The Rural MD Council Grant Review Board notified Garrett County Arts Council that it has been approved to receive a grant from the Maryland Agriculture Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund.
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Current News, Events, and Press Releases
The 2021 season opens with a “Sofa Series” of virtual concerts: National Players’ “As You Like It;” Barron Ryan's Where Classical Meets Cool; & Charlotte B. Alston, African American Storyteller.
This grant supports traditional arts education through the teaching of skills from a master artist to a learner artist.
In partnership with Simon Pearce Glassworks, the Garrett County Arts Council has “rolled with the COVID-19 punches” to create an online version of its popular “SEYMOUR, An Art Experience” marketplace,
A Meshach Browning-themed community art project will be unveiled on Saturday, September 26th, at noon at the Deep Creek Lake Lions Club Park at 1249 Bumble Bee Road, Accident.
Oakland resident Mary Sincell McEwen started the new part-time job Monday. “I’m excited about shining more of a spotlight on our arts communities,” she said.
The current project will be written to accommodate any age group or level, but for the 2020-21 proposed project, Ballet Theatre was asked to gear it toward the fourth grade.
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival has announced FirstEnergy Foundation’s sponsorship of the 2019 performance season, including a special performance by Maryland Symphony Orchestra.
Kathy Beachler will take over the position of Executive Director of the Garrett County Arts Council on July 1st, following Karen Reckner's retirement by the end of June.
This three-day celebration will include a schedule of daily lectures, living history presentations, musical presentations, plus many more exciting events during the day and into the evening hours.
This years's Garrett Lakes Arts Festival (GLAF) season will kick off on April 27, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Garrett College Auditorium with Walt & Jackie.
Rose Gordy has played many roles in her lush “green” life: Daughter, teacher, coach, wife, mother, writer, poet, dream counselor, widow, grandmother, traveler, dancer and nun — just to name a few.
In her studio near Bittinger, Annie Simcoe, transforms plants into what she calls “paper quilts” — an unusual combination of collage and quilting.
Members of the Garrett County Arts Council and staff at The Gallery Shop in Oakland hung new work on the shop walls this week.
The Garrett County Arts Council has announced the publication of the most recent issue of Ginseng, the council’s own literary journal. The book is available at The Gallery Shop.
Frederick A. Thayer III Courthouse
203 South Fourth Street, Room 208
Oakland, MD 21550
Phone: 301.334.1921
Fax: 301.334.7469
economicdevelopment@garrettcounty.org
