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“I Remember When…” Memoir Short Story Workshop
“I Remember When…” Memoir Short Story Workshop
Choose Workshop in either location: Vienna Town Hall: Tuesdays August 16, 23, and 30. 1-3pm Church Creek Firehouse: Thursdays August 11, 18 and 25. 3-5pm To capture the stories from Dorchester County residents, DCA is pleased to support two 3-week workshops in August to help write a personal short story. Can be any age and […]
“I remember when…” Memoir Short Story Workshop | Vienna
“I remember when…” Memoir Short Story Workshop | Vienna
"I remember when..." Memoir Short Story Workshop 3-week writing workshop: Vienna in August | Free to the public To capture the stories of Dorchester County residents, DCA is pleased to support this 3-week workshop in August to help write a personal memoir short story. Participants can be of any age and any story and […]
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Intermediate Watercolors with Barb Zuehlke
Intermediate Watercolors with Barb Zuehlke
This class explores watercolor techniques including wet on wet and use of drawing gum. Students will practice learning different triad palette combinations and pulling and glazing watercolors using personal photographs and still life as inspiration. Use of gouache and egg tempera is acceptable. Painting experience is a must. Demonstrations and assistance will be provided by […]
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Open Studio
Open Studio
Intended to foster creative collaboration and encourage artistic experimentation. No instruction, just use of the classroom as communal studio space. All mediums welcome. Clay studio will be open as well. Length – Ongoing Thursdays (5:30-8:30pm) Free for DCA Members, fee for non-members.
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Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Learn how to observe and draw objects from life, in a realistic style. In this workshop your instructor will provide exercises that will offer you a step-by-step approach to learning observational drawing. Working in pencil and charcoal, you will learn skills to help you create a successful basic drawing. You will be taught the following: […]
Open Studio
Open Studio
Intended to foster creative collaboration and encourage artistic experimentation. No instruction, just use of the classroom as communal studio space. All mediums welcome. Clay studio will be open as well. Length – Ongoing Thursdays (5:30-8:30pm) Free for DCA Members, fee for non-members.
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Up-cycle Bottle Craft with Worldwide Hope | Griselda Jiménez
Up-cycle Bottle Craft with Worldwide Hope | Griselda Jiménez
Ages 6 - 17. Turn trash into treasure during this up-cycling workshop with World Wide Hope founder Griselda Jiménez. Students will learn about caring for the environment while creating art out of a recycled bottle. This class is taught in both English and Spanish. Class Dates: One Day Workshop / Saturday (1-4pm) September 10th and […]
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Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week sessions: Tuesday evenings 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$ DCA members, $180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee […]
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week session: Tuesday evenings 6-8 pm 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee payable to […]
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Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Learn how to observe and draw objects from life, in a realistic style. In this workshop your instructor will provide exercises that will offer you a step-by-step approach to learning observational drawing. Working in pencil and charcoal, you will learn skills to help you create a successful basic drawing. You will be taught the following: […]
Open Studio
Open Studio
Intended to foster creative collaboration and encourage artistic experimentation. No instruction, just use of the classroom as communal studio space. All mediums welcome. Clay studio will be open as well. Length – Ongoing Thursdays (5:30-8:30pm) Free for DCA Members, fee for non-members.
Presentation with Dave Harp | Photo essay about the Skipjacks of the Bay
Presentation with Dave Harp | Photo essay about the Skipjacks of the Bay
Join us on Thursday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m. for a free talk with Dave Harp about his many decades photographing Dorchester County. “Dorchester County’s vast marshes are the epicenter of the nexus of land and water on the Chesapeake Bay,” Harp says. “My career as a Chesapeake Bay photographer really started here in 1976 […]
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Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Students will carve a decoy using a knife or more advanced students will power carve in the Ward-style. All decoys are completed with paint. A $75 supply fee is payable to the instructor at the first class for the wood, eyes, and paint for the project. A list of additional supplies and power tools are […]
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Up-cycle Bottle Craft with Worldwide Hope | Griselda Jiménez
Up-cycle Bottle Craft with Worldwide Hope | Griselda Jiménez
Ages 6 - 17. Turn trash into treasure during this up-cycling workshop with World Wide Hope founder Griselda Jiménez. Students will learn about caring for the environment while creating art out of a recycled bottle. This class is taught in both English and Spanish. Class Dates: One Day Workshop / Saturday (1-4pm) September 10th and […]
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Sunrise at Blackwater Refuge Photography Workshop with Robert F. Sullivan
Sunrise at Blackwater Refuge Photography Workshop with Robert F. Sullivan
(New Day/Time from 9/11 because of weather) At pre-sunrise on September 18, meet onsite at Blackwater Refuge. This workshop will provide tips and info on photographing a sunrise, and also photographing wildlife. Sunrise is a great time for two reasons: there's usually a fair amount of wildlife activity (think eagles, osprey, egrets, herons, turtles, sika […]
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Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week sessions: Tuesday evenings 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$ DCA members, $180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee […]
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week session: Tuesday evenings 6-8 pm 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee payable to […]
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Intermediate Watercolors with Barb Zuehlke
Intermediate Watercolors with Barb Zuehlke
This class explores watercolor techniques including wet on wet and use of drawing gum. Students will practice learning different triad palette combinations and pulling and glazing watercolors using personal photographs and still life as inspiration. Use of gouache and egg tempera is acceptable. Painting experience is a must. Demonstrations and assistance will be provided by […]
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Workshop: Monotypes with Sheryl Southwick
Workshop: Monotypes with Sheryl Southwick
Think of painting backward on a sheet of plastic, then transferring the image to paper. It’s always a wonderful surprise to see what you get. Sheryl will demonstrate and teach the basics of several methods of making monotypes. Beginners welcome. Class Length : 2 mornings Thursdays 11:30-2:00pm , September 22, 29 Cost: $55 members $95 non-members. […]
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Learn how to observe and draw objects from life, in a realistic style. In this workshop your instructor will provide exercises that will offer you a step-by-step approach to learning observational drawing. Working in pencil and charcoal, you will learn skills to help you create a successful basic drawing. You will be taught the following: […]
Mulberry Paper Collage with Sheryl Southwick
Mulberry Paper Collage with Sheryl Southwick
This workshop explores the effects of tearing, cutting and gluing mulberry paper for collages. The paper itself is enticing in its varied textures and colors. Class Length : 1 evening Thursday, September 22 5-7:30 $30 members, $70 non-members $10 materials fee for a pack of mulberry paper, a glue stick and a surface on which to […]
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Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Students will carve a decoy using a knife or more advanced students will power carve in the Ward-style. All decoys are completed with paint. A $75 supply fee is payable to the instructor at the first class for the wood, eyes, and paint for the project. A list of additional supplies and power tools are […]
Evening Solo Vocal Performance | Suzette Pritchett
Evening Solo Vocal Performance | Suzette Pritchett
Ms Pritchett has been singing professionally for about 30 years, she was honored to sing to the famous Frank Perdue funeral, had an opportunity to sing at the banquet to honor Ms. Patti Labelle, also was blessed to sing the National Anthem @ Governor's Mansion in Annapolis, MD. Suzette sings songs of artists such as […]
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Showcase 2022!
Showcase 2022!
Join us for the 2022 Dorchester Center for the Arts Showcase event. This artwalk and street festival along historic High street in Cambridge is DCA’s way of “Celebrating our Creative Community,” and is a family-friendly free arts event, held rain or shine. The generous support of the Nathan Foundation, the Maryland State Arts Council, and […]
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Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week sessions: Tuesday evenings 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$ DCA members, $180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee […]
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Stained Glass for Beginners and Intermediates with Jan Boettger
Students will have the opportunity to learn basic or intermediate techniques for creating a stained glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results! 10-week session: Tuesday evenings 6-8 pm 9/13 to 11/15 $135/$180 non-members $75 - $125 (depending on the size of the project) supply fee payable to […]
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3 events,
Workshop: Monotypes with Sheryl Southwick
Workshop: Monotypes with Sheryl Southwick
Think of painting backward on a sheet of plastic, then transferring the image to paper. It’s always a wonderful surprise to see what you get. Sheryl will demonstrate and teach the basics of several methods of making monotypes. Beginners welcome. Class Length : 2 mornings Thursdays 11:30-2:00pm , September 22, 29 Cost: $55 members $95 non-members. […]
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Drawing Basics with Robert Gladney
Learn how to observe and draw objects from life, in a realistic style. In this workshop your instructor will provide exercises that will offer you a step-by-step approach to learning observational drawing. Working in pencil and charcoal, you will learn skills to help you create a successful basic drawing. You will be taught the following: […]
Open Studio
Open Studio
Intended to foster creative collaboration and encourage artistic experimentation. No instruction, just use of the classroom as communal studio space. All mediums welcome. Clay studio will be open as well. Length – Ongoing Thursdays (5:30-8:30pm) Free for DCA Members, fee for non-members.
1 event,
Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Decoy Carving for All with Warren Saunders
Students will carve a decoy using a knife or more advanced students will power carve in the Ward-style. All decoys are completed with paint. A $75 supply fee is payable to the instructor at the first class for the wood, eyes, and paint for the project. A list of additional supplies and power tools are […]
















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