The Community Roundtable Project
Witness - Experience - Express - Connect​
​​​A multi-faceted experience to explore and share regional history and culture.
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The CRP is designed to bring artists and the community together in sharing and conversation of important issues, topics and cultures through the medium of art.
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Upcoming CRP #5 (Solarpunk) and #6 (Tiny Houses)
Learn more below and follow links to sign up!
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Community Roundtable Project #5 -
Solarpunk: An Antidote for Gloom, Doom, and Dystopia
(March 6 - May 9, 2026)
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​​​​​​Join Christine Hubbard for excursions and learning experiences culminating with a
Community Roundtable Discussion. Creators will explore the
Solarpunk philosophy, a hopeful and action-oriented movement that imagines sustainable, just, and community-centered futures in action around the world. Through community audits,
and collaborative brainstorming, participants will transform this exploration into imaginative and practical responses to local challenges. Participants will craft
a creative product of their choice with self-selected materials inspired by Solarpunk.
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$245 to participate - supplies not included
Open to 12 participants - age 16+
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Fri., March 6: Roundtable Cohort Orientation at Riverworks Studio at Alden Farms. The cohort will get acquainted, participate in a gallery walk, and receive an overview of our objectives, schedule, goals, and final project. 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
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Sat., March 14: Day trip with site visits to Baltimore City. Includes a sustainability tour of practical sites and museums (carpool/caravan). 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
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Fri., March 27: Hybrid check-in (Alden Farms or Zoom). ​4:00 - 6:00 pm.
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Sat., April 11: Farm field trip (carpool/caravan). 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.​
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Fri., April 17: Work and feedback session, in-person at Alden Farms. 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
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Fri., April 24: Work and feedback session, in-person at Alden Farms. 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
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Sat., May 9: Community presentation. To celebrate the work of all participants and to share the experience with the community. This event is free to the public. 3:00 - 5:00 pm in Poolesville's Old Town Hall..
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Community Roundtable Project #6 -
Exploring C&O Canal Lockhouses through Mixed Media
(May 2 - June 27, 2026)
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Led by MSAC Resident Artist, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard and
Associate Artist, Christine Hubbard​​
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Creators are invited to join Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) Resident Artist, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard and Riverworks Associate Artist, Christine Hubbard, in exploring a deeper understanding of the C&O Canal. This series will open with a dynamic guided tour of local C&O Canal sites in and around Poolesville to learn their history and analyze their roles in the local community and ecosystem. Participants will then learn techniques to construct “tiny houses” using paper mâché and other mixed media techniques inspired by the site visits. The final creations will be an expression of C&O Canal history. This series is open to all who want to express themselves creatively and delve deeper into local C&O Canal history.​
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$150 to participate
Open to 12 participants - age 16+
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Sat., May 2: Field Trip led by Christine Hubbard. C&O Canal site visit in the NW Ag Reserve with opportunities to document details via sketch/journal/photography. Attendance is not mandatory, and alternative resource materials will be provided for those unable to attend. 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
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Thurs., May 21: Tiny C&O Canal Lockhouses Class. Led by M. Wolf-Hubbard. Includes introduction, review of field trip to C&O Canal sites, brainstorming design, and beginning constructing with cardboard and tape. 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm.
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Fri., May 22: Tiny C&O Canal Lockhouses Class. ​Led by M. Wolf-Hubbard, complete construction, consider environment/placement of building, application of paper mache. 3:00 - 6:30 pm​
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Fri., June 12: Tiny C&O Canal Lockhouses Class. Complete projects, finishing with encaustic painting. Consider addition of textures, fabric, and found objects. Encaustic techniques include making photo transfers and using pigment sticks. 3:00 - 6:30 pm.
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Fri., June 27: Heritage Montgomery Heritage Days. Led by C. Hubbard, Exhibit Tiny C&O Canal Lockhouses at Riverworks in Poolesville (Old Methodist Church); history presentation and roundtable discussion about the connection between community and C&O Canal history, heritage, and place. CRP#6 participant participation optional, but strongly encouraged. 12:00 - 4:00 pm.​​
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Additional Workshops with MSAC Resident Artist, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard
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Sat., May 23: Encaustic Painting Workshop. 5-hour hands-on workshop overviewing and demonstrating encaustic painting techniques. Registration is open to the public. $150 per student. 12:30 - 5:30 pm.
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Sat., June 13: Riverworks “Made-in-Studio: Tiny Houses in Cardboard and Mixed Media”. 3-hour workshop, to create tiny houses in one afternoon, constructing with cardboard, and finishing with acrylics and collage papers. Registration open to the public. $20 per student. 1:00 - 4:00pm​.
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