A&H - Art & History Museums Maitland

Historic Architecture Tour
2024-02-08 10:00 - 2024-02-22 10:45, 2024-02-08 10:00 - 2024-02-13 10:45, 2024-01-25 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-01-20 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-01-11 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-01-06 10:00 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
An exotic art adventure just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando! See more than 2,000 carvings, sculptures, & murals on a guided tour of the beautiful gardens & architecture of this National Historic Landmark.
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Kitchen Lithography Printing
2024-02-03 11:00 - 15:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $75 + $20 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Participants will be using household items to learn how to make lithographic prints. Students will receive aluminum foil mounted to a board, and a sharpie to draw with. Once participants have finalized their images, they will use cola to etch the plate. Next, they will rinse with water, dry, apply canola oil, and then buff the surface. Finally, students will create a rubbing with a wooden spoon or use the press.
This workshop will teach participants the process of lithography with a low-stakes and low-cost approach. Each person leaves with a new skill and prints. Open to all levels!
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A&H Conversations with Gisela Romero
2024-01-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
A&H Conversations invites lifetime learners like you to discuss fascinating topics anchored in Central Florida history, arts, and culture. New themes are presented monthly by visiting subject matter experts. This month, we’ll hear from gallery artist and two-time A&H Artist in Action Gisela Romero.
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Last Wednesday
2024-01-31 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Enjoy free gallery admission, grab a drink from our cash bar, and discover the beauty of our main garden after hours every Last Wednesday of the month. Jumpstart conversations with free tours of our current gallery exhibitions by our Chief Curator or a free lecture by a visiting expert in art or history every month from 6-7pm! Find your creative community every Last Wednesday at the Art & History Museums of Maitland.
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A Constant Goodbye: The Table Runner's Stories
2024-01-27 11:00 - 2024-04-14 16:00 | A&H’s Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
When artist Gisela Romero emigrated from her native country of Venezuela five years ago, she chose to take a table runner with her as her remembrance of home. In this powerful exhibition, the visual symbolism of the table runner becomes the basis for the story of Romero’s experience, along with her meditations on the experiences of all who are compelled to leave their home countries. Romero, now an American citizen, has constructed a compelling narrative through written texts, textiles, drawings, and installation. This exhibition examines the human drama of immigration by embodying the wide range of raw emotions that accompany individuals when they decide to leave their country of origin to start a new life. Plan your visit >>

Opening Reception: A Constant Goodbye
2024-01-26 18:30 - 21:00 | A&H’s Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with the artists, plus music by DJ Spreadsheets, food truck, a cash bar on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus.
Admission to this event is FREE! However, donations of any size are gratefully accepted with your order or at the event, to support our many free community programs!
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Traditional Materials/Contemporary Practice
2024-01-20 13:00 - 2024-01-21 16:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Eric Ondina
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $200 + $30 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
This is a consecutive 2-day workshop that takes place on Saturday and Sunday, January 20 & 21.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own paints? This dynamic workshop is aimed at painting students of all levels. During this immersive 2-day workshop, participants will learn how to craft their own personalized egg tempera blend, skillfully balancing viscous balsam, fossilized resin, egg yolk, and pigments. Delve deep into the confluence of tradition and innovation in painting. Participants will discover how to create these mediums from scratch, harnessing their flexibility, blending, and richness akin to oil with the versatility of aqueous mediums. Through hands-on exercises, explore the advantages of using these modified traditional materials, emphasizing both workflow improvements and cost-effectiveness. By the end of the first session, attendees will be equipped with the skills and inspiration to infuse historical methods into their modern practice, bridging eras and expanding artistic boundaries. With these foundations set in the second day of the workshop attendees will then execute a small painting of their own choosing of subject matter that integrates these methods, thereby underscoring the powerful synergy between the past and present in art.
Eric Ondina is known for his unique modification and adaptation of age-old techniques in contemporary painting will demystify his signature formulas from ground to paint.
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Little Creatives and Me
2024-01-17 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-12-20 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-11-15 10:00 - 23:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Songs, stories and art time, especially for babies and toddlers and their very special person.
Join us in the main garden on the historic grounds of the Art & History Museums. We’ll have a themed circle and story time plus an art activity especially for littles! A snack will be provided too. Recommend age: under 3, and their very special person (parent, grandparent, caregiver). Older siblings are always welcome!
Space is limited and registration will close 2 days before the program date. Register>>
Please arrive about 5 minutes early to give yourself time to park and walk over to the main garden. We will begin promptly at 10 am. If you’d like, please bring a picnic blanket for your family.
This program is brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums of Maitland.

Accordion Bookmaking
2024-01-13 11:00 - 14:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Cost: $105 + $25 material fees.
Location: The Cottage at Lake Lily
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
A book is simply whatever goes between two covers. In this workshop participants will create books from folding paper in certain arrangements. Instructor will demonstrate the different types of accordion folds, and even demonstrate using one of his own drawings by turning it into a book by cutting and folding it. He will also show the variety of types of accordion books and how they can be displayed as sculptural books.
Participants will be able to create original accordion books. You are encouraged to bring your own drawings to create folded books or you can create books that are blank inside. Leave with a new approach to book arts and a new book!
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Girl Scout Day at the Art & History Museums of Maitland
2024-01-13 08:00 - 14:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Calling all girls (grades K-5) PLUS Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors! You’re invited to step into the fantastical world of artist, master printmaker and architect Jules Andre’ Smith at the Art & History Museums of Maitland.
Become inspired on a mini-tour of our National Historic Landmark Campus, where you’ll see some of Andre’s 2500 concrete reliefs adorned on buildings, doorways, walkways and gardens. Our tour ends in our main garden, surrounded by a dozen artist studios that Andre’ built nearly 100 years ago as an artist colony for visiting artists to live and work together in this creative and magical space.
In the “plein air” (open-air) of our garden, you’ll learn about the fine art of printmaking! You’ll discover the tools to create a collagraph print, and then create your own art print inspired by our beautiful garden, Andre’s concrete reliefs, or your own imagination! Girls will be able to explore collage materials, make a plate, ink a plate, and pull a print!
Girls will receive an “Exclusive” Fun Patch, complements of the Art & History Museums and Girls Scouts of Citrus!
This program was created with the Girl Scouts of Citrus to satisfy all the requirements for the Girl Scout Outdoor Art Badge at your child’s level (badges avilable from your Girl Scout Troop Leader or the Girl Scouts of Citrus Shop)!
The cost is $10 per child and includes all the art supplies and $5 per adult. Please note, that this is not a drop off program. Parents and troop leaders will need to stay with their girls throughout the program, and due to the small capacity of the program, refunds are not available.
If you have any questions about our Girl Scout Day, please feel free to contact our education team at education@artandhistory.org.
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Traditional Materials / Contemporary Practice
2024-01-11 13:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Eric Ondina
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $200 + $30 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
This is a consecutive 2-day workshop that takes place on Saturday and Sunday, May 11 & 12
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own paints? This dynamic workshop is aimed for all levels of painters. During this immersive 2-day workshop, participants will learn how to craft their own personalized egg tempera blend of paints, skillfully balancing viscous balsam, fossilized resin, egg yolk, and pigments. Delve deep into the confluence of tradition and innovation in painting. Participants will discover how to create these mediums from scratch, harnessing their flexibility, blending, and richness akin to oil with the versatility of aqueous mediums. Through hands-on exercises, explore the advantages of using these modified traditional materials, emphasizing both workflow improvements and cost-effectiveness. By the end of the first session, attendees will be equipped with the skills and inspiration to infuse historical methods into their modern practice, bridging eras and expanding artistic boundaries. With these foundations set in the second day of the workshop attendees will then execute a small painting of their own choosing of subject matter that integrates these methods, thereby underscoring the powerful synergy between the past and present in art.
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Free Spring Family Day
2024-01-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Bring the whole family for themed art workshops, face painting, a scavenger hunt, sketching in the garden, and free entry to all three exciting museums on our National Historic Landmark campus!
This event is free to the public thanks to a partnership with our generous sponsor, Massey Services.
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Last Wednesday
2024-01-02 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

A&H Book Club: December Meeting
2023-12-17 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the A&H Book Club! Join A&H Director of Advancement Jessi VanPelt every other month to share your opinions on fascinating topics in the realms of art and history in our beautiful Mural Room. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next. RSVP for our December meeting here >>
This month we will discuss The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever, by Prudence Peiffer. “For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art.”
“Just a note to say a big THANK YOU for book club. It is such an oasis for me in the desert of my life!” -Beth, Book Club member
Book Club meetings are just $5 (which includes refreshments). Space is limited so you must register in advance. If you’re not a current A&H member, you must join or renew before Book Club date. Membership payments cannot be accepted at the event.
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org.

Free Family Day
2023-12-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Bring your whole family to welcome a new season at our Winter Family Day, including a winter-themed Family Art Workshop!
Surrounded by artists’ studios in our main garden, families will use their imaginations to create small world landscapes using clay and natural materials at our Wintery Clayscapes Family Art Workshop! Children will hand-build their very own mini winter wonderlands with clay, twigs, pinecones, seaglass, seashells, mono-printed papers, beads, snowflake sequins, “snow” confetti, paints and other tiny treasures from our garden!
A&H’s Maitland Art Center was originally built in 1937 as an artists’ colony and named the Research Studio. Our founder, artist J. Andre’ Smith, had a dream that all artists creating in this space would experiment with art, and we can’t think of a more fun way to celebrate winter then by sculpting our own mini winter wonderlands on our National Historic Landmark Campus!
We’ll have more surprises too, like a winter themed scavenger hunt, face painting and free admission to three museums! Our family art workshop is recommended for ages 4 and up, and under 4 with parental help!
Space and art supplies are limited (one clayscape per child, while supplies last), so sign up today!
Our Winter Family Day is free of charge and sponsored by Massey Services.
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Automatic Drawing
2023-12-09 11:00 - 14:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, December 9 | 11am-2pm
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Maitland Art Center, Studio 10
Cost: $65 + $10 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
No drawing experience is required! Open to all levels! Automatic drawing is a technique named and commonly used by the Surrealists. It involves the artist directly and randomly moving the pen or drawing tool with no preconceived image or plan. This technique is similar to what writers termed, “Stream of consciousness” writing, where through a mental shift drawing automatically allows participants let their subconscious flow through their hands.
Participants will be encouraged to draw their heart’s content out, and learn to unshackle themselves from hesitation. We control the anxiety of being confronted by a blank sheet using a low-stakes process like drawing. Participants will learn how to engage their subconscious as a means of express what lies under the surface of the mind. Students will create many drawings using different materials to get them out of their heads and their comfort zones. You will learn about processes like automatism, frottage, and responsive drawing.
Take your drawing utensil and move with rhythm or erraticism, write your name obsessively until it becomes maddening marks. Twist and turn the pencil or pen with the delicacy and grace of an angel and the brutish wickedness of a demon. Use this low-stakes practice as a way to get more comfortable with a material or tool. The drawing doesn’t ever have to be finished, it can be left as a single deposit of personal memory. There is no right or wrong way to practice automatic drawing.
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*Graphic Art by Ryan Price

Holiday Studio Show
2023-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 | FL
Enter through the Main Garden gate to enjoy this FREE event featuring music by the Dan Jordan Jazz Holiday Duo. We’ll have a bar with beer, wine and mixed drinks. You’re welcome to bring your own picnic foods and blankets to relax amongst the beautiful garden landscaping and historic architecture. Bring friends or a date — or make new friends with the creative community of Central Florida!
The Artist in Action studios will be open for visitors, along with some of our Art School classrooms. Chat with artists and art instructors while you stroll around campus, drink in hand!
We’ll have a table with museum store merch, so you can even do a little holiday shopping. Plus, 10+ Art School students will be selling their art in the Germaine Marvel Building during the event — for more shopping opportunities!
This FREE event is a gift to our community from A&H and our generous sponsor Stewardship Matters.
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Japanese Stitching/Bookmaking
2023-12-02 11:00 - 15:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, December 2 | 11am-3pm
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: The Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $105 + $25 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Participants will learn how to make a Japanese-style book. They will learn how to organize the materials needed for the book by sizing the paper and making the cover. The instructor will also be demonstrating how to thread the needle and stitch the pattern on an example book. After the demonstration, participants will practice their own stitching on computer paper before proceeding to work on their own books.
Learn about Japanese stitching for bookbinding, and leave with your own handmade sketchbook or journal! Open to all levels!
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You'll Never Guess What Happened at the Museum
2023-11-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
The Narrators! are excited to collaborate with the Art & History Museums of Maitland for an original project entitled, You’ll Never Guess What Happened at the Museum. This theatrical performance will feature original monologues and vignettes inspired by the artwork of André Smith and a few comedic museum-themed vignettes. Join the Narrators! for an evening of art and laughter!
Presented by CFCArts Narrators!

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Objects on a Table: New Approaches to Still Life
2023-11-18 12:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, November 18 | 12 PM – 4 PM
Instructor: Elizabeth Allen-Cannon
Location: The Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $90 + supply list
Open to all levels! In this workshop, participants will explore how past and present artists use still life as a site for formal experimentation, while drawing from art history and consumer culture. Working in drawing, painting, and collage (and some combination thereof), they will investigate themes such as vanitas, “real” vs. tromp l’oeil (fake), the artist’s vocabulary, and symbolic meaning.
We will reference the work of Juan Gris, Philip Guston, Mary Fedden, Lucas Blalock, and others. Through exposure to modern and contemporary art, students will learn new ways to approach still life in their own work. After watching a brief presentation introducing each theme, students will watch a demonstration by the instructor, and then complete a project in drawing, painting, and/or collage.
The class will complete three activities.
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(Un)Common Thread
2023-11-18 11:00 - 2024-01-07 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
(Un)Common Thread showcases the works of three significant and culturally diverse emerging and mid-career artists working in the medium of fiber art. Plan your visit here>>

Eugene Ofori Agyei is a ceramic sculptural artist and an educator originally from Ghana, now living in Gainesville, and a recent winner of The Pathways 2022: The Carlos Malamud prize from the Rollins Museum. He describes his work as, “memories, without voice yet want to be heard. I reveal these unspoken stories of beauty, migration, and my cultural history through my sculpture”.
The next artist is Alisha McCurdy Holzman. Primarily embodying sculptural and installation forms, McCurdy’s art borrows craft-based techniques that are familiar to Appalachia and the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania, where she grew up.
Jacob Z. Wan is the third artist. He defines himself as a contemporary book artist, crafting conceptual books and poetic fiber art to explore his identity, sexuality, and relationships as a Chinese-American gay man.

The artists’ unique personal stories and histories play a major role in the exhibition. The resulting conversations between their works will examine the overlap between environmental and social issues as well as the wide-ranging possibilities and applications of their overlapping mediums.

Lego Block Relief Printing
2023-11-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, November 18 | 11 AM – 2 PM
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Maitland Art Center, Studio 10
Cost: $75 + $20 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Participants will use Legos to create abstract designs. Use a brayer to ink your design, then do a rubbing with a wooden spoon or the press. For multicolor designs, the instructor will demonstrate how to create a registration for lining up the print on the paper.

This workshop teaches participants the basics of relief printmaking, using Legos to build designs. It is inclusive to those who may not have strong drawing skills but are interested in creating visual art. Each participants leaves with prints of their own, and new knowledge about printmaking. Open to all levels.
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Opening Reception: (Un)Common Thread
2023-11-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with music by DJ Nigel John, Ceylon Hut food truck, a cash bar, and our featured artists, on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus! This exhibition will feature Eugene Ofori Agyei, Alisha McCurdy Holzman, and Jacob Z. Wan. Plus, current Artist in Residence Soude Dadras will have an open studio during the event. Get your ticket here>>
About the exhibition: (Un)Common Thread showcases the works of three significant and culturally diverse emerging and mid-career artists working in the medium of fiber art. Eugene

Ofori Agyei is a ceramic sculptural artist and an educator originally from Ghana, now living in Gainesville, and a recent winner of The Pathways 2022: The Carlos Malamud prize from the Rollins Museum. He describes his work as, “memories, without voice yet want to be heard. I reveal these unspoken stories of beauty, migration, and my cultural history through my sculpture”.
The next artist is Alisha McCurdy Holzman. Primarily embodying sculptural and installation forms, McCurdy’s art borrows craft-based techniques that are familiar to Appalachia and the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania, where she grew up.
Jacob Z. Wan is the third artist. He defines himself as a contemporary book artist, crafting conceptual books and poetic fiber art to explore his identity, sexuality, and relationships as a Chinese gay man in the United States.

The artists’ unique personal stories and histories play a major role in the exhibition. The resulting conversations between their works will examine the overlap between environmental and social issues as well as the wide-ranging possibilities and applications of their overlapping mediums. Learn more about the exhibition here >>
