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André Kertész: On Reading
Through January 15, 2012 Lecture: Uncommon Images, Sahm Doherty-Sefton: January 11, 2012, 6:30pm Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
André Kertész: On Reading is a series of photographs made by legendary Hungarian photographer André Kertész (1894–1985) in Hungary, France, and the United States over a 50-year period. The exhibition illustrates Kertész’s penchant for the poetry and choreography of life in public and also private moments at home, examining the power of reading as a universal pleasure. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.

An Evening to Honor Paul Makosky
featuring the C Street Brass Quintet
Friday, December 9, 2011 Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD Reservations required. Cost: $80, Members; $115 Non-members Hors d’oeuvres at 5:45 p.m., Dinner at 6 p.m. This special tribute honors trustee emeritus Paul Makosky for his 20 years of service in guiding the Museum’s Concert Series. Proceeds from the evening will help underwrite the Museum’s performing arts programs. Founded in 2007, The C-Street Brass is solely comprised of musicians from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Clay – Intermediate Handbuilding
Instructor: Paul Aspell Wednesdays, January 11 – February 15, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Session 1 February 29 – April 4, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Session 11 Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD Cost: $175, Members; $190 Non-members Students will work with coil, soft slab and leather hard construction. Projects may include plates, mugs and boxes. Explore how form and surface create a visual statement.

For further information and to register for Museum programs and classes, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.

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