New York-based artist Jackie Clark was born in Natick, Massachusetts, and raised in Edgewater, Maryland. She is a life member of the Art Students League of New York and a member of the American Impressionist Society. Jackie has studied extensively with master painters, Frank Liljegren, David Leffel, and Mary Beth Mckenzie. Her other areas of study within the field of the arts include photography at ICP, scenic painting, and design with Lester Polakov, and the decorative arts with Mark Gardereau in Paris.
Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Crista began painting in oils in 1989 under the instruction of John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, NJ. She graduated from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2000, receiving a Bachelors's of fine arts painting, and in 2003, she received a Master's Degree in Fine arts Painting from the New York Academy Graduate School of Figurative Art.
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David Diaz is a Plein air painting who works in oil and pastels and currently lives in Annapolis, MD. He received his undergraduate degree at Frostburg State University as well as formal training at the University of Maryland, Towson University, and Catholic University.
Collector's Choice is MFA's longest-running fundraiser and the most fun you can have at a lottery. Usually, we gather at Volvo Cars Annapolis for food, drinks, and the smooth voice of Alex Cortright calling numbers through the night. You can see what a normal Collector's Choice is like by watching this This year, things were … Continue reading Our First Digital Collector’s Choice – Here’s How it Went
Today, Maryland celebrates its formal founding as a colony in the 1600s. From the bay to the mountains, this is a beautiful state that MFA gets to call home, and to celebrate, we're showing off some Maryland-based artists that you should really know about.
Check out MFA Member Schroeder Cherry's portraits and learn more about what our Members are up to! Are you a Member with news you want to share? Email MFA at membernews@mdfedart.org with a photo, link, and detailed description for the next Member News!
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Oh the places we would go if we weren’t in quarantine. Or maybe, oh the places we will go once the world is safer. MFA’s fifth People’s Choice exhibition was all about the special places that we can’t be right now and the places we’re dreaming of.
Who won what at MFA's 2021 Digital Directions Exhibition? Click here to find out!
Since we're spending Valentine's Day this year in quarantine, we took the liberty of making you a list of things you can do with your significant other while social distancing!
Calling all artists! Check out these awesome opportunities to get your work out in the world. Calls for entries, calls for artists, grant information and more.
