That's a Wrap on Summer Camp!
Summer Art Bash 2021 broke all the records!

This summer we hosted over 270 artists. Paper Mache beasts were shaped, Mixed Media landscapes were created, loads of coiled pots were fired, and we even solved a MURDER MYSTERY in the digital movie camp!

Ages 5 to 15 beat the summer heat by heading to the ESAC studios. With 22 camps offered, we went through over 600 lbs of clay, 15 gallons of paint, 3 gallons of glue, and over 200 canvases. We can't wait to go even bigger and more colorful for Summer Art Bash 2022!
Small Business of the Month
THANK YOU to our Chamber for recognizing ESAC as the July Small Business of the Month! Don't receive their informative newsletters? No worries! To read their July edition, click below.
First Week of Adult Classes
Summer Adult Classes begin this week!
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Drawing 101
instructed by Chris Murray

Time: Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:30pm
Dates: July 22 thru Aug 26 (6 weeks)
Price: $175 ($155 for ESAC members)
NEW with Nancy!
Join ESAC Community Outreach Director Nancy Raia at the BACK TO SCHOOL event July 31st!

She will be hosting free art programming during the day while you pick up school supplies for the new year!

Special thanks go out to the Fairhope Police Department, our local churches and community partners for organizing this annual event.
Currently in the Galleries
NEW EXHIBIT
"WONDERINGS & WANDERINGS"
MARY HARDY
Now through August 28, 2021

“My work is an exploration of depth and surface, past and present incited by the transformational qualities of dreams, memory (historic and familial), myth and lore. Pieces of images come from these places triggered by a thought or experience."

Pictured: Work by Mary Hardy

** NEXT WEEK! **

Tuesday, July 27 @ 4pm
Gallery Talk with Mary Hardy
Join us for a special Happy Hour with exhibiting artist Hardy as she walks the gallery discussing her work!

Free admission. Refreshments provided.
NEW EXHIBIT
"PAINT + CUT + PASTE"
JIM LAUGELLI
Now through August 28, 2021

Jim creates hand painted papers and along with various art and found papers, as well as images from magazines, he cuts, glues, and layers the pieces on to a substrate that has also been worked with various mediums.

Pictured: Work by Jim Laugelli
NEW EXHIBIT
NALL Collection of Alabama Art
Featuring works by Mose Tolliver & Jimmie Lee Sudduth
June 4-August 28, 2021
 
Early works by two iconic Alabama self-taught folk artists are featured from the Nall Collection of Alabama Art at ESAC. Many of these pieces are for sale to benefit the Eastern Shore Art Center and Alabama Artists.


Pictured: Work by Mose T
Coming Soon on our EVENT Calendar!
SOLD OUT!
An Evening with Roman Street &
Margaret River Lee

July 30, 2021 @ 7pm
Eastern Shore Art Center
(Doors at 6:30pm)

Champagne Reception to follow at Margaret's Studio around the corner!
Fairhope recording artists Roman Street and the Eastern Shore Art Center celebrate painter Margaret River Lee in moving her art studio from Nashville, TN to Fairhope. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the band and the artist that you don’t want to miss!

A portion of the proceeds to benefit the Eastern Shore Art Center.
Applications Go Live:
August 1, 2021

50th Annual Outdoor Art Show
March 18-20, 2022
Downtown Fairhope

Interested in participating in next year's show? Please apply online through ZAPPlication starting August 1st! The deadline to apply is November1st.
Upcoming Workshops:
Experimental Watercolors

Type of Workshop: Painting
Instructor: Kathy Sheppard
August 19-21, 2021
Time: 10am-4pm
Price: $295 ($285 for ESAC Members)
To register or contact our Academy Director, Reanna Watson:

By phone: 251-928-2228, ext. 107
In person: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
WELCOME NEW ESAC MEMBERS!
Each week we like to spotlight members who have recently joined or renewed the Art Center. 

Thanks for your continued support:


Bethanne Baker Stapleton
Jennifer Ivy-Doran
Diana Nelson
Britton Rivenbark
Casey Williams
Terry Thompson
Terry Delker
Peggy Winter


Membership keeps the arts alive at the 
Eastern Shore Art Center.
 
Memberships are good for one year from the time you join and include various levels of benefits. Your contribution makes a difference! Through membership, you support exhibitions, educational programs, community outreach and preserve the Center’s ability to offer workshops and classes for adults and children.
New Collaboration
To our friends and supporters,

We are honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help
direct a portion of Target’s donation to us!

Now through September 30, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine how Target’s donation will be divvied up.

Find out more about Target Circle here:
THANK YOU!
ESAC programming has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Thank you to Harper Technologies for sponsoring our July First Friday Art Walk!
Eastern Shore Art Center