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Welcome to Artist Alley,
ï»żWashington 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...
www.washingtoncountyarts.com.
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The Washington County Arts Council hosts
âWater Warp and Weftâ the photographs of Donna Newcomer through November 30, 2021.
The exhibit is available in the galleries and virtually. Social distancing and wearing masks are required for all visitors in the gallery.
According to Dr. Newcomer, âThe title for this exhibit is âWater Warp and Weft.â My photographs predominantly reflect a water theme. Nature draws us to the water for many different reasons from the ocean to creeks and marshes. Water also weaves many patterns around our planet as well as our daily lives. For me and perhaps many, the âfabricâ created by bodies of water brings balance, perspective, and peace in our lives; as well as patterns that support us in the abstract fabric of life. I hope you will enjoy Water Warp and Weft and find a few moments of peace and meditation as you view the exhibit.â
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Meet Artist Kellie Mele
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Washington County Chamber of Commerce
1 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD, 21740
Cost: Free for Chamber members
$10 for non-Chamber members
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MAD Dance and The Weather People Share
Show in Shepherdstown
MAD Dance and The Weather People will share a performance called âCurrent Conditionsâ at the War Memorial Building, 102 East German Street, Shepherdstown, WV, on Sunday, November 21, 2021. The performance begins at 4:00 pm, and admission is by donation. All audience members are asked to be both vaccinated and masked in order to attend.
MAD Dance is Kitty Clark and Ray Shaw, making contemporary work in the modern dance tradition, including improvisation. As a duo, they express ideas and make movement art that is intimate, atmospheric, humorous, and surreal. They have been awarded a Creativity Grant and an independent artist award from the Maryland State Arts Council. In âCurrent Conditions,â they will perform an excerpt from âArrived,â their newly completed âPond,â and their theatrical work-in-process âWhale Wall.â
The Weather People is a dynamic horn quartet led by trombonist/composer Cam Millar. Along with trumpeter Adam Hanlin, and saxophone players Anita Thomas and Howard Burns, this group plays all-original music influenced by James Brown, Tito Puente, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. Millar has also received funding from the Maryland State Arts Council in support of this group.
For more information, email kitclark.moves@gmail.com or phone 301-331-4398.
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Downtown Hagerstown Tree Lighting
Come downtown for the annual tree lighting!
Hot chocolate, candy canes, live music, holiday activities for kids,
and of course, Santa!
For information contact Kitty Clark at 3017398577 or kclark@hagerstownmd.org
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Holly Fest is a Hagerstown tradition! This free holiday show features talented youth singers and dancers from Ballet and All That Jazz, Barbara Ingram Dance Department, Seed Dance Company/Bloom Dance Studio, Fresh Academicz, Dancin' Time Studios, and the Maryland International School for Sustainability and Technology. | |
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The Maryland Theatre Box Office
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
The Maryland Theatre Box Office Hours
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The Box Office is Open 1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
Contact Theatre Box Office 301-790-2000
For information contact Kitty Clark at 3017398577 or kclark@hagerstownmd.org
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Auditions for "August: Osage County"
Presented by The Potomac Playmakers
Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center
17303 W Washington St, Hagerstown, MD 21740-5155
(240) 513-6260
https://www.potomacplaymakers.org/
potomacplaymakers@gmail.com
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 @ 7 PM â 9 PM
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 @ 7 PM â 9 PM
With permission from Dramatists Play Service Inc., The Potomac Playmakers are holding auditions for our next production "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts. All are welcome at this audition and all roles are open. **To audition or be involved with this production you must be fully vaccinated and be able to provide proof of such when asked.**
For auditions, the director, Dave Dull, is requesting a prepared, 1-minute dramatic monologue, which will then be followed by scenes chosen from the script. One 15-year-old woman is needed for this production, and you must be 15 or older to audition. In addition one of the male roles is autistic, so the actor would need to be comfortable portraying this.
Needed: 7 Women and 6 Men
Rehearsals: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday Evenings
Show Dates: Feb 25-27 and March 4-6
***This show is an incredibly dark and a very emotionally intense drama. The subject matter could be triggering for people auditioning based on past or current life experiences/situations. If interested in auditioning, please take this warning seriously and we encourage you to research the show.***
Plot:
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet, and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and addicted to pain pills and âtruth-telling,â is joined by her three daughters and their problematic lovers, who harbor their own deep secrets, her sister Mattie Fae, and her family, well-trained in the Weston family art of cruelty, and finally, the observer of the chaos, the young Cheyenne housekeeper Johnna, who was hired by Beverly just before his disappearance. Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat.
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Authentic Community Theatre presents Cabaret
at The Maryland Theatre
Friday, January 21, 2022 & Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Parental Advisory: This production includes sexual content and is recommended for mature audiences only.
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, FrÀulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally's boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
$25
Contact Audrey Vargason at 301-790-3500 or ajv@mdtheatre.org
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The Maryland Theatre Box Office
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
The Maryland Theatre Box Office Hours
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The Box Office is Open 1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
Contact Theatre Box Office 301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre hosts
The McCartney Years
Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Tickets on sale Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 11:00 AM
Note-for-note, Harmonies and riff- every song is played live with nothing pre-recorded and to the standard set by McCartney himself in the early 1970s..From the days of the Beatles to the wings. A full McCartney concert experience.
Fee: $34.50 - $54.50
For information contact Audrey Vargason at 301-790-3500 or ajv@mdtheatre.org
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The Maryland Theatre Box Office
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
The Maryland Theatre Box Office Hours
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The Box Office is Open 1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
Contact Theatre Box Office 301-790-2000
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MSAC Upcoming Virtual Events | |
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Open Discussion
Tuesday, November 16th, 9 a.m.
Join MSAC and your fellow colleagues across the state on Tuesday mornings with your favorite coffee drink for a dialogue about the arts in Maryland. Click here to register.
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How to apply: Public Art at St. Mary's College of Maryland
Tuesday, November 16th, 5 p.m.
Join MSAC as we discuss how to apply for a public art commission for St. Mary's College of Maryland. Click here to register.
Marketing Best Practices: Make Your Website Work For You
Wednesday, November 17th, 1 p.m.
Join Rebecca Teaff of Redstart Creative to cover how to get your website ready for visitors. This will include how to organize your home page content to appeal to your audience, create an effective site map, fill your website with relevant content, website accessibility, and more! Click here to register.
Financial Best Practices: Building Growth
Thursday, November 18th, 2 p.m.
Does your organization want to start new initiatives and serve more people, but you are just breaking even with your current level of programming? How do you grow from a 150K org to a 500K org over time? Or from a 500K to 2M org? Join nonprofit finance specialist Melanie Hopkins for a session for organizations that are seeking to fully realize their mission over a larger geographic area of service. Click here to register.
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Join MSAC in a virtual journey to Marylandâs six regions as we continue the Fall Regional Arts Summit over the course of 6 weeks! In conversation with organizations across the state who are excelling in the work of Aesthetic Perspectives, our guests will highlight how the framework appears in their programming. Join us for one, two, or all six regions! No prior knowledge of the framework is required to participate.
Through an initiative known as âAnimating Democracy,â Americans for the Arts published a guide known as âAesthetic Perspectivesâ on which this series is based, as well as our Grants for Organizations application. The AP framework enhances understanding and evaluation of creative work at the intersection of arts and civic engagement, community development, and justice.
Aesthetic Perspectives Salon Series 4: Western Maryland with Frostburg State University Monday, November 15, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Aesthetic Perspectives Salon Series 5: Capital Region with University of Marylandâs Driskell Center Monday, November 22, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Aesthetic Perspectives Salon Series 6: Southern Maryland with Life Journeys Writers Club Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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2021 Creative Aging Vendor Training
from the Fine Arts Office of the Maryland State Department of Education
January 18, 19 & 20, 2022 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Creative Aging is sequential, skill-based, arts learning for older adults that embeds intentional social engagement activities. National partner, Lifetime Arts leads the highly experiential and participatory virtual training. (This series will not address nor provide training in art therapy approaches/techniques).
This training is for Maryland organizations looking to host Creative Aging programming!
Upon successful completion, vendors will:
- Receive a $1,500 grant for a Creative Aging residency
- Be invited to attend the Creative Aging Provider Showcase in February 2022
Click here for more information. Registration opens November 1st.
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The Maryland State Arts Council is committed to making sure all Marylanders can access its programs and services. For grant application assistance, please contact the appropriate Program Director. Guests with further accessibility questions or who require accommodations may fill out the Accommodations Request Form or contact the MSAC Office Secretary at msac.commerce@maryland.gov. | | |
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The 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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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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The WCAC facility is wheelchair accessible! | |
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Washington County Arts Council. Your information was obtained from
at least one of the following methods: signing our guest book,
becoming a member, donating, entering a contest, or exhibiting with us.
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