A&H - Art & History Museums Maitland

National Historic Landmark Tour
2023-04-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-04-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-04-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-04-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | 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 >>

A&H Conversations: Carole d'Inverno
2023-04-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, 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 be in conversation with artist Carole d’Invierno, one of the two New York-based abstract painters in our gallery exhibition (Un)Common Light. Get your free tickets here>>
Carole d’Inverno’s work translates historical and geographical data from local communities into humanized abstractions. The resulting paintings and drawings naturally reflect the community and its people. Carole has been an Artist in Residence at the Art & History Museums of Maitland and we’re honored to welcome her as a gallery artist and speaker. Learn more about her exhibition, (Un)Common Light, here>>
Carole’s Artist Statement
History is central to my work.
I immigrated from Europe to the United States as a young woman. I saw the disparity in wealth, the gun violence, the racial tension, but also the familial interactions in close-knit communities, the pride in country, the belief in ‘everything is possible’. I turned to history to understand the contradictions.
I travel quite a lot in the US and have seen many changes since the late ’70s. From the brake-neck expansion of the suburbs, to the emptying of Main Streets, the decline of the industrial cities of the North, and the population explosion of the Sun Belt, America keeps morphing. In contrast with my upbringing, the country seems to be in constant motion. Jobs, homes, families, neighborhoods, wealth, all can change in a blink of time. How can I understand these phenomenas? What is behind them? What do they have in common? Instead of trying to grasp the whole picture at once, I focus on regional history. Each community I study and render in paintings and drawings adds to my understanding.
To prepare for a new series I visit the local communities. I take in the scenery and spend time with locals. I listen to stories, go to museums and art centers, look at monuments, read at the local library, and even peruse restaurant menus! I consult maps, photos, relevant books, and fill sketchbooks with notes and drawings. A unique picture starts developing in my mind. In the studio my intuition takes the lead and I let the facts, places, and local stories coalesce in my mind. The data is humanized. Paintings and drawings naturally reflect the community, and its people. Each new series becomes part of the whole and teaches me more.
We all have stories to tell.

*Are you a student? Ask your professor about extra credit for attending A&H Conversations! As many colleges and universities offer extra credit for attending our talks, we do take attendance for qualifying students. Your professors can be added to our extra credit program to receive advance notice of speakers and a copy of our student attendance rolls by emailing hmiller@artandhistory.org.

Last Wednesday: After Hours at the A&H
2023-04-26 17:30 - 20:00, 2023-03-29 17:30 - 20:00, 2023-02-22 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Grab a drink, mingle, and discuss the art in our gallery every Last Wednesday of the month! Enjoy free entry to the Maitland Art Center’s current gallery exhibition and a cash bar.
Become part of the cultured community that gathers in the evenings at A&H for drinks and conversation as the sun sets over our beautiful gardens.
To reserve your spot for this free event, register here >>
A tour with Chief Curator Dan L. Hess will take place during each Last Wednesday, from 5:30-6:15pm. Learn more here >>

A&H Book Club
2023-04-23 16:00 - 18:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., 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. This month we will meet in the Maitland Art Center gallery. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At this meeting, we’ll discuss The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet: A Novel, by Maureen Gibbon. Set in the richly drawn art world of nineteenth-century Paris, this stunning historical novel imagines Édouard Manet’s last days in an indelible snapshot of genius, illness, and the dying embers of passion. In a sensual portrait of Manet’s last years, illustrated with his own sketches, Maureen Gibbon offers a vibrant testament to the endurance of the artistic spirit.
You can find this title on Amazon (in print, audio and Kindle) as well as many online used bookstores: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393867153/
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.
Register >>
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org.

Free Family Day: Earth Day at A&H
2023-04-22 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Inspired by A&H’s founder, J. Andre’ Smith, who was a master printmaker that loved experimenting with art. Today as we celebrate Earth Day, we will be experimenting with printmaking while making eco-inspired tote bags from all kinds of recycled materials!
Printmaking is an artistic process that involves transferring an image from one surface to another. Young apprentice printmakers will experience printmaking with different textures, colors and patterns, all with materials that would normally be thrown away. And, bonus: when we recycle, we do something kind for the earth, too! So come experiment with art and create a one-of-a-kind tote bag that you can use over and over again.
Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your family today!

Little Creatives and Me
2023-04-19 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-03-15 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.

A&H Members-Only Book Club
2023-04-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, 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. This month we will meet in the Maitland Art Center gallery. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At this meeting, we’ll discuss The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet: A Novel, by Maureen Gibbon. Set in the richly drawn art world of nineteenth-century Paris, this stunning historical novel imagines Édouard Manet’s last days in an indelible snapshot of genius, illness, and the dying embers of passion. In a sensual portrait of Manet’s last years, illustrated with his own sketches, Maureen Gibbon offers a vibrant testament to the endurance of the artistic spirit. You can find this title on Amazon (in print, audio and Kindle) as well as many online used bookstores.
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.
Register here >>

(Un)Common Light
2023-04-15 11:00 - 2023-06-11 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Wallpaper Dragon (Detail), by Elisabeth Condon
This exhibition showcases the work of two abstract painters, Elisabeth Condon and Carole d’Inverno.
Elisabeth Condon’s paintings are an intersection of nature, décor, and abstraction. Their vocabulary of flower, lattice, pour evolves from combinations of sumi-e, expressionist, and Color Field paint applications. Carole d’Inverno’s work translates historical and geographical data from local communities into humanized abstractions. The resulting paintings and drawings naturally reflect the community and its people.
The conversation taking place in this exhibition will center around the concept of light and its various layered meanings. Both artists seek, through their paintings, to bring to light not only the formal aspects of color, line, and shape, but also to personal and collective histories, memories, and experiences. Both women have served as Artists in Residence at the Art & History Museums of Maitland.

Ungrateful Amphibians, by Carole d’Inverno
Esta exposición mostrará el trabajo de dos pintoras abstractas radicadas en Nueva York: Elisabeth Condon y Carole d’Inverno. Las pinturas de Elisabeth Condon son una intersección de naturaleza, decoración y abstracción. Su vocabulario de flor, celosía y vertido acuoso evoluciona a partir de combinaciones de aplicaciones de pintura sumi-E, expresionista y del campo de color. El trabajo de Carole d’Inverno transforma datos históricos y geográficos de las comunidades locales en abstracciones humanizadas. Las pinturas y dibujos resultantes reflejan naturalmente la comunidad y su gente.
La conversación que tendrá lugar en esta exposición se centrará en el concepto de luz y sus múltiples significados. Ambas artistas buscan, a través de sus pinturas, sacar a la luz no solo los aspectos formales del color, la línea y la forma, sino también las historias, recuerdos y experiencias personales y colectivas. Ambas mujeres se han desempeñado como Artistas en Residencia en los Museos de Arte e Historia de Maitland.

Silk Painting Galore
2023-04-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Maitland Art Center Studio 10, 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Cost: $120 + $30 materials fee
Discover, create, and explore the exciting techniques of silk painting. Everyone is successful! No experience necessary! Students will learn resist application, color blending, color mixing, paint and salt techniques. You will create a Long Silk Scarf for a wearable or a wall hanging. Tons of Designs, reference books and extensive handout packet provided. No experience necessary. Fun, easy, and creative artform!
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Tour de Monumento Histórico Nacional (Tour in Spanish)
2023-04-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-18 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 >>

Opening Reception: (un)Common Light
2023-04-14 18:30 - 21:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with the artists, plus music by DJ OMG It’s Becky and food by The Gnarly Cuban, on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus! This exhibition will showcase the work of two abstract painters, Elisabeth Condon and Carole d’Inverno.
This exhibition will showcase the work of two abstract painters, Elisabeth Condon and Carole d’Inverno. Elisabeth Condon’s paintings are an intersection of nature, décor, and abstraction. Their vocabulary of flower, lattice, pour evolves from combinations of sumi-e, expressionist, and Color Field paint applications. Carole d’Inverno’s work translates historical and geographical data from local communities into humanized abstractions. The resulting paintings and drawings naturally reflect the community and its people.
The conversation taking place in this exhibition will center around the concept of light and its various layered meanings. Both artists seek, through their paintings, to bring to light not only the formal aspects of color, line, and shape, but also to personal and collective histories, memories, and experiences. Both women have served as Artists in Residence at the Art & History Museums of Maitland.
Get your tickets here>>

A&H: The Art Party gala 2023
2023-03-25 18:00 - 22:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
This second-annual celebration & fundraiser on the beautiful A&H campus is not to be missed.
See: live painting
Listen: DJ & artist interviews
Play: bring friends & talk with artists
Imbibe: creative light bites & cocktails
Acquire: auction of live painted works & merch with event-exclusive art
Be seen: creative cocktail attire & VIP tent
Click here to learn more >>

Intro to Sashiko (Japanese Embroidery) | One Day Workshop
2023-03-04 13:30 - 17:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, March 4 | 1:30-5:00pm
Instructor: Candace Stern
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $60 + $25 Materials fee payable to instructor at the start of class
In this workshop, you will learn a little about the history of Sashiko, a decorative reinforcement stitching from Japan. Create your own small fabric collage using the basic running stitch for this form of embroidery. The 4 x 4″ embroidered “patch” you make can be used to embellish a jacket, jeans, a shirt, etc. Join Candace to get started with this meditative and fun method of hand stitching! All tools, fabrics and thread to create will be provided by instructor, but feel free to bring your own scissors/thimbles if you have favorites.
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Travel Tales with Kendra Frorup
2023-02-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Kendra Frorup’s exhibition (Un)Common Form is currently showing in A&H’s Maitland Art Center Gallery. The show is an exploration of artist Kendra Frorup’s Bahamian roots as well as a conversation about her travels throughout the African diaspora. Gallery guests will encounter everything from reclaimed wooden doors and broken lamps to the hands of a Haitian Voodou Priest, cast from the wax of his own prayer candles.
This Wednesday, February 22nd, at 6:30pm guests can meet the artist herself as she shares stories of her adventures and the creation of these incredible works during a complimentary artist’s talk at the Art & History Museum’s of Maitland’s Last Wednesday event!
This talk is free and open to the public. Space is limited and pre-registration is recommended.
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MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION, (UN)COMMON FORM
This exhibition pulls guests into conversation with Frorup’s work through both augmented reality and physical interaction with her sculptures. “Pecking Order” invites visitors to gently rock a kettle to set a sea of chickens bobbing below a towering wave of text about the sculptures’ origins. “Collecting Plates,” an installation of more than 50 dishes, uses augmented reality to bring members of The Links Inc. (whose global membership numbers thousands of women of African descent) face-to-face with gallery visitors to share stories of their successes. Read more on our website, here: artandhistory.org/event/uncommon-form/2023-02-04/
MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST, KENDRA FRORUP
Artist Kendra Frorup was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and embodies her memories of this time in her work. She has also traveled extensively throughout Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania. Frorup earned her BFA in Sculpture at the University of Tampa and her MFA at Syracuse University, and is currently an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Tampa. Her website is available here: kendrafrorup.com/artist.html
MORE ABOUT LAST WEDNESDAYS
Last Wednesdays occur monthly and offer free admission to our grounds and galleries–now showing (Un)Common Form: Works by Kendra Frorup–from 5:30-8pm, as well as special events including tours and talks.

A&H Book Club
2023-02-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, 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. This month we will meet in the Maitland Art Center gallery. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At this meeting, we’ll discuss Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, by Marilyn Chase. In this compelling biography, the author brings Asawa’s story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa’s extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, friends, teachers, and critics—to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist. Born in California in 1926, Ruth Asawa grew from a farmer’s daughter to a celebrated sculptor. She survived adolescence in the World War II Japanese-American internment camps and attended the groundbreaking art school at Black Mountain College. Asawa then went on to develop her signature hanging-wire sculptures, create iconic urban installations, revolutionize arts education in her adopted hometown of San Francisco, fight through lupus, and defy convention to nurture a multiracial family.
You can find this title on Amazon (in print, audio and Kindle) as well as many online used bookstores. Choose us as your Amazon Smile charity and we’ll receive 0.5% of all your Amazon purchases as a donation: https://smile.amazon.com/Everything-She-Touched-Biography-Sculpture/dp/1452174407/
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.

Free Family Day: Early Spring at A&H!
2023-02-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Our Early Spring Family Day is free of charge and sponsored by Massey Services.
Come celebrate the first signs of spring at the Art and History Museums in Maitland with a morning filled with nature-themed art activities all over our National Historic Landmark campus!
In the Mayan courtyard, we’ll have a pinch pot clay art workshop, where children can hand-build their own clay pot embellished with tiny treasures from nature! Our pinch pots are inspired by A&H’s founding artist, J. André Smith, who created many of the nature-themed sculptures on our National Historic Landmark campus. Your special creations will be ready to take home after the workshop!
In our main garden, children will use their observational skills on an “I Spy” spring-themed scavenger hunt and create art in a mini sketchbook from the sights they see in our garden, like floating lily pads, tiny tadpoles, budding flowers – and even cement carvings adorned on the garden’s walls, doors and pathways designed by J. André Smith.
Before leaving, children can take a bit of our garden home by decorating a recycled pot and planting seedlings for the new season.
We’ll have more surprises too, like face painting and complimentary admission to all our main campus museum attractions—including our contemporary art museum filled with sculptural work by Bahamian-born sculptor Kendra Frorup, our interactive Telephone Museum, and the Indigenous history exhibition in our Maitland History Museum.
Space and craft supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today!
Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your family today>>
