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.
Our Mission is to provide art and education opportunities to children and adults. Our goal is to provide access to arts for all. We provide free art lessons for underprivileged and underserved populations and healthy snacks and beverages
Hot Sauce Artists Collective is an artist-run organization. Our mission is to give opportunities to emerging and establish artists by showing their artwork in untraditional gallery spaces. We bring the gallery environment to parking lots, city parks, trails, and more.
Arts for Learning Maryland (formerly Young Audiences of Maryland) is a nonprofit organization devoted to enriching the lives and education of Maryland's youth through educational and culturally diverse arts programs. Through Arts for Learning, professional teaching artists from all disciplines partner with educators, schools, and school districts to provide, on average, over 300,000 hours of learning in, through, and about the arts to more than 185,000 Maryland students annually.
Artbae (Art before Anything Else) is an arts, entertainment and education-based lifestyle brand with a passion for advocacy.
Founded on the premise that all human beings are created to create, we utilize our network of creatives, influencers, and design thinkers to collectively promote the importance of living one’s purpose through their passion in order to leave a unique mark on the world.
The Water’s Edge Museum, which is volunteer-run and open free to the public, focuses on bringing school children through the door for an empowering session with tours led by members of America’s Founding Black Families. The Water’s Edge is working on 3 projects, all of which require funding. They are 1. Education, 2. The Maryland Spirituals Initiative, and 3. The Middle Passage Ceremony and Marker Initiative
The Mission of the Frederick Book Arts Center is to teach the craft and techniques associated with the Art of the Book. Letterpress printing, printmaking, bookbinding, photography, paper arts, and language arts are taught through a combination of workshops, field trips, school visits, and classes. All members of the community have the opportunity to learn, intern, and display work at the Center.
For over a century, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognized as one of America’s leading orchestras and one of Maryland’s most significant cultural institutions.
Founded in 1916 as a branch of the Baltimore City municipal government, the BSO reorganized as a private institution in 1942. We remain the first and only American orchestra with year-round venues in two distinct metropolitan areas, both specifically designed with the BSO in mind (The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore City and The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Montgomery County).
Melanie Figg is the President of Figg Coaching & Consulting - through which she offers creativity coaching and life coaching to writers, artists of all genres, and those working in the arts. As a certified professional coach, Melanie has coached hundreds of creative people. She works with people to to start - and finish! - their large creative projects, manage procrastination and perfectionism, improve time management and confidence, and find more meaning and ease in their personal and professional lives.
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting income eligible Maryland based artists' and arts organizations' legal rights through pro bono services and educational opportunities. You can learn more about our organization and apply for services at www.mdvla.org.