Please join Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) Alliance and arts educators and advocates from around the state for the fifteenth annual Cultural Arts for Education (CAF�) Conference on Thursday, May 29 at Towson University, Center for the Arts.

Why join the Frederick Arts Council?

The Arts are vital to the quality of life you enjoy in Frederick County. Whether you're engaged in the arts as an audience member, patron, educator or artist, the Frederick Arts Council is your arts ally. Our purpose is to foster an environment where the arts may flourish in our community through grants and scholarships, arts advocacy and links to essential resources.

Please consider joining today!

Email [email protected]

for more information.

Did You Know? - Frederick Arts Council members receive a 10% discount on events at the Weinberg Center. Just present your membership card at the box office at time of purchase.

21st Annual Frederick Festival of the Arts

Admission is still FREE!

June 6-8, 2014

Friday, June 6, 6:00-9:00pm

Join us for an opening reception and artist meet-and-greet with music by King St. Everyone in the community is invited to join us in kicking off the weekend right!

Saturday, June 7, 10:00am-6:00pm

Browse and buy craftsmanship from more than 100 talented artists from across the country. Take a leisurely boat ride on Carroll Creek and enjoy performances by Dan McGuire Group, The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors Dixieland Band, Straight Up Tribal, ESP Dance, Yardslippers, and Word of Mouth.

Saturday, June 7, 6:00-8:00pm

The artists may be done selling for the day, but come unwind with us after a long day on the creek. Beer and wine will be available and music will be provided by The Freddie Long Band.

Sunday, June 8, 11:00am-5:00pm

Just browsed on Saturday? Now that you've had a night to sleep on it, come back on Sunday and buy that jewelry, painting, pottery, or other piece of art from your favorite artist. Entertainment will be provided by the U.S. Navy Jazz Commodores, Big Hoax, and Basswood.

Hungry from all of the browsing and shopping? We've got that covered all weekend as well.

For more details, visit the Frederick Festival of the Arts page on our website.

The Frederick Arts Council would like to thank our FFOTA sponsors for 2014:

Fredericktowne Players and a Murder Mystery

For all of you who love murder mysteries and laughter, the Fredericktowne Players are able to combine the two. If you are having a birthday party, office party or any other social event, hiring the Fredericktowne Players will mean that your event will be a memorable one for your guests. Naturally, as we are entertainers, these murder mysteries are only for the purpose of enjoyment as we don't want to hurt anyone. However, there is a chance that any one of your guests might die of laughter or other complications.

To learn how to bring us to your location, contact: DC Cathro at [email protected]

Submissions to ART LINK

Submissions are due the first and third Monday of each month. Photos need to be in a jpeg format with 200dpi.

You or your organization must be a current member of the FAC to promote your event. If you wish to become a member or have questions please send an email to:
[email protected]

Back in Three Weeks!

Since May has dealt us 5 Thursdays, we are going to take an extra week's break from the newsletter to prepare for the Frederick Festival of the Arts.

Instead of producing a newsletter on May 29, we'll be back on June 5, just in time for FFOTA and First Saturday. Enjoy your Memorial Day!

All submissions received by June 3 will be included in the next newsletter.

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Events

Autism Artreach

The mission of Autism Artreach is to build Autism awareness in Frederick County by engaging the community in activities that bring people together through the arts.

The Autism Artreach project will bring people together to create a community art installation, an Autism Awareness Wall and will feature photographs, drawings, collages, and logos from the community.

This year's theme is "Bridges to Understanding" and aims to help people better understand the daily struggles faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. All proceeds from Autism Artreach 2014: Bridges to Understanding will benefit a local organization that provides support services for individuals affected by ASD and their families, the Arc of Frederick County.

Upcoming Events

Community Art at FSK Mall

May 17, 10am - 4pm

Frederick Festival of the Arts

Carroll Creek Linear Park

June 7, 10am - 6pm

June 8, 11am - 5pm

For much more information, and to purchase your piece of the wall, visit autismartreach.com

Calls For Artists and Auditions

The Comedy Pigs Are Looking to Expand The Family

The Comedy Pigs, Frederick area's premier and longest-running short form improv troupe will be auditioning new members on May 18th.

If you have some improv experience, want to join a troupe with more collective experience that you can shake two sticks at, can commit to rehearsals every Wednesday, and an average of four evening or late night shows a month (nearly all on Friday and Saturday), then bring your headshot and resume to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on May 18th at 2pm, and expect to be there until 5pm. Prospective Pigs should dress in comfortable clothes and be prepared to move. The primary audition will consist of playing a series of short-form improv games with various members of the Pigs. Omniscience is not required as they will teach auditionees the games. Call-backs will be on the following Wednesday, May 21st, starting at 8pm at the Maryland Ensemble Theater. If you get called back, you will also be asked to submit an original sketch on the 21st. You should expect to be at the call-back until 10pm.

Questions? E-mail [email protected]

For more information on The Comedy Pigs, visit comedypigs.org or marylandensemble.org

Art in the Park 2014

Jersey Design Contest

Applications are due by Monday, June 8

The Frederick Arts Council (FAC) is sponsoring the 8th annual Art in the Park night at Harry Grove Stadium on Friday, August 29, 2014. This annual event is a unique fusion of sports and the arts. Creative activities are planned to promote and celebrate the visual and performing arts and the evening concludes with fireworks. The Frederick Keys team and Keyote will be wearing a one-of-a-kind jersey for the evening designed by a local artist. This event presents a unique partnership between the Frederick Arts Council and the Frederick Keys as they seek original jersey designs. This year is the 7th opportunity to have an artist-designed jersey. Previously selected designs include Bridget Von Briel's "Rubber Duck-Key" themed jersey, Bev Reidinger's "Star Spangled Banner" jersey, Ron Roos' "Fireworks" jersey, Samantha Baker's "Bumble Key" jersey, Jill Jacobs Carswell's "Summer Splash" jersey and Rebecca Cool's jersey, "Knock It Out of the Park."

More Information and Application

O' Say Can You Sing? The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) in partnership with Star-Spangled 200 (SS200) is searching for Maryland's most talented vocalist to perform the National Anthem at Star-Spangled Spectacular.

The MSAC and SS200 invite Maryland citizens to show their patriotism by entering The Star-Spangled Sing-Off. The winner will have the chance to perform the National Anthem in September when the nation celebrates the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Baltimore.

The top prize also includes $1,814, accommodations during the event and four (4) tickets to Star-Spangled Air Show featuring the Blue Angels. Second and third place winners will receive $500 and $250 respectively.

To participate, vocalists record their solo, a cappella rendition of the National Anthem, post it to YouTube and enter the contest at www.msac.org/singoff by Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Quick Draw Contest & Art Market

Saturday, June 21 9:30am - 1:00pm

Calling All Artists: Join the Fun!

Register by Noon, June 18

Quick Draw is an exciting opportunity to apply your talent and have fun at the same time. It's also a chance to compete for $1,500 in cash prizes-and perhaps sell your work right off your easel!

Professional and amateur artists ages 18 and better are invited to register and pay the $15 fee online no later than noon June 18, and then check in 8-9:30 a.m. the day of the contest.

Note: For artists who applied but were not juried into Easels in Frederick, there is no cost, but you must still register online and check in Saturday morning.. Under age 18? Sign up for Youth Quick Draw by contacting [email protected].

Quick Draw Contest Information

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Easels in Frederick

June 16-21, 2014

Join us for a week-long celebration of plein air painting by 30 juried artists from around the country. For a description of all the 2014 Easels in Frederick events and much more information, please visit our website.

Classes & Workshops

437 North Market Street | Frederick, MD 21701 | 301-637-0145

Children's Camp and Adult Classes This Summer

with Homer Yost

* Children's camps will sculpt animals each day of camp

* Adult Figure Sculpture workshops working with nude model

* Adult Bas-Relief Animal Sculpting

To register, or for more information, go to www.griffinartcenter.com/homer

Summer Fun Camp

The Fun Company, Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) family theatre, is now enrolling students for its burgeoning summer camp for kids and teens, Fun Camp. Fun Camp's wildly popular and successful summer camps are an intense, yet fun filled experience for young performers.

Depending on the session, campers spend the first week exploring exercises in acting, improvisation, voice, movement, theatrical design, song and dance. That is followed by a jam packed week of rehearsing for their final performance which is open to the public. Final performances are structured to reflect the individual participants of each session and are created based on their creativity, imaginations and unique characters.

The Fun Camp is offering three different two week sessions that will run between June 23 - August 15, 2014. All camps are held Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm with final performances taking place on the last Friday of the session at 3pm (except July 4 there will be no class and that final performance will be July 5). The first session of the camp will run from June 23 through July 5, the second from July 7 to July 18 and the final session from August 4 through August 15. All sessions are $380 with discounts available for additional family members or multiple camps.

For more information on each of the three sessions and to register, visit the Fun Camp registration page.

Local Art Exhibits

Current Exhibits

2014 Annual Juried Exhibit

May 3 - June 22

Exhibit of artists' work selected by juror Margaret Winslow, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum

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Colleen Clapp

May 3-June 15

Mary Klotz

May3-June 15

Sheryl Massaro

May 3-June 29

Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
40 Carroll Creek Parkway
Frederick, MD 21701
www.delaplaine.org

The Artists' Gallery

4 East Church Street

Open Fri-Sun Noon-5pm

"Warp and Weft" by Lisa T. Reed

Lisa T. Reed

Marc Weinberg

May 2 - June 1

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 3, 5-9pm

In May, The Artists' Gallery will feature solo shows by two members as well as a show of work by the other members of the gallery.

In "Pattern and the Transformation of People and Things," Lisa T. Reed will present repurposed salsa jars, appropriated and collaged illustrations, and colorful patterned paintings to explore ideas about relationships, learning, and transformation.

Marc Weinberg's show is a change from his recent big, framed photographs. In this show, Weinberg invites you to explore his world through much smaller visual windows that pull you closer for intimate enjoyment.

Learn more at www.the-artists-gallery.org

"Just Across The Street" by Marc Weinberg

Gallery 322

322 North Market Street | Frederick, MD 21701

240-529-7743

www.gallery-322.com

May 3 - June 1

Artist's Talk

Sunday, May 18, 3pm

Closing Reception

Sunday, June 1, 3-6pm

Open Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm

By Appointment: 301-524-1834

Local Theatre/Dance/Music

5 Willowdale Drive - Frederick, MD 21702

Box Office: (301) 662-6600

http://wayoffbroadway.com

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
March 28 - May 31, 2014

1920's Hollywood during the waning days of the silent screen era is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy when many a movie studio found itself scrambling to salvage the career of its chipmunk-voiced silent picture stars. This fun musical theatre romp focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont, whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.

What has always been a signature of the various productions of Singin' in the Rain is the classic scene where Don Lockwood dances along the street as it rains on stage. After nearly 20 years since it last appeared in Frederick, Don Lockwood will once again dance in the rain with Way Off Broadway's spring production!

Performances are every Friday and Saturday evening, with a Sunday matinee on May 18.

To purchase tickets, call the Box Office at (301) 662-6600.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre

31 West Patrick Street

Frederick, MD 21701

Box Office: 301-694-4744 or

marylandensemble.org

In the Next Room or

The Vibrator Play

by Sarah Ruhl

directed by Julie Herber

May 30 - June 22

Fridays through Sundays

Tickets: Adults $25.50, Students/Seniors $21.50, Thursdays $16.50

(includes $1.50 ticketing fee)

In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria." Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity, the play centers on a doctor and his wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household. For mature audiences.

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MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE

INVITES YOU & A GUEST TO ATTEND

THE OPENING CELEBRATION

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

HOSTED BY MET BOARD CHAIRS

Susan Beal, Abby Sievers, Tina Lee

6:00pm Pre-Show Reception sponsored by The Perfect Blend

7:00-9:00pm In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play

We hope you will join us for Maryland Ensemble Theatre's new production of Sarah Ruhl's touching comedy set at the dawn of the age of electricity.

Please RSVP for your two complimentary tickets to [email protected] or Lorrie Lee at 301-694-4744.

The Frederick Arts Council promotes, supports and

advocates for the arts in Frederick County, Maryland.

11 West Patrick Street, Suite 201

Frederick, MD 21701

301-662-4190

www.frederickartscouncil.org