Goal #2 of the Cultural Plan is all about expanding arts access across every neighborhood to foster lifelong participation + community led arts and culture infrastructure. Key community priorities driving this goal: 🧵👇

Goal #1 of the Cultural Plan proposes embedding creativity into local government to solve key community challenges + power an innovative future. Key community priorities driving this goal: 🧵👇

Jazz at the Kramer is Sold Out! But walk-ups are welcome. 🎼😎 Join us on August 12 at 6:30 p.m. for an energetic evening of chords + melodies with pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd and bassist Will Hazel. Details in the comments! 👇 #MoCo #SilverSpringMD #KramerGallery #music #jazz

Take a break from screens + visit your local library! 📚✨ Physical copies of the Cultural Plan Executive Summary are available in English + Spanish at all #MoCo Public Library branches. 🗣️ Flip through + submit your feedback by August 22. Learn more: www.creativemoco.com/cultural-plan/

Last chance! Applications close today for this year's Wheaton Arts Parade & Festival. 🎨 Whether you want to sell your artwork or perform on stage, get your application in today! 🔗 Learn more + apply: www.wheatonartsparade.org/2026-applica... Poster by: Caryn Chavarria #MoCo #WheatonMD

Review + Give Feedback in 7 Languages! ✨ The draft Executive Summary for Montgomery County’s 10-year Cultural Plan, "Where We All Belong," is live in Amharic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese! Read + lend your voice by Aug 22: www.creativemoco.com/cultural-plan/

The draft of Montgomery County’s new Cultural Plan is open for public comment through Aug. 22! ✨ This 10-year plan will shape local arts funding, neighborhood programs, and so much more. 🔗 Review the summary + lend your voice: www.creativemoco.com/cultural-plan/ #WhereWeAllBelong #CreativeMoCo

DMV ARTISTS 🎨 Enter Paint Bethesda, an art contest + exhibition featuring outdoor paintings of downtown Bethesda! Plein air + studio paintings are welcome + up to 20 finalists will display their works. 💸 Up to $4,500 in prizes will be awarded 📅 Deadline: Oct 9 🔗 www.bethesda.org/paint-bethes...

🚀 Affordable studio spaces available in Silver Spring! 🎨 CREATE Arts Center is looking to sublet some of their big, bright studio spaces to individual artists, collectives, businesses, or other nonprofits. 🔗 Learn more: culturespotmc.com/classified/s... #MoCo #ArtistSpaces #StudioSpaces

🚨 Eligibility Alert! We just expanded our free DataCamp Donates Scholarship program to include even more of Maryland's creative community. 💻✨ Sign up to strengthen your tech + business analytics skills for free! Learn more + see if you qualify: www.creativemoco.com/ahcmc-x-data...

✨ Friendly reminder! We'll go to great heights to remind everyone that our arts + culture sector helps drive our local economy. #Creativemoco #MoCo

Time's almost up! 📣 The submission deadline for Printed Voices is Monday, July 6. If your printmaking work explores public discourse + incorporates words, phrases and text, we want to see it! 💵 Selected artists receive a $250 honorarium. 🔗 Apply here: www.creativemoco.com/printed-voic...

Next Wednesday: Free Live Jazz @ Jazz at the Kramer 🎺 RSVP for an evening of bluesy melodies + brilliant improvisation with trumpeter Muneer Nasser and pianist Allyn Johnson. 🔗 jakjuly2026.eventbrite.com #LiveJazz #Music #MoCo #DTSS #SilverSpringMD

Grant Opp! 📣 Applications are open for @Maryland Humanities' FY27 Shine Grant Program. This funding opportunity will provide 80 general operating support grants of $5,000 each to humanities nonprofits across Maryland. 📅 Deadline: September 13, 2026 🔗 Details + apply: www.mdhumanities.org/grants/

Remember to vote, #MoCo! 🗳️ #ElectionDay #Maryland

Printmakers, this is your reminder 📣 Montgomery County artists have one more week to apply for Printed Voices, a new exhibition exploring printmaking, language, and public discourse. Selected artists receive a $250 honorarium. 📅 Deadline: June 25 🔗 www.creativemoco.com/printed-voic...

The 158-year-old Pleasant View Historic Site in Gaithersburg, MD is reopening on June 20! Built in 1868 by three Black men during Reconstruction, this site continues to serve as a place of history, education, culture, and community connection. Learn more: www.eventbrite.com/e/pleasant-v...

Ever wondered how cultural plans come together? 🤔 Join AHCMC's Suzan Jenkins + Joe Frandoni, along with Public Art Consultant Todd Bressi, at this year's Maryland Arts Summit for a look inside Montgomery County's cultural planning journey. (1/2)

Explore how storytelling can promote inclusion, preserve history, and strengthen community! 🗣️ Maryland Humanities is hosting their first-ever statewide humanities conference on July 9 at the UMBC Performing Arts & Humanities Building. Join the conversation: www.mdhumanities.org/programs/spe...

Attending this year's Maryland Arts Summit? Check out our session on AHCMC's first Artist Residency in #MoCo. Discover how an artist's creative practice can spark meaningful civic dialogue. 💡 Learn more: mdarts.org/building-civ...

Free live jazz next week? We've got you. ✨ Jazz at the Kramer returns on June 10 featuring pianist Janelle Gill, contrabassist Michael Bowie, and vocalist Heidi Martin. RSVP for an engaging evening of ethereal soundscapes + poetic storytelling: jakjune2026.eventbrite.com

Conversations connecting arts, culture, and community! 🎨 CAAM (County Arts Agencies of Maryland) enriches arts + creative life across MD through advocacy, collaboration, dialogue, and community engagement. 🔗 Join future-focused conversations + creative exchange with CAAM: mdarts.org/summit/

Maryland Artists! 📣 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 🔗 Learn more: mdarts.org/summit/ 📅 Application deadline: May 28 at 10:00 a.m. #MarylandArts #CreativeSector #CreativeEconomy

#MoCo theatres brought home 12 Helen Hayes Awards this year! 🎭🏆 Congrats to all of this year's awardees + special cheers to Adventure Theatre, Round House, and Olney Theatre for their wins. 👏 #Creativemoco 🔗: dctheaterarts.org/2026/05/1...

Job Opps 💼🎭 Olney Theatre Center seeks a Chief Financial Officer and a Human Resources/Finance Manager to join their staff! Learn more + share with your network: www.olneytheatre.org/about-us/wor... #MoCo #CreativeSector #Hiring #Jobs

What should federal arts policy prioritize moving forward? 🏛️✨ Americans for the Arts seeks input to help shape national arts policy priorities for the arts + culture sector. It'll take 2 minutes. 🖋️ Weigh In: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8767922/N... #ArtsAdvocacy #CreativeEconomy #CreativeSector

Artist Opp 🎨 Montgomery History seeks artwork for MoCo at 250: Then and Now, an exhibition celebrating Montgomery County’s 250th anniversary. Artists are encouraged to reflect on the county’s people, places, landscapes, and communities. 📅 Deadline: Aug. 2 🔗 form.jotform.com/261115384038...

🗣️ Maryland Artists! Applications are open for the Artists Bazaar at this year’s Maryland Arts Summit. 🎨 Selected artists will receive a free table + a $50 travel stipend. 🔗 Apply today to showcase + sell your work: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...

Artist Opp! 🎨✨ VisArts is accepting applications for their 2026-2027 Gibbs Street Artist Residency in Rockville. Selected artists receive a $3,000 stipend + free studio space. 📅 Application deadline: May 31 🔗 Apply now: visarts.submittable.com/submit #MoCo #ArtistCall #ArtistResidency

First jazz trio of 2026 at Jazz at the Kramer! 🎶✨ Join us on May 13 for an evening with pianist Peter Edelman, bassist Sal DeRaffele, and vocalist Cybele Mayes-Osterman. ➡️ JAKMay2026.eventbrite.com #MoCo #DTSS #Jazz #ThingsToDo #Creativemoco #SilverSpringMD