The Muddy Creek Artists Guild will present an art show and sale the last two weeks of September in Deale. The "Harvest of Artists" is the second art show for the group, which comprises artists of all media who live south of the South River.
The show will take place in the former Blockbuster store at 5735 Deale-Churchton Road, daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., starting tomorrow through Sunday and the following weekend, Sept. 24 through 27. Times are daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The show is open to the public. No admission will be charged.
In keeping with the harvest theme, the artists are asking patrons to bring a non-perishable food item for the South County Assistance Network, a food bank that operates out of St. James' Parish in Lothian.
In addition, a percentage of the proceeds from art sales during the show will be donated to SCAN.
Artists include a wide variety of mediums. There are painters in oils, acrylics, pastels and water color; jewelry and metal artisans; photographers; potters; sculptors and woodworkers; as well as quilters, basket weavers, print makers and stained glass artists, among others.
The Muddy Creek Aritists Guild was formed earlier this year by Bea Poulin, a Shady Side photographer who thought that maybe she could get a dozen or so fellow artists in south county to join her in putting on an art show a couple of times a year.
Poulin talked to friends and decided to have a meeting in April to gauge interest.
"At that meeting, we had over 30 people show up," Poulin said.
As of this week, the group's Web site boasts over 100 artists and a handful of patrons, who have signed on to support the mission of the guild.
On each Saturday during the show, the guild will host an artists' reception at 4 p.m. There will also be an awards reception at 2 p.m. Sunday. A closing reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 with light refreshments and live music.
Art demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the show.
At their premiere show in the spring at Galesville Memorial Hall, the guild drew over 600 people.
This eight-day, eight-night exhibition will showcase all original works by artists from Churchton, Davidsonville, Deale, Dunkirk, Edgewater, Friendship, Galesville, Harwood, Lothian, Mayo, Shady Side and Tracys Landing.
For more information, contact Bea Poulin, president of the guild, at 410-867-7361 or visit www.MuddyCreekArtistsGuild.org.
Mitchelle Stephenson is a freelance writer living in Edgewater.
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