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. The center is named after the nearby historic Blackrock Mill."Other Germantown Historic Sites", Germantown Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-19
Overview 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 $1.6 million. Since 2022 Katie Hecklinger has been Chief Executive Officer. The 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. The center provides a range of music, dance, and arts classes, and camps, and presents a season of music, dance, and family-oriented performances.
In April 2013 it was announced that blues singer and guitarist John Hammond would provide a guitar workshop at the center.Terhune, Virginia (April 16, 2013); , The Gazette, Maryland. Retrieved 2013-04-19"Music Box: Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires to play at Rams Head On Stage", The Capital (April 11, 2013), Maryland. Retrieved 2013-04-19
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