Upcoming Events
Exhibit
April 26th - May 18th
CRMS & LMS Jazz Bands
May 4th 6-7pm CANCELED
Union Bethel Gospel Choir
May 11th 6pm
Fun for the whole family!
May 12th 5pm - 9pm
High School Performers Showcase
May 18th 6pm
Caroline County
Council of Arts
P.O. Box 292
Denton, Maryland 21629
Phone: (410) 479-1009
Fax: (410) 479-5100
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Twilight Tunes | Block Party | Summerfest Call for Artists | Open Mic
Fiber Fest | Poetry Winners | Demonstration Garden
The Twilight Tunes – Homegrown Music on the Green free concert series will take place from 6 to 7 pm on the first three Fridays in May, May 4th, 11th, 18th, and Friday, June 1st on the Courthouse Green in Denton.
The series kicks off with a live performance by the Colonel Richardson and Lockerman Middle School Jazz Bands on Friday May 4th. This event has been canceled, please check back for details regarding an alternate date.
On Friday, May 11th there will be a performance by the Union Bethel Gospel Choir and on May 18th high school students from this year’s Open Mic series will perform. The series concludes June 1st with a performance by the Bay Country Chorus.
Come out with your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy an evening in beautiful historic Downtown Denton. There are refreshment and dinner options available at area restaurants, as well as several retail stores that are open late on Fridays. In the event of rain, please check our events calendar and signage at the event for the indoor venue location.
Twilight Tunes – Homegrown Music on the Green is a free concert series sponsored the Caroline County Council of Arts (CCCA) and the Maryland State Arts Council, with production support by the Caroline County Recreation and Parks Department. For more information and if you need special accommodations, contact the CCCA office, by phone at 410-479-1009 or by e-mail at ccartscouncil@verizon.net.
Join us for the Community Arts Block Party!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
5-9p.m.
The Foundry
401 Market Street
Denton, MD
The Caroline County Council of Arts, Inc. invites the public to attend their 5th annual Community Arts Block Party on Saturday, May 12 from 5-9 p.m. on Fourth Street between Market and Gay streets. Attendees will enjoy a free celebration of the arts – with live entertainment, artist demonstrations, art activities for all ages, and lots of fun for the whole family. There will be dancing in the street with music by Summers Off and a special performance by the High School Open Mic students. Food and drink concessions will be available, including Italian ice, pit beef, pork BBQ, and hot dogs.
Participants can preview the recent new addition to the Artsway at Denton, the historic Hardee House at 7 N Fourth St, soon to be the home for the Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore (FACES). Guests can find out more about FACES, see fiber arts demonstrations, and participate in a community quilt project. Guests will also be able to explore the new Denton Community Demonstration Garden, find out more about the project, and participate in their paint-a-tile fundraiser hosted by Color ‘n’ Clay.
The Foundry community art gallery at 401 Market Street will also be open to view artwork by over 50 local artists. The community is encouraged to come out, have fun, show support, and find out more about the Arts Council and its many programs. For more information, contact the CCCA office at 410-479-1009, ccartscouncil@verizon.net.
Summerfest 2012 Call for Artists
It’s that time of year again and the CCCA is looking for artists interested in booths during Caroline Summerfest 2012. This year’s event will take place on August 17th from 5 - 10 p.m., and 18th from 12 - 9 p.m. with a rain date of August 19th. Any artist interested in securing their spot should download the application here and follow the instuctions provided. Application deadline is June 25, 2012. For questions about general festival arrangements, call Caroline County Recreation & Parks at 410.479.8120. Inquiries regarding application receipt or jury process, etc, call the Caroline Council of Arts at 410-479-1009 or email at ccartscouncil@verizon.net. Caroline Summerfest is produced by the Town of Denton and Caroline County Recreation & Parks, with support from the Caroline County Council of Arts and the Maryland State Arts Council.
The Foundry continues High School Open Mic Night in 2012!
Get ready for Fiber Fest 2012!
Fiber Fest: A Four-Day Celebration of Fiber Arts
The Caroline County Council of Arts, in partnership with the Heartland Quilters of the Eastern Shore, will be hosting a four-day celebration of the fiber arts featuring the grand opening of the Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore (FACES); lecture, quilt exhibit, and classes by world-renowned quilter Elly Sienkiewicz; a fiber arts Shop Hop; and a Quilt Crawl through historic downtown Denton. This event will kick off on Thursday, August 2nd 2012 and will end on Sunday, August 5th 2012 with ribbon-cutting festivities at the new fiber arts center. Click on these links to find out more:
Register for classes and lectures.
The CCCA has recently undertaken the Fiber Arts Center project, which will adapt the recently renovated Hardee House at 7 N. Fourth Street to house a regional fiber arts center that includes quilt and other fiber art-related exhibit, retail, studio, and instruction space.
Located within Denton’s designated Historic, Main Street, and Arts & Entertainment districts, the center will be a destination for the area’s many quilt and fiber art enthusiasts, visitors, and residents to view historic and recent works by local quilters and fiber artists. Phase one of this project will involve the set-up of exhibit, retail, studio, and classroom space within the Hardee House, and the development of a branding and marketing strategy to effectively communicate the role of this center as a unique place to visit, shop, learn, and find inspiration.
We are currently looking for interested community members to help out! To find out more, check out the Fiber Center's Facebook page, it's page on our site, or contact Marina at 410-479-1009, or via ccartscouncil@verizon.net.
The fifteenth Annual Regional Poetry Contest sponsored by the Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot County Arts Councils presented this year’s winners with cash awards at the Church Hill Theatre in Queen Anne’s County on Thursday, April 26. The more than 200 entries included a wide representation of topics and age groups. Styles of work included rhyming, non-rhyming, humorous and event epoch poems.
This year’s contest judge was Ellen Wise. Wise of Galena, in Kent County, who received the 2011 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Poetry and the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship in Poetry. She attended the 2011 Breadloaf Writers Conference and is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her poem sequence, Ventriloquist Acts of God was set to music by American classical composer Adolphus Hailstork, and her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals.
2012 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
CHILDREN/YOUTH - GRADES 1 – 8
1. “In the Museum,” Juliette Neil of Talbot County, The Country School
2. “The Old Man of the Sea”, Lucy Bond of Talbot County, The Country School
3. “The Hand Me Down Dress,” Juliette Neil of Talbot County, The Country School
Honorable Mention. “Frog,” Megan Thornton of Talbot County, Easton Middle School
STUDENTS - GRADES 9 - 12
1. “Cloned,” Karen Beggins of Talbot County, St. Michaels High School
2. “The Truth,” Olivia Kenne of Talbot County, The Gunston School
3. “Goodbye,” Olivia Kenne of Talbot Couinty, The Gunston School
ADULTS – AGES 18 - 59
1. “Divorce,” Cynthia Thomas of Caroline County
2.”Ole Red,” Richard Cope of Queen Anne’s County
3. “Robin Winter,” Connie Connolly of Caroline County
SENIORS - 60 AND OVER
1. “Round Trip,” Jody Primoff of Caroline County
2. “Leo in August,” Sarah Dabney of Talbot County
3. “Light and Shadows,” Efigenio Bautista of Caroline County
Denton Community Demonstration Garden Breaks Ground!
The Denton Community Demonstration Garden, a community public space that showcases edible plantings, sustainable agricultural techniques, and garden ecology, broke ground on Saturday, March 31st 2012. The community garden, located by the municipal parking lot at 4th and Gay Streets in downtown Denton’s arts and entertainment district, is currently seeking individuals, groups and organizations that are interested in getting involved in the project.
The initial plantings of the community garden involve Square Foot Gardening, a technique that allows gardeners to cultivate small but intensively planted gardens. The garden will also offer a venue for social and cultural exchanges through learning about food security, nutrition, and cooking.
If you are an individual, school group, club or organization that is interested in participating in the seasonal planting, maintenance, harvesting, food processing distribution or marketing necessary to sustain a productive garden, please call 410.479.1009 or email dentoncommunitygarden@gmail.com. For those looking to make a donation, there is also a wish list of gardening items online at www.dentoncommunitygarden.com.
The Denton Community Demonstration Garden has been made possible by funding from the Caroline Human Services Council and the Woman’s Club of Denton and through the support of countless volunteers and organizations. Thank you for helping us plant the seeds for a better tomorrow.
