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Stuart White is offering  a weekend Watercolor Workshop, Sat., Dec. 5 & Sun., Dec. 6, 2009 from 9 am to 4 pm each day. The class will be given at the Easton Studio & School, 307 E. Dover St., Easton, MD.  Stuart is the grand prize winner of the 2009 Plein Air Easton and has an upbeat and down to earth teaching style. Call the South Street Gallery at 410-770-8350 to reserve your space.  Those taking the workshop are entitled to exhibit  in the gallery’s Holiday Open House and Workshop Artist Exhibit and Sale.

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

111 Fiddlers Hill Rd.

Edgewater, MD

   The membership of MAPAPA is invited to attend Annapolis painter John Ebersberger's 2nd annual "Open Studio" exhibit.  Over 30 new impressionist paintings will be on display.   Featured this year is a collection of smaller paintings done in the Easport neighborhood where John can often be found painting sunlit, rose covered fences, autumn foliage, and his pet cat, "Ruby".  For more information and directions to the studio, visit www.johnebersberger.com ; or call (410) 533-1803

Annapolis artist (and MAPAPA member) Desiree Holmes Scherini has been chosen create the poster for the 26^th Annual organized Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade. Her painting is a watercolor, in a unique abstract style, celebrating color and the excitement surrounding the parade.  On Wednesday, November 4, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the poster will be unveiled during the Artist’s Reception at Eastport Yacht Club. 

The unveiling is open to the public and all will have a chance to either place a bid on purchasing the original watercolor painting or buying an autographed copy of the poster.  Eastport Yacht Club is located at 317 First Street, Annapolis, MD.  Light refreshments will be available. Posters will be sold in several downtown locations.

On Friday, after Kenn Backkhas' presentation--about 4:00pm  until 7:00pm--join MAPAPA members who will be displaying their work for your appreciation and sale.  There WILL be wine and something to nibble on.

> PAINTER STUART SHILS TO SPEAK AT JOHNS HOPKINS
>
> The Homewood Art Workshops kicks off its 35th anniversary celebration
> with a slide talk by renowned landscape painter Stuart Shils on Nov.
> 2, 2009. Shils’ talk, “27 Years Outside,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in
> Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood
> campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. A reception will follow
> Shils’ presentation.
>
> A Philadelphia native, Shils has been a devoted plein air landscapist
> since 1982. His richly atmospheric paintings of his hometown, as well
> as Ireland, Israel and Italy, have been exhibited in New York, Boston,
> San Francisco and Tel Aviv. Shils’ 13 summers spent painting on the
> coast of County Mayo, Ireland were the subject of the 2004 PBS
> documentary, Ballycastle.
>
> Shils, 55, teaches master classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
> Fine Arts and has been an annual visiting critic at the Vermont Studio
> Center for ten years. He is represented by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery
> and Davis & Langdale Company in New York. Publications including the
> New York Times, Art in America, The New Yorker and The New Republic
> review his work regularly.
>
> To download images of Shils’ work, go to:
http://www.jhu.edu/artwork/shils.html

To see other examples of his work and full CV/bibliography, visit:  http://www.stuartshils.com/index2.html
> 
> 
> The Homewood Art Workshops were founded in 1974 by painter and former
> Maryland Institute College of Art president, Eugene Leake (1911-2005).
> This event is dedicated to his memory.
>
> Shils’ talk, “27 Years Outside,” is co-sponsored by Homewood Art
> Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. Visitor parking on campus is
> available in the South Garage, 3101 Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore, Md.
> 21211. Admission is free and open to the public. For more
> information, call 410-516-6705.

In Case you have not submitted work for the Towson Arts Exhibition, there is still time.  The deadline has been extended to Oct 8-post mark date.  Check events for prospectus.

Pastel & Plein Air Workshops
Saturday, November 7, 2009, and Sunday, November 8, 2009  9:30am to 3:30pm.
Taught by award-winning Sedona artist, Linda Dellandre, and juror of the MAPAPA's member exhibition at the Towson ARTS Collective, (Nov. 6-Dec. 19)

Signup for one day or both days.
Day 1  - Pastels for beginners to advanced.
Day 2  - Plein Air, or painting from photos, for inclement weather.

$75 for one day or $140 for both days  (15 student maximum)

To register for these workshops and for the prospectus of the MAPAPA members' exhibit at TAC (entries due 9/26/09)  contact Diane: 23artist@gmail.com

Plein air painter Ken Auster from Laguna Beach will teach a 4 day workshop Oct.16 through the 19th at the Easton Studio & School. There are still a number of spaces left. I took a workshop from Ken through the Scottsdale artist school in 2004 and found him to be a great teacher. He's a master at distilling a scene to it's essential elements and focusing on strong design. For more informatiion on the workshop go to www.southstreetartgallery.com and click on workshops. To see Ken's work, visit his website at www.kenauster.com. You can call the gallery at 410-770-8350 to register.

I presently have a one man show at Woods Memorial  church on Cypress Creek Rd. in Severna Park which runs until Sept.21.  Also I am orchestrating as well as exhibiting in an outdoor art show at Heritage Harbour in Annapolis on   October 3rd.   And from the 4th of Octaber   through to  the end of the year,  I will be exhibiting at Paul's Cafe'  on West street in Annapolis

Check out mdfedart.org for prospectus. Still accepting images for national juried show. You can bring dick in up to a week after posted deadline. Selected paintings will show at the Circle Gallery in Annapolis.