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The annual RiverArts Members’ Show highlights the quality and diversity of our arts community. This popular exhibit was open to all media, and includes photography, painting and pastels, drawings, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and fiber arts.
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Curator Rob Manaraze Gallery & Artists’ Talk
Thursday, January 9. 5:30PM
Chestertown RiverArts
315 High Street, Suite 108
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-6300
It’s not too Late! The Annual RiverArts Holiday Show features gifts for every pocketbook. These unique gifts created by our members include everything from children’s clothing to jewelry, fashion accessories, home decor, stocking stuffers, holiday cards and ornaments, paintings and more.
Now – December 29, 2019
Chestertown RiverArts 315 High Street, Suite 108 Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-6300 Chestertownrverarts.org
The Annual RiverArts Holiday Show features gifts for every pocketbook. These unique gifts created by our members include everything from children’s clothing to jewelry, fashion accessories, home decor, stocking stuffers, holiday cards and ornaments, paintings and more.
Dates: November 21 – December 29, 2019
Preview Party: November 21 2019
Chestertown RiverArts 315 High Street, Suite 108 Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-6300
Chestertownrverarts.org
People traveling downtown in Chestertown on Saturday were treated to something completely different at High Street’s Memorial Park. RiverArts played host to ceramic artist and educator Brett Thomas and his Mobile Raku studio. Almost a dozen workshop students spent the day firing raku kilns and burning local handmade pottery to the delight of assembled participants and the curious public.
Western raku involves forced interaction with smoke and flames to produce wildly colorful and awe-inspiring ceramic art. Normally a kiln firing is a long, hands-off, and hidden process. Raku firings are fast, hands-on, and in the open. Participants spent the day learning about raku techniques and investigating proper firing procedures to achieve beautiful results. The immediacy and serendipity of raku is something anyone can appreciate.
The RiverArts Clay Studio will host another mobile raku workshop in the spring of 2020. Anyone interested in participating in this event, or any other RiverArts programming, should visit ChestertownRiverArts.org for more information. Consider becoming a RiverArts member to receive benefits and instant news about future workshops.
RiverArts galleries and main office are at 315 High Street, Suite 106, Chestertown, MD 21620 – (in the breezeway). Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 11 AM to 5:30 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 5:30PM, Sunday 11 AM – 3 PM, First Fridays until 8 PM.
It’s time to move from expensive, environmentally damaging, non-biodegradable plastic. RiverArts uses hundreds of plastic cups each month at First Friday receptions and other events. These cups start out as non-renewable oil, costly and environmentally damaging to extract, and end up in our landfills or waterways, never to degrade. Surprisingly, over their life cycles, paper cups do even more damage to the planet than plastic, thanks to the amount of energy it takes to manufacture and transport them.
RiverArts is committed to environmental sustainability, so we are joining the many other businesses both locally and around the world in phasing out our use of disposable cups. Co-Chairs of our Environmentally Sustainable Glassware Initiative Jonathan Chace and MJ Baldwin have produced a beautiful alternative.
Our new glassware is a dishwasher safe, stemless 9 ounce tumbler etched with the RiverArts logo, large enough to accommodate a serving of our wine or punch. The glassware will be available for purchase at RiverArts cost of just $3, starting at our Holiday Show Preview Party on November 21, and at subsequent events, including First Friday in December. Buy your glass once, then bring it with you to future events.
Visitors are also welcome to bring their own reusable drinkware. Our friendly Libations Consultants will be happy to pour a beverage into any vessel that patrons bring. We strongly encourage the use of non-disposable alternatives of any kind. RiverArts hopes that most of our patrons will make the transition to reusable RiverArts (or other) glasses by the first of the year, for an environmentally friendly 2020.
We welcome questions, suggestions and comments about this initiative.
RiverArts galleries and main office are at 315 High Street, Suite 106, Chestertown, MD 21620 – (in the breezeway). Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 11 AM to 5:30 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 5:30PM, Sunday 11 AM – 3 PM, First Fridays until 8 PM.
Mary Ann Herron discusses the November RiverArts exhibition of work from Kent County Public and Private School Student Artists. The show will run for 2 Weeks Only – Oct 30 through Nov 17. Work by students from every school in the county will be on display, showcasing the breadth of talent and creativity of students in a range of mediums, styles, and subject matter. Students, families, and the public are all invited to our First Friday opening reception. Family-friendly snacks and beverages will be provided.
Opening Reception: November 1, 5 – 8pm
Chestertown RiverArts
315 High Street, Suite 108
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-6300 Chestertownrverarts.org
Nationally known Potter Marilee Schumann gives us a tour of her Studio located on her Chester River Maryland Farm. Her Studio will be open and her work on display along with the Art of Faith Wilson during the last weekend of the 20th Annual Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour Oct 26 & 27. Just down the road Marcy Dunn Ramsey will also have her Chester River Studio open for the Tour on these dates.
This year’s Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour, features 62 artists at 36 tour stops throughout Chestertown and the surrounding communities. There will be something for everyone, from painting and sculpture, to metal and jewelry and more. This is your chance to hear their inspirations and see their techniques as you meet the makers of the finest handcrafted art and craft of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
For more information visit the Studio Tour Website:
www.studiotour.chestertownriverarts.org
Or drop by: Chestertown RiverArts 315 High Street, Suite 108 Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-6300 Chestertownrverarts.org
Nationally known Porcelain Artist Rick Bisgyer discusses how he was inspired to create his signature Sailing Vessel pieces that will be on display in his studio during the 20th Annual Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour Oct 19, 20, 26 & 27.
This year’s Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour, features 63 artists at 37 tour stops throughout Chestertown and the surrounding communities. There will be something for everyone, from painting and sculpture, to metal and jewelry and more. This is your chance to hear their inspirations and see their techniques as you meet the makers of the finest handcrafted art and craft of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
For more information visit the Studio Tour Website: Or drop by: Chestertown RiverArts 315 High Street, Suite 108 Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-6300
Nationally known metal Artist Rob Glebe discusses how he creates the new and unique wall art that will be on display in his studio during the 20th Annual Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour Oct 19, 20, 26 & 27.
This year’s Chestertown RiverArts Studio Tour, features 63 artists at 37 tour stops throughout Chestertown and the surrounding communities. There will be something for everyone, from painting and sculpture, to metal and jewelry and more. This is your chance to hear their inspirations and see their techniques as you meet the makers of the finest handcrafted art and craft of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
For more information visit the Studio Tour Website: www.studiotour.chestertownriverarts.org Or drop by: Chestertown RiverArts 315 High Street, Suite 108 Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-6300 Chestertownrverarts.org
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