature around them, as Buddhist monks called the Chan did 1000 years ago. This class will teach a simplified version of the traditional meditative Eastern approach and style to nature painting. Participants will learn about traditional Eastern painting media, such as the bamboo brush, sumi-e ink, rice paper and suzuri inkwell. All materials provided. If the weather is nice, we may be able to go outside to do some ink paintings in the Talbot Historical Society Gardens. Signed permission slips will be necessary for this option. Please bring a hat and sunscreen.

Kaleidoscope Summer Arts Camp
Ages 6+
Week #1 Monday-Friday, July 24–28
Instructors: Maria Sage and Theresa Schram
Week # 2 Monday–Friday, July 31–August 4
Instructors: Maria Sage and Theresa Schram
12:30–3:30 p.m. daily each week
Cost: $105 Museum members; $115 non-members per week

This signature multi-media camp will feature opportunities each week to explore and develop projects from observation and imagination. Drawing, painting, sculpture, collage and printmaking may be included. Each week is different. All materials provided. Grand viewing of the week’s projects and party on the last day. Parents are invited!

Fun with Photoshop
Grades 5-9
Instructor: Garnette Hines
Monday-Friday, July 31-August 4, 1 – 3 p.m.
Cost: $140 Museum members; $150 non-members

Easton High School’s digital media specialist, Garnette Hines, teaches students the basics of digital storytelling using the industry-standard Adobe Photoshop. In this class, students will try their hand at Photoshop painting, create mythological creatures, learn how to create animated gifs, and transform photos of themselves to create surreal special effects, such as flying and other superpowers.

Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
Grades: 7–12
Instructor: Katy Trice
Monday–Friday, August 7–11, 10 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $110 Museum members; $120 non-members

Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction and Short Stories
Grades: 7–12
Instructor: Katy Trice
Monday-Friday, August 7–11, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Cost: $110 Museum members; $120 non-members

These are the perfect classes for students who find themselves constantly writing down phrases, stories, stanzas, or narratives. Each day students will start with a free-write prompt, move into reading and reviewing each other’s work, and then play some creative writing games. The morning session is Poetry, and the afternoon session is Fiction and Short Stories. Students are encouraged to sign up for the one they are most interested in, or both if they can’t decide!

The Art Studio
Ages 7–10
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Monday–Friday, August 14–18, 10 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Cost: $130 Museum members; $140 non-members

A week full of imaginative activities! The Art Studio is a complete art experience that blends fun and creativity. Each day will bring a new project, including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, memory jars and more. If you’ve taken one of Ms. Horsey’s camps in the past, you’ll be happy to know that this summer’s Art Studio will feature all new projects. All materials provided.

Dive into the World of Math and Art!
Grades 6–8
Instructor: Deborah Scales
Monday – Friday, August 14-18, 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Cost: $125 Museum members; $135 non-members

This fun and challenging five-day workshop is for any middle school math student who wants to discover an exciting way to learn math through art-making. If you like art, you may find that you also find a new love for math. We will explore art-making through mathematical strategies, skills and problem solving. We will use basic operations of arithmetic, algebraic formulas, scientific notation, geometric figures, precision measuring, ratios and proportions, linear-point perspective, transformations, and platonic solids. You will begin this school year with a kaleidoscope of math knowledge! In fact, one of our projects is to make M.C. Escher kaleidocycles. M.C. Escher is a famous artist who said, “I was a particularly poor student in math.” Yet, the funny thing is, mathematicians love his art! The instructor, Deborah Scales is a certified K-12 art teacher and teaches middle school math at Lighthouse Christian Academy on Kent Island.

Sketch it! A Sketchbook Journey
Ages 8–13
Instructor: Susan Horsey
Monday–Friday, August 21–25,10 a.m.–12:00 noon
Cost: $130 Museum members; $140 non-members

The ability to quickly sketch an idea or image is a fundamental skill. This camp is for children who love to draw, paint and create, while developing their skills and techniques. A variety of media will be explored, including pencil, pens, watercolors, and colored pencils–all in students’ sketchbooks. Together we’ll make art a daily event, drawing inspiration from nature and our surroundings. All materials provided.

Mini Masters Summer Camps (For Ages Three through Four)

All Things Summer!
July 10 through 13 and July 17 through 20
9 a.m. to noon
Participants will create art, from building sand castles to making ice cream, splatter painting an ocean mural to sculpting sea animals. The children will explore different mediums to create some favorite summer-time things.

Building and Construction!
August 14 through 17
9 a.m. to noon
Participants will spend the week building and constructing things out of recycled and other materials. Vehicles, buildings, robots, and child-created designs will be some of the items created.

Accomplished wildlife artist Julia Rogers and her husband Matthew Hillier, also a wildlife painter and marine artist of Easton, will be motivating their students with two upcoming painting workshops at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD in April 2017.

Rogers, who was recently selected as the Waterfowl Festival’s 2017 Featured Artist, began exhibiting at the Waterfowl Festival in 1979 as a high school student and has only missed a few years of exhibiting in the Festival’s painting galleries in nearly four decades. She is the Festival’s seventh Featured Artist and the first woman chosen for this distinction.

Rogers is a self-taught artist. Growing up on the Chesapeake Bay has had a strong influence on her art. She states, “Being an artist and painting nature was inevitable. I have an endless desire to paint and over the years have worked in several mediums and gradually developed a distinctive style that is seen today in my oil paintings. Wildlife has been very inspirational to my work and is my personal favorite.”

She adds, “I enjoy reading a lot about art techniques and color theory – now I can share it with others in my first workshop at the Museum.”

In her upcoming workshop on April 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., “Oil Painting Workshop: Fur to Feathers— Painting Animals in the Studio,” Rogers will show students different ways to use wildlife reference to create exciting paintings through lecture and demonstration. She will use this workshop to give the students a better understanding of composition, value and form. The class will learn to break down the use of texture, color and line in oils with different applications using brushes, knives and pencil.

Rogers is a member and serves on the Board of the Society of Animal Artists and regularly exhibits in their annual show. She has also been featured in the prestigious Birds in Art Exhibition and had work purchased by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. She is a regular exhibitor at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston South Carolina and also attends other wildlife art shows across the country.

Rogers is married to fellow artist, Matthew Hillier, an accomplished wildlife and marine artist. After creating an extraordinary career as a painter both in Europe and America, Hillier added teaching to his repertoire. Hillier met his wife Julia, while working in the U.S.  The two eventually settled in Montgomery Village, MD, where Hillier taught art at Montgomery College in Rockville. It was here that he learned oil painting, his passion.

After Hillier and his wife moved to the Eastern Shore in 2006, he immediately got involved with the Academy Art Museum. For Hillier, this has been particularly rewarding. The small classes of 12 to 14 students enable him give one-on-one instruction.  He comments, “I love teaching at the Museum because It is such a friendly relaxed atmosphere and the facilities are excellent.  The students and I become friends through the classes I teach.”

Hillier will be teaching “Oil Painting Workshop: Painting the Ocean” on April 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum. This workshop is an opportunity to really get to grips with the excitement and challenges of painting waves in oil. Matthew is a member of the prestigious “American Society of Marine Artists” and loves to paint the sea. In this workshop, he will use his vast experience with this favorite subject to instruct the students on how to capture crashing waves, ocean spray, light through water, and above all, the beauty and drama of waves as they turn and break.

He adds, “I hope my students take away one thing from the classes I teach – to be prepared to fail so that they can learn from their mistakes. This is how you push forward as an artist.”

Hillier was the 2016 Waterfowl Festival’s Featured Artist. He is a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, The Royal Institute and the Miniature Society, as well as the Paris Salon, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Biarritz Salon. He is also a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, the Society of Animal Artists, and has recently become a member of the American Society of Marine Artists and participated in Christie’s Wildlife Art Auction. He has received numerous awards and commendations in the UK and here in the States.

Julia Rogers and Matthew Hillier live with their son Patrick in Tunis Mills.

The cost for Rogers’ Workshop is $160 for Museum members and $192 for non-members. The cost for Hillier’s workshop is $190 for Museum members and $228 for non-members. For further information and to register, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, John Wilmerding, Christopher Binyon Sarofim Professor of American Art at Princeton University, will present a lecture on Frederic Church’s Maine Landscapes.  Wilmerding will concentrate on the two areas Church painted in Maine: Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin. His presentation will touch on the major factors stimulating his visits: the example of Fitz Henry Lane, his mentor Tomas Cole’s trip to Maine, and Thoreau’s writings about Mt. Katahdin. The lecture will also examine three major phases seen in Church’s painting: art history, national history, and personal history. The cost for the lecture is $20 for Museum members and  $24 for non-members.  Pre-registration is suggested. For further information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

Anke Van Wagenberg, Senior Curator, Academy Art Museum will host a new program at the Museum, ART @ NOON From Rembrandt to Picasso, beginning on Tuesday, March 28 and continuing through April 25, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Participants can bring lunch and the Museum will provide the art! Topics will include Rembrandt (March 28); Canaletto (April 4); Turner (April 11); and Picasso (April 25). These original artworks, all from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, will be placed in context so participants can sit back, relax and eat their lunch while enjoying the textbook-free slide lecture.

The Academy Art Museum Senior Curator Anke Van Wagenberg holding a print by Alexander Calder in the Museum’s Permanent Collection. Van Wagenberg will host a new program at the Museum, ART @ NOON From Rembrandt to Picasso, beginning on Tuesday, March 28 and continuing through April 25, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Participants can bring lunch and the Museum will provide a textbook-free slide lecture.

Anke van Wagenberg has a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and has published widely on Dutch and Flemish painting. Join the Museum for a mini-course in Art History based on works in its Permanent Collection. The cost for the series of four lectures is $100 for Museum members and $120 for non-members. Individual lecture tickets are $28 for Museum members and $33 for non-members. For further information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

The Academy Art Museum in Easton is hosting Cocktails and Concert on Friday, March 24, 2017, with cocktails beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the concert following at 6 p.m. Performers include Jason Buckwalter, baritone; Kimberly Christie, soprano; and Andrew Stewart, piano.

(Photos – Jason Buckwalter, baritone; Kimberly Christie, soprano; and Andrew Stewart, piano will appear at the Academy Art Museum’s Cocktails and Concert on Friday, March 24)

The three will explore the American Songbook featuring composers such as Johnny Mercer, Heusen and Cahn, Duke Ellington, Gershwin, Loewe and Lerner and many others. The program will feature all the classic hits of cabaret, jazz, Broadway and Hollywood while learning about some of the singers that made them famous.

For further information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions are generously supported by the Maryland State Arts Council, the Talbot County Arts Council and the Star-Democrat.

FABRICation

April 22–July 9, 2017

The exhibition FABRICation is making its way around the country, coming to the Academy Art Museum by way of Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Co-curated by Reni Gower, professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University and Kristy Deetz, professor in the Art Discipline at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, FABRICation features seven artists (Erin Castellan, Kristy Deetz, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson and Natalie Smith) who incorporate a textile sensibility in their artwork through elements of fabric and fabrication. Funding for FABRICation was made possible in part by Virginia Commonwealth University, VCUarts, and the Painting and Printmaking Department (ESWA.org).

Parts and Labor: A Survey Exhibition of Print and Collage Works by Steven Ford

April 22–July 9, 2017

Steven Ford layers colors via simply carved linocut blocks and collagraph plates. The linocut blocks are often re-inked and reprinted with the paper shifted to create layering and cross hatched patterns. The collagraph plates print “real” textures from items such as popsicle sticks and lathe from old plaster walls. Ford works quickly, rolling ink onto the blocks and cranking them through an etching press. At times the thin, strong Asian papers are folded like an accordion bellows and printed, then flattened and printed some more. Steven Ford is represented by Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia.

Luminous Forms: Marble and Bronze Sculpture by Shelley Robzen
April 22–July 16, 2017
Shelley Robzen’s sculpture is amazing in its purity and its celebration of beauty and craftsmanship. She has a sophisticated sense of form, volume and line. Her sculptures are sensual and sensitive. They are pared down to an essential simplicity. Her sculpture is included in private collections in the United States, Italy, France, England, Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, Israel and Japan. Robzen is represented by Carla Massoni Gallery. The Academy Art Museum is presenting her marble and bronze sculpture in her first solo museum exhibition in the U.S.

Todd Forsgren: Birdwatcher and Ecologist
April 22–May 30, 2017
Todd R. Forsgren uses photography to examine themes of ecology, environmentalism, and perceptions of landscape while striving to strike a balance between art history and natural history. To do so, Forsgren uses a range of photographic approaches, from documentary strategies to experimental techniques. His work has been shown at numerous venues and has been featured in National Geographic, Nature, and TIME’s Lightbox, to name a few.

Mid-Shore Student Art Exhibition
Continuing through April 2
This annual exhibition highlights the artistic talents of K-12 students from Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne and Kent counties. As in past years, visitors can expect a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. The Mid-Shore Student Art Exhibition has been a Museum tradition for over 25 years and are the largest and most prestigious student art exhibition on the Eastern Shore.

The American Society of Marine Artists 17th National Exhibition
Continuing through April 2, 2017
The Academy Art Museum is proud to co-host the 17th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Since the 1970s, ASMA has worked to prepare exhibitions on America’s maritime heritage with its professional artists and illustrators, and to further promote American marine art and history. The exhibition travels from Williamsburg, VA to Easton and St. Michaels, and continues in various other museums in the U.S. Curators Anke Van Wagenberg (AAM) and Pete Lesher (CBMM) have worked closely to mount the best selections in their respective museums.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Cocktails and Canvas
Thursday, April 20, 6–8 p.m.
Cost: $45 per person
Ready for a fun and creative evening? You don’t need an artistic bone in your body. You bring your energy and creativity and we provide everything else! Includes two cocktails and all painting materials.

LECTURES

The Farmers’ George: Washington, the King, and the Agricultural Landscape
Bruce Ragsdale, Fellow, Georgian Papers Programme
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 6p.m.
Cost: $20 Member, $24 Non-member. Pre-registration is suggested.
Inspired by the British literature of agricultural improvement, George Washington and King George III simultaneously undertook experimental agricultural projects that they hoped would serve as a model for the farmers of their respective nations. Drawing on documents in the Royal Collections and on Washington’s own surveys of his farms, this lecture will explore how these two national leaders embodied the ideals of agricultural innovation shared by wealthy landowners on both sides of the Atlantic.

NEW PROGRAM!
ART @ NOON From Rembrandt to Picasso
Anke Van Wagenberg, Senior Curator, Academy Art Museum
Dates: Tuesdays, April 4, 11 & 25, 12 noon–1 p.m.
Topics: Canaletto – April 4; Turner – April 11; and Picasso – April 25
Cost: Individual Lecture Tickets: $28/$33
Senior Curator Anke van Wagenberg has a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and has published widely on Dutch and Flemish painting. You bring lunch, we provide the art! Join us for a mini-course in Art History based on works in the Permanent Collection of the Academy Art Museum. See Canaletto, Turner and Picasso from our Permanent Collection in the room. These original artworks are placed in context as you sit back, relax and eat your lunch while enjoying the textbook-free slide lecture.

ARTS EXPRESS BUS TRIPS

RENWICK GALLERY
Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years
Wednesday, April 12
Cost: $55 Members, $66 Non-members
Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years, is the first exhibition to focus on the early career of Peter Voulkos, from 1953–1968. While trained as a traditional potter, Voulkos’ radical methods and ideas during this period opened up the possibilities for ceramics in ways that are still being felt today. The exhibition will feature approximately 35 examples from this crucial body of early work, most of which have not been exhibited on the East Coast for four decades. Also included will be two of the artist’s rarely seen works in oil on canvas, which help to demonstrate how Voulkos developed his ideas concurrently in painting, sculpture, and pottery.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDENS
Infinity Mirrors—Yayoi Kusama Retropsective
Thursday, April 27
Cost: $55 Members, $66 Non-members
The Hirshhorn’s exhibition is the first to focus on this groundbreaking body of work and will present six of the rooms, the most ever shown together. From peep-show-like chambers to multimedia installations, each of these kaleidoscopic environments offers the chance to step into an illusion of infinite space. Kusama began using mirrors in 1965 when she produced Infinity Mirror Room— Phalli’s Field, transforming the intense repetition of her earlier two-dimensional works into a perceptual experience.

ADULT CLASSES

April Florals and Still Life in Pastel or Oil
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
4 weeks, April 5–26 Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Cost: $165 Members, $198 Non-members

April Transcending Grief through Making Art
Facilitators: Sheryl Southwick and Lauren Todd
Saturday April 1 Time: 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Cost: $85 Members, $102 Non-members

Collage Workshop: Scrap Happy Day
Instructor: Sheryl Southwick
One Day Workshop, April 6 Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Cost $75 Members, $90 Non-members

Plein Air Oil Painting for Beginning or Returning Painters
Instructor: Diane DuBois Mullaly

2 days, April 22 & 23 Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Cost $125 Members, $150 Non-members (For beginners with no materials a material fee of $40 is payable to the instructor at first class. For returning painters, please check web site for material list.

Oil Painting Workshop: Painting the Ocean
Instructor: Matthew Hillier

2 days: April 8 and 9 Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Cost $190 Members, $228 Non-members

Painting the Night Cityscape in Pastels
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
2 days: April 18 and 25 Tuesdays, 6–8:30 p.m.
Cost: $85 Members, $102 Non-members

Oil Painting Workshop: Fur to Feathers— Painting Animals in the Studio
Instructor: Julia Rogers

2 days: April 22 and 23 Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Cost: $160 Members, $192 Non-members

Beginning Painting Class for Adults
Instructor: Sheryl Southwick
3 weeks, twice a week: April 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and 27 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.–12 noon
Cost: $150 Members, $180 Non-members

FAMILY PROGRAMS
eARTh Day Extravaganza
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $5 per child (parents free)
eARTh Day Art Extravaganza! Save the planet and get creative! Before you throw out that old can, bottle cap, magazine etc…think about what you might do with it to keep it in use. Better yet, come to the eARTh Day Art Extravaganza is offered at the Academy Art Museum in conjunction with the MidShore Riverkeeper Conservancy (MRC) and was co-developed with Suzanne Sullivan, MRC’s education and volunteer coordinator.

DANCE

Adult Ballroom & Latin Dance

Amanda Showell (302)-377-3088. www.dancingontheshore.com.

LESSONS

Piano & Guitar Lessons
Instructor: Raymond Remesh (410) 829-0335

Voice Lessons
Instructor: Erika Knepp (443) 254-0157

For additional information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call the Museum at 410-822-2787.

On Saturday, February 25 at 11 a.m., the Academy Art Museum will offer a free lecture, “The Science of Practice: 5 Ways to Hack Your Musical Brain,” presented by local musician and music educator, Raymond Remesch.  The lecture is designed for everyone from beginners to professional musicians, including children and adults.

Remesch comments, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? It turns out ‘practice practice practice’ isn’t the whole story.” He explains that playing something over and over and over isn’t particularly effective and is largely a waste of time.

In his multimedia presentation and discussion, Remesch will translate research of Sports Psychology and Neurology into practical practice strategies for musicians who want to get the most from their practice time. Beginning and professional musicians alike will leave with fresh ideas to take their practice routine to the next level.

On March 6 at 7 p.m., Remesch will lead the first Academy Art Museum Open Mic, a supportive space for makers and appreciators of music, dance, comedy, poetry and theater to network and share the thriving creativity of the Eastern Shore. All styles of performance are welcome. The Museum will provide a PA system, sound tech and a beautiful grand piano. Performers should arrive early if their performance will require tech beyond basic sound amplification. Acoustic instruments and percussion in the form of hand drums or a drum kit with brushes are encouraged. Leftover time will be allotted for an open jam session. This is a 21+ event. A reasonably priced selection of beer, wine and light fare will be served. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. and the first performer goes on at 7:30 p.m.  Each performance slot is a 10-minute time fame. Spoken word performers are asked to keep their performances to five minutes. Open Mic will be held on the first and third Mondays of March.

Raymond Remesch is a musician, recording engineer and music educator. After graduating a Linehan Artist Scholar with a B.A. in Music Education from UMBC in 2008, he has performed Jazz, Pop, Rock and Hip Hop music in many DMV-area venues, from the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Theatre to Twins Jazz and the 930 Club. He finds inspiration in the genius of classical masters, the vitality of jazz greats and the zeal of folk traditions.  Raymond teaches piano and guitar at the Academy Art Museum.

Registration is suggested for the lecture. For further information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call the Museum at 410-822-2787.