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CONTENTS CONTENTS Contents 2 Note from the CHILDREN’S CLASSES & PROGRAMS Partnership & NPS 5 Children’s Visual Arts 3 About the Park Drawing, Painting & Crafts with the YOUNG CREATIVE SPIRIT and others 3 Membership 10 Playgroups & Art Explorers with PLAYGROUP IN THE PARK 5 CHILDREN’S CLASSES 11 Children’s Dance & Movement with METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE AND ACADEMY & PROGRAMS 12 Music with the WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AT GLEN ECHO PARK 24 ADULT & TEEN ART 16 Puppetry at THE PUPPET CO. & MUSIC CLASSES 19 Theater at ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC 69 DANCE CLASSES FOR 22 Nature & Aquatic Life programs at GLEN ECHO PARK AQUARIUM ADULTS & TEENS 77 Instructors ADULT & TEEN VISUAL ART & MUSIC CLASSES 78 Registration Policies 24 Arts & Media & Procedures Book & Paper Arts, Clay Sculpture, Mixed Media, Mosaics 79 Registration Form 26 Ceramics & Pottery at GLEN ECHO POTTERY 81 Visitor Information 29 Drawing & Painting at THE YELLOW BARN STUDIO & GALLERY 82 Praline at Glen 43 Resident Painting & Drawing Studio: J. JORDAN BRUNS Echo Park 44 Glassblowing at GLEN ECHO GLASSWORKS 83 About the Glen Echo 45 Kilnformed Glass at the ART GLASS CENTER Park Partnership 49 Music with the WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AT GLEN ECHO PARK 84 Partnership Programs 53 Photography at PHOTOWORKS 84 Resident Artists 61 Sculpture at THE SCULPTURE STUDIO 84 Dentzel Carousel 62 Silversmithing at SILVERWORKS STUDIO & GALLERY 85 Gallery Exhibitions 68 Writing with THE WRITER’S CENTER 86 Special Events DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS & TEENS 88 Facility Rentals 69 Dance Technique/Creative Movement 89 Birthday Parties Ballet, Creative Movement, T’ai Chi, Yoga, Modern, and more with 90 Dance Events DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE CO., Irish Dance with THE CULKIN SCHOOL 93 National Park Service 74 Social Dance Programs American Ballroom, Argentine Tango, Blues, Salsa & Nightclub Latin, 96 Park Map Swing & Lindy, Waltz The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc. is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive, and also by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. All programs are produced in cooperation with the National Park Service and Montgomery County, Maryland. The George Washington Memorial Parkway, which administers Glen Echo Park and the Clara Barton National Historic Site, is one of more than 410 national parks in the United States. The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. www.glenechopark.org 1 GLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP GLEN ECHO PARK A Note From the Partnership It is hard to believe that fall is here, but Glen Echo Park is ready for the season with new class offerings as well as the programs you have loved for many years. Look for expanded classes in dance technique (page 70) with partner Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company and exciting programs at Glen Echo Park Aquarium, which celebrates its one-year anniversary this fall (page 22)! No matter where your creativity takes you, Glen Echo Park would like to be part of your journey. No other single location in the DC area includes fourteen resident artists and organizations, ranging from puppetry to glassblowing & PROGRAMS & PROGRAMS to music. Enjoy browsing the catalog and when you find the class that’s right for you, registration is easy: online at CHILDREN’S CLASSES CLASSES CHILDREN’S glenechopark.org/classes or use the form at the back of the catalog (page 79). Praline, the popular neighborhood bakery and bistro, is now open at Glen Echo Park. Offering sandwiches, salads, quiches, and many delicious bakery treats, we hope our visitors will take advantage of this new amenity at the Park. We hope you will join us over Labor Day weekend for the 46th annual Labor Day Art Show, an Open House for classes, and our annual Irish Music and Dance Showcase. Other fall/winter events include Then & Wow!, Fall Frolic, and Winter’s Eve. See the back cover for event dates! Finally, as a nonprofit organization, we rely on the financial support of the community in order to present high- quality, affordable programs. We hope you will join us in supporting the Park by becoming a member or renewing your membership. This is a great way to support the Park while receiving some wonderful member benefits. See the next page for more information and to join. Come dance, paint, create and play at the Park this fall! ADULT & TEEN ADULT Katey Boerner, Executive Director VISUAL ARTS & MUSIC ARTS VISUAL Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture A Note from the National Park Service Welcome to Glen Echo Park. This is an exciting year for the National Park Service (NPS) as it celebrates its Centennial. This 100th anniversary is a defining moment, offering an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate our accomplishments as we prepare for a new century of stewardship and engagement. The NPS has set forth a Call to Action, a national effort to rally employees and partners to advance a shared vision for 2016 and the next 100 years (www.nps.gov/calltoaction). It describes specific goals and measurable actions that chart a new direction for the NPS as it enters its second century. One of the goals—Arts Afire—is to showcase our parks to new audiences through dance, AND PROGRAMS music, visual arts, and writing. Glen Echo Park is a premier place to explore these opportunities. CHILDREN’S CLASSES CLASSES CHILDREN’S We hope your experience here is enjoyable, whether you visit to attend a show, festival or dance, to have a picnic, or to take a class in any of the dozens of art forms that are studied here. As you enjoy the atmosphere of Glen Echo Park, please also take a moment to experience the beauty of the park and think about its place in American history. If these walls could talk they would speak of excitement and fun experienced by people of all ages over many decades. Visitors left their cares at the front gate and enjoyed thrilling rides like the Coaster Dips, the Gyroplane, the Ferris wheel, and the beloved carousel. During the Great Depression and both World Wars, people did that and more at Glen Echo Amusement Park. They danced Swing in the Spanish Ballroom and rode the streetcar back into the city to face the world again. If these walls could talk they would also speak of courageous citizens who protested the amusement park’s segregation policy and ultimately won the fight to open the park to all in 1961. Experience a park tour to explore more about the site as it was experienced in these eras (see page 94). Brent O’Neill, North District Supervisory Ranger DRAWING & PAINTING DRAWING For more information about NPS programs see pages 93-95. 2 www.glenechopark.org GLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP GLEN ECHO PARK Glen Echo Park Are You a Member? CLASSES CHILDREN’S Glen Echo Park is one of the finest cultural Member contributions help us expand the arts & PROGRAMS resources in Montgomery County. It is home to 14 programs and preserve the historic facilities at the resident artists and organizations, a thriving social Park. All Members and Park Partners receive a $3 dance program, a restored 1921 Dentzel Carousel, discount on every class tuition for you and your numerous art studios and galleries, and hundreds immediate family, invitations to Member & Donor of classes in visual and performing arts, including events, and four FREE carousel tickets. ceramics, painting, photography, glass, music, Member Levels and Benefits: dance, and more. These activities, as well as free • $35 Basic Membership summer concerts, festivals, and special events, bring • $50 Participant—one Member Coupon thousands of visitors to the Park each year. • $75 Enthusiast—two Member Coupons & MUSIC ARTS VISUAL • $100 Family—three Member Coupons ADULT & TEEN ADULT The site was first developed in the 1890s as • $150 Premium—four Member Coupons a Chautauqua retreat but soon became the premier Member Coupons are redeemable for one of the Washington area amusement park, serving the following benefits at the Park: community until 1968. In 1971, after • Social Dance Event Ticket the amusement park closed, the federal • the Puppet Co. Performance Ticket government acquired the land in order to preserve • $10 off the purchase of two tickets to a performance at the Potomac Palisades and prevent development Adventure Theatre MTC along the river. The management of the Park • $10 off the Artist’s Entry Fee for the Labor Day Art Show (LDAS) was assigned to the National Park Service, which • $10 off one Art Purchase in the Partnership’s Galleries or LDAS • $14 off one Classroom Rental in the Arcade Building & PAINTING DRAWING established the core of the current arts program. • Two Admissions to the Glen Echo Park Aquarium In 2002, the National Park Service transferred • One Admission to Art Explorers Family Studio management of the Park’s arts and cultural • 10 Carousel Tickets programs, as well as its historic buildings, to Montgomery County, which in turn created the Park Partner Levels and Benefits: Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, a All Park Partners receive benefits at the Premium new nonprofit, to oversee the Park. Member level as well as Gala benefits: • $300 Supporter—one Gala Ticket From 2003 to 2010, extensive renovations of the • $600 Contributor—two Gala Tickets Park’s facilities took place under the direction • $1,000 Friend—three Gala Tickets of Montgomery County and the National Park • $1,500 Sponsor—four Gala Tickets • $2,500 Patron—six Gala Tickets & PAINTING DRAWING Service with input from the Partnership and resident organizations.

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