News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Chestertown – Though the winter weather has set in, it is worth venturing out to take any number of classes offered by RiverArts: fine art and craft, including pottery as well as watercolor and pastel painting plus some intriguing specialties. The instructors are known both for their expertise as well as their teaching experience. Class […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Tasteful, Inspired, Creative, Affordable and Original; these words best describe the range of fine art and crafts that are available at the RiverArts Holiday Show and Sale, open now through December 30. Every year these guidelines serve the customer well as RiverArts artists offer some 1,000 items that are beautifully hand-crafted, unique, and […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Once again, for the 8th time since the organization formed in 2012, RiverArts will dedicate a month solely to celebrating and enjoying the fine work of our talented community of member artists. The show, curated by Marti Hawkins and Linda Kramer, will be on view January 4 through 27, 2019. Although members exhibit […]
Continue ReadingRiverArts in Chestertown has the following happening in December. Does Santa need a new plate for his cookies? We’ll bet he does. And just in time, RiverArts is offering their Milk & Cookies for Santa workshop this Sunday, December 2, from 2 to 4 pm. Children of all ages will enjoy painting a holiday design […]
Continue ReadingKent County Arts Council’s Migration: Art, Words, Music – Inspired by Jacob Lawrence opened on November 1, 2018. Joining the opening was Yumi Hogan, MD First Lady. Mrs Hogan is an artist herself and has spent time as First Lady as an advocate for the arts. The show began at RiverArts in Chestertown with the […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, a small town on the Chester River in Kent County, MD, has a history that is more than 300 years old. The town was one of the English colony of Maryland’s six Royal Ports of Entry and the primary port for the upper Eastern Shore. At the time of the first census taken in […]
Continue ReadingThis weekend begins Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour. Spend the day, or even better the weekend going to the 35 stops on the tour, hosting over 60 Artists. RiverArts says, “The art is as diverse as the artists who create it, with styles ranging from traditional to avant-garde, expressed in a variety of media that include […]
Continue ReadingArt enthusiast and collectors, mark your calendars for the RiverArts 19th Annual Studio Tour. This free, self-guided tour will take place over two weekends, October 20-21, and October 27-28, 10am – 5pm, rain or shine. This year there will be sixty-six artists and artisans displaying their works of which twenty are new! Returning artists are […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – If you are an art enthusiast or collector, you won’t want to miss the RiverArts 19th Annual Studio Tour. This free, self-guided tour will take place over two weekends, October 20-21, and October 27-28, 2018 from 10am – 5pm, rain or shine. This year there will be sixty-six artists and artisans displaying their […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Representing the hard and soft-scape of what is artistically possible, the placement together of abstract painting and art ceramics opens the realm of possibilities for each. Abstract art can be the ultimate representation of the soul, and art ceramics can be likewise. Neither need be utilitarian, yet both can be. Curators Barbara Parker […]
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