May 2024
Originals Only
Join us for live performances at the OC Center for the Arts, featuring original acts by local up-and-coming musicians!
The Line Up:
Jerrol Pennerman
Parkers Garden
eScape hAtch
MikRon Groove Machine
Dungeons & Rabbits
$5 suggested donation. Please no drinking, no drugs, and no covers.
June 2024
Arts Day in the Pines
Join us for the 4th annual Arts Day!
Arts Day is an annual spring fundraising event for the Art League of Ocean City that takes place at the beautiful Veterans Memorial Park in Ocean Pines on June 2nd from 12pm-4pm. Featuring an Artisan Marketplace, a Kids’ Zone complete with bounce houses and kids art activities, “Art League’s Got Talent” performances, raffles, dancing, food, drink, and more! Free and open to the public.
Vendor Application:
Apply for our Artisan Marketplace today!
Application Deadline: Mon. April 22nd, 4pm
Artisans notified by: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Application Fee: $25
ONCE ACCEPTED: Artisan Vendor Fee due by: Friday, May 6, 2024 ($40 members, $50 non-members)
Click here to apply: https://form.jotform.com/240784970716163
Volunteers Needed!
Email Aubrey Sizemore at aubrey@artleagueofoceancity.org for more information. Volunteers must be 14 or older.
Dine & Donate – Pit & Pub
First Friday Opening Reception for June Exhibits
Meet the artists, enjoy hors d’oeuvres, and see the new exhibits by a variety of local artists. FREE. All are welcome. Featuring:
- “Where the Sand Meets the Sea: Contemporary Beachscapes” by Michelle Marshall
- “Surf/Skate” group show
- “Clay-a-palooza” in Studio E, featuring the Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore
- Jack Knight in the Spotlight Gallery
- Lower Shore Visual Arts Addiction Awareness Youth Show, showcasing artwork by Worcester County middle and high school students.
With a special performance by Saltare in Elementis Dance Collective – “Intertidal” & “Global Water Dances”. Learn more about the upcoming Dance on the Shore Festival continuing June 8.
Plus live music by Party Shaker Billy Zee!
“Dance on the Shore” Festival
Friday June 7
- 5-7pm: Live Dance Performance at the First Friday Reception – see the dancers of Saltare in Elementis Dance Collective perform their piece Intertidal, about bodies of water, and learn the 4 hand movements of the official ‘Global Water Dances‘ to kick off the festival. Meet the dancers and learn more.
Saturday June 8
- 11-1pm: Saturday Kids Craft – for families and kids of all ages – make a fun craft led by the Art League of Ocean City, then create movement along with the SIEDC dancers inspired by your creation.
- 1:15-2:15pm: “Mat to Movement” Workshop – a water-themed dance workshop incorporating yoga and light movement for adults (outside, if weather permits). Bring your own yoga mat! Click here for advance registration; walk-in’s welcome.
- 2:30-3pm: Community Improv Dance Party – all are welcome!
- 11-3pm (ongoing): Film Screening of “Roots: Maryland’s Nature to Nurture” (27 mins) Audiences explore through dance Maryland’s coast, mountains, suburbs, and cities and the community value systems and personal perspectives throughout the state.
The Art of Drag – A Night of Drag Excellence
The Art League of Ocean City presents, “The Art of Drag – A Night of Drag Excellence”!
Friday, June 21, 2024
Doors Open @ 6:00PM
Drag Show @ 7:00 – 9:00PM
Join us for a night of drag excellence where we will be joined by 3 local drag queens performing your favorites!
PERFORMANCES BY:
MISS MANN ┃ Tara Ashleigh Austin ┃ Kadet Kelly
Lite fare included, seating is limited to first come first serve, standing room available.
Tickets: $25 plus fees
Click here to purchase
Proceeds will benefit the Art League of Ocean City
Tickets are nonrefundable
Thank you to our sponsor: Positive Energy