Visual Arts

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

MSDE state-level art exhibitions in fall and spring including artwork from all counties in Maryland. 

An opportunity in fall and spring for students to submit artwork that will be on exhibit at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. 

A student art exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore that our Washington County students annually participate in through the Maryland Art Education Association. This exhibit usually occurs in December. 

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 January. 

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 with the Trilogy Professional Center partners with WCPS to host a judged art competition annually for high school students in March. 

MSDE Fine Arts Department hosts a state-wide art festival featuring visual and performing student artists annually in April. 

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 during April and May.