Summer Arts Academy 2014
The Foundation is thrilled to sponsor, for the fourth year, the Summer Arts Academy. A list of the programs and application are on the website. We are looking forward to a fun summer.
The events this week at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
The events this week at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
12/16/13 through 12/20/13 Visual Arts Department Visual Arts Exhibition at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts front lobby
Please join us for any of these wonderful performances!
12/17/13 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Instrumental Department Winter Band and Orchestra Concert at the Kepler Theatre at Hagerstown Community College
12/20/13 6:00 to 7:30 Cocoa and Cookies Reception in the BISFA Black Box Theatre lobby (downstairs); prior to the All-School Holiday Spectacular visit the school to enjoy the remarkable work of the Visual Arts student at the Visual Arts Exhibition as well as complimentary homemade cocoa and goodies courtesy of the BISFA Parent Guild
12/20/13 7:30 p.m. BISFA All-School Holiday Spectacular at the Maryland Theatre; reserved seating $10 to $25; department fundraisers taking place in the theatre lobby before the performance and during intermission
Link to the school events page: http://as2.rschooltoday.com/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=646&school_id=646
Lamp Post Campaign
Lamp Post Campaign
Lamp Post Campaign is in full force. This is a great way to advertise for the holidays and make a tax deductible contribution to the Barbara Ingram Foundation.
Piano Dedication
Piano Dedication
Piano dedication ceremony at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts.
Vialeta Brodava, freshman at Barbara Ingram, Steve Weiss and Melissa Mackley, Lead Piano Instructor
Hearts for the Arts Annual Membership Campaign Launched today!
Hearts for the Arts Annual Membership Campaign Launched today!
The Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of their “Hearts for the Arts” Annual Membership Campaign 2013-2014. This program has wonderful benefits and several payment options. Please join now!
Welcome Back!
Welcome Back!
The Foundation Board president, Brad Pingrey welcomed all new and returning Barbara Ingram School for the Arts parents on Monday and Tuesday night. Brad gave a brief history of the Foundation and presented the new “Parent” Hearts for the Arts Annual Membership campaign package. The Foundation and the school have collaborated on this project and both feel this program will benefit the school and the Foundation.
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Scholarships
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Scholarships
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra has awarded two scholarships for students to attend the Barbara Ingram Summer Arts Academy. Grace Mellott from Chambersburg Middle School for the Flute camp and Freddy Koogle from Sharpsburg Elementary for the Guitar camp. This camp is being held from July 8-11 from 9-noon and the cost is $90.
Congratulations!
Thomas L. Law Visual Arts Scholarship Awarded
Thomas L. Law Visual Arts Scholarship Awarded
The Thomas L. Law Visual Arts Scholarship was awarded to two students this year. The students are: Courtney Koogle from Boonsboro Middle School and Alexis French from Northern Middle School. Both students will be attending the Barbara Ingram Summer Arts Academy Visual Arts camp this summer.
The Barbara Ingram Summer Arts Academy Visual Arts camp is open to student in grades 6-10. This is a full day camp from 9-4 and the cost is $150. Congratulations to you both!
The Robert Herr Scholarship
The Robert Herr Scholarship
The Robert Herr Scholarship is a $500 scholarship to be applied towards the student’s future educational endeavors. The format is a writing essay and this year the school received 15 applications and the winner is Gabriella DiGiuseppe. Miss DiGiuseppe will be attending Hagerstown Community College in the Fall. Congratulations!
Gabriella DiGiuseppe and Mimi Dickinson, Executive Director of the Barbara Ingram Foundation
The Bill Dorsey Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Bill Dorsey Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Bill Dorsey Scholarship Fund for the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts is a component fund of the Community Foundation of Washington County MD. The Fund was established by the Community Foundation in honor of Rev. Janice Dorsey, a 2008 People’s Choice Award winner.
The purpose of the fund is to provide financial support to benefit qualifying students in vocal music or dance at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts. The recipient for the 2013-14 school year is Kenny Catchings, rising Senior in the Dance discipline.
Kenny Catchings with Mimi Dickinson, Executive Director of the Barbara Ingram Foundation
Celebration of Firsts
Celebration of Firsts
Thank you to everyone that helped with making the Celebration of First a night to remember. The Foundation would like this to become an annual fundraising event. Photo taken by ©Wertman Photography.
Literary Arts Summit – June 27, 2013
Literary Arts Summit – June 27, 2013
LITERARY ARTS SUMMIT FEATURES A PANEL OF NOTED WRITERS
Mark June 27th on your calendars for the 3rd Annual Literary Arts Summit to be held once again in the Black Box Theatre at The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts.
This year’s panel includes James Grady, journalist and author of Six Days of the Condor (which was adapted into the Robert Redford movie); Maggie-Kate Coleman, a Hagerstown native (now a New Yorker) who wrote the book and lyrics for the award-winning musical POP!; writer-actor Dale Stein, who earned Helen Hayes Award Nominations for Best New Play and for Lead Actress for her one-person play, A Fresh of Breath Air; and Harry Bagdasian, a writer-director who co-founded both New Playwrights’ Theatre and The League of Washington Theatres, and who produced the Inaugural Helen Hayes Awards at The National Theatre in Washington.
The yearly Summit features noted writers in and around the area. Among previous presenters were such noted writers as Peter Stitt, editor of the Gettysburg Review; Tim Wendel, journalist and author of fiction (Castro’s Curveball) and narrative nonfiction (High Heat; Summer of ’68); and Tony Mendez, whose book Argo was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie.
The program will run from 6:15-8:30 p.m., with a brief intermission. Admission is free.