Paper Stencil Printing
2023-08-26 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Cost: $80 + $20 material fees.
Location: Studio 10
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Participants will cut out images and create negatives and stencils to create original prints from cardstock paper. Participants will arrange the stencils and plan for what they would like to create as a print. Participants will also be using squeegee brushes to print the stencils onto paper and create images.
Open to all levels! Register Here>>

National Historic Landmark Tour
2023-09-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Step out of time into the fantasy architecture and lush gardens of Greater Orlando’s only National Historic Landmark, the Maitland Art Center. Now home to the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Maitland Art Center was founded in the 1930s by visionary artist J. André Smith as an artists’ retreat. On this guided walking tour, you’ll pass thousands of sculptures, carvings, and murals while hearing fascinating stories about the history they represent. This tour is appropriate for all ages but recommended for ages 13 and up.
This tour is offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays + 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month, except holidays.

If you are an A&H member, this event is free! Just enter the code from your membership card at checkout. If you’d like to become a member of A&H and enjoy all the exciting free and discounted programming offered to our members, visit here
Los tours en español se ofrecen el último sábado de cada mes: obtener entradas

Space is limited. Advance registration is required, and includes admission to the 3 main campus museums >>

Accordion Bookmaking
2023-09-09 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!
Open to all levels! Register Here>>

Opening Reception: (Un)Common Bond
2023-09-15 18:30 - 21:00 | FL
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with live music, delicious food, a cash bar, and our featured artists on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus! This exhibition will feature the photography and audio/visual work of Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher from their time as Artists in Residence here at the Art and History Museums of Maitland. Get your tickets here>>
About the exhibition: Since 2021, photographer Monica Frisell and audio recorder/editor Adam Scher (self-described “collectors of faces and stories”) have been zigzagging across the country in The Ark, amassing an audiovisual archive which they call Portrait Of US. The stories are garnered from people based in both rural and urban communities, each one a snapshot of one ordinary person but which when threaded together, produce a mosaic of community life and what binds us together, collectively, as Americans.
Just some of the topics that have been entrusted to and captured by Frisell and Scher for their now 250-and-counting portrait portfolio include: grappling with health problems or issues of sexual or cultural identity and body image; dealing with grief or the pressures of starting a business or becoming a parent; handling the impact of addiction, sobriety, faith or politics; what binds a person historically to a place; and just recalling important personal memories, such as a first kiss…
As Frisell explains, “Many folks seem to derive relief from the experience – particularly after the isolation of the Pandemic – the project provides a moment for people to feel seen and heard, albeit by two seeming strangers.”

Tour de Monumento Histórico Nacional (Tour in Spanish)
2023-09-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Salte fuera de tiempo y entra a la arquitectura de fantasía y los exuberantes jardines del único Monumento Histórico Nacional en la gran ciudad de Orlando – el Maitland Art Center. Ahora hogar de los Art & History Museums of Maitland, el Maitland Art Center fue fundado en 1939 por el artista y visionario J. André Smith como un retiro de artistas. En este tour guiada a pie, pasarás por miles de esculturas, tallas y murales mientras escuchas los cuentos fascinantes sobre la historia que representan. Este tour es apropiado para todas edades pero se recomienda para mayores de 13 años.

Si eres miembro de A&H, ¡este evento es gratuito! Simplemente ingrese el código de su tarjeta de membresía al momento de pagar. Si desea convertirse en miembro de A&H y disfrutar de toda la emocionante programación gratuita y con descuento que se ofrece a nuestros miembros, visite aquí
Este tour se ofrece en inglés cada primer y tercer sábado y segundo y cuarto jueves, encuentre boletos aquí

registrarse aquí >>

Kitchen Lithography Printmaking
2023-09-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Cost: $80 + $20 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.
Participants will be using household items to learn how to make lithography prints. Each participant will receive a sheet aluminum foil mounted to plexiglass or mat board and a sharpie to draw images on. Once students have finalized their image, they will use coca cola to “etch” the plate, rinse with water, dry, and apply canola oil then buff into the place. They can begin the inking to plate, run it through the press or create a rubbing with a wooden spoon.
This workshop will provide participants with an idea of how the process of lithography works with a low stakes and low cost approach. Each person leaves with a new skill and prints.
Open to all levels! Register Here>>

(Un)Common Bond
2023-09-16 11:00 - 2023-11-05 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
This exhibition will feature the photography and audio/visual work of Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher from their time as Artists in Residence here at the Art and History Museums of Maitland. Plan your visit here>>
About the exhibition: Since 2021, photographer Monica Frisell and audio recorder/editor Adam Scher (self-described “collectors of faces and stories”) have been zigzagging across the country in The Ark, amassing an audiovisual archive which they call Portraits of US. The stories are garnered from people based in both rural and urban communities, each one a snapshot of one ordinary person but which when threaded together, produce a mosaic of community life and what binds us together, collectively, as Americans.
Just some of the topics that have been entrusted to and captured by Frisell and Scher for their now 250-and-counting portrait portfolio include: grappling with health problems or issues of sexual or cultural identity and body image; dealing with grief or the pressures of starting a business or becoming a parent; handling the impact of addiction, sobriety, faith or politics; what binds a person historically to a place; and just recalling important personal memories, such as a first kiss…
As Frisell explains, “Many folks seem to derive relief from the experience – particularly after the isolation of the Pandemic – the project provides a moment for people to feel seen and heard, albeit by two seeming strangers.”

Little Creatives and Me
2023-09-20 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-10-18 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-11-15 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-12-20 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.

Free Fall Family Day at A&H + Paper Lantern Family Art Workshop
2023-10-07 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the colors of a new season with a family art workshop, face painting, scavenger hunt, and free admission to three museums!
Bring your whole family to say goodbye to summer and hello to autumn at our Fall Family Day!
As the new season unfolds, the fall days, touched by less sunlight, wake up new colors in nature! When the green in leaves begins to fade, new colors like red, yellow, orange and fuchsias are revealed! The warm glow of sunlight and rich palette of colors make for a truly beautiful season!
Surrounded by artists’ studios in our main garden, families will dive deep into the colors of the season at our watercolor paper lantern workshop! We’ll explore blending fall colors on our lantern canvas, and then capture the fading daylight of fall by decorating our lanterns with glittering papers, shiny confetti, golden sequins, wonderful beads and iridescent ribbons!
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 fall by playing with the colors and golden light of the season!
We’ll have more surprises too, like a fall themed scavenger hunt, face painting and free admission to all of our museums! The family art workshop is recommended for ages 4 and up, and under 4 with parental help!
Space and art supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today!
Our Fall Family Day is free of charge and sponsored by Massey Services.
Click here to get tickets>>

Accordion Bookmaking
2023-10-07 11:00 - 15:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, October 7 | 11 AM – 3 PM
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.
A book is simply whatever goes between two covers. In this workshop, participants will create books from folding paper in certain arrangements. Ryan will teach the different types of accordion folds, and even demonstrate using one of his own drawings by turning it into a book with cutting and folding. He will also show the variety of accordion book types and how they can be displayed as sculptural books. Open to all levels!
Register Here>>

Experimental Drawing
2023-10-14 10:00 - 2023-10-21 14:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
October 14 & October 21 @ 10 AM – 2 PM
Instructor: Gisela Romero
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $240 + $15 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 2-day workshop that takes place across 2 non-consecutive Saturdays: October 14th and October 21st.
Explore the possibilities of drawing from the observation of what surrounds us. Expand the limits of traditional drawing by using different techniques, materials, surfaces, and formats. Learn to observe what surrounds us. Communicate ideas and emotions through drawing experimentation. Lose fear of the blank sheet, and produce a short series of drawings. Learn about contemporary artists who use drawing as a means of expression.
Open to all levels!
Register Here>>

Paper Stencil Printing
2023-10-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, October 21 | 11 AM – 2 PM
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Maitland Art Center, Studio 10
Cost: $80 + $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 cut cardstock paper to create negatives and stencils for prints. You will arrange the stencils and plan their print layout. Participants will use squeegee brushes to press their stencils onto paper and create images. This workshop gives an understanding of how to use positive or negative imagery when engaging with printmaking.
Register Here>>

A&H Book Club: October Meeting
2023-10-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the A&H Members-Only 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 to join us here >>
At October’s meeting, we’ll be discussing The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father, and Me, by Emily Urquhart.
Book Club meetings are just $5 (which includes snacks and sodas). 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.

A&H Conversations: Katie Benson on André Smith
2023-10-25 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. This month we take a deeper look at our founder, J. André Smith, his prolific artworks, and the eclectic vision that drove him to create the Maitland Art Center, with A&H Exhibitions Manager Katie Benson.
J. André Smith was an architect, a theatre professional, master printmaker, painter, sculptor, and so much more. A decorated veteran of World War I, Smith’s leg was amputated as a result of an injury suffered during his military service. In the late 1930s he determined that Maitland, FL was the ideal place for his dream of an artists’ retreat devoted to creative experimentation and began construction of his Research Center (known today as the Maitland Art Center). Now home to the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Maitland Art Center is Central Florida’s only National Historic Landmark, renowned for its unique architecture and more than 2,000 sculptures, carvings, and murals.
Smith was a passionate forward-thinker in his time, practicing a form of Episcopalian Christianity inspired by Humanist ideals and the many philosophies and religions he encountered during his travels. He was outspoken against racial bias, featuring images of multiracial citrus workers as well as nearby Eatonville, FL (one of the first self-governing all-black municipalities in the USA) prominently in his work and befriending famous author/anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, creating a sketch for her vision of a “Folklore Village.” In his lifetime, Smith not only pushed boundaries with his own art, but encouraged many other influential artists to do the same.
A&H Conversations occur during our Last Wednesday event hours, which run from 5:30-8pm. Every Last Wednesday we open up after hours, provide a bar, and offer free admission to our gallery.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Art History and International Relations from the University of North Florida, Katie Benson began her time at the A%H as a Museum Attendant. Benson quickly became enamored with the history and artistry of the Art Center, and quickly began personal research projects to discover more. Five years later, Benson now holds the title of Exhibitions Manager and is charged with the care of the permanent collection, assisting the Curatorial team, and the management of the priceless history the campus holds.
Register here (it’s free!) >>

A Taste of Marbling on Paper and Silk Scarves
2023-10-26 09:30 - 16:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
October 26 @ 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM or October 26 @ 1 PM – 4 PM
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $95 + $30 material fee
You can register for this workshop in the morning from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM or in the afternoon from 1 PM – 4 PM.
Marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and success! Peggy Wertheim teaches traditional marbling using acrylic paints floating on carrageenan to create intricate traditional marbled designs. You will create marbled papers which can be incorporated into greeting cards, scrapbooking, collages, framed art, journal covers, etc. You will also create a silk scarf.
Peggy Wertheim is a surface design artist in the forms of marbling, silk painting, batik, shibori, and complex dyeing. She has exhibited at hundreds of juried and invitational shows and galleries in a career spanning 45 years.
Bring your love of art, your creativity, and your curiosity. Everything else is included in the materials/kit fee.
Morning: Register here>>
Afternoon: Register here>>

Kitchen Lithography Printing
2023-11-04 11:00 - 15:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Saturday, November 4 | 11am-3pm
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $80 + $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, 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!
Register >>

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 >>

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.
Register >>

(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.

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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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!

Click here to get tickets>>

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!
Register here>>

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.
RSVP here >>

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.
Register Here>>
*Graphic Art by Ryan Price

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.
Register here >>

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.
