2023-03-24
Sandaway Suites & Beach Launches Spring Season on March 31st
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| Sandaway Suites & Beach - Oxford, MD |
Oxford, MD – March 24, 2023 – Sandaway Suites & Beach is excited to announce the launch of its Spring Season on March 31st. With a charming, historic Victorian mansion situated right on a Chesapeake Bay tributary, Sandaway Suites & Beach is the perfect getaway for rest and relaxation. Sandaway Suites & Beach offers guests a stay that’s unlike any other. Each suite is uniquely designed, and many have private porch balconies and views of the bay. The hotel also offers a variety of amenities, including a private beach, and a variety of activities. With the launch of its Spring Season, Sandaway Suites & Beach will treat its guests to a truly memorable experience. Guests will enjoy Oxford's restaurants featuring delicious seafood and other local dishes, along with a selection of wine and beer from the Chesapeake region. The hotel will also offer a variety of local water sport rentals, such as paddleboarding and kayaking. “We are thrilled to welcome guests back to Sandaway Suites & Beach this spring,” said Innkeeper Ben Gibson. “We’re committed to creating a unique and unforgettable experience for our guests, and we’re looking forward to creating lasting Oxford memories this season." The Spring Season at Sandaway Suites & Beach starts March 31st, and bookings are now open. ### For more information or to book, visit www.sandaway.com
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2023-03-02
Working Artist Forum Artists (WAF) will Hold a Judged Art Exhibition
WAF exhibits at KIFA
Working Artist Forum Artists (WAF) will Hold a Judged Art Exhibition at Kent Island Federation of Arts from April 6th through May 4th, 2023.
The exhibit will be judged by Brad Ross, an award-winning Plein Air painter and popular drawing and painting instructor at the Academy Art Museum in Easton. Co-chairpersons of this exhibit are WAF members Maureen Wheatley and Georgette Toews.
Three Judge’s Awards of Excellence Awards will be awarded by WAF at a reception on Thursday April 13, 2023 from 5 to 7 pm. In addition, a Memorial People’s Choice Award will be given and announced by KIFA at the end of the show.
During this exhibit period a Featured Wall of Remembrance of art will be displayed in honor of deceased WAF Artists.
WAF Members are practicing artists with a high level of education, expertise, and experience in the visual arts. The professional expertise of WAF members is fostered through programs, group critiques, demonstrations, workshops and member exhibitions. More information on WAF and its members and events can be found at www.WorkingArtistsForum.com.
KIFA is a non-profit organization that for 60 years has supported artists of all ages and experience on the Eastern Shore through exhibitions, education and events celebrating all the arts. Many KIFA artists have been or currently are WAF Members, as well as having taught art at KIFA. Kent Island Federation of Arts is located at 405 Main Street, Stevensville MD 21666.
For more information contact arthousekifa@gmail.com - 410-643-7424
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| Painting by Barbara Zuehlke "Peonies" |
2023-02-27
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Recognizes Black History Month
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Recognizes Black History Month by Performing First Symphonic African American women composer, Florence Price
Florence Price
Born in Little Rock to a black dentist and a Caucasian teacher, Florence Price garnered many accolades and achieved many firsts as an American composer during her life. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in American history, she was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and she was the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra when the Chicago Symphony premiered her Symphony No. 1 in 1933. Her works were always well received by critics and the public alike.
Price’s life’s work consists of more than 300 works including four symphonies, four concertos, chamber music, music for various solo instruments, choral works, and art songs. Most of her works, unfortunately, went missing for decades, and this undoubtedly contributed to the dearth of performances of Price’s works until recently. Fortunately, in 2009 a treasure trove of her lost works and papers were found in Illinois in Price’s abandoned summer home. This sparked an exciting renewed interest in Price and her works and is bringing well-deserved attention to them from new audiences around the world.
In honor of black history month, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, led by Grammy award-winning conductor, Michael Repper will perform Price’s Symphony No. 1. This symphony, commonly for Price’s works, draws from the musical traditions (such as gospel and jazz) of Black communities in America and from western European traditions that Price would have learned from her studies at the New England Conservatory of Music.
This piece consists of four movements with the opening movement featuring melodies and rhythms from Afro-American folk music and showing inspiration from Anton Dvorák's New World Symphony. Price features a hymn tune she composed in the second (slow) movement, and the final two movements are fast and draw from the African juba dance. The work is scored for two flutes, two piccolos, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings.
This piece is fiendishly difficult, which makes it thrillingly energetic. It is enjoying a rightful renaissance and being recognized for its worth. In 2022 the Philadelphia Orchestra’s recording of this symphony received a Grammy award in the Best Orchestral Performance category.
…CONCERT DETAILS FOLLOW…
WHEN and WHERE: This concert will be performed at three venues on three days on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 7:30 PM – Easton Church of God, 1009 North Washington Street, Easton, MD
Friday, March 10, 7:30 PM – Community Church, 11227 Racetrack Road, Ocean Pines, MD
Saturday, March 11, 3:00 PM – Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE
TICKETS
Individual tickets for this concert are $50 per person at each venue. The Mid-Atlantic Symphony offers a group discount for the purchase of 10 or more tickets to a single concert.
The Orchestra also makes a limited number of free tickets available for students 18 years and under; tickets for accompanying parents are $10 each. Reservations are required for the free tickets and may be made by calling 888-846-8600.
PODCASTS
Podcasts for the season preview, for each concert, and for special MSO events are available on the MSO Web site at midatlanticsymphony.org/podcast. Podcasts are posted on the site approximately 7 to 10 days before a concert or event.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the 2022-2023 season, or to order tickets, please visit www.midatlanticsymphony.org. Tickets may be ordered by telephone at 888-846-8600.
ABOUT THE MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra 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, DE Council; and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Inc.
A complete schedule of the 2022-2023 season’s Masterworks and Ensembles programs, venues, times, and other information is available at www.midatlanticsymphony.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 27, 2023)
CONTACT: DANE KRICH (410-917-7587)
2023-02-19
Sandaway Suites & Beach Getting Ready for Spring Season Opening March 31st 2023
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2023-02-07
Artists - It's Time To Enter Local Color
ARTISTS - IT'S TIME TO ENTER LOCAL COLOR !!
Painting by Carol McClees entitled "Racing to the Finish"
The Working Artists Forum (WAF), under the auspices of the annual Plein Air Easton (PAE) Competition and Arts Festival, sponsors a juried and judged art exhibit each year entitled “Local Color”. Local Color features two-dimensional art in various painting mediums. Eligibility to enter includes all artists residing on the Delmarva Peninsula in MD, DE or VA, as well as any member of WAF, with the exception of any artists who have been juried into the Plein Air – Easton Competition.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT – WHERE and WHEN?
Local Color is held at Christ Church in Easton, Maryland.
This year the dates for Local Color are July 20 through July 23, 2023.
WHEN TO ENTER? NOW - Entries are being accepted NOW online until March 12, 2023.
HOW TO ENTER - THE JURYING PROCESS
Go to https://workingartistsforum.com/local-color/ for the Prospectus for all pertinent information and to enter the jurying process.
WHAT TO ENTER FOR JURYING? Enter images of your best original two-dimensional work that are Studio or Plein Air Paintings in the mediums of acrylic, watercolor, oil, and pastels. These are samples of your work, and not necessarily those that will be in the exhibit if you are juried into the show. See the Prospectus online for the rules on work in the exhibit.
WHEN WILL ARTISTS BE NOTIFIED OF ACCEPTANCE - Notification will be by email no later than March 28, 2023.
2023 JUROR and JUDGE –
Juror: Zufar Bikbov, Second Place Winner, 2022 Plein Air Easton
Judge: Charlie Hunter, Grand Prize Winner, 2022 Plein Air Easton
AWARDS AND OPENING: Awards totaling $1800 will be announced at 12 noon, with a reception to follow on July 20 at the exhibit at Christ Church.
HOURS THE EXHIBIT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC –
Thursday - July 20 – 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Friday - July 21 – 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday - July 22 – 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday - July 23 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
QUESTIONS? Contact the Local Color Chairperson: Carol McClees by email at carolmccleesfineart@gmail.com or call 443-994-5996 For information on PAE Information visit www.pleinaireaston.com
2023-02-02
WAF Presents Check to Academy Art Museum
WAF Presents Check to Academy Art Museum
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| Betty Huang (right) and Sarah Jesse (left) |
Betty Huang, President of the Working Artists Forum, was very pleased, on behalf of WAF, to present a check to Sarah Jesse, Director at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, in the amount of $1,000.
Working Artist Forum is an active art organization with a membership of over 100 professional artists that has enjoyed a relationship with the Academy Art Museum for many years and meets there monthly.
WAF has requested a specific distribution of the donation in order to encourage and support the arts in the community. $200 is earmarked as a WAF award for an entry in the Museum's Annual Members Exhibition entitled "Best of Eastern Shore Scene,” and $300 to support artists-in-need that wish to take classes at the Academy. Lastly, $500 is to be used to support children-in-need to attend the Academy's summer camp program.
An important part of the mission of WAF is to sponsor numerous art exhibit opportunities for its members, both locally and beyond, throughout the year, including the well-known and well-attended Local Color exhibit held at Christ Church in downtown Easton during Plein Air Easton in July.
Through the support and purchase of paintings by artists who have been juried into the Local Color art show, WAF has been actively promoting and encouraging the arts with its contributions of art supply company DickBlick.com gift cards to 33 school art departments of local schools each year.
For more information on WAF, visit WorkingArtistsForum.com
Local Artist Featured in CBMM's The Changing Chesapeake Art Exhibit
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| Painting Winter on the Neck by Pat Lang |
Pat is a member of the Working Artists Forum in Easton, the Chestertown RiverArts in Chestertown, and the Art League of Ocean City, and is included in the family of artists at Tish Fine Art Plus gallery in Chestertown. She also participates in a number of area art shows, such as Local Color, Kent Island Federation of Art shows, and others. Visit https://patlangartist.weebly.com/ and on social media at facebook.com/patlangartist and Instagram.com/patlangartist to see more of her art.
Next Up in the MSO’s Ensemble Series: Piano Quintet
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| Pictured: Chris Chlumsky, MSO Principal Bassist |
Next Up in the MSO’s Ensemble Series: Piano Quintet
Concert Features Works of Two Important Romantic Period Composers
The next concert in the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s new Ensemble Series will be held on Saturday, February 11 at Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and on Sunday, February 12 at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland. The Ensemble Series concerts feature chamber music and jazz performed by members of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and special guest artists.
“The musicians that are featured for this concert are all principal strings of the MSO,” said MSO Principal Violinist and Concertmaster Kimberly McCollum. “We have Yuri Tomenko on viola, Jaques-Pierre Malan on cello, Chris Chlumsky on bass, and we are please to have as guest artist Woobin Park, who is on the music faculty at Washington College in Chestertown.”
The February concerts put the spotlight firmly on two works that perfectly represent classical music’s Romantic Era -- generally given by most music historians as the years between 1820 and 1900.
Composed in 1819, Franz Shubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major is also known as the “Trout Quintet”. The name comes from one of Schubert’s lied (song) works. This melodic work is instantly recognizable by music lovers and by many others – especially fans of the British comedy Waiting for God.
French composer Louise Farrenc composed her Piano Quintet No. 1 in A Minor in 1839 when she had already composed symphonies, choral works, works of chamber music, and numerous works for piano. This accomplished and honored composer also was a pianist of great renown.
…CONCERT DETAILS FOLLOW…
WHEN and WHERE: There will be two performances of this concert.
Saturday, February 11, 3:00 PM. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Sunday, February 12, 4:00 PM. Academy Art Museum, 106 South Street, Easton, Maryland. PLEASE NOTE: There will be a pre-concert reception at 3:00 PM before the concert in Easton for all ticket holders.
TICKETS
Individual tickets for this concert are $35 per person. Tickets are available at
https://midatlanticsymphony.org/tickets. Tickets also may be ordered by telephone at 888-846-8600.
PODCASTS
Podcasts for the season preview, for each concert, and for special MSO events are available on the MSO Web site at https://midatlanticsymphony.org/podcast.
Podcasts are posted on the site approximately 7 to 10 days before a concert or event.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the 2022-2023 season, or to order tickets, please visit www.midatlanticsymphony.org. Tickets may be ordered by telephone at 888-846-8600.
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, DE Council; and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Inc.
A complete schedule of the 2022-2023 season’s Masterworks and Ensemble programs, venues, times, and other information is available at www.midatlanticsymphony.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 2, 2023)
CONTACT: DANE KRICH (410-917-7587)