Among the works juried into the Art of Stewardship exhibition is “Crow Sihouette” by Susan Hostetler
Earth Stewardship Days, a four-day event created in collaboration with the Chester River Association, Massoni Art and the Art of Stewardship project, aims to increase our community’s understanding of the issues surrounding the importance of caring for the Earth, to create inspirational experiences, and to promote the design of personal and collective stewardship actions. The first annual Art of Stewardship Exhibition, showing in the RiverArts Galleries, will feature works that express and exemplify the importance of being good stewards. Other partners in the weekend are G.A.R. Charles Sumner Post #25; The Garfield Center for the Arts and the SANDBOX program at Washington College.
Earth Stewardship Days Schedule of Events
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Art of Stewardship Preview Reception and Awards Ceremony
Judges Greg Mort and Rebecca Hoffberger will speak on stewardship and award prizes.
5:30 to 7:30 pm | RiverArts Gallery | Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Art of Stewardship Opening Reception
5:00 to 8:00 pm | RiverArts Gallery | Free
Exhibit of African American Watermen painted by Marc Castelli Opening Reception
Exhibition courtesy of Dr. Mel Rapelyea, Marc Castelli and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
5:00 to 8:00 pm | G.A.R. Charles Sumner Post #25, 206 S. Queen Street | Free
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Sandbox Event: John Ruppert’s Phragmites Thatching Sculpture
10 am | Quaker Neck Road | Free
John Ruppert’s concept of the phragmites sculpture shown with toothpicks, each of which represents a long bundle of phragmites.
Join John Ruppert to create a phragmites sculpture from a lovely, natural material that is in reality an invasive species in our area. Learn about the ecological impact of phragmites while also reflecting on how something deemed beneficial in part of the world has become detrimental in another. The event will take place in the open field between the Lelia Hynson Pavilion and the Armory.
A Talk by Pete Lesher and Mark Castelli
11:00 am | G.A.R. Charles Sumner Post #25, 206 S. Queen Street | Free
Pete Lesher, Chief Curator of the Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD, joins artist Marc Castelli.
Film: No Impact Man (2009)
7:00 pm | Garfield Center for the Arts, 210 High Street | Tickets $5
Author Colin Beavan finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride. And that’s just the beginning.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
River Soundings: A Journey in Harp & Poetry with Meredith Davies Hadaway
11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Chester River Packet | Tickets for Brunch and Talk $35
Proceeds to benefit the Chester River Association
Sponsored by Occasions Catering, RiverArts, Massoni Gallery, and the Chester River Association
Poet, teacher, and musician, Meredith Davies Hadaway is the author of The River is a Reason, Fishing Secrets of the Dead and, forthcoming, At the Narrows (Word Poetry, 2015). Hadaway serves on the Board of Directors for the Chester River Association and was the 2013-14 Rose O’Neill Writer-in-Residence at Washington College.
Translations from Bark Beetle: A Reading by Jody Gladding
2:00 pm | The Book Plate, 112 S. Cross Street | Free
Sponsored by the Kent County Arts Council, Echo Hill Outdoor School and The Chestertown Spy
Acclaimed poet and translator, Jody Gladding has published three full-length collections of poetry, and two letterpress edition chapbooks. In her inspired new collection, Translations from Bark Beetle (Milkweed Editions 2014), Gladding examines how language arises from landscape, evoking both the fragility and the resilience of the more-than-human world in words, images, rubbings, installations, and inscribed objects. Read more.
To learn more and to purchase tickets to any of the ticketed events, please go to https://chestertownriverarts.org/events/earth-stewardship-days/. You can also register over the phone, 410-778-6300, or in person at the RiverArts Gallery and Gift Shop, located at 315 High Street, Suite 106 in Chestertown.
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