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Mark your calendar for these exciting events!
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May 11, 2021
Our local 24-hour online giving event to help make Washington County a better place to live, work, and play!
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May 14, 2021 - 5 to 8 pm
Along South Potomac St. at BISFA
A free, family-friendly, open air festival showcasing the ever talented students of BISFA! Sponsorship opportunities are still available. (Rain date: May 21)
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July 5-29, 2021
at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
The annual Summer Arts Academy offers young artists the opportunity learn and grow in a supportive, creative environment! Registration is open for our 13 academies and sponsorship and student intern opportunities are available.
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A special THANK YOU to our Summer Arts Academy sponsors:
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The first installation for our Buy a Brick Campaign will be in early May!
We have extended the reservation deadline to be
included in the inaugural group until Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
Next installation: Fall 2021
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We hope you've visited our beautiful new website created by our talented neighbors at DatAchieve. If you have not, please take a few moments to click around!
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Creative Writing Conference
On March 4th and 5th, the Creative Writers attended #AWP21, the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs writing conference. Due to COVID, the entire conference was virtual this year, giving the department the opportunity to take all students on a "virtual field trip."
Writers attended panels of their choosing, ranging from discussions of craft to readings from renowned writers to lectures on aspects of writing that they didn't yet know existed. In a conference targeted to undergraduate, graduate, and adult writers, the BISFA writers were some of the only high school students in attendance and Mrs. Anderson and Ms. Fishow were so proud and impressed at the caliber of questions and discussion students engaged in within the platform chat.
The department would like to say "THANK YOU!" to the BISFA Foundation for the grant that allowed the department to attend this conference. It was truly an incredible opportunity!
Katie Anderson, M.A Writing
Lead Creative Writing Teacher
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Tri-M Music Honor Society’s cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine". The group made a DVD for the Coffman Nursing Home featuring this and other student performances.
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- Heaven Angleberger (grade 12) has been published in American High School Poets, "Just Poetry," and The National Poetry Quarterly
- Brynn Lietuvnikas (grade 9) won a Silver Key in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Contest for her short story "A Short Vampire Memoir"
- Annabelle Smith (grade 10) won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Contest for her creative nonfiction essay "Home is Where the Heart Is"
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Phoenix Cardwell's (grade 11) digital media artwork "The Patient" won the Merit Award in the 2021 Bettie Awards Exhibition at the Delaplaine Art Center in Frederick Maryland. The award program is an annual event held in March, nationally recognized as Youth Art Month.
The exhibition will run through April 25, 2021 and can be viewed online.
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The University System of Maryland at Hagerstown, in partnership with Washington County Public Schools, announced the following BISFA students as award winners in their 2021 USMH Virtual Student Art Exhibition "Reaching Beyond"
Best in Show
Mckensi Williams (grade 12) "Dear Honey"
Painting
3rd Place - Ava Demers (grade 11) “Memento Mori”
Photography
1st Place - Kami Fitz (grade 11) "Darken Poise"
2nd Place - Emma Simpson (grade 11) “Self Portrait”
3rd Place - Rachel West (grade 10) “Two Bridges”
Digital Media
1st Place - MJ Moran (grade 12) “A New Day”
3rd Place - Phoenix Cardwell (grade 11) “Untitled”
3D (Sculpture/Ceramics)
1st Place - Ileana Ekins (grade 10) “Senseless”
2nd Place - Michael Pivovarov (grade 10) “Eastern Front”
3rd Place - Bradley Powers (grade 12) “Plastic Bag Dress”
Mixed Media
1st Place - Len Zhao (grade 9) “Humanity”
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Look for Caleb Auldridge (grade 12) among the small squares of students who were selected by audition to participate in the National Association for Music Education's (NAfME) Virtual All-National Honor Ensemble.
Students participated in virtual rehearsals and masterclasses with renowned conductors and clinicians, and featured special guest artist appearances from the Canadian Brass, Mark Wood, Eric Whitacre, Wynton Marsalis, Kerry “Krucial” Brothers, and Michael Beinhorn!
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Congratulations to Mr. Youngblood,
one of two Washington County Artists to be featured in the Maryland State Arts Council’s newly published book, Artists of Maryland: Visual Art. Introduced by Maryland’s First Lady Yumi Hogan, the book, the first of its kind, is a collection of 52 works of art representing 52 artists from every region in the state.
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 The BISFA Foundation offers an alumni intern position each summer, where you'll learn the fundamentals of non-profit organizations.
Visit our website for more details! |
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We would love to share your updates with our donors and subscribers!
Please contact your class agent or send your update to the Foundation office by email.
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BISFA SCHOOL CALENDAR
For a complete up-to-date calendar listing all the activities and events going on at the
Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, please click here.
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Make a Difference Today
The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Foundation provides resources and funding to Barbara Ingram School for the Arts (BISFA) to support enhanced learning and an enriched arts curriculum. This is made possible by donations from people like you. Please take a moment and donate to the BISFA Foundation to truly make a difference in the lives of student artists.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!
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