Return to Renovated Arts Center Brings More Options for Creative Kids This Summer

January 30, 2020

Concord, MA—The Umbrella Arts Center has opened registration for its expanded array of creative summer camps for 2020.

Following a multiyear, multi-million-dollar renovation, this summer will be the first opportunity for The Umbrella to host camps in three newly constructed classrooms.

By Gail Gauthier

The Umbrella Stage Company is proud to present a Regional Premiere of the original artistic production of HUNDRED DAYS.

In Digital Animation Lab, taught by Alex Salsberg, students learn about the whole process of creating an animation, including writing, storyboarding, animating, and sound editing. Over the course of the program, students create their own short cartoons to show to their friends and family. While the current session of this class has just begun, here is the collection of student work from the Fall 2019 section of Digital Animation Lab. We're so proud of how their work turned out, and are excited to see what our next class creates!

Welcome!

The weather may be colder and the days may be shorter, but as we turn the page on a new year and head towards the back half of our inaugural season in our new home, I am excited to bring something truly unique and inspiring to the stage here at The Umbrella. 

By Moira Ten-Hove

This fall I’ve been spending my Wednesday afternoons playing with my fabric stash in the company of seven people who are playing with their fabrics, too. We’ve been learning more about color and how to better use it in our quilts. 

Popular Umbrella Arts Center teacher Sarah Scoville was recently interviewed at The Umbrella for a video segment produced by Sarah & Company, which publishes profiles of local creatives, craftspeople and builders in its series "The Makers".

There can’t be a very large club of people who, in their lifetimes, have seen their original novels be turned into musicals for the stage. Natalie Babbitt, who was a distant friend of mine, is one of them. 

The Umbrella Arts Education Program is excited to bring on new faculty and classes in woodworking, laser cutting, and glass flame work this winter!

By Gayel Gauthier

August Wilson’s FENCES, one of his 10 plays known as “Century Cycle” that covers African-American history in the 20^thcentury, is a riveting, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play (1987).

This afternoon, staff and artists of The Umbrella welcomed back Middlesex 14th State Rep Tami Gouveia, aide Emily Odgers, and Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Anita Walker to the newly renovated and reopened arts center at 40 Stow Street.