Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Through April 22, 2012
This outstanding exhibition of the career of an American master in 15 works is done in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art. Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970) was one of the preeminent artists of his generation and a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. The Russian born artist is also closely identified with the New York School of painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art. During a career that spanned five decades, he created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting. Most of the graphic artwork on view at the Academy Art Museum is on exhibit for the first time.
Kyung-Lim Lee: The Order of Contemplation
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Through April 22, 2012
Kyung-Lim Lee’s abstract drawings and paintings are the result of a complex thought process based upon her consideration of set of 10 Chinese and Korean language characters. These characters represent words and ideas such as Flesh, Bone, Soul, and Resolution. She is interested in language and systems of meaning. Paradoxically, no system is readily evident when viewing her works. The conceptual framework that is essential to the production of the images is not overtly represented. Rather one may be struck by the power of the colors and an overall radiance.
Kyung-Lim Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1957 and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1972. She studied art at Pratt Institute and graduated with a BFA in drawing in 1983. Since her first solo show in 1993, she has exhibited in many group and solo shows at institutions such as P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Bronx
Museum, and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art among other venues.
Patrick Henry: Ephemeral Moments
Academy Art Museum
Through April 1, 2012
Patrick Henry has built a reputation over several decades as a quintessential Eastern Shore painter. To view a painting by Patrick Henry is to recognize a bond between the artist, the land he loves and its impact on a regional culture. It is a culture that is slowly fading with the changing landscape, leaving intimate, nostalgic and fleeting reminders of simpler times gone by. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and a graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Henry has been involved with one-man and group exhibitions throughout the mid-Atlantic region since the 1990s. In 2005, The Daily Times newspaper recognized him as Delmarva’s Best Local Artist. The Reginald R. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, presented “Patrick L. Henry: Into the Light,” in 2007 and in 2010 purchased his painting Berlin Milling Company, for its permanent collection. In 2011, Maryland Life Magazine’s Readers Poll selected Patrick Henry as the Lower Eastern Shore Finest Artist. Patrick Henry regularly exhibits at The Globe Theater, Berlin, MD, and at Studio S, in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Lecture
Palladio and His American Legacy
Speaker: Warren Cox
Friday, March 9, 2012, 6 p.m.
Cost: Members, $25, Non-members, $30
Andrea Palladio (1508 – 1580) was the most influential architect of the Italian Renaissance. Through his buildings, drawings and especially his treatise, “The Four Books on Architecture,” he inspired generations of architects and builders. In this illustrated lecture, Warren Cox will introduce Palladio, his works, and his times. He will then discuss Palladio’s influence in England and the New World through key figures like Inigo Jones, Lord Burlington and their followers. He will conclude with an examination of Palladianism in America, especially in the buildings of the Virginia Tidewater and the Eastern Shore.
Arts Express Bus Trip
A Day in DC with the Director: A Visit to The Phillips Collection
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Members, $53; Non-members, $88.
The Museum’s Director, Erik Neil, will lead this excursion to The Phillips Collection. Among the exhibitions on view will be Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard and Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party and other masterworks. Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard are known primarily as painters, however they and several other post-impressionist artists experimented with photography for their private use, interpreting the new medium and producing surprising, inventive results. This exhibition debuts many previously unpublished photographs taken by painters with a hand-held Kodak camera during the 1890s. Optional visit to the nearby Hillyer Art
Space and the Marsha Mateyka Gallery.
Music
Music & Tea at Three
Academy Art Museum
Date: March 13, 2012, 3 p.m.
Cost: $60, Members; $95 Non-members for each Tea
Reservations required
This series will feature a full afternoon tea by the Robert Morris Inn and a variety of performances by accomplished solo artists. The March Tea will feature Wayne Wold on harpsichord.
Children
Goin’ Monkey
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Saturday, March 3, 2012
10 and 11 a.m. performances
FREE
Goin’ Monkey is a fun interactive musical experience for children of all ages through ten. Dance and play along to songs that encourage movement and learning about all kinds of musical concepts such as musical ensembles, harmony and melody, body percussion and much more. For children through age 10 (all children must be accompanied by an adult).
Free Craft Saturday
Academy Art Museum
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1 – 3 p.m.
This afternoon of fun and holiday crafts will concentrate on participants creating an artistic creation based on the festivities of spring. Different mediums will be used to
create masterpieces inspired by the season that can be given as a gift or used as a decoration for the home or to share with friends and family. Appropriate for children six through 12 years of age.
Admission to the Museum is $3 for non–members, children under 12 admitted free. The Museum is open Monday and Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. with extended hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The First Friday of each month, the Museum is open until 7 p.m. The Museum is located at 106 South St., Easton, MD, 21601. For general Museum information, call 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit: www.academyartmuseum.org.
In photo above: Kyung-Lim Lee, Returning Circle, 2009, Dry Pigment on Paper, 24 7/8 x 35 7/8
In photo: Patrick Henry, Afternoon on Vine Street, Oil on canvas