Category: Press Releases

The Academy Art Museum teamed up with The Horn Point Laboratory for this year’s eARTh Arts Day Extravaganza at the Museum. Thirty-six children and adults took part in what was a busy and creative endeavor to create building projects from foam shapes, animal faces from cardboard boxes and shimmery fish from recycled CDs. For further […]

EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Open daily, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955 Through July 10 Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free Docent Tours: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. The exhibition and its […]

EASTON, Md. –Easton, Maryland has been designated as an accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street America programs to recognize their exemplary commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization […]

EASTON, MD (April 26, 2019) – Tidewater Inn wins bid of The Inn at 202 Dover at auction on April 25, 2019. Steeped in history and charm with roots tracing back 1712, the Tidewater Inn offers an unparalleled hospitality experience in the heart of downtown Easton. Located approximately one block from the Tidewater Inn, the addition […]

Easton, MD – The riveting, award-winning documentary, Moving Stories, screens Saturday, May 11 at 3 p.m. at the Talbot County Free Library, 100 W. Dover St., Easton, MD.  Moving Stories follows Battery Dance’s troupe in India, Romania, Korea, and Iraq as the professional dancers teach tools of choreography to at-risk youth through the Dancing to Connect program. The film captures the […]

Easton’s First Friday in May event features a Spring Group Show at Troika Gallery. A reception with hor ‘d oeuvres and libations on May 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. will accompany the new masterpieces by the gallery artists. Proudly presenting the art of Jorge Alberto, Kenn Backhaus, John Ebersberger, Carolyn Egeli, Deborah Elville, Laura […]

Easton, Maryland is a finalist for USA Today’s “Best Small Town Cultural Scene.” Each small town chosen has a population of fewer than 30,000 people. Easton may be a small town, but it packs a “big cultural punch.” The Talbot Historical Society Museum, Academy Art Museum, and Avalon Theatre are mentioned as ambassadors of the […]

Over twenty-five vendors will feature a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, flowers, dog treats, seafood (including oysters) kombucha, nursery plants and craft items at the opening of the historic Easton Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 13th, from 8am to 1pm. The Avalon Foundation sponsors the successful Farmers’ Market. “The Easton Farmers Market is […]

Audiences today generally know the career of Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) in three periods: the Sausalito, Albuquerque, Urbana, and “early Berkeley” periods of Abstract Expressionism; the Berkeley figurative/representational period; and lastly the famous Ocean Park and Healdsburg series of abstractions. Yet Diebenkorn’s earliest work remains very little known. The exhibition, Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955, will be […]

EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Star Democrat. Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955 April 26–July 10 Reception: Friday, April 26, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Free Docent Tours: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue aim to present a comprehensive view […]