Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

06/01/2026

ARTIST OPP 📣

AHCMC invites Montgomery County-based artists to submit for Printed Voices, a new exhibition featuring printmaking works at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room in downtown Silver Spring.

Artists using printmaking to engage with public discourse are encouraged to apply. Artwork may incorporate textual elements that explore how language carries ideas + shapes collective understanding.

Selected artists will receive a $250 exhibition honorarium.

📅 Submission deadline: June 25

Learn more in the comments. 👇

05/29/2026

Rockville is getting a new public art piece + residents get to help shape it! 🎨

"Shared Passage" is a large-scale sculpture designed by CJRDesign that will be installed at the entrance of David Scull Park. Community engagement efforts are expected to begin in fall of 2027, with resident feedback helping determine several final design elements.

Learn more! 👇

Residents will have the opportunity to help shape the final design of a new public art installation planned for David Scull Park, between First St. and E Gude Dr. in […]

05/28/2026

Conversations connecting arts, culture, and community! 🎨

CAAM (County Arts Agencies of Maryland) is dedicated to enriching arts + creative life across Maryland through advocacy, collaboration, dialogue, and community engagement.

Join CAAM at this year's Maryland Arts Summit to explore these powerful connections through future-focused conversations + creative exchange. And yes, there will be cookies. 🍪

Registration link in comments. 👇

05/26/2026

✨ Bolster your creative business with new tech skills!

We're partnering with DataCamp Donates to offer 50 free scholarships for their online training platform, featuring courses, tools, and resources designed to strengthen your business analytics + technical skills.

You'll learn:
🔹 Data visualization for your projects
🔹 A.I. + machine learning
🔹 Business intelligence for arts management
🔹 Data-driven storytelling
🔹 And more!

This self-paced program is open to FY25 + FY26 AHCMC grantees and staff. Level up your skills at 0 cost!

Check out the details in the comments. 👇

05/21/2026

📣 Maryland Artists! Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) encourages practicing artists to apply for an Artist Stipend to attend this year's Maryland Arts Summit.

Stipends include:
🔵 Free admission to both days of the summit
🔵 $200 for travel

Interested? Learn more in the comments. 👇
📅 Application deadline: May 28 at 10:00 a.m.

05/20/2026

Creativity supports healing...literally! 🙌

Medical research continues to validate what we’ve known all along: the creative arts can positively impact physical + mental well-being. Hospitals + healthcare organizations are integrating arts engagement into patient recovery plans to reduce stress, support healing, spark joy, and bring more humanity into clinical spaces.

Creative expression isn't just a hobby. It can play an important role in community health + well-being! Learn more. 👇

Artistic expression is proving to be such an effective remedy that hospitals are writing it into patients’ charts and putting in-house artists on the payroll.

05/20/2026

Montgomery County theaters are having a BIG week 👏🎭

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards and special shout-out to Adventure Theatre MTC, Round House Theatre, and Olney Theatre Center for bringing home 12 awards collectively! 🏆

Full list of winners in the comments. 👇

05/18/2026

Job Opps 💼🎭

Olney Theatre Center seeks a Chief Financial Officer and a Human Resources/Finance Manager to join their staff!

Interested? Check the link in comments to learn more + share with your network.

Jobs galore! We have some more open positions, this time in our HR and Finance Departments! Apply on our website or visit the link in our bio for more information

05/15/2026

Help preserve Montgomery County's Black baseball + softball history. ⚾📜

Before 1947, Black residents living in kinship communities formed their own teams, and ball games became major social events where some of the era's most talented players competed. Montgomery Parks wants to hear your stories + memories to help keep this history alive for future generations.

📅 The deadline to participate is June 30.

Check below for more info on how to share. 👇

Montgomery Parks is inviting residents to share their memories of Black baseball through a new online survey that is a part of its Untold Stories initiative.

05/13/2026

What does our local creative sector need right now?

Americans for the Arts launched a quick 2-minute survey to help inform national arts policy priorities. Your input helps align advocacy efforts with the needs of artists + organizations across the country.

Share your perspective so national priorities reflect what's happening in our community.

🔗 Link to the survey is in the comments.

Americans for the Arts works year-round with policymakers to advance federal arts policy.

But effective advocacy starts with a simple question: Are we focused on what the field actually needs right now?

That’s why we launched the 2026 National Arts Policy Survey — five straightforward questions to help us align our priorities with yours.

The survey covers:

→ Federal investment in the NEA, NEH, and cultural infrastructure
→ Arts in the economy and creative workforce support
→ Artist income stability
→ Arts education from pre-K through higher ed
→ Arts in health and human services

There’s also space to share your story. Because the data makes the case — but the stories make it matter.

Two minutes. Your perspective. Directly shapes our federal policy agenda.

SURVEY LINK: https://bit.ly/48kT61m