Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

The Nature of Pastel

Date:

Apr 10 2010 - Jun 20 2010

Gallery:

Mezzanine Gallery

The Nature of Pastel
April 10 - June 20, 2011
Mezzanine Gallery

Explore the richness and subtleties of the pastel medium and enjoy artwork by the Signature Members of the Maryland Pastel Society.

Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception - April 10, 6-9pm

Constructed Place

Date:

Mar 20 2010 - May 8 2010

Juror: Megan Rook-Koepsel, Graduate Assistant Coordinator, Stamp Gallery, Adele H. Stamp Student Union Center for Campus Like, University of Maryland, College Park.

Click here to view EXHIBIT CATALOG

Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception - March 20, 6-9pm
Juror's Talk: Sunday, April 25, 2pm

Best of Show Award: Meaghan Harrison for her mixed media performance Trust.

Interact and immerse yourself in the created spaces, built places, and imagined environments designed and sculpted by members of the Washington Sculptors Group. The exhibit includes indoor and outdoor works that explore the contemporary relationships between viewer and artwork while also connecting with the present sculpture and environment at Annmarie.

Contributing Artist(s):

Sarah Allison, Jessica Braiterman, Anthony Comes, Bobby Donovan, Jim Gallucci, Tom Greaves, Meghan Harrison, Matt Hollis, Ron Longsdorf, Christine Sciulli, Patricia Segnan, Mike Shaffer, Foon Sham, Al Zaruba

Forty Blossoms from the Bouquet

Date:

Feb 1 2010 - Feb 28 2010

Celebrate African-American History Month at Annmarie with southern Maryland artist Delphine Siggers Williams' collection, Forty Blossoms from the Bouquet, a celebration of prominent African-American women in our community. Also on view, don't miss Delphine's newest series, Portraits of the Pastors and Brothers.

GLOW

Date:

Nov 24 2009 - Feb 14 2010

Let there be light! During the darkening months of the year, light artists will set the Arts Building aglow with their work.

GLOW Opening Reception - Sunday, December 6, 5-7pm

Just as plants need light for photosynthesis to occur, humanity has thrived and evolved as a result of our relationship with light. Our bodies and minds crave daylight to function properly; a shortage of it and we are affected physically and emotionally. Symbolically, light often represents the good, the spiritual, the mystic, the enlightened, and life itself. Artists have long been fascinated with capturing the qualities of light.

With the invention of artificial light, artists have increasingly turned from the mere illusion to the real application of light in their work. Incandescent, fluorescent, halogen, neon, LEDs and luminous substances have made their way into a growing body of artwork. Technological advances bring plasma screens, LCD displays, lasers, and multimedia projections to the forefront of this genre. These tools afford great possibilities for the artist to engage the viewer at a physical, emotional, and sometimes hyper-visual level. Through these new media, artists continue to explore the effects of light, not just on the human condition, but also on the visible world.

Contributing Artist(s):

Pat Alexander, , Linda Alterwitz, Jennifer Amber, Keith Ehman, Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong, Aaron Bowles, Melissa Burley, Sally Cumming, Patrick Donovan, Annette Gaspers, Thomas Givens, Phil Gleason, Stephen Godfrey, Rob Gonsalves, Melita Greenleaf, Shawn Farester, Andrew Farkas, Jerry Hovanec, Beverly Jackson, Jessica Jastrezebski, F. Lynn Johnson, Taehee Kim, Keith Lemley, Mimi Little, Williams Malatesta, Mark Naylor, Valerie Paulsgrove, Kathleen Ramich, C. Von Schmidt, Francis Sniffen, Bill Suword, Terry Ward, Debra Weisberg, Terri Yacovelli

Echo

Date:

Oct 3 2009 - Nov 8 2009

Opening Reception - Friday, October 2, 2009, 6-9pm

What happens when one element of art is duplicated in various forms? Echo answers that question with large installations, free standing works and dramatic exhibits. This exhibition highlights the subtleties and sophistication that can be achieved through the persistent exploration of a single subject, medium, or process. Nine returning artists represented in this show work in different mediums, resulting in artwork complimentary of each other through the use of repetitive elements.

Visitors are invited to explore complementary art activities that embody order, structure and chaos in the variation of pattern. Create patterns that vary in shape, size and contours or create a collage by building layers of shapes. Observe the work as it takes form overlapping and weaving, thus producing movement, rhythm and depth in dimension. On your next visit notice your artwork displayed. Take an opportunity to echo your thoughts, observations, and creativity with our unique art activities, as well stimulate conversation.

We are proud to feature these nine regional artists and their works during Echo:
Ray Bogle - ceramic; Heather Brammeier - painting, Sara Deane – painting, Scott Galczynski – painting, Jerry Hovanec - glass, Elizabeth Kendall - ceramics, John Schaffner - wood , Nancy Weisser- glass, Alice Yutzy- ceramic.

Contributing Artist(s):

Ray Bogle - ceramic; Heather Brammeier - painting, Sara Deane – painting, Scott Galczynski – painting, Jerry Hovanec - glass, Elizabeth Kendall - ceramics, John Schaffner - wood , Nancy Weisser- glass, Alice Yutzy- ceramic.

Proximity: Regional Discoveries

Date:

Jul 25 2009 - Oct 4 2009

EXHIBIT PROGRAM click here

Proximity Award Winners:
Christina Allen, Farmer's Cathedral
Scott Galczysnki, Color Field
Ed Rupard, Swims Through a Ring

This exhibit showcases artists working in the southern Maryland region—Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Prince Georges, and Anne Arundel counties. Artists were asked to explore the theme, proximity, in an artwork created for the show. What does it mean to be an artist living and working in an area with changing tides, seasons, populations and rapid growth? Where do artists find sources of inspiration in this area?

Thirty artists have contributed their artwork to Proximity. Many of the pieces are inspired by the southern Maryland landscape—the land, the waterways, the architecture, and the sweeping changes the area has seen. Lexington Park artist, Christina Allen, uses the area’s rich agricultural history of tobacco farming to address the rapid deterioration and depletion of local tobacco barns. “They showcase the area and the juxtaposition of rural, suburban, and new urban residents and some of the consequences,” she writes.

For Ed Rupard of Chesapeake Beach, the natural habitat of the area provides him with both the media and the subject for his work. Rupard’s use of driftwood and found metal hardware results in graceful and poetic free-standing sculptures reminiscent of Chesapeake wildlife and shorelines.

Other artists look to their personal ties to area for their inspiration. Anne Arundel artist, Colleen Sabo uses her professional experience as a raptor specialist, working with permanently injured birds of prey, to inform her artwork. “I am responsible for the care of thirteen raptors, including owls, hawks, falcons, and vultures. I derive the greatest pleasure from painting these birds that I know so well. I paint them from memory, not photographs, and I always portray them as if they were free of their injuries and flying wild.”

Other artists represented in the show include Brenda Belfield, Denise Breitburg, Ann Crain, Candy Cummings, Scott Galczynski, Abbey Griffin, Sarah Houde, Lorrain Humphreys, Gary Jameson, Joan Koss-Chioino, Kennedi Milan, Rex Miller, Megan Richard, M. Jane Rowe, John A. Schaffner, J. Luray Schaffner, Clarence Schumaker, Suzanne Sheldon, Nancy S. Shippen, Sylvia Stone, Leitha Stone, Pat Barry Troiani, Karen Vaughn, Peggy Walters, Victoria Wenderlich, Carl Wood, and Gerry Wood.

Contributing Artist(s):

Christine Allen, Brenda Belfield, Denise Breitburg, Ann Crain, Candy Cummings, Scott Galczynski, Abbey Griffin, Sarah Houde, Lorrain Humphreys, Gary Jameson, Joan Koss-Chioino, Kennedi Milan, Rex Miller, Megan Richard, M. Jane Rowe, Ed Rupard, Colleen Sabo, John A. Schaffner, J. Luray Schaffner, Clarence Schumaker, Suzanne Sheldon, Nancy S. Shippen, Sylvia Stone, Leitha Stone, Pat Barry Troiani, Karen Vaughn, Peggy Walters, Victoria Wenderlich, Carl Wood, and Gerry Wood.

WILD Things

Date:

May 31 2009 - Aug 30 2009

What is it about animals that enthrall, delight, terrify, inspire, comfort, and intrigue us? Some of the earliest forms of art, stunning prehistoric cave paintings and bas relief sculptures estimated to be at least 30,000 years old, are dominated by representations of animals. Our ancient relationship with animals - wild and domesticated, real and imagined, extinct and extant - is the inspiration for Wild Things.

As you view the sixty-eight pieces selected for this exhibit (located outdoors in the garden as well as in the Main Gallery), consider the emotions that animals arouse. How do the representations here affect your emotions? What is it about animals that enthrall, delight, terrify, inspire, comfort, and intrigue you ?

Many of the works in this show are for sale. A downloadable Price List is available

Wild Things Exhibit Programs

Daily Activities: enjoy these hands-on activities inspired by the exhibit
----Walk on the Wild Side - channel your inner beast and create a graphic print of the wild thing within you!
----Creature Collage - help complete a mural by desinging your own fantasy animal and placing it in a landscape.

Scheduled Activities:
----WILD Things Program - Sunday, June 28, 10am-5pm
----WILD Things Summer Safari - June 1 - August 30
----WILD Things Pet Day - Sunday, August 23, 10am-5pm

Contributing Artist(s):

Elizabeth Albert, Bob Allen, Robin Arnold, Julia Whitney Barnes, Lesley P. Bender, mari jaye blanchard, Julie Cardillo, Gordon Changler, Irina Charny, Jeanette Chupack, Eric Conrad, Alison Crocetta & Casey Doyle, Teresa Cunliff in collaboration with Gary R. Weisberg & Greg Lemon, Marisa Dipaola, James Ehlers, BiJian Fan, Nicholas Fonseca, Fred Freeman, Mary L. Gillis, Stephen J. Godfrey, Victoria Goro-Rapoport, Amanda Grondin, Darrne Jones, Joshua Kaplan, KARRYL, Judith G. Klausner, Patsy Lindamood, Mimi Little, Ann Lovett, Jeremy Lund, Stephen Mead, Leslie Miller, Julia Millies, Bill Moore, joy nagy, Paul Rhymer, James T. Robertson, M. Jane Rowe, von Schmidt, Kim Shaklee, Ashley Snizek, Julia Stratton, Chine, Michael Thorpe, Jerry Venditti, Michelle Waters, May Wilson, Kim Winberry, Breck Young

Touch! art that breaks the rules

Date:

Mar 7 2009 - May 3 2009

This exhibit invites guests to use their sense of touch to explore the texture and shape of art. Seventeen artists have contributed more than forty-five works, including bronze, wood, marble, glass, brick, and ceramic, to this unconventional exhibit. Close your eyes and feel the smooth marble, the pebbly bronze, the gritty clay, the rough wood, and the satiny glass. What does your sense of touch communicate to you about the art? What do you feel? Texture, temperature, shape? Break the rules, touch the art, and use your sense of touch to experience art in a new and enriching way. Guests with sight impairments may find distinct delight in being allowed this intimate experience.

TOUCH! is anchored by twenty-one extraordinary bronze shields by Andrew Baxter. Widely sought after for his restoration work, Baxter is also a talented artist who creates mesmerizing bronze works using luminous patinas and repetitive shapes. With raised nodules, squiggly lines, hatch marks, and geometric forms, Baxter creates a rich world of sensory delights. Other artists in the exhibit include sculptor Lee Aks, well-known artist Brenda Belfield, wood carver John A. Schaffner, and Perry Carsley, a contributing artist to the National World War II Memorial. Two emerging artists of note in TOUCH! are Amanda Willis and James Thomas Robertson.

Celebrations: Works by the National Capital Art Glass Guild

Date:

Nov 28 2008 - Feb 15 2009

This winter Annmarie Garden is teaming up with the National Capital Art Glass Guild to exhibit spectacular glass works for the holiday season. Lasting from late November through the middle of February, this exhibit will complement the new walk-through Garden in Lights special event.

MLK Days (2009)

Date:

Jan 16 2009 - Jan 18 2009

Free admission for children!

Join DC artist, Joyce Wellman, as she leads visitors in a collaborative mural project inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Learn about Dr. King's life and work, and make a collage about his impact on your personal world. Final collage will be arranged in a multimedia installation at Annmarie Garden and other southern Maryland sites.

Also in the gallery, explore Forty Blossoms from the Bouquet, featuring portraits of forty of our area's most prominent African-American women by local artist, Delphine Siggers-Williams. Forty Blossoms will be on display from January 16- February 28.