Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC)

Local Artist Opp for Montgomery County Artists 🎨 Submit your qualifications to design + paint an outdoor sculpture in Wheaton, MD!

🗓️ Submission Deadline: Oct 26
🔗 Details + Application: www.wheatonartsparade.org/rfq-pyramids...

#MoCo #WheatonMD #ArtistCall #RFQ #PublicArt

So happy to join artists, dancers, students, musicians and community leaders for a glorious celebration at the Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival in the heart of the 8th!

Final trio of 2025 at Jazz at the Kramer 🎶 Vocalist Gracie Jay + pianist Ryan Hanseler return with bassist William “Mobetta” Ledbetter.

✨ Free community concert on Oct 8 at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery. ➡️ jakoctober2025.eventbrite.com

#MoCo #DTSS #Jazz #ThingsToDo #Creativemoco #SilverSpringMD

Wheaton Celebrates Diversity During Annual Arts Festival, Parade Wheaton arts parade and festival enters 9th year

Last Sunday's Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival celebrated 9 years of diversity, culture + community! 🌍🎭 ➡️ www.mymcmedia.org/wheaton-cele...

@mymcmedia.bsky.social recaps the event with a video highlighting its impact. 👇 #MoCo #WheatonMD

🎭✨ WIN 4 TICKETS! ✨🎭
Enter for a chance to see @adventuretheatre's “Not Your Mother’s Goose!” at Glen Echo Park! 🐔🎶

📅 Runs Oct 4 – Nov 2
🎟 Don’t miss this world premiere comedy! Link to giveaway in the comments.

#AdventureTheatre #NotYourMothersGoose #FamilyFun #TheaterForKids

7 things to do in Montgomery County, festivals aplenty Taste of Bethesda, Takoma Park Street Festival and other things to do this week in Montgomery County.

7 things to do in Montgomery County, one festival after another

#film #documentary #documentaryfilm #localfilmmaker #environmentalfilm #ArtsAnd #ArtsAndEnvironment #greenspace #MoCo #filmscreening #RockvilleMD #MoCo

"Bird Walk" Film “Bird Walk” is a documentary that features the birds and birders that have flocked to Rockville’s RedGate Park.

See how a community saved RedGate Park 🌳🐦

Bird Walk, a documentary by MoCo filmmaker + AHCMC grantee Cintia Cabib, tells the story of how RedGate Park was preserved as a public park + bird habitat.

📅 Free Film Screening: Oct 5 at 2pm
📍 Rockville Memorial Library
🔗 mcpl.libnet.info/event/14331834

#mentalhealth #ArtAndMentalHealth #ArtAndSocialJustice #SocialJustice #ArtAndCommunityCohesion #CommunityCohesion

Silver Spring Stage: “Friends With Guns” Opens this Weekend Director Julia Harris explores the themes of gun culture and its effect on relationships in “Friends With Guns,” a play making its regional debut at Silver Spring Stage from September 26 to October 12...

Now playing through Oct 12 🎭: Friends with Guns at Silver Spring Stage. Director Julia Harris unpacks the themes of guns, fear, and relationships in this @sourceofthespring.com interview. Don’t miss it! ➡️ www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-sprin...

#theater #guns #ArtsAnd #ArtAndPublicWelfare #MoCo

#Equity #EmergingArtists #ArtsLeadership #Inclusion

When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging” If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.

Too old to be an ‘emerging’ artist? 🤔

A new @hyperallergic.com opinion piece explores how age-based definitions of career stages may exclude artists who start later in life. Should grants, residencies, and resources rethink their eligibility rules?

🔗 hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...

Rockville's Rocktobierfest Returns Sept. 27 with German Music, Food & Fun Rocktobierfest event started eight years ago as an anniversary celebration of Rockville's relationship with its sister city in Germany.

TOMORROW: Rockville’s Oktoberfest-style celebration returns to honor German culture! https://bit.ly/4gebHPk

#ArtOpening #DTSS #KramerGallery #ArtsAnd #ArtsAndSocialJustice

Pause. Reflect. Act. ➡️ contemplations.eventbrite.com

The new Contemplations exhibition at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery invites reflection + dialogue on justice, dignity, belonging, resilience & reconciliation. Step into the conversation at the opening reception on Oct. 15. 👆

#MoCo #ArtExhibition

Together, we can keep our local creative sector thriving by:

🏛️ Championing stable public arts funding
🏢 Encouraging businesses to partner with artists + organizations in new ways
🤝 Building coalitions that show how arts + culture strengthen communities

#MoCo #creativemoco (2/2)

What will happen to dance, with a major grant program changing? Twenty dance projects from around the country won grants totaling $100,000 dollars each today. These grants are among the most coveted in the dance world, but this round of winners is the last of its ...

#TuesdayThoughts | 📰 Funding shifts for the National Dance Project underscore the need for stable, diverse support in arts + culture. Full story via @npr.org ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...

#ArtsFunding #CreativeSector (1/2)

Rental Space Available in Rockville - CultureSpotMC.com Host your next event at ATMTC! ATMTC has space available for your next event, class, or presentation! ATMTC can host a variety of activities/events including: recitals, rehearsals, classes, parties, c...

Looking for a place to create, teach, collaborate, or perform? Adventure Theatre MTC’s Academy Space at Wintergreen Plaza is open for bookings!

With 4 studios, a conference room, and a voice studio, it’s ideal for rehearsals, classes, + big ideas. 🌟--> culturespotmc.com/classified/r... #MoCo

This program develops youth leadership at the intersection of art + social change. Students study performing + visual arts, engage in workshops with mentors + peers, and create projects on issues that matter most to them.

(2/2) #ArtsEducation #SocialJustice

🌟 Applications are open for Strathmore’s Arts & Social Justice Fellowship!

📅 Apply by Oct. 5! ➡️ www.strathmore.org/nurturing-ar...

(1/2) #YouthArts #ArtsAnd #ArtsAndSocialChange

💵 Heritage Montgomery mini-grants are open!

Grants of $500–$2,500 support nonprofits + local gov. entities preserving history, culture, and natural spaces in #MoCo.

📅 Deadline: Oct. 3 ➡️ heritagemontgomery.org/partners/gra...

#Funding #Grants #Community #History #Heritage #Humanities

Get ready for a bold, hilarious, and honest look at motherhood with MILKDRUNK, the one-woman play hitting the stage Friday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m.! Recommended for mature audiences. Details: https://bit.ly/41duEvl

🎭✨ Win a Family 4 Pack of Tickets! ✨🎭

Interact Story Theatre's Bobtail BONG BONG: A Monkey’s Tale is an interactive theatre adventure where kids take the lead + guide Bob the Monkey’s hilarious journey. 🐒 --> culturespotmc.com/event/bobtai...

Especially timely as the AFI Latin American Film Festival rolls out this week! If you’ve caught something you love, this article shows how + why it’s on the screen. 🔼

#film #filmfestival #HHM #MoCo #DTSS #cinephile

How to Make a Film Scene: AFI Silver Theatre’s Director of Programming Shines a Light on the Cinema’s Curation Abbie Algar, the director of programming at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, always has a lot of choices to make. Ultimately, she decides what the nonprofit film center screens—whether it’s...

📰 New from AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center : Director of Programming Abbie Algar shares how her team continuously programs a diverse lineup of films that shape #MoCo's film culture.

➡️ washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7706...

💸 Jazz Road Tours grants are open! South Arts invites jazz #musicians to apply for up to $15K to support 3–6 tour stops at an array of venues, with a focus on rural + underserved communities.

📅 Apply by Oct. 15 ➡️ www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...

#Jazz #Grants #CreativeSector #TouringArtists

New on AHCMC's blog: Meet our new Grants Manager Cat Frost! 🌟 Learn about her journey in the #creativesector, her #theatre background, and more. ➡️ www.creativemoco.com/blog/ahcmc-w...

#playwright #grantsadministration #creativemoco

Jazz at the Kramer Details: jakseptember2025.eventbrite.com

🎶 SOLD OUT! Jazz at the Kramer welcomes vocalist Marcia Baird Burris + pianist Allyn Johnson on Sept. 10 for an evening of global grooves, sultry jazz + down-home blues.

Walk-ins are welcome but arrive early, seats are limited! ✨
#Jazz #LiveMusic #SilverSpring #Creativemoco

💰 Grant Alert! The Maryland State Arts Council’s Arts Capital grant program is now open!

#Maryland arts + culture nonprofits with budgets under $3M can apply for funding to enhance or create accessible, usable facilities.

⏳ Apply by Oct. 3 --> msac.org/programs/art...

#Funding #CreativeSector