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Adkins Arboretum Transforms Living Collections Database with Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

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RIDGELY, MD – Adkins Arboretum recently upgraded and increased the accessibility of its Living Collections Database. The upgrade was made possible with a $25,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded through its most competitive grant program, Museums for America, in the category of collections stewardship. Adkins Arboretum is considered a […]

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Winter Birds Dream of Summer, Oil Paintings by Jeremy Joseph, on View through January at Adkins Arboretum

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RIDGELY, MD – There’s a story behind each of Easton artist Jeremy Joseph’s paintings, on view in the Adkins Arboretum Visitor’s Center through January. Why would a pair of bright-eyed birds be carrying potted plants on their backs, and what’s behind chickadees playing mixed doubles on the tennis court? In his show Winter Birds Dream […]

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Tidal, Mixed Media Works by Alison Cooley, on View Through September at Adkins Arboretum

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RIDGELY, MD – There’s something dazzling about the pure, carefree joy of Alison Cooley’s mixed media paintings in her exhibit, Tidal, on view at Adkins Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center through September 27, 2019. Although abstract, their watery pools of deep, luscious color and the needle-thin lines that scribble and loop across their surfaces conjure seaweed swirling […]

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Evidence of Meaning, Mixed Media Works on Paper by Wilmington Artist Susan Benarcik, on View through May at Adkins Arboretum

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RIDGELY, MD – Plants are Wilmington artist Susan Benarcik’s first love. From childhood, she was captivated by the old-fashioned flowers her grandfather grew in his greenhouses, and now they fill her collages and encaustic paintings. In her show Evidence of Meaning, on view in Adkins Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center through May 31, her artworks offer compelling […]

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Adkins Arboretum Completes Projects Funded by Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust

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RIDGELY, MD, – Adkins Arboretum recently completed several projects at its nursery growing facilities with support from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust (SSHT). The improvements will have a direct and lasting impact on the Arboretum’s Native Plant Propagation Initiative, an ongoing effort to broaden the selection of native plant species available to the horticultural trade. […]

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Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Adkins Arboretum’s 2019 Juried Art Show,

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RIDGELY, MD — There’s mystery, beauty and food for thought in Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Adkins Arboretum’s 20th annual Juried Art Show. On view in the Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center through March 30, this exhibit was juried by Julie Wills, Assistant Professor of Studio Art and Interim Director of the Kohl Gallery […]

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