The Garrett Arts Passport Program
What Is The Garrett Arts Passport?
Since 1976, the Garrett County Arts Council (GCAC) has been supporting the arts in our community. From visual arts, music, and theatre to dance, literary arts and culinary arts, our county is rich with heritage and traditional arts and emerging contemporary arts. The arts in Garrett County attract tourists to our area; foster consumer spending and generate tax revenues; support high quality education for our school children by raising academic achievement, foster positive work ethic, and improve attendance; build communities that will attract and retain an educated and creative workforce; enhance the quality of life in our community; and celebrate the rich diversity and history of our cultural achievements.
The Garrett Arts Passport is designed to help our community plan around their art, music, cuisine, history and cultural heritage, and develop tourism ecosystems that will ultimately help create job opportunities and increase personal community success – all while having fun exploring Garrett County.
The Garrett Arts Passport is a program by the Garrett County Arts Council. Pick up a “Passport Booklet” full of different locations throughout Garrett County, collect stamps, and then present the full book to get an embroidered patch!
By attending various local arts & cultural events across the county throughout the year, you can collect artist designed stamps on each page of your booklet.
After September 1st, present your booklet at The Gallery Shop in the Oakland A&E District to receive an artist-designed easy iron-on commemorative patch!
This year’s patch was designed by local artist Emily Elmlinger of Oakland. Every year, a new artist will be hired to create the patch, so you will want to collect them all!
Artist Designed Embroidered Patch
If you have collected stamps on multiple pages in your Passport Booklet by September 1st, bring your booklet to The Gallery Shop in Oakland. Staff will present you with your iron-on embroidered patch for 2024-2025.
This year’s patch was designed by Lisa Robinson.
Artist Designed Stamps
Available at:
Community Band Concerts
Available at:
Choral Society Concerts
Available at:
Chamber of Commerce
Visitor’s Center in McHenry
Available at:
Chamber of Commerce
Visitor’s Center in McHenry
Available at:
all branches of the Ruth Enlow Library
Accident
Friendsville
Grantsville
Kitzmiller
Oakland
Available at:
Performances at Garrett College
including GCAC funded performances and SWAC performances
Available at:
Marked Stops along Artist Studio Tour
including The Gallery Shop & The Gallery Shop, Too
Logo Translation by: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
The Discovery Center’s Art in the Park
Designed by: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
The Gallery Shop, Too
at Grant’s Mercantile
Grantsville A&E
Available at:
The National Road Festival
Grantsville A&E
Available at:
The National Road Festival
Grantsville A&E
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Spruce Forest Artisan Village’s
Christmas in the Village Event
Available at:
Grantsville Days
Designed by: Ella Beachy (Grantsville)
Available at:
Victorian Chautauqua
Mountain Lake Park
Designed By:
Mark Stutzman, (Mtn Lake Park)
Available at:
Ticket Office Museum
Mountain Lake Park
Designed By:
Mark Stutzman, (Mtn Lake Park)
Available at:
Ticket Office Museum
Mountain Lake Park
Designed By:
Mark Stutzman, (Mtn Lake Park)
Available at:
A Celtic Spring Concert
The Celtic Festival
Available at:
Friendsville Days
Available at:
Kitzmiller Homecoming
Designed by: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Kitzmiller Town Hall
Available at:
First Friday Workshops
The Gallery Shop in Oakland
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
First Friday Workshops
The Gallery Shop in Oakland
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Little Yough Summer Music Festival Performances sponsored by GCAC
Designed by: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Oakland A&E District’s
Kick Off To Summer
Available at:
Select Our Town Theatre Performances
Designed by: Emily Elmlinger (Oakland)
Available at:
TBD
Available at:
The Garrett County Historical Society
Designed By: Emily Elmlinger (Oakland)
Available at:
Oakland A&E ‘s
Winter Fest
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Soup N Santa
Oakland A&E
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Cocoa Crawl
Designed By: Rachel Precht (Loch Lynn)
Available at:
Southern Middle School
Theatre Productions
Available at:
Northern Middle School
Theatre Productions
Available at:
Southern High School
Theatre Productions
Available at:
Northern High School
Theatre Productions
Passport Stations
Make sure to look for the Passport Station at the next event that you attend and collect your stamps!
The Garrett Arts Passport Program to promote local arts & cultural community events was made possible thanks to funding provided by the Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West Heritage Area.
Artist Designed Embroidered Patches from Previous Years
Artist designed embroidered patches from previous years are available at The Gallery Shop in Oakland, MD for a donation of $5 while supplies last.
Artist designed embroidered patches are a great way to decorate hats, bags, jackets, even your art supplies organizers!
2023 -2024 Patch
Designed by Emily Elmlinger
