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from 7/1/2022 Ocean City Today

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(July 1, 2022) For the 22nd year, the Art League of Ocean City celebrates a former board member with the Beverly Bassford Memorial Juried Art Show, this year filling both the Thaler Gallery and the Sisson Galleria at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

The public is invited to the free opening reception on First Friday, July 1, from 5-7 p.m. at the Arts Center, 502 94th Street, bayside.

PKS Investments sponsors the beverages, and hors d’oeuves are also complimentary.

After Bassford’s death in 1999, her family honored her love of art by establishing a prize in her name that grew into the annual show, with continued sponsorship by the family.

Aric Snee, the Art League’s Robinson Fellow for Community Engagement, juried the show and selected the winners, who will be awarded cash prizes during the reception on First Friday.

Nancy Rider of Selbyville, Delaware, occupies Studio E in July.

Born in Nebraska, marriage brought Rider to Maryland and a teaching post at Towson University, and retirement, to the Eastern Shore.

A painter who works in watercolors, pastels, and acrylics, color is her foremost influence, along with inspiration from her surroundings including the Boardwalk and the sea and sky.

The photograms of Jeanne Anderton of Hebron, are exhibited in the Spotlight Gallery in July.

Anderton’s exhibit ties in with the community art mural project recently installed on the fences of the tennis courts next door to the Arts Center.

The artist collects discarded items and natural elements on the beach, arranges them on solar photo paper, exposes them to the sun, and produces cyanotype photograms. These images were the inspiration for the tennis court mural.

The Staircase Gallery, a new exhibit space, opens at the Arts Center

Lisa Scarbath is the artisan in residence at the Ocean City Center for the Arts in July, opening on First Friday, July 1, with a free public reception.

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during July.

Two young artists – Francisco Madera of Lincoln, Delaware, and Ian Postley of Bishopville - teamed to paint a floor-to-ceiling mural on the blank walls of the staircase landing.

Postley is an illustrator and the 2022 Art League Fellow for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Madera, a DACA recipient who graduated from the Delaware College of Art and Design in 2016, will also be displaying his current artwork in varying media expressing the ongoing narrative of one’s existentialism.

Lisa Scarbath of Ellicott City, is July’s artisan.

A resident artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts, Scarbath creates wall art, décor, furniture, and custom pet portraits. She uses found objects such as watch parts, jewelry, toy pieces, charms, and other small bits to make mosaic bouquets or embellish 3D creatures such as blue crabs.

Ash’iz Cuffee, the Art League’s 2021 Fellow for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, will lead a free pop-up gardening event in the courtyard of the Arts Center on First Friday from 4-6 p.m.

“Gardening Can Save The World” is a campaign dedicated to offering a source of food, selfcare, and love through gardening. The public is invited to plant their own fruit and vegetable seeds to take home.

Art shows at the Art League’s satellite galleries are all new for July, and will continue through September. Beth Deeley of Ocean City, displays her macrame and weavings at the Coffee Beanery, on the corner of 94th Street and Coastal Hwy. Deeley boldly combines color and nature in her pieces.

Maggii Sarfaty of Easton, displays her paintings in the lobby of the Princess Royale at 9100 Coastal Hwy. Trained at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Sarfaty is an impressionist, plein air painter working in oil and watercolor, who captures the coastal beauty of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Exhibits at the Arts Center run through July 30. Satellite exhibits run through September.

The Art League of Ocean City is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting artistic expression and appreciation for the creative arts in our community through education, exhibits, scholarship, programs, and community art projects.

Funding is provided in part by the Worcester County Arts Council, Maryland State Arts Council, and the National Endowment of the Arts, organizations dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.

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PECIALS

BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER BEER • WINE • SPIRITS

Monday–AYCE Fried Chicken $13.99 Tuesday–AYCE Beef & Dumplings $12.99 AYCE Spaghetti $11.99 Wednesday–Meatloaf $12.99 AYCE Ham & Cabbage $11.99 Thursday–AYCE Chicken & Dumplings $12.99 Friday–AYCE Fried Flounder $19.99 Saturday–Prime Rib 8oz $24.99 12oz $29.99 Sunday–Breakfast Brunch Buffet 8am–1pm $12.99

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NEW MEMBERS

The William E. Esham, Jr. Chapter of the Cum Laude Society at Worcester Preparatory School welcomed nine new members during a ceremony on April 28. The inductees include, from left, Sophia Spadaro (’23), Amna Iqbal (’23), Annie Carter (’23), Morgan Schoch (’23), Brooke Emeigh (’22), Sumira Sehgal (’22), Riley Schoch (’22), Christopher Todorov (’23) and Anderssen Taylor (’22). The Cum Laude Society is a national organization founded in 1906 which honors the world’s academic excellence in secondary schools for the purposes of promoting excellence (Arete´), justice (Dike´), and honor (Time´). Worcester Prep is the only school on the Eastern Shore with an established Cum Laude Chapter where superior scholastic achievement is honored.

Diabetes self-management classes

(July 1, 2022) The Diabetes Outpatient Education Program at Atlantic General Hospital will be offering diabetes self-management education classes in July.

The series of three, three-hour sessions will address blood glucose monitoring, foot care, nutrition, exercise and other self-management skills to help individuals better manage their diabetes. A family member is invited to attend.

The program is recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for quality education, and program staff includes a registered nurse and a registered dietitian, both of whom are certified diabetes care and education specialists.

Advance registration and a referral from a primary care provider (which the program can obtain) are required.

Diabetes Self-Management is a Medicare benefit and the cost of the classes is also covered by many insurances.

Classes will be held on the following Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 13, 20 and 27 at Atlantic General Regional Cancer Care Center, 9717 Healthway Drive, in Berlin.

Call 410-641-9703 for more information and to register.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Graduate

Sam Hill, of Berlin, graduated from Hood College in June with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Law & Criminal Justice.

Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, is an independent, liberal arts college, offering more than 25 bachelor’s degrees, four pre-professional programs, 19 master’s degree programs, two doctorates and 10 postbaccalaureate certificates.