Opening the doors to endless opportunities in the arts
Meet the organizations that have benefitted from our many competitive grant programs — awarded on the basis of artistic merit, ability and service to the community.
Meet the organizations that have benefitted from our many competitive grant programs — awarded on the basis of artistic merit, ability and service to the community.
Congratulations to our FY2024 grantees:
The Baltimore City Arts & Cultural Grant Program provides funding to key Baltimore City organizations that serve the citizens of Howard County. At this time, only previous recipients of the Baltimore City Arts & Cultural Grant Program are eligible to apply to this program.
American Visionary Arts Museum $5,234.00Baltimore Museum of Art $23,051.00
Baltimore Museum of Industry $11,617.00
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra $21,393.00
Baltimore Center Stage: $18,663.00
Maryland Center for History and Culture: $4,831.00
Maryland Science Center: $16,490.00
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore: $25,309.00
National Aquarium: $12,980.00
Port Discovery Children’s Museum: $12,109.00
The Walters Art Museum: $16,123.00
The Community Arts Development Grants fund day-to-day activities for county arts organizations, as well as arts-related projects for new arts organizations or non-arts groups based in the county.
Blossoms of Hope: $5,961.00
Candlelight Concert Society: $45,000.00
Columbia Bands: $6,000.00
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts: $56,655.00
Columbia Festival of the Arts: $60,000.00
Columbia Orchestra: $48,345.00
Columbia Pro Cantare: $27,376.00
First Evangelical Lutheran Church: $6,000.00
Glen Mar United Methodist Church: $5,500.00
HopeWorks of Howard County: $6,000.00
Howard County Chinese School: $6,000.00
Howard County Concert Odyssey: $5,000.00
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society: $14,700.00
Howard County Summer Theatre: $5,913.00
Kinetics Dance Theatre: $31,500.00
Little Patuxent Review: $5,913.00
ManneqART: $4,807.00
Maryland Winds: $6,000.00
Misako Ballet Company: $6,000.00
Muslim Family Center: $6,000.00
ShowTime Singers: $5,500.00
Silhouette Stages: $6,000.00
Sundays at Three: $4,000.00
Winter Growth: $6,000.00
A partnership between the Arts Council and local Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), the Artists-in-Education Grant Program places professional artists in residence at Howard County private and public K-12 schools to help students foster creative exploration.
Burleigh Manor Middle School PTA: $2,038.00Clarksville Middle School PTA: $1,856.00
Dunloggin Middle School PTA: $3,879.00
Elkridge Landing Middle School PTA: $1,365.00
Ellicott Mills Middle School PTA: $1,978.00
Glenwood Middle School PTA: $4,027.00
Hammond Middle School PTA: $4,194.00
Homewood Center: $2,500.00
Lake Elkhorn Middle School PTA: $2,936.00
Lime Kiln Middle School PTA: $1,933.00
Patuxent Valley Middle School PTA: $3,235.00
Running Brook Elementary School PTA: $2,387.00
Talbott Springs Elementary School PTA: $4,950.00
The Outreach Howard Grant Program was established to encourage recipients of the Arts Council’s Baltimore City Arts and Cultural Organization Grant Program to extend the reach of their programs directly to Howard County residents by producing an arts and/or cultural activity at a location in Howard County.
American Visionary Arts Museum: $2,114.00Baltimore Museum of Industry: $1,724.00
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: $13,011.00
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: $11,978.00
Maryland Science Center: $4,469.00
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore: $5,114.00
Port Discovery Children’s Museum: $3,690.00
The JRT Subsidy Program assists community arts groups by partially underwriting theatre rental fees at The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Columbia Orchestra: $5,500.00
Columbia Pro Cantare: $3,213.00
Howard County Chinese School: $2,079.00
Kinetics Dance Theatre: $6,200.00
Misako Ballet Company: $1,600.00
The Mark Ryder Original Choreography Grant Program recognizes individual creative expression and provides financial assistance to choreographers to create new original work.
The FY2024 Mark Ryder Original Choreography grant, in the amount of $800, was awarded to Roman Mykyta.