Gimme Shelter Performing at the Hamilton Gallery

Gimme Shelter Productions, a group of performance poets and artists that has done fund raisers for various homeless shelters, will be performing at the Hamilton Gallery on October 23rd at 7:30 PM.

October 1---First Friday Opening

The Hamilton Gallery is proud to be hosting local artist Nan Thompson for the month of October. Thompson, who resides in Nottingham, MD is a retired interior decorator who specializes in making paper and transforming it into various forms of decorative and practical art. Thompson also practices other art mediums such as: stained glass, drawing, acrylic painting, Sumi-e (Chinese brush painting), polymer clay and photography. In addition to our monthly guest artist, Hamilton Gallery will feature the works of an artist who is a member of the Gallery. This month's feature artist is Brandy Baker.

For the month of October, the Hamilton Gallery will also

display the work of many member artists including:

Jude Asher, Ron Cohn, Marcus Dagold, Suzanne Diggs, Julie Fisher,

Karl Franz, Margo Franz, Maximilian Franz, Whitney Frazier,

Crista Gilbert, Jim Hammond, Michael Karasik, Linda M. White King,

Regina Lansinger, Cathy Leaycraft, Lawrence Leaf, Nicole LeCause,

Nancy McAleer, Theresa Reuter Cara Sue Richard,

Dan Shapiro, Ralph Slesinski, and Craig Traeger

Hamilton Gallery’s first Friday opening for

our October show will take place on:

Friday, October 1, 2010 from 5PM-9PM.

Refreshments will be served; the event is free.

Nan Thompson’s site: http://www.nansalchemy.com

Hamilton Gallery’s blog: www.hamiltongalleryart.blogspot.com

Funding the Arts in the U.S.

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Papermaking Workshop with October Guest Artist Nan Thompson

October guest artist Nan Thompson will be conducting papermaking classes here at the Hamilton Gallery. The three sessions will take place on Saturdays October 9, 16, and 23 and run from 9AM-11AM.

Cost is $50 and all materials are provided. Pre-registration is required.

To register: 410-419-5033 or brandybaker.net@gmail.com.

Interesting Art Movement in NYC.....

Antagonist Art

PerVerse: Open Mike on October 15/ Featured Poets: Gene Hosey and Cliff Lynn

PerVerse: Where Art Gets Twisted

Poetry reading with several features and open mike. 
Sponsored by Poetry in Baltimore and hosted by Julie Fisher.  Featured Poets: Gene Hosey and Cliff Lynn  Gene Hosey's poetry has been seen world-wide, through his own efforts at printing up performance copies of works and getting them into the saddle bags of willing mules who are traveling anywhere.  Having not concentrated on the grind of seeking publication, he has been lucky enough to be seen occasionally by publishers who invite him to make books, none of which are available currently.  Hosey has performed with fellow artists in theater, music, filmmaking, recording, television and radio, to name a few, in locations you are all familiar with, geographically speaking.  

Cliff Lynn is an award-winning poet and orioles fan.  He hasn't won any awards for the latter.  A retired navy man, he has read poetry in Vegas, California, Texas, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia and Maryland, and gets kicked out of Denny's a lot....with multi-media poet Rocky Jones, he co-hosts two monthly reading series in Annapolis, and with R.J. Ridgely, one series in Westminster. cliff was the inspiration for the barbara decesare instant classic 3-act mini-play "cliff gets kicked out of denny's a lot".  his favorite poets include richard brautigan, gene hosey and julie "fisher king" fisher.

Intro to Digital Photography

Bought a new camera but can't figure out how to use it? Or maybe you know how to use it, but you'd like some tips on getting stronger images. Or maybe you are still working with film and want to take the leap into digital.

Introduction to Digital Photography will be offered at Hamilton Gallery on Saturday, September 25 and October 2. On October 16, the class will meet at Loch Raven Reservoir. (there will be no class on October 9).

Photographer and long-time Hamilton Gallery member Ron Cohn will be teaching this class, which will run from 9AM-11:45AM. The first hour will consist of lecture and the rest of the time will be devoted to individual consultation with students. Cost for the class is $25.

Course Outline   

Operation of a film camera  

Operation of a digital camera  

Pixels  

What is a histogram?  

Exposure  

Basic digital camera controls  

Photo format and compression  

Preventing unintended blur  

Photo editing - what can be done  (this class does NOT cover how to edit photos)

Ron Cohn has been taking photographs for nearly 40 years. He switched to digital over six years ago and never looked back. He has owned and used four digital cameras; his current camera is a Nikon D300. Ron has sold scores of photos in various venues since joining the Hamilton Gallery over four years ago. Ron is a people-friendly, retired electrical engineer who taught and wrote about technical subjects throughout his career.

If you have questions about the course or would like to register, call Ron at 410-377-7054 or e-mail Ron at: rpcohn@gmail.com.

Hamilton Quilt Circle meets every Wednesday from 6:30PM-9PM

The Hamilton Quilt Circle meets every Wednesday at the Hamilton Gallery from 6:30PM-9PM. If you just want to hang out and learn to quilt and meet some nice people, come on down! No matter what you skill level, age, gender, or shoe size you are welcome to participate. If you are able to thread a needle and make a stitch, you meet the requirements. The Hamilton Quilt Circle is currently working on quilts that will be raffled off in December as fundraisers to benefit the Hamilton Gallery and Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street.

for more information: pallace113@verizon.net

Papermaking Workshop with October Guest Artist Nan Thompson

October guest artist Nan Thompson will be conducting papermaking classes here at the Hamilton Gallery. The three sessions will take place on Saturdays October 9, 16, and 23 and run from 9AM-11AM.

Cost is $50 and all materials are provided. Pre-registration is required.

To register: 410-419-5033 or brandybaker.net@gmail.com.

Kids Got Poetry: Kids' Poetry Night on October 7 at the Hamilton Gallery

On October 7, at 6PM, Hamilton Gallery will be hosting Kids Got Poetry. An evening for kids started by kids (well, a kid with the help of her mom). Introduces kids to the art and practice of poetry. All kids get to read their works.

$5 admission for each kid; all kids must be accompanied by an adult.

Kids Got Poetry will be held every first Thursday of the month at the Hamilton Gallery. $5 admission; 6 PM.

MOVING PICTURES AT THE HAMILTON GALLERY

SMOKE SIGNALS

Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 @ 2 PM

Free admissions with donations to the Gallery welcome. Introduction and Discussion led by Reed Hessler Radio announcer and avid film collector. Smoke Signals (1998) is directed and co-produced by Chris Eyre and with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie. Alexie also authored the short story collection on which the film is based, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. It won several awards and was well received at numerous film festivals.

Hamilton Gallery to Host Artist Nan Thompson for the Month of October

The Hamilton Gallery is proud to be hosting local artist Nan Thompson for the month of October. Nan, who resides in Nottingham, MD, is a retired interior decorator who specializes in making paper and transforming it into various forms of decorative and practical art. Nan also practices other art mediums such as: stained glass, drawing, acrylic painting, Sumi-e (Chinese brush painting), polymer clay and photography. Also, Nan will be hold papermaking classes at the gallery in October. Stay tuned for details. Visit Nan's site.