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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…

 A NEW MYSTERY ILLNESS OR SOMETHING MORE SINISTER?

By: Kandice Dickover

Founder, Howard County Lyme Awareness

Hundreds of people in our area and across the country are experiencing unexplained aches, joint pains, low grade fever, abnormal fatigue, and difficulty concentrating and don’t know what’s happening to them.  Many search for answers from their doctors, but even after extensive medical…

I'm offering a Block Printing on Fabric workshop this Saturday at the Howard County Center for the Arts, in Ellicott City. 

The Howard County Arts Council is pleased to announce the distribution of awards totaling $15,000 to its 2013 Arts Scholarship recipients.  Receiving a $2,000 scholarship are Devon Bragg, Visual Art, Oakland Mills High School; Stephanie Ichniowski, Vocal Music, Reservoir High School; Valerie Kamen, Vocal Music, Hammond High School; John Kantelis, Visual Art, Atholton High School; Emily Lowe, Dance, Marriotts Ridge High School; Yaeji Shin, Instrumental Music, Atholton High School; and…

Arts and culture are key components of a vibrant, healthy community. They are an integral part of Howard County and a significant element of the local lifestyle. With the redevelopment of Downtown Columbia, there is a real opportunity for the arts to grow and for Howard County to become a destination for arts and culture in the…

On May 10, 2013, the Howard County Arts Council opens two new exhibits: Resident Visual Artists Exhibit 2013 and Beyond the Surface: Anne Bagby, Jack Girard, & Liz…

On Saturday, March 23, over 500 business and arts leaders attended the Arts Council’s 16^th Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County Gala at Howard Community College’s Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center in Columbia. This year’s annual benefit gala raised $102,000, with an additional $110,000 in donated goods and services in support of the arts in Howard County. Since 1998, over $1 mi…

The Arts Council is seeking artists to take part in the juried portion of Paint It! Ellicott City 2013. The annual plein air paint-out will be held July 11–14. A minimum of $4,000 in awards will be given to participating artists, including the Gino Award, $2,000 in purchase…

JOSEPH and the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

For Immediate Release

Howard County Summer Theatre (HCST) is pleased to announce that our Main Stage production for the Summer 2013 season will be the ever popular “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. Auditions are Wednesday, April 24^th at 7:00PM and Saturday, April 27^th at…

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Laurel, Maryland …For the first time in almost 150 years Civil War soldiers will re-occupy their former campsite in Laurel on April 13, 2013. From 9am-3pm, the 2^nd MD Infantry and 28th Massachusetts, 3rd USV will hold a FREE day of reenactment:  During Laurel Station:  A Living History Program visitors will be able to explore a Civil War encampment, participate in a drill, watch a firing demonstration, and an afternoon skirmish among other…

Press Release –

What:Wiley Purkey – The Artist as History

A Retrospective Exhibition - Painting Ellicott City - 1969-2013

When:       April 6 through June 29, 2013

Opening reception - Saturday, April 6 - 3 to 7 p.m.

Closing reception - Saturday, June 29 - 3 to 7 p.m.

Where:Howard County Historical Society Museum

8328 Court Avenue

Ellicott City, MD 21043  

Museum Hours: Fridays…

A limited number of $50 tickets are still available for Howard County’s signature event, Celebration of the Arts in Howard County, on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 410-313-ARTS (2787) or in the office at Howard County Arts Council, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043. Any remaining tickets will be available at the box…

Registration has begun for Howard County Arts Council’s (HCAC) spring educational programs at the Howard County Center for the Arts (HCCA) in Ellicott City. HCAC offers classes and workshops for ages five to adult. Spring art programs, open to the public, begin the week of April 8, 2013 and range from six to eight weeks in duration.

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The Howard County Arts Council is pleased to announce the guest performers for the 16^th annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County gala.  Featured this year are: Misako Ballet Company, with guest dancer Lester Holmes and guest choreographer Eva Anderson, and pianist Brant Challacombe.  You can catch them, along with the ten finalists in the Arts Council’s Rising Star Competition, at the Celebration gala on March 23, 2013 at 8 p.m.  Emcee for…

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