The Zebra Gallery at 5 N Harrison Street in Easton is welcoming artist Erdmann “OERDY” Hummel whose work will be on display from October 1 through October 31 with an opening reception on Friday, October 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. to meet the artist.

Hummel has an extraordinary story. While in prison in East Germany in 1988 for attempting to escape by going over – or around – the Berlin Wall, Erdmann Hummel read that zebras over millennia have never been domesticated. He found himself saying, “Be a zebra,” which became his mantra while in prison. A year later, the Berlin Wall came down. Erdmann started a career in journalism and produced documentaries. He covered the first free elections in the east as a reporter for Germany’s leading news channel N24 (now “Welt”). Six years ago, Hummel took on the name of OERDY for his second life as an artist and considers the zebra to be a symbol of freedom.

According to Susan Schauer John, owner of Zebra Gallery, “We are so pleased to have OERDY with us to share his artistic visions of zebras in all their glory.”

It is fitting that Hummel would showcase his work at The Zebra Gallery in Easton Maryland.  Susan Schauer John, owner and curator of The Zebra Gallery named the gallery in honor of her grandson who has an inherited condition known as Ehler’s Danlos Syndrom (EDS).  The symbol for the non-profit Ehlers-Danlos Society is the zebra.  10% of all profits from gallery sales go directly to The Ehlers-Danlos Society. (https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/).

Artists currently featured in the Zebra Gallery include Howard Lapp, Adam Himoff, Thyra Moore, Diane Ferguson, Steve Walker, Ingrid Matuszewski, Bernie Houston, Terance Young, Jen Sterling, Gabriel Lehman, Leslie Giles, Larry Ringgold, Maire McArdle, Susan Fay Schauer, Sheryl Southwick, Carol Newmeyer, Cindy Winnick, Gina Jacklin, Nikolay Naydenov, May Klisch, Mitzi Bernard, Karen Merkin, David Dunn, and Mischella Willbricht.

The Zebra Gallery address is 5 N Harrison Street, Easton, MD (across the street from the Historic Tidewater Inn). For further information, visit www.thezebragallery.com.

Whether with a simple cornstalk or a vast iconic shoreline, artists Beth Horstman and Joan Machinchick evoke the beauty, wildness and peace—indeed the complexity—of Maryland’s environmental riches. Their exhibit, Mary-Land Scapes, runs through Oct. 26 at Adkins Arboretum, with a reception to meet the artists on Sat., Sept. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Through the mediums of watercolor and photography, both artists explore the shared experience of natural space within our common surroundings. To immerse oneself in this exhibit is to connect with the deep nourishment that nature offers to all of us as we move through our daily lives.

Beth Horstman reflects, “The photographs I chose for this exhibit are a collection of what, I feel, is a taste of the area, for the Eastern Shore, and Maryland’s history that feeds my soul and creates a mood of soft visual calm.”

Joan Machinchick, whose practice also includes a host of related artistic disciplines, states, “The inspiration for my art is the constantly changing beauty and color, unity and diversity of all things in the natural world: the trees, sky and seasons, the wild gardens…the gentle Chesapeake Bay and the line where the water meets the shore and the earth comes alive.”

This show is part of Adkins Arboretum’s ongoing exhibition series of work on natural themes by regional artists. It is on view through October 26 at the Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center located at 12610 Eveland Road, near Tuckahoe State Park in Ridgely. Contact the Arboretum at 410-634-2847 ext. 100 or [email protected] for gallery hours.

A 400 acre native garden and preserve, Adkins Arboretum provides exceptional experiences in nature to promote environmental stewardship.

The Academy Art Museum is pleased to announce its 2024 Artist-in-Residence Anita Groener. Following Groener’s residency, her installation, To the Edge of Your World, previously shown in Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France, and Museum Rijswijk, The Hague, the Netherlands, will be presented at AAM in Summer 2025. Premiering at AAM at the same time will be Shelter, a stop-motion animation the artist is currently working on, made collaboratively with Talbot Interfaith Shelter in Easton and film editor Matt Kresling.

Over the course of her career, Groener has developed a body of work that constitutes a profound meditation on war, loss, displacement, exile, resilience, renewal, and hope. She painstakingly transforms discarded materials such as twigs, twine, and cardboard into delicate sculptural metaphors for the interconnectedness of individual experiences, histories, and world events. Questions of migration, memory, place, time and what it means to be human today have catalyzed the artist’s practice since she left her native country. Her work echoes displacement and the fragility of existence, simultaneously probing the psychological effects of human tragedy and the resilience that may result.  

Born in the Netherlands and based in Dublin, Ireland, Anita Groener works through drawing, sculpture, installation, film, and animation. She recently exhibited at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Columbia Circle, Shanghai; Riverside Art Museum, Beijing; and Poggiali & Forconi Gallery, Florence. Collections include The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Arts Council, Ireland; the State Art Collection, Ireland; The National Drawing Archive, Ireland; VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; the Contemporary Irish Art Society; Meta EMEO HQ, Dublin and LinkedIn HQ, Dublin as well as many private collections in the USA and Europe. Until 2014, the artist was a professor at Technical University Dublin, where she was the Head of Fine Art from 2004 to 2006. 

Please join us at the Academy Art Museum during Groener’s two-week residency, September 16-27, where she will conduct a studio workshop on September 19, give a public talk on September 24, and release a limited edition print for the Emerging Collector’s Circle. The AiR program is made possible through the generous support of Mary Ann Schindler.

For additional information and to register for events, please visit: academyartmuseum.org

After over 16 years, what makes the upcoming Chesapeake Film Festival in historic downtown Easton so unique?  We asked Cid Collins Walker, the Festival’s Executive and Artistic Director to share some insider highlights:

“Every year we task our Programming Committee with reviewing and rating hundreds of film submissions – this year over 200 films from 15 states and five countries.  Our goal is to curate a fresh, compelling and diverse program that spans features, environmental films, documentaries, shorts, animation and student films,” states Walker. “And we showcase a whole spectrum of talented directors, writers and producers – from students and amateurs to established filmmakers.  Our goal is not only to offer variety of content, but inspiration to aspiring creatives and film buffs alike.”

This year, the Festival is offering an extraordinary FREE resource and learning event on Sunday, September 29 – “The Art of Storytelling” Meet the Filmmakers, hosted at Talbot County Library, 100 W. Dover St. Easton. The program will run from 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM. The panel and workshop will immerse attendees in the world of creating a film project strategy, as professional filmmakers and authors share their stories about the making of their films. Join Glenn Holsten, director of both Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye, Leslie Shampaine, director of Call Me Dancer, Vincent de Paul, director of The Genius of Gianni Versace, Rebekah Louisa Smith, of the Film Festival Doctor who will share strategies for distribution, Monda Raquel Webb, CFF Board Member and director of Mother Knows Best and Zoo will share details about what it takes to publish, and Theodore Adams, III, CFF Board Member and director of Tri, Tyndall Typewriter and other films will talk about his screenwriting experiences with new films Shine Box and Breathe.

Walker’s second tip is to take advantage of the expert panels and Q&As that are included in the themed film blocks, offering a rare peek into the creative process.  For example, Sunday’s documentary film block – “Imagination and Truth” — from 12 noon to 2:30 pm on September 29, includes a Q&A with Juan Ignacio Bello, visiting Chilean director of the selected international documentary feature Imaginarius.  The film explores how a total solar eclipse sparks the imagination of children in their quiet hometown in The Elqui Valley, an astronomic hotspot near the Atacama Desert. Amid the unusual frenzy that surrounds their town, the kids dream about a more sustainable and brighter future.

CFF’s Executive and Artistic Director is also a huge fan of the Festival’s Student Awards Showcase, also featured on Sunday, September 29 from 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm.  There is a huge variety of student films to enjoy, from live action to animation, from drama to comedy.  “We’ve been fortunate to see how this student talent emerges and then grows from year to year.  It’s a huge privilege to be a part of their creative journey,” Walker continues.  She encourages everyone to explore the films and then participate in the following Q&A with the young filmmakers.

Of course, it wouldn’t be the Chesapeake Film Festival without a spotlight on Maryland and the Eastern Shore.  This year’s films from local artists cover the community’s heritage as home to watermen and sustaining our oyster harvesting as well as the traditions captured and celebrated in Easton’s annual Waterfowl Festival.

This year, the Chesapeake Film Festival has a special environmental preview event in Chestertown, in conjunction with ShoreRivers.  The one-day Chestertown Festival includes two programming blocks, 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., in the historic Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theater. Each block includes three short films and discussions with the filmmakers and environmentalists. Acclaimed Chesapeake Photographer Dave Harp, who directed four of the films, will be among the speakers. Annie Richards, the Chester Riverkeeper for ShoreRivers, will introduce the evening program and talk about what ShoreRivers is doing to protect and restore the rivers of the Eastern Shore.  https://www.garfieldcenter.org/gcaevent/chesapeake-film-festival-presents-fragile-rivers-fertile-lands/

CFF’s Cid Collins Walker concludes, “There is literally something for everyone at this year’s Chesapeake Film Festival.  We look forward to celebrating cinema with our entire community in September.  Please explore our program and plan your visit today at chesapeakefilmfestival.com.”

Tickets are now available online at www.chesapeakefilmfestival.com,. VIP tickets include an invitation to the Opening Night VIP Event with visiting producers and filmmakers, in addition to unlimited access to all films and events.

 

FESTIVAL KEY DATES

• September 12 –Environmental films from 4 to 6PM and 7 to 9PM  at the Garfield Center in Chestertown — Tickets may be purchased at the Garfield Center or online at https://www.garfieldcenter.org/gcaevent/chesapeake-film-festival-presents-fragile-rivers-fertile-lands/
• September 27, Opening Day Film – Call Me Dancer at 12 Noon with films to 5PM — 5:30PM – VIP Reception, Ebenezer Theater, Easton, catered by Bluepoint Hospitality – 7:30pm Environmental Films – Tickets and information visit chesapeakefilmfestival.com
• September 28 & 29 – Full days/nights of more than 30 carefully curated independent films beginning at 12 Noon at the Ebenezer Theater – Tickets and information for all films visit chesapeakefilmfestival.com
• September 29, The Art of Storytelling Panel & Workshop —  Talbot County Free Library at 10:30AM – Free Event

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The Chesapeake Film Festival is generously supported by the Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prager on behalf of Bluepoint Hospitality, The Nature Conservancy, Shared Earth Foundation, Maryland Humanities, Maryland State Arts Council, Mid-Shore Community Foundation & Artistic Insight’s Fund, ShoreRivers, Talbot Arts, the Maryland Film Office, Shore United Bank, Choptank Electric Trust, Richard and Beverly Tilghman, Talbot County Department of Tourism, U.S. Small Business Administration and Easton Utilities.

The MD Humanities Grant has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning which is part of the State of Maryland.

On Sunday, September 22, The Mainstay in Rock Hall will feature classical guitarist William Feasley for the final classical music concert of the 2024 season. These shows have been presented in partnership with the Hedgelawn Foundation in honor of Judy Kohl. Feasley’s program, titled Diferencias, features works from the 16^th century to the 21^st century.

As a graduate of The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, William Feasley was the first guitarist to be awarded the Peabody Conservatory’s coveted Artist Diploma. His many honors include a gold medal in the PanHellenic Guitar Competition in Athens, Greece, and a Governor’s Citation for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts in Maryland. Feasley was selected to play for the legendary guitarist Andrés Segovia at the master’s historic last class that was featured on the CBS special Eulogy of Segovia.

“Diferencias has a dual meaning,” Feasley explained. “In ancient times it meant ‘variations’, now it means differences. The majority of the pieces on this program are theme and variations pieces, others are contrasts in different styles or moods.”

The program features music from composers from the Renaissance (Luis de Narváez and Alonso de Mudarra), the 18^th century (Johann Sebastian Bach), 19^th century Spain (Francisco Tárrega), and the 20^th and 21^st centuries (Ronald Pearl, Peter Madlem, Carlo Domeniconi, McCoy Tyner and Marcelo Ferraris).

The Mainstay’s Executive Director Matthew Mielnick would like to usher out the season with his thanks to the growing number of classical music patrons who have attended these shows. “Our classical series has grown over this past year to full-house status. We are so pleased to have hosted so many renowned musicians that have ensured such solid support for classical music at our venue.”

Showtime for this Mainstay concert event is 4 pm. Tickets are $15 in advance of the show and can be purchased online at mainstayrockhall.org. Phone reservations are accepted by calling (410) 639-9133 (tickets reserved by phone are $20 when paid at the door). The Mainstay is located at 5753 N Main Street in Rock Hall, Maryland. Its regular calendar of local, regional, and nationally touring artists features a live performance every week of the year (February through December) in a variety of music genres.

The programs of the Mainstay are supported with funds from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Kent Cultural Alliance.

 

The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s 27th season, entitled “Adventures in Classical Music,” celebrates its status as the Delmarva Peninsula’s only professional symphony orchestra. This season will include six Masterworks Series programs, consisting of 17 full orchestra performances, conducted by Grammy-winning Music Director Michael Repper, who is beginning his third season with the orchestra. Additionally, there will be four Ensembles Series Concert programs, consisting of eight performances, played by quintets and quartets from the orchestra’s woodwind, brass, and string sections.

The season’s first concert cycle, “Violin Virtuoso,” will be performed on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 PM at the Church of God in Easton; Saturday, September 28 at 3 PM at the Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes; and Sunday, September 29 at 3 PM at the Community Church in Ocean Pines.

Maestro Repper envisioned the September concert as one of “Tragedy to Triumph.” It begins with Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture and ends with Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, performed by Grace Park, winner of the Naumberg International Violin Competition. Repper lauds Park as “one of the best violinists anywhere” and describes the Mendelssohn concerto as having “one of the most triumphant endings of all violin concertos.” Park will perform on a rare 1717 Guarneri violin. Renowned for captivating her audience with her artistry, passion, and virtuosity, the violinist has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “fresh, different, and exhilarating” and by Strings Magazine as “intensely wrought and burnished.”

The concert will also feature the rarely heard Symphony in A Minor by Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884). Educated at the Royal Academy of Music, Smith was the first British woman to compose a symphony. At her death, The Atheneum described the Victorian composer and musician’s music as “marked by elegance and grace … power and energy.”

The 2024-2025 season will continue on October 20 and 26 with MSO Woodwind Quintet performances; November 8, 9, and 10 with the full orchestra performing “Fireworks of Fate” featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and No. 5 and Louise Farrenc’s Overtures No. 1 and No. 2.

The ever-popular “Holiday Joy” concerts are sure to excite and inspire the audience on December 5, 7, and 8, with the orchestra, featuring tenor Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, who is an award winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Young Artists Program, performing holiday favorites. December concerts also include the perennial Holiday Brass Quintet ensemble on December 21 and 22, and the Toast to the New Year, New Year’s Eve concert with renowned soprano Kresley Figueroa, who is currently a member of the Kennedy Center’s Cafritz Young Artist Program.

The March 23 Elizabeth Loker International Concerto Competition at the Todd Performing Arts Center in Wye Mills will be a highlight of the season, featuring three young instrumental soloists performing, backed by the entire Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. Rare among global competitions, this past spring’s event attracted 155 instrumental solo musicians competing from 12 countries worldwide and 24 states.

The spring concerts continue with “Mozart’s Jupiter” featuring Mozart’s Symphonies No. 1, 40, and 41 on April 3, 5, and 6. Symphony No. 1 was written by Mozart as a child, and Symphony No. 41 was his final symphony, regarded as one of the most ingenious works of Western music ever written. It will be followed by “Romantic Triumph & Celebration” on May 8, 10, and 11, including brother and sister Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 (Italian) and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Overture, and Schumann’s Cello Concerto with Sphinx Competition-winning cellist Gabriel Martins. The MSO String Quartet will perform concerts on February 8 and 9. Concluding the season, the MSO’s Woodwind & Strings ensemble will perform on May 17 and 18.

Maestro Repper sums it all up with, “There’s something for everyone at the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and we look forward to performing for you!”

ABOUT THE MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is the only professional symphony orchestra serving southern Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore with a full season of programs. The MSO is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council; the Talbot County Arts Council; the Worcester County Arts Council; the Sussex County, Delaware Council; and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Inc.

A complete schedule of the 2024-2025 season’s Masterworks and Ensembles programs, venues, times, and other information is available at www.midatlanticsymphony.org

The Working Artists Forum is proud to announce a painting demonstration by renowned artist, Palden Hamilton on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 10:00 am until noon at the Academy Art Museum.  This demonstration is open and Free to the public.

Palden Hamilton was encouraged from an early age to pursue art by his parents and his Great Aunt, the abstract expressionist Elaine Hamilton O’neal (1920 –2010). He attended the Gilman School, where he studied under Betsey Heuisler. After receiving his B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002, he continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied under Ron Sherr, Harvey Dinnerstein, and Mary Beth Mckenzie. There he was awarded a Merit Award in Realism and the Phylis T. Mason Grant.

Hamilton has done a range of commissioned portrait work since returning to his hometown of Baltimore. He was notably commissioned to paint Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, the musical director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia. In 2008, 2017, and 2018, he was awarded Certificates of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America, for placing in the top 30 entries in their international portrait competition.

Hamilton has painted landscape extensively on location in his native Maryland, and on travels to his mother’s homeland, the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim. As a landscape artist, he has participated in and received honors from Plein Air Easton, Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Wayne Plein Air, Solomons Plein Air, and Cape Ann Plein Air.

His work was most recently featured in “The Oil Painter’s Color Handbook” (Monacelli Press, 2022), Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine’s “Five to Watch” in 2020, and Plein Air Magazine’s “11 Rising Stars to Add to Your Collection” in 2019.

Hamilton has been an art instructor for over twenty years, teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), the Zoll Studio School of Fine Art, Chesapeake Fine Art Studio, and others.

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat will speak at Easton’s Temple B’nai Israel—The Satell Center for Jewish Life on the Eastern Shore–on September 8 to discuss his book, “The Art of Diplomacy:  How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World,” recalling America’s most significant and consequential negotiations over the past fifty years. These include efforts to resolve conflicts from the Middle East peace process to “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland, and lingering issues of World War II, from the reunification of Germany to justice for Holocaust survivors. Eizenstat addresses the use of American military force as an instrument of diplomacy, from Vietnam to the Balkan Wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, drawing lessons that are applicable to today’s conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. 

Eizenstat, a former top White House aide, U.S. ambassador, Undersecretary of State, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury who has served in six presidential administrations, played a leading role himself in several of these negotiations, and he has also personally interviewed more than 125 U.S. and international leaders, including some of the greatest practitioners of the art of diplomacy. In this way he provides a 360-degree view of international negotiations at the highest level, seen through the eyes of those officials most directly involved. Eizenstat brings to life the personalities, issues, obstacles, and dramatic breakthroughs that have created the world we live in today. He shows how the United States has been the indispensable leader: sometimes as a direct negotiator seeking a desired outcome; sometimes as a mediator between contesting parties; sometimes wielding military force to achieve a political goal; and sometimes as an advocate for global cooperation on issues like international trade and climate change.

According to Eizenstat, “At a time of global turmoil and conflict, when America’s influence is being challenged by a number of emerging powers, I believe it is important to impart what I have learned in my government experience, in order to help the United States use diplomacy to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.“ He will further expand upon his belief of the importance of wisely strengthening America’s military capabilities to achieve diplomatic agreements. 

Everyone is welcome to this free program. It begins at 1 PM this Sunday, September 8, at Temple B’nai Israel in Easton, 7199 Tristan Drive. Registration is required by September 7 at:   bnaiisraeleaston.org/event/ambassador

On Saturday, September 21, The Mainstay – Kent County’s non-profit live music and events venue – welcomes back drummer, bandleader Greg Burrows and his group GB3 for another night of “Soul Jazz.” This year Greg welcomes his special guest Vaneese Thomas and her bluesy vocal stylings. Soul Jazz is a blending of straight-ahead jazz, funk, R&B, blues, and soul music, with a spotlight on the big Hammond B3 organ sound, and the distinctive swirling sound of the Leslie cabinet it is typically played through. The organ sound is reminiscent of music you might’ve heard in “organ shacks” on the national “Chitlin’ Circuit” in the 1960s or in an intimate jazz joint in New York City. It’s music that brings a good feeling to all people of all backgrounds and musical tastes.

Greg is perhaps best known locally as the drummer in the Dick Durham Jazz Group. He has been heard on national TV, film soundtracks, and on stages and festivals around the globe. Greg has played drums and percussion with Brooklyn’s Chicha Libre band, and was the pit drummer for the Blue Man Group in NYC. You can also catch Greg locally with Philip Dutton’s new classic country band The Good Stuff.

Vaneese Thomas’s familial musical lineage guarantees that extraordinary music comes naturally to the singer. Her father Rufus Thomas was one of the first blues artists on Sun Records and racked up iconic hits that included “Walking The Dog,” and “Do The Funky Chicken.” Over the years she has sung on countless sessions for everyone from Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker to Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.

Al Orlo spent 25 years as guitarist and music director for legendary singer and songwriter, Ben E. King (Stand By Me, Under the Boardwalk). He is equally comfortable playing classic rock ‘n roll as he is playing jazz and blues. His numerous Broadway show credits are proof of his amazing versatility.

Organ player Judd Nielsen (a native of Centreville) has been playing since the age of five. His style can be described in one word — soulful. His varied musical affiliations have included Trombone Shorty, Melvin Sparks, Big Daddy Kane, and The James Hunter Six.

Showtime for the live concert event is 8 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance of the show and can be purchased online at mainstayrockhall.org. Phone reservations are accepted by calling (410) 639-9133 (tickets reserved by phone are $25 when paid at the door). The Mainstay is located at 5753 N Main Street in Rock Hall, Maryland. Its regular calendar of local, regional, and nationally touring artists features a live performance every week of the year (February through December) in a variety of music genres.

The programs of the Mainstay are supported with funds from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Kent Cultural Alliance.

 

 

 

Studio B Art Gallery is thrilled to participate in a special group show featuring artists of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, showcasing artwork in five of Historic Easton’s premier galleries. The exhibition will run from September 6th through September 30th, 2024. Visitors are invited to attend the opening reception at Studio B on Friday, September 6th, from 5-7 PM, as part of Easton’s First Friday Gallery Walk.

“This is a remarkable opportunity for our community to experience the incredible talent of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters,” Studio B Art Gallery owner Betty Huang said. “We are excited and honored to host this special exhibit, and we look forward to welcoming art lovers to our gallery.”

Studio B Art Gallery will feature works by distinguished WSLP artists, including Lani Browning, Hiu Lai Chong, Bernard Dellario, Hai-Ou Hou, Jean Schwartz, and Robert Thoren. Each artist brings a unique perspective and mastery of landscape and still life painting, making this exhibition a must-see for collectors and enthusiasts alike.

In addition to the special exhibition, Studio B Art Gallery is excited to offer a 5-day Plein Air Workshop with Master Jove Wang from Thursday, September 26th, to Monday, September 30th, 2024. This immersive workshop will be held on location in Easton and Talbot County, allowing participants to learn from one of the world’s most acclaimed plein air painters.

Participants of all skill levels, including those who have attended previous workshops with Jove Wang, are encouraged to join. The workshop will feature daily sessions from 9 AM to 4 PM, including demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on painting instruction. This is an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights into Jove Wang’s painting processes and techniques.

Registration is now open. To secure your spot in this exclusive workshop, please visit studiobartgallery.com/event for more information and to register.gallery on Facebook and Instagram, or contact Betty Huang at [email protected].

Studio B Art Gallery is located at 7 B Goldsborough Street in historic downtown Easton, Maryland. The gallery represents nationally and internationally known painters Lani Browning, Hiu Lai Chong, Bernard Dellario, Ken DeWaard, Betty Huang, Qiang Huang, Charles Newman, Daniel Robbins, Master Jove Wang, and sculptor Rick Casali.