CCA is working on many new projects.  If any of these interest you, consider volunteering to help turn these ideas into cultural events.

Scroll down the page to see what CCA is working on:

• September '08  Live On Chincoteague!  Compilation audio CD

• January '09  Edgar Allen Poe Film Festival

• 2009-2010  Sculpture & the Old Drawbridge

• 2009 March or November A Day in the Life of the Islands Photography Festival
  

Edgar Allen Poe Festival
Target Date: January 19, 2009

Cooperate with the Island Library, Historic Main Street Merchants, Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels and the Island Roxy to provide a weekend of dramatic readings, film screenings and merchandising to entertain and educate participants.

Schedule:  During the three-day weekend, federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.

Possible Program - Film Orientation:  The Internet Movie Database lists 189 movies that were derived from Poe stories, poems or titles of his works. There are bound to be many that could be shown during a Poe Festival. Perhaps CCA could arrange to have Poe films shows on Saturday January 17 and Sunday January 18, 2009.

Possible Program - Dramatic Orientation:   A grant might support dramatic readings of Poe’s works by accomplished performers. Perhaps we could engage some of the Bed and Breakfasts in Town to serve as host sites for the readings. A B&B might become "The Raven House" or the "House of Usher" or the Cask of Amontillado" for an evening.

Education Orientation:   The Island Library might be a site for a few public lectures on Poe’s life and works.

Sculpture & the Old Drawbridge
Target Date: 2009 - 2010

The original swing-bridge across Chincoteague Channel will cease operation in 2009 when the new bridge opens to the Island.  CCA is working on acquiring some of the metal from the old bridge and sponsoring a national sculpture competition to create an art work in Robert Reed Park that will serve as a memorial to Eastern Shore watermen.

Live On Chincoteague!
Compilation CD of the Acoustic Music Performances

Target Date:  September 2008

By the end of the spring ’08 series, the CCA Acoustic Music Concert Series will have presented fourteen artists.  Most of these performances have been digitally recorded.  All of the artists have released their performances to CCA for distribution in audio CD format.

During the summer of ’08 these recordings will be reviewed to select performances that will be included in the compilation CD Live On Chincoteague!  The CD will showcase the performers during a program time of roughly one hour.  The CD will be available for purchase and download by mid-September ’08.  Proceeds from sales of Live On Chincoteague! help fund the work of CCA. 

Day in the Life of the Islands
Photography Festival and Contest

Target Date:  March or November 2009

Event:  A weekend festival during which photographers capture the landscapes, architecture, building interiors and people of Chincoteague and Assateague Islands on film and in digital format.  The festival will include workshops for beginning and intermediate/advanced photographers.  The event will culminate in a show and sale of the photographs produced by the artists.