Art & History Museums of Maitland

Art & History Museums of Maitland The Art & History Museums of Maitland (A&H) is a premier Central Florida cultural destination and co

The Art and History Museums of Maitland operates the Maitland Art Center, Waterhouse Residence Museum, Carpentry Shop Museum, Maitland Historical Museum, and The Telephone Museum.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Dedication Ceremony celebrating the new Que Throm and Cicero Greathouse Educ...
09/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Dedication Ceremony celebrating the new Que Throm and Cicero Greathouse Education Studios! A special thank you to Major John Lowndes for ringing the bell and carrying on a tradition established by our founder, J. André Smith, who marked the opening of the Research Studio with a bell ringing nearly 90 years ago.

We are also grateful to our speakers, A&H Board President Joe Ales, Board Member Trent Tomengo, Mayor John Lowndes, Art School Professor Jim Patterson, and Que’s friend Julie Frey.

We could not have reached this historic milestone without Architect Mark Strait, our friends at Lamm & Company Partners, our project team including JCR Landscaping, Walter P. Moore, and Bobes Engineering, and our own Chief Curator Dan Hess, who curated a beautiful gallery space and designed the iconic bird on the front of the studios.

Thank you to everyone who helped bring these new education studios to life!

Join us for an exclusive look at our Education Studios on Saturday, September 5 for Free!⁠ To celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting you to see our new building that will house our upcoming Fall art classes. Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998377030493

Photos by Dawn Aiello

09/01/2026

We’re saying farewell to Carlos Azuaje, one of our 2025-26 Studio Artists, as he shared his final thoughts about his residency, and his oil painting process in the final interview with past Studio Artist, current Bok Fellow, and Board Member Sinuhé Vega Negrin.

📽️ Check out the full artist talk on our Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/PFlx1qlit_U

✨ Artist Highlight: Anthony Mancuso, American, b. 1988Nine Studies of Space and Place, 2026Oil on mylarOn Loan from the ...
08/28/2026

✨ Artist Highlight: Anthony Mancuso, American, b. 1988

Nine Studies of Space and Place, 2026
Oil on mylar

On Loan from the Artist

Orlando based artist Anthony Mancuso was awarded a Studio Residency At A&H in 2019 – 19 and again in 2022 – 23. He stated about his work, “My work examines the spatial and psychological dynamics of domestic life, emphasizing the overlooked routines and rituals that shape our shared environments. Through painting, I engage in a meditative exploration of intimacy, materiality, and the quiet negotiations embedded in everyday experience”.

In, Thoughts on Liminal Space, artist and writer Sinuhe Vega comments on Mancuso’s practice, “Anthony paints and engages with the everyday, a painter of daily objects emphasizing the overlooked nature of routines, habits, and rituals…he looks for that still and the silent moment reminding us that there's poetry in the mundane. I was drawn to the small paintings, they were close-ups, focused on singular items. The way he captures these items, isolating them within a vibrant monochromatic palette, reflects a deeper philosophical stance on perception and presence.

In contemplating his paintings, it becomes clear that the color used becomes the protagonist undermining the image, this disarms the viewer and allows them to enter…He stares and stares at the object, stripping it of its associations until it disintegrates, like repeating a word over and over until it becomes just a sound, void of meaning”.

Explore all nine works up close, step inside the artist’s studio, and learn what makes these studies so unique!

Plan your visit to experience the full exhibition!
🗓️ On View: July 25 - September 27 ⏰ Tues - Sun | 11am-4pm

From the Vault: Ralston Crawford was a leading American modernist and a key figure in Precisionism. Throughout his caree...
08/27/2026

From the Vault: Ralston Crawford was a leading American modernist and a key figure in Precisionism. Throughout his career he was drawn to subjects like factories, bridges, and grain elevators, reducing them to clean lines and simplified shapes.

That approach runs through all three works featured here. "Maitland Bridge #2" (1938, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) turns local architecture into crisp planes and angles. "Lights in an Aircraft Plant" (1945, National Gallery of Art) reflects his fascination with modern industry and machinery. And in "The Glass," Crawford applies the same eye to an everyday object, focusing on line, structure, and spatial relationships rather than realistic detail.

"Maitland Bridge #2" also carries local significance, painted while Crawford was a Bok Fellow during the Research Studio's inaugural 1938-39 season. The Studio encouraged artists to experiment with new approaches to composition and technique. For Crawford, whose work was already moving between representation and abstraction, the experience reinforced his interest in breaking familiar subjects down to their essential forms.

His industrial focus took a sharp turn in 1946, when Fortune magazine sent Crawford to document the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. The experience pushed his work further toward abstraction, as he tried to capture the scale of what he witnessed through jagged forms and fractured shapes rather than literal detail—an interest in reducing subjects to their essential elements that stayed central to his work for the rest of his career.

See "The Glass" and more in “US”, on view now.

Slide One: Credit to the Caldwell Gallery

🖼️The Art of the Portrait from Life🧑‍🎨 Unlock the secrets to capturing likeness, beauty, and raw emotion in this open to...
08/26/2026

🖼️The Art of the Portrait from Life🧑‍🎨 Unlock the secrets to capturing likeness, beauty, and raw emotion in this open to all levels portrait workshop taught by Amanda Cortés!
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🗓 Sunday, July 26 | ⏰ 1pm-4pm ⁠
📍Maitland Art Center Studio 10
🔗 Sign up:
https://artandhistory.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/27457

Note: Workshop registration will close 4 days prior.

Get an exclusive look at our Education Studios on Saturday, September 5 for Free!To celebrate this milestone, we’re invi...
08/26/2026

Get an exclusive look at our Education Studios on Saturday, September 5 for Free!

To celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting you to see our new building that will house our upcoming Fall art classes. Enjoy the studios, the detailed architecture, and the special gallery space.

We are so thankful to have worked alongside Lamm & Company Partners for this historic project!
📸Photos by Maegan Lamm
(https://bymaeganlamm.com/)

📍Que Throm and Cicero Greathouse Education Classrooms
📅Saturday, September 5
⏰11am-4pm
🎟️Grab your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998377030493

Tomorrow is Last Wednesday at A&H! Say farewell to our 2025-26 Studio Artists during a panel discussion. Plus, we'll be ...
08/25/2026

Tomorrow is Last Wednesday at A&H! Say farewell to our 2025-26 Studio Artists during a panel discussion. Plus, we'll be announcing our 2026-27 Studio Artists!

Enjoy a drink from our cash bar, have great conversation while exploring our beautiful National Historic Landmark grounds along with your free gallery admission.✨

⁠📅Wednesday, August 25 | 5:30-8PM⁠
🔗Claim your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984886084711

08/25/2026

We’re saying farewell to Amir Emad Marvasti, one of our 2025–26 Studio Artists, as he shares his final thoughts on his residency in this special interview with past Studio Artist, current Bok Fellow, and Board Member Sinuhé Vega Negrin.

📽️ Check out the full artist talk on our Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/8Ag7VJ9Udr0

08/24/2026

Fall Art School Registration is OPEN!⁠ From Painting to Ceramics to Printmaking and more, Art School at A&H is the perfect place to explore your creativity.

This session will take place in the new Education Studios! Choose from 6 or 9 week classes & 1–2 day workshops.

⁠🔗 Check all offered courses here: https://artandhistory.org/classes/

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231 W. Packwood Avenue
Maitland, FL
32751

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Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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(407) 539-2181

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