Established in 1986, The Delaplaine Arts Center has grown from a grassroots nonprofit organization to a cultural anchor visited by more than 80,000 people and offering more than 50 exhibitions in seven galleries, 250 classes and workshops, and dozens of public programs each year. Virtual Delaplaine expands the arts center's reach and impact by providing free online exhibitions, artist-led workshops and talks, art activities, and more.
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Frederick, MD 21701
United States
Esperanza Alzona is a sculptor from the Washington, DC area whose work has been widely exhibited regionally and nationally. Working primarily in cast metal and mixed media, her sculptures have received numerous awards in juried exhibitions, and she has received grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Frederick Arts Council. Before taking up sculpture, she danced professionally, was an award-winning independent choreographer, and directed her own contemporary dance company based in Turin, Italy, where she lived and danced for six years.
New Spire Arts is a performing arts nonprofit located in Downtown Frederick founded in 2016. Our performing arts center, New Spire Stages, is located at 15 W Patrick Street and was opened in early 2019.
We’ve partnered with many organizations including the YMCA, SHIP (Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership), the Frederick Arts Council, Maryland School for the Deaf, the Downtown Frederick Partnership, the Delaplaine, Heartly House, and more.
MET and its Founders Tad Janes & Gené Fouché have spearheaded the growth of MET from an improv troupe of young comics called the Comedy Pigs who performed in the back of local Frederick, MD bars in the late 90’s into a community stronghold.
DISTRICT Arts is dedicated to representing the work of local, regional and nationally recognized artists whose styles and techniques evoke the modern world through the dramatic use of color and form. Paint, ink, glass, clay, digital art, paper, wood, mixed media and sculpture are all represented.
The juxtaposition of the designs and themes on our walls and pedestals with the surrounding centuries-old historic spires and buildings in Frederick, MD illustrates that contemporary can honor tradition.
Jillian Abir MacMaster (b. 1995, she/her) is a Palestinian-American photographic artist from Frederick, Maryland. She holds a BFA in photography from Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She curated the exhibition Infinite Growth at the Frederick Arts Council in 2022.
Downtown Frederick’s A&E District is home to an impressive number of arts venues with shopping and food experiences to spare. More than 200 specialty shops, art galleries, cultural venues and signature restaurants await you.
Solo Exhibitions
I Remember You The Sketchbook Project Brooklyn NY 2012
Immix Remix The Artists’ Gallery Frederick MD 2009
On Transience The Artists’ Gallery Frederick MD 2007
BlinkBlinkBlink The Artists’ Gallery Frederick MD 2006
All the People in the World and New Paintings Hotel Rouge Washington DC 2005
Small Group Exhibitions
Compositions James Germaux and Christine Hahn Saville Gallery Cumberland MD 2011
Shunpiker Christine Hahn, Bill Gusky, Ken Huston, and Janet Van Fleet curated by, R.L. Croft School 33 Baltimore MD 2009?
Selected Group Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions
Lisa Sheirer is a visual artist, living and working in Frederick, Maryland. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from West Virginia University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from The University of Notre Dame. Ms. Sheirer has been creating artwork for over 40 years.
23 years old. Maryland resident. BFA degree from MICA in General Fine Arts.