Art Show

Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace, presenter of the 50th annual Havre de Grace Art Show, has announced the winner of the poster contest for original art created to highlight this year's event. Michael McMillion, of Bel Air, was presented an award of $300 by Soroptimist Club member and chairman of the Art Show, Cindy Height, for his entry. Soroptimist International expresses thanks to those who participated in the contest. The Havre de Grace Art Show has a call to entry for this year's show with a deadline of April 15. Proceeds from the show benefit scholarships and community service.

Fred Rasmussen wrote a terrific article about Sunday's inaugural Art Outside at Druid Hill Park ("Arts patron revives Druid Hill outdoor festival," May 17). The event was outstanding, bringing the city back together in a beautiful setting. Many communities came together to support this wonderful day. Just like the art show of the '60s, Art Outside was festive, entertaining, relaxing and social. People got to enjoy special artists work in various medium - music, magic, painting, jewelry, clay, etc. It was a wonderful and special event that I hope will continue.

Twenty-six artists including Wolf Kahn, Raoul Middleman, Philip Koch, Sukey Bryan, Rodney Carroll, Bennard Perlman and Leonard Streckfus will be represented in Art '92, the third annual exhibit and sale of art for the benefit of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.The show will be at the conference center of Sheppard Pratt Hospital, 6501 N. Charles St., from Saturday through Nov. 29 (it will be closed Thanksgiving Day), and will commence with a reception on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for which reservations are required.

Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace, presenter of the 50th annual Havre de Grace Art Show, has announced the winner of the poster contest for original art created to highlight this year's event. Michael McMillion, of Bel Air, was presented an award of $300 by Soroptimist Club member and chairman of the Art Show, Cindy Height, for his entry. Soroptimist International expresses thanks to those who participated in the contest. The Havre de Grace Art Show has a call to entry for this year's show with a deadline of April 15. Proceeds from the show benefit scholarships and community service.

The 44th annual Havre de Grace Art Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 19 in Tydings Memorial Park in Havre de Grace. The juried art show is presented by Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace and sponsored by several local businesses. The show highlights more than 200 artists and craftsmen from throughout the country exhibiting and selling original work, including basketry, drawing, painting in oils, watercolors, pastels, decorative painting on objects, fibers, floral, glass, jewelry, leatherwork, metalwork, photography, pottery, ceramics, sculpture and woodworking, including hand-turned bowls, hand-carved Santas and decoys.

WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT A great way to end the work week and kick off a three-day weekend would be an event at the Baltimore Convention Center? Dozens of folks made that discovery Friday night at the Third Annual Jazz Soiree, the kick-off party to the 13th annual Black Heritage Art Show. They could sip a little wine as they wandered the aisles of the art show, chatting with different artists and vendors. "We want people to unwind. But we also want people to see everything this show has to offer," said the show's founder and organizer, Glenda Boone.

Some of us get the urge to redecorate the house along with the ritual of spring cleaning.This can be a major project, or simply buying a few accessories to spruce things up a bit. Some new art work can add the finishing touches for a well decorated room and make a big difference.Saturday, you will have the opportunity to find just the right thing for your decorating project at the art show and auction sponsored by St. John Lutheran Church, 300 West Maple Road.Approximately 150 pieces of art work will be on display from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. to give people the chance to examine them closely while enjoying hors d'oeuvres, desserts and coffee with friends and neighbors.

New York - "America was a continent removed from world history for thousands of years, and this tremendous isolation explains the uniqueness of its creations." So writes Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz in his introduction to "Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries" at New York's Metropolitan Museum (through Jan. 13). And from the moment one encounters this truly monumental show's first work of art, a seated Olmec figure at least 2,500 years old, uniqueness and isolation seem peculiarly apt words for this art.Among the strengths of Mexican pre-Columbian art is its integrity.

Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace is accepting applications for the 44th annual Havre de Grace Art Show, a juried outdoor fine art and craft show. The show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 18 and 19 at Tydings Memorial Park. In addition to the art show, the second Havre de Grace Plein Air Painting Competition, with master painters from around the world, will be held Aug. 1-4 at sites around the city. The entry juror will be Jacqueline Baldini, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, director and founder of the International Plein Air Painting Association.

The Yataruba Project sounds as if it might be a dam being built on a remote African river. But no, it's one of the bands that play at the Jazz Soiree of the 11th Black Heritage Art Show tomorrow night at the Baltimore Convention Center. The art show opens at 11 a.m. tomorrow, beginning a Black History Month weekend celebration of African-American culture from painting and printmaking to jazz, dance, spoken word and gospel. Empowerment seminars will be held Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Part of the charm of Baltimore's arts scene is that someone is always hitting the "refresh" button. An art gallery or music club shuts down on one block, only to have another pop up a few streets over. Abandoned or underused venues might suddenly sprout a theater troupe one day, an artists' collective the next. A lot of the refreshing can be traced to a thriving DIY culture in town, a culture that has been responsible for some of the most intriguing new enterprises over the years and that helps give the city its reputation as a place where artists of every genre can find - or create - an outlet.

It will be an evening full of drama, music and comedy when the Carroll County Arts Council, in Westminster, presents its first-ever Carroll County Theater Showcase on Friday, Oct. 19. Featuring community theater groups from across the county, the showcase will highlight the groups doing what they do best, whether singing and dancing, a comedy routine or presenting Shakespeare's works with a flourish. "It's a really exciting opportunity to try and create a sense of community for all of them.

'Legally Blonde: The Musical' The musical comedy based on the hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon plays at Toby's Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, through Saturday, July 21. Tickets are $34.50-$53. Information: 410-995-1969. Book club Join a group of readers who enjoy discussing great books with other book lovers Thursday, July 19, at the Florence Bain Senior Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way. Reservations and information: 410-313-7213. Workshop The Department of Citizen Services' Office of Children's Services hosts "Will You Be My Friend?"

It's entirely possible that one of the august and influential guest curators for "Public Property," the summer exhibit opening Sunday at the Walters Art Museum , was none other than your plumber. Ditto for your postal carrier and your daughter's softball coach. "Public Property" consists of 106 items — paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and jewelry — adhering to the theme of "creatures" and taken from the Walters' holdings. What makes the exhibit unique in Baltimore history is that the show's title, themes and artworks were chosen by more than 53,000 votes cast online and by museum visitors.

Despite cloudy skies and occasional rains, the opening of the 41st annual Havre de Grace art show drew hundreds of people to Tydings Memorial Park yesterday. The Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace sponsored the show, which featured numerous artists and performers. "Havre de Grace has always been a small town with big events," said Christine Mayo, the president of the local Soroptimist chapter. "It is important for us to bring people who don't know Havre de Grace has so much culture to town."

What if most of your friends were artists so you decided to have a big public art show to exhibit their work? What if you let the artists pick out which works they wanted people to see -- instead of what some fancy curator wanted to show? What if you had no formal art training, no staffand little money, but you decided, what the heck, let's put on an art exhibit anyway?The results of such imaginings will be on display Dec. 4 and 5 at The G-spot, a new alternative art space operated by a free-lance hair stylist/musician and a building manager/sculptor.