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CEO Podcast: AHCMC's latest advocacy efforts
Welcome to the new CEO Podcast! Hear Suzan Jenkins, AHCMC’s CEO, talk about our latest advocacy efforts at Maryland Arts Day. She’ll also talk about our latest campaign to support funding for public art maintenance... Read More
Link Roundup: 2011's worst social media screw-ups, the Freedom House and productivity rituals
Hope everyone had a fabulous week! This week, we hosted our first ever #CreativeMoCo Tweetup, which was an amazing night of conversation and connections. Thanks to all who came. If you didn’t (or even if... Read More
Notes from the Field: Flower Avenue Urban Park
This semester, AHCMC is launching an inventory of public art in Montgomery County under the direction of Dr. Michele Cohen, Public Art Contractor. Students from Montgomery College and George Mason University will collect information on... Read More
Link Roundup: Google spreadsheets, pARTnership and fighting that creativity block
Happy Friday! Here are the daily articles we tweeted this week: #MondayMarketing Using Google spreadsheets to analyze your social media efforts? YES. ow.ly/92H7d #MondayMarketing — AHCMC (@creativemoco) February 13, 2012 Takeaways: So some techy people... Read More
"Deferring maintenance of public art year after year is not economical."
Below is the second testimony submitted to Montgomery County Council last Thursday in support of the Public Arts Trust: Good evening. My name is Dr. Michele Cohen. I was the founding director of New York... Read More
"Just as the County invests funds to maintain buildings, artworks require resources for maintenance as well as conservation."
Last Thursday, February 9, we testified to Montgomery County Council to encourage them to protect their $4+ million investment and fund conservation and maintenance for County-owned public art. Below is one of the written testimonies submitted... Read More