EASTON, MD – The Academy Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Aaron Taylor Kuffner has been named the Visionary Artist for the 2019 Academy Art Museum Craft Show to be held October 11 – 13, 2019. Aaron Taylor Kuffner is an American born conceptual artist, based in New York. Kuffner’s dynamic work reaches […]
Continue ReadingEXHIBITIONS 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, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955 Through July 10, 2019 Free Docent Tours: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue aim to present a […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD held its annual Spring Gala at Canterbury Manor, the beautiful Eastern Shore home of Maxine and James Farrell. Mrs. Farrell serves on the Museum’s Board of Trustees. The Gala welcomed some 230 guests in support of the mission of the Museum to “enhance cultural life […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955 April 26–July 14 Reception: Friday, April 26, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Free Docent Tours: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue aim to present a […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum in Easton recently received a $25,000 grant from the Mid-Shore Community Foundation’s Artistic Insights Fund to help cover the costs associated with its ArtReach Program. ArtReach is the heart and soul of the Museum’s youth programs, and for many children on the Mid Shore, it represents their only […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – Audiences today generally know the career of Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) in three periods: the Sausalito, Albuquerque, Urbana, and “early Berkeley” periods of Abstract Expressionism; the Berkeley figurative/representational period; and lastly the famous Ocean Park and Healdsburg series of abstractions. Yet Diebenkorn’s earliest work remains very little known. The exhibition, Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum is celebrating The Annual Members’ Exhibition: The Museum @ 60 through January 13, 2019. In honor of this milestone, Museum members were invited to get creative, imaginative and experimental around the suggested “60” theme in any medium. New York Artist Emily Lombardo, the Museum’s first Artist-in-Residence, served as […]
Continue ReadingThe Academy Art Museum is celebrating The Annual Members’ Exhibition: The Museum @ 60 from November 16, 2018 through January 13, 2019 with a free reception and awards ceremony for the general public on Friday, November 16, 2018, 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Academy Art Museum is celebrating its 60th Anniversary. In honor of this […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD – The Academy Art Museum is celebrating The Annual Members’ Exhibition: The Museum @ 60 from November 16, 2018 through January 13, 2019 with a free reception and awards ceremony for the general public on Friday, November 16, 2018, 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Academy Art Museum is celebrating its 60th Anniversary. In […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD – The Chesapeake Film Festival, October 11-14, 2018 brings filmmakers and film lovers together for remarkable screenings, illuminating discussions, and tasty receptions. Four days. Five locations. 48 films. The excitement begins Thursday, October 11, 2018 at the Academy Art Museum in Easton with Whet Your Appetite as Festival attendees partake of scrumptious appetizers […]
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