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• Glenstone Museum Visit

  • When
    21 Feb 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Glenstone Museum, 12100 Glen Road, Potomac, Maryland
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Registration opens December 1

  Please join MAA for a visit to the contemporary Glenstone Museum in Potomac, where "everything is quietly spectacular, with curated views to the outdoors that present nature as visual haiku," says The Washington Post.

  Glenstone is a place that seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and landscape into a serene and contemplative environment. Guided by the personal vision of its founders, Glenstone has assembled 1,300 post-World War II artworks of the highest quality that trace the greatest historical shifts in the way we experience and understand art of the 20th and 21st centuries. They include paintings, single-artist installations, video installations, sound installations, and both indoor and outdoor sculptures. The works are presented in a series of refined indoor and outdoor spaces designed to facilitate meaningful encounters. See what’s currently on view.

  Following our self-guided visit, members are invited to have a casual lunch together at a nearby restaurant. Details TBC.
  

  Due to expected high demand for this outing—tickets are hard to come by for this museum!—this field trip is for MAA members only; If space still remains on February 14, we will email registrants and invite you to register a guest, first-come, first-served.
  

  
  

  Cost: $8 for members, $12 for non-members (if space remains on February 14).
  

  What to expect: Glenstone Museum encompasses two buildings, several outdoor sculptures and nearly 300 acres of landscape. To fully experience Glenstone, visitors should be prepared to spend considerable time on foot, and comfortable walking shoes are recommended. The parking lot is a seven-minute walk to the pavilions. A few additional things to keep in mind:

  •  Photography is not permitted indoors; outdoor photography is allowed for personal use only.
  • Sketching is permitted with pencils only.
  • The entire property is smoke-free; the use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes/vaping is not permitted.

  When to meet: Our tour begins at 10 am sharp. We recommend parking your car no later than 9:45 am to give yourself time to walk from the parking area to the main entrance (5-7 minutes). After the tour, members who wish to have lunch together should go to the café Vie de France at 10146 River Rd. in Potomac.

  Getting there: Glenstone is at 12100 Glen Road in Potomac, Maryland. Parking is limited, and members are strongly encouraged to carpool or take a bus. The Montgomery County Ride On bus makes several daily stops at Glenstone on its 301 route.

  Accessibility: Accessible parking is available directly in front of the Arrival Hall in the Sycamore parking grove. Cart service is available to bypass the quarter-mile meadow walk between the Arrival Hall and Entry Pavilion. The gallery is not serviced by the cart loop and is a 4-minute walk from the Entry Pavilion. There is limited seating in the museum. Wheelchairs and gallery chairs are available upon request on a first come, first served basis.

  
  

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• Sketch & Jazz Night at AMP by Strathmore

  • When
    23 Feb 2020
  •  
    8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., N. Bethesda, MD

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  The Montgomery Art Association and AMP by Strathmore are teaming up again to host our third Sketch and Jazz Night at the North Bethesda music venue. Join us for a live performance by guitarists Raul Midón and Lionel Loueke , socialize with fellow artists and sketch the show.

  For this event, registration is handled via AMP by Strathmore's website. See link below.

  About the show: Slapping the acoustic guitar, Raul Midón has a funky, percussive style of strumming that ripples beneath his soulful, sweet tenor. It’s like Stevie Wonder having a go at flamenco. Like Wonder, Midón was born blind and has overcome adversity with flair. His cutting-edge, Grammy-nominated 2017 album, Bad Ass and Blind, was produced and engineered using computer software designed for the visually impaired. Midón will be joined by another virtuosic guitarist, Benin-born electric jazz performer Lionel Loueke. Loueke has been praised by such stalwarts as Paul Simon who noted that Loueke is “one of a rare handful of guitarists that move effortlessly between his West African roots and modern American Jazz.”
  
  Cost: AMP by Strathmore is generously offering MAA members, local artists and their guests reduced-priced, $18 tickets ($10 off the regular price for our seats).
  
  Buying tickets: Click the button below, then click the red "Buy” button. On the popup screen, enter promo code MAA20 and click on the words “apply code.” Then choose "Table Seating" and complete your purchase at the reduced rate.
   

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  What to bring: Sketching materials (such as small sketchbooks, pencils/pens, travel-sized watercolor kit). Keep your materials simple--there isn't a lot of space to spread out.
  
  What to expect: The venue opens at 6:30 pm and the show begins at 8 pm. We suggest arriving early. Upon arrival, tell the host you're with MAA. We'll sit together at tables lit by tealights. MAA will provide a few shared appetizers. The venue has a full bar where you can purchase cocktails, beer, wine, soda, etc. You're welcomed to sketch or just enjoy the show.
  
  Address/parking: AMP by Strathmore is at 11810 Grand Park Ave. in North Bethesda. Parking info
   
  About AMP by Strathmore: AMP by Strathmore is an intimate music venue in the Pike & Rose shopping area in North Besthesda. It is run by the Strathmore arts center, and profits support Strathmore’s mission to present and produce exemplary arts programs for diverse audiences, create dynamic arts education experiences, and nurture creative ideas and conversations that advance the future of the arts.
  

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