Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, October 17, 6-9pm
Gallery Book Talk with Jennifer Cognard-Black - Sunday, November 16, 2014, 1-3pm FREE!
About the Exhibit:
Ever since prehistoric artists created spectacular hunting scenes on the walls of caves, cuisine and culture have met in art. We have an undeniable sensory connection to food - we love its taste, form, color, texture, aroma and sound (think sizzling bacon or pouring coffee). And we love to explore its many cultural differences. Food can be more than sustenance; food can be a passion, an entertaining and delicious escape, a comfort, or an obsession. Food is vital to our lives and is certainly at the heart of every celebration. Food is the subject of endless books, news reports, scientific studies, social media posts, and conversations. We are deeply interested in its sustainability, production, processing, distribution, scarcity, quantity, quality, composition, and price. This show features artists who explore these and other food-related issues, from the profound to the ridiculous. This is a rich and varied exhibit that honors the complexity of our relationship with food.
Laura Shull Ellisa DiRenzo John A. Schaffner
Juror Awards:
"Cake" by Laura Shull won the Creme de la Creme Award
"Big Burger" by Ellisa DiRenzo won an Amuse-bouche Award
"Love Donuts," by John A Schaffner won an Amuse-bouche Award
Exhibit Juror:
Robbie Davis, Project Director, Museum on Main Street, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Juror's Statement:
Food is more important than we sometimes think. Not only does it sustain us physically, but it also fulfills us emotionally. It is an important element of our cultural expression. Food is an active character in many of our personal memories of friends, family, home, comfort, or the trip of a lifetime in another country. It’s the warm feelings of sharing food with others, the joy of cooking, enjoying the tastes and smells of special occasions, and reveling in cultural traditions, both new and familiar, that attract us to food.
For Feast Your Eyes: the art of food, artists submitted works inspired by food. Some artists drew on the color, shape, and texture of foods to develop their works. Others were inspired by our cultural connections to food. The works selected for the exhibition represent a wide range of techniques and media. These works capture the vibrant colors and varying shapes of foodstuffs and, in many cases, comment on our relationships with food and its relevance in popular culture.
Food is one of those special cultural elements that we love to share. As you explore these works, think about your own experiences with food and, like the artists featured in this exhibition, consider what your personal food memories would inspire you to create.
The 7th Annual Ornament Show & Sale
Show Dates: November 15, 2014 - January 3, 2015
admission to the show area is free from 10:00am-5:00pm
(please note that Garden In Lights admission fees apply after 5:00pm beginning Dec. 5)
Guests will find a wide variety of handmade and fair trade ornaments in this lovely show. Enjoy free admission to the show area during regular daytime visiting hours.
ARTmazing
August 2 - October 31, 2014
Get lost at Annmarie! Guests of all ages will enjoy exploring one of the temporary mazes in the sculpture garden!
5th Annual Fairies in the Garden
A magical fairy house and gnome home exhibit
Annmarie After Hours Reception - FAMILY FRIENDLY - Friday, April 11, 2014, 6-9pm
Enjoy a magicalious exhibit of more than 50 handmade fairy and gnome homes scattered through the sculpture garden. Visit the Arts Building to borrow a costume (or purchase one in the Gift Shop), grab a guide, and start your journey!
Annmarie After Hours Opening Reception - Friday, June 20, 6-9pm
Art Blooms Gala Reception - Friday, July 18, 7-10pm - ticketed affair
Art Blooms Exhibit - Sat & Sun, July 19 & 20, 10am-5pm both days - FREE
This exhibit is concerned with the discoveries that artists make at the seaside. How do the sounds, tides, colors, and textures inspire artistic expression? How does the sea affect the content, mood, and execution of works of art? How do artists incorporate these experiences - and even the objects they find at the beach - into their art? Works of art that explore these and other complementary issues, will be included in the show with a goal of creating a rich and textured exploration of our relationship to the seaside.
BeachComber Exhibit Jurors:
A. Mark Haddon, Education Director, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Jenny Walton, Adjunct Faculty, Communication, Arts and Humanities, College of Southern Maryland
BeachComber Exhibit - Award Winners:
Marie Bergstedt, Kate
Ann Carin, Bay Cull No. 1
Jess Drake, Desert Coral 1 & Desert Coral 2
J. Luray Schaffner, Gatherings
Marydorsey Wanless, Beach Pinhole #2
Art Blooms is a weekend exhibit featuring the work of more than 30 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 that work of art. The results are surprising, beautiful, and provocative - and not to be missed. 2014 will mark the fifth year for Art Blooms, an exhibit co-hosted by the Calvert Garden Club and Ann's Circle of Annmarie Garden. Admission is FREE!
Floral Design Demonstration, Saturday, July 19, 10:30am - Noon
As part of the Art Blooms Exhibit, guests are invited to drop in on Saturday, July 19 from 10:30am to Noon, and learn about the creative process of floral interpretation. Designers from the Calvert Garden Club will share their design secrets during this causal drop-in demonstration. After the demo, guests are invited to tour Art Blooms Exhibit and take a walk in the garden. Reservations not required; FREE!
Art Blooms 2013 Photo Gallery of Arrangements
Insta-Artist: snap it, send it, show it!
March 14 – June 1, 2014
Annmarie After Hours Reception for Insta-Artist - Friday, March 14, 6-9pm
Inspired by the smart phone, the explosion of social sharing websites, and photo-editing applications – Insta-Artist will feature photos taken by a cell phone and edited through Instagram and other phone photo-editing app.
Juried by Ryan Hill, Director of Digital Learning Programs, at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, the exhibit brings together a compelling collection of digital snapshots that showcases each artist’s unique perspective of the world around us. Photographs will be printed in either 6x6”, 8x8”, or 12x12” format and will be for sale.
Click here to view the Facebook online exhibit.
Insta-Artist Award Winners:
Holly Budd, Emu Selfie
Barbara Boward, Lone Tree at Broomes Island
Ashley Callaghan, Ascension
Anne L. Highfield, Hold On
Amanda Whitely, Pinwheel
Annmarie After Hours Opening - Friday, February 7, 2014, 6-9pm
This exhibit brings to life fantastical myths, legends, fables, folktales, fairy tales, and the like. Around the world, from prehistoric times to the present, artists have been part of the story-telling process, giving shape and form to fantastical stories of supernatural beings, great heroes and heroines, cautionary tales, magical creatures, and more. In ancient times, artists commonly rendered images of these stories on walls, pottery, statuary, tapestries, and paintings. In more recent times, books, graphic novels, movies, apps, and games have expanded the way we experience these stories. No matter the time period, the artist becomes the story-teller and shares their spectacular vision through their art. For this exhibit, artists were invited to submit works that tell fantastical stories. The result is a vibrant and diverse selection that speak to the many ways artists enhance and bring to life myths and legends.
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 14, 2014, 6-9pm
special note: there will be no Artists In Action Feb. 24-March 1. It will resume March 2-8.
Meet - Observe – Create
Join us for something NEW at Annmarie! From January 18 through March 8, nineteen artists from across the region will set up temporary studios in the Murray Arts Building at Annmarie. Guests of all ages are invited to meet, observe, and work with the artists! Each artist has developed a hands-on project appropriate for guests of all ages.
Tour the gallery to observe the artists at work, and then join in the creative process as you use their materials, tools, and techniques!
Artsist Schedule (artist hours may vary)
| Sharron Parker, Wake Forest, NC | felted wool | Jan. 20-28 |
| Colleen Lochausen | sculpture | Jan. 18-24 |
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Carole Thieme, Solomons, MD |
painting | Jan. 18-25, Feb.1-9 |
| Erica Daley, Lexington Park, MD | fabric/weaving | Jan. 18-25, Feb.1-7 |
| Gwyneth Wilson, Lusby, MD | watercolor, digital painting | Jan. 25-Feb 1 |
| Carol Waite, Fredericksburg, VA | oriental brush painting | Jan. 20-27 |
| Liz Printz, Lusby, MD | sea glass | Jan. 26-Feb. 8 |
| Rob Brownlee-Tomasso, Denton, MD | large-scale painting | Feb. 3-10 |
| Ann Preston, Hollywood, MD | water color | Jan. 25-31, Feb. 10-16 |
| Suzanne Shelden, Prince Frederick, MD | painting | Feb. 10-24 |
| Karen Chambers, St. Leonard, MD | painting | Feb. 10-24 |
| Alice Yutzy, Hughesville, MD | ceramics | Feb. 15-21 |
| Devin Mack, Baltimore, MD | wire sculpture | Feb. 15-23 |
| Kathleen Carlson, St. Leonard, MD | ceramics | Feb 17-23 |
| Mickey Kunkle, Solomons, MD | jewelry | March 2-8 |
| Kay Collins, Lusby, MD | fiber | March 2-8 |
| Diana Manchak, Fort Washington, MD | ceramics | March 2-8 |
| Barbara Rushworth, Dowell, MD | woven sculpture | March 2-8 |
| Judy Larsen, Lusby, MD | painting | March 2-8 |
Tuesday,Nov11th,2025
Thursday,Nov27th,2025
Friday,Nov28th,2025
Saturday,Nov29th,2025
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