SUMMER CAMP FUN! Sign up today!

It's going to be another summer of fun at the Park! We offer a wide variety of day camps for children and teens (ages 4 - 19) presented by resident visual arts, music, and theater organizations at the Park, as well as non-resident partners.  Check out our Camps page and sign your kids up TODAY! They'll be glad you did. 

Gala in the Park: Purchase Tickets Online

Art & Alchemy, the 2012 Gala in the Park, will be held on Saturday, May 19, from 6 p.m. to midnight. This year, we will honor renowned Washington artist Jim Sanborn and celebrate the Partnership's 10th anniversary. The evening will include dinner, dancing, SILENT AUCTION, and more! For more information or to purchase tickets, visit our Gala in the Park page.

Spring Classes are underway. Sign up today!

Spring is the perfect time to reinvigorate your creative spirit!  Whether you're looking for classes for adults, teens or children in visual or performing arts, you'll find it at Glen Echo Park. Browse and register for spring and summer CLASSES & CAMPS online today!  Or download the catalog here.

REGISTER FOR CLASSES TODAY!

Learn to Knit! 

Try out one of our NEW classes in knitting and felting starting this week.

 

Social dance classes in Argentine Tango start this week.  Upcoming visual arts workshops include photography classes and field trips and silversmithing techniques. 

For even more options, browse all Spring classes starting in the next two weeks.

 

For kids only check out Introduction to Animation (Ages 8-12).

 

Get a jump on summer and check out our Summer Camps for Children and Teens.

 

Browse & Register for all Spring/Summer classes and camps.

DANCES THIS WEEK

Enjoy dancing throughout this week! Start with Tuesday night's Contra Sonic dance, and then enjoy Blues on Thursday. Swallowtail performs for Friday evening's contra dance while Blue Sky 5 offers swing tunes for dancers. The annual Glen Echo Park Gala dance features the Daryl Davis Band and includes dessert, dance performance, lesson and carousel rides. Sunday brings back Swallowtail for the afternoon waltz and the contra & square dance that night, or dancers can choose a tango workshop and Milonga.

 

Details in our May calendar.

GALA DANCE

 

Please join us on Saturday, May 19 at

8 p.m. for the 2012 Gala Dance, part of the Art & Alchemy Gala in the Park.  Tickets are $25 per person and all proceeds support the Glen Echo Park Partnership. 

 

Swing the night away with the Daryl Davis Band!  A beginning/intermediate swing dance lesson will begin at 8 p.m. in the Bumper Car Pavilion and is included in the cost of admission.  Dance ticket holders are also invited to enjoy desserts, dance performances, and carousel rides for FREE.

 

For more information and to purchase Gala Dance tickets, click here.

EXHIBITIONS THIS WEEKEND

Jim Sanborn: Selected Works, After the Park, May 5 through 28, Sat. & Sun. & Memorial Day Monday, 12 to 6 p.m.

 

Office Gallery: Small Worlds, Pressed, Pressed, Bound and Floating - Collages by Beth Davis, May 5 through 28, Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Photoworks presents Six Teens Photograph Six Teens, May 11 through June 11, Sat. 1 to 4 p.m., Sun. 1 to 8 p.m. 

 

Yellow Barn Gallery presents Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Exhibition, May 19 & 20, 12 to 5 p.m.; Reception, Sun. May 20, 3 to 5 p.m.

Stone Tower Artists-in-Residence for May are artists featured in "An Evening with the Arts: A Benefit for the Children's Inn at NIH": Barbara Gruber, Jordan Bruns, Glen Kessler, Walt Bartman and Lida Stifel.  Saturday & Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.

 

For more details see our Exhibitions calendar in Events.

GLEN ECHO PARK SUMMER CAMPS

The flowers are out and the trees are green--and summer is just around the corner!  This year we're offering dozens of camps for children and teens (ages 4-19) in visual arts, music, environmental education, dance, and theater.  Campers explore the worlds of their imaginations while learning from experienced artist-educators and exploring the magic of Glen Echo Park.  After-care is available for ages 4-12 on a weekly or daily basis.

 

Click here to visit our summer camp photo album and to see our campers in action!

 

Browse all your camp options and register today!

 

 

IN THE NEWS IN THE NEWS IN THE NEWS ....

 

On Monday, February 27, theatreWashington announced the 2012 Helen Hayes Awards nominees. As reported widely in the press, Glen Echo Park’s Adventure Theatre was nominated for 13 awards. Read about all the nominees in Washingtonian magazine’s online blog.

 

 

Announcing our new Ballroom Cafe operator: The Brown Bag

The Ballroom Cafe reopened for the season on April 2, 2012, with The Brown Bag as the new operator. The Brown Bag is known in the D.C. area for fresh and healthy fare. Visit our Ballroom Cafe page for hours of operation.  Read the press release

 

Interested in Teaching at Glen Echo Park?

The Glen Echo Park Partnership is accepting course proposals from visual arts, crafts, and dance and movement instructors for the fall and winter 2012-2013 sessions.  These sessions include the months of September 2012 through February 2013.  The deadline for new proposals is Monday, May 14, 2012.  Download the proposal form