Arts, Crafts, Music, AND the Beach?

While I don't normally head to the ocean until the weather is VERY warm, this year I might make an exception and take a trip in the Spring for Ocean City SpringFest which takes place in the beginning of May.

SpringFest 2011 is May 5-8 - four dynamic days - of delicious food, live entertainment and unique arts and crafts under four huge big top tents located in the Inlet Lot at the south end of Ocean City’s famous Boardwalk.

Plus, there is live music on TWO stages! While most of the music and entertainment is free, the headline acts do require ticket purchase.

George Jones for Friday May 6 . The ticket prices are $50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20.

Richard Marx for Saturday May 7. The tickets prices are $40,35,30,25,20.

Tickets are in-person sales only at Convention Center Box Office on 40th Street in Ocean City . Ticket sales at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or 800-551-7328.

For more information:
http://ococean.com/events

Holiday Artisan Market this Wednesday

Holiday Artisan Market – Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, 2510 St. Paul Street.
Get a jump-start on holiday shopping at the Village Learning Place’s annual craft fair, with wares from 25 local craftspeople. Free food and refreshments will be available, and 20% of the proceeds benefit the VLP’s free cultural and educational programs!

Written By: Kacey of Found Studio

2Hands Market this Sunday

The holiday season is upon us! Get a jump start on your shopping by attending the 2Hands Market in Severna Park this weekend. BEST members Sugar Paperie and Fuzzy Mug will be showcasing their wares.

Click here for more about the show. Hope to see you there!

Baltimore With Babes- Pumpkin Fest

It won't be long before we're all house-bound. And I think that beautiful Fall weekends are nature's way of saying "Get out while you can!" What better reason to spend the day outside than this...

Irvine Nature Center will host its 26th annual PumpkinFest, a harvest festival, on Saturday October, 16th and Sunday, October 17th. The autumnal celebration features pumpkin picking, pony rides, live music and other outdoor fun.

The rain-or-shine event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Each child costs $10, which includes a free pumpkin. Adults and children younger than 3 are admitted free. Parking is also free.

Harvest festival attendees will revel in a mixture of activities, including scarecrow-making, hay rides, face painting, animal encounters, puppet shows and guided nature walks. MusicHealsUs will include visitors in a drum circle, and Fiddlesticks and the Gerry Gessie Duo will perform acoustic folk music. There will also be nature-themed art projects for children. All activities are free with paid admission.

"PumpkinFest is great opportunity for families to explore the outdoors during one of the most beautiful seasons of the calendar year - fall," said Irvine's Executive Director Peggy F. O'Neill. She added that the event is fun for all ages, and makes a great weekend outing for families large and small.

Irvine Nature Center is located on 116 acres of woodlands, wetlands and meadows in the breathtaking Caves Valley area. Open year round, Irvine offers opportunities for visitors to explore nature, including special events like PumpkinFest, daily classes of nature-based curriculum for 3 to 5 year olds, public programs, summer camps, field trips, green weddings and an interactive natural history museum. For more information, visit www.ExploreNature.org.

Periphery: An Artscape Off-site Exhibit

Gormley Gallery presents "Periphery," an exhibit of mixed media works based on or in dialogue with the photographic.


Laurie Flannery


Eric Finzi


Lisa McCarty


Isabel Manalo


Dennis Farber

Opening reception is this Saturday, July 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibit is part of Artscape's off-site visual arts programming. The show runs through July 30.

Let the Fenton Street Market Festivities Begin!

 

The Fenton Street Market in Silver Springs Maryland begins this Saturday!  

There will be 60+ vendors selling antiques, imported goods, crafts, art, and food, including delicious hot donuts and crepes!  Stop by and visit with BEST vendors Sugar Paperie, Yummy & Company and Jersey Girl Designs while you're there!

*New* there will be a Market Stage this year, complete with live music and a DJ. *And* enjoy plenty of fun events and activities to keep all ages entertained  including print making and a scavenger hunt! Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can all enjoy some fun this weekend!

The Fenton Street Market is located at the corner of Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring. 9-3pm

Still Haven't Had Enough Peeps This Season?

Instead of eating any more of these artificially colored, sickly-sweet marshmallow treats, come see another way these chicks and bunnies can be used for - art!


It's free, fun and won't rot your teeth or add inches to the waistline!


3rd Annual PEEP Show
Carroll Arts Center
carrollcountyartscouncil.org
91 W. Main St., Westminster, MD
Mon.-Sat. 10 AM to 8 PM and Sat. 4/17, 10 AM to 5 PM.
Hundreds of marshmallow masterpieces on display.

post written by glowgirl16

21st National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition

Gormley Gallery presents the 21st National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition. Be sure to drop in and check out the opening reception this Saturday, April 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibit represents the work of 20 artists from Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic, and across the United States. The show runs through April 30.


Michelle Murillo, Destinations I. Silkscreen on glass, 2008

Juror: Soledad Salamé

Participating Artists:
Gloria Askin
Luis Flores
Christy Bergland
Mari LaCure
Henry Bermudez
Erika MacMahon
Linda Bills
Michelle Marcuse
Becky Birinyi
Mitch Mitchell
Deborah Cornell
Michelle Murillo
Ian MacLean Davis
Pete Herzfeld
Linda DePalma
Ron Janowich
Oletha DeVane
Renee DeCarlo Johnson
William Dooley
Aspasia Tsoutsoura

Heads for Haiti Show at Spur Design!

I am thrilled to be participating in the "Heads for Haiti" show opening April 10th in Baltimore. The opening is hosted and conceived by Spur Design in Hampden. 100 artists, 100 images of heads, $100 each, to raise $10,000 for doctors without borders. There will also be a poster produced including all of the art for sale for $50. The 100 artists involved are an amazingly accomplished lot, and the prices of these little pieces is truly a steal, not to mention for a great cause. My contribution, titled "Alice Cries", a study for an Alice in Wonderland piece, was painted in acrylic and is 7" x 9", pictured here.



To see a list of participating artists and more info about the event go to the Heads for Haiti site.

And if you are not already familiar with Spur Design, Joyce Hessleberth and Dave Plunkert run an amazing design business and they are accomplished illustrators as well.

Post written by Jaime Zollars

Pho and Photography

This Thursday February 11th, Baltimore Pho Restaurant (yummmmmmmm) will host an exhibit and fundraising event to benefit the art and photography programs of Access Art, Inc.


Swing Jackie, age 17

The Exhibit will showcase photographs from Youthlight, an award winning after school photography project based at Access Art in Southwest Baltimore. Access Art Board members will also serve as guest bartenders during the exhibit and 10% of all restaurant’s proceeds will be donated to Access Art.

Benefit Date: Thursday, February 11th
Time: 5-10 pm
Baltimore Pho Restaurant
1114 Hollins St, Baltimore MD 21223 (410) 752-4746
web:http://www.baltimorepho.com

More about Access Art & Youthlight:
Founded in 2000, Access Art is an after school arts and media center that empowers youth to use their artistic ability and their unique understanding of their environment as catalysts for social change in their communities. Access Art delivers youth-centered after school programming to address the artistic, emotional, and cognitive development of middle and high school participants. We achieve these goals by providing students with a safe space to create, positive adult role models, empowering activities, leadership development, and alternatives to violence and high risk behavior. Access Art enables participants to learn the expressive qualities of art, while investigating their own lives. They learn to translate their unique views and feelings about the world through the visual language of image making while learning valuable art related and vocational skills, gaining self-confidence and self worth, and realizing personal achievement.

4th Annual Holiday Booty Market

There's more than one reason to head to DC Saturday, for sure. I can think of, like, twenty. And they'll all be under one roof at the Holiday Booty Market inside the Design Within Reach showroom in Adams Morgan. This is quite possibly the last chance to get awesome handmade gifts form your favorite local artists including BEST's own Jen Menkhaus (the littlest bean), Sweet Pepita, The Garbologist's Wife, Jaime Zollars and Charm City Craft Mafia's Red Prairie Press.


Moonlight Bindery


de*nada



this chickadee


Tina Seamonster

Saturday, December 19, 2009 -- 10am-5pm
Design Within Reach - Adams Morgan
1838 Columbia Rd. NW
Washington, DC

Germantown (PA) Jewish Centre Craft Show

There will be something for everyone at the Germantown (PA) Jewish Centre Craft Show, Sunday, November 15, 10 AM to 4 PM. Chosen by Newsweek Magazine as one of the top 25 synagogues in the nation, Germantown Jewish Centre is located in West Mt. Airy in Philadelphia, at Lincoln Drive and Ellet Street.

Germantown Centre will be hosting artists from Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Israel. There’s free admission, free parking, delicious food, and a special artist auction.

Leslie Brown will be there with her incredible glass accessories:



tarabu will also be there with her crushable quilts and Well-Versed Purses:




Take a gorgeous day trip to fabulous Philly for art, for fun, for the heckuvit!

For more info call 215.844.1507 or email info@germantownjewishcentre.org.

Post written by tarabu

Pigtown Festival Today!

Today, Saturday, September 12 from 11am to 7pm at the 700 & 800 Blocks of Washington Blvd. in Baltimore’s Pigtown

Where else can you see pigs running wild through the streets, Roller Girls on skates and local arts, crafts and entertainment? The Pigtown Festival, that's where! Visit one of Baltimore's most interesting neighborhoods this Saturday and join in on all the fun! With 6 local bands performing, delicious foods, and the parade of dogs dressed like pigs, this is an event that is not to be missed.

Come and see what everybody is squealing about!

For more info visit their website. See you there!

Post written by Lauren of JerseyGirlDesign.

Un(Bound): An Altered Books Competition

Photo by bellah.

Feeling creative? So get in the act! Grab one of those unwanted books and turn it into a work of art. The Enoch Pratt Free Library is proud to announce its first ever Altered Books Competition.

An altered book is any book, old or new that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. They can be rebound, painted, cut, burned, folded, added to, collaged in, rubber stamped, drilled or otherwise adorned. Altered books may be as simple as adding a drawing or text to a page, or as complex as creating an intricate book sculpture.

All entries to the competition should be received no later than 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 26. Prizes will be awarded to the top three altered books. The top 15 altered books will be on display at the Central Library during the month of October.

Support for the Pratt’s Altered Book Competition comes from Art for Life, Atomic Books, Bowerbox Press, Creative Alliance, Doubledutch Boutique, The Helmand Restaurant, Joe Squared Pizza, Landmark Theatres, Mr. Yogato, Post Typography, Tag Galleries, Tapas Teatro, Squidfire, Urbanite Magazine, Utrecht Art Supplies, The Wine Source, and Zeke's Coffee.

For more information, guidelines and a registration form for the Pratt’s Altered Books Competition, visit the Pratt Library website.