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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: From the Awards Judge with Michael Kalmbach
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Rehoboth Art League for a conversation with Michael Ka
 lmbach\,\nawards judge of our 85th Annual Members’ Fine Art Exhibition\,
  which\nis on display from July 21 through August 20\, 2023. Kalmbach will
 \ndiscuss his selection of the award winners and other notable pieces\nfro
 m the exhibition. Michael Kalmbach received his MFA at the\nUniversity of 
 Delaware in 2008. Shortly after graduation he accepted a\nposition at the 
 Delaware College of Art & Design\, and founded the New\nWilmington Art Ass
 ociation\, an artist collective that was active from\nAugust 2008 to April
  2013. This work led to Michael’s involvement\nwith the Chris White Comm
 unity Development Corporation\, which\ndeveloped the 23-unit artist live/w
 ork space\, Shipley Lofts. Kalmbach\nserved the CWCDC as Board Chairman fr
 om 2013-2016. In June 2011\, he\naccepted a contract with the State’s Di
 vision of Substance Abuse and\nMental Health to develop and direct a peer-
 run art space. The Creative\nVision Factory has been open since December o
 f 2011\, and fosters the\ncreative potential of individuals on the behavio
 ral health spectrum in\na studio art environment that cultivates integrati
 on with the\ncommunity through a program of exhibitions\, workshops\, and 
 communal\nworkspace. During his time on the Delaware State Arts Council\,\
 nKalmbach led the successful initiative to include Hip Hop as a funding\nc
 ategory of the Delaware Division of the Arts’ Individual Artist\nFellows
 hip program. He is the recipient of several awards\, including\nthe 2010 G
 overnor’s Awards for the Arts’ Peggy Amsterdam Award for\nOutstanding 
 Achievement\, the 2012 League of Women Voters of New Castle\nCounty’s Ca
 rrie Chapman Catt Award\, and a 2017 University of\nDelaware College of Ar
 ts & Sciences Alumni Achievement Award. Michael\nmaintains his painting pr
 actice and has exhibited his work in venues\nthroughout the Mid-Atlantic\,
  including the Delaware Art Museum\, the\nDelaware Contemporary\, the Bigg
 s Museum of American Art\, and UnSmoke\nSystems in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvan
 ia. Venue: Rehoboth Art League.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the Rehoboth Art League for a conversatio
 n with Michael Kalmbach\, awards judge of our 85th Annual Members’ Fine 
 Art Exhibition\, which is on display from July 21 through August 20\, 2023
 . Kalmbach will discuss his selection of the award winners and other notab
 le pieces from the exhibition. Michael Kalmbach received his MFA at the Un
 iversity of Delaware in 2008. Shortly after graduation he accepted a posit
 ion at the Delaware College of Art & Design\, and founded the New Wilmingt
 on Art Association\, an artist collective that was active from August 2008
  to April 2013. This work led to Michael’s involvement with the Chris Wh
 ite Community Development Corporation\, which developed the 23-unit artist
  live/work space\, Shipley Lofts. Kalmbach served the CWCDC as Board Chair
 man from 2013-2016. In June 2011\, he accepted a contract with the State
 ’s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to develop and direct a
  peer-run art space. The Creative Vision Factory has been open since Decem
 ber of 2011\, and fosters the creative potential of individuals on the beh
 avioral health spectrum in a studio art environment that cultivates integr
 ation with the community through a program of exhibitions\, workshops\, an
 d communal workspace. During his time on the Delaware State Arts Council\,
  Kalmbach led the successful initiative to include Hip Hop as a funding ca
 tegory of the Delaware Division of the Arts’ Individual Artist Fellowshi
 p program. He is the recipient of several awards\, including the 2010 Gove
 rnor’s Awards for the Arts’ Peggy Amsterdam Award for Outstanding Achi
 evement\, the 2012 League of Women Voters of New Castle County’s Carrie 
 Chapman Catt Award\, and a 2017 University of Delaware College of Arts & S
 ciences Alumni Achievement Award. Michael maintains his painting practice 
 and has exhibited his work in venues throughout the Mid-Atlantic\, includi
 ng the Delaware Art Museum\, the Delaware Contemporary\, the Biggs Museum 
 of American Art\, and UnSmoke Systems in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. Venue:
  Rehoboth Art League.
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