Artisans Guild

Overview

The SV Artisans Guild Committee promotes the artistic talents of our community members by conducting periodic art shows in the Clubhouse’s Concert Hall. All forms of art can be displayed in the shows and can be offered for sale at the choice of each individual artist. In order to participate in an art show, each artist must complete and sign an “Art Release and Waiver of Liability form” In addition, a “Artisans Guild Show Submission Form” form must be completed for each show.

All artwork needs to remain displayed for the length of the show in which it is entered.

May - August 2025

“Artist Choice”

Featured Artist: Ann Sharp

Featured Artist Ann Sharp

 I am an artist transplanted from Santa Fe, NM, via Shepherdstown, WV. My background includes an art degree from the University of Maryland, Founding President of the Talbot County Visual Art Center and former owner of the Studio Gallery in Easton Maryland. I have been painting professionally for 25 years. I studied with Tony Ryder attending his nine-month Atelier to better my skills as a portrait painter. I was the West Virginia and Maryland Ambassador to the Portrait Society of America.

 Education: BS University of MD applied design, MS University of MD Business. Attended a nine-month Atelier with portrait artist Anthony Ryder in Santa Fe, NM.

 Shows: Recently won Best in Show, Academy Arts Museum; won Best Oil Painting Chestertown Art League; Portrait Society of America and the New Mexico Art League Portrait Show, Albuquerque, NM; the Maryland Federation of Art’s “Stroke of Genius” show, Annapolis MD; the Maryland Federation of Art’s “Creative Connections” at Gallery B in Bethesda, MD; Art at the Mill Show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill in Millwood, VA; the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Annapolis MD; The Berkeley Arts Work show “Art and Earth Exhibit,” and “Best of West Virginia, winning best in show;  “Tamarack “Puppy Love” art show in Beckley WV; Maryland portrait society show at Columbia Art Center and Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, MD; Treasury of Art Show, Vienna, VA; and the Delaplaine 2019 National Juried Exhibit, Frederick MD: Won third place in the International Art Competition Online Show.   I am represented by Studio 105 Shepherdstown, WV and the Trippe Gallery in Easton, MD

 Artist Statement

 I paint to learn. That makes each painting I do a challenge. Whether I am creating a landscape, portrait or still life, the confrontation is never easy but always exciting. As the endless number of two-dimensional images on our computers, printed media, televisions, and cell phones, simply report the visual facts, I find that isn’t enough for me. Instead, I focus on composition, expressiveness, translation and metaphor. Less is more so every stroke becomes important.

Upcoming Local Art Shows and Events

Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts

Hours:  Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. -  4 p.m. 

Symphony Village Art Exhibit, Reception (June 7th, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

Show Runs Through June

All residents of Symphony Village are invited to participate.

 Opening Reception:  June 7th,  5-7pm. at the QAC Arts Centre

All those who wish to participate must email (qacartscoordinator@gmail.com) their

label information (Title, artist name, medium, price or NFS) to the centre by 2:00pm on June 2nd.

You may bring 2 pieces to display, although space limitations may not allow for both to be hung.

If interested in offering your work for sale be sure to include a price when sending the label information to the Centre.

Deliver your work to the Centre by 4pm on Thursday June 5th.

For more information contact Ann Sharp at (443) 822-0204

Thursday in the Park, Red Betty and the Ruckus (July 24th, (7 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

Thursday in the Park, Chris Sacks (August 7th, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

Thursday in the Park, Mama's Black Sheep (August 21st, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

Thursday in the Park, Christine Habrilla Duo (September 4th, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)

Churchill Theater

The Bridges of Madison County (June 6th - 22nd)

Green Room Gangs (June 23rd - July 26th)

Murder on the Orient Express (September 12th. – 28th)

Clyde’s (November 7th - 23rd)

A Christmas Carol (December 19th - 21st)

Garfield Centre of the Arts (Chestertown)

A Short Attention Span Theater (July 11th - 27th)

The Elephant Man (October 3rg - 19th)

Cinderella (December 5th – 21st)

Art Show Forms

Artist Release and Waiver of Liability
Artisans Guild Show Submission Form