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This Weekend! Up Rigging Maritime Festival
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The City of Annapolis will play host to the Annapolis Up Rigging Maritime Festival at City Dock May 13 to 15, 2022. The festival is in partnership with the Annapolis Waterfront and Sailing Center, Downtown Annapolis Partnership, Chesapeake Crossroads and Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County. At the festival, two iconic tall ships and two inspiring sailing vessels will be moored at City Dock near the Burtis House. Some of the boats will be available for sails and/or tours.
It’s a SAIL-abration! The weekend will also include live music at Susan Campbell Park on all three days as well as a maritime festival on Saturday and Sunday in the City Dock parking lot between the Harbormaster’s office and the park. Admission is free to all events.
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FREE Virtual Lecture - Hesselius and Peale: Annapolis' American Court Painters, Tonight! |
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Tuesday, May 10
7:00 pm
Organization: Historic Annapolis
John Hesselius (1728-1778) and Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) were well-known Annapolis artists. This lecture will explore the artistic lineage between the master and apprentice, the influence of the Neoclassical style of European artists, and how they became known as the premier portraitists of the founding fathers of a new nation.
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Free Spring Open House this Saturday at Chesapeake Arts Center -- Please Register in Advance |
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Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Chesapeake Arts Center
194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, MD
Join Chesapeake Arts Center as they celebrate their 20th year of Building Community Through Creativity in Brooklyn Park, Maryland, in this FREE family friendly event.
The day will be filled with Live Performances, art and dance demonstrations, FREE art workshops, pottery demonstrations, tours of the MakerSpace, Art Gallery, Theatres, Ceramic Studios, Dance Studios and even adorable rescued animals to learn about and meet. Join us as we open our doors to the community in this one day all art-filled FREE event.
Although this event is completely free to the public thanks to sponsors -- the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County and Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area -- CAC asks that you register for tickets to help keep an eye on the amount of visitors expected.
Check out Chesapeake Arts Center and all they do in Northern Anne Arundel County -- visit their website at chesapeakearts.org
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Anna E. Greenberg Board Leadership Event: The Board's Role in Organizational Resilience |
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Saturday, May 14
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Graduate Annapolis
126 West Street, Annapolis
Organization: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County
Many organizations are reeling from the pandemic’s effect on their operations and attempting to navigate the still-shifting sands underneath them. Having to exert such focus on recovery can divert attention away from important board basics, which must still be tended so as not to lose ground. This conversation will surface best practices of nonprofit boards in steady-state operations as well as explore how the role of the board may be different when the organization is emerging from a crisis. Facilitators will discuss common board building-blocks that support organizational resilience as well as address your specific challenges and questions.
This event is for nonprofit executives, fund development professionals and board members. Registration is required and limited to 60 participants. Tickets are $45.
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From Treasure House to Production House: Stories of the Peale from 1814 to the Future |
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Thursday, May 12
1:00 pm
Organization: Maryland State Archives
Virtual May Lunch and Learn!
Dr. Nancy Proctor, founding Executive Director of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture and its now Chief Strategy Officer, will share key stories of the Peale Museum from its opening in 1814, through the recent renovations, to its new role as Baltimore’s Community Museum. This talk will include an invitation to attendees to collaborate with the Peale on redefining the role of museums in society and building the largest digital archive of Baltimore stories in the world.
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Saturday, May 14
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Historic Goshen Farm and Educational Center
1420 Cape St. Claire Road, Annapolis
A day to explore all the features at Goshen Farm! With over 10 environmental literacy activities provided by Broadneck High School students. It’s an Open House geared toward young learners and their families. Activity stations will be open from 10 am – noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm each day. From noon to 1 pm is a great time to picnic on the farm!
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Mansions and Merchants Tour |
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Saturday, May 14
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Hammond-Harwood House
19 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis
In 1811, Frances Loockerman moved into the Hammond-Harwood House with her husband and three children. Over the next 46 years, she saw the neighborhood transform. On this walking tour of Maryland Avenue, we will visit places Frances would have known, note changes she would have been aware of, and fill in the streetscape she could not have imagined.
Participants will also receive a half-price admission to the Hammond-Harwood House, which includes the special exhibition ”Ambition: Charles Willson Peale in Annapolis” featuring Peale’s Annapolis commissions chronologically with twenty-five portraits, including nine loans.
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Revolutionary Annapolis Walking Tour |
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Saturday, May 14
Tours offered at 11 am - 12:30 pm and 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Tour begins at the Museum of Historic Annapolis, 99 Main Street
Join Senior Historian Glenn E. Campbell for a “Revolutionary Annapolis Walking Tour.” Walk in the footsteps of patriot leader William Paca as you follow his dramatic personal and political story through the revolutionary era. Learn how a promising young lawyer became a rebel, a revolutionary, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the Governor of Maryland through the course of less than 20 years. This 90-minute, 1.5-mile walking tour begins at the Museum of Historic Annapolis and ends at the Maryland State House, with stops at fifteen other sites along the way.
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Reframing History: A Resource for Today’s History Conversation |
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Amid ongoing national controversy, it is more important than ever for the history community to be able to clearly explain what history is, how we come to understand the past, and why it matters to society.
That’s why the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) created Reframing History.
Reframing History provides the field with a new set of evidence-backed recommendations for communicating about history. The recommendations from this project are designed to help historians, educators, museum professionals, and history advocates to be able to more cohesively and convincingly communicate about history to build a wider understanding of what inclusive history looks like and why it is important for all of us.
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Reminder: African American Heritage Preservation Program Grants
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The AAHPP is administered as a partnership between the Maryland Historical Trust and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC). The program typically receives an annual appropriation of $1,000,000 for grants per year. Applications for the AAHPP are typically available in early April and due July 1, with decisions made by December every year.
Update: Matching Funds requirement has been ELIMINATED for ALL applicants for the FY2023 grant round, per House Bill 1088
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Join the Maryland Hall team and serve its mission of Art for All. Open Full Time Positions:
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Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area | 410-222-1805 | heritage_area@aacounty.org | chesapeakecrossroads.org |
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