The Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo) is a small, local non-profit literary organization that produces live and recorded literary programs hosting poets and writers from around the region and around the world.. Established in 1974, programs include public readings, workshops, a writer-in-residence program for county high school students and The Writing LIfe - a half-hour writer-to-writer talk show available on YouTube.com
Annual events: Lucille Clifton Reading Series, Evening of Irish Music & Poetry and the Blackbird Poety Festival.
Arts for Learning Maryland (formerly Young Audiences of Maryland) is a nonprofit organization devoted to enriching the lives and education of Maryland's youth through educational and culturally diverse arts programs. Through Arts for Learning, professional teaching artists from all disciplines partner with educators, schools, and school districts to provide, on average, over 300,000 hours of learning in, through, and about the arts to more than 185,000 Maryland students annually.
Art for Growth (AFG), trade name for the 501 c 3 nonprofit corporation, Songs with Meaning, has used the performing, and literary arts to teach and enhance the lives of young people for over 22 years. For the past seven (7) years, AFG has turned its focus to filmmaking. It introduced youth, ages 5 - 12, throughout the state of Maryland, to the world of filmmaking via its community partnership with the after-school program, Stage Right.
Artbae (Art before Anything Else) is an arts, entertainment and education-based lifestyle brand with a passion for advocacy.
Founded on the premise that all human beings are created to create, we utilize our network of creatives, influencers, and design thinkers to collectively promote the importance of living one’s purpose through their passion in order to leave a unique mark on the world.
The most prolific multidisciplinary arts presenter in the state of Maryland, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit arts organization in Montgomery County that presents and produces music performances, art exhibitions, and education programs on our campus, in the community, and online. Strathmore was founded in 1981 to provide arts opportunities for the people of Montgomery County and to maintain the then newly-acquired property in North Bethesda on behalf of the County as a home for the arts.
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is located in scenic Solomons, Maryland, where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. The sculpture garden features trails that meander through the woods past permanent and loaned sculpture, including over thirty works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. Artists in the collection include: Antonio Tobias Mendez, Barbara Hepworth, George Rickey, Cesar, Robert Engman, Kenneth Snelson and Francisco Zuniga.
The museum is a catalyst for community building by allowing opportunities for community-driven creative engagement in a range of cultural arts. We provide the environment and inspiration for artists and community members to create and host events, performances, activities, and exhibits that engage, stimulate, and bring people together.
The Art League of Ocean City is a non-profit organization that features a spacious two-story gallery, a pottery studio, online and in-person classes, art library, and five working artist studios. The galleries display new exhibits of regional and local artists monthly, some of whom are Art League of Ocean City members.