Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

RISE UP! is a teen exhibition program that will showcase the talent, creativity, and perspective of today’s teens.  Whether through visual artwork, digital, video, creative writing, spoken word, music, or other performing arts, the exhibit will include works that communicate what it means to be a teen in the world today.  RISE UP! will include an online gallery, a juried gallery exhibit, and performance opportunities.  These teens are going to RISE UP! and let their voices be heard!

Instagram & Facebook Online Gallery:  December 18, 2018 - April 14, 2019

Juried Gallery Exhibit in the Kay Daugherty Gallery:  February 15 - April 14, 2019

Annmarie After Hours - Opening Reception
Friday, February 15, 2019, 6-8pm - Admission is free; public welcome! Refreshments from Caney Creek Catering, Chick-fil-A, and Nicoletti's Pizza. Music by members of the Calvert High School Chamber Prep Orchestra

TEEN TAKEOVER EVENT-- March 29th -- Teens, help us plan the event!  CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ!

Meet the juror of the Rise Up! Exhibit:  

Caitlin Blake, Teen Programs Specialist, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Caitlin Blake is the Teen Programs Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. She previously interned and worked for the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Vermont Historical Society, Library of Congress, and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.  She believes in lifelong learning and strives to inspire youthengagement in arts education. Caitlin received her B.A. in History from Smith College and her M.A.T. in Museum Education at the George Washington University. Originally from Milton, Vermont, Caitlin currently lives in Suitland, Maryland.

To learn about teen programs at the National Portrait Gallery, CLICK HERE
 

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This exhibit is made possible by the Katie & Tom Watts Youth Program Fund of Annmarie Garden. To learn about other programs funded by the Watts Youth Program Fund, CLICK HERE.  

This organization is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).