The Kent Cultural Alliance announces 2025 Independent Artist Grants for Kent County Artists
The Kent Cultural Alliance (KCA) is pleased to announce the 2025 Independent Artist Grants program, which will provide $25,000 in funding to support artists living and creating in Kent County. This initiative will award 50 individual grants of $500 each as one-time financial support for artists working in a variety of disciplines. The application period will open on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM and close on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM. Eligible applicants must reside and actively create work in Kent County. These funds may be used for a range of artistic needs, including ... [Continue Story]
Arts Highlights
Garfield Center showcases Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A review by Peter Heck and Jane Jewell
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, playing at the Garfield Center in Chestertown through Saturday, Dec. 21, is a perfect holiday experience for the whole ... [Continue Story]
- Bookplate author event – Patrick Smithwick’s ” War’s Over, Come Home”
- Salon Talks at the Trippe Gallery with Jill Basham
- Spy Review: Isidore String Quartet Interlude by Steve Parks
- Mid-Shore Arts: A Spy Check-in with the Avalon’s Al Bond and Jessica Davies
- A Landmark Reimagined: The Revival of Easton’s Waterfowl Building
- Founded in Gratitude: Celebrating 20 Years of Plein Air Easton
- A Personal Look at the Wyeth Family of Artists: A Conversation with Victoria Wyeth
- Easton Art Galleries Host Plein Air Shows by Steve Parks
- Mid-Shore Arts: The Factory Takes on A Streetcar Named Desire for Plein Air
- David Faleris Appointed New Full-Time Executive Director of Chesapeake Music
- Mystery Artist: Who Knows Anything about this Mid-Shore Painting and Painter
- Virtuoso Cellist Sterling Elliott to Perform at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival By James Carder
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: Spain in the Golden Age–Toledo and Seville
The city of Toledo had eleven synagogues during its golden age. Today only two of the synagogues remain. Last week's SPY article touched upon the Ibn ... [Continue Story]
- Looking at the Masters: Spain in the Golden Age–Cordoba and Toledo
- Looking at the Masters: Spain in the Golden Age – Cordoba
- Looking at the Masters: Camille Pissarro
- Looking at the Masters: Gustave Caillebotte
- Looking at the Masters: Jacques-Joseph Tissot
- Looking at the Masters: Guiseppe De Nettis
- Looking at the Masters: Tom Deininger
- Looking at the Masters: Miriam Schapiro
- Looking at the Masters: Xu Zhen
- Looking at the Masters: Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Design with Jenn Martella
Finding a contemporary house to feature in our area is usually a challenge for me to offer readers a mix of different architectural or interior design ... [Continue Story]
- Design with Jenn Martella: Royal Oak Flush
- Design with Jenn Martella: The Hosier Farm at Great Oak Manor, circa 1783-1795
- Design with Jenn Martella: “Oyster Cove”
- Design with Jenn Martella: St. Andrews Wayside Chapel, c. 1874, Redux
- Design with Jenn Martella: Oxford Historic District Gem
- Design with Jenn Martella: “Grey Goose Pointe”
Weather Report with Cece Storm
The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
The Spy Weather Report forecast and words for September 30 to October 1 “Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all ... [Continue Story]
Delmarva Review
Taking flight? Will Delmarva Review come in for a landing?
It’s hard to imagine the Delmarva Review ever having trouble finding writers eager to submit their work. However, in 2007, when the Eastern Shore ... [Continue Story]
- Delmarva Review: The “Best of” Anthology
- Delmarva Review: Leitmotif by Rita Plush
- Delmarva Review: Arrogance by Katherine J. Williams
- Delmarva Review: A System of Seeing by Colin Jeffrey Morris
- Delmarva Review: The End of the Story by Patty Somlo
- Delmarva Review: Something More Than Winter Weighs (Upon Me) by John Muro
- Delmarva Review: Unknowable by Mary-Cecile Gee
- Delmarva Review: Traumas by Andrew Payton
- Delmarva Review: Dry Eye by Jean McDonough
- Delmarva Review: Cadence by K. Alma Peterson
Chesapeake Lens
Chesapeake Lens: “The Artist at Work” by Wally Harper
The Blackwater River reflects the glory of another day on the Eastern Shore. “The Artist at ... [Continue Story]
Arts Notes
Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra Hosts First-Ever Summer Camp
Sixteen students participated in the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever Summer Camp, spending the week engaged in music-making, ... [Continue Story]
- Barbara Parker Performs on The Mainstay’s Outdoor Stage
- Love Music? Love to Sing? Thinking about singing with us? Join the Chester River Chorale, now, for the 2025 Holiday Concert Season!
- Where Land and Water Meet, The Photography of David Harp is Main Street Gallery’s Fall Exhibit
- Virtuoso Jazz Pianist James Fernando and His Trio at The Mainstay in Rock Hall
- Working Artists Forum Free Demonstration, Monday, September 8, 2025
- Trumpet and Percussion Highlight the Next Classical Concert at the Mainstay in Rock Hall
- Allegro Academy Scholarships
- Studio B Art Gallery Presents “Brushstrokes Abroad” – A Celebration of Travel Through Art
- Art Elevated: 2025 Competition and Festival Marks a Historic High for Plein Air Easton
- RiverArts Reimagined Runway Fashion Show August 2