The Maryland State Arts Council board and staff attended a two-day retreat at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland to take a deep dive into an ongoing strategic planning process. Facilitated by Michele Walter and Lynette Turner of the AMS Planning and Research, the assembled group investigated needs and priorities in the field, definitions of “success” through the lens of our vision and mission, the current perceptions of MSAC, and national best practices. Priorities for our strategic planning process include: making room for creative thinking and engaging in the conversation meaningfully; clarifying priorities beyond grant-making; aligning aspirations with human resources; hearing from unheard voices (proactively engaging with the people who are not in the room); diversifying the portfolio of grantees, and; supporting, and aligning with, the county arts agencies.
Thank you to everyone across the state that participated in our Listening Sessions, Creative Conversations, and responded to the survey. The Maryland State Arts Council serves the people of Maryland and our work is guided by your input.
Ken Skrzesz, Executive Director, Maryland State Arts Council
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The MSAC Online Resource Bulletin, maintained by Maryland Art Place, includes regional, national, and international exhibition opportunities, grants, fellowships, residencies, and information on available studio spaces in the area. The Resource Bulletin is updated on a weekly basis and maintains hundreds of listings of arts opportunities, organized by subject and deadline date.
Check out the
MSAC Resource Bulletin
today! To post your call for entry,
email Caitlin, the Registry Coordinator, at
caitlin@mdartplace.org
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Please consider inviting MSAC Staff and Board Members to any public event that may include donor recognition as part of the programming. Public acknowledgement of MSAC funding, particularly when a staff, board member, or local legislator is present, allows arts audiences to understand the connection between the vote they cast for local officials, the local official’s support of MSAC funding, and how that funding returns to the communities of arts-connected constituents. Please send all invitations to
okeena.stephenson@maryland.gov.
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THE BMA PRESENTS EXHIBITION OF LUMINOUS EARLY 20TH-CENTURY LANDSCAPES
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From bright watercolors to thickly painted landscapes with bold explorations of color and form,
Expressions of Nature: Early 20th-Century Landscapes
presents the many ways that European and American artists depicted the world around them during a period of great artistic change. On view March 10 through September 22, 2019, this intimate
exhibition
includes a selection of luminous paintings and rarely shown watercolors and drawings by William H. Johnson, Gustav Klimt, John Marin, Piet Mondrian, Grace Turnbull, Hale Woodruff, and other artists who made the natural world their own in new and compelling ways.
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YOUNG AUDIENCES' ARTIST AMANDA PELLERIN COMPLETES MURAL AT BUCKINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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This past fall, Young Audiences' artist Amanda Pellerin worked with students at
Buckingham Elementary School
in Worcester County to create a 24-foot long, 120 square-foot mural. Art teacher Melissa Reid brought Pellerin in to create the mural featuring wildlife, buildings, and other familiar features of Berlin. On December 21, the mural was unveiled in the front hallway of the school.
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ANONYMOUS DONATION WILL PROVIDE BROAD ACCESS TO SANDY SPRING MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES
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An anonymous donor gifted $200,000 to
Sandy Spring Museum
for the purposes of digitizing its historical archives. The museum, which was established in 1980 to preserve material culture associated with the village of Sandy Spring and its environs, has a rich collection of diaries, ledgers, personal correspondence, photos and other primary source material, documenting more than 200 years of the area’s history.
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MSAC'S STEVEN SKERRITT-DAVIS FEATURED IN EPISODE OF KALEIDOSCOPE ON HARFORD CABLE NETWORK
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Maryland State Arts Councils own Steven Skerritt-Davis was featured on Harford County Cultural Arts Board's bimonthly television program Kaleidoscope for their January February 2019 episode which aired on
Harford Cable Network.
Catch Skerritt-Davis's interview
here.
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TAKING POETRY FROM PAGE TO STAGE:
CHEER ON STUDENTS AT MARYLAND POETRY OUT LOUD REGIONALS
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The words of great poets literally come to life in Poetry Out Loud (POL), a national poetry recitation contest co-created and cosponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The Poetry Foundation. After an inspiring regional competition for Central/Southern Maryland at Annapolis Shakespeare Company, we are pleased to announce the winners moving on to State Finals:
Hanna Al-Kowsi, Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County
- 1ST PLACE
Jaylen Barrett, Reservoir High School, Howard County
- 2ND PLACE
Poushali Banerjee, Centennial High School, Howard County
- 3RD PLACE
The winner of Poetry Ourselves, the original poem portion of the competition was
Logan Hedgecoth, Severna Park Senior High, Anne Arundel County
, with his poem entitled “
No One
”
Two more chances to join us at Regionals: February 2 at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster and February 16 at Sultana Education Foundation in Chestertown.
Full details here. Questions: Chris Stewart, POL Director,
christine.stewart1@maryland.gov
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Artist Highlight: John Morogiello
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John Morogiello
is a
Playwright in Residence
at the Maryland State Arts Council and Artistic Director of
Best Medicine Rep
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His Engaging Shaw (Old Globe, Vienna’s English Theatre in Austria, New Jersey Rep, Oldcastle, and Abingdon Theatre Company off-Broadway) and Blame It On Beckett (Colony Theatre, Abingdon) have both been published by Samuel French. Other plays include The Consul, The Tramp, and America’s Sweetheart (Oldcastle, Theatre 40), Play Date (Oldcastle), Stonewall’s Bust (Mountain Playhouse), Irish Authors Held Hostage (Greenwich Street Theatre, Warehouse Theater in Washington, and Edinburgh’s Bedlam Theatre), Men and Parts (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shadowbox Cabaret), Gianni Schicchi (Rep Stage), and The Matchmaker’s Guide to Controlling the Elements (2Co’s Cabaret, Alley-way Theatre, Harlequin Productions). Happy Hour, a film adaptation of Men and Parts, was named Best Short Comedy at the 2003 New York Independent Film and Video Festival and was distributed in Europe by Britshorts. Awards include: Winner 2015 Dayton Playhouse Futurefest, 2015 Julie Harris Playwright Award, 2015 Boomerang Fund for Artists Grant, The Kennedy Center Fellowship of the Americas, Holland New Voices Playwright Award (Great Plains Theatre Conference), Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Award, and Baltimore Magazine’s “Best Up and Coming Playwright.” He is a frequent contributor to Flagpole Radio Cafe. Mr. Morogiello’s articles have been published in The Washington Independent Review of Books, American Theatre, Dramatics, and in programs and study guides for Long Wharf Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Everyman Theatre, and Belmont Playhouse. Civilizing Lusby is available in the 2014 GPTC Reader. Men And Parts appears in the Smith and Kraus anthology Best 10 Minute Plays 2012. And Jack The Ticket Ripper, Larry’s Resolution, The Periodontal Blues, and The Little Farmer are available through, One Act Play Depot.
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FY19 Public Art Project Grant:
4/29/19:
County Arts Councils and designated Arts & Entertainment Districts in Maryland are eligible to apply. Grants of up to $5,000 (requiring a 1:1 match) are available for permanent or temporary works by a Maryland artist. Guidelines are available
here
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Visiting Performer Program Funding for Schools:
Schools, and other educational institutions gain assistance and financial support that encourage quality arts performances and workshops for their students. Teachers or schools may browse the Visiting Performer Roster and contact an artist to book a performance directly with an approved MSAC Visiting Performer. For each booking, the artist applies MSAC funding that reduces the amount owed by the school to the artist by up to one-third, making performances more affordable for schools. A school may book up to three different productions per school year through the Visiting Performer Program. Performers of theater, flamenco, capoeira, storytelling, juggling, pantomime, beatboxing, steel drums, and more! View the Visiting Performer roster
here
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A&E District Technical Assistance Grant Applications:
Rolling Deadline - Technical Assistance grants are available to designated Arts & Entertainment Districts for marketing, strategic planning, professional development and other projects. More information and guidelines available
here
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