Antonio McAfee: Legacy
April 24–July 8, 2020
Public Opening Reception: April 24, 5:30 p.m.
Open daily from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Antonio McAfee (born 1983 Stuttgart, Germany) is a visual artist based in Baltimore, MD. McAfee has been featured in BmoreArt Magazine, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore City Paper, among others. He was the first-prize winner in the Academy Art Museum’s New Photography Inaugural National Juried Exhibition in 2018 and is currently a Fellow at Hamiltonian Gallery and a professor at American University, George Washington University, and Maryland Institute College of Art. This is his first American solo museum exhibition.
Caption: Antonio McAfee, D’Angelo as Mary Magdalene, 2016 Acrylic medium, pigment ink, and pigment print.
New Photography II: National Juried Exhibition
April 24–July 8, 2020
Public Opening Reception: April 24, 5:30 p.m.
Open daily from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
This national juried show features all types of photographic works, including digital, analog, and alternative processes from artists across the country. Philip Brookman, Consulting Curator Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC, is this year’s juror. Awards include a Best in Show award ($1,000); Second Prize award ($500); and Third Prize award ($250). The previous juried photography exhibition in 2018, New Photography: National Juried Exhibition, was a smashing success.
Caption: Parker Reinecker, Storefront, Tucumcari, New Mexico, Archival Pigment Print, 2017.
Photography from the Museum’s Collection: Highlights and Recent Acquisitions
April 24–July 8, 2020
Public Opening Reception: April 24, 5:30 p.m.
Open daily from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
This exhibition features exciting new acquisitions in the Museum’s Permanent Collection including works by Ansel Adams, Tom Baril, Aaron Siskind and more.
Caption: Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), Upper Yosemite Falls – Spring, c. 1946, Gelatin silver print, 9 ½ x 7 5/8 in, signed by Adams in pencil, on mount, below the image. Print 117 of SEP, no. 13.
From Adams’ Special Edition of Fine Prints: Photographs of Yosemite. Gift of Geoffrey Biddle 2019.9.
Gamelatron @ AAM: Bodyphones
Front Yard Through Summer 2020
The Academy Art Museum presents Bodyphones, an immersive installation by Aaron Taylor Kuffner (1975). Kuffner is an American conceptual artist, based in New York. The artwork’s goal is to expand the legacy and creative cultural power of the traditional Indonesian gamelan through innovation.
Photo: Gamelatron
SPECIAL EVENTS
Grand Re-Opening Community Celebration
Saturday, April 25, 1 – 4 p.m.
Come enjoy the new formal entrance to the Museum through the beautiful and underused courtyard facing Harrison Street. The project, led by Willow Construction and Top 50 US Architects Ziger/Snead of Baltimore, MD, represents the first major renovations to the Museum’s galleries, restrooms and visitor spaces in 30 years! Enjoy docent tours, a family art project, music in the new Courtyard, refreshments, and Women Artists in Costume while enjoying the Museum’s renovations.
Caption: Rendering of the Academy Art Museum’s new Courtyard and Gallery Renovations.
Open MIC – Second Wednesday Each Month, 7 p.m.
April 8 – The Universe
FREE. Contact Ray Remesch at RayRemesch@gmail.com for additional information.
ADULT CLASSES
Plein Air Landscape Painting with Brad and Bernie
Instructors: Brad Ross and Bernard Dellario bradross@goeaston.net bernie.dellario@gmail.com Weekend workshop: April 18 – 19 Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 Members, $240 Non-members
Caption: Bernie Dellario
Pastel Painting: Flowers in Still Life and Gardens
Instructor: Katie Cassidy wkmcgarry@verizon.net
3 weeks, April 29, May 6 and 13
Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Cost: $160 Members, $195 Non-members
Composition and Design for the Artist
Instructor: Cid Collins Walker cidcollinswalker@gmail.com
4 weeks: April 16, 23, 30 and May 7
Thursdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Cost: $150 Members, $180 Non-members
Caption: Cid Collins Walker
Paper Maché For Adults
Instructor: Maggii Sarfaty
Two Days: Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $120 Non-members
Photography: Tame Your Camera and Beyond Digital
Part 2: Beyond Digital – The Art of Seeing Creatively
Instructor: Sahm Doherty-Sefton dohertysefton@aol.com www.Sahmdohertysefton.com
3 weeks: April 15, 22, 29
Wednesdays, 6–8 p.m.
Cost: $100 Members, $120 Non-members
Caption: Sahm Doherty-Sefton
Printmaking Exploration Evenings
Instructor: Sheryl Southwick
4 weeks: April 7, 14, 21 and 28
Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m. – 8 p.m.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
eARTh Arts Day Extravaganza
Instructor: Museum Staff
Saturday, April 18, 2020 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
FREE
Save the planet and get creative! Before you throw out that old can, bottle cap, magazine etc. Think about what you might do with it to keep it in use. Better yet, come to the Academy Art Museum’s eARTh Arts Day Extravaganza and make some great projects to take back home. The Museum is once again teaming up with Horn Point Laboratory to bring you exciting new projects.
PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES
Piano & Guitar Lessons
Instructor: Raymond Remesch
Contact Instructor for further information at (410) 829-0335 or rayremesch@gmail.com.
Voice Lessons
Instructor: Georgiann Gibson
Contact instructor for Information at (410) 829-2525 or georgiann@atlanticbb.net.
Ballroom and Latin Dance
Instructor: Amanda Showell
Contact instructor for information at (302) 377-3088 or visit dancingontheshore.com.
For additional information, visit academyartmuseum.org or call the Museum at 410-822-2787.