Pen and ink artist Stan Gilmore to exhibit at Off Track Art

 October 24, 2012 Pen and ink artist Stan Gilmore to exhibit at Off Track Art

Please join us at Off Track Art on November 2, 2012 at 5:30 in the evening for a reception for our next guest artist, Stanley F. Gilmore, Jr.

Mr. Gilmore specializes in pen and ink drawings of various buildings and structures found in and around Carroll County. He enjoys this medium as it suits the character and structure of many historic buildings.

The drawings are all limited and numbered edition prints with each subject not just rendered in ink, but many are hand colored with watercolors as well. A few different subjects other than Carroll County scenes will be on exhibit and for sale as well.

In addition, Mr. Gilmore has also illustrated two children’s books for Old Line Publishing, found at Old Line Publishing.com, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble.com.

One book is “The Little Match Girl,” by Hans Christian Anderson, and the other is “The Birth of Christ,” as found in the gospel of Luke. These two books will be available for purchase and signing at the opening of his art show on November 2, 2012.

Mr. Gilmore is now a retired art teacher who taught elementary, middle school, and high school art for 38 years in various schools in the county.

He is presently teaching art at the Carroll Lutheran School K - 8, one day a week, and varied drawing classes in the evenings at the Carroll Community College in their Continuing Education Program.

He is a graduate of The Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Art Education, 1970, and Towson University with a MS degree in Instructional Technology, 2000.

“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland.

For almost 4-years, the ten partners in the coop have been dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.

The coop partners include, Kevin Dayhoff, Gail Elwell, Linda Van Hart, Judy Goodyear, Charlotte Laslo, Amanda Beck Mauck, Joyce Schaum, Carolyn Seabolt, Robert Waddell, and Gordon Wickes.

After discussions and organizational meetings in December 2008, Off Track opened its doors in January 2009 and had its grand opening on Feb. 13th, 2009.

Off Track Art’s hours are: Wednesday through Friday, 12 – 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

Our opening reception for Mr. Gilmore is scheduled for November 2, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. For more information go to: www.offtrackart.com

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Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Show opens with a reception for the artist on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 5:30 to 7:30 at Off Track Art, [http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/] 11 Liberty Street – side entrance in the Liberty Building in historic downtown Westminster. The show will continue through October.

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

September 7, 2012 Labels: Ag, Ag art, Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry

Off Track Art is celebrating the art of Jerry DeWitt for its first opening of the fall season on Friday, Sept. 7^th, 2012 from 5:30--7:30, to show his beautiful watercolors from a variety of locales including Carroll County.

Mr. DeWitt, a Smallwood, Carroll County Maryland artist, has just returned from Montana and Michigan. Earlier in the year, this past March, Mr. DeWitt was the featured artist in the Babylon Great Hall at Carroll Community College. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/jerry-dewitt-discusses-his-farm.html] The highly successful show was well-received and the opening was packed. It has been reported that Mr. DeWitt sold a large number of painting at the Carroll Community College show…

“Jerry DeWitt was born in Michigan in 1933 and has been painting, primarily watercolors, since his teenage years,” according to information provided by the artist…

“Over 300 paintings hang in homes and businesses from Alaska to Florida. His work has been shown in galleries in Washington, DC; Montana; and Maryland. Mr. DeWitt’s Montana paintings were featured in American Artist magazine. 

“Mr. DeWitt enjoys traveling, and has series of paintings from Maine and from Frederick and Carroll Counties. His subjects are often old farm buildings or homes, as he strives to capture and retain the spirit of American places of the heart.

“Viewers may be drawn to tranquil scenes and transported to a quieter, more peaceful time. He has a special affinity for birds and has painted many species. Jerry has framed many of his paintings in old barn wood, sometimes from the very site portrayed.

“Most notable of these paintings is his award-winning portrait of the Wye Oak, framed in the wood from that famous tree.

According to an article about Mr. DeWitt’s work by critically acclaimed Carroll County artist, photographer, and writer, Phil Grout, “When Jerry DeWitt paints a barn, there's a bit of the gentle clanging of cowbells mixing in with the watercolors. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/smallwood-artist-jerry-dewitt-draws.html]

“That sound echoes back to his grandfather's Depression-era farm at the end of a lane in Bedford County, Pa. He was just 2 years old when his father left home for good and the youngster was uprooted from Lansing, Mich., to live with his grandparents.

“And in between trips to the pasture to the hand-dug well for another bucket of water, or out to the shed for an arm load of firewood, the sights and sounds and smells of farm life wrapped themselves around Jerry's memory, eventually finding their way to paint and paper more than 30 years later…

After Mr. DeWitt served in the Navy during the Korean War, “became a house carpenter building houses in Maryland and Florida.

“Years later, with his wife, Kris, and four children, Jerry answered his calling — back on the farm, with paints and brushes instead of water bucket and firewood. The family went to Florida for a visit to his wife's parents. Jerry stayed behind in Hagerstown.

“He had a week all to himself. So he went to a five and 10 store in town and bought a set of watercolors and some brushes and then headed out to a barn he'd spotted many times along Interstate-70 on his way to a house construction site.

“DeWitt was 37 when he sat out there on the east side of Cosen's Barn with his new set of paints.

“‘That was it. Time disappeared,’ he says. ‘Something was opening up inside of me, and I could hear those cowbells. I could smell my grandfather's barn.’”

For more information and photographs of Mr. DeWitt and his work, see Phil Grout’s article, “Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt draws creative inspiration from his farm past,” in the Baltimore Sun on March 17, 2012, about Mr. DeWitt’s work and his well-received and highly successful show at Carroll Community College. [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life]

Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Writer Phil Grout contributed to this article.

Related: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012, Jerry DeWitt discusses his farm paintings art his opening Carroll Community Coll… Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry, Colleges Carroll Community College, Colleges Carroll Community College Art

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

Pictured left to right are artists: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

SKIT – Seniors Keep in Touch - purse action, sponsored by “Catherine’s Cause,” continues through Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

All are funds of the Community Foundation of Carroll County – an awesome community-based organization that works hard every day for all of Carroll County.

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A “Mocktail” party reception for the artists, the exhibition, “Anything Goes in Art.” will be held in conjunction with the 2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30^th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30^th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

We expect the Purse Auction to attract its usual big crowd that will have the added benefit of seeing your beautiful art on our walls and hopefully some of your friends will take advantage of the opportunity to support SKIT. Members of the art committee will be on hand at all times during the Party.

 

GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster Show “Anything Goes in Art” at the Carroll County Non-Profit Center in Westminster, February 1, 2012 to May 1, 2012

Carroll Nonprofit Center

255 Clifton Blvd.

Westminster, MD 21157

410-871-9030

“Anything Goes in Art” is the subject of the newest exhibition at the Non Profit Center in Westminster.

The GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster in cooperation with the Non Profit Center represented by Audrey Ciminio and Mark Krieder.

Women’s Club members Nancy Janes, Barbara Humbert, Kathy Rittler and local artists Lyndi McNulty and Pam Zappardino planned the event.

The exhibition will be on view in the conference rooms by chance from February through May 1st the gallery features local artists.

The featured artists in “Anything Goes In Art” include: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

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Katz is showing exquisite textiles depicting her prize King Charles Cavalier Spaniels.

Mary Lou Poirier is showing her paintings and a collage.

Dyson is exhibiting is stunning detailed pen and ink drawing of baskets as well as other more abstract images.

Ginny Houser is showing her prize winning photographs.

Well-known local artist and past Mayor of Westminster, Kevin Dayhoff is exhibiting some of his exceptional digitally enhanced collages and two color drawings.

Other artists not pictures are James McPhillips whose watercolors command much attention and Carol Poole is showing her oil paintings of landscapes.

Candy Aaron’s oil paintings called “Memory Boxes” show favorite items that spark our memories including old fashioned candies, marbles and sewing items.

Robert Thomas is showing his detailed realistic oil paintings that are in the style of the old masters with today’s subjects.

An artist reception will be held in March in combination with the opening of the SKIT (Seniors Keeping in Touch) auction at the non profit center. For more information about these exhibitions contact Woman’s Club member and co chair Barbara Humbert at beh495@yahoo.com or member Nancy Janes at nhjames409@verizon.net.

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

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Gail Elwell of Off Track Art at Carroll Community College DeWitt opening

Gail Elwell of Off Track Art at Carroll Community College DeWitt opening

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Gail Elwell of Off Track Art at Carroll Community College DeWitt opening

“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

 For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt draws creative inspiration from his farm past

'Carroll County Farm Heritage' exhibit opens March 18 at community college

March 17, 2012|Story and photography by Phil Grout http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life

Labels: Ag, Ag art, Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry

When Jerry DeWitt paints a barn, there's a bit of the gentle clanging of cowbells mixing in with the watercolors.

That sound echoes back to his grandfather's Depression-era farm at the end of a lane in Bedford County, Pa.

He was just 2 years old when his father left home for good and the youngster was uprooted from Lansing, Mich., to live with his grandparents.

And in between trips to the pasture to the hand-dug well for another bucket of water, or out to the shed for an arm load of firewood, the sights and sounds and smells of farm life wrapped themselves around Jerry's memory, eventually finding their way to paint and paper more than 30 years later.

Many of those works will be displayed in the show, "Carroll County Farm Heritage: Paintings by Jerry DeWitt," opening Sunday, March 18, at Carroll Community College, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster, with a reception from 2 to 4 p. m… http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life

… Information and photographs of Mr. DeWitt and his work, see Phil Grout’s article, “Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt draws creative inspiration from his farm past,” in the Baltimore Sun on March 17, 2012, about Mr. DeWitt’s work and his well-received and highly successful show at Carroll Community College. [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life]

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Related: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012, Jerry DeWitt discusses his farm paintings art his opening Carroll Community Coll… Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry, Colleges Carroll Community College, Colleges Carroll Community College Art

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

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GFWC Junior Woman's Club of Westminster Youth Art Contest

The GFWC Junior Woman's Club of Westminster held a Youth Art Contest for West Middle and East Middle School Students.  There were 32 entries which are on display at the Westminter Branch of the Carroll County Public Library through Thursday, March 1st.  On Thursday evening, February 23rd, there was a small reception honoring all the students who entered the contest.   


It was during the reception that the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners were announced.  The winners were as follows:  1st place  and $25 check -  Michelle Guldan, West Middle; 2nd place and $15 check - Tanner Tobias, East Middle; and 3rd place and $10 check - Vanna Teel, East Middle.  All three winning artwork will be submitted to the GFWC-MD Western District Youth Art Contest on March 10th.  


Judging was done by Carolyn Seabolt, owner of Cat Track Studio and former Art Teacher at Westminster High School.

“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

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Artist Profile of Lyndi Steward McNulty of Gizmos Art and more from Westminster Patch

Artist Profile of Lyndi Steward McNulty of Gizmos Art and more from Westminster Patch

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

 For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Monte Leister and Friends concert at Birdies Café on Jan. 13

Join Monte Leister, Marc Scott, Nicole Lewis Swartz, and a few more friends for an evening of Music and more at Birdie’s Café in Westminster

Birdie’s Café Coffee House is located at 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157.

Monte Leister, Marc Scott, Nicole Lewis Swartz, will be playing at Birdies on Friday, January 13, 2012, 7 to 10 p.m.

Come on out, bring your friends grab a bite to eat or a great coffee and enjoy!

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

 For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Westminster Patch Artist Profile: Carolyn Seabolt Keeps the Art of Tinsel Painting Alive

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Westminster Patch Artist Profile: Carolyn Seabolt Keeps the Art of Tinsel Painting Alive

Carolyn Seabolt, artist, teacher and illustrator aims to revive the dying art of tinsel painting.

By Kerri Gaither January 3, 2012

http://westminster.patch.com/articles/artist-profile-carolyn-seabolt-keeping-the-art-of-tinsel-painting-alive

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Carolyn Seabolt is working to keep the art of tinsel painting alive. 

Seabolt, who was the art department chair at Westminster High School, said that when she was in her 20s she saw a woman exhibiting the now-rare tinsel painting at a fair in Pennsylvania. She was so impressed that she learned as much as she could about the craft; gaining knowledge and skills that she now passes on to her own students in an effort to keep this “dying art” alive. 

Tinsel painting was highly popular in England and France in the 1800s. It started as an artistic way for women to re-purpose foil, or tinsel, as the English called it, from teas that their husbands brought home. Tinsel painting involves painting in reverse on glass with stains and acrylic paint. Once painted, foil, or tinsel, is placed behind the transparency, giving it a glitter.

“Tinsel painting is a beautiful type of art that is not around anymore. I teach it in hopes that the craft will not die out completely” Seabolt said.

Seabolt spends her summers teaching silk scarf painting and tinsel painting at Common Ground held at McDaniel College. She also teaches watercolor classes at Carroll Community College and at her very own Cat Tracks Studio… http://westminster.patch.com/articles/artist-profile-carolyn-seabolt-keeping-the-art-of-tinsel-painting-alive

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Seabolt’s works can be viewed at the Shop at Cockey’s, Mat About You in Ellicott City, and by appointment in her own Cat Tracks Studio.

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Off Track Art Exhibition with guest artist Kelly Heck

Carroll Arts Center

"Lucky 13" by Off Track Art Showing at Birdie's Cafe

Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists Seabolt Carolyn, Art medium tinsel painting, Art Off Track Art, Art Off Track Art artist profile, Media Patch, Media Patch Westminster

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

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Common Ground on the Hill Holiday Concert

Common Ground on the Hill Annual Holiday Concerts December 16th & 17th, 2011 Double Concert Announcement :: Walt Michael Annual Holiday Concerts: Westminster & Baltimore

Common Ground on the Hill Presents TWO Concerts in TWO Locations: Westminster & Baltimore!   Breaking Up Christmas! Walt Michael Holiday Concert featuring  Walt Michael & Company  with Tom Wetmore, Alexander Mitchell and Ralph Gordon and special guests   Barry Mitterhoff of Hot Tuna Shelley Ensor - vocalist (Westminster concert only) 8 PM Friday, December 16th Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church 6200 North Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21212  and8 PM Saturday, December 17th Carroll Arts Center 91 West Main Street Westminster, MD  21157 General Admission:  $19.00 Seniors 65+, students with ID, children and teens:  $17 Doors open at 7:30 PM TICKETS Breaking Up Christmas! Half a century ago, people in the mountains of the North Carolina and Southwest Virginia celebrated Christmas quite differently than the way most of us do now, holding two weeks of informal house parties that were filled with old time fiddle music, song and dance - a tradition they called "Breaking Up Christmas."  These Christmas parties ran through and ended with Old Christmas, January 6th.  Walt Michael & Company will "break up Christmas" with you this evening as they share their wide-ranging repertoire of tunes and songs that reflect the rich musical heritage of the Appalachians.  The traditional folk musics of Scotland, Ireland, England and Africa made their way into the remote mountain hollers, later emerging as an integrated American musical genre that continues to evolve. Traditional string band music is passed down from generation to generation., from singer to singer, from musician to musician.  In this great oral tradition, songs and tunes are evaluated and winnowed by time.  Memorable melodies and lyrics that withstand this test of time take their place among the venerable repertoire.  Welcome to an evening of old time music.  Let the season begin!  Considered to be a virtuoso of tremendous influence in the revival of the hammered dulcimer, Walt's wide repertoire ranges from old-time Southern Appalachian, to Celtic, to folk, to breath-taking original compositions.  His various musical incarnations, including Bottle Hill, Michael, McCreesh & Campbell and Walt Michael & Co. have spanned over 35 years and taken him from the coal camps of Appalachia to the Closing Ceremonies of the 13th Olympic Winter Games in 1980, when 900 million world viewers heard his signature composition, Snowblind.  As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist he has recorded sixteen albums and instructional videos, appeared at the White House, the Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center and toured extensively throughout the US, Canada, Europe and the UK.  His music has been heard on ABC-TV, NBC's Tonight Show, Broadway, BBC, TNN, CBC, OLN and PBS.   Walt is the Artist in Residence at McDaniel College, as well as Founder and Executive Director of Common Ground on the Hill.  TICKETS          Ring in the Holidays with these artists in two evening performances!      Barry Mitterhoff        Shelley Ensor  Tom Wetmore             Alexander Mitchell    Ralph Gordon

Labels: Art Artists, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co,Art Artists Culture Westminster, Colleges McDaniel, Common Ground on the Hill 


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