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The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce a new $2,000 purchase award for participants in the juried portion of Paint It! Ellicott City 2013: The Gino Award. The award is named in honor of Gino Manelli (1915–2010), an avid artist and cyclist who maintained an art studio in Ellicott City for nearly four decades. In the span of his seventy-year artistic career, Gino created landscapes, portraits, and still lifes in a broad range of media and…

The No Boundaries theatre troupe, in cooperation with the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks and the Howard County Arts Council, is pleased to present Mary Poppins, the beloved musical about a magical nanny who uses her powers to educate the children in her care.

The No Boundaries theatre troupe provides a means of creative expression for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The group has been performing since 1997, presenting a Broadway…

Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce that applications for the FY2014 Mark Ryder Original Choreography Grant Program are now available. This program was established at the bequest of Mark Ryder’s family, in honor of his life’s work, to recognize individual creative expression, and to provide financi…

Space is still available for visual and performing arts summer camps at the Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) in Ellicott City. Programs are open to the public, regardless of residency in Howard County, for students entering grades K-7.  Campers must be a minimum of five years of age by September 1, 2013 to be eligible for summer camp.

Campers are grouped by age and may enroll for a full or half day. Before-care beginning at 8:00 a.m. and after-care until…