ARTS MARYLAND
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ARTS MARYLAND JANUARY 2012
Advocate for the arts at Annapolis event
Treiber Fund honors legacy of arts leader Maryland Arts Day returns in February Del. Jon Cardin, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, meets with Jeanie Jung and the Baltimore County Center Stage fills out delegation at the 2011 Maryland Arts Day in Annapolis last leadership team February. This year’s event, themed Many Voices, One Song, is Feb. 8. (See story below.)
Photo courtesy of Maryland Citizens for the Arts Students face off in state's POL contest
Sondheim Prize apps due Jan. 9
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OPPS & DEADLINES
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Advocate for the arts at Annapolis event Maryland Arts Day – the only state-wide annual meeting for the Maryland arts community and its supporters – will be Feb. 8 at the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis. Registration is available online. Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) arranges this yearly event as a way for the arts community to demonstrate its support of state funding for the arts and the Maryland State Arts Council. Participants network with each other and meet with state legislators during the day.
MCA also announces the winner of the Sue Hess Maryland Arts Advocate of the Year Award at Arts Day. Last year, E. Scott Johnson, former chair of the Arts Council, received the award.
Treiber Fund honors legacy of Anne Arundel arts leader Carol Treiber, founding director of the Anne Arundel County Arts Council and a distinguished advocate for the arts, died Dec. 13 after a lengthy illness. She guided the art council’s development from a county agency into a prominent nonprofit that promotes the visual and performing arts, and historic preservation on behalf of Anne Arundel County residents. She also began the tradition of the arts council’s signature fundraising event, the annual Mardi Gras celebration.
As a past president of the Parole Rotary Club, Treiber was an active leader and volunteer in the county. She was well known for her expertise in marketing and building local arts groups, and especially for her perseverance in securing funds for these groups.
The county arts council has established the Carol Treiber Scholarship Fund to honor and continue her legacy in the arts community. Please send donations to: Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, 2666 Riva Road, Suite 150, Annapolis, MD, 21401. For more information, call or e-mail the arts council, 410-222-7949.
Center Stage fills out leadership team Following a six-month search, Baltimore’s Center Stage has selected Stephen J. Richard as its managing director. Richard joins Kwame Kwei- Armah, who was appointed artistic director last July, as Center Stage’s new leadership team.
“In Stephen, we have found the perfect partner (for Kwei-Armeh),” said Jay Smith, president of Center Stage’s board of trustees. “His long and varied experience in the not-for-profit arts world in general, and in the theater specifically, provides us with the proven skills and experience we need for ongoing success."
Richard is now vice president for external relations and campaign director at the National Children’s Museum. Previously, he was executive director of Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) for 18 years, where he guided a $125 million capital campaign for the Mead Center for American Theater. He has also served on boards or committees of the National Endowment for the Arts, American Arts Alliance, League of Resident Theatres and Theatre Communication Group.
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Opened in 1963, Center Stage was designated the “State Theater of Maryland.” Its productions typically draw more than 100,000 patrons each year.
Image: Poster, Center Stage production of Gleam (Jan. 4 – Feb. 5)
Deadline for Sondheim Prize apps approaching Applications for the seventh annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize are due by Monday, Jan. 9. The annual competition – produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts – awards a $25,000 fellowship to a visual artist or visual-art collaborators who live and work in the Greater Baltimore region. Applications are available online.
An exhibition of work by finalists runs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, June 16 through July 29. The Maryland Institute College of Art presents an exhibition of work by the semi-finalists during Artscape weekend, July 20- 22. Artscape is the largest, free arts festival in the nation.
Cheer on poetry recitations in state tournament Student competitors vie for county championships this month in Maryland’s Poetry Out Loud (POL) tournament. POL promotes the recitation and performance of poetry as an oral-art form. The National Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts partner with state arts agencies, such as the Maryland State Arts Council, to stage the annual POL competition. Students advance through tiers of competition – classroom, school, county and state contests – that lead to the national finals in March in Washington, D.C. In the past two years, Maryland’s state champion has moved into the top ten at the national level. A Marylander placed third in the 2010 national contest.
IN THE NEWS Baltimore Open Theatre will present free performances by contemporary theater and dance companies, starting this fall. The venture is an idea forged by Philip Arnoult, 70, and Buck Jabaily, 27. Arnoult founded Theatre Project in 1971 and Buck Jabaily co-founded Single Carrot Theatre in 2007. Jabaily has stepped down as director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Station North Arts and Entertainment District and Baltimore’s Westside are possible locations. The Deutsch Foundation has provided a grant to launch the project. It has also committed to a $150,000 challenge grant to sustain it.
The House of Representatives, on Dec. 16, authorized $146.255 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts – the same level of funding the Obama administration proposed last February. It was part of the final budget agreement for fiscal 2012. In August, the House had voted to fund the NEA at $135 million. The Senate later approved funding for the NEA at the 2011 level, $155 million. The Dec. 16 vote, reflecting a compromise between the two chambers, also approved $24.596 million in funding for the Arts in Education programs at the U.S. Department of Education. A previous House proposal had zeroed-out funding for those programs.
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Baltimore’s Gary Kachadourian is one of two dozen artists to receive a $25,000 award from the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Painters and Sculptors Grant Program. The Foundation, established in 1993 and named for the late artist Joan Mitchell, selects “artists who are under-recognized for their artistic achievements” for its yearly awards. Kachadourian worked at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) for 22 years until he retired in 2009 to enroll in a UMBC masters program and become a full-time artist. At BOPA, he was known as “Mr. Artscape.” Last year, he was one of three winners of a $25,000 Mary Sawyer Baker Award.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Peterson was named director of the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress, effective Jan. 16. She succeeds Peggy A. Bulger, who retired Dec. 31. Since 2009, Peterson has been a consultant to folklife- related organizations, including the American Folklore Society, Wyoming Arts Council and Association of Western States Folklorists. She has also acted as a consultant for AFC, helping to develop a national documentation project on the transformation of work in 21st-century America.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released a white paper, The Arts and Human Development, which examines the positive impact of the arts on health and well-being over the course of a lifespan. In addition to making recommendations for future research and evidence-sharing, the report summarizes themes and research discussed at a March 2011 forum hosted by NEA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Teaching artists should have a more significant role in schools, reports NORC at the University of Chicago, an independent research organization. NORC’s three-year study of teaching artists concluded that the artists “are critical to the future of arts education and to improving the quality of schools.” View the study, Teaching Artists and the Future of Education.
How can arts organizations adapt to a new environment in which people choose to engage with art in more active ways? That is one of the questions considered by the authors of Getting In On the Act: How arts groups are creating opportunities for active participation. The James Irvine Foundation, a California grant-making organization, commissioned consultant WolfBrown to produce the report.
Contributed income to nonprofit theaters fell 11.6 percent in 2010, according to a study by Theatre Communications Group (TCG). The drop followed a five-year high for contributed income in 2009. View the full report on TCG’s web site.
Pamela Dunne has returned to the Maryland State Arts Council as program director for three programs: Arts and Entertainment Districts, Community Arts Development and Individual Artist Awards. Her phone number is 410-767-6484 and e-mail address is [email protected].
Remington art show helps community identify itself
Howard County Arts Council announces ARTsites 2012
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OPPORTUNITIES Maryland State Arts Council application deadlines & DEADLINES ● FY 2012 Public Art Project Grants for county arts councils, due Feb. 9
● FY 2013 Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Awards, due Feb. 10
● FY 2013 Maryland Traditions Project Grants, due Feb. 10
American Music Abroad – administered by the Association of American Voices on behalf of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs – supports month-long, international tours for approximately 10 musical ensembles as part of an international exchange program. Ensembles represent a spectrum of the American musical landscape. Applications for the 2012-2013 season are due by Jan. 16.
Institute of Museum and Library Services’ African-American History and Culture Museum Grant Program awards funding to proposals that focus on: developing professional training of current staff at African-American museums; attracting and retaining professionals at such museums; or providing assistance to sustain these museums. Eligible museums must be a unit of local or state government, or a nonprofit organization. Grants range from $5,000 to $150,000 and must be matched on a 1:1 basis with funds from non-federal sources. Application deadline is Jan. 17.
Sundance Institute awards Creative Producing Fellowships to five emerging producers of independent films. The one-year fellowships begin July 2 and include participation in a creative-producing lab for a feature film and a creative-producing summit, along with attendance at the Sundance Film Festival. Each fellow also receives a $5,000 living stipend, $5,000 pre-production grant and year-round support from Sundance staff. Deadline for applications is Feb. 10.
Sixth annual Arts Integration Conference –sponsored by UMBC and the Walters Art Museum – is Feb. 11, 9-3, at the UMBC University Center. Event includes sessions for teachers, artists and arts-integration leaders; panel discussions; performances; and an optional tour and workshop at the Walters. Advance registration required; early-bird registration by Feb. 1. Call or e-mail Tonya VanDerlinde, 410-455-1362, for more information.
This year’s National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, formerly called Coming Up Taller Awards, recognize accomplishments of after-school and out-of-school programs. The 12 programs that receive awards each get a $10,000 grant and an invitation to accept their award from First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony. Applications are due by Jan. 31. The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities presents the awards in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The Big Read, a national program organized by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), promotes innovative community reading programs and provides resources for presenting these programs. The Big Read started as a pilot
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project in 2006 in response to a 2004 NEA report that showed an accelerated decline in literary reading. About 75 nonprofit organizations will receive grants for reading programs. Applications are due Feb. 1. For more information, call or e- mail Arts Midwest, 612-238-8010.
175 W. Ostend St., Suite E 410-767-6555 TTY1-800-735-2258 www.msac.org Baltimore, MD 21230 Martin O'Malley, Governor Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor
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