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ARTS MARYLAND Latino Arts Roundtable JANUARY 2010
MSAC convenes session for Latino arts community Support the arts at Maryland Arts Day
New policy allows TEP funding for public art
Nine Md. organizations
receive NEA awards MSAC convenes session for growing Latino arts community Local performers garner Participants included (l to r): Carolyn Comacho, Montgomery County Grammy nominations Public Schools; Olga Diaz, St. Michael and St. Patrick’s Church; Ted Resources available David, La Layenda; Susanna Nemes, Maryland State Arts Councilor; for artists, arts groups and Rosalina Delgado, Hispanic Business Federation.
Polisar fans bring Having worked with Maryland’s Latino community in recent months, the Maryland new twists to old songs State Arts Council (MSAC) hosted its first Latino Arts Roundtable, Jan. 12, to discuss grant opportunities and how to best serve that community. The event was held at the Arts Council’s office, 175 W. Ostend St. in South Baltimore.
“Historically, the Arts Council has been a leader among state arts agencies in gaining
a broad and diverse constituency,” said Gov. Martin O’Malley. “We intend to continue that leadership by convening Latino leaders and artists in order to extend our grant programs into Maryland’s growing Latino community.”
One of the goals of the Arts Council’s strategic plan, Imagine Maryland, is to
recognize the state’s cultural diversity and forge connections with diverse communities.
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Support the arts at Maryland Arts Day
Hundreds of arts advocates are expected to meet with state legislators in Annapolis, Feb. 9, for Maryland Arts Day – an annual event coordinated by Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA). The event gives advocates a forum to discuss the economic, cultural, educational and social values of the arts during the opening weeks of the new Maryland General Assembly session.
MCA Foundation (MCA’s companion organization) provides educational, networking and professional development sessions at the event. The day’s schedule includes: greetings from elected officials; a reading by Stanley Plumly, Maryland’s poet laureate; presentation of the Sue Hess Maryland Arts Advocate of the Year Award; a keynote address by a nationally prominent speaker (to be announced), and arts discipline-based roundtable discussions. Register online at MCA’s web site.
New policy allows TEP funding for public art
Public-art projects are now eligible for funding through Maryland’s Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP). The change in policy permits art installations at transit stations, historic train stations and Transit- Oriented Development zones.
Maryland Public Art Commission– administered by the Maryland State Arts Council – must review proposed projects for aesthetic value. Like all public art, these projects must promote a sense of community ownership.
Image Courtesy of Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County:Petalos Reflejantes (Reflective Petals), Wilfred Villadares, installed at Wayne Avenue Plaza in Silver Spring.
Nine Maryland organizations receive NEA awards
Contemporary Museum, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009, was awarded a $50,000 Access to Artistic Excellence grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This grant supports an exhibition and publication featuring works of New York-based artists Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry in collaboration with the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Exhibition Development Seminar. The exhibition, Bearing Witness, opens at the museum and other venues around Baltimore in May.
NEA also awarded similar grants to eight other Maryland arts organizations: Center Stage Associates (Baltimore, $30,000); Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, $25,000); Frostburg State University (Frostburg, $10,000); Heifetz International Music Institute (Ellicott City, $11,000); Morgan State University (Baltimore, $25,000); National Council for the Traditional Arts (Silver Spring, $40,000); Quest: arts for everyone (Lanham, $20,000); and Round House Theatre (Bethesda, $30,000). The nine NEA awards totaled $241,000.
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Local performers garner Grammy nominations
Milkshake (pictured), a Baltimore-based band formed in 2002 “to create great rock music for kids,” received a 2010 Grammy nomination in the Best Musical Album for Children category for its album Great Day. Released in August, Great Day is Milkshake’s fourth album. The band is on the artist roster for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Arts in Education Visiting Performers Program.
Also, the album Bernstein: Mass – recorded by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Morgan State University Choir and Peabody Children’s Chorus – was nominated for a Grammy as Best Classical Album.
Resources available for artists, arts groups
A variety of organizations offers services, workshops and online seminars for the benefit of artists and arts organizations. Here are nine of them:
Maryland Lawyers for the Arts (MLA) is a nonprofit group that provides lawyer referral service and pro-bono legal assistance to income-eligible artists and arts organizations. MLA also presents educational workshops and seminars that focus on such issues as: copyright, contracts and entity formation. See complete list of organizations.
Polisar fans bring new twists to old songs
In 2007, Barry Louis Polisar’s longtime career as children’s songwriter, author and entertainer received a major boost with the movie Juno. One of Polisar’s songs from 1977, All I Want is You, was used in the film’s opening sequence. The Grammy-winning Juno soundtrack catapulted him into international fame.
Now, Polisar is getting another surge of popularity. Musicians from around the world – many of them Polisar fans as kids – have produced a Polisar-tribute album. We're Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar is a 2-CD set that includes new renditions of 60 Polisar songs. The album includes versions of his songs that Polisar never imagined. Deborah Berman and the "Nogoodniks," for instance, present a Yiddish rendition of Don't Put Your Finger Up Your Nose. Polisar has received two Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council.
‘New Music’ series awarded grant
Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern concert series received a $2,000 grant from the Baltimore Community Foundation for its contribution to the arts in Baltimore. The museum introduced the series two years ago as a forum for presenting innovative techniques and new trends in music.
Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern presents: Zodiacrobatic, Jan. 20
MSAC folklorist working with Smithsonian festival
Maryland State Arts Council folklorist Cliff Murphy is serving on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s Asian Pacific American Program Committee. The festival, which runs for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday, takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and typically draws more than a million visitors.
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IN THE NEWS ● New envoy’s old advice for children: Read more ● Baltimore: The city that reads ● Heritage grants hit largest scope ever ● The arts see encouraging news in NEA survey ● Class in verse (about Terrence Winch) ● Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance names new executive director ● New plans for Lyric Opera House presented to city design panel
● Construction begins on City Arts housing for artists
● Nonprofits bucked trend with job growth
● Eastern Shore Land Conservancy seeks works by high-school artists
EVENTS ● Celebrate Maryland Traditions CD with jazz master The Carl Grubbs Quartet – with Carl Grubbs on saxophone – will perform at a CD release party hosted by Contemporary Arts for its Maryland Traditions in Jazz album on Saturday, Jan. 23. Show times are 8 and 9 p.m. at An Die Musik Live, 409 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. The CD features the music of Eubie Blake, Chick Webb, Billie Holiday, Albert Dailey and Grubbs.
Event supporters include: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts; Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences, Puffin Foundation; Maryland Traditions; Maryland State Arts Council; and National Endowment for the Arts. ● Arts advocacy discussion with Maryland Citizens for the Arts (strategy for 2010 General Assembly session) Jan. 23, 10:30 a.m. to noon Maryland Art Place Baltimore RSVP requested
● Music Center at Strathmore 5th Anniversary Celebration Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Luck Be a Lady, starring Julia Murney, Emily Skinner and Rachel York North Bethesda
● Maryland Arts Day Feb. 9 State House, Annapolis Register with:Maryland Citizens for the Arts
● MSAC Literary Arts Summit Feb. 12, 2 – 4 pm Frostburg Center for Creative Writing 20 E. Main St. Frostburg Contact: Chris Stewart, program director, literary arts E-mail or call 410-767-6476
● National Arts Advocacy Day April 12-13 Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Americans for the Arts
● National Arts Education Association Conference April 14-16 http://www.emarketingmd.org/Tourism/MSAC/Newsletter/January_10/Index.html (4 of 5)1/26/2012 2:10:24 PM ARTS MARYLAND
Baltimore Online registration available
● Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit June 25-27 Baltimore Online registration available
Poet laureate plans visits across state Maryland’s recently appointed poet laureate, Stanley Plumly, will make this public appearances in February. The Arts Council lists future appearances on its web site.
● Feb. 27, 1 p.m. Maryland State Poetry Out Loud Finals at the Enoch Pratt Library Wheeler Auditorium, 3rd floor 400 Cathedral St. Baltimore 21201 Phone: 410-396-5430
OPPORTUNITIES Maryland State Art Council grants: & DEADLINES ● FY 2011 Apprenticeship Awards Program guidelines and application, Jan. 20
● Arts in Communities, Jan. 21
● FY2011 Community Arts Development (grant and RFF), Jan. 29
● FY 2010 General Operating Grant Interim Report, Jan. 29
● Public Art projects for county arts councils, Feb. 4
● Community Arts Development NEA/Challenge America, Feb. 24
Other organizations:
● 2010 Baker Artist Awards Nominate yourself for a Mary Sawyers Baker Prize (worth up to $25,000), or vote for a Baltimore’s Choice winner. Nomination deadline, Jan. 15; voting deadline, Feb. 15. A celebration of artists in the Baltimore region: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County and Howard County
● 2010 Coming Up Taller Awards Presented by President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Nominations deadline, Jan. 29 Supports outstanding after-school arts and humanities programs
● Space for Change Presented by MetLife Foundation and Ford Foundation Supports and promotes affordable space for artistic production, community benefit and civic engagement.
410-767-6555 TTY1- 175 W. Ostend St., Suite E Baltimore, MD 21230 www.msac.org 800-735-2258 Martin O'Malley, Governor Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor
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