The newly built home of the non-profit Art League of Ocean City facility features a spacious two-story gallery, a pottery studio, classrooms, art library, and five working artist studios. The galleries display new exhibits of regional and local artists monthly, some of whom are Art League of Ocean City members.
Involvement Theater programs have been used with Maryland County Office of Aging sites, preK-12 public & private schools, College & University Student Activities, after school and No Child Left Behind programs. The programs are adapted to the participating age level including special needs and at-risk populations. Residencies, teacher in-service, family/parenting programs, music song writing and creative drama workshops are also available. Please call for funding options.
An initiative under the Southwest Partnership to establish a community arts center, anchored by a dance operator, with youth and community programming and education provided by artist studio residents.
The Washington City Paper says, “Happenstance Theater’s ensemble comedy is a gut-busting kind of funny.” The Washington Post describes our work as “visually striking and whimsical without being precious" and calls Happenstance Theater "DC’s leading peddler of whimsy.”
OUR MISSION AND MANDATE
Lesole Dance Project (LDP) seeks to empower youth and community members to engage in healthy, creative self-expression by providing educational arts programming and opportunities for cultural exchange.
Working in the United States and South Africa, LDP promotes the unique movement vocabulary and choreographic style inspired by the Southern African heritage, and faciltates learning spaces that honour Black artistic excellence.
The mission of the Chester River Chorale is to provide opportunity, education, and inspiration for amateur singers to strive for artistic excellence. Our performances strive to entertain diverse audiences and enrich the cultural life of the community.
Venus Theatre Company is the longest-running regional women's theatre in the United States. Venus is committed to setting flight to the voices of women and children with theatre for a lifetime.
WombWork Productions, Inc. was founded in 1997 by three Black women – Kay Lawal-Muhammad, Rashida Forman-Bey, and Nataska “Walks on Water” Hummingbird – who as artists and mothers established a space to address the dearth of creative outlets for their children and Baltimore youth. To this day, WombWork’s primary constituency remains youth ages 5-18, and secondarily young adults ages 19 and older. WombWork Productions primarily operates in Central Maryland, specifically Baltimore City.
The dance, music, and theatre programs at Montgomery College aim to introduce, educate, and involve a culturally diverse student population to the broadest possible range of dance, music, and theatrical experiences. We strive to allow the students to apply it to their lives and take their experiences into the community.
Mission
The Center of Help’s mission is to empower, educate and connect immigrants with resources to promote self-sufficiency and advocate for the successful integration of the immigrant community into Anne Arundel County and the surrounding areas.
The Center provides adult and youth education and case navigators who provide resources and guide clients to access services and become self-sufficient. www.centerofhelp.org