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Anne Arundel County Public Library
Founded in 1921, the Anne Arundel County Public Library, AACPL, is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. Located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, along the Chesapeake Bay, Anne Arundel County’s diverse population of over 435,000 residents is served by 15 library branches countywide. More than 1 million items constitute the library’s collection and staff respond to nearly 300,000 inquiries from the public each year. In addition to its information services and popular materials, the library also provides storytime programming for children, literacy materials for adult new readers, special business and health collections and services for patrons with disabilities.
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Hammond-Harwood House
The Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis is one of the premier colonial houses remaining in America from the British colonial period. The house was designed by the architect William Buckland in 1773-74 for wealthy farmer Matthias Hammond. The museum is open to the public for guided tours. Special activities which focus on colonial history, art and architecture are scheduled throughout the year.
The Hammond-Harwood House is a five part Anglo-Palladian (derived from 16th Italian architect Andrea Palladio) mansion that features some of the best woodcarving and plasterwork in America. It maintains a kind of symmetry and system of proportions that are rarely seen in buildings of this period. While most 18th century structures were fashioned by amateurs and artisans, the Hammond-Harwood house was clearly the work of a trained professional architect.
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Ballet Theatre of Maryland [BTM] is the premier professional ballet company in Maryland. BTM employs a full-time company of professional dancers, as well as providing opportunities for dance students in its professional productions.
Ballet Theatre of Maryland provides Maryland with rich traditional and innovative programs that entertain, inspire and enlighten through a language more powerful than words – the language of classical and contemporary American dance.
Originally named The Ballet Theatre of Annapolis, the organization was founded in November 1978 as a private non-profit corporation governed by a twelve-person Board of Trustees, and established residency at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. In 1980, Edward Stewart became Artistic Director and led the company until his death in 2002. In 1996, the company achieved professional status. In 2000, the organization’s name was changed to Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Inc. to fulfill a new mission of serving the State of Maryland. Dianna Cuatto joined BTM as Artistic Director at the start of the 2003-2004 season and has since won numerous awards for her choreography with BTM. She begins her eighth season in Fall 2010.
AACC Dance Company
The AACC Dance Company is performance-based and selected by audition only. The Dance Company offers students the opportunity to choreograph their own work, as well as to dance the work of guest choreographers during the academic year. Performance opportunities expand beyond the college as the Dance Company participates in service learning projects throughout the year. Mini-performances, lecture/demonstrations and “guest spots” have the Company dancing throughout the county at various elementary, middle, high school, and college venues.
Arundel Vocal Arts Society
The Arundel Vocal Arts Society (AVAS) is a community based, non-profit choral group dedicated to the performance of varied, mixed voice music for the benefit, education and enjoyment of its members and the surrounding communities.
AVAS has been providing outstanding performances of diverse choral music since 1983. We pride ourselves in the diversity of our programming, from classical masterworks, operetta, pops, folk music, lighter favorites and Broadway.
The chorus presents an annual series of at least two concerts and supports the creative environment of our community by collaborating with other local musical groups. AVAS membership is open to adults 18 and older. It is the intent of the chorus membership to reflect the cultural diversity of the community it serves.
The Maryland Council for Dance
The Maryland Council for Dance is a non-profit educational and service corporation serving Maryland and surrounding areas since 1973 and supported by membership fees and grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, Inc. and corporate and private donors.
The Maryland Council for Dance, Inc. works to promote, encourage,and amplify the growth of dance as a major art form in our state and surrounding areas by bringing together all areas of dance & the public to learn, experience, and enjoy dance. Since 1973 the Council has hosted a number of activities and worked to promote dance by achieving the following benefits of membership.
Matt Auer Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Matt Auer Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established in memory of an adventurous young man and talented photographer. The fund awards one scholarship to a Broadneck High School senior each year who exemplifies these same superior photography skills. Proceeds from the purchase of photographs directly benefit the scholarship fund.
King William Players presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest
The King William Players, St. John’s student theater troupe, will once again take part in a long-standing tradition: performing the plays of William Shakespeare. This holiday season The King William Players presents Shakespeare’s tender romantic comedy “The Tempest.” The performance, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium at St. John’s College on December 7 and 8, at 8:15 p.m., and December 9, at 3:00 p.m.
Maryland Federation of Art
The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) is a nonprofit membership organization of artists and art patrons. MFA’s mission is to provide exhibit and professional development opportunities for artists and to provide arts education and outreach opportunities for all Maryland citizens. The MFA was established in 1963 by US Navy Commander Charles Holley, Mrs. Margaret Farmer, and a group of dedicated Annapolis-area artists interested in developing professional exhibit opportunities for Maryland’s creative community. As a result of their dedication, the Circle Gallery was founded in Annapolis, Maryland, and continues more than 45 years later as the oldest operating artist gallery in Maryland.
The MFA focuses on encouraging emerging and under-represented artists and strives to meet the developing needs of all artists, at all career stages. In addition to its member-only artist shows, the MFA also hosts solo and small group exhibits and sponsors regional and national competitions, inviting artists from across the US to submit works for consideration. These exhibits provide Maryland audiences and the many national and international visitors to the Annapolis-based Circle Gallery with the opportunity to view original work from every region of the country and to expand on their understanding of art.
The MFA’s community outreach over the years has included partnerships with local government agencies and nonprofits to provide at-risk youth, learning-disabled adults and many others in the community with art experiences.
Banneker-Douglass Museum
The Banneker-Douglass Museum, named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s African American heritage and serves as the state’s official repository of African American material culture. The museum was dedicated on February 24, 1984. The original museum was housed within the former Mount Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church in the heart of historic Annapolis. The Victorian-Gothic structure was included in the Annapolis Historic District in 1971 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The recently completed BDM addition is a four-story addition which uses the nineteenth-century brick of the church’s north façade as its interior lobby wall.