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"We are fortunate to have been able to bring together some of Maryland's most dedicated artists, business professionals, and government and elected officials to guide us in the important task of developing the state's first public art program," said Governor O'Malley. "Moving this program forward has been one of my priorities and is an integral part of expanding the state's national reputation as an arts leader." Under the direction of the Maryland State Arts Council, the new group will develop guidelines and procedures for commissioning permanent works of art affiliated with state construction projects. The newly appointed commission convened for its first meeting, March 19, at the Columbia office of member Rand Griffin, president and CEO of Corporate Office Properties Trust. Fittingly, his office overlooks "Dihedrals," a 30-foot high stainless steel and aluminum sculpture by the late Rob Fisher. Catherine Sharp Leggett, a former MSAC member who has been active in public art initiatives in Montgomery County, is the commission's chairperson. For more information, contact Lauren Dugas Glover at the Arts Council, 410-767-6570 or glover@msac.org . View larger photo.
Schools in Anne Arundel County and the Eastern Shore had each selected a student to represent them in the state contest, held March 15 in Annapolis at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Will Poxon, South River High School, is the state champion who will represent Maryland in the national Poetry Out Loud contest in Washington, D.C., April 28-29. "I love exploring the different worlds created by various poets," Poxon said. He picked up a $200 prize and his school receives $500 for the purchase of poetry books. Go Back to May 1937 by Sharon Olds was one of the poems he recited. continue... BRIEFS
Artists, schools match up at annual event Arts workshops for nonprofits run through June
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A variety of community organizations use the facility, which is owned by the Holy Nativity/St. Johns Development Corporation. Baltimore Clayworks, in partnership with the Pimlico Road Youth Program and Open Society Institute fellow Deborah Patterson, offers ceramics classes after school hours for students, ages 5 to 17. Classes began in January. continue...
As chairperson for the Crabtown Project in 2005 – 200 fiberglass crab sculptures, decorated by artists, were placed around Baltimore City and then auctioned – she helped to raise money for the city's school system. "Being involved in the Crabtown Project re-enforced for me just how big an impact art can have on a community," she said. Cameron formerly served on the boards of the American Visionary Art Museum, House of Ruth, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Animal Care and Rescue Shelter, Parks and People Foundation. She had also worked with the Walters Art Museum. She and her husband Ron Solomon, an architectural photographer, live in Baltimore City.
Dixon is an international concert pianist and organist. This month, she'll be in the Czech Republic as a featured soloist for the "American Spring" festival, a month-long concert series sponsored by the International Dvorak Society. The series calls for 10 musicians to present more than 40 concerts in 30 Czech Republic locations. She's also a professor of music at Frostburg State University where she teaches both the piano and organ. At Frostburg, she additionally chairs the Friends of Music program – a group that promotes student and professional performances – and she directs the music-management program and supervises student internships. continue..
He was a folk arts and heritage intern with a Massachusetts folklorist at the Massachusetts Cultural Council. As archival director of the "47 Tapes Project," Cliff archived a collection of analog sound recordings from live performances during the Cambridge folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s at Club 47, a Cambridge coffeehouse and focal point of the revival. Cliff expects to complete a doctoral program in ethnomusicology at Brown University this spring. He has bachelors' degrees in history and English from Gettysburg College and a master's degree in ethnomusicology from Brown. Christine Stewart is the new program director for Arts in Education at MSAC. She was a resident and teaching artist at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. Chris was also a special assistant to the director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. A fiction writer and poet, Chris has been published in Poetry, Ploughshares, Blackbird and The Cortland Review. She was also a Pushcart Prize nominee. She has two master's degrees in creative writing: one from the University of Maryland, the other from Hollins University. Her bachelor's degree in English and creative writing is from Goucher College. MSAC interns Esther Kim is a gallery and events assistant, and assists with technology. She has a fine arts degree from the University of Maryland. GRANT NEWS Arts in Communities grant applications due April 9 The April 9 deadline is for projects that begin or take place between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. For projects between October 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, submit an application by July 9. If your organization did not receive funding in MSAC's Grants for Organizations program, you may apply for an Arts in Communities grant. Visit MSAC online for information, guidelines and application. Contact Shirley Howard, 410-767-6542 or showard@msac.org for details.
After you register on Grants.gov, you can download an application package. Deadline for applications is May 20. For information, contact Kimber Craine at the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 202-682-5661. UPCOMING EVENTS
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