School’s out for Martin Luther King Day of Service. Give your kids a fun afternoon of painting ceramic cocoa mugs, music and helping people in need in surrounding communities. We ask your warm hearts to help keep others warm this Winter. Please bring gently used/new coats, mittens or hats to Markeim Arts Center and we will deliver all collected items to a Goodwill.

Join 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.

Need 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.

Learn 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 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.

Give 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

Join 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.

The 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

Give 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!

Exhibition 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.