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September 2020

“I’m in love with the sun and with the reflections in the water, and to paintthem I would go around the world.” -Auguste Renoir

The uncertainty that surrounds us has made it difficult to find joy in thesimple pleasures of the summer. I will never again take for granted theability to spontaneously meet friends for a meal, walk on the beachwithout concern, or touch and smell produce at a farmer’s market. Attimes it felt as if the summer of 2020 could not offer the past opportunitiesfor rejuvenation and renewal.

And yet, with a bit of effort, I found that we can step into thesechallenging times and find different versions of past experiences. Themoments may be smaller and quieter, but they are still there. The heat onour skin, the special color of summer sunlight and the taste of ripeMaryland tomatoes and dripping peaches are all still there for us - waiting for us to move toward them in adifferent way to encounter the same rewards.

My hope is that, as we gather our resources for an uncertain fall, you have found summer moments that areinspiring and can be called upon as needed. We have difficult work ahead and the communities of Marylandare relying on the creatives in our state to lead the way.

Ken Skrzesz, Executive Director, Maryland State Arts Council

Opportunities

CALL FOR ENTRIES: TUBAC CENTER OFTHE ARTS 3RD ANNUAL PLEIN AIRDEADLINE 9/1CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WOMEN'SSTUDIO WORKSHOP STUDIORESIDENCY GRANT: 9/1CALL FOR ARTISTS: GIFTS IN THEGALLERY / ARTISTRY THEATER ANDVISUAL ARTS: 9/1CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2021?: 9/3CALL FOR ENTRIES: MARYLANDFEDERATION OF ART: 9/3CALL FOR ENTRIES: PUBLIC ARTCOMMISSION FOR THE LOUISIANASCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE, AND THEARTS: 9/5APPLICATIONS FOR CAPACITY

News

BUILDING AND PLANNING GRANTS INRURAL COMMUNITIES 9/10CALL FOR ENTRIES: AT MIDNIGHT: 9/13CALL FOR ENTRIES : DISRUPTEDREALISM / BUCKHAM GALLERY: 9/15FALL INTO KENT 9/15CALL FOR ENTRIES: REDARTBOX,GARDEN GALLERY, JAPAN: 9/15CALL FOR ENTRIES: OLD MYTHS, NEWSTORIES, CURTIS CULTURAL ARTSCENTER: 9/23THE BALTIMORE COMPOSERS FORUM(BCF) UPCOMING 2020/21 CONCERT 9/27CALL FOR ENTRIES NATIONAL JURIEDPHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: THEDELPHINE ARTS CENTER: 9/28CALL FOR ARTISTS AND A SCIENTIST:AALTO BIOFILIA / AALTO UNIVERSITY:9/30CALL FOR ENTRIES: A LIGHT IN THEDARKNESS ONLINE SHOW: 9/31WANTED: STARS ON THE RISE 2021RISING STAR PERFORMING ARTSCOMPETITION 10/1PAINT IT! ELLICOTT CITY 2020 – OPENPAINT-OUT ARTISTS WANTED 10/16-18CALL FOR ARTISTS ANNUALCOMMUNITY ART SHOW: THE BESTLOCAL ART OF 2020 10/24BALTIMORE PRINT STUDIOS: HOURLYSTUDIO RENTAL: ONGOINGMAP STUDIO: ONGOINGJACOB LAWRENCE: THREE SERIES OFPRINTS—GENESIS, TOUSSAINTL’OUVERTURE AND HIROSHIMA

The MSAC Online Resource Bulletin, maintainedby Maryland Art Place, includes regional, national,and international exhibition opportunities, grants,fellowships, residencies, and information onavailable studio spaces in the area. The ResourceBulletin is updated on a weekly basis and maintainshundreds of listings of arts opportunities, organizedby subject and deadline date. To post your call forentry, email Caitlin Gill, at caitlin@mdartplace.org.

Save the Date

REGIONAL ARTS SUMMITSREGISTER NOW!

The Regional Arts Summitsare back and this year weare virtual! Join us forstatewide updates from theMaryland State Arts Council,arts content-specific breakoutgroups, community sharing,and more – with options to

connect with staff during daytime virtual office hours!

The MSAC’s Regional Arts Summits will be heldvirtually from 4:00PM - 6:30PM on Tuesdaysbeginning September 15 through October 20,convening artists and arts organizations from varyingregions of the state. For regional schedules, sessiondescriptions, and to register, please visit ourwebsite.

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HERITAGE AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN

VirtualEvents

REGISTER FOR POETRY OUT LOUD

For the 2020-2021 year, the Maryland State PoetryOut Loud competition will be held virtually! Students(who want to independently participate), educators,and community organizers are encouraged toregister indicating their intent to submit studentpoetry recitation videos for competitionconsideration. Poetry Out Loud is a greatopportunity for a remote and hybrid student learningproject. You can showcase your students' creativityin a new, fun, digitally engaging way! To view the fullPoetry Out Loud schedule, see here.

Deadline: Monday, November 2 at 11:59 p.m.

Register here

PUBLIC ART ACROSS MARYLAND

Xiomara Rivera dances at the 2019 Heritage Awardsceremony, during which the bomba and plena traditionsof Puerto Rico were honored. Xiomara is also a currentFolklife Apprenticeship recipient as she studies bombaand plena with master artist Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera. Photoby Edwin Remsberg Photographs.

Maryland Traditions is now accepting nominationsfor the Heritage Awards, which recognize long-termachievement in the traditional arts. Nominations areopen to the public and may be made in threecategories: person/people, place, and tradition.Winners receive $5,000 and are recognized at apublic ceremony. Nominations will be accepted untilOct. 15. For more information on the HeritageAward, check out our website.

MSAC AWARDS $40,000 IN FOLKLIFEAPPRENTICESHIPS

Master bomba and plena dancer Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera(center) teaches a class with Cultura Plenera at SandySpring Museum. Photo by Edwin RemsbergPhotographs.

Maryland Traditions, MSAC’s traditional artsprogram, has awarded $40,000 to support thesharing of traditional arts skills from a master artist toa learner artist during a one-year teaching period.Ten grants of $4,000 each have been awarded forthe 2020-2021 granting period to apprenticeshipteams. See a full list of awarded artists here.

GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS - CALLFOR PANELISTS

MSAC relies on a diverse array of experts fromacross the state of Maryland to do the importantwork of evaluating applications. MSAC selectsGrants for Organizations (GFO) panelists with afocus on diversity of experiences, diversity oflocation, and expertise in the disciplines of theorganizations under review. Panelists must beMaryland residents.

The FY22 GFO process will include one multi-

MSAC public art staff Liesel Fenner (third from right) andRyan Patterson (right) attending the community ribbon-cutting for murals by artist Yemi Fagobohun.

Public art is one artform that can be created andviewed safely amidst the pandemic. The Town ofThurmont received an MSAC Public Art AcrossMaryland grant in December 2019, and despitedelays due to coronavirus, recently unveiledcompleted murals by artist Yemi Fagbohun. Since2014, the Town has been proud of their Murals onMain Street program and in 2019 embarked on aproject to fill vacant panels of a building that onceserved as an electric plant that powered trolley cars.There is also an original trolley car on display besidethe murals on the converted rail-to-trail, ThurmontTrolley Trail. The murals were also supported byThurmont Lions Club, businesses, non-profitorganizations, private donors and the Department ofHousing and Community Development. For moreinformation on visiting Thurmont and viewing themurals, click here.

FY2022 GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONSINTENT TO APPLY APPLICATION DUE

SEPTEMBER 15

The Grants for Organizations (GFO) grantingprogram provides general operating support to

disciplinary panel to review all new applications andorganizations in an “on-year.”

Panelists receive modest compensation for theirservice.

What does a panelist do?Selected panelists:

Attend one in-person or virtual trainingsession.Review and evaluate applications onMSAC’s online grants management system,SmartSimple.*Complete assigned extension assignments(Artistic Site Visits and In-DepthConversations).Attend one GFO panel meeting (March/April2021).

*The average commitment of hours varies based onthe number of applications. The majority of workhappens on the panelists’ own time from lateNovember 2020 through the panel meeting inMarch/April 2021.

Panelists must have access to a computer with aninternet connection to complete reviews.

How do I apply to be a panelist? Submit your application via MSAC’s online grantsmanagement system, SmartSimple.

Click the Apply Now button below to log in orcreate a free account in SmartSimple.Under Funding Opportunities, select "PublicCall."Select "Panelist" from the drop down optionsand click "Save Draft" to populate theapplication.Select “Grants for Organizations” as theGrant Program.

Questions? Contact Program Directors EmilySollenberger (emily.sollenberger@maryland.gov)or Laura Weiss (laura.weiss@maryland.gov) forassistance.

Deadline: Friday, September 4, 2020 at 11:59pm

Apply here

Successful panelists enthusiastically embraceorganizational and analytical skills, preparedness,timeliness, communication, collaboration, and theirrole as an advocate for the arts. Please do notcomplete this application if this list does not alignwith your practice.

2020-2021 MID ATLANTIC TOURSGRANTS ANNOUNCED OVER $148,000

AWARDED FOR 59 ENGAGEMENTS

nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, as well asunits of government, that produce or presentongoing arts programming that is open to the public.

If your organization is a NEW Applicant or if yourorganization DID NOT receive a Fiscal Year (FY)2021 MSAC GFO Grant, your organization isrequired to complete the Intent to Apply form in orderto be eligible to apply for FY2022 GFO funding. If theorganization is deemed eligible after review of theIntent to Apply form, the organization must submit acompleted On-Year Application by November 15,2020 to be considered for FY2022 GFO funding.

If you answer “Yes!” to all sections in the chartabove, your organization is eligible to complete anIntent to Apply form.

Apply here

MARYLAND MICRO-CREDENTIALSCOURSE REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!

Register for free professional development!Read more here.

NATIONAL ARTS IN EDUCATION WEEK

Image: The Honey Dewdrops. Credit: Nolan Zunk.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) has awarded$148,520 in grants supporting 59 performing artsengagements through its 2020-2021 Mid AtlanticTours program. The grants, awarded directly topresenting organizations, will support engagementsin MAAF's partner states and jurisdictions. MidAtlantic Tours is a curated roster program ofperforming artists and ensembles chosen to tourthroughout the mid-Atlantic region.

From Maryland, the Americana duo The HoneyDewdrops – Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish –has long felt the push-and-pull between their originalroots in the Appalachian Mountains and their currenthome in urban Baltimore. You’ll hear it in theirharmony soaked songs and the mastery of theirinstruments’ acoustic tones, but also in theirsongwriting, which reflects the hard realities oftoday.

2020-2021 MID ATLANTIC JAZZ TOURINGNETWORK ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED

Photo of Marc Cary Credit: Vikram Valluri

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundationhas announced over $64,000to support eight artists and 22Network members throughthe 2020-2021 Jazz TouringNetwork program. Grants willsupport 33 engagementsacross the mid-Atlanticregion. Marc Cary, Baltimore,

MD and Victor Provost, Crofton, MD, will be on tour

National Arts in Education Week is September 13-19! This year marks the 10th anniversary ofCongress passing House Resolution275, which designates the week beginning with thesecond Sunday in September as National Arts inEducation Week.

representing the great state of Maryland!

Photo of Victor Provost Credit: Chris Drukker.

Artist Highlight: Suteera Nagavajara

Suteera Nagavajara playing the kong toch at a 2018 Cambodian New Year celebration. Photo and linked presentationby Edwin Remsberg Photographs.

MSAC's September 2020 Artist Highlight is Suteera Nagavajara. Nagavajara, of Montgomery County, is aperformer of traditional ceremonial music from Cambodia, a neighbor to her native Thailand. She is also therecipient of a 2017-2018 Folklife Apprenticeship, in which she studied with master Chum Ngek on the kongtoch, a percussive instrument from Cambodia. Hear her story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJpxXzRgy8.

Current MSAC Funding Opportunities

Arts in Education Grant: The Arts in Education Grant provides matching funds of up to $5,000 to eligibleMaryland-based nonprofit organizations and government entities to support educational engagements led byTeaching Artists on MSAC’s Teaching Artist Roster. MSAC accepts Arts in Education Grant applications ona rolling basis and reviews applications monthly. Creativity Grant: The Creativity Grant Program aims to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artistsand small organizations, in order to maintain a strong arts infrastructure in the state. The program alsoprovides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Marylandcommunities. MSAC accepts Creativity Grant applications on a rolling basis and reviews applicationsmonthly. Professional Development Grant: The Professional Development Grant encourages and supportsrelevant professional development opportunities for artists and arts organizations throughout Maryland.MSAC accepts Professional Development Grant applications on a rolling basis and reviews applicationsmonthly. Public Art Across Maryland (PAAM): The PAAM Program offers Planning Grants of $5,000 andImplementation Grants of up to $20,000, no match required. Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations,local government agencies, and independent artists may apply. Conservation Grants for the preservation ofpublic artworks are also available. MSAC accepts PAAM grant applications on a rolling basis and reviews

applications quarterly. Maryland Touring Grant: Maryland Touring Grants provide funding to eligible Maryland-based non-profitorganizations to support the presentation of artists listed on the Maryland Performing Artist TouringRoster. MSAC accepts Touring Grant applications on a rolling basis and reviews applications quarterly. Special Request Grants: Special Request Grants support needs of arts organizations and programs thatfall outside of the eligibility of MSAC’s established grant programs. MSAC accepts Special Request Grantapplications on a rolling basis and reviews applications monthly or bi-monthly, depending upon the requestedamount. Roster Opportunities for Artists

Arts in Education Teaching Artist Roster: The Teaching Artist Roster supports teaching artists and theelevation of their careers by providing funding to Maryland schools and community groups to book TeachingRoster Artists, fostering connections to statewide networks, providing individualized feedback to strengthenartists’ programming, and heightening visibility through print and online marketing. MSAC accepts TeachingArtist Roster applications on a rolling basis and reviews applications monthly. Performing Artist Touring Roster: 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 collaborationbetween Maryland touring artists and Maryland presenting organizations to increase opportunities forprofessional performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements. MSAC accepts Performing ArtistTouring Roster applications on a rolling basis and reviews applications quarterly. Access all MSAC applications in SmartSimple. Questions? Contact the MSAC staff person for the program you’re interested in learning more about.

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