The Charis Center Brings the Arts to Old Bowie

Offering various performing and visual arts programs, the Charis Center makes the arts accesible to Bowie's youth.

Although St. James Church in Old Bowie closed due to dwindling membership about two years ago, the historic building is far from empty. Now, instead of Sunday services and potluck dinners, the church is the setting for children’s plays and arts enrichment classes, all thanks to Emma Hadley, the Charis Center for the Performing Arts, and a little help from the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC. Located on 8th street in Old Bowie, the Charis Center offers a variety of performing arts and visual enrichment programs for children ages 4 through middle school. There is an after-school program for elementary-aged children as well as individual, hour-long, weekly lessons in various visual and performing arts. The idea for the Charis Center had …

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