Annmarie Sculpture Gardens down in Solomons has a bunch of online activities going on…

Today 5/7 - Green Queen’s Art Scene - A virtual art lab aimed at reducing, reusing, recycling common household items while learning fun art and craft techniques

Tomorrow 5/8 - Nature Notes with Hester Burch, their staff Naturalist. She explores what’s in bloom and what’s new in their park.

Mon 5/11 at 2pm, they have ArtsPark: Virtual Family Art Hour where they show you how to build your own sculpture park playsets inspired by the art and nature at Annmarie Sculpture Gardens, exploring a different sculpture each week that you can recreate out of household items.

Tuesday 5/12 is their Behind the Brush: Virtual Home Studio Series with a peek inside local artists’ home studios to see their latest works in progress.

Wed 5/13 - Picture This! Virtual Preschool Art and Storytime

Children’s Theater of Annapolis

Today 5/7 - Acting Workshop for ages 8-14

Tomorrow 5/8 - Morning Motivation for all ages

Tomorrow 5/8 - Acting Workshop for ages 12-18

Mon 5/11 and Wed 5/13 - Musical Theater Production Workshop for ages 7-14 in the afternoon

… and then another session for ages 11-18 in the evening

Tues 5/12 - Musical Story Time for preschoolers

Tues 5/12 - Voice Workshop for ages 8-14

Black Girls Code has a bunch of free online activities hosted by various chapters around the country, all are free!

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Moonlight Fantasy, Sunny Day Flower, Parent & Me Splash! and Heron take home kits

The Kid Museum up in Bethesda has some fun stuff online. Check out their Make It! Live and Make It! DIY pages on their website for fun activities

https://kid-museum.org/make-it-live/ project of the day workshops for kids with Making Music tomorrow, Kinetic Sculptures on Monday and Mini Mobile Challenge on Wednesday

https://kid-museum.org/make-it/ pre-recorded activities include making a cipher wheel, invisible ink, a laser maze (using streamers or tape), secret compartments or your own a spy kit.

B&O Railway Museum has all their previous storytimes and activities recorded and ready to watch any time, they now have 13 of them! Coming up today is a new one with Today I’m a Monster.. Reading the book then designing your own breathing wand to help practice focus and controlled breathing in conjunction with the Children’s Mental Health Matters campaign..

Code Ninjas in Edgewater are offering online mentoring in coding and math for kids, Tuesdays through Saturdays. You can sign up online for a time slot

If you’re looking for local streaming music, check out the Annapolis Streaming Facebook group.. This week… Saturday is the Brightside Music Concert and Joey Harkum and Tuesday is Skribe. In addition to the weekday streaming of The Sqrrl! Show, the Friday Backporch Jam Sessions with Ryan Kozel, Quarantine Country every Saturday, shawn Owen’s Acoustic Sundays, Spencer Joyce every 2nd and 4th Sundays including this Sunday, Nate’s Monday Nooner set on Monday, and more

Local by Design

Has started offering online sales of pieces by their resident artists:

Art Farm - Annapolis

#artfarmsketchon - Has a couple weeks of sketching challenges to keep you busy and inspired

Summer art camps registration is open for camps starting at the end of June, early July. Camps include Pencil/Charcoal/Ink and Paint, Crafters Art Camp, Musical Play Production Camp, Mixed Media Mosaics, Mixed Media Sculpture, “Art Annapolis” Camp, Street Art, Graffiti and Public Art, and Graphic Design Camp!

Check out Art Farm’s Virtual Classes.

Tomorrow is Virtual Acrylic Painting Class for ages 13-adult,

Sat 5/9 Virtual Watercolor Class for ages 13-adult,

Tues 5/12 is their Virtual Nature Art Class for ages 8-15,

Wed 5/13 is their Virtual Sumi-E Painting Class for ages 8 to adult,

As well as their Virtual Cartooning Class for ages 10-15,

Both tomorrow 5/8 and Monday 5/11 will be their Virtual Mixed Media Class for ages 8-15

And be sure to check out ArtFarm’s virtual art gallery, where all art is for sale including art from Annapolis and local artists Mandy Cooper, Selin Balci, Neil Harpe, Charles Lawrance, Jeff Huntington, Christine Laubauch. Lee Nowell-Wilson, Nicole Salimbene, Karina Stone and Jordann Wine.

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/gallery

Maryland Hall

Also check out Maryland Hall’s list of summer camps for kids, for when all this is over:

As well as their upcoming online classes including Guitar Sessions with Bryan Ewald as well as other art classes added regularly.

AACPL

...has a bunch of programs going on online if you head over to aacpl.net and click on Watch Online - Virtual Programming

… including Facebook Live Storytimes (including bilingual storytimes) every weekday as well as a children’s book discussion

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Tomorrow (Fri 5/8) they have The Great Movies: Passion Fish that you can watch through the library’s access to Kanopy.

Tues 5/12 - Homework Help Chat - Explore their Homework Center resources offered through the library.

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Check out their online classes, a few of which are free, as well as see about scheduling a Virtual Party with games and activities including animation projects, breakout box, coding, LEGO building, games, Minecraft, Roblox, scavenger hunt, a Science Show, slime and and story time.

Also, get a free week of access to Pongos new online courses. Check out their Coder Kids Club online classes, how to make slime, LEGO Club, Minecraft Club, and their YouTube Stars with recording gameplay as well as stop motion.