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Address | 12901 Town Commons Dr. Germantown, Maryland United States |
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Coordinates | 39°10′56″N 77°16′04″W / 39.18214°N 77.267725°W |
Capacity | 250 seats |
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Opened | September 2002: 21 years ago |
Architect | Bowie Gridley Architects |
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http://www.blackrockcenter.org/ |
The BlackRock Center for the Arts, officially the Germantown Cultural Arts Center ( d.b.a. BlackRock Center for the Arts), is a cultural, visual and performing arts center in Germantown, Maryland. [1] The center is named after the nearby historic Blackrock Mill. [2]
BlackRock Center for the Arts was founded in 2002 after the developer of Germantown town center donated land for the facility. It has an annual budget of $1.1 million. Since 2022 Katie Hecklinger [3] has served as Chief Executive Officer. The 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) facility includes an art gallery, a 210-seat proscenium theater, a dance studio, a black box studio theater, a second-floor display gallery, music rooms, and visual art classrooms. It has 11 full-time and 23 part-time staff members. [4] The center provides a range of music, dance, and arts classes, and camps, [5] and presents a season of music, dance, and family-oriented performances. [6]
In April 2013 it was announced that blues singer and guitarist John Hammond would provide a guitar workshop at the center. [7] [8]