Alexander Community Dance Group (ACDG)
The Alexander Community Dance Group, Corp. is a 501C3 organization founded by Sylvia Alexander. The dancers consist of many different age groups ranging from 3 to 20 years old. The organization has been around for more than 20 years and every...
Nicaraguan Cultural Alliance *
The Nicaraguan Alliance (NCA) proudly present and fine art painting and pottery from Nicaragua. The proceeds sup port the Nicaraguan artists and artisans who al works. We seek young talent, as well as women artists.
Nicaragua is a country rich...
Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio
Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio (ACAS) is located in the heart of the Gateway Arts District in Mt. Rainier, MD. ACAS is a small performing arts studio and multi-use space with a focus on cultural arts of the African diaspora, health...
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area/Maryland Milestones
About Maryland Milestones
Maryland Milestones, a program established in 2012 by ATHA Inc., highlights the many firsts and “unique” moments which have occurred in the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area. This program brings information about these “milestones”...
Archie Edwards Blues Foundation
Bluesman, teacher, barber, and storyteller Archie Edwards (1918-1998) opened the Alpha Tonsorial Palace in Northeast Washington, DC, in 1959. Over the years it became a Saturday afternoon gathering place for aspiring musicians, young and old, African American and white. The barbershop...
Art Works Now
Mindful of the relationship between creative education and the creative development of our community, Art Works Now remains committed to teaching art technique, encouraging each student to “see” in their own way, and providing multiple opportunities to explore,...
Artist & Craftsman - Hyattsville, MD
Artist & Craftsman Supply, an employee owned company, has been providing artists with excellent materials at competitive prices since first opening in Yarmouth, Maine in 1985. Multiple locations across the country and growing everyday!
Our stores carry a wide variety of...
Authentic Bartending School of MD
Authentic Bartending School of Maryland has a highly trained staff of professional bartenders. Our 45 hour certification program is MHEC approved and upon completion our graduates are prepared to work in any environment. We have many flexible schedules to choose from...
Ballet Tap and All That Jazz Dance and Fitness Studio
We are a full service dance studio, with a strong focus on technique and developing students and adults, who want to continue to pursue their love of dance and the Arts now and beyond!
Blue Sky Puppet Theatre *
Blue Sky Puppet Theatre, founded in 1974, is one of the region's most prolific educational children's theatres performing over 1000 shows a year with a touring radius of the Baltimore/Washington corridor and the mid atlantic region. The company specializes...
Brentwood Arts Exchange (M-NCPPC)
The Brentwood Arts Exchange is The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's component of the Gateway Arts Center, a public-private partnership that serves as an anchor for Prince George's County Gateway Arts District. Dedicated to presenting and promoting...
Conversations in the Corridor
Conversations in the Corridor gathers activists and community members focused on local issues to promote a shared vision of what it means to live in the Gateway Arts District --Mount Rainier, Brentwood, North Brentwood and Hyattsville--and Prince George's County...
Craft Commons *
Craft Commons is a studio and learning center that celebrates handmade crafts and their makers. We offer classes and space to craft for those aged 18 and older. Whether you’re looking to spread out and make, expand your skills...
Creative Edge Collaborative
We are dedicated to cultivating a distinctive film and digital media industry in Prince George’s County, Maryland. We accomplish this by honoring the art of filmmaking and by positioning Digital Media Communications and the Creative Economy as transformational...
Cultural Academy for Excellence (CAFE)
The Cultural Academy for Excellence (“CAFE”), a 15 year-old, award-winning, music-based academic and life-skills enrichment program, was started in 1996 with the goal of encouraging young people to stay in school, stay out of trouble and perform well academically.
DeMatha Catholic High School
DeMatha Catholic High School is a college preparatory institution (grade 9-12) dedicated to educating young men in the Trinitarian tradition. DeMatha’s historic and ongoing mission is to serve students of differing abilities, interests, and backgrounds from the culturally...
Gateway Arts Center
The Gateway Arts Center at Brentwood (GAC@B) is a multi-faceted facility dedicated to the production, exhibition and programming of visual art. The GAC@B serves as a dynamic resource for artists and a vibrant, creative social experience reflecting and...
Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance (HCAA)
Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance is a non-profit organization founded in 1995. The association is comprised of over 60 prestigious painters, sculptors, photographers, fine crafts makers, poets and musicians, primarily from the local region.
HCAA curates numerous exhibits, working in conjunction with the...
Joe's Movement Emporium & World Arts Focus
Founded in 1992, World Arts Focus provides educational and cultural programs integrating dance, movement and performing arts traditions from around the world. In 1995, the organization opened a storefront space in Mount Rainier called Joe’s Movement Emporium. Joe’s...
Just Rock Enterprises
Just Rock is a music lesson company providing instruction in piano, voice, guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, violin and more! Sign up for private lessons today or let us run your after school program!
We strive to equip our clients...
Lesole's Dance Project
Lesole’s Dance Project (LDP) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, founded by Lesole Z. Maine 2003. The Company creates and performs works that highlight the unique qualities of modern and Afro-Fusion style of dance and provide educational programs of movement...
Little Friends for Peace *
Answer the violence with skiils of peace, LFP provides training and resources in conflict resolution, self-esteem building, effective discipline, cooperative play, and nurturing the Earth. These programs are targeted to children, parents, families, teachers, and child caregivers. Our achievements include...
Ottley Music School, Inc. *
Ottley Music School operates year round, with three 14-week terms Fall, Winter, and Spring, and a 6-week summer term. Private lessons and Pre-School classes and other classes are offered year-round, with monthly recitals, and in May, the National Guild...
Pan Masters Steel Orchestra. Inc
Pan Masters Steel Orchestra. Inc. is based in North Brentwood, Maryland. We are committed to performing a high caliber of steel band music that will delight any music lover. I
Biography: The Pan Masters Stee\ Orchestra, Inc. was formed in...
PGAHC Art in Public Places*
In 1988, Art in Public Places (APP) was created by Prince George's County Council legislation amidst a rising number of jurisdictional, "Percent for Art" initiatives emerging nationwide in support of public artwork in building construction. The program applies at least...
Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) *
The Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) seeks to create a world-class cultural environment where diverse high quality arts and humanities programs are available for all Prince George’'s County residents and visitors.
Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center Administrative Office
PGAAMCC’s mission is to celebrate and inspire the Community through the cultivation, preservation, and presentation of the cultural and artistic contributions of African Americans in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Red Dirt Studio
Red Dirt Seminar is a graduate school with no grades. It’s a sculpture studio with a taste for ceramics. It’s a collective work environment with shared resources. It’s a critique group. It&rsquo...
Sew Creative Lounge
Cecily Habimana and Tisha Thorne met by chance in the hallway of a new building they both moved into back in 2006. They soon realized that they both had a passion for sewing.
The pair noticed that there really weren...
Studio A
Studio A is an interactive center encouraging the self-expression and self-development of the University of Maryland and College Park community. We offer a creative outlet for students, faculty/staff, and community members via non-credit courses in the arts. Through our...
Tanglewood Works
About Sue,
My Many Incarnations
Former owner of SadieDey's Cafe, current owner of ShabadabChic, Simply Sue Marketing and Promotions, a member of the Wild Anacostian (I sing too!) and now the proud Proprietress of Tanglewood Works:
Here at...
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center *
The Clarice is in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland. As part of a major public research university, The Clarice is committed to collaboration and the creation and support of new work that further advances...
Three Little Birds Sewing Co.
Located in the Gateway Arts District in Hyattsville, Three Little Birds Sewing Co. is a retail supplier of fabrics, notions, yarn, and other crafting goodies. We also offer a variety of lessons and workshops.
You can find out more...
Tri Star Music Together
At Tri Star Music Together, we offer music and movement classes for children ages birth to five and the adults who love them. The classes are research-based and FUN! We sing songs, play rhythm instruments, use chants, dance and move...
Washington Glass School
The Washington Glass School offers sculptural glass education, and is a resource center for the Mid-Atlantic region, serving students, artists and the general public. It encourages research and exploration of new techniques in all aspects of glass (kiln-cast, fused, cold...
* = Listing is located nearby but outside the geographic boundaries of the Gateway Arts District
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