Souls Shot Portrait Project Exhibition – FREE EVENT
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesExperience a compelling exhibition that features portraits celebrating survivors of gun violence and memorializing those whose lives it has tragically claimed. The Souls Shot Portrait Project Exhibition is compiled by pairing fine artists and subjects. Survivors, family, and friends provide insight and information to inspire the creation of the artwork. This moving collection fosters healing as loved ones are remembered in a positive light, helps bring attention to the epidemic of gun violence, and educates on ways to prevent it. Join us for the January 6th Opening Reception 6pm - 8pm. FREE to the community. Please call Markeim Arts Center at 856-795-6336 or email info@markeimartscenter.org to register your attendance so we can plan accordingly for serving refreshments. Visit www.soulsshotportraitproject.org.
Art of Culture: Lunar New Year
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesJoin us for a fun Chinese culture experience! Discuss and celebrate the Year of the Rabbit and the Lunar New Year. Create paper cutting and Oragami projects. Asian snacks, refreshments, chopsticks for all!
Special guest speakers: Dr. Q. Edward Wan - Author, Rowan University Professor, Asian Culture Expert
Dr. Ni (Nina) Gao - Rutgers University Professor and President of Asian American Alliance South Jersey
FREE Community event. All ages welcome! Registration is required to ensure we have supplies for all attendees.
Watercolor Wonder Workshop
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesNeed a watercolor painting retreat?
Join watercolor artist Sharon Ann Smith as she guides you through a beautiful complete painting project. Learn the basics and refine techniques presented in past workshops. All levels are welcome! Bring a friend and let’s paint!
Members | 1 for $65 or 2 for $120. Non-Members | 1 for $75 or 2 for $140.
Miniature Canvas Painting
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesLearn the art of Miniature Canvas Painting! Award-winning artist Kim clay will teach this fun class using step-by-step instructions, acrylic paints and color mixing techniques. Create a mini masterpiece - A majestic cardinal (symbol of love, devotion, friendship and home) perched on a snowy branch.
Each attendee will leave with a finished 4” X 6” mini canvas painting and a display easel.
$15 Members | $20 Non-Members Adults & Teens Class
DREAMS OF HERE: New Artworks By Danielle Cartier
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesDREAMS OF HERE features over 16 new vibrant mixed media paintings by Artist Danielle Cartier. On view now through March 23, 2023.
Danielle Cartier is best known for her mural projects and large-scale, mixed media paintings made from reconstructed materials, recombined ephemera and layered printmaking and painting processes. Her work has been viewed in various solo and group exhibitions across the United States. Danielle has experience teaching studio art courses, 2D design, color theory and painting courses at universities, non-profits and community art centers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Kids Heart Of Art Valentine’s Day Painting – SOLD OUT!
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesGive your kids a fun, creative afternoon!
Young artists will paint a Valentine's Day themed ceramic project. This precious piece of art will make a great gift or heartfelt keepsake. Festive cookies will be served!
Space Is Limited. Ages 5+ $15 Members | $20 Non-Members
Art of Culture: Celtic Knots
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesJoin us for a fun Irish culture experience! Learn about Irish traditions and the history of Celtic knots. Using clay, participants are invited to make a traditional knot or design one of their own. Art will be fired, glazed, and returned to artists.
Enjoy Irish music and dancing! Homemade Irish Soda Bread will be served.
FREE community event for all ages.
Registration is required to ensure we have supplies for all attendees.
Haddonfield Memorial High School Senior Art Show
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesThe Markeim Arts Center is proud to host the Haddonfield Memorial High School Senior Art Show on April 1 -2, 2023. This special exhibition of paintings, digital designs, photography and drawings represents students' imagination, learned techniques, and talent.
Exhibiting students will be on-site to share their artwork with their families, fellow students, and visitors discussing their inspiration, interpretation and the significance of their pieces. Student art will be available for purchase. A portion of the sales will go towards the Markeim Arts Center Scholarship to be presented to a student at the upcoming HMHS Senior Awards Night.
Free community event! Light refreshments will be served.
April 1, 2023 11:00am - 5:00pm | April 2, 2023 3:30pm - 5:00pm
School’s Out Spring Kids Art Camp
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesGive your kids a creative school break! Campers will experience different art mediums, movement activities, martial arts and music in an educational and fun environment. New techniques and skills learned each day. Space is limited – only 20 campers per day. Ages 5-12 REGISTER TODAY!
World Art Day – April 15, 2023
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesWorld Art Day is April 15th - the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci.
World Art Day is a celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art, as proclaimed in 2019 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Throughout April, you can celebrate World Art Day with Markeim and help us continue to provide visual, performing and arts education programs to our local communities. Become a Member, try the pottery wheel, sign your kids up for Arts Camps, donate or volunteer!
"Indeed, the power of art to bring people together, to inspire, heal and share, has become increasingly clear during recent conflicts and crises, including COVID-19". - Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
Bruce Garrity: History, 25 Years At The Markeim Arts Center
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesExhibition Now - May 30, 2023
FREE community Exhibition.
Markeim Arts Center is pleased to present an exciting new exhibition! Bruce Garrity: History, 25 Years At The Markeim Arts Center. Bruce Garrity is an award-winning artist and teacher who holds a Master Of Fine Arts Painting Degree. He is also a 2022 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellow. Garrity frequently exhibits his artwork in NJ, PA and DE.
This exhibition features a retrospective look at Garrity’s work since 1998. The show references Markeim exhibitions which featured his work as historic touchstones, beginning with “Partners in Art” a two-person show with his wife Noreen Scott Garrity. Garrity's use of bright colors and bold brushstrokes engages and captivates the viewer. This collection will highlight the full range of his subject matter, figures, still life, and landscapes in both oil paintings and drawings.
Markeim Arts Center All Studio Art Show
Markeim Arts Center 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, United StatesYou're Invited! Celebrate the beautiful, imaginative artwork and ceramics created by students of all ages at Markeim Arts Center.
FREE Community event! Friday, April 21, 2023 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Light refreshments will be served.