Category: Arts

Easton Arts & Entertainment news and updates

Sep 17
Academy Art Museum Announces Upcoming Exhibition: Bugatti: Reaching for Perfection

https://discovereaston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bugatti___piano__-540p.mp4 The Academy Art Museum announces its most ambitious exhibition to date, Bugatti: Reaching for Perfection, opening with a special gala preview on December 5, 2024. The exhibition will be open to the public on December 6, 2024, and run through April 13, 2025. It will feature rare automobiles, sculpture, and furniture by the Bugatti family, along […]

Sep 10
Academy Art Museum Announces 27th Annual Craft Show 

This year’s 27th annual Academy Art Museum Craft Show will be held on October 26 & 27 with a Preview Event on October 25. The show will feature a wide array of juried exhibitors, including established artists, returning favorites from years past and many more artists new to the show. Participating artists create work in […]

Sep 04
The Zebra Gallery Welcomes New Artists

The Zebra Gallery at 5 N Harrison Street in Easton is welcoming artist Erdmann “OERDY” Hummel whose work will be on display from October 1 through October 31 with an opening reception on Friday, October 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. to meet the artist. Hummel has an extraordinary story. While in prison in East […]

Aug 30
Chesapeake Film Festival Shares Insider Highlights of Upcoming Films and Events

After over 16 years, what makes the upcoming Chesapeake Film Festival in historic downtown Easton so unique? We asked Cid Collins Walker, the Festival’s Executive and Artistic Director to share some insider highlights: “Every year we task our Programming Committee with reviewing and rating hundreds of film submissions – this year over 200 films from […]

Aug 30
September Downtown Newsletter

The September Downtown Newsletter is here!

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Aug 29
Waterfowl Festival 2024: A Celebration of Art, Conservation, and Outdoor Adventure

The Waterfowl Festival, one of the nation’s premier events dedicated to the celebration of waterfowl and the natural environment, returns to Easton, Maryland, on November 8-10, 2024. The festival, now in its 53rd year, offers a diverse range of activities that highlight the art, culture, and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay region and beyond. Festival […]

Aug 27
Harvard Scholar to Speak on Frederick Douglass Day

On Saturday, September 28—Frederick Douglass Day—Harvard Fellow Keidrick Roy, Ph.D.,will speak at 1:00 p.m. in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library. Dr. Roy’ssubject will be his newest book, “American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of BlackLiberalism (Princeton University Press, September 2024). Roy received his doctorate from Harvard in 2022. His […]

Aug 16
Special Group Show at the Five Galleries in Historic Easton, Maryland

Washington Society of Landscape Painters Five Galleries in Easton New and exciting works will be featured by artist members of WSLP 38 of the activemembers work in the organization will be distributed among five prominent EastonGalleries. The works will be in a variety of mediums, including Oils, Watercolors,Pastels, Gouache and Cold Wax. The WSLP is […]

Aug 07
Local Artist Paints Iconic Waterfowl Festival Map

Local artist Maggii Sarfaty brought smiles of joy to the team working on the 53rd annual Waterfowl Festival logistics! Inspired by a map found in the archives, she updated an iconic Waterfowl Festival souvenir, the printed map. Thousands of visitors each year use the map to navigate the historic town of Easton, MD during the three-day festival. […]