In 1990 only 15 galleries participated in the first Annapolis Art Walk. Annapolis has grown to become an 'arts destination' and a city known for its beautiful places for artists to paint.

The Annapolis Galleries will have new yellow banners at their doorways to help you spot them. Start at any gallery you wish. Maps for the Art Walk are available at all 22 venues.

West Annapolis Art Works

4 Annapolis Street

410-295-7045

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801 Chase Street

410-263-5544

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67 Maryland Avenue

410-263-9150   

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On Exhibit: August 16- Sept. 30

Demonstration: Kathy Daywalt linocuts -  Kathy will give a power point presentation of the intricate process for one of her reduction linocut prints.

 Exhibition: “Gifts for All Seasons”
Linocuts of florals and mermaids by Maryland artist, Kathy Daywalt.

Her series of 12 floral linocuts, one for each month, will be exhibited for the first time. This is a project Daywalt has been working on for almost 3 years. The reduction linocut process is considered one of the most challenging of print mediums.

45 Maryland Avenue

410-263-8282   

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On Exhibit: Warren Photography

The gallery is hosting a special exhibit of Marion Warren gelatin silver photographs.

Maria's will also demonstrate the process of custom framing. Serving light refreshments...

39 Maryland Avenue

410-268-2425   

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The gallery is hosting an exhibit by seven artists.

American painters: Robert Knudsen, Barbra Gruber and Elaine Zelano
Russian painters: brother and sister, Ivan and Ekaterena Kugach
Chinese figurative artist Xue Gien Xin, who uses the painting alias of Simon, recently completed oil paintings by this master of genre paintings of the Chinese people and their culture.

Serving refreshments

18 State Circle

410-268-4566

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 Exhibition in Main Gallery: American Landscapes National Juried Exhibition

August 20 – September 19,
Reception August 29, 3-6pm

The Maryland Federation of Art presents "American Landscapes," a national juried exhibition, selected by Ann Schafer, assistant curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

MFA Annex Gallery at 14 State Circle will feature more events and demonstrations - see below

14 State Circle

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Demonstration:

Rebecca Snure of Nectar Silks will be doing a serti silk painting demonstration.

Desiree Scherini will be doing a pastel demonstration.

40 State Circle

410-268-6153

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Demonstration:
We are excited to announce that Quirk-n-Bach Pottery will be making their debut at Annapolis Pottery for Artwalk 2010. Kristin Quirk Clevenger and Cameron Bach began their pottery careers as production potters for Annapolis Pottery over 15 years ago. With what they learned, they decided to strike out on their own and open a studio located in the Annapolis area.  

Their specialty is functional  stoneware and earthenware pottery in multiple glaze colors and styles. They will be demonstrating in our studio for the evening.  

Exhibition:
Todd’s Dirt Seasoning, made in Severna Park, can be sampled during the event in many of the serving pieces that Quirk-n-Bach Pottery makes.  Once you try these seasonings and pottery, you will be hooked on some hometown wonders!

Exhibition:  “Annapolis in Full Color” 

Richard Harryman will be in attendance. His new show will feature oil paintings of Annapolis City Dock, historic landmarks around the town and views of local ‘color.’

215 Main Street

410-267-7077

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Demonstration by:  Stewart White

On Exhibit: “Winning Watercolors” August 19 - 31

 Award winning Maryland painter Stewart White has won numerous awards at the Paint Annapolis plein air event; he won the Grand Prize in the Easton Plein Air in 2009. This June he competed in the Carmel, CA, taking home the Best Watercolor award. He will demonstrate and discuss his watercolor techniques.

Stewart’s background in architecture gives him an understanding of line, proportion, geometry and an appreciation of space and light that shows up in his fine art works.  White studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and graduated from UC Berkeley with a BFA. He works as an architectural illustrator and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA).

Live guitar music by Tim Kolberg to entertain guests.

“My Imagination”
Now in its third year at McBride Gallery, by popular demand, the gallery will be installing below the chair rail an exhibit of new entries by children age 3 to 18 for the Annual Annapolis Art Walk attendees to enjoy. The artwork is to be on paper, size 8.5” x 11” (unframed)  all mediums accepted from pastels to finger paintings, crayon or magic marker, even computer art is welcome. Entry forms are available at the gallery when the art is delivered (August 13 – 19).  Artwork is to be picked up August 27 – 31.

League of MD Craftsmen

189-B Main Street

410-626-1583 

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Demonstration: Jane Tukarski

Exhibition: “An Endangered Artform”  by Jane Tukarski, August 1 – 31

 Nationally recognized scrimshander Jane Tukarski of Crofton, Maryland, will be demonstrating engraving on fossil ivory at the Art Walk.   Using only legally obtained ivory and bone ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 years old found in a glacial till, Tukarski works to perpetuate this indigenous American folk art that originated during the whaling era of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caroyn Council, noted painter will exhibit her paintings of Annapolis and share her watercolor techniques.

161 Main Street

410-280-8840

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Exhibition: Group exhibit featuring 6 contemporary painters
Paula Stark, an encaustic artist will show her landscapes which she describes as ‘Conversations with Landscape’.  

Artists: Bryce Hammond, Signe Grushovenko, Dawn Rentz, Jason Mitcham and John Westmark will exhibit oil and mixed media paintings.

Demonstration:  Image selection, cropping, mounting, matting, framing and final finishing before installation of fine art photographs.

Exhibition:
“AMERICANNAPOLIS” is the gallery collection for Annapolis image collectors…including landmarks, nocturnal vistas of the city & waterways, lightning and extreme weather events, and every aspect sailing.

This collection comprises 2/3rds of the current inventory…all professionally mounted, matted and framed in our own production studio on Back Creek. Other images from across the U.S., and from around the world exploit the grain, blur, natural color and light reminiscent of the impressionists….nothing is retouched, photo-shopped or altered in any way.

57 West Street

410-269-6161    

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Demonstration:  Judith Fulmer and 3 area artists will paint en plein air on the sidewalk in front of the gallery.

Exhibition:
For Artwalk 2010, Whitehall Gallery will have artist Judith Fulmer demonstrating her plein air painting on West Street.  Fulmer is one of five female artists whose work will be featured at the gallery between August 10 and 31st.  

The other four artists are:  Linda Hall, a local photographer focusing on waterscape Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay; Cheri Coulter, whose work in the show features her waterscape abstractions; Nancy Davis, a contemporary impressionist who has selected several exquisite figure paintings for the show; and Jing Ji Chen, whose traditional ink and watercolor paintings have the expressive Zen brush technique of the old Chinese masters.

"Cherries for Picking" by Nancy Davis

55West Street

410-280-1414

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What was once the Slama Shoe Store back in the 1930's is about to open its doors as The Annapolis Collection Gallery II.

Don't miss the windows displaying several pictures, maps and books of old Annapolis, some dating back as far as the 1880's.

Marion Warren photograhs will be available. Framed images of Old Annapolis this one of the Old Spa Creek Bridge, circa 1887-1897.

49 West Street

410-626-9796

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Exhibition:  XXL B&W Show

August 1 – September 30, 2010

Vintage Photographs courtesy of The Annapolis Collection Gallery

45West Street

410-280-1414

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Demonstrations by:

Ann Munro Wood, Greg Harlin and Rob Wood

Inside the gallery, Rob Wood will be painting a watercolor landscape, while Greg Harlin visits with several young children as each create their own art on a watercolor tablecloth that covers the 14 foot long table in the center of the gallery.

Children of all ages are invited to the table. Watercolors and brushes are supplied by the gallery and the artist.

From the front window guest can watch as artist
Ann Munro Wood works on her oil painting of
John Paul Jones.

3 Church Circle

410-990-4540

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ARTFX will unexpectedly not be open for the Art Walk.

Come visit during regular hours and see all the new paintings and fine craft arrivals by our artists.

The Gallery is located directly across the street from the front doors of St. Anne’s Church.

Exhibit of some of the country's finest art glass artists including new beautifully shaped bowls by Rick and Janet Nicholson from their recent series of landscape designs. The Nicholson are noted California artists.

Demonstration: Sharon Littig

Exhibition: “Dock Street Live”

Annapolis artist Sharon Littig will show her most recent paintings in an exhibit called “Dock Street Live,” scenes from trips to the Cape, views along Spa Creek and the Annapolis City Dock.  

She will demonstrate painting ‘en plein air’ just outside the gallery door beside the harbor.  Sharon is a well-known painter, art teacher and a founder of the "Paint Annapolis" annual plein air event.

Summer Morning, Murray Hill
Oil 18 x 14 by Sharon Littig

419 Fourth Street

410-268-2898

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Marion Warren’s original photographs of Eastport & selected vintage images he  and his daughter, Mame Warren, collected for their book The Train’s Done Been and  Gone: An Annapolis Portrait, 1859-1910. Limited quantities of the rare out-of-print book are available for purchase.

The Eastport Gallery is the Official Home of the Marion E. Warren Photography Collections.

The Quiet Waters Park galleries are not open the evening of the Annapolis Art Walk, but we encourage you to visit the current exhibition during the day.

Exhibition:
In 2010, Quiet Waters Park and The Friends of Quiet Waters Park will be celebrating twenty years of bringing art to the Annapolis area through exhibitions in the Visitors Center galleries, including displays by the finest professionals, as well as outreach programs featuring the works of budding artists of the area.

For this special retrospective exhibition, the galleries will feature art of varied genres from over one-hundred past exhibitors, some of whom have created works especially for this event. Visitors to the park can also enjoy seventeen sculptures installed throughout the park as well as the Shona sculpture - part of the park’s permanent collection located in the Dogwood Gallery on the upper level of the Visitors Center.

Visitors Center hours are 9-4, M-F and 10-4 on the weekends. The park is open dawn to dusk. The park and Visitors Center are closed on Tuesdays.