News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Film Festival (CFF) and Academy Art Museum (AAM) join forces to bring you a thrilling collaboration at this year’s CFF. Marking the 16th year of this beloved regional film festival, CFF will offer free and VIP special events at AAM in Easton from September 30 to October 1, 2023. Festival director Cid Collins Walker […]
Continue ReadingBetty Huang, President of the Working Artists Forum, was very pleased, on behalf of WAF, to present a check to Sarah Jesse, Director at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, in the amount of $1,000. Working Artist Forum is an active art organization with a membership of over 100 professional artists that has enjoyed a […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum in Easton is excited to open two new exhibitions on August 6 with an opening reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. coinciding with Easton’s First Friday events. Both exhibitions will be available for viewing through October 3, 2021. Close Introspection: From Picasso to Kusama, featuring works by critically acclaimed […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – Sarah Jesse has been appointed by the Academy Art Museum Board of Trustees as the next director of the Museum located in Easton, Maryland. She comes from the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) where she has served as deputy director as well as interim director and CEO. Sarah Jesse brings 17 […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – Academy Art Museum Announces March Events EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Open daily, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m. 2021 Student Art Exhibition: Students […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum announced changes to its Board of Trustees. Four new trustees have been appointed to the Board: Elizabeth “Diz” Hormel, Christine Martin, MaryLou Armstrong Peters, and Elizabeth B. Underhill, while three trustees have retired. Elizabeth “Diz” Hormel of Trappe, MD, and Washington, D.C. is the owner and designer of […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD – The Academy Art Museum is opening two new exhibitions on January 29, 2021. From Cassatt to Chicago: A Celebration of Women Artists in the Permanent Collection and Academy Art Museum’s Instructors’ Exhibition will be on view through March 20. Following the centennial of the 19th Amendment, celebrated in 2020, From Cassatt to […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum announces that its Director, Benjamin T. Simons, has been appointed the Director and CEO of The Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia. This appointment represents a significant step for Simons and a recognition of his remarkable achievements during his four-year tenure at the Academy Art Museum. The Museum’s Board […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – On October 9, 2020 the Academy Art Museum in Easton will present Waterwall, a site-specific installation by artist Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann of Washington, DC who is also this year’s Visionary Artist for the Museum’s Virtual Craft Show 2020 to be held October 16 through 18. Mann is an American painter whose work […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – This summer, the Academy Art Museum provided 211 free summer camp kits for children of essential workers in Talbot County. The kits were packed into empty tennis ball sleeves and distributed to the YMCA, the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, the Easton Police Department, Easton Public Works, Easton Utilities, and the […]
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