The Gatsby Showcase Foundation believes that culture, creativity, and the arts play a pivotal role in shaping communities and inspiring change. By supporting arts programs and showcasing talent, we work to preserve cultural heritage and foster creativity in underserved communities.
The Creative Representation Empire is an educational resource company that specializes in culturally representative coloring books and programs. With a growing collection of over a dozen coloring books and social emotional learning curriculum, TCRE's collection utilizes community curated images, affirmations, and educational content to create an immersive hands-on learning experience.
We specialize in custom hand pulled screen printing decoration on apparel. We also preform live screen printing events where we showcase our skills and teach people the process of our work. We have done live printing events for Salisbury university and various farmers markets. We also practice sculpture and poetry. My wife and I have been creating with Sam’s Shirts since October 2019.
The School for Performing Arts and Recording for Kids (SPARK) is dedicated to helping students of all ages and backgrounds develop their musical abilities while also teaching them how to create, record, and perform their own songs. We aim to empower students to express themselves through the art of music. While some may learn the basics of their instruments, many lack opportunities to apply these skills creatively. Our program bridges this gap by providing hands-on experience in music creation and performance.
Dee Makes Things 4U is a small business that focuses on personalized merchandise and costuming.
My youth mentorship program targets the Sandtown Winchester, Penn-North, and Harlem Park areas hosting restorative mentorship sessions for young ladies facing adverse childhood experiences. Using dance, art, restorative practices, and community service our program is designed to take unsupervised and unmotivated young ladies off the streets and into the studio.
The City of Bowie Arts Committee maintains an art gallery on the first and second floors of Bowie City Hall. The gallery includes hanging space for artwork, and two display cases for three-dimensional artwork.
The Arts Committee changes the gallery, usually on a quarterly basis. The majority of the gallery exhibits are juried shows. Artists all over the metro DC-Baltimore area are eligible to participate in the juried shows. Artists are then invited to submit digital images of their artwork, along with the entry form.
Located in the Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts at 206 S Commerce Street in Centreville, Maryland, the Queen Anne's County Arts Council has been serving our county since 1977. We are a private non-profit corporation founded to promote and encourage visual, performing arts in Queen Anne's County.
Check us out at www.queenannescountyarts.com and check out a peek into our gallery shows at www.qacacartists.com
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, The Hammoind High School Music Boosters aim is to enhance music edcation at Hammond High School, via sponsering music education events, and fundraising. The funds raised go a long way to helping students grow musically, as well as secure instruments, sheet music, clinics, uniforms, accompanists, and marching drill instruction. The funds also provides support for hosting multiple music festivals, provide scholarships to students, funding the Tri-M Music Honor Society, and funding the student awards banquet.
In November 1966, the Enoch Pratt Free Library published the first issue of Chicory, a groundbreaking magazine of poetry and art by Baltimore residents. Edited by local poet Sam Cornish, Chicory was initially funded through the federal Office of Economic Opportunity’s Community Action Program, under the local leadership of Evelyn Levy, supervisor of Library Services for the Community Action Program, and Thelma Bell, one of the first African American children’s librarians at Pratt.