Annmarie receives Dominion grant

Friday, May 20, 2011

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons recently received a $12,000 grant from The Dominion Foundation to fund its teen summer program.

The summer program is part of a new initiative at Annmarie to provide Southern Maryland teens with opportunities that foster creativity and community engagement.

The highly successful "text/message" exhibit, a teen art exhibit that was on display at Annmarie last year, was the first phase of this initiative.

The grant will allow 65 teens to register for summer studio workshops at the reduced rate of $50 for each teen.

Each workshop is one week long and will meet from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

The workshops will give teens studio experiences they do not normally get in the school system, including: Teen Workshop Sampler (June 20-24), Fantasy Figures: life drawing and creative writing (June 27-July 1), Teen Glass Studio (July 11-15), Teen Pottery Studio (July 18-22), and Airbrush & Graffiti Workshop (July 25-29).

Teens interested in registering for any of these workshops should call 410-326-4640 or go to www.annmariegarden.org to learn more.

The grant will also fund Annmarie's counselor-in-training program for teens.

This summer leadership program partners teens with faculty members to teach in the Annmarie summer camp program.

Teens will help faculty members teach the summer camps for middle and elementary age school children.

Interested teens can sign up for morning or afternoon sessions (or both sessions), preferably in weeklong segments. Teens interested in the counselor-in-training program should call 410-326-4640, or go to www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/node/618 to learn more.