Past Lectures
Past lectures and programs
2025
Dr. Michael E. Hill, president of the Chautauqua Institution, NY. Speaker for the MDCFA at the Abingdon branch, HCPL.
2019
"Harford County Barns: A Retrospective" Art Exhibition and Artist Lecture
Well-known 84-year old artist Joan Henderson Hodous has lovingly captured the county's rural heritage by painting 24 of Harford County's barns over the course of 65 years. This art museum exhibition featured all 24 of her original works, and Mrs. Hodous presented a special lecture about her paintings on Saturday, March 16, 2019. Ticket proceeds supported the mission of the Maryland Center for the Arts. Sponsors of the event were Bel Air Cultural Arts Commission, Devoe Creative, Britestar, the Harford County Office of Community and Economic Development, Liberatore's Ristorante of Bel Air, and Klein's Shoprite.
2019
The Maryland Center for the Arts was pleased to present Edgar Allan Poe's 210th Birthday Celebration at Westminster Hall in cooperation with the Westminster Preservation Trust and with funding from the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios (www.BakerArtist.org).