The St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) is pleased to present an exhibit during the month of October at the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library with the theme “Capturing Autumn.”  

Multiple mediums and forms of expression of this flamboyant season are featured – from abstract to realism. 

The exhibit will be judged by Laura Era. Laura is an award-winning portrait and landscape artist and the owner of the Troika Gallery in Easton.  The Troika Gallery is located at 9 S. Harrison St. in Easton, MD. For more information visit lauraera.com or troikagallery.com.  

The library is located at 100 Dover St. in Easton.  The exhibit is free and open to the public. Library hours are Monday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Artwork for sale through the artist.  

For more information about this exhibit or other SMAL activities visit smartleague.org. 

Join members of the St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) for their biggest event, the annual “Under the Tent” Labor Day Weekend Show and Sale on Saturday, August 31st and Sunday, September 1st at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, located at 304 South Talbot Street in St. Michaels.  The exhibit is free and open to the public. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

More than 30 SMAL artists in multiple mediums are featured. Hundreds of works depicting local scenes and subjects are for sale. Artist demos will also be held during the event. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase original artwork by many award-winning SMAL artists. Meet the artists and learn more about the St. Michaels Art League and its activities. 

Many of the framed designs for the “Celebrate St. Michaels” banners that hang on Talbot Street will also be for sale, as well as original street banners from previous years.  

For more information, visit smartleague.org. The St. Michaels Art League is partly funded by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council with revenue provided by the Maryland State Arts Council.   

The St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) is pleased to announce the winners of their 2024 Members Show featuring all mediums.

The exhibit was judged by Gail Patterson, Director and Curator of the online gallery spiralisgallery.com which also has a brick-and-mortar location, “The Zebra and Spiralis Galleries” located at 5 N. Harrison St. in Easton.    

First Place was awarded to Rhonda Ford for her oil Painting “Downtime.”  Second Place went to Georgette Toews for her oil painting “Waiting.”  Third place was awarded to Beth Wright for her gouache painting “A Man Walks into a Bar.”  Honorable mentions went to Michael Iandolo for his oil painting “Jazz,” to George Sass for his photograph “Under the Boardwalk,” to Donna Finley for her pastel “Majestic Sanctuary” and to Irene Martinelli for her acrylic painting titled “Geisha.”  

For more information about the St. Michaels League and its activities visit Smartleague.org.  

The St. Michaels Art League is sponsoring a 3-day workshop with award-winning watercolorist Leo Kahl, from Saturday, June 8th- to Monday, June 10th, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.  

Leo Kahl enjoyed a career as an Industrial Designer for several decades while his love of the visual arts continued to grow.  He worked with several mediums before deciding to focus on watercolor because of its unique attributes: spontaneity, unpredictability, and simplicity.

In the workshop, Leo will demonstrate his step-by-step approach to creating paintings that capture the character and mystery of his subject through the sophisticated use of color, value, and light.  In Leo’s words, “I’ll methodically guide you through this simple but very misunderstood medium.” Visit leokahlwatercolors.com for more information about the artist.

The cost of the 3-day workshop is $300 for SMAL members and $350 for non-members.  To register visit smartleague.org and click on “Classes and Workshops” on the drop-down menu. The registration deadline is May 24th.  Space is limited. For more contact Beth Wright at [email protected].

The St. Michaels Art League is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Banner Artwork Show. This is the artwork used to create the banners displayed on the town’s utility poles beginning each year in April, through November.        

This year’s banner art was judged by Kevin Snelling, artist and owner of the Creative Xpressions Framing Shop and gallery located at 204 S. Talbot St. in St. Michaels. Kevin is also one of SMAL’s partners in banner production as he creates the digital scans of the artwork for transferring to the banners. His shop also sells framed and unframed “Celebrate St. Michaels’ posters.  

First Place was awarded to Maryellyn Lynott for her oil painting “Dreaming,” Second Place went to Mary Ellen Mabe for her oil painting “Justine’s,” and Sharon Thorpe was awarded Third Place for her collage “Summer Feast.”   Honorable Mentions went to Joan Cranor for her watercolor “Balancing Act” and to Sherry Smith for her watercolor “Rockfish.” The award for best representation of St. Michaels went to Kathleen Rosenberger for her painting titled “The Nao Trinidad Visits the Maritime Museum.”  

 Most of the framed original artwork used to create this year’s banners will be on display at “The Blue Crab” coffee shop during the month of June.  The Blue Crab offers a variety of breakfast and lunch items and is located at 102 S. Fremont St. in St. Michaels. Original artwork may be purchased.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council with revenue provided by the Maryland State Arts Council.  

 

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Maryellyn Lynott “Dreaming”

The St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) is pleased to announce the winners of their Mixed Media exhibit at the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library during the month of January.      

Mixed Media is art that uses at least two different mediums and includes assemblages, collages and more and may use paint, cloth, paper, wood and found objects etc.   

The exhibit was judged by Holly Jackson, a self-taught mixed-media textile artist who builds miniature worlds in thread and found objects. She recently taught a workshop “Holiday Textile Cards” at the Academy Art Museum in Easton. For more information visit flossinginthemoonlight.com.

First Place was awarded to Lucia Calloway for “Gone Fishin,” Second Place went to Mary Jane Svensen for “Here Comes the Sun,” and Third Place to Catherine Renzi for “I Remember Rena’s Birthday.” Honorable Mentions went to Irene Martinelli for “Guy” and to Nancy Lorentz for “Lady Choptank Rolling Past Tilghman at Dawn.”

The library is located at 106 Fremont Street in St. Michaels.  The exhibit is free and open to the public. Library hours are Monday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Artwork for sale through the artist.

For more information about this exhibit or other SMAL activities visit smartleague.org.

Image: Gone Fishin by Lucia Calloway

The St. Michaels Art League has announced the winners of the 2023 Martha Hudson Awards for excellence in watercolor. 

Martha Hudson was well-known in the community for her watercolors depicting scenes of Eastern Shore Life.  As a young art student, Martha was given a grant to use for the continuation of her studies. In return, she generously left an endowment for an award to be given each year by the St. Michaels Art League to deserving watercolor artists.  

The judge for this year’s exhibit was Kathleen Ryan Gardiner, a well-known award-winning Maryland artist and a member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and the Working Artist Forum.  She is also a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and a former Board Member.

First place was awarded to Joan Cranor for her painting “Tempest,” Second Place went to Deborah McFarlin for “Under My Wing,” and third place to Sandy Alanko for “Waiting at the Wharf.”

Honorable mentions went to Jo Merrill for “Garden Music,” Judith Weaver for “The Dove Dinghy,” and to Stacey Sass for “Waterfall Magic.”

The exhibit is on display through the month of December at the St. Michales Library, 106 Fremont St. during regular library hours at the rear gallery.  

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council with revenues provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. For more information about the St. Michaels Art League visit Smartleague.org. 

 

Image: “Tempest” by Joan Cranor

 

The St. Michaels Art League is pleased to announce the winners of their sixth annual photography show. 

The exhibit was judged by Robert Sullivan, an award-winning documentary, landscape, and portrait photographer based in Cambridge, MD.   

First place went to Ken Rose for his photo “Flying Home,” second to Martin Zell for “Village Charmer,” and third to Ted Mueller for “Getting Ready for Crabbing.”  Honorable mentions went to Catherine Urbanek for “A Lemonade Day,” to George Sass for “I Saw the Light” and “Silent Solitude,” Ted Mueller for “People Watching,” and Sharon Thorpe for “Race Day on the Miles River.”

The exhibit can be seen at the rear gallery of the St. Michaels Library located at 106 Fremont St. through the month of September.  Artwork may be purchased through the artist.

This program is funded in part by the Talbot County Arts Council with funds provided by the Maryland State Arts Council.

 

 

 

 

Join members of the St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) for their biggest event, the annual “Under the Tent” Labor Day Weekend Show and Sale on Saturday, September 2nd and Sunday, September 3rd at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, located at 304 South Talbot Street in St. Michaels.  The exhibit is free and open to the public. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Artwork by more than 30 SMAL artists in multiple mediums is featured.  Hundreds of works depicting local scenes and subjects are for sale. There will also be artist demos during the event.  This is the perfect opportunity to purchase original artwork by many award-winning SMAL artists.  Come meet the artists and find out more about the St. Michaels Art League and its activities. 

Many of the framed designs for the “Celebrate St. Michaels” banners that hang on Talbot Street will also be for sale, as well as original street banners from previous years.  

For more information, visit smartleague.org. The St. Michaels Art League is funded in part by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council with revenue provided by the Maryland State Arts Council.