Warm and Cozy: art that comforts
Presented by the Annmarie Gift Shop, the Ornament Show & Sale is a juried show that features hand-crafted ornaments by more than 25 regional artists. This is the perfect place to find unique and affordable gifts for friends and family. The ornaments are beautifully hung on trees displayed in the Main Gallery of the Arts Building. Visitors shop off the trees and take their purchases to the Gift Shop. The show kicks off before Thanksgiving and runs through early January. During Garden In Lights, the show is open late!
Get ready for some great holiday shopping! During November and December, the Main Gallery is transformed into a shopper's wonderful! You will find a wide selection of handmade works of art for everyone on your list. From affordable gifts perfect for a co-worker to exquiste works of art for a loved one, including paintings, ceramics, jewelry, photogrpahy, sculpture and more. All artwork will be on display in conjunction with our annual Ornament Show & Sale.
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is now accepting entries for our 1st annual indoor exhibit of Lego structures built by our community - from festive houses and architecture to winter trees, caves, and other natural elements, let your imagination run wild as you help us create a winter wonderland in Lego! All creations will be placed on decorated tables inside the gallery during our magical Annmarie Garden In Lights event, providing an extra indoor experience for guests of all ages. This is a free, non-juried show. Anyone is welcome to participate!
2023 Contributing Master Builders:
“Magical Aviation Amusement Park at Christmas” - Evan and Nathan Wallace, Liam Ward, and Clara, Henry, and Eva Gabriel-Anderson
“Igloo House” - Colton Andrews
“TARDIS” - Oliver, Justin, and Ashley Alt
“Christmas in the Park” - Evan, Afton, Grayson, Pierson, and Lincoln
“Minnie Mouse House” - Rosie Barrowclough
“Magical Winter” - Lilly Barrowclough
“Winter Wonderland Castle” - Bolte Family
“Aqua Elf Adventure” - Wyatt Bowman and Nichole Doub
“A Cozy Christmas” - Evan and Lori Brewer
“Winter Wonderland” - Nathan and Noah Bussard
“Opening Presents Day” & “Santa Claus Visit” - Mikey and Ashley Campbell
“Snowball Star Wars” - Ethan Carter
“Elora’s Gingerbread house” - Elora Carter
“Luray Caverns Christmas” - Auguste Clark
“North Pole Rainbow House” - Jesse Crews and Sandy Caldwell
“Drum Point Lighthouse” - Christopher Crunkleton
"Snow Day" - Cub Scout Pack 561 AOL Den - Jason Mascia, Aaron Cudd, Jack Taylor, Alexian Luna, & Henry, Burton, Sarah, and Edgar Naiva
“Art Studio” - Joe Davis, Linda Bracey, Dale Godwin, Victor Bonilla
“Rock Party House” - Ian, Ben and Lynn Ennis
“Reindeer Pen” - Aiden and Sophie Escobar
“Police Station/Donut Shop” - Noah Foxworthy
“Winter Cottage” - Paul Fowler
“Candy Cane Lane” - Vera and June Greg
“Gingerbread House” - Chris Grosso of Charm City LUG
“Battle at the North Pole” - Liam and Gavin Gutierrez
“Christmas Castle” - Luke and Marc Harrington
“Mixed Holiday” - Mariah and Lenee Harris of Charm City LUG
“A Cozy Christmas House” - Matthew Haubert
“The Toy Store” - Hadley and Rhea Ihnacik
“The Ice Pit Coffee House” - Ethan Johnson
“The Log Cabin” - Zac Brown and Danny Jones
"Small House" - Danny an Solomon Jones
“Gingerbread House” - Kristie Kelly of Charm City LUG
“Ice Skating Wonderland” - Hannah and Blake Kennedy
“Choo-Choo” - Liam Kitchen
“Santa’s Inflatable Store” - Evey Kitchen
“Coffee Shop” - Catalina Kron
“Christmas Tree” - Welles Lee
“The Cookie Shop” - Ledger Lee
“Santa’s Workshop, Cottage, Barn, and Fountain” - Matthew Lee
“Holiday Axolotl” - Gavin Lindsey
“The Real Santa” - Owen Lindsey
“Two Worlds: One Adventure” - Alice and Sophie Lorek
“Rock and Roll Christmas” - Simon Macek
“Home Alone” - Jo Jo Malenab
“Ice Skating at the Park” - Jim Manack of Charm City LUG
“Merry Life Day” - Nathan Marcella
“Kid’s Xmas Village” - Amelia Menello
“Astronomer’s House” - Colton, Sawyer, Remington, and Windham Miller
“The Lighthouse” - Brandie Mister
“McDonald’s” & “Bridge” - Evan Mister
“Top of a Christmas Present” - Colton Moffett
“A Winter Wonderland” - Chloe Faith Moffett
“Nissan GTR” - Nathan and Remi Morgan
“Park with Gazebo” - John, Lilly, and Charlie Mueller
“Police Station” - Lilly Mueller
“Skyscraper” - John Mueller
“Ski Slope” - O’Toole Family
“Cozy Cabin” - Grace Oursler
“Winter Ice Palace” - Kayleigh Oursler
“Toy Store” - Lawrence Pace
“Church” - Dominic and Jericho Pace
“Christmas with the Gingerbreads” - Amanda and Jon Parry
“Gingerbread Building” - Daniel Pikora of Charm City LUG
“3 Little Pigs” - Linda Pleim of Charm City LUG
“National Christmas Tree Center” - Lucas Rabell
“Shops at Christmas” - Lucas, Nichole, and Hansel Rabell
“Family Winter Log Cabin” - Kevin and Brooklyn Ross
“Gingerbread House and Tree Farm” - Tyler and Mason Rowe
“Yeti Mountain” - Jayden and Nick Scheck
"Santa House/Elf Workshop/Wishing Well" - Logan Schmidt
“Botanical Gardens” - Abigail Seay
“Minecraft Winter Wonderland” - Julian, Alina, and Amanda Shores
“Gingerbread Wonderland” - Isaac Smith
“Wizards Mountaintop Winter Wonderland” - Solomon Smith
“Striezelmarkt: German Christmas Market” - Jax and Elisa Speer
“Stroudville” - Maci, Heather, and Mike Stroud
“Christmas Tree” - Emmett and Braeden Tiralla
“Marvel Wonderland” - Elijah and Justin Waldorf
“Spider-Man: Holiday Home” - Jameson and Quinn Weems
“Gingerbread House” - Sandy Weisc
“Ice Castle” - Logan Weiss
"Holiday Harbor" - Jack West
"Wildhead" - Luke West
"Winter Castle" - Elizabeth West
“The Snow World” - Charlie and Liz Willhide
“Avengers Getting Ready for Christmas” - Alyson and Landon Wright
“Gingerbread House” - Whiteford Family
“Gingerbread House” - Wren and River Williams
“Snow Castle” - Wren and River Williams
“The Plaza Penthouse” - Yates Cousins
“Gingerbread Castle” - Joseph Zawata of Charm City LUG
TENTATIVE DATES! November 29 - December 13, 2023
5:00-8:45 pm each night (closed some evening)
Guests of all ages will delight in this beautiful train display brought to us by our friend George Leah, Jr., and his holiday helpers. Every year, George creates new elements and expands the display. It truly is a magical experience perfect or the holiday season at Annmarie!
We can't wait to see what George has in store for 2023!
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is pleased to present 'Wild Muse: Animals in Art'. This exhibition will be open to the public in the Kay Daugherty Gallery from May 5 to September 17, 2023.
Lions and tigers and … griffins? Oh, my! Ever since humans first started drawing on cave walls, the animal world served as an endless source of fascination. Incorporating animal motifs into their decorative vocabulary, artists today use various commonplace creatures and mythic beasts to imbue their artwork with majesty, familiarity, or even humor. This exhibition showcases a selection of artwork depicting animals, both real and imagined.
JUROR: Maureen Leary, Youth & Family Programs Manager, National Postal Museum
Juror's Statement
As an educator at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum and an art enthusiast who frequently visits museums and galleries, art has long affected me both professionally and personally. I accepted the invitation to jury this show with great enthusiasm, and I was immediately intrigued by the exhibit's name. Wild Muse is incredibly apt because it suggests both mystery and intimacy. The animal world surrounds us constantly in ways both exotic and familiar, often unseen but affecting us profoundly. We are deeply intertwined with animal life yet it remains to some degree unknowable to humankind.
Selecting the artworks for this exhibit was a rare and delightful challenge. The variety of submissions reflected the breadth and complexity of the ways humans and animals interact with and affect each other. Companionship, predation, protection, vulnerability, beauty, and power were among the wide range of themes that emerged. Reading the artists' statements provided valuable insight into both subject selection and artistic process, but ultimately the choices came down to which pieces most sparked strong and lingering feelings. Animals have the capacity to evoke the full array of human emotions and these artworks did the same.
Throughout the review process I was reminded many times that despite the immediacy and depth of our connection with the animal world, so much remains unknown and unknowable. We can wonder and speculate. We can observe and assume. We can study and research. But ultimately, we can never discover all the mysteries of the animals with our minds – we can only aspire to do so with our imagination. The animal world will always be a wild muse for artists.
AWARDS
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| Jonathan Bowling, Vega, 2023, repurposed steel. | |
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Elissa Glassgold, The Constellation of the Animals, 2022,
gouache
Madeleine Greenwald, Catch Me If You Can, 2023, acrylic
Jen Starwalt, The Way of the Mother, 2022, soft pastel
Sam Zimmerman, Waabooz/ Rabbit, 2023, acrylic
14th Annual Fairies in the Garden Outdoor Exhibit
April 7 - September 4, 2023*
*Special note about the display of the houses: during the month of April, guests will find some of the houses on display around the Arts Building and some placed out in the woods. By early May, all the houses will be moved to their new homes!
Come explore this charming outdoor exhibit of more than 100 handmade houses scattered throughout the trails and woods of the garden. Made by wonderfully creative artists from the community (and beyond), this exhibit features works in all media.
List of all the Fairy House Builders: CLICK HERE
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, April 7, 5-7pm
Join us for an outdoor opening of our most magicalicious exhibit. All the houses will be displayed around the outside of the Arts Building. This is a great opportunity to see them all before they are scattered throughout the sculpture garden! Reservations are not required, just come. There will be a food truck, cash bar, and live music. Admission: free for members; $5 for adults, $3 for kids, free for age 2 & under.
Save the date! Fairy & Gnome Home Festival - Sunday, May 21, 11am-4pm.
Tickets on sale now!
Interested in building a house? CLICK HERE
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center presents 'Beyond the Horizon: Explorations of Landscape' which will be open to the public in the Main Gallery from June 9 to August 27, 2023.
'Beyond the Horizon: Explorations of Landscape' will showcase a diverse range of contemporary landscape art. The artists featured in the exhibit explore the natural world in new and innovative ways, often pushing the boundaries of traditional landscape art.
Contemporary landscape can take many forms, from realistic and representational works that capture the beauty of the natural world to more abstract and conceptual pieces that use the landscape as a means of exploring broader themes related to identity, culture, human impact, and politics. Unlike traditional landscape art, which often sought to capture a realistic and idealized representation of the landscape, contemporary landscape art often challenges our assumptions and expands our understanding of this fundamental aspect of the human experience to allow viewers to interact with the landscape in new ways.
Co-JUROR: Carolyn Russo, Curator of Art, National Air and Space Museum
Juror's Awards
Betsy Bannan, Night Flight, 2022, oil on panel
Jiazi Yin, Lucid Dreams I, 2023, cyanotype on paper
John Markowitz, Monument, 2022, oil on linen panel
Lisa di Donato, Ontic Glow 12, 2019, tintype
Art Blooms Floral Design Exhibit - 14th Anniversary!
Exhibit Schedule:
Friday, August 4: 10:00am-8:00pm
Saturday, August 5: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, August 6: 10:00am-4:00pm
Art Blooms After Hours Reception - Friday, August 4, 5-8pm
Art Blooms is a three-day exhibit featuring the work of more than 25 floral designers from across the region. Each floral designer is assigned a work of art in the Main Gallery or the Kay Daugherty Gallery and asked to create an arrangement inspired by that work of art. The results are surprising, beautiful, and provocative - and not to be missed. 2023 will mark the 14th year for Art Blooms, an exhibit co-hosted by the Calvert Garden Club and Annmarie Garden.
About Artists in Action 2023
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is pleased to announce the return of Artists in Action! From March 31 - May 29, 2023, Annmarie’s Main Gallery will be transformed into temporary artist studios, providing a serene retreat and workspace for artists to create. The 30-acre park, patios, and pavilions will also host plein air painters and outdoor installation artists.
2023 Schedule
| Date | Name | Medium |
| March 31-April 8 | Janice Horoshak | jewelry |
| March 31-April 8 | Felicia Reed | fiber |
| April 2- April 8 | Mary Turpin | mixed media |
| April 3-10 | Noelani Jones | weaving |
| April 1-2, 7-8 | Amanda Weed | painting |
| April 2, April 8 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| April 10-16 | Shay McCafferty | drawing/mixed |
| April 10-16 | Margo Bauman | fiber |
| April 11-16 | Carrie Lee | mixed media |
| April 15 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| April 17-23 | Carolyn Huff | woodcarving |
| April 17-23 | Pam Callen | painting |
| April 17-23 | Linda Craven | painting |
| April 17-23 | Erin Frisby | painting |
| April 22 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| April 22 | Chris Bunn | woodturning |
| April 24-30 | Sanzi Kermes | mixed media |
| April 24-30 | Suzanne Shelden | painting |
| April 24-30 | Elaine Davy Strong | painting |
| April 24-30 | Kathryn Frund | fiber art |
| April 24-30 | Chris Bunn | woodturning |
| April 29 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| May 1-7 | Megan King | encaustics/mixed |
| May 1-7 | Rachel Gibson | paint/fiber mixed |
| May 1-7 | Amy Huetto | painting |
| May 1-7 | Carrie Lee | fiber |
| May 6 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| May 8-11 | Brenda Foehrkolb | screenpainting |
| May 8-11 | Carrie Lee | fiber |
| May 8-11 | Sieva Smith | drawing/mixed |
| May 8-14 | Krista Spalding | ceramics |
| May 13 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| May 15-18 | Claudine Intner | painting |
| May 15-18 | Ruby Bassford | mixed media |
| May 15-18 | Joan Dulcey | straw sculpture/weaving |
| May 15-18 | Julia Gaff | quilting |
| May 20 | Barb Mowery | painting |
| May 22-29 | Corrita Myers | painting |
| May 22-29 | Shani Shih | painting |
| May 22-29 | Cayla Lockwood | collage |
| May 22-29 | Catherine Guadagnolo | painting |
| May 22-29 | Laura Grothaus & Rosalie Eck | mixed media |
| May 27 | Barb Mowery | painting |
Interested in applying? There's still space!
Artists in Action provides visiting artists the opportunity to develop new artwork, network with other artists, display and sell their existing work in a gallery exhibit, and share their creative process with visitors. Through this program, artists are allowed to work in free studio space in a beautiful setting. The sculpture park provides numerous locations for artists to work and find inspiration. Outdoor artists can select days and times that fit their schedule and adjust as the weather dictates. Artists may work on any project they wish using our park as their workspace. The goal of the program is to provide artists with a safe opportunity to create and sell art while sharing the creative process with the public - at a distance. Outdoor artists may move their space freely day to day, utilizing covered areas, patios, forests, paths, etc. Artists are welcome to bring a small tent or patio umbrella for shade/ weather protection.
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