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Join MCA for its 2016 Maryland Arts Day
The 2016 Maryland Arts Day, presented by Maryland Citizens for the Arts, is February 17, at St. John’s College, Mellon Hall, Francis Scott Key Auditorium, The event provides stakeholders an opportunity to hear the latest news and influence the lawmakers that control funding for the arts. Enjoy an array of speakers, information sessions, and discuss with legislators the importance of a strong and vital arts community. |
| The day’s keynote speaker is Navasha Daya, a singer, songwriter, producer, performing arts curator, arts educator, certified holistic wellness practitioner, and spiritual and cultural arts activist. Daya has performed with artists such as South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, Japanese pianist Hajime Yoshizawa, and American artists Joan Baez, India Arie, and Roberta Flack. In addition, she has a solo career as an indie-soul artist.
Cost for the Maryland Citizens for the Arts event is $35 before February 5 and $50 from February 6 – 12. Register here. First Lady Yumi Hogan at 2015 Maryland Arts Day, photo by Kintz |
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MAP Maryland Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with the Maryland State Art Council (MSAC) is hosting a statewide-juried exhibition curated by Gamynne Guillotte from the Baltimore Museum of Art, to highlight the wide range of artists and artwork featured on the Maryland Artist Registry. The opening reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on January 21. |
| The artists selected for the Maryland Artist Registry Juried Exhibition at MAP are John Ruppert, Greg McLemore, Elizabeth Burin, Darcie Book, Alice Valenti, Sue Johnson, Alexandra Chiou, Elizabeth Mackie, Trace Miller, Mike McConnell, Ursula Cain-Jordan, René Treviño, Mia Halton, Yambe Tam, Carrie Fucile, Elizabeth Kauffman, Sanzi Kermes, Cynthia Jawitz Brower, Nilou Kazemzadeh, Marcia Wolfson Ray, Daniel Humphries-Russ, Glen Kessler, and Aaron Oldenburg.
The exhibition will take place at Maryland Art Place, 218 West Saratoga St. from January 21 - March 26, 2016. To join the registry please visit: https://www.msac.org/user/register |
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Maryland Traditions, the Folklife Program of the Maryland State Arts Council, honored the 2015 recipients of the ALTA Award in December in Silver Spring. The ALTAs, representing the highest level of honor for living cultural heritage in the state, have three categories: Person/People, Tradition and Place. The 2015 ALTA Award recipients are: Person: Captain Kermit "Robert Lee" Travers (Dorchester County) Tradition: The Marbles Game of the Greater Cumberland Region (Allegany County), Place: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Baltimore City). Congratulations to the 2015 ALTA Award honorees! If you know of a living cultural tradition, outstanding steward of a tradition, or a place that ought to be honored at the 2016 ALTA Awards Ceremony and Concert, please contact Michelle Stefano, Co-Director of Maryland Traditions: michelle.stefano@maryland.gov. Cumberland Marbles Team players demonstrate the game at the 2015 ALTA Awards Ceremony and Concert. Photo by Edwin Remsberg |
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a national recitation competition co-created/co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. Through MSAC support, students across Maryland are enriched by this national arts education program that encourages the mastery of great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Maryland has the fifth highest participation in the country, with 98,000 students memorizing a poem and competing in the program over the past decade. Maryland's State Champion has reached the National Finals three times, placing second (2013) and third (2010) in the country twice. Competitions for the 2015-2016 POL are divided into three regions this year. |
MSAC Public Art Program Director Liesel Fenner visited Hagerstown last month, to meet with city leaders to discuss a proposed pedestrian/bike trail linking the downtown Arts & Entertainment (A&E) District with City Park and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Fenner presented public art examples of similar trails around the country that could serve as a model for proposed artworks on the trail. She also met with project partners including the Washington County Arts Council (WCAC), Hagerstown Parks & Engineering Department, Hagerstown A&E District, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and artist William Cochran, of Frederick, who is developing and submitting the trail public art master plan for review in early 2016. For more information about MSAC’s Public Art Program, visit here or contact Liesel Fenner, public art program director at liesel.fenner@maryland.gov or 410-76544. Pictured left to right: Mayor David Gysberts, Linda Barnhart, James Pierné, and Liesel Fenner, photo courtesy of the Hagerstown A&E District |
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Everyman Theatre Resident Company Member, Megan Anderson is performing in "Under the Skin" this month through February and appears in “The Great American Rep” (both "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire") April to June 2016.
Anderson is also a private audition coach and taught Everyman’s Page to Stage class for 10 to 12 year olds, focusing on Greek myths, the Scene Shop for Young Actors, and the Summer Intensive: Acting 1 and Auditioning. Off stage, she portrayed Jennifer Carcetti, wife of Mayor Tommy Carcetti for three seasons on the drama series The Wire and was in Hit and Run (Jane). |
Anderson has performed regional theatre garnering nods for her work at the Olney Theatre Center, (a Helen Hayes, nomination for Outstanding Ensemble) and the Rep Stage, (another Helen Hayes Nomination). At Everyman Theatre, she has performed in Blithe Spirit, Grounded, Tribes, The Dresser, and Crimes of the Heart, God of Carnage, and You Can’t Take It with You, and many other productions. Actor/teacher Megan Anderson, photo courtesy of the Baltimore Curriculum Project |
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Through March 11 Second Friday |
January 15 – February 25 Artists in Action Temporary Studio Experience |
January 20 – February 21 Under the Skin |
January 22 The Del McCoury Band Sings Woody Guthrie |
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