Choptank Arts & Culture Exchange

Pine Shat Productions (Henley Moore/Aya McKeen): to help offset production costs for a series of short videos featuring local actors performing monologues at distinctive Eastern Shore locations.

 

Lillian Pennypacker: to support her work on an indoor mural at the Eastern Shore Innovation Center in Dorchester County.

 

Groove City Black Heritage & Culture Group: to support a public art project spotlighting historical figures, businesses, musicians, and community leaders in Cambridge’s Pine Street district.

 

Crown Your Beauty: to support a Dorchester County youth development program (“created by women for women”) that provides high school seniors with skills for college and/or future career paths.

 

All4Love: to support production of a mural inside the gymnasium at the Cambridge nonprofit’s Warehouse location.

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Jennifer Hartfield/Chroma Pop: to fund workshops that awaken creativity through painting terra cotta planters and glass vases at Easton’s 9S Studios.    

 

Kentavius Jones: to help fund a multi-media recording project that includes original music and visual art at Easton Art Academy.

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Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance: to provide support for a living history interpreter at NHPA’s annual celebration of

Native American culture.

 

Rescue Fire Company: to help offset the expense of moving Cambridge’s annual  Train Garden to a temporary venue during renovation of the old firehouse.

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ShoreRivers: to support the creation of outdoor, nature-based

murals for Choptank Elementary School students.

 

Awaken Recovery Foundation: to fund art therapy classes for women overcoming addiction at Awaken's Cambridge locations.

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Ed Krell: to provide needed supplies to this Dorchester County visionary artist and founder of the Hoopers Island Chalk Art Festival.

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Charles Freeman: to offset costs for moving the Community Steinway from Cambridge to a suitable and accessible Easton location

that houses a recording studio and artist space.

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All4Love: to support printing photographs from the “Just a Kid from Cambridge”project, an offshoot of the organization’s Next Gen Mentoring Program. 

 

Friends of the Dorchester County Public Library: to support the purchase of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering Arts, and Math) related books for the children’s section of the Cambridge and Hurlock libraries.

 

Improv Easton: to facilitate improvisation workshops for educators, mental health providers, faith leaders, artists, and administrators.

 

Mid-Shore Community Band: to purchase new music and help cover

costs of performing in accessible locations.

 

New Creation Marching Unit: to purchase material to make uniforms for community marching band members ranging in age from five-years-old to adult.

 

Wednesday Morning Artists: to offset cost of a Raku clay workshop for a diverse group of artists at Cambridge's Peach Blossom Community Center.

 

WorldWide Hope: to help preserve traditional Mexican folklore through

youth-based dance and storytelling initiatives.