Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- July 2021

Create a colorful sand art terrarium to house your very own succulent plant!

Teens. Space is limited and registration required.

Please call 410-778-3636 or visit https://kent-md.libcal.com/event/7887288 to register.

Throughout July, The Artists' Gallery will feature Evie Baskin's new series- "Inspirations on the Shore." With limited access to others during the pandemic, the artist began to notice pockets of beauty and life springing up around her. Her first work for this show was inspired when driving home after being vaccinated and seeing Highland Longhorn cattle and their calves huddled together amid patches of snow. Reawakened and inspired, using a variety of media, she sprang into action. The public is invited to visit The Artists' Gallery on 1st Friday, July 2nd from 5-8 p.m. & daily Tues-Sunday.

Finding Light continues featuring Gallery Artists.

MassoniArt will be open Friday - Saturday 11-3 and Sunday 11-2 without appointments and masks at your discretion. Please schedule appointments if you wish to come and enjoy the gallery privately. Happy to accommodate your schedule. Please email or call Carla Massoni at 410.778.7330 to schedule.

Learn something new & enjoy the camaraderie of creating with others in this casual lunchtime class. We will be creating a beautiful and simple kind of illuminated letters, using materials you already have at home. An alphabet font will be provided upon registration.

Suggested supplies include:

* Paper - card stock, watercolor paper, mixed media paper
* Pencil & eraser
* Micron (or similar) pens – your favorite size – mine are 01, 02, &03
* Colors - watercolors, markers, colored pencils, or watercolor pencils (my fav)
* Transfer paper (optional)

Mainstay Monday returns as Joe Holt welcomes guest artist Steve Herberman!
Steve is one of the most respected names in the world of jazz guitar. Steve has toured across the US and Europe playing and teaching.

Calling all writers! An article about a fugitive slave who murdered or attempted to murder her children when she was captured inspired Toni Morrison's classic novel Beloved. This week's guest, Jennifer Shannon, is currently writing a novel which came to fruition after she moved to Baltimore. She comes to us to pose questions leading to meaningful discussion not only about craft of writing, but also about deeper issues about research for fiction writing. See more info at https://community.chestertownriverarts.org/program/jennifer-shannon

Mr. Sam returns with all your favorite hits! Rock out with your ABCs and 1-2-3s as we start the morning with a concert for preschoolers.

Ages 0-5

This pottery course offers students a 6-week intensive workshop for intermediate level wheel throwing with a focus on form and design. Each week you will address new throwing techniques and finishing options. You will discuss aspects and approaches of scale, design, construction, and glazing throughout the process. If you are looking for a skills refresh or just want to expand your ceramics repertoire, this class is for you!

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Thursdays, running from July 15th - August 19th.

Get ready for an animal-inspired artistic adventure! Learn basic painting techniques as you create a portrait of your pet or a favorite animal with Sarah Focht.

Ages 18+

Registration Required

Get ready for an animal-inspired artistic adventure! Learn basic painting techniques as you create a portrait of your pet or a favorite animal with Sarah Focht

Ages 13-17

Our annual 10-minute play festival returns!

Three weekends!
July 23 – Aug 8
Fridays/Saturdays @ 8PM
Sundays @ 2PM

The Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre is pleased and excited to announce it will fully reopen for live, in-house audiences starting with their annual Short Attention Span Theatre opening July 23. A yearly tradition, SAST was produced last year for an online audience only. All remaining productions and programs for 2021 are also being planned as live, in-house presentations.

Fiercely swinging on purpose, with purpose this powerhouse trio plays original, traditional and contemporary standards from all genres of music. Their unique style and innovative arrangements are always super-charged by their boundless musical joy and gratitude.

The Garfield Center for the Arts is pleased to announce audition dates for the fall comedy Clue On Stage by Lynn, Foster, Price, and Rustin. Auditions will be held inside the theatre, at 210 High Street in Chestertown, on Saturday, July 24th at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 27th, and Thursday, July 29th, both at 6:30 PM. Callbacks are TBD as needed. The play will be performed Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons starting September 24th through October 10th.

Director Bradley Chaires asks those who audition to bring a list of conflicts for August through performance dates.

The Mainstay's Joe Holt hosts the Washington Collge Jazz Trio, celebrating the talents of local college grads.

Did you see the cool sea-themed yarn creations in Rock Hall last summer? The town creatives are at it again, this time with a pirate-themed yarnbombing display! Organized by Laurie Walters, this fun public art project will make you smile as you view all the colorful and unique pirate creations!

We'll meet in Rock Hall by 4:55 at the Sharp Street site of the Yarn Bomb. Bring your own chair! This will be a fun chance to talk about public art, knitting, crocheting and other related topics.

Bring creativity and a sense of fun! We'll be turning rocks into creatures with paint and imagination! Once your creation is complete, choose its perfect habitat – take it home or release it into the wild for someone else to find.

Space is limited. Registration required.

Join Maryland Extension's 4-H educator Beth Hill to create a spectacular bird nest for your yard!

Ages 5-12. Registration required.

Join Maryland Extension's 4-H educator Beth Hill to create a spectacular bird nest for your yard!

Ages 5-12. Registration required.

Bring creativity and a sense of fun! We'll be turning rocks into creatures with paint and imagination! Once your creation is complete, choose its perfect habitat – take it home or release it into the wild for someone else to find.

Ages 13-17. Registration required.

Create the most amazing cardboard castle for your feline royalty! The Cat Colloquium will be on hand to share info about their organization and how it serves the community.

Ages 18+ Registration required.

Mainstay Mondays are BACK with Joe Holt!

The High & Wides project a big, driving sound—mountain musical traditions re-imagined for a new century. Formed on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 2015 and with roots in both urban Baltimore and the rural Delmarva peninsula, they write music about arson and hourly motels, dystopian love songs, and ballads of violent history. The band draws on their backgrounds in bluegrass and weaves in influences from new wave to old time to make music that defies boundaries while evoking the era when country, western swing, and early rock'n'roll coexisted under the label "hillbilly music".