Morgan Arts Council

MAC Events  

What’s Going on This Week:

The Ice House is open to the public with safety precautions.  Continuous cleaning protocols are in place and there is plenty of room for social distancing.  Face masks are required where social distancing can’t be maintained in the building and required while shopping in the gallery.  (Face masks are available for a donation.)

Theater Direct to Your House from the Ice House 

October 22-24 @ 7:00 p.m., October 25th @ 2:00 p.m., October 30th & 31st @ 7:00 & 8:30 pm. and a Special Halloween Midnight Show.

Actor Tom Brooks performs three classics by Edgar Allen Poe
Directed by Beth Brooks

Streaming from the Ice House to your house!  Pop some pocorn and pull up a chair…we’re here to create just the right atmosphere for a cool autumn night of original live entertainment.  Enjoy some spooky good fun this Halloween season. Pick a performance and sign up here.  You’ll receive your access credentials via e-mail prior to your selected date and time. See the press release.

For info on what else is happening around Berkeley Springs this week check out Berkeley Springs Community Calendar.

At the Ice House:
Gallery Hours:  11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday – Monday

Main Gallery

CLOSE TO NATURE’S HEART
Curated by Theresa Wells Stifel
September 18 – November 8, 2020

Regional artists present multimedia expressions of the majesty of mountains and the surrounding countrysides to soothe the soul.

 

 

Hall of Dreams Gallery 

ART WITH HEALING INTENTION
Maryelen Willinghan
September 18 – November 8, 2020

Although the artist chooses the colors and techniques in Pour Painting, the results are unpredictable.

 

Carr-Kelly Gallery

QUILTS

Local quilters display a beautiful variety of quilts and gift items for sale in their boutique.

 

 

 

Our artists have been working through the pandemic and, just like all of us…it’s driving creativity through activities familiar and new:

Glenn Horr
Blacksmith

Glenn has been busy creating beautiful new metal work in his new side blast, water cooled forge.

 

Pam Didawick
Mixed Media

Ice House Co-op artist Pam Didawick created colorful images of spring with colored metalwork and mixed media fairy gardens.

 

 

Hiroko Rubin
Textiles

Local artist Hiroko Rubin made this beautiful rug and then created a colorful fabric mushroom garden to complement it!

 

Laura Unger
Glass/Jewelry

“Being a household that did have the coronavirus in it has definitely put many things in a different light for us. We were quarantined for over a month- I made this bowl and I titled it ‘Grounded’.”

 

Pat Williams
Jewelry Maker

MAC Co-op artist Pat Williams created these floral mosaics and “planted them this spring”.

 

 

Maureen Storey
Glass Artist

Area glass artist and previous gallery show curator Maureen Storey is busy creating beautiful glass spring flowers.

 

 

Margie Redmond
Portrait Artist (Graphite)

Local artist Margie Redmond continues to focus on people with her detailed drawings.

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Ruggiero
Mosaic at home

Claiming “too much time on my hands”, Morgan County artist and school teacher Anna Ruggiero created this beautiful mosaic on her stairs.  We think her dog approves and so do we!

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Reagan
Local Artist Kathleen Reagan answered our call by sharing her birds.  It’s a time when we’re all focusing on their springtime re-emergence.

 

 

 

 

Frog Valley Artisans Veronica Wilson, Cheryl Ann Langlais and Mark Schwenk are cultivating their sculpture garden:

LeeAnn Brannon
“The Radical Love of God”

Local Artist LeeAnn Brannon just completed this painting as a response to this turbulent time we are living in. “I have lately felt circumstances are like that now – out of control, spinning with no clear direction.”

Allison Young
People’s Pets

Ice House Co-op artist Allison Young has kept busy painting people’s pets…those who keep us company in our isolation.

 

 

 

Evelyn Garcia
Oil on Canvas  20″x24″

Artist Evelyn Garcia has created this imposing piece and notes that “besides my pets, it’s what has been keeping me company.”

 

 

Carol & John-Pierre Hsu
“Corona Garden Activity”

Ice House Co-op artists Carol and J-P have been busy outside taking a break from their usual work in creating contemporary anodized aluminum jewelry and mobiles to create beautiful garden art!  They’re promising more to follow, so stay tuned.

 

 

 

Chris Bosley
Wood Artisan

Ice House Co-op wood artisan Chris Bosley is taking the wood pile further and continues to craft beatiful natural pieces.

 

 

Artists Jennifer and Bob Peake created an online course that is being delivered to Morgan County Schools through its “MoCoEduOnline” curriculum access for students as we continue to deliver our Arts Integration program.

Click for listing of upcoming Ice House Gallery Shows.

Volunteers Needed!