76% of the Way There! $609,070 secured toward our $800,000 goal Including $73,465 in new gifts and pledges this summer! Thanks to the generosity of individual donors and community partners, this summer has brought exciting, visible progress to Dorchester Center for the Arts. Major improvements are now underway throughout our historic building, bringing us closer to a stronger, more accessible,…

Jack Knight’s artwork is beautifully presented at the Dorchester Center for the Arts (DCA) in the exhibition Jack Knight, Painting in Transition. The exhibition opened on April 18th and will run through Friday, May 29th. The newly spruced-up DCA has undergone a welcome fresh look by a dynamic new duo: Executive Director Reyna Collura, who recently arrived from Texas, and Lillian…

The young artists who spent Saturday mornings for the last eight weeks painting a community mural at the Dorchester Center for the Arts gathered Saturday for a reward: pizza, celebration, and a chance to see the finished work they helped create. The nearly 50-foot mural, filled with bright images of dancers, ducks, flowers, and neighborhood scenes, was painted over several…

After 39 years of teaching at his alma mater, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore – then known as Maryland State College – Ernie Satchell retired from its faculty in 2010. But even now in his 80s, Satchell shows no intention of retiring from shaping life figures and creating pottery that is too handsome, too decorative – and in some…