Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

We have another position open at the museum--we are looking for an energetic, detail-oriented person who loves working to support the museum's mission and engaging with the public to be our new Development Coordinator. For more information: https://lnkd.in/dDnF7VuW Note, application deadline is April 15.

We're hiring! If you are a creative marketing professional, interested in art, and excited about helping to build the museum's audience and community connections, find more information here. https://lnkd.in/dDnF7VuW or go to wcmfa.org and select employment opportunity from the dropdown menu under the "visit" tab.

First place award-winner of this year's Cumberland Valley Photogaphers Exhibition is George Owens, "The Bryan Barn."

The Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition runs March 29 to July 27, 2025. Join us Saturday, March 29 at 12:00 p.m. for an opening reception and panel discussion with the award-winning artists and juror. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For more information call 301-739-5727. Since 1933, this juried exhibition has celebrated photography by artists in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia region. This year's juror is Christopher Gianunzio, an independent curator based in Red Hook, New York. For more information, see our media release.

Did you see our news? We're excited to share that our collection is growing as is our capacity to care for it...in a few months our entire collection will be accessible online. Read about it here: https://lnkd.in/epx_UDPQ

Hello to our museum community, If you live in western Maryland you are likely already aware of the news I am going to share. Our Director of Marketing & Communications Crystal Schelle was in a car accident last week and faces a long recovery period. It is uncertain whether she will be able to return to work. Over the last three years we have all enjoyed Crystal’s energy and dedication to the museum. She brought to her work hundreds of contacts that she had made during her career in journalism and used that network to help increase our visibility and relatability. We are a close, hardworking, and collaborative team at the museum, and Crystal is dearly missed. I ask your understanding as we work to sort through and reassign her various responsibilities. Since she ran our social media, you may notice less frequent posts for a time. Thank you for your understanding; I am sure many of you share in our sadness and concern. Sarah Hall, Executive Director 

We would like to recognize all of our supporters during yesterday's Giving Tuesday. Find out more about what we use funding toward, go to https://lnkd.in/eepK4d3J

WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE DAY FOR GIVING TUESDAY! PLEASE DONATE TODAY to help us continue our mission. Since 1931, we have offered free access to our amazing collection. And through all these years it's been about the connection we have with our visitors. Sarah Hall, our executive director, enjoys collecting feedback from our visitors. Here are just a few examples: * I’ve been to many “smaller” art museums; this is one of the best I’ve visited. *A gem of a museum, never disappoints. Children’s illustrations and Picasso prints are again outstanding shows. * Accidental find. Too cold for us to hike. So here we are, wonderful.'' To read her entire letter and to donate today, go to https://lnkd.in/eepK4d3J

With Giving Tuesday just a dayj away, Director of Development Beth Smith recently wrote this column for The Herald-Mail on why giving to nonprofits is so important. Read her column here: https://lnkd.in/eJe6ghAx

This has become one of Norman Rockwell's most iconic images. Called "Freedom from Want," and part of a series called "Four Freedoms," it depicts a typical American Thanksgiving for the March 6, 1943 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. Here is a great article that appeared in Art Net that tells us three things we probably didn't know about Rockwell's piece. Happy Thanksgiving! https://lnkd.in/eVt_28JH 🖼️: Norman Rockwell (American, 1894–1978) Four Freedoms -- Freedom from Want, lithograph, 1943. Gift of the Albert Lee Kaiss Family Trust, 2020.7.