Summer Arts Camp 2012 - Registration Begins!
The Camp will take place at Berlin Intermediate School, June 18 - June 22, 2012 from 9am - 2:30 pm.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE; JUNE 1, 2012.
Summer Arts Camp 2012 promises to be an exciting time!
ARTS CAMP REGISTRATION FORM
CALL FOR ARTISTS
The Worcester County Arts Council invites all interested artists to participate in a juried art show to be exhibited during the month of June at the WCAC Gallery.
MARYLAND ARTS DELIVER $1 BILLION BOOST TO ECONOMY!
The arts industry generated a total of $501 million in direct spending and had a total economic impact of $1 billion during fiscal 2010, according to a recently released economic-impact study from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development concerning the state’s arts industry that year.
Here are some of the findings in the report:
• About 7.6 million people attended arts events in Maryland, spending an estimated $292 million on related goods and services.
• The arts industry generated 10,671 full-time equivalent jobs.
• Arts-related employment accounted for $385 million in salaries.
• Arts organizations generated $209 million in direct spending on goods and services.
• The arts industry provided $36.5 million in state and local taxes.
• Every $1 in arts organizations’ operating budgets led to $3.78 in additional economic activity.
• Grants from the Maryland State Arts Council represent $1 out of every $19 in the operating budgets of arts organizations.
Summer Arts Camp 2012 - Mark your calendars!
Our annual Summer Arts Camp for children will be held again in Berlin Intermediate School
June 18 - June 22, 2012
9 am - 2:30 pm
Camp fee: $80
Community Arts Development Grants Awarded
The Worcester County Arts Council is proud to award $19,100 in Community Arts Development Grants program to 11 art projects and events to be presented by local nonprofit arts organizations during the 6 month granting cycle beginning January 1, 2012.
The following is a list of local, non-profit organizations and their events that are being awarded a Community Arts Development Grants:
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