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During this time of curtailed activities due to COVID-19, we have been collecting online resources that readers can use while they practice social distancing in the home. If you haven’t been to our website recently, here are some posts you might have missed.
We will continue to gather resources to keep you informed and to keep all of us connected!
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Highlighting Our Four Rivers Heritage Sites, Continued
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While our local sites are closed t
o the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, we will take this time to highlight our some
our attractions
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and continue to do so each week until we're all able to explore our heritage area again.
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William Paca House & Garden
The
William Paca House
is a five-part Georgian mansion was built in the 1760s by William Paca, one of Maryland’s four Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the state’s third Governor. Carefully restored by Historic Annapolis beginning in 1965, today it is recognized as one of the finest 18
th
-century homes in the country and a National Historic Landmark. William Paca Garden is a picturesque retreat from the bustle of the city.
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Hogshead
Historic Annapolis’s
Hogshead
at 43 Pinkney Street is an early 18th-century building similar to the modest wood frame structures that housed many colonial Annapolitans and new recruits to revolutionary service. Today, it serves as an interactive, hands-on museum and historic landmark, offering visitors the opportunity to experience what life was like during the 1700s in Annapolis.
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Join the Hammond-Harwood House Secret Garden Tour
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Taking Place June 6 and 7!
During the first weekend of June each year, the Hammond-Harwood House holds its Secret Garden Tour in a section of Annapolis. Hundreds of those who are curious about or love gardens have toured the secret gardens of Annapolis - behind historic houses, down picturesque alleyways, or inside intriguing gates.
This year a live event is not possible, so Hammond-Harwood House is taking the event online in a creative way.
They're inviting gardeners to
share photos
of their own gardens and on June 6 and 7 they're inviting everyone to
tour the gardens online
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We are looking forward to seeing all the gardens!
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Annapolis Green's Discussion on Zoom with Neighborhood Sun
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Wednesday, June 3
7:00 pm
Join Annapolis Green for a free, brief Zoom discussion that will answer all your questions about what community solar is and how it can benefit you AND the environment. Their partner, Neighborhood Sun, will explain how community solar projects allow you to power your home or business with the sun and without solar panels on your roof.
They say, "Rooftop solar panels aren’t for everybody. Maybe you live in a condo or apartment and you can’t really control your rooftop. Or, your property is too shady. With Neighborhood Sun, a Maryland B-Corp, you can benefit from electricity provided by nearby solar panels."
To join the Zoom discussion on Wednesday,
click
here
just before 7pm.
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Creatives Connect: Using Art as Activism
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Exploring art as a tool to improve social justice in African American communities in Maryland.
Join the Banneker-Douglass Museum for a
“Virtual BDM” online panel discussion
exploring art as a tool to improve social justice in African American communities in Maryland. Experts will examine the implications of mass incarceration, voter suppression, and policies that adversely affect communities of color.
Panelists include: Jabari Jefferson, Artist; Greta Chapin-McGil, Artist; and Zaki Smith, Activist. This program is related to the exhibit,"The Black Vote Mural Project," and is funded in part by a Four Rivers Mini-Grant.
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Call to Artists - Maryland Hall is Seeking Proposals
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Maryland Hall is beginning to envision arts programming to serve its greater community through the summer and fall 2020. They know they need to adapt what they do in a creative and even more collaborative way in order to more safely meet the artistic and enrichment demands of our neighbors. They want to tackle this ever shifting landscape in partnership with the artists inside and outside of Annapolis, crafting new outlets for artistic expression and experimentation. It is their hope this request for artistic proposals will lead to new ideas and new ways of using Maryland Hall’s assets together with the creativity of our community to feed our collective artistic needs.
To submit a proposal for consideration, please read the Request for Artists Proposals (linked above) then fill out the application form. Upon receipt, a member of Maryland Hall’s Creative Advancement team may be in touch for further clarification. Learn more about
Maryland Hall's Call for Artists
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Maryland State Arts Council Awards $1 Million in Emergency Grant Funding
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The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Maryland Department of Commerce, today announced awards totaling $1 million dollars to support arts organizations and independent artists across the state during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
The funding will help adjust to losses sustained because of modified or cancelled programming and/or operations. MSAC received 155 eligible requests totaling $2.6 million by the May 1 deadline. Based on staff evaluation of applications against a rubric that considered the needs of the artist or organization relative to the available funding, the Council approved grants for 64 arts organizations totaling $869,318 and 61 independent artists totaling $128,682. For a full list of grantees, visit
msac.org/grants-awarded
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A portion of MSAC’s Emergency Grant funding comes from a $467,900 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of America’s economy, and NEA grants to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations ensure distribution of federal funds throughout the county. Additional funding for Emergency Grants comes from MSAC’s annual appropriation from the State of Maryland.
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Cuseum Webinar - Museum Think Tank: Tapping into Fresh Ideas & Networks to Navigate the “New Normal”
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Wednesday, June 3
2:00 pm
As museums and cultural institutions prepare to reopen, many are facing considerable challenges and new hurdles. Across the globe, organizations have been tasked with rapidly creating new approaches, exploring models of operating, and serving their audiences with limited resources. To tackle these challenges, cultural professionals are turning to their colleagues within the field, as well as seeking inspiration and guidance from other industries to generate fresh ideas and leverage new networks.
To help bring together innovative thinkers from inside and outside the museum field, this webinar will take the form of a museum “Think Tank.” Join Brendan Ciecko (CEO & Founder @ Cuseum), Douglas Hegley (Chief Digital Officer @ Minneapolis Institute of Art), Effie Kapsalis (Senior Digital Program Officer @ Smithsonian Institution), Bob Mason (Co-Founder @ Brightcove / Managing Partner @ Argon Ventures) & Claude Grunitzky (Visiting Social Innovator @ Harvard Kennedy School) as they break down some of the most pressing challenges currently facing the museum field and offer up interdisciplinary solutions and ideas.
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London Town's Gardens and Grounds Have Reopened
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Contribute to #MuseumSurvivalKit
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From June 1-5, museums and museum folk nationwide are invited to share “survival skills” inspired by museum content or collections. Institutions and individuals can help build this virtual survival skit of tips, tricks and tools rooted in history by posting a video, Instagram or Facebook post, or blog entry tagged with #MuseumSurvivalKit. Together, these posts will demonstrate the incredible range of creative ways our ancestors (and contemporary communities) have found to care for themselves and others during tough times.
If you have historic or community-based knowledge to share, you can participate. The project was initially conceived to highlight museums as culture bearers that preserve and share useful skills - but these skills are found not only in history museums, but in art museums, science centers, archives, libraries, community centers, arts organizations, and in individuals themselves. If you have something to share that fits the project guidelines, please participate!
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