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Event Details Continuing Exhibition: 19th Century American Art Date: 1/1/2012 until 2/1/2013 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: This continuing exhibit presents the Museum's collection of American art and will be on display through February 2013. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar Continuing Exhibition: American Decorative Arts Date: 1/1/2012 until 7/1/2013 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: This continuing exhibit exams the stories and histories of objects from the museum's outstanding collection of American decorative arts. The importance of the pieces and their utilitarian value will also be examined. Pieces crafted in various media such as glass and silver, dating from 1812 through 1932 are inclluded in the collection. Also included are paintings displaying how artists used decorative art objects as subjects in still lifes and other compositions. This exhibit will be on display through July 2013. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar Continuing Exhibition: WPA Prints Date: 1/1/2012 until 3/4/2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: The works in this continuing exhibition were all created during the 1930's with many artists depicting themes and subjects relating to everyday life during the Great Depression. The works in this exhibition are part of a collection of more than 70 works allocated to the museum in 1943. This exhibit continues through March 4. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar Deadline for Entries 80th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, Friday March 2, 2012 Date: 1/6/2012 until 3/2/2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: The 80th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition is open to all media, except photography, and will be on view May 5 through July 29, 2012. Juror for this year's exhibition will be renowned artist, William Clutz. His artistic career began at the Museum School. To receive an entry form, please call 301-739-5727 or email Jennifer Chapman Smith at jsmith@wcmfa.org. Deadline for entries is Friday, March 2, 2012. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.com Duplicate this event Return to event calendar READ-A-THON - Register Online today Date: 1/11/2012 until 2/11/2012 Time: 12:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: Frederick County, MD (View Map) Description: The Literacy Council of Frederick County in participation with Frederick County Public Libraries is excited to be hosting our second read-a-thon from Jan. 1 to Feb. 11, 2012. Anyone from ages 1 to 100 can participate in this fun and meaningful event. On-line registration is now open. Participants commit to read by themselves for a specified amount of time or a specified number of books during the period. In advance, they will request pledges from friends and family to sponsor their reading. The more you read the more money you will raise! Every dollar raised will be used to buy books and other program materials for the students and tutors of the Council. At the final celebration on February 11th, we will be providing drinks and snacks to participants throughout the day. We will also have prizes donated to the event by local merchants to be awarded in multiple categories. KEYOTE from the Frederick Keys will appear during the afternoon. All participants who raise $20 or more will receive a tote bag. Celebration & prize awards on FEBRUARY 11, 2012 • 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM at C. BURR ARTZ LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM REGISTER ONLINE AT www.frederickliteracy.org or call 301-600-2066 for more information. For more information contact: Diana Halleman stafffrederickliteracy.org 301-600-2066 Event Posted by: hallemd Website: www.frederickliteracy.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar Museum Art School Reunion Exhibition: Creating, Inspiring & Educating Artists for 80 Years Date: 1/20/2012 until 4/14/2012 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: In celebration of the museum's 80 years of service to the community, this exhibition will reunite works of art by past instructors and museum school students who went on to become artists or work in the arts. Photographs from the archives, a snapshot gallery and statements from students will illustrate the impact that art programs have made on generations of aspiring artists. Works in all media will reflect the variety of unique courses offered throughout the years and will include pieces by many well known local artists. This exhibit continues through April 14, 2012. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar 79th Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon Date: 1/28/2012 until 4/29/2012 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (View Map) Description: For 79 years, the museum has celebrated the art of photography in the annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon. Open to amateur and professional photographers of all ages, the exhibition highlights various styles and photographic techniques. This year's juror was Bruce Katsiff, photographer and Director of the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Join us on Sunday, February 12 for the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Conservit, Inc. Visitors to the exhibition can vote for their favorite photograph by casting a ballot for the Popular Prize. This exhibition continues through April 29, 2012. For more information contact: Donna Rastelli drastelli@wcmfa.org 301-739-5727 Event Posted by: drastelli Website: http://www.wcmfa.org Duplicate this event Return to event calendar The Comedy Pigs- Late Night Comedy Date: 2/4/2012 until 2/5/2012 Time: 10:30 pm to 12:00 am Location: Maryland Ensemble Theatre (View Map) Description: Late night and prime time improv continues this season – with some new piggies! For more information contact: Dan Brick contact@marylandensemble.org 301-694-4744 Event Posted by: MARYLANDENSEMBLE Website: http://www.marylandensemble.org/comedy_pigs Duplicate this event Return to event calendar WM Railroad Museum Date: 2/5/2012 Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: 41 North Main St. Union Beridge, MD (View Map) Description: Visit the Western Maryland Railway Museum and learn the history of this historic railroad. FREE CLOSED Easter Sunday For more information contact: Western Maryland Railway Museum wmrhs1@verizon.net 410-775-0150 Event Posted by: wmrhs1852 Duplicate this event Return to event calendar C. Burr Artz Trust Poetry Series presents: An Afternoon with Diane Ackerman Date: 2/5/2012 Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: Weinberg Center for the Arts (View Map) Description: C. BURR ARTZ TRUST POETRY SERIES Poet, essayist, and naturalist Diane Ackerman is the author of two dozen highly acclaimed works of nonfiction and poetry, including A Natural History of the Senses, The Zookeeper’s Wife, and her most recent book, One Hundred Names for Love. Ackerman’s list of accolades and awards is lengthy and impressive, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Orion Book Award, John Burroughs Nature Award, and the Lavan Poetry Prize. She was honored as a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library and also has the rare distinction of having a molecule named after her - dianeackerone. Her essays about nature and human nature have been appearing for decades in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Parade, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and many other journals, and she hosted a five-hour PBS television series inspired by A Natural History of the Senses. For more information contact: Weinberg Center weinbergcenter2@gmail.com 301-600-2828 Event Posted by: weinbergcenter Website: http://www.fcpl.org/information/programs/2012/acke Duplicate this event Return to event calendar
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