About Us
The Charles County Arts Alliance (CCAA) was founded in 1987 with the goal of stimulating, promoting, encouraging, and providing recognition of the arts and the creative spirit in Charles County, MD. For more than twenty years we’ve worked towards this goal by providing a variety of events, workshops, and services designed to help Charles County artists and arts organizations succeed and thrive, such as:
River Artsfest
River Artsfest is an annual festival held on the Village Green in Indian Head, MD. It’s a daylong event featuring musicians, artists and performers from across the state, attracting nearly 2,000 visitors each year.
The CCAA Newsflash
The CCAA Newsflash is a weekly email publication that announces upcoming arts events, performances, and contests in Charles County. A subscription to the Newsflash is free, and available to anyone in Charles County who wishes to receive it.
The CCAA Arts Insider Newsletter
The Arts Insider is a monthly newsletter that announces upcoming events and performances for the month, and also includes updates about the organization, and about the state of the arts in Maryland at large. An email subscription to the Arts Insider is free for our members, while a hard copy (postal mail) subscription to the newsletter is available to members for a fee.
Regional Artist Workshops
Every season, the CCAA partners with the Corner Studio in La Plata to host a series of workshops that feature renowned Maryland artists sharing tips, tricks, and techniques of their medium with Charles County residents.
The CCAA does all of this in addition to the support it offers the Charles County arts community throughout the year. Like what you’ve seen so far? Then consider donating to our cause, or joining the CCAA so that you too can help move the arts forward.
About the CCAA Logo
Dance
Artsy is a dancer, with the position of the legs creating the letter “A” for both “Arts” and “Alliance.”
Music
Artsy’s head and hair form a music note, representing musicians. The hair appears windswept, suggesting energy and forward momentum.
Drama
In Artsy’s hands held high is a curved theater stage on which actors perform, and the footlights which serve to illuminate those actors.
Visual Arts
Artsy also holds a symbolic artist’s palette containing colorful splashes of paint; a paintbrush is depicted on the top left, representing visual artists.
Literature
On the top right is Artsy’s quill pen, representing literary artists – writers, poets, essayists and others.
Synergy
In the top center, high above Artsy’s head, is the spiral, representing the coming together of all five creative elements – the performing, visual and literary arts – in a mutually beneficial, mutually supportive environment. Together, the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts, and thus an exciting synergy is formed – “The Arts!”
