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  • September 2025
  • Sat 6
    Sep 6 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibition Openings

    Exhibition Openings

    View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details on the Exhibitions page of our website. FREE

  • Sat 6
    Creative Outlet
    Sep 6 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Creative Outlet

    Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Charcoal drawing inspired by Erin Fostel, our 2025 Contemporary Innovations Artist Please limit your time to about an hour, especially if other families are waiting for a table. At least one ...

  • Mon 15
    Recurring Programs & Events
    Sep 15 – Nov 15

    Francine Brady Art Carts: First Floor Art Cart

    Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine's Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. SEPT 15 TO NOV 15: Explore block printing In addition, a video for one of the activities will premiere on the Delaplaine at Home YouTube channel. You ...

  • Thu 18
    Art21 Screening Society
    Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm

    Art21 Screening Society: Artists and the Unknown

    In celebration of Art21’s newest book, Artists & the Unknown: Art21 Interviews with Artists, we will be screening a documentary through Art21’s Screening Society which provides a selection of films featuring artists who explore how we use randomness, mystery, and unknowability to try to answer some of life’s biggest questions. Artists highlighted in the film ...

  • Sat 27
    Gala Artwork
    Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

    Oz Gala

    Delaplaine Arts Center 40 S Carroll St, Frederick, MD, United States

    Join us to celebrate another year of bringing visual arts opportunities and experiences to the Frederick region as we raise critical funds to support the Delaplaine’s educational public and community engagement programs. Ease on down the road to a place where Oz and Frederick collide for a creative and fun-filled evening featuring: Fabulous Cuisine by ...

    $125.00
  • October 2025
  • Sat 4
    Imperial Gates
    Oct 4 @ 2:00 pm

    Art Matters Artist Talk

    Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about two weeks later. THIS MONTH: Solo exhibition artists Julie Maynard and David Gootnick will present the work in their exhibitions.

  • Sat 4
    Oct 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Meet the Artists

    View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details on the Exhibitions page of our website. FREE

  • Sat 4
    Creative Outlet
    Oct 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Creative Outlet

    Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Boo! Make a Halloween house! Please limit your time to about an hour, especially if other families are waiting for a table. At least one adult must be present at each ...

  • Wed 15
    Oct 15 – Dec 15

    Francine Brady Art Carts: Second Floor Art Cart

    Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine's Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. OCT 15 TO DEC 15: Make an oil pastel “painting” of your friends and family, inspired by Alice Neel, our fall Artist of Inspiration In addition, a ...

  • Thu 16
    Third Space John Kachik Guided Personal Directions Winter 2025
    Oct 16 @ 6:00 pm

    Third Space Open Studio

    Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their ...

    Free – $5.00
  • Thu 16
    Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm

    Art At Night: Using Textiles in Art Therapy

    Licensed art therapist Whitney Dahlberg, LCPAT, will discuss the use of textiles in art therapy. She will share ways that textiles can increase emotion regulation and mindfulness and can access somatic memories held in the subconscious for processing. This talk will feature her research using textiles in grief to promote continued bonds, community, and post-traumatic ...

  • Wed 29
    BYOS Man In Seventeenth Century Costume Paul Gavarni Walters Museum
    Oct 29 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    BYOS: Costumed Figure Drawing

    One model, three Halloween costumes. Bring your artistic media of choice and get in the spooky (or silly) spirit with a live figure drawing model clothed in a series of costumes. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their own supplies; easels are available.

    $8.00 – $10.00
  • November 2025
  • Sat 1
    When the Party is Over
    Nov 1 @ 2:00 pm

    Art Matters Artist Talk

    Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about two weeks later. THIS MONTH: Solo exhibition artists Eric Rottcher, Garrett Walker, and C. Fred Tyner will discuss the work in their exhibitions. FREE

  • Sat 1
    Creative Outlet
    Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Creative Outlet

    Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Make an autumnal monotype print using gelatin plates Please limit your time to about an hour, especially if other families are waiting for a table. At least one adult must be ...

  • Sat 1
    Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibition Openings

    Exhibition Openings

    View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details on the Exhibitions page of our website. FREE

  • Thu 6
    Third Space John Kachik Guided Personal Directions Winter 2025
    Nov 6 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    Third Space Open Studio

    Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their ...

    Free – $5.00
  • Fri 7
    Nov 7 @ 12:00 pm

    Art At Noon: The Club: A Refuge for American Women Artists in Belle Époque Paris

    Join us onsite or by Zoom for Jennifer Dasal’s discussion of her new book, The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris. "The Club" was a revolutionary place for creativity, activism, and empowerment, allowing women of ambition to grow as teachers, artists, and suffragists—and to forge connections with figures like Auguste ...

  • Tue 11
    Nov 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Photo Print Swap

    Meet up with area photographic artists and collect some new works of art! Mingle and meet new photo friends, chat about your work and processes, and trade some photographs. Prints should be no larger than 12x12 inches, must be your original work, and can be any photographic medium, including digital, darkroom, and alternative/experimental methods. Prints ...

  • Thu 20
    Third Space John Kachik Guided Personal Directions Winter 2025
    Nov 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    Third Space Open Studio

    Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their ...

    Free – $5.00
  • December 2025
  • Wed 3
    Dec 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    Celebrate Frederick Holiday Art Competition Reception

    In partnership with Celebrate Frederick, “Frederick During the Holidays” is a delightful display of original artwork created by local Frederick artists. The exhibit is on display in Gardiner Hall during the reception. A limited number of pieces will remain on display throughout the month of December in the Community Outreach Gallery. From the exhibit submissions, ...

  • Thu 4
    Third Space John Kachik Guided Personal Directions Winter 2025
    Dec 4 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    Third Space Open Studio

    Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their ...

    Free – $5.00
  • Sat 6
    Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

    Winter Arts Emporium

    Complete your holiday gift list—including some for yourself!—at the Winter Arts Emporium, our holiday artists market, held on the first Saturday in December each year. <p 2025 Vendors: Olga Baranova Fran Byrne Gary Carver Linda Daniels Cermak Clustered Spires Quilt Guild Stelar Designs (Larisa and Steve Dittman) Generals Coffee Beth Higgins Diana Hirschhorn Freckles and ...

  • Sat 6
    Recurring Programs & Events
    Dec 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

    Secret Elf Workshop

    Calling all elves! Join us for another year of one of our most popular children’s programs, Secret Elf Workshop! The best gifts are the ones you make, so travel up to the North Pole (a.k.a. our 3rd-floor studio) to create arts and crafts that you can give as holidays gifts. Space is limited. Registration required. ...

    $10.00
  • Sat 6
    Jurkiewicz: Monument Valley
    Dec 6 @ 2:00 pm

    Art Matters Artist Talk

    Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about two weeks later. THIS MONTH: Solo exhibition artists Doug Moulden and Katie Jurkiewicz will present the work in their exhibitions. FREE

  • Sat 6
    Dec 6 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibition Openings

    Exhibition Openings

    View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details on the Exhibitions page of our website. FREE

  • Sat 6
    Recurring Programs & Events
    Dec 6 @ 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm

    Secret Elf Workshop

    Calling all elves! Join us for another year of one of our most popular children’s programs, Secret Elf Workshop! The best gifts are the ones you make, so travel up to the North Pole (a.k.a. our 3rd-floor studio) to create arts and crafts that you can give as holidays gifts. Space is limited. Registration required. ...

    $10.00
  • Sun 7
    Dec 7 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Downtown Frederick Artwalk

    Delaplaine Arts Center 40 S Carroll St, Frederick, MD, United States

    Take a self-guided stroll downtown and visit its many local galleries! At the Delaplaine, Olivia Dare will feature jewelry.

  • Fri 12
    Dec 12 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

    Artobus: The Phillips Collection

    Join us on a visit to The Phillips Collection, a century-old collection of modern and contemporary art originally founded by Duncan Phillips and housed in his former home in Washington, DC. Following Phillips’s unconventional approach to exhibitions, galleries are frequently rearranged to facilitate new conversations between artworks and fresh experiences for visitors. On view during ...

    $73.00 – $93.00
  • Sat 13
    Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Museums by Candlelight

    Stop by the Delaplaine during this annual county-wide event sponsored by the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium to create your own “stained glass” votive candle holder, available while supplies last. Then, visit other participating sites in any order. For info on other Museums by Candlelight programming, see the Visit Frederick website. FREE

  • Thu 18
    Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    Third Space Open Studio

    Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Registration at delaplaine.org is encouraged. Artists must provide their ...

    Free – $5.00
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