Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception, Friday, October 14, 6-9pm.
John Lennon's song "Imagine" expresses a shared passion of these artists. They too have a story to tell about a world where food is plenty, animals and their habitats are respected, where personal histories are art, and where people love the communities in which they live.
Mimi Little, intrigued by the traditions and culture of food, has produced paintings that tell the story of family traditions and community gatherings with the common thread being the cooking and partaking of food.
Abbey Griffin has a passion for preserving natural habitats and the creatures we love /or not (e.g. the turkey vulture). She also imagines a world with her father alive and sailing in the boats he built.
Suzanne Shelden is well known for her vivid depictions of local scenery, but plans, for this event, to see where her imagination might take her.
Color and narrative drive each artist to create series of work that are at once personal and universal. This is a show of stories they have to tell. Annmarie is a special place, a magical place. The artists are honored and grateful to the board and staff for all they do to give art a great place to thrive in Calvert County.
Located in the Mezzanine Gallery, the artists will be on site during the following events:
Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception - Friday, October 14, 6-9pm
Sunday, November 6, from 1-4 pm. Mimi, Abbey and Suzanne will host a second reception for "imagine a..."
December (visit again for update on date and time) coinciding with Annmarie's award-winning "Garden In Lights"
Annmarie After Hours Reception for Living Gallery - Friday, March 16, 6-9pm
Annmarie's Main Gallery will be transformed into artist studio space from January 9 through February 25, 2012, during The Living Gallery. For the next seven weeks, eighteen artists, including painters, sculptors, ceramicists, and others, will set up their studios and work in the gallery. Guests are invited to observe the artistic process, and if desired, talk with the artists about their work. Questions about any aspect of the artistic process - techniques, tools, materials, subject, and inspiration – are highly encouraged.
As a complement to the studio portion of The Living Gallery program, an exhibit of works by the eighteen Living Gallery artists will open March 2 and run through April 29 in the Main Gallery at Annmarie. Guests are invited to attend the Annmarie After Hours Reception for the exhibition and sale on Friday, March 16, 2012, from 6-9pm. The exhibit and sale will include works created during The Living Gallery, as well as works created in the artists private studios. The Living Gallery Exhibition & Sale is your opportunity to return to Annmarie to see the artists completed works and to purchase a work of art that you observed being created.
LIVING GALLERY - Studio Schedule:
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Media |
Artist |
Home Town |
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January 9-22 |
Painting |
Suzanne Shelden |
Prince Frederick, MD |
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January 16-22 |
Painting |
Rachel Castle Herzer |
Portland, ME |
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January 16-22 |
Painting |
Inja Cho |
Kalamazoo, MI |
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January 19-22 |
Fiber, Recycled Rag Rugs |
Beverly Jackson |
California, MD |
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January 20-27 |
Oriental Brush Painting |
Carol Waite |
Fredericksburg, VA |
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January 22-27 |
Mixed Media |
Norma LeVally |
Lusby, MD |
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January 23-29 |
Ceramics |
Tamar Assaf |
Cupertino, CA |
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Jan. 30-Feb.5 |
Painting |
Allie Snyder |
Leonardtown, MD |
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Jan. 30-Feb.12 |
Beadwork, Polymer Clay |
Liz Printz |
Lusby, MD |
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February 1-12 |
Painting |
David Berry |
Morgantown, WV |
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February 6-12 |
Painting, Sculpture |
Jacqui Crocetta |
Rockville, MD |
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February 10-18 |
Equine Sculpture |
Colleen Lochausen |
Hollywood, MD |
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February 16-25 |
Encaustic w/mixed media |
Candace Law |
Berkley, MI |
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February 19-25 |
Painting |
Anna Showers Cruser |
Baltimore, MD |
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February 19-25 |
Fiber |
Kay Collins |
Lusby, MD |
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February 19-25 |
Life Mask Collaboration |
Mickey Kunkle |
Solomons, MD |
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Diana Manchak |
Solomons< MD |
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Ann Crain |
Solomons, MD |
Home Tweet Home: art for the birds
February 14-August 31, 2012*
Home Tweet Home features twenty birdhouses of various shapes, sizes, and materials. One favorite, Big Bird House, built by Richard Preston of Hollywood, Maryland, is a bright yellow and gray house that stands over three feet tall and two feet wide. Another creation is a gray rocket ship with a dainty bird wearing goggles perched on top ready to rocket to the stars. The well-known southern Maryland artist couple, John Schaffner and J. Luray Schaffner, has created a spectacular house that is composed of ten different painted houses bolted together in a lovely geometric shape. Other houses include a flowered gourd, an ode to the Tiki Bar, Rapunzel’s castle, a seashell and driftwood house, and a set of five houses painted by a local mom’s group. Like much of what Annmarie does, Home Tweet Home embraces and celebrates a wide variety of artistic expression, from professional artists to youthful enthusiast. It seem that everyone, even the birds, have a home at Annmarie. Home Tweet Home continues through August 31, 2012 (unless a bird takes up long-term residence).
*unless a bird takes up residence!
Annmarie After Hours Reception, Friday, March 16, 6-9pm
As a complement to the studio portion of The Living Gallery program, an exhibit of works by the eighteen Living Gallery artists will open March 2 and run through April 29 in the Main Gallery at Annmarie. Guests are invited to attend the Annmarie After Hours Reception for the exhibition and sale on Friday, March 16, 2012, from 6-9pm. The exhibit and sale will include works created during The Living Gallery, as well as works created in the artists private studios. The Living Gallery Exhibition & Sale is your opportunity to return to Annmarie to see the artists completed works and to purchase a work of art that you observed being created.
Members of the Color & Light Society will host a spring show and sale featuring paintings, sculpture, watercolors, and more.
Annmarie After Hours Reception - Friday, March 16, 2012, 6-9pm
Hydrangea by Carol Thieme Tobacco Barn by Elizabeth Bygler
Hats On! by Mary Blumberg
ABOUT THE COLOR & LIGHT SOCIETY
The Color & Light Society began as an informal group of artists taking an advanced oil painting classes with Elizabeth Bygler of Leonardtown, Maryland. The group developed a passion for painting fueled by the belief that exhibiting one's art encouraged learning, development, and pride of original work. They began exhibiting their work in the Annmarie Garden Community Gallery in the early 2000's. After formalizing their organization in 2004, many more art students and other local artists joined the group. Today, there are 24 active artist members. The group has exploded into an artists' haven, showing an impressive variety of oils, watercolors, sculpture, photography and more multi-media. They have exhibited their work at a variety of venues across the region and can often be found volunteering at Artsfest, Annmarie’s annual fine arts festival held every September.
William Allen Poe, The Last Tobacco Farmer, photograph, 2007
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception, Friday, April 20, 2011, 6-9pm
As Calvert County's rural landscape began to change and the farming community was rapidly waning, I wanted to capture as many stories as possible from the local African-American families in an attempt to help preserve their culture.
In 2000, I began documenting my African-American community with photographs, video, and oral histories. In the decade that followed, I had the honor of capturing the stories of some of Calvert County's longtime residents and felt obligated to share their accounts.
-William Allen Poe, Photographer
About the Artist:
William Poe is a published writer of poems and essays. He is also a published documentary photographer. His book, African-Americans of Calvert County was awarded the Calvert County Public Education Award in 2009.
The creator of Voices of Calvert County, Poe hosts a local cable program featuring video vignettes of local African-American residents. He was also a part-time oral historian for Calvert County, helping to record stories of the local farming community. He has been a Maryland home-improvement contractor for 24 years.
Get ready for Annmarie's third annual totally fabulous magicalicious exhibit, Fairies in the Garden! Expect to see more than fifty fairy houses and gnome homes scattered throughout the Sculpture Garden. Every nook and cranny of the garden will shelter a home! Each year this fabulous exhibit just keeps getting better and better, so get your wings and wands ready, the magical tour begins May 11 when all the houses will be displayed indoors before they go outside. And for extra fun, everyone (all ages) are welcome to attend the Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception on May 18, 6-9pm.
Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception, Friday, May 18, 6-9pm
2nd Annual Fairy & Gnome Home Festival & Tour - Saturday, June 30, 2012, 9am-2pm
Interested in making a fairy or gnome home for the exhibit? Click below to download an application!
JUROR: Dr. Joshua A. Bell, Curator of Globalization, Department of Anthropology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instituion
Treasured reveals the beauty and vulnerability of the endangered and the threatened. From disappearing plant and animal species, to vanishing languages and cultures, to threatened ecosystems, the exhibit highlights the intricacies and fragility of precious and vanishing worlds.
To apply to show, click on box
Art Blooms Gala Reception for Treasured - Friday, Juy 13, 6-9pm; tickets required
About Art Blooms Gala Reception
A special reception for Treasured, called Art Blooms Gala Reception, will take place on Friday, July 13, 6-10pm. Art Blooms is a fund-raising event that we undertake with the Calvert Garden Club for which a floral designer is paired with a work of art from the exhibit. The floral designers will create arrangements inspired by the works from the Treasured exhibit. The opening reception will include wine, light hors de’oeuvres, and live music. The sculpture garden will remain open with extended hours, taking full advantage of the exceptional venue.
Fire hydrants in the Solomons-Dowell community will be decorated with Chesapeake Bay-inspired designs from June 1-17, 2012. Solomons Splash Scavenger Hunt brochures will be available at Annmarie or the Solomons Visitor Center. Enjoy finding them all!
Important Solomons Splash Dates:
Facebook - Gallery of Entries, February 14-April 15
AL the design entries will posted on facebook; vote for your favorite designs!
Annmarie After Hours Reception April 20, 6-9pm PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND!
ALL the designs will be displayed; the winning designs will be announced
Paint Fire Hydrants: June 1-17
All hydrants must be completed by June 17, 2012
June 17- October 8, 2012
Pick up a Solomons Splash Scavenger Hunt at the Solomons Visitors Center and find all the hydrants!
Awards Presentation - August (exact date to be announced)
Awards for Best Hydrants will be presented in August
Interested in submitting your design idea for a hydrant?
Individual artists and/or teams will compete for the privilege of decorating a fire hydrant.
To see the complete application, click on the icon below.
Art Blooms is a three day show featuring the work of floral designers from across the region. Each floral designer is assigned a work of art in the Main Gallery or the Mezzanine Gallery and asked to create an arrangement inspired by the art. The results are surprising, beautiful, and provocative - and not to be missed. 2012 will mark the third year for Art Blooms, an event co-hosted by the Calvert Garden Club and Annmarie. Proceeds from the Friday night gala opening reception will benefit a project at Annmarie. Tickets for this year's event will go on sale later in the spring.
Opening Reception for Art Blooms, Friday, July 13, 2012, 7-10pm; tickets required.
- The SPRING catalog of classes is here! Browse the offerings now!
- Get creative! Build a fairy house or paint a fire hydrant for one of our public art projects . . .CLICK here for info!
- Summer Camps! It's time to start thinking about camp! The entire camp schedule will be posted by Friday! CLICK here!
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