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PROGRAMS EVENTS GRANTS

EVENTS

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GRANT DEADLINES:

Arts in Comunities grants
Sept. 17, 2009
Jan. 21, 2010

2010 Individual Artist Award application
July 30, 2009

Maryland Touring Artists application
Aug. 14, 2009

FY2010 Arts & Entertainment Technical Assistance application
Dec. 9, 2009

SPOTLIGHT

Maryland arts advocate honored by Governors Association

Mary Ann Mears, founder and board member of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) Alliance, received an award for Distinguished Service to the Arts from the National Governors Association (NGA) at its annual meeting, July 18 in Biloxi, Miss.

Gov. Martin O’Malley, who nominated Mears for the award, said: “Mary Ann Mears is a true champion for arts education." In the above image, Mears (center) and her daughter, Elizabeth, posed with Gov. O'Malley at the event.
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NEWS

21 Maryland arts groups receive NEA grants

Arts Council among state groups using Pew’s management tool

Baltimore Community Foundation administers Kresge arts grants

Artists get their turn on reality TV

Maryland hosts plein-air contests

James Backas Gallery exhibit runs through Sept. 16
Imagine Maryland
Arts Council releases strategic plan, community engagement intiatives
The Maryland State Arts Council unveiled Imagine Maryland: A Strategic Plan for the Arts, 2009-2013, on April 15, at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture in Baltimore.
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Maryland Folk and Traditional Arts
Maryland Traditions event pays tribute to state’s cultural heritage
Maryland Traditions – a joint program of the Maryland State Arts Council and the Maryland Historical Trust – presented its annual showcase of traditional and folk arts at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore, June 11.
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Individual Artists
Awards program honors 107 Maryland artists
The Maryland State Arts Council honored the 107 recipients of its 2009 Individual Artist Awards (IAA), Wednesday, June 24, during an awards program and reception at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The artists received a total of $251,000 in grants from the Arts Council. (Bowl by Ani Kasten)
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Featured Artist
Baltimore photographer documents a neighborhood in transition
Photographer Ken Royster is tall and trim. He has a refined look – even in shorts, polo shirt and baseball cap. It’s not just the close-cropped gray hair. His articulate manner suggests the precise observations of a college professor – which he is.
(Taniesha by Ken Royster)
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Arts In Education
Arts, education professionals attend annual AEMS conference
The 10th annual Cultural Arts for Education (CAFE) X conference, sponsored by the Arts Education for Maryland Schools (AEMS) Alliance was held May 21 at Towson University’s Center for the Arts.
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Public Art
Legislature eliminates 'sunset clause' for public art commission
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill that repeals the termination date for the Maryland Public Art Initiative Program, by a vote of 138-0. It was a year ago that the Maryland Public Art Commission was established.
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Organization Profile
Creative Alliance engages community in Highlandtown A&E District
Drive along Eastern Avenue in Baltimore’s Highlandtown section and you’ll see an art-deco marquee glowing atop the Patterson Theatre, one of the community’s cultural landmarks. The Patterson closed in the mid-1990s and remained dormant for eight years. In 2003, following extensive renovation, the location re-opened as a multi-discipline arts center – the Creative Alliance at the Patterson.
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