Chesapeake Arts Center’s (CAC’s) ninth annual Arts in the Park Free Festival will take place on September 30, 2023 from 10 am-3 pm (rain date October 1, 10 am-3 pm). This FREE community event will be held in front of CAC’s Hammonds Lane Theatre (adjacent to Brooklyn Park Middle School). The event will feature fun, creative, and interactive activities for all ages, live music and performances, over 60 art and community vendors, and local food truck favorites.
Read MoreAngela Wilson's critically acclaimed stage play, Tears of the Soul, which premiered at the Chesapeake Arts Center in 2018 and has been very well received by audiences, has recently been published and licensed by Heuer Publishing. Angela Wilson is also a State Regional Award winner for literary arts awarded by the Maryland State Arts Council.
Read MoreChesapeake Arts Center’s (CAC) 8th Annual Arts in the Park Festival is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 8th from 10 am to 3 pm. This free event will be held on the CAC campus in front of Hammonds Lane Theatre and in the parking lot of Brooklyn Park Middle School. Enjoy family-friendly arts activities, live performances and music, art and community vendors and food trucks.
Read MoreChesapeake Arts Center (CAC) announced a new partnership with Encore Creativity, the nation’s largest choral organization for adults 55 and older. Encore is launching a choral group at Chesapeake Arts Center to serve residents in Brooklyn Park and Northern Anne Arundel County. The group will meet at CAC on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to noon beginning September 6. The cost to join the choral group is $190/15 week semester. Scholarships are available to ensure all local residents have access to the group.
Read MoreThe Chesapeake Arts Center is celebrating 20 years of building community through creativity. This holiday season we wanted to give back to our community.
Read MoreToday we have received information that two students that attend a class have tested positive for Covid-19 and are in quarantine. The last date they were in our building was Saturday April 10th
Out of an abundance of caution for students, instructors, and patrons, CAC will be cancelling all classes and open studios until April 30th. Our facility will be closed and is undergoing a thorough cleaning. Normal classes and activities will resume on Saturday May 1st.
Read MoreSubmit art created during the coronavirus pandemic to this exhibit. This exhibit is open to 2D and 3D artists ( including photography and digital art). For information about the exhibit, check out the blog!
Read MoreOut of an abundance of caution for our students, staff, and instructors, CAC will be postponing the start of our winter/spring semester until after February 1st.
Read MoreCAC has updated our COVID safety guidelines based on the latest information from medical authorities. Please see below for additional protocols below, including our response to COVID exposure and contact tracing, required adult/parent contract and travel guidelines.
Read MoreThe Chesapeake Arts Center will be closed until Saturday, October 17, 2020. Last week, a CAC staff member was exposed to COVID and today received a negative result. According to CDC guidelines, that staff member will be quarantining for the next 14 days. While the exposed staff member does not have any direct contact with students and has not been in CAC classrooms or studios in months, CAC is taking every precaution to maintain the health and safety of all who enter our building.
Read MoreThis is a blog about my experiences teaching Ceramics to a group of students from the Ruth Parker Eason School. I’ll be writing about events as I remember them, not necessarily in the order in which they occurred. And, of course, there are the myriad ways in which facts are colored by memory and love.
Read MoreThe CAC staff are excited to be back in our building -- on a limited basis -- to finalize plans for our summer classes and programs.
CAC will start a few classes the week of July 6 with additional classes added each week. Even though CAC staff are in the building, it remains closed to the public -- only staff and registered students after (July 6) will be allowed in the facility. While we would like to see everyone, for the health and safety of all, we must adhere to this “NO WALK-IN” policy for the near future.
Read MoreChesapeake Arts Center (CAC) has received a $24,250 grant from the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) to support family and children’s programming as part of CAC’s Michael Stanley MakerSpace. The award comes from the Fund for Anne Arundel, a fund of CFAAC.
Read MoreChesapeake Arts Center (CAC) has been closed for over 10 weeks and, we, like you, are itching to get back to normalcy. We greatly miss working with our students, our colleagues and our artists. Of course, the health and safety of everyone is very important to us. While we are not yet cleared to open our doors, rest assured that we have been diligently working on a plan that allows us to safely offer arts programming once we get the “okay.” Our C.A.R.E.S. (Connecting the Arts Responsibly Everyday Safely) Plan shares new ways of operating that prioritize the health and safety of employees, patrons, our community, and all those we serve.
Read MoreOn Thursday, March 12, more than 60 friends, donors, and supporters gathered in CAC’s MakerSpace to celebrate a milestone event: the dedication and naming of the MakerSpace in memory of Michael Stanley.
Stanley, who passed away in 2019, was the son of Kenneth Stanley, founder of Stanley Engineering in Glen Burnie, who in December 2019 donated $100,000 to Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC). At the event, the new Michael Stanley MakerSpace name and logo was unveiled.
Read MoreDear CAC Friends,
Taking care of our patrons is an essential part of our organizational culture. In accordance with those values and following the policies of Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the State of Maryland, the Chesapeake Arts Center is closing the facility starting on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5:00pm through March 27, 2020. This means all CAC programs, after school programs, classes, rental events, and open studios will be postponed. Please stay tuned for more information on possible makeup classes from the Education Department.
Read MoreDear CAC Families & Patrons,
Our staff is working proactively to address concerns regarding the spread of influenza and COVID-19 (coronavirus) throughout the Chesapeake Arts Center. Following the guidance of the CDC, we have increased our cleaning routines in our facility, including frequent wiping of door handles, sink knobs, and stair rails. We are monitoring and working with Anne Arundel County Public Schools (the owner of our building) on policies and procedures to ensure the continued health and wellness of our students, patrons, and staff….
Read MoreBrooklyn Park, MD –The Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) announced the appointment of Donna L. Anderson as Executive Director effective February 18. Anderson succeeds Belinda Fraley Huesman who will step aside to transition to other entrepreneurial ventures and will serve as CAC’s part-time Strategic Initiatives Advisor through June 2020.
Read MoreA group of Brooklyn Park Middle School students have a new home after school at the Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Arundel County Development Services (ACDS).
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