2008 Show Schedule For email notification of upcoming shows:
"Nature's Splendor"
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| McBride Gallery opens the spring show season with a Solo Show for nationally known landscape artist, Michael Godfrey. The Wolftrap “Artist of the Year” in 2006, Godfrey has exhibited in numerous museum shows and won national awards for his paintings of the Rocky Mountains in the West to the marshes of the Chesapeake Bay in the East. |
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Michael Godfrey |
Michael Godfrey |
Carol Dyer and Lou Messa
Meet the Artists Reception
Sunday, April 27, 1 - 3pm
Exhibit: April 27 - May 11, 2008
| Carol Dyer, a celebrated Maryland folk artist paints vignettes of Annapolis’ history in her unique style: old city dock, an Eastern Shore farmers market and quaint harbor views across the country. Lou Messa is a Virginia painter of landscape and country themes painting barns with ‘Coca cola’ emblems, old hay rakes, vintage cars and even the occasional outhouse. |
Carol Dyer |
Lou Messa |
"The Young Impressionists: 5 Years Later"
Tim Bell
Stephen Griffin
Abigail McBride
Meet the Artists Reception
Sunday, June 8th 1 - 3pm
Exhibit: June 8 - June 22, 2008
| The American Impressionist movement is alive and well in Annapolis as a growing contingent of painters have embraced this style of painting. The ‘Young Impressionists’ first presented their paintings in 2003 in a highly regarded exhibit and will present their recent work to include scenes of the Chesapeake Bay and other painting venues - with a salute to the changes in their style and techniques in 5 years. |
Tim Bell |
Stephen Griffin |
Abigail McBride |
Meet the Artists Reception
Saturday, July 12th, 5 - 9pm
Exhibit: July 1 - July 31, 2008
| This exhibit will showcase scenes of Annapolis THEN and NOW. This show will feature McBride Gallery Artists and selected guest artists painting scenes of Annapolis from times in the past 300 years of its history and Annapolis as it looks today. A special exhibit of wood from The Maryland Liberty Tree that stood for over 400 years in Annapolis on St. John’s College campus will be on display at McBride Gallery. |

John Payne
Oil "The Picnic"
18th Annual
Exhibit and Demonstration
Featured Artist: Victor Nizovtsev
Meet the Artists Reception
Thursday, August 21, 2008.....5 - 9pm
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Group Theme Show
Meet the Artists Reception
September 14 1 - 3pm
September 14 - September 28, 2008
| This maritime themed exhibit will feature historic scenes on the Chesapeake Bay from battle scenes to steamboats that ferried passengers and freight prior to the Bay Bridge to the wildlife, marshes, small coves and inlets that define this extensive waterway. Artists will include: Eric Forsberg, Scott Cameron, Neil Harpe, Michael Kahn, Bill Schmidt, Jeremy Pearse, Michael Godfrey, Paula Waterman, John Bannon and more. |
Large Group Show
Featured Artist: Ed Hatch
Meet the Artists Reception
Sunday, October 26th 1 - 4pm
October 26 - Nov 9, 2008
Ed Hatch |
Ed Hatch |
Meet the Artists Reception
Sunday, November 23, 1 - 3pm
November 23 - December 30, 2008
| Two solo shows will run concurrently featuring Sandy Scott, a nationally reknown sculptor of wildlife bronzes and Paula Waterman, a noted Maryland painter of landscapes, marine scenes and wildlife in oil and scratchboard. |
Paula Waterman |
Sandy Scott Bronze |
*If you are travelling a distance to attend, please call to confirm the date and time.
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