July 2024 Exhibits

Featured in the Thaler Gallery:

Featured in the Sisson Galleria:

• The Beverly Bassford Juried Show is an annual memorial event named for a former Art League of Ocean City board member who was passionate about the need for a new art facility, a passion realized in the Ocean City Center for the Arts. After her death in 1999, Bassford's family established a prize in her name, which grew into the annual memorial show, featuring fine art by local and regional artists and awards sill sponsored by Bassford's family.

In Studio E:

In the Spotlight Gallery:

• Joanne teaches at the Art League of Ocean City frequently during the year. Her students come to practice painting with gouache (see pollinators) or acrylic paints (see pelagic fish). She also teaches art in after school clubs here in Worcester County. As a retired professor emeritus, Joanne continues to paint and write (books are on sale in the gift shop), as she did during her teaching career.
• During summer months on the Shore, we celebrate our country, our freedoms and our visitors… all living things. Two species that help define our coastal environment at this time and provide residents and guests endless pleasure are the pollinators and the pelagic fish, which visit for a brief exciting season. They both travel 1,000’s of miles in search of food from the northern and southern hemispheres and are on the Shore only for a while.

In the Artisan Showcase:

• My jewelry adventures began more than 40 years ago as an apprentice to a master metalsmith. I continue to use the traditional gold and silversmithing methods of rolling, hammering, fabricating, piercing, bending, soldering, and limited edition casting. My metals of choice are sterling and fine silver, varying carats of gold, and sometimes copper. Precious and semi-precious stones are chosen to represent the brilliant colors of the southwest desert to the dazzling display of light on the oceans and then bezel or prong set.

Featured in the Staircase Gallery:

• “I'll try to take any blank piece of paper and turn it into a piece that can help viewers escape from the world we live in by using my emotions to express an imaginary world as an alternate reality.”
• Elizabeth took her passion for the arts to pursue a degree in Fine Arts at Westchester Community College in New York before moving to Maryland. She now attends Wor-Wic Community College, pursuing her bachelor's degree in arts.

Off-Site:

• Siobhan Duggan is a 2021 Delaware Individual Artist Fellow in the category: Emerging Professional for Visual Arts: Works on Paper as well as a 2017 grant recipient from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Siobhan holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase and a MAT from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She taught in New York City public schools before moving to Delaware with her family to enjoy the beach. Siobhan is currently a middle school art teacher in the Indian River School District. The gorgeous color palette of pastels constantly inspires and motivates Siobhan to create.
• Joel Trotta was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He worked 32 years for the Maryland State Highway Administration creating various signage, brochures, and displays for the state. Joel also created various displays for the Maryland Science Center, the Maryland State Fair, the Maryland Renaissance Fair and various other sites and events.  Joel's award-winning displays are still showcased in various state buildings around Maryland. Joel now is retired and resides on the Eastern Shore and now works full time as a freelance artist.