If you think art is fluff, then think again. There’s twenty or more years of research to prove you wrong. Specifically, there’s a robust cadre of quantitative and qualitative evidence (click here) that arts-based programs... Read More

MCM reporter Sonya Burke starts off her two-minute segment on the Montgomery County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities with these words: “There’s a lot of love in Montgomery County for the... Read More

As Hurricane Sandy powers toward the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, lines at grocery stores and gas stations are snaking around corners and down the block. Are you ready for a natural or man-made disaster? Many of... Read More

As part of the AHCMC survey of public art, not only have we located missing artworks, we have rediscovered works in plain sight.  In 1987, Potomac Library acquired a free-standing sculpture by Raya Bodnarchuk for... Read More

We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2012 Montgomery County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities: Lifetime Impact Award – Eliot Pfanstiehl Lifetime Achievement Award – Carol Leahy Patron Award... Read More

The reports are in and the numbers are stunning. In the Greater Washington Region the arts and culture industry pumps $1.5 Billion into the local economy. Not only that, the industry creates 29,003 jobs and... Read More