Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine's Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. DEC 15 TO FEB 15: Create a patterned drawing inspired by Nonggirrnga Marawili, our winter Artist of Inspiration In addition, a video for one of the activities ...
Work in a variety of media The annual FCAA exhibition features members’ artworks in a variety of media, including paintings, photography, mixed media, drawings, collages, ceramics, and sculpture. FCAA’s approximately 100 members range from casual painters to full-time professionals.
Paintings Andreozzi’s work is an affirmation through interpretive painted portraits of lesser known women in history. Painting a contemporary visual likeness and reconceptualizing their contributions confirms their place in our narrative and broadens our understanding of everyday exceptional people shaping history.
Ceramic and mixed media Boyer explores the idea of a magical pond where creatures live and interact in the deep, dark night, under the light of a crescent moon. Each grouping tells a story with themes such as protection, family, magic, gathering and decay.
Paintings Cities and industrial landscapes are often thought of as cold and merely utilitarian. This work challenges that notion by considering the beauty in the forms and colors of urban and industrial environments.
Photography The work in this exhibition attempts to change reality by reimagining perception. Ames says about the work, “If I can change my external reality, I can change my internal reality. It is based on the choices I make.”
Paintings, drawings, and prints Toys are a source of entertainment for children and a source of inspiration for artists. Turning circles into spheres and triangles into cones on a flat surface is both a challenge and a joy. Work and play are complementary activities.
Photography This collection of photographs features often overlooked blooms in the Mid-Atlantic region literally everywhere and anywhere where conditions are good for their growth.
Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine's Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. JAN 15 TO MAR 15: Tell a story by drawing a multi-panel comic In addition, a video for one of the activities will premiere on the Delaplaine ...
From January 2026 to May 2027, engage with a hands-on, interactive work of art facilitated by artist Jamie Gerhold. A mural of an underwater coral reef scene will serve as the foundation for a vibrant and collaborative work of art. Visitors are invited to design a fish that will be incorporated into the larger work, ...
Create a bold mixed media abstract portrait inspired by Sandra Silberzweig’s vibrant expressive style. Explore swirling lines, rich colors and personal expression in a fun creative, hands-on setting. It’s a great way to celebrate creativity and individuality through abstract design.
Learn to build texture in expressive watercolors using multiple glaze techniques and a unique lifting technique with stencils in this one-afternoon workshop. Tuition includes all supplies.
Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. ...
Fiber Leaves take center stage in the fiber works of this exhibition. It is a continuation of Nash’s Big Leaf series, which considers the form and variety of leaves as an endless source of inspiration.
Work in a variety of media This installation is part of ongoing arts-based social and studio practices focused on engaging communities in collective art making. Visitors to the exhibit are encouraged to participate with the artists in visual journals, collaborative drawings, and other potential creative mischief.
Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about ...
Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Explore different mark-making techniques and create ...
Take a self-guided jaunt downtown and visit local galleries! At the Gift Gallery at the Delaplaine this month: Ellen Mansfield The Downtown Frederick Artwalk is a program of the Downtown ...
Find inspiration in the musical stylings of Alex Brubaker, a Lancaster-based guitarist who utilizes melodic elements of fingerstyle guitar with rhythmically driving percussive hits, two-hand tapping, and elements of live ...
Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine's Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. FEB 15 TO APR 15: Explore geometric vs. organic shapes, inspired by Nonggirrnga Marawili, our winter Artist of Inspiration In addition, a video for one of the ...
Cast off your preconceived ideas about abstract painting in acrylics to improve your design, expand your artistic knowledge, and enhance your painting skills! Develop your own style and approach to abstracts in an open studio format with light instruction. Students should have basic painting experience. Supply list will be included with confirmation.
Create your own set of nesting bowls as you explore soft slab handbuilding techniques in this three-week workshop. Roll and cut out the base and walls, join them together, and decorate to personalize your one-of-a-kind creations. Tuition includes all supplies, as well as kiln loading and firing.
Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. ...
Professor, researcher, and curator Dr. Henry Skerritt joins us for a talk on the history and influence of our winter Artist of Inspiration, Nonggirrnga Marawili, a celebrated Australian Yolngu painter ...
Using a palette of only four colors (based on the Anders Zorn palette), explore the range of tone and hue that mixing will allow. A limited palette creates color harmony and is also a more efficient and cheaper way to paint. Class will start with a mixing exercise to create a color chart. After you ...
Explore the wonders of printmaking on a smaller scale while working with small linocut blocks and mini eraser prints. Create relief printing blocks to be printed during the Saturday workshop and also taken home for continued use in mixed media ventures, scrapbooking, and card making. You will also learn about and have the opportunity to ...
Discover the magic of throwing clay on the pottery wheel and learn as you are guided through the fundamentals of wheel throwing in this one-afternoon workshop. Whether you are a beginner or looking to refine your skills, learn to center, pull, and shape clay into beautiful vessels. Join us for an afternoon of fun and ...
Discover a variety of watercolor material applications to develop various outcomes to be used in personal work. In this weekend workshop, collage and image transfer techniques will also be shared to explore mixed media approaches for resolved art works. All skill levels welcome. Tuition includes all supplies.
Explore a variety of experimental approaches to observational and inventive drawing in this Saturday workshop open to all skill levels. A wide variety of contour drawing techniques, layering processes, and drawing materials will be examined. You will be encouraged to utilize the still life as subject matter, as well as a departure point for abstract ...
Explore taking a simple still life photograph and transform it into an abstract or impressionist image through the use of long exposure and camera movement in this afternoon workshop. All skill levels welcome. Bring your smartphone with the Slow Shutter Cam app installed.