Adams County Arts Council

11/19/2025

LAST CHANCE to enter the Annual Gingerbread Celebration! Forms must be submitted or postmarked by November 26: https://adamsarts.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/adamsarts/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3875&

Don't miss your opportunity to be part of this beloved community event! House drop off date is Wednesday, December 3, and the Celebration and Holiday Market align with A Gettysburg Christmas Festival, December 5-7.

11/18/2025

"When you see someone or hear someone share their own personal experience, it can't be argued. It's theirs."

Thank you to PA Humanities for featuring The People Project as part of the video series. Watch the video below to hear more about The People Project and how it's grown over the years to allow people to share their own stories while strengthening our community.

In Adams County, The People Project is bringing neighbors together through storytelling and the sharing of culture — helping people find common ground and de...

11/17/2025

What a great time learning some new kitchen skills in the Butternut Squash Risotto class with chef Fabio Carella last week! Don't miss out on his other upcoming classes: Make Handmade Orecchiette Pasta on December 12 and Italian Christmas Cookie-Cuccidati on December 19.

Reserve your spot today: https://adamsarts.org/classes/

11/12/2025

Sweeten up the holiday season and join us for the Gingerbread Celebration and LIVE AUCTION on Friday, Dec. 5 at 5 PM. Bid on your favorite gingerbread house, then take a walk downtown for the Tree Lighting and Tuba Fest.

Can’t make it Friday? The Celebration will going on all weekend during the Gettysburg Christmas Festival (Dec. 5-7), and houses without bids will be available online for your chance to take home or donate to a local organization.

Full information for the Gingerbread Celebration is available here: https://adamsarts.org/gingerbread-celebration-2025/

11/07/2025

Our First Friday opening reception is underway and featuring the Links Community Art Show, the ACAC Members Show and David Harrison photography. 5-7 pm

11/06/2025

🎉 Today’s the day! Come see us and all of the other amazing nonprofits at the Giving Spree from 3-7 pm at the Wyndham! ACCFGivingSpree.org

11/05/2025

Artwork created for the community and by the community can be stunning—but the real masterpiece is the process: people coming together, sharing stories, and creating something that reflects the values of good neighbors. That’s what the Arts Council does best—it connects people across every boundary through creativity.

We hope you'll consider a gift to the Adams County Arts Council ( #7) at the Giving Spree TOMORROW, November 6, and support connecting community projects like these.

11/04/2025

These two panels installed on the front of the Arts Education Center were conceptualized and painted by students from the IU’s high school Migrant Education program (left) and a group of senior women who enjoy dancing and exercising together (right) under the leadership of local artist Sarah Jacobs. The concepts for each panel were derived from participant stories about what “home” meant to them. Art teaches us how to connect, how to see we are all more alike than we are different, how to express what can’t be said with words, and how to value process over perfection.

Your donation to the Adams County Arts Council ( #7) at the Giving Spree supports connecting community projects like these.

11/03/2025

Every year in June, the Adams County Arts Council hosts its Juried Art Exhibition. An expert juror selects works from hundreds of entries to be part of this magnificent show, which features many of our community’s most talented and prolific working artists. The celebration also includes the presentation of scholarship awards to budding artists in memorial of local legends Nanette Hatzes and Mel Shull and in honor of lifetime arts advocate and ACAC Board Member Stu Kravits. Your gifts support this legacy by celebrating the artists among us.

Help us continue this work today and forever. A “forever gift” for the Adams County Arts Council ( #7) through the ACCF Giving Spree helps us both today and forever.
https://www.adamscountycf.org/grants-scholarships/giving-spree-registration/

11/01/2025

Artists have a unique role to play. We shine a light; we offer solace, hope, and perspective. In this painting, Sarah Jacobs emphasizes how the smallest of acts have an impact on our shared community. The arts are the foundation of a healthy, compassionate society.

In her statement about the mural panels on the Arts Education Center, artist Sarah Jacobs emphasized “We do not necessarily consider the collective while coming to personal decisions big and small, but our individual existences, how we are and what we do, create our community.”

Remember the Adams County Arts Council ( #7) at The Giving Spree this year on Thursday, November 6.
https://www.adamscountycf.org/grants-scholarships/giving-spree-registration/

Help us continue to cultivate an arts-rich, connected community.