Due to the COVID-19 closures, we have turned this into Artists-in Absence: an online experience! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram to see what our scheduled artists are working on at home!
For a few special weeks, Annmarie’s spectacular Main Gallery is transformed into artist studios, where visitors will have the opportunity to observe and interact with artists as they work. This exciting time at the Garden provides a unique retreat and experimental space for artists to develop new works, display and sell their work, to network with other artists, and to share their creative process. Over twenty artists working in a variety of mediums are scheduled to participate over the course of the event. Visitors will be able to watch, learn, ask questions, and in some cases, become engaged in an art project. The participating artists are encouraged to create a hands-on experience for guests, which may include an invitation to experiment with materials and/or process, or collaboration on an idea or design. Artists in Action is a wonderful opportunity to get an up close look at the working and creative process of an artist.
As part of the exhibition, artists' works will be available for purchase.
Want to apply to Artists in Action? ONLINE APPLICATION
When Darkness Falls: Night Explorations
October 11, 2019 - January 26, 2020
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, October 11, 2019, 5-8pm
With the setting of the sun, the transition from day to night stirs within us a sense of mystery. What secrets does the night hold? What dreams and mysteries can be uncovered?
When Darkness Falls will exhibit imagery that depicts night as the setting of the work. Artwork will reflect on why we are drawn to the darkness, and the unknown. Work will dramatize darkness, examine the juxtaposition of illumination in darkness, explore symbolism related to darkness such as gloom and superstition and reveal the mystery cloaked in wonder of the night.
Juror: Robyn Strayer, Senior Program & Exhibits Specialist, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
Tent of Many Colors: a community gathering place
January 18 - 26, 2020, 10am-5pm each day
Inspired by the dream of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tent of Many Colors is a space where everyone is welcome to relax, read, dream, hangout, or color in peace.
Our giant indoor tent is created by the talented staff of Annmarie, using colorful fabrics and pillows from around the world. Everyone is welcome under our tent of many colors! With couches, pillows, tables, chairs, and more, the tent is a peaceful place to relax and hang out with a friend!
If you love to color or draw, we will have lots of supplies on hand, or you can bring a book to read, sit and relax, meditate, enjoy a snack - whatever peaceful activity makes you happy!
Entry to the Tent is Included with the price of regular admission.
SPECIAL NOTE: admission to the Tent will be FREE January 18-20 during our MLK Days event.
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Something special just for adults . . .
Join us on Friday, January 24, 5-8pm for a special ADULTS-ONLY evening in the Tent - Annmarie After Hours in the Tent of Many Colors! $5/person; cash bar; light snacks; must be 21.
Open Most Days & Open late on Garden In Lights evenings
Admission to the show & sale is free during the day; in the evening, Garden In Lights admission fees will apply.
Presented by the Annmarie Gift Shop, the Ornament Show & Sale is a juried show that features hand-crafted ornaments by more than 20 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!
Information for Artists
The Gift Shop at Annmarie Garden invites artists and craftspeople to apply to the Annual Ornament Show & Sale to take place during the holiday season. Artists and craftspeople working in any medium are invited to apply - fine arts, folk art, and craft media, toys, etc. The beautiful Main Gallery of the Arts Building at Annmarie Sculpture Garden will be the setting for the show. All sales will run through the Gift Shop, so artists need not be on site every day. Applications are reviewed on a first come, first served basis. ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
The Dove, Ying Li Sunrise, Kayla Mohammadi Total Station no. 2, Carrie Patterson
Shaping of America: a painter's perspective
September 27 - October 26, 2019. Main Gallery
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, October 11, 2019, 5-8pm
Join us for an art exhibition featuring the paintings of nine women artists who see and experience the genre of landscape painting in uniquely different ways. Inspired by the written word of American geographer D.W. Meinig, the exhibition highlights how each painting embodies the idea of "landscape" as experienced through the hand of the artist and the eye of the viewer. Your idea of what "American Landscape" is will twist and turn with each layer of painted material.
READ THE FULL EXHIBIT STATEMENT HERE .
April 26 - September 22, 2019
Kay Daugherty Gallery
Annmarie After Hours Opening - Friday, April 26, 5-8pm
Join us as we explore the wide realm of folk art, outsider art, and visionary art - and other artistic expressions that are often situated outside the world of mainstream fine arts. This exhibit will highlight the unconventional, the authentic, and the self-taught artists. What materials and perspectives are artists exploring? How are artists blurring the lines between fine and folk, maintstream and outsider? What cultural traditions, personal histories, or social commentaries inspire their work? What identities and issues are finding a voice? How does this work challenge our ideas and address the human condition? These and other ideas and expressions will find a home in this exciting new exhibit.
Juror: Elaine Eff - curator, folklorist and oral historian who has contributed to the study, presentation and practice of folk and traditional arts in Maryland and America.
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About the juror: Eff has conducted folk art field research and curated numerous exhibitions nationwide including The American Folk Art Museum in NYC, Winterthur Museum, The Renwick Gallery for the Smithsonian Institution and state arts councils in Vermont, West virginia and Georgia. As head of the Cultural Conservation Program of the Maryland Historical Trust, she co-founded Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council, responsible for the funding or origination of community documentation, publications, festivals, exhibits, museums and archives.Eff was Baltimore City Folklorist beginning in 1985 and Maryland State Folklorist from 1989 until 2011.Her teaching credits include MICA, Goucher College and UMBC. She is the author of The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk Art Revealed (University Press of Mississippi, 2013) directed films on Painted Screens, Smith Island and Wye Plantation (2019).Eff holds a doctorate in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters degree in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and BA from George Washington University.
Juror’s Statement: It is always a treat to hear and see what people think folk art might be. Given artists' license to embroider definitions or play it straight for ‘Folksy' was especially eye-opening. Some remarkable contributors from near and far surprised me with their takes on genres, materials, memories and subject matter. Objects both deeply personal and downright silly made it a fun show to judge. Thanks Annmarie for letting me be a part of your take on my world. Elaine Eff Folklorist |
Juror's Award Winners from left: Coastal Blue by Anna Pasqualucci; Louis Baa-Armstrong, Li-baa-race, Baa-Andy Warhol, and Martha St-ewe-art by Leslie Blackmon; Bus to School by Michael Haynes
This organization is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, May 24, 5-8pm
Vital to Earth and all known forms of life, water holds awesome powers of creation, destruction, and transformation. This exhibit will explore the power, meaning, and majesty of water, from its chemical composition to its economic importance, to its terror and allure.
Juror: Cynthia C. Gilmour, Microbial Ecologist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
10th Annual Fairies in the Garden
April 5-September 2, 2019
Come explore this charming exhibit of more than 75 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. For those that want to revel in the magic, mark your calendar for the Fairy House Festival, Sunday, April 14, 11am-4pm.
Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception: Friday, April 5, 2019, 5-7pm (family-friendly)
Catch a preview of the houses indoors before they are placed in the forest! April 1-8!
The exhibit will have two components:
Fairies in the Garden, April 14-September 2 - a five month exhibit of fantastical creations!
Children's Fairy Garden, April 14-June 2 - a short-term exhibit featuring creations by children!
Interested in building a house? CLICK HERE!
Art Blooms Floral Design Exhibit - 10th Anniversary!
Saturday & Sunday, July 13 & 14, 2019, 10am-5pm both days; free admission
Art Blooms is a weekend exhibit featuring the work of more than 35 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. 2017 will mark the 8th year for Art Blooms, an exhibit co-hosted by the Calvert Garden Club and Ann's Circle of Annmarie Garden. Admission is FREE!
Love Art Blooms?
Join us for the Art Blooms Reception
Friday, July 12, 2019, 7-10pm.
Purchase Tickets here
April 5 - June 2, 2019
Come frolic in the Fairy Lolly and explore our magical village of fairy houses and gnome homes, each lovingly created by children.
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, April 5, 5-7pm
Interested in creating creating something for this exhibit? APPLY HERE!
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