Little People’s Market by Sally Clark
Chestertown RiverArts is pleased to debut two novel shows on First Friday, September 5th, 5pm-8pm. In the Main Gallery, “The Literary Muse” will showcase artwork from all mediums that draws on literature for inspiration. The artists contributing may have been moved to express something about a favorite literary character, a specific scene or setting in a novel, a cherished book title, or a well-known author’s life. Artists have been encouraged to be either literal or abstract in their approach to their literary inspiration. Expect to see wonderful interpretations such as Marcy Dunn Ramesey’s watercolor, “Why the River” from the book The River is the Reason by @Meredith Davies Hadaway. Marcy often finds her inspiration from Meredith’s poetry. Also enjoy a mixed media piece, by Sally Clark which takes her back to a childhood book of poems and stories about fairies. The show is set to coincide with the 5th Annual Chestertown Book Festival which takes place September 19-21, 2014.
Opening the same evening in the Small Gallery will be an extension to the literary theme titled “Portraits – Conversing with the Sitter. ”Portrait painting is among the oldest of human arts and resonates with us in a very primitive way. A good portrait tells some of the sitter’s story and captures a moment of their lives. Artists of any medium have been invited to participate and will turn the Small Gallery into “Portrait Hall”. Popular portrait artist, Evie Baskin, will be showing “Visionary”, a pastel portrait of her son on his 30th birthday. He recently moved to New York City after three years in Silicon Valley as a software developer. In this painting he looks to the future with clear eyes, a strong mind and a good heart.
William R. Brockschmidt, Jr is curating both shows, which run September 5th to September 28t., Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 11am-4pm, First Friday from 11am-8pm,and Saturday 10am – 4pm…For more information call 410-778-6300 or go to www.chestertownriverarts.org.
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