Visual Arts

Annual early fall art contest in conjunction with Washington County’s effort to raise awareness related to substance abuse and addictions. 

A celebration of music and art with our elementary age students in November and February, typically at North Hagerstown High School. Elementary schools submit five artworks that appear both as a physical exhibit and a PowerPoint show in the auditorium before the music events of the evening. 

Annual tradition going back 30+ years where our art students create holiday greeting cards that are delivered to residents at over 30 public care facilities in Washington County. Our students routinely create over 2,000 original cards for this effort. 

Annual judged high school student art contest hosted by the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown in February. 

The Washington County Arts Council hosts an annual exhibit featuring artwork from Washington County art educators in February. Many of our WCPS art teachers are represented each year in this exhibit. 

WCPS partners with Tri-State Civitan with a middle school age focused art contest promoting disability awareness each March. 

Capital Women’s Care Fine Arts partners with WCPS to host a judged art competition annually for high school students in March. 

Our annual county-wide student art show goes back 70+ years with the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. This exhibit features a large selection of artwork from every school PreK-12, attracting thousands of visitors in May.