Harmer's Town Art Center
Harmer’s Town Art Center is a first-of-its-kind regional art facility, creativity incubator, and economic driver planned for historic downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland. ​The project includes the rehabilitation of a vacant 34,000 square-foot commercial building into the future Harmer’s Town Art Center, which will be a regional destination, bringing together the arts, history, and community in a centralized location within the heart of the city’s vibrant arts and entertainment district. The project will provide employment and opportunity for a wide range of artists and craftspersons - all in a highly visible location that creates a keystone connection between the city’s downtown business corridor and its waterfront amenities.
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Within the visionary complex, artists will work in studio space visible and accessible to the public, offering them the opportunity to engage with guests, hold lessons, and sell their work directly to visitors. Makerspace workshops will offer artists and hobbyists alike access to specialized equipment for woodworking, ceramics, and other fabrication crafts. Harmer’s Town Art Center will also house galleries to showcase art exhibits, a museum of historic Havre de Grace artifacts, and a shop for both visitors and artists - all within eyeshot of historic downtown Havre de Grace and the top of Chesapeake Bay waterfront.
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The project is known as Harmer’s Town Art Center as an homage to the name given in the 1600s to the land that would one day become the City of Havre de Grace. It consists of a formerly forgotten alley and underused portions of an old commercial property. The once-blighted alley - called Graw Alley in recognition of the horse racing track that operated in the city from before World War I until the early 1950’s - opened in 2024 as an interactive art park with landscaped pathways, artistic sculptures, outdoor seating, and a series of vivid murals leading visitors on a visual tour through Havre de Grace history.
For more information or to contribute to the effort, contact Harmer’s Town Art Center, Inc. at info@harmerstown.org
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Harmer's Town Art Center strives to be as vibrant and diverse as the community it serves. We can only be strong and vital by listening to the needs and desires of our community.
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Harmer's Town Art Center, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.