Fun with Intro to Silk Painting
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-07 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 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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Free Spring Family Day
2024-02-10 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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A Taste of Marbling on Paper and Silk Scarves
2024-02-10 13:30 - 16:30, 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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Homeschool Day
2024-02-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Spark a lifelong love of art and history when you step into the past with the Art & History Museums of Maitland! Explore our National Historic Landmark campus, originally an artist colony built in 1939, delve into Victorian architecture at the Waterhouse Residence Museum, or journey through the growth of communication technology at our Telephone Museum. After each historic tour, students will experience a hands-on art workshop. Try printmaking or sketching outside in our main garden, crafting 3D sculptures, or designing architecture. Join us, just 15 minutes from downtown Orlando, for a creative learning experience for your entire family!
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Historic Architecture Tour
2024-02-17 10:00 - 10:45 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, 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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Experimental Drawing
2024-02-17 10:00 - 2024-02-24 14:00 | The Cottage at Lake Lily, 701 Lake Lily Dr., Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
This is a 2-day workshop that takes place across 2 non-consecutive Saturdays: February 17 & 24
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this 2-day workshop has been canceled. We still have other workshops available, check out our full list of exciting our exciting offers here>>
For questions, please call the Education Department at 407-539-2181 ext. 266 or email iriascos@artandhistory.org.

Lego Block Relief Printing
2024-02-17 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: $75 + $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 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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A&H Book Club
2024-02-18 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! Share your opinions on fascinating topics in the realms of art and history. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
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Little Creatives and Me
2024-02-21 10:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-20 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.

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 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States

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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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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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 | 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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