Memorial Day Porch Play
Memorial Day Porch Play! Together! Live!! May 28 – 31 As the world begins to open up, CPAE will continue offering safe, distanced live music performances in outdoor settings. Note that Saturday will feature Plein Air Painting with Racquel Keller at Riversdale House Museum, registration required (info@cpae.org). Rescheduled for next Saturday, June 5. […]
Spring Porch Fling!
Spring Porch Fling! Last year’s outdoor performances were a highlight during a difficult year. Spring is here! and as the world begins to open up, CPAE will continue offering safe, distanced live performances in outdoor settings. Sign up now to host an artist on your porch, during the weekend of April 16, 17, 18. Or, […]
Black History Month: Soul Line Dancing
In the clip featured below, Karen Stewart teaches “My Dream 2021,” a line dance she created for Black History Month. Karen is a talented dancer and choreographer who is currently leading Soul Line Dancing for College Park Arts Exchange every Friday morning from 10 -11 am on Zoom. Email info@cpae.org for a link! Karen […]
Wishes for the New Year
Join CPAE in making Wish Objects for the New Year For many years, my family has had a creative tradition to start off the New Year by making wish objects. Way back in the 1990s, Ruth Blackwell Rogers painted a 220-foot scroll painting (now known as a “crankie”) as her interpretation of the Hopi […]
St. Martin’s Day Lantern Festival
St. Martin’s Day Lantern Festival. For many years, College Park Arts Exchange has sponsored a St. Martin’s Day Lantern Festival as a beloved annual tradition. Volunteer and CPAE board member Birgit Meade has led this craft from her home country of Germany, with traditional songs on her harmonica and lots of German cookies for a […]
November art project: Make a God’s Eye!
November 2020 virtual arts drop-in: God’s Eye Craft One of my favorite fall crafts is the God’s Eye. It is an extremely simple craft, and all you need are two sticks and some yarn. It is a great time of year to go outside and find a nice, smooth, straight stick and break it into […]
Halloween Porch Play!
College Park Arts Exchange Presents Halloween Porch Play! A distanced Live Music event to celebrate the fall season. Musical acts will celebrate around the neighborhoods of College Park, including songs from Eric Maring (Mr M) and sons, taiko drumming, fiddle tunes from Transatlantic Crossing, a drum circle with Kristen Arant, Schoolhouse Rock favorites from Professor […]
October art project: make a flappy bird!
October 2020 virtual arts drop-in: Raven with Flapping Wings You will need: Raven Parts template photocopied onto cardstock. Feel free to decorate your raven with symmetrical (same on both sides) patterns, or leave it plain. Office Brads Ribbon ( I used shiny birthday package ribbon) Large, thin rubber bands Scissors, Glue, Large stick pin Googly […]
Labor Day Porch Play!
Over the Labor Day Weekend, College Park Arts Exchange encouraged citizens and performing artists to get together and celebrate the holiday with fun and safe neighborhood concerts. Concerts occurred in College Park Woods, College Park Estates, Hollywood, Berwyn, and Calvert Hills. Acts included Kristen Arant and the Bele Bele Rhythm Collective, Rowan Corbett, Dominic Elliott, […]
PorchFourth!
As we emerge into stage 2 of reopening after quarantine, College Park Arts Exchange is overjoyed to present PorchFourth! a city-wide celebration of LIVE MUSIC performed in the neighborhoods of College Park! Using our grassroots network, we have matched over a dozen performers with pop-up locations for performance in five different College Park neighborhoods during the late […]