Plein Air Easton, the largest and most prestigious plein air festival in the nation, just completed its celebrated 15th year. It is widely recognized that a huge part of that success is a result of strong community support for the event and remarkably diverse partnerships between the event’s producer, the Avalon Foundation, Friends of Plein […]
The Local Color Art Show, sponsored by the Working Artists Forum (WAF), with the support of the Avalon Foundation and Plein Air Easton, is pleased to announce the award winning artists in this year’s show. The show, held over the weekend from July 19th through Sunday the 21st in the Crystal Ballroom of the Tidewater Inn, […]
EASTON, MD – The Talbot Young Professionals, a committee of the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, presented the Take the Helm program with a $2,000 check, from proceeds from their 3rd Annual Paddle-Jam event. Take the Helm is a program of the YMCA of the Chesapeake that uses the art of wooden boat-building to help […]
Join the artists for the opening ceremonies of Local Color on Friday, July 19th at Noon. Local Color Show and Sale is an art show sponsored by the Working Artists Forum (WAF), with the support of the Avalon Foundation and Plein Air Easton. It is held through July 21st during Easton Plein Air Art Competition. Artists juried into the show […]
EASTON, Md. – The inaugural Easton Arts District Culture Crossing will be held on Saturday, July 13, from noon to 4 p.m. Culture Crossing is an artisan’s summer showcase celebrating the diversity of Easton’s neighborhoods. It is the first event being presented by the Easton Arts District. Maryland Secretary of Commerce Kelly M. Schulz recently announced […]
July 2019- Our office is happy to announce the State’s choice of Easton as its newest Arts & Entertainment District. The new Easton Arts District, covering large parts of the Easton Historic District and outlying neighborhoods, will provide dramatic tax and marketing benefits to artists and arts organizations that sell or create artwork, perform music […]
Troika Gallery, in close partnership with The Avalon Foundation, is proud to present two outstanding speaking events during The Plein Air Festival. On Thursday, July 18, 2019, at 7 pm, Making the Met: Behind the Scenes through 150 Years of History at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Dr. Andrea Bayer, Deputy Director of Collections and Administration […]
The Trippe Gallery, located on Harrison Street, is poised to celebrate its sixth anniversary at its current location in November 2019. What began in 2011 as a collaboration of studio and gallery space between two artist friends, fine art photographer Nanny Trippe and watercolor painter Don Hilderbrandt, has evolved into one of the Eastern Shore’s […]