A&H - Art & History Museums Maitland

Historic Architecture Tour
2024-02-22 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-03-02 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-03-07 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-03-16 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-03-21 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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Bookbinding: Japanese Stitching
2024-02-24 11:00 - 15:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
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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Last Wednesday
2024-02-28 17:30 - 20:00, 2024-03-27 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&H Conversations: The Tablerunner Series
2024-02-28 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 partner with Open Scene to present a reading of stories from Gisela Romero’s Tablerunner Stories.
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Silk Painting Galore
2024-03-06 10:00 - 15:30 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $125 + $30 materials fee
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
Discover, create, and explore the exciting techniques of Silk Painting. Everyone is successful! No experience is necessary. Students will learn to resist application, color blending, and mixing plus paint and salt techniques. You will create a Long Silk Scarf as a wearable or wall hanging. A wealth of design is provided as well as an extensive handout packet. Fun, easy, creative art form!
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Fun with Intro to Silk Painting
2024-03-07 10:00 - 12:30 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $75 + $30 materials fee
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
create fine radiant art on silk using the outline design Gutta Serti technique. This is an incredible artform where no mistakes can be made. Delve into resist application, color blending, salt techniques, and paint applications to create a 14” hooped silk painting. A wealth of design ideas and reference books are provided. No experience necessary! Everyone is successful!
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A Taste of Marbling on Paper and Silk Scarves
2024-03-07 13:30 - 16:30 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $110 + $30 materials fee
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
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 that can be incorporated into greeting cards, scrapbooking, collages, framed art, journal covers, etc. and you will also CREATE A SILK SCARF! Bring your love of art, your creativity & your curiosity – everything else is included in the materials/kit fee. You will leave with marbled paper and one silk scarf! Peggy Wertheim is a Surface Design Artist in the art forms of marbling, silk painting, batik, shibori, and complex dyeing spanning 45 years. She has exhibited at hundreds of juried and invitational shows and galleries.
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Automatic Drawing
2024-03-09 11:00 - 14:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Maitland Art Center, Studio 10
Cost: $60 + $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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Little Creatives and Me
2024-03-20 10:00 - 23:00, 2024-04-17 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.

A&H Conversations: Maitland Art Center Book Launch
2024-03-27 06:00 - 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, A&H Executive Director Danielle Thomas presents the new history book she authored, The Maitland Art Center: André Smith and the History of The Research Center.
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Historic Architecture Tour
2024-04-06 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-04-11 10:00 - 10:45, 2024-04-25 10:00 - 10:45 | 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.
$4-6, includes admission to 3 museums and grounds for the day / Free for members
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Experimental Drawing
2024-04-06 10:00 - 14:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
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: April 6 & 13
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!
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Bookbinding: Buttonhole Stitch Handbound Book
2024-04-09 13:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Silvana Martins
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $120 + $20 material fees.
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to bind a book by hand with a buttonhole stitch. Students will also learn to create decorative edges, measure, fold paper, punch holes, sew pages, glue, fold and cut the cover, The pages will have decorative edges, pockets inside the front and back covers, and the option of a ribbon closure. Open to all levels who are interested in learning how to make a hardbound book.
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Ancestor Studies/Creative Painting
2024-04-13 11:00 - 15:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Milo Davis
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $160 + $25 material fees.
This is a 2-day workshop that takes place across 2 consecutive Saturdays: April 13 & 20
Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the day of the workshop.
This is a two-part workshop where we will explore memory as a group and offer space for re-imagination or recollection of the past and remembering places and ancestors. Class participants are encouraged to attend with a family photo album, or a collection of photographs (digital or otherwise) they would like to reference during the duration of the workshop. This workshop requires beginning to intermediate experience in drawing and intermediate experience with acrylic paints, such as mixing, seeing, and understanding values. Tracing paper will be provided to participants to accommodate all levels of drawing experience.
In the first workshop, we will be sketching an image, referencing multiple points of reference (for example, a location of significance, a childhood photo of the artist, and a photo of an ancestor) or referencing a single photo/image and transferring it onto a 9×12” canvas or paper. In the following workshop, participants will use provided materials of their choice to study their selected image. Materials that will be provided:
Canvas/Paper, Colored pencil, Charcoal pencil, Matte medium, Charcoal, Winsor & Newton/Gamblin oil paint, Liquitex Acrylic paint, Liquin/Linseed oil.
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The Art Party
2024-04-13 18:00 - 22:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Join us for an immersive experience on the beautiful Maitland Art Center campus. At the third annual Art Party, guests will enjoy light bite food stations, cocktails, interaction with resident artists, live painting, live auction of art and unique experiences, fabulous silent auction, photo opportunities, and more – and take home exclusive swag along with memories of a unforgettable time. All proceeds benefit the Museums and our community outreach programs.
6-7pm VIP only | 7-10pm all
Tickets: general $70, VIP $165, VIP Table (seats 10) $1,600
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FREE Earth Day Family Day at A&H + Printed Tote Bag Family Art Workshop
2024-04-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Families are invited to celebrate our “home sweet home” at A&H’s FREE Earth Day Family Day PLUS Printed Tote Bag Family Art Workshop where children can play with colors and patterns while using paint to “print” their own tote bags with recycled objects! This art project is inspired by A & H’s founder, Jules Andre’ Smith – a master printmaker who loved experimenting with art, and we can’t think of anything more fun for Earth Day than creating reusable art with recycled materials!
We’ll have other Earth Day inspired craft stations too, plus coloring and still life tables! Families can also explore our campus, orignially built as an artist colony almost 100 years ago, with an Earth Day themed scavenger hunt. There will be other surprises too – like face painting and complimentary admission to two museums!
Our family art workshop is recommended for children ages 4 and over, and under 4 with parental help!
Space and art supplies are limited (one tote bag per child, while supplies last), so sign up today!
Earth Day Family Day is free of charge and sponsored by Massey Services.
Become a member of A&H to support free programs like Family Days, and receive free unlimited museum admission and so much more: artandhistory.org/membership
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Bookbinding: Japanese Stitching
2024-04-21 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: $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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Last Wednesdays at A&H
2024-04-24 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&H Conversations - From Chic to Nearly Extinct: The History of the Florida Audubon Society and the Fight to Save Florida’s Birds
2024-04-24 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. ✨
Presented in collaboration with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, this free talk discusses the rich history of the Florida Audubon Center in Maitland, Florida, and sheds light on continued efforts to preserve and protect Florida’s native bird population. 🦆
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Opening Reception: The View from Within
2024-04-26 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, delicious food for purchase from My V Spot, and the artists 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, in order to support our many free community programs! Get your free tickets here>>
About the exhibition: When one speaks of a view, they are speaking about a unique vantage point or perspective. The View from Within provides a rare opportunity to do just that, enabling the viewer to look within the lives of two emerging artists, Trinidadian artist Nneka Jones, and African American artist Shannon Elyse, into the fullness of their thoughts, motivations, and meditations on their artistic practice. This exhibition is a partnership between A&H and the Tampa (FL) Chapter of The Links, Inc., an international service organization established in 1946 that consists of more than 17,000 professional women of African descent. Both the artists and the works for this exhibition were selected by members of Tampa Chapter of The Links, Inc.
Art and photographs by the artists: Twilight by Shannon Elyse

Lego Block Relief Printing
2024-04-27 11:00 - 14:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Ryan Price
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $70 + $10 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 as bases to create abstract designs that they will then use a brayer to ink up and do a rubbing with a wooden spoon or run it through the press. For multicolor designs, the instructor will also demonstrate how to create a registration for lining up the print in the same area on the paper.
This workshop is designed to teach participants the basic ideas behind relief printmaking. Using the Legos to “build” your design broadens the audience to those who may not have strong drawing skills or background in the arts but are interested in printmaking. Each participant leaves with prints of their own and new knowledge about relief printmaking. Open to all levels!
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The View from Within
2024-04-27 11:00 - 2024-07-14 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
When one speaks of a view, they are speaking about a unique vantage point or perspective. The View from Within provides a rare opportunity to do just that, enabling the viewer to look within the lives of two emerging artists, Trinidadian artist Nneka Jones and African American artist Shannon Elyse Curry, into the fullness of their thoughts, motivations, and meditations on their artistic practice. This exhibition is a unique partnership between A&H and The Links, Incorporated, an international service organization established in 1946 that consists of more than 17,000 professional women of African descent. Both the artists and the works for this engaging exhibition were selected by members of The Tampa (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.
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About the artists:
Nneka Jones is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist who enjoys working in mixed media, embroidery, textiles, and paint exploring both large-scale mural work and small-scale, intimate pieces. The Trinidadian born artist produces thought-provoking artwork that comments on social and environmental injustice, and is a graduate of the University of Tampa.
One of her most notable achievements was a commission from TIME magazine to produce the cover artwork for the August 31st/ September 7th issue 2020. Her work has since been acquired by the Tampa Museum of Art, FL, Florida Craft Art Gallery, FL, The Ferman Center for the Arts, University of Florida, and many other private and public collectors. She uses her artwork as a tool to advocate for the protection of women and girls of color, and is most known for her realistic embroidered portraits with lasting impressions, but continues to be open and experimental in her practice.
Shannon Elyse Curry was born in Carmel, California. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art and Art History as an honors scholar at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. Moving around the globe as the daughter of a career Naval Officer shaped her art and creative sensibilities. Shannon is a jazz musician and vocalist, book cover illustrator, a muralist, painter, educator, and sought-after artist for exhibition and commissioned work. Shannon works in many artistic mediums and experiments with color and its place and influence in art spaces.
She has a passion for education and as a certified teacher in Art K-12 and ESE K-12, Shannon Elyse offers a wide variety of artistic and creative experiences tailored to both children and adults. Shannon has taught art and exceptional education for over ten years and is keenly focused on the benefits of artistic expression for students receiving exceptional education services. She has focused much of her work on intersections between the arts, art as therapy and student achievement. As a working artist, she has earned accolades exhibiting in various arenas throughout the United States, most recently, Reverberations at the James Wildlife Museum in collaboration with the Carter G. Woodson Museum of Florida and the Scarfone Gallery and the Tampa Museum of Art. In addition to exhibiting and work acquired by galleries, her work has been sold to private collectors around the world.
