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SUMMARY:Free Family Workshop: Bookbinding
DESCRIPTION:Spend the afternoon making art as a family. Each workshop offers a fun\, hands-on project that encourages creativity for all ages. Learn bookbinding and create a one-of-a-kind notebook to celebrate back-to-school.  \nCAC’s FY27 free arts education programs are made possible through the generous support of the following grantors (to date) including Arundel Community Development Services/County Executive Support Grant; MD Live/Local Development Council\, PNC Bank; M&T Bank Foundation; Grace Foundation; Nora Roberts Foundation; Prue Clendenning\, Annapolis Symphony Academy\, and St. Christopher’s Church Foundation.
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/free-family-workshop-bookbinding/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Activities
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SUMMARY:Stories & Art @CAC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a story time that sparks imagination. Each session pairs a children’s book with a hands-on art activity inspired by the story. Read “Pepe and the Parade\, celebrate Hispanic Heritage”\, and create your own colorful Paper Picado masterpiece. \nCAC’s FY27 free arts education programs are made possible through the generous support of the following grantors (to date) including Arundel Community Development Services/County Executive Support Grant; MD Live/Local Development Council\, PNC Bank; M&T Bank Foundation; Grace Foundation; Nora Roberts Foundation; Prue Clendenning\, Annapolis Symphony Academy\, and St. Christopher’s Church Foundation.
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/stories-art-cac/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Activities
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SUMMARY:Gallery Reception for The Water and All The Things That Surround The Water: Make Studio Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Water and All the Things that Surround the Water. \nA group exhibition featuring 14 Make Studio Artists \nGuest Curator: Patrick Dwyre of Make Studio \nReception: September 17 4-6 pm \nComplimentary drinks and light snacks will be served during the reception. \nAll Ages! \nFree to attend \nHal Gomer Gallery
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/gallery-reception-for-the-water-and-all-the-things-that-surround-the-water-make-studio-group-exhibition/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T180000
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SUMMARY:Every Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t It? People\, Places\, and Passing Moments
DESCRIPTION:LONGTIME CAPITAL GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL W. GILLESPIE PRESENTS\nEvery Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t It? \nExhibition of street portraits\, cosmic images and photographs capturing people\, places and passing moments opens Sept. 10 at Chesapeake Arts Center \nPhotography doesn’t end when Paul W. Gillespie’s workday does.\nFor more than three decades\, Gillespie has worked as a newspaper photojournalist\, photographing\nassignments throughout Anne Arundel County and beyond. But photography has never been limited to his\nwork. For years\, he has continued to photograph simply because it is how he experiences the world—from\nthe moon overhead to the people and passing moments he encounters on the street.\nThat personal work is at the heart of his new solo exhibition\, Every Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t It? People\,\nPlaces\, and Passing Moments\, opening Sept. 10 at the Patricia Barland Gallery at Chesapeake Arts Center.\nThe exhibition runs Sept. 10 through Nov. 8\, 2026\, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10.\nThe exhibition brings together Gillespie’s street portraits and work made primarily over the past several\nyears\, along with photographs of musicians\, places and fleeting moments that caught his attention. It also\nincludes photographs of the moon\, a subject dear to his heart. A selection of images from his Journalists\nMatter: Faces of the Capital Gazette project connects the exhibition to an important chapter of his life while\nkeeping the focus on the broader range of work he has made away from his newspaper assignments.\n“Photography doesn’t end when my workday does\,” Gillespie said. “I’ve been doing this for so long that it’s\nreally more a way of life than a job. I see someone or something that makes me stop. If it’s a person\, I want\nto meet them\, learn about them and\, hopefully\, capture something of their story in my photographs so I can\nshare it with others. My hope is that by sharing those stories\, we might become a little more understanding\nand empathetic toward one another.”\nGillespie’s approach remains rooted in the idea of photography as capturing a moment that existed in front\nof his camera. His photographs are\, above all\, records of moments he encountered and chose to preserve.\nAt the center of much of his work are the people he meets and the stories they carry\, with each photograph\nan attempt to convey something of who they are and what makes them worth seeing.\nThat approach is particularly evident in Gillespie’s street portraits\, many of which began with encounters\nthat developed into relationships over time. Rather than simply documenting a face\, he looks for a\nphotograph that can give viewers a glimpse of the person behind it.\nThe exhibition’s title reflects Gillespie’s belief that photographs can carry stories beyond the moment in\nwhich they were made. Sometimes the story is found in the circumstances surrounding the photograph.\nSometimes it is in the person looking back at the camera. And sometimes it is simply the moment itself.\nAfter three decades spent photographing assignments for newspapers\, Every Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t\nIt? offers Gillespie the opportunity to show viewers what he photographs when nobody is assigning the\nstory.\nGillespie is also available for an artist talk or panel discussion in connection with the exhibition. \nEXHIBITION INFORMATION\nEvery Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t It? People\, Places\, and Passing Moments\nPaul W. Gillespie\nPatricia Barland Gallery\nChesapeake Arts Center\nSept. 10–Nov. 8\, 2026\nOpening Reception:\nThursday\, Sept. 10\, 2026\n6–8 p.m.
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/every-picture-tells-a-story-dont-it-people-places-and-passing-moments-2/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Reception
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SUMMARY:Gallery Reception with Artist Paul W. Gillespie
DESCRIPTION:Every Picture Tells a Story\, Don’t It? People\, Places\, and Passing Moments. \nA solo exhibition by Paul W. Gillespie \nReception: September 10\, 2026 6-8 pm \nComplimentary drinks and light snacks will be served during the reception. \nAll Ages! \nFree to attend \nPatricia Barland Gallery
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/gallery-reception-with-artist-paul-w-gillespie/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Legacy & Light: Chesapeake Arts Center's 25th Anniversary Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Chesapeake Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary celebration\, the Legacy & Light Exhibitions honor the artists\, stories\, and creative vision that have shaped CAC over the past quarter century—while looking ahead to the next generation of artistic expression. \nThe Legacy Exhibition brings together past CAC artists working in a wide range of disciplines\, including oil\, photography\, ceramics\, woodworking\, textiles\, mixed media\, watercolor\, and acrylic. These works reflect the depth\, diversity\, and lasting impact of the artistic community that has grown alongside CAC since its founding in 2001. \nThe Light exhibition will feature an exploration of light as both a medium and concept\, and artwork that glows under a UV/blacklight. CAC has illuminated pathways for artistic expression and community connection over the past 25 years\, and Light is essential to how we experience art—it shapes perception\, highlights detail\, and creates atmosphere—but it also symbolizes something larger: clarity\, possibility\, and forward movement. This exhibition invites artists to step into a reimagined space—one that symbolizes innovation\, experimentation\, and the evolving future of the arts at CAC. In this exhibition\, what was once unseen becomes visible\, reminding us that the future is not fixed\, but something we create together. \nApplications will be accepted through Friday\, May 29\,2026. \nReception is June 25\, 2026 from 6-8pm and open to the public.
URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/legacy-light-chesapeake-arts-centers-25th-anniversary-exhibition/
LOCATION:Chesapeake Arts Center\, 194 Hammonds Lane\, Studio 194\, Brooklyn Park\, MD\, MD\, 21225\, United States
CATEGORIES:ACAAC Exhibit,Arts Month Event,Exhibit
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