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Artist Alley
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December 14, 2016
Volume 16-31
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Welcome
Welcome to Artist Alley, Washington County Arts Council's electronic newsletter. We hope this publication will engage you with the arts in your community.
WCAC welcomes your ideas and support as it continues to take the lead in bringing together the community's art organizations to strengthen our region's arts culture.
For artist information, arts events, calls for art, and more visit WCAC's web page...
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Community Calendar
Add your local events to the
WCAC Community Calendar
and learn about upcoming
events in your area.
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Artist Registry
Join the artist registry and
showcase your work for
everyone to see!
Learn more
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Special Events
Features special local events
that are not to be missed!
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Helpful tip: In most cases you can click on a graphic to activate a link!
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The Washington County Arts Council, Inc. hosts "Annual Community Art Show: The Best Local Art of 2016." The juried community art exhibit continues through January 3, 2017.
The exhibit jurors were Benita Keller and Kathryn Burns.
December 2016 AWARD WINNERS
WCAC President James Piern
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and Hagerstown Mayor Bob Bruchey presented checks and certificates to the 2016 exhibit award winners at the exhibit opening on Friday, December 2, 2016.
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Congratulations to the chosen photographers from
the 2015 Historic Houses of Worship Tour
Winner and honorable mentions photos are now on display at
the Washington County Arts Council.
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The Board of Directors of the Washington County Historical society is happy to announce the appointment of Stefanie S. Basalik as executive director of the Washington County Historical Society. Stefanie lives in Greencastle, PA and is currently the curator at the Carroll County Farm Museum. She is also a PhD Candidate at Penn State in American Studies, with sub studies in Interdisciplinary History, Public Heritage and Museum Studies. We are very excited by the many wonderful and innovative ideas she's presented to us about how to continue to grow our organization. She will begin her journey with us on January 3, 2017.
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Hard to choose just the right gift?
Have friends sign up for the Gallery Shop's
Gift Registry....
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The Maryland Theatre hosts
The Oak Ridge Boys' Christmas Celebration Tour
Thursday, December 15, 2016
* 7:30 pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Tinkering with Technology: Stop Motion
at the Fletcher Library
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 at 6:30pm
Join us for our second "Tinkering with Technology" program. This month we will be learning all about Stop Motion and program attendees will be able to create and film their own stop motion video. Open to children ages 8 to 12. Registration is required
@ Fletcher Library. Please call 301-739-3250 x250 to register.
100 South Potomac Street
Story Time Room - 227
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-3250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore, Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building
Request for Qualifications
DEADLINE: December 15, 2016 @ 5pm EDT
The Maryland State Arts Council and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) are now accepting applications for the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building public art project. Artists residing in the United States are eligible to apply. The permanent public artwork will be two-dimensional integrated on three large interior walls viewable from the first and second floors in the main hallway - student commons area.
The artwork Concept Design Development fee is $20,000. The artwork project budget is $180,000. The Artist Selection Committee will select up to three to four artists or artist teams for in-person interviews. One final artist or artist team will be selected and enter into a Concept Design Development contract to develop the design for the artwork. When final design is approved, the artist or artist team will enter into a fabrication and installation contract with UMBC.
Request for Qualifications deadline: Thursday, December 15, 2016, 5pm EDT. For project guidelines and application instructions
click here. To apply online: CaFÉ,
www.callforentry.org
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Victorian Christmas Tours Now Available at the Miller House Before you know it, the holiday season will be upon us! And on Saturdays at the Miller House Museum, we can help you get into the holiday spirit! On December 17th, the Washington County Historical Society will be offering special Victorian Christmas tours of the Miller House. Step into a winter wonderland created by local garden clubs and our wonderful Garden Committee and learn more about the tradition of Christmases past.
Saturday December 17, 2016 12noon, 1pm, 2pm or 3pm (tours start on the hour).
Cost: $12 for adults, free for children 12 & under (group discounts available).
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The Maryland Symphony Orchestra presents
Home for the Holidays Concerts
at the Maryland Theatre
December 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM
December 18, 2016 at 3:00PM
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra is excited to partner with the Salvation Army this holiday season for our annual Home for the Holidays Concert Toy Drive. Donations of new, unwrapped toys are now being accepted at the Maryland Symphony Orchestra administrative offices and will continue to be accepted through our Home for the Holidays Concerts on December 17th & 18th at the Maryland Theatre. Your donation will directly impact families in need and make Christmas "magical" for a little boy or girl in our community.
As an extra special gift to those families this year...for every toy donated, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra will also donate the "gift of music" with one child ticket and two adult symphony tickets to any masterworks concert this spring at the Maryland Theatre. |
Donations can also be dropped off at the Maryland Symphony Orchestra administrative offices located at 30 W Washington St, Hagerstown, MD 21740 or you can bring toys to the Maryland Theatre on the either day of the Home for the Holidays concerts.
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Opening Reception---Engine Room Art Space announces a new exhibit, T.V. Show, opening December 8th with a reception December 17th from 6 - 8 pm. This exhibit will remain in our space until December 30th. This T.V. themed exhibit will attempt to explore the many uses of television; the role it has played in history, society and culture , and what to do with those static-y boxes as we move towards different forms of on screen entertainment. You'll see some wonderful assemblage pieces with repurposed televisions, some video art, paintings with conceptual commentary and more! Questions regarding the event can be sent to
ejones@hagerstownmd.org.
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Playhouse stages riotous A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas is taking the stage at The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater and Children's Theater
November 18 through December 17.
In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, it's Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey's production of "A Christmas Carol" is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some appearing here for the first time, join in the holiday fun.
Steve Steele and Shawn Nakia star with Scott Ruble directing. Performances are held on Fridays and Saturdays at 6:15 pm, with select performances on Sundays and Thursdays. Tickets, which include a buffet dinner, are $42, $22 (children 5 -12). No children under age 5 admitted. Special discount applies for groups of 20 or more.
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Museum Consort
"Holiday Joy" Concert
at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
December 18, 2016/2:30 p.m.
FREE Concert
The program will include "Psalm 42: Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People"; "Regem Natum Angelus Annuntiavit" - by Jacob Handel (1550-1591); "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"; "Hanukkah Medley" Traditional - Arr. By Brenda Slick; "Three Rumanian Christmas Carols"; "Sussex Carol/I Saw Three Ships"; and "Magi Videntes."
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SOLD OUT!
The Maryland Theatre hosts
The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
Holiday Spectacular
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 * 7:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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The Maryland Theatre hosts
The Wizards of Winter
Thursday, December 22, 2016 * 7:30pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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The annual Historic Houses of Worship Tour will be held in downtown Hagerstown on December 26, 2016, from 3:00-7:00 p.m. This free, self-guided candlelight tour is a way to experience the City of Hagerstown's beautiful, historic churches festively decorated for the holiday season. Docents are available at many of the stops to provide interpretation. Seasonal music and refreshments are also offered at several of the tour stops. The 2016 tour includes 14 churches as well as the Miller House (Washington County Historical Society). Brochure guides are available at the Visitor Welcome Center at 6 North Potomac Street prior to the event and at the Miller House at 135 W. Washington Street the night of the event. Shuttle service will be available on a continuous loop. In case of inclement weather the tour will be held from 3-7 p.m. on December 27. The Historic Houses of Worship Tour is hosted by the Hagerstown Area Religious Council. The Visit Hagerstown-Washington County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the City of Hagerstown are sponsors of the annual holiday event.
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Call for Photographers
2016 Historic Houses of Worship Tour
Photo Contest
Historic Houses of Worship Tour organizers, in partnership with and support from the Washington County Arts Council (WCAC), invite the public to submit up to three photos to their 2016 photo contest. Photos should be taken during the Historic Houses of Worship Tour and must be submitted in jpg format by noon on January 13. The winner will be selected by contest judges and that photograph will be commissioned by the tour organizers and used to create promotional materials for the 2017 tour. The winner will be announced in February and will receive a $200 award. For the complete contest rules and entry form, go to:
www.washingtoncountyarts.com/holiday-worship-tour
. Submission deadline is noon on January 13, 2017.
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Hagerstown Community Concert Association presents Kubecca
at the Maryland Theatre
Sunday, January 22, 2017 * 2:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Fertile Soil
at The Miller House
January 22, 2017 - 2PM
The Washington County Historical Society Sunday Afternoon Musical Concerts
Once again during the winter months (January, February and March), The Washington County Historical Society will be having Sunday afternoon musical concerts. The afternoon will begin at 2 and will include a reception. These concerts will be held on the 4th Sunday of the month.
FERTILE SOIL
~ Back by popular demand, this hand clapping, foot stomping bluegrass band hails from Western Maryland. They play both traditional and modern bluegrass and you can find them locally at many venues where people enjoy good music and good times.
Washington County Historical Society
135 W Washington St
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-797-8782
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Danny Webber and Friends:
Noteworthy Sundays
@ Your Library Concert
Sunday, January 22, 2017 @ 3:00pm
Our concert series continues as Danny Webber and Friends offer a mix of contemporary classical and jazz music in solo, duo, and trio arrangements today. The concert is free to attend.
100 South Potomac Street
Community Room #308/309
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-3250
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The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce its exhibition, Distant Journeys: Willem Dooijewaard's Drawings of Mongolia and Bali. The exhibition will be on view from November 12, 2016 - January 22, 2017.
A personal friend of museum founders William H. Singer, Jr. and Anna Brugh Singer, the Dutch artist Willem Dooijewaard (1892-1980) helped the Singers expand their art collections through carefully chosen acquisitions. Travelling throughout Asia, Indonesia, and North Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, Dooijewaard visited many places that were unknown to most Americans and Europeans. This exhibition, featuring 14 large-format drawings by Dooijewaard, captures the young artist's sense of adventure as well as his fascination with the details and discoveries of exotic lands and peoples. The exhibition is organized by the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and sponsored by First United Bank & Trust.
For more information on the Museum, please phone (301) 739-5727 or visit
www.wcmfa.org
. Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Donut Drop & Movie Night
Plan to join thousands of local citizens in downtown Hagerstown for the annual "Donut Drop" on New Year's Eve from 6-7 p.m. Immediately following the drop, The Bridge of Life will show the movie "The Secret Life of Pets" at 14 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
Max (Louis C.K.) is a spoiled terrier who enjoys a comfortable life in a New York building until his owner adopts Duke, a giant and unruly canine. During their walk outside, they encounter a group of ferocious alley cats and wind up in a truck that's bound for the pound. Luckily, a rebellious bunny named Snowball swoops in to save the doggy duo from captivity. In exchange, Snowball demands that Max and Duke join his gang of abandoned pets on a mission against the humans who've done them wrong.
The free movie starts after the Donut Drop around 7:15 p.m. with free drinks and free popcorn available in the lobby. Bring the kids! Bring the neighbors!
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Maryland Arts Day
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
St. John's College
Mellon Hall, Francis Scott Key Auditorium
60 College Avenue, Annapolis, MD
Registration for Maryland Arts Day 2017 is now OPEN!
Early Bird Registration: $25 per Person until February 3
$40 per Person February 4 - 10
Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch,
parking and free shuttle to St. John's College
Join hundreds of arts advocates in Annapolis as we raise our voices in support of public funding for the arts.
This year will be extra special as MCA celebrates its 40th Birthday! |
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Let's Talk Music
at the Fletcher Library
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 from 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Join Joseph Marschner, (Chair, English & Humanities Division, Hagerstown Community College) and Susan Wilson who plays bassoon and contrabassoon for the Maryland Symphony Orchestra as we talk about the upcoming MSO concert titled "The Romantics" and featuring Griffes "Pleasure Dome of Kubla Kahn" and "Don Juan" by R. Strauss.
100 South Potomac Street
Community Rooms - 1 & 2 - 308/309
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-3250
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra presents
Romantic Rachmaninoff
at The Maryland Theatre
Saturday, February 11, 2017 * 8:00pm
Sunday, February 12, 2017 * 3:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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The Maryland Theatre hosts
Decades Rewind
Thursday, February 23, 2017 * 7:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Méara Meara:
Noteworthy Sundays
@ Your Library Concert
Sunday, February 26, 2017 @ 3:00pm
Méara Meara is a trio of Irish musicians blending tradition and today. Join all-Ireland fiddle champion Haley Richardson, on fiddle and vocals, all-Ireland medalist Keegan Loesel on uilleann pipes, whistles, and vocals and Mid-Atlantic accompaniment champion Dylan Richardson on guitar, bouzouki and banjo for an exciting afternoon of Irish music as we give an early welcome to American Irish American Heritage Month.
100 South Potomac Street
Community Room - 1&2 - #308/309
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-3250
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The Maryland Theatre
presents
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
A Page to Stage
Live Performance!
Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 2:00pm
From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears at their door, Sally and her brother know that the Cat in the Hat is the most mischievous cat they will ever meet. Suddenly the rainy afternoon is transformed by the Cat and his antics. Will their house ever be the same? Can the kids clean up before mom comes home? With some tricks (and a fish) and Thing Two and Thing One, with the Cat in The Hat, the funs never done!
The Maryland Theatre
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
(301) 790-2000 |
www.mdtheatre.org
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Friends of Safe Place Washington County
Child Advocacy Center presents
The 2017 Comedy & Magic Spectacular
at The Maryland Theatre
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 * 3:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra
The Planets
at The Maryland Theatre
Saturday, March 18, 2017 * 8:00pm
Sunday, March 19, 2017 * 3:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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The Maryland Theatre presents
Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
Sunday, March 26, 2017 * 4:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Hagerstown Community Concert Association presents Melinda Doolittle
at The Maryland Theatre
Thursday, March 30, 2017 * 7:30pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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The Maryland Theatre presents
Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 * 7:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra presents
The Best of the Eagles
at The Maryland Theatre
Saturday, April 8, 2017 * 8:00pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Mel Brooks' The Producers
Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater & Children's Theater presents Mel Brooks' The Producers.
A scheming producer and his mousy accountant aim to produce the biggest flop on Broadway in this laugh-out-loud "equal opportunity offender!" From the mind of Mel Brooks, the comedic genius behind Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs, The Producers* is the Winner of 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical!
*The Producers contains adult language and situations.
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Steel Magnolias
Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater & Children's Theater presents Steel Magnolias.
Steel Magnolia's is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. Helped by her assistant Annelle, Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, Clairee, the former Mayor's wife, and M'Lynn, whose daughter Shelby (the prettiest girl in town) is about to marry a "good ole boy." Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias is truly touching, funny and marvelously entertaining.
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The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts presents Seussical The Musical
at The Maryland Theatre
Friday and Saturday, April 21, 22 & 28, 29, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 23 & 30, 2017 at 2:30 pm
21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown MD 21740
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Dial M for Murder
The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater and Children's Theater presents Dial M for Murder.
Alfred Hitchcock based his much-loved thriller on this play about a former tennis star who has married for money. He goes on to plan what he thinks is the perfect murder. Or is it? This hair-raiser thrills you down to the last chilling moment!
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T
he Washington County Arts Council, Inc. is funded by
a grant from
the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC),
an agency of the
Department of Business & Economic Development.
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Supported in part by:
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The Washington County Arts Council is a proud member of County Arts Agencies of Maryland,
Maryland Citizens for the Arts and Americans for the Arts.
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