One of my favorite things is learning that a performance is happening at my neighborhood park or at the local library. Even better, I love stumbling on a performance I didn’t know (or forgot) was happening while on an early evening stroll with my family. (This happened a couple of times this summer!)
An email we sent last month highlighted MSAC’s Presenting and Touring program. Budget-wise, this is one of MSAC’s smaller programs, but it is a powerful tool for creating these types of experiences statewide, helping to connect communities with arts experiences and performing artists with employment.
Basically, Maryland artists apply to be on MSAC’s Performing Artist Touring Roster. MSAC promotes Roster artists to organizations that can apply for Touring Grants, which help pay the Roster artists to perform at Maryland events, festivals, and venues (large, small, and virtual too). Eligible organizations might include libraries, places of worship, neighborhood associations, and community non-profits in addition to the more traditional performing arts spaces, universities, and local government agencies that regularly mount events and festivals.
I encourage you to look into this program or share it with the organizations you’re involved with and with artists who could join the Roster. Applications for both the Roster and grants are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed quarterly. Contact Laura Weiss or Emily Sollenberger with questions.
Be well, and remember that MSAC’s Arts Calendar can help you find arts experiences in your area and online!
Steven
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We're hiring an Arts in Education Program Director, who directs the grants process for MSAC's Arts in Education funding and serves as the MSAC's ADA Accessibility Coordinator. This position directs all administrative and program-specific tasks to process funding applications and recommendations within the Arts in Education program, including: determining eligibility of organizations and applications; providing technical assistance and training to Maryland schools, teaching artists, non-profit arts organizations, and grant panelists; making funding recommendations to the executive director, staff, and council; and overseeing grantee compliance with the policies and procedures set forth by MSAC and the State of Maryland.
Deadline to apply: 11/12/2021 at 4 p.m. EST
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2020-2021 Folklife Apprenticeship team Ralph and Dennis Zotigh (Kiowa) of Charles County focused on powwow singing traditions. The father-and-son team say that without song, there could be no powwows, which are Native American, pan-Indian cultural festivals and demonstrations. Hear the Zotighs’ story in this video. Presentation by Edwin Remsberg Photographs. Photo courtesy of the Zotigh Singers.
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FOLKLIFE APPRENTICESHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN
DECEMBER 1ST
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Folklife Apprenticeship applications are open from December 1st to January 15th. This grant supports traditional arts education by providing $5,000 for a master and learner artist to work together for one year on any aspect of the traditional arts.
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PUBLIC ART ACROSS MARYLAND DEADLINES |
Public Art Across Maryland Grant Deadline for Applications is November 20th!
Following the first quarterly deadline of Fiscal Year 2022, the Public Art Across Maryland New Artworks and Conservation grant programs awarded a total of $222,800. The next deadline for applications is Saturday, November 20th. Artists and organizations interested in applying are encouraged to contact program staff with any ideas or questions.
Two New Calls for Public Art on Maryland Campuses. Applications Due December 8th.
Public Art Across Maryland:Artwork Commissions program is pleased to announce Request for Qualifications for two new arts related buildings on state campuses: St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s New Academic Building and Auditorium ($250,000 all-inclusive budget), and Bowie State University’s new MLK Jr. Communication Arts & Humanities building ($515,000 all-inclusive budget) can be found on the Artwork Commissions web page. “How to Apply” webinars for both projects will be held in November. The deadline for artists to submit qualifications to both projects is December 8th at 3:00 p.m.
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AEMS SECOND ANNUAL ARTS EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM ON ANTI-RACISM |
Join Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) for a day of exciting, insightful, and compelling experiences to deepen your understanding of anti-racism and abolitionist teaching in arts education, produced in partnership with Baltimore Corps. In addition to keynote speaker, Gloria Ladson Billings, the symposium will include breakouts on racial equity facilitation, small group affinity spaces, and arts education content breakouts that address national trends that may affect your classroom. Click here to register now!
- Tickets will be FREE for Maryland arts educators and teaching artists
- Tickets will be $10 for Maryland non-arts educators
- Tickets will be $25 for all other attendees
Event Schedule:
- 10:30 a.m.: Welcome from AEMS
- 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Keynote Presentation
- 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.: BREAK
- 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.: Racial Equity Facilitation Breakouts, produced in partnership with Baltimore Corps
- 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Small Group Breakouts
- 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Anti-Racism Arts Education Content Breakouts
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MARYLAND HEALTH CONNECTION OPENS NOVEMBER 1ST |
Start shopping for a 2022 health plan! Check out new discounts and more savings. Browse plans through Maryland Health Connection before open enrollment begins on November 1st. Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov and click “Get an Estimate” to see how much you’ll save on plans for you and your family today.
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Free professional development sessions that are open to the public.
Click each session below to learn more and register!
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REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
NATIONAL & BEYOND
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES
RESIDENCIES
STUDIO SPACES
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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. To add to the list, email Caitlin Gill at caitlin@mdartplace.org.
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Allegany Arts Council
Anne Arundel Arts Council
Baltimore City Office of Promotion & the Arts
Harford County
Kent Cultural Alliance
Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council
Worcester County Arts Council
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Nichole Sullivan, owner of Keppel & Kismet and a participant in Made In Baltimore's Home-Run Accelerator, sets up her product display at the program orientation weekend in May 2021. Photo courtesy of Made in Baltimore. |
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Made in Baltimore supports makers and manufacturers in Baltimore City. Their mission is simple: encourage investment in Baltimore’s economy by growing the market for locally-made goods and supporting the people who make them.
At the heart of our program is a strong community of manufacturers, retailers and maker spaces working together to create and promote locally-made products. Their growing network of over 200 product-based businesses ranges from home-based maker to large scale manufacturer.
Last month, an article was published in Next City highlighting the work of the organization and the partners that have helped move Baltimore City towards a more inclusive and equitable economy. They are described as a 'national model' for strategies that city's can take to support and nurture small businesses. The article refers to their latest program, the Home-Run Accelerator, which wrapped at the end of September. You can see a recap here. Next up. they're working on their Holiday Pop-Up Shop!
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CURRENT MSAC OPPORTUNITIES |
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FUNDING
Arts in Education Grants provide matching funds of up to $5,000 to eligible Maryland-based nonprofit organizations and government entities to support educational engagements led by Teaching Artists on MSAC’s Teaching Artist Roster.
Deadline: Monthly on the 5th
Creativity Grants aim to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations, in order to maintain a strong arts infrastructure in the state.
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: Rolling
Deadlines: November 20, 2021, February 18, 2022, May 12, 2022
Professional Development Grants encourage and support relevant professional development opportunities for artists and arts organizations throughout Maryland.
Deadline: Rolling
Special Request Grants support needs of arts organizations and programs that fall outside of the eligibility of MSAC’s established grant programs.
Deadline: Rolling
ROSTERS
The Arts in Education Teaching Artist Roster supports teaching artists and the elevation of their careers by providing funding to Maryland schools and community groups to book Teaching Roster Artists, fostering connections to statewide networks, providing individualized feedback to strengthen artists’ programming, and heightening visibility through print and online marketing.
Deadline: Rolling
The Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster is a list of juried, Maryland-based artists who have a demonstrated history of successful, professional touring engagements. Coupled with the Maryland Touring Grant, the Program is designed to promote the artistic collaboration between Maryland touring artists and Maryland presenting organizations to increase opportunities for professional performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements.
Deadline: Rolling
Questions? Contact the MSAC staff person for the program you’re interested in learning more about.
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