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6 Arts Notes

Talbot Arts Accepting Applications for Summer 2025 Arts Scholarship

May 6, 2025 by Talbot Arts

Talbot Arts is now accepting applications for its summer arts scholarship program for Talbot County high school and middle school students from May 6 through May 21. Students and families who could benefit from these scholarships are encouraged to visit https://www.talbotarts.org/summer-arts-scholarships to learn more about the program and the application process. 

These scholarships provide students with artistic promise opportunities to participate in summer arts education programs to enhance their studies and experience. Student applicants must be residents of Talbot County now enrolled in the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Students can use them for classes, private lessons, camps, workshops, and masterclasses. Eligible areas of study include animation, band, ceramics, dance, graphic design, filmmaking, music performance, songwriting, drawing, jewelry design, quilting, weaving and fiber arts, photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, theatre, voice, opera, or other areas of artistic interest. Applications must be complete as missing information may disqualify a candidate for consideration. Applications will only be accepted until the cut-off date or until funds are no longer available. 

Talbot Arts partners with the Cherry Tree Young Writers’ Conference at Washington College. Home to the famous Sophie Kerr Prize (the largest undergraduate writing program in the country), these scholarships are available to rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Call 410-245-5195 or email [email protected] for more information. 

 Talbot Arts is very committed to the spirit of these scholarships. Tuition cost may create a barrier to deserving students and their ability to participate in the arts. Talbot County and the towns of Easton, St. Michaels, and Oxford provide the summer art scholarship funds. There is no specific dollar limit to individual scholarship requests. After reviewing the applications, the Talbot Arts summer arts scholarships committee forwards their recommendations to the Talbot Arts Board for final approval. We award scholarships to eligible students based on the number of students in the applicant pool and our available funding.

 The Summer Arts Scholarship program is a priority for Talbot Arts as it helps students stretch the boundaries of their skills and talents. “For art to remain a significant part of our community, we must pass it along to the younger generations,” said Joan Levy, Executive Director of Talbot Arts. “We are committed to providing financial support for programs where Talbot County students can learn, grow, and create.” 

Video interviews of previous scholarship winners are posted on the website https://www.talbotarts.org/videos.

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Holiday shopping at TRA Gallery supports local artists

December 11, 2024 by Talbot Arts

If you’re in search of a unique holiday gift for someone special, don’t miss the TRA Gallery at 31 E. Dover Street downtown Easton, right across from the Avalon Theatre. You will be inspired by the stunning original artwork on the walls. TRA Gallery is proud to welcome local artists   Lynne Davis, Josepha Price, and Lynne Weaver. 

The artists will be in the gallery on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout December. Come by to chat with them, learn about their creative processes, and purchase original art while supporting our community’s artists. 100% of the sales proceeds go directly to the artists.

Lynne Davis is a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, with a major in Graphic Design and the University of Maryland with a Master of Library Science degree. 

After retirement from teaching, Lynne returned to her love of art and began oil painting as a studio painter, selling her work by commissions and local art shows.  She is inspired by how light plays on nature and brings things to life. Upon graduating from art school, she worked with pen & ink and pastels but has since chosen oils as her mainstay medium.

Her paintings have found homes from Florida to California, and Belgium. Lynne is an active member of the Academy of the Arts Working Artists Forum and the St. Michael’s Art League. 

Josepha Price has been a resident of Talbot County since 1998, where she raised her three children, who remain her greatest inspiration. She has been working since she was twelve, and her first commissioned piece was a Black War Bonnet Society replica on Buffalo hide. During her childhood, she moved between her father’s carpenter shop and her mother’s farm, hosting traveling indigenous artists during Powwow season. She learned to bead, tan, and quill, but ultimately found her passion in painting. Her mix of skills, developed during her childhood, led to a creative stint with The King’s Grant, an architectural precast company specializing in concrete replicas of French limestone and marble materials found in Versailles. Her time there also honed her sculpting abilities and mold-making skills while keeping her carpentry knowledge fresh. Although she received basic art education at Chesapeake Community College, she decided that learning by doing suited her style better. Currently, she works mostly in collage but is also fluent in oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, and graphite.

Judith Stevens Weaver is a member of the St. Michaels Art League and Working Artists Forum. She has exhibited her work throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and finds Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where she lives, to be inspiring. A thread throughout her work is her love of nature and she is intrigued by the abstract shapes and impact of color and light within the natural world, especially on the water and in the woodlands. Exploring the natural world through primarily watercolor painting brings her spiritual joy that she strives to share with the viewer.

Talbot Arts is committed to supporting the arts sector and distributing funds equitably through grants and services to enrich the quality of life and enhance the economic vitality of all citizens in Talbot County. This year, the arts council will distribute $ 185,000 in grants for arts organizations and those providing arts programs, classroom-based arts education, and middle and high school summer arts scholarships for gifted and talented students. Other services include producing “Arts in Action,” a weekly radio program on WHCP, to promote the arts in Talbot County and providing access to resources to help the arts community grow and thrive. The TRA Gallery is the latest initiative by the Arts Council, designed to provide opportunities for independent visual artists who currently lack gallery representation to showcase their work. The space is available at no cost for one month to an individual artist or a small group to exhibit their art. 

For more information about Talbot Arts programs, contact  [email protected]. 

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Arts community gathers to celebrate Talbot Arts Champion Donna Ewing

December 7, 2024 by Talbot Arts

“We Are Talbot Arts,” the annual arts showcase organized by Talbot Arts, the county arts council, was held at the Academy Art Museum to celebrate the collective efforts of the arts community in providing enriching cultural opportunities throughout Talbot County. The event saw participation from artists, arts organizations, educators, students, and advocates.

During the evening, Donna Ewing, the recently retired band director from Easton Middle School, was honored as a Talbot Arts Champion for her remarkable 38 years of dedication to Talbot Schools. A video interview shared with the guests highlighted her teaching career and emphasized the significance of music in schools. It concluded with heartfelt comments and testimonials from past and present students, families, and community leaders, making it one of the evening’s highlights.

Donna was presented with a proclamation from Talbot County Council Vice-President Pete Lesher and Councilwoman Keisha Haythe in recognition of her outstanding commitment to the arts in Talbot County. She also received a special gift from Talbot Arts. 

Upon arrival, guests walked the red carpet and were welcomed by musicians from Easton High School, under the direction of band director Lauren Rose. Inside, high-energy performances by students from Crashbox Musical Theatre program entertained the audience with lively dance and song, directed by Ricky and Amber Vitanovec, Julie Hawley, and Erinne Lewis.

Amy Steward, immediate past president of the Talbot Arts board, was acknowledged for her significant accomplishments during her two-year tenure, including the distribution of a record number of grants for arts organizations, programs, schools, and scholarships. To commemorate her service to the arts council, Amy received a custom-designed ceramic bowl featuring the Talbot Arts logo, created by ceramic artist Paul Aspell.

The event recognized high and middle school student scholarship recipients in fine arts, music, creative writing, and drama supported by the Willard A. Lockwood Memorial Summer Arts Scholarships, the Easton Choral Student Scholarships, and the Allegro Academy. In addition to these groups, Talbot Arts supports scholarship opportunities with Delmarva Review Youth Writing Scholarship, the Cherry Tree Young Writers program and the Academy Art Museum Student Internship Program. 

At the close of the evening, guests were serenaded by members of the Bay Country Chorus, led by music director Ms. Lesley Aaron.

“Talbot Arts is proud to support a vibrant arts culture,” said Executive Director Joan Levy. “Our Board looks forward to our annual arts gathering as it truly celebrates our partnership with the arts community. Our Arts Showcase is our chance to highlight the incredible multigenerational, multicultural programs that flourish in Talbot County and how they champion creative expression, reflect the diversity of our community, and provide our citizens with access to the arts.”

Talbot Arts is committed to supporting the arts sector and distributing funds equitably through grants and services to enrich the quality of life and enhance the economic vitality of all citizens in Talbot County. This year, the arts council will distribute $ 185,000 in grants for arts organizations and those providing arts programs, classroom-based arts education, and middle and high school summer arts scholarships for gifted and talented students. Other services include producing “Arts in Action,” a weekly radio program on WHCP, to promote the arts in Talbot County and providing access to resources to help the arts community grow and thrive. The TRA Gallery is the arts council’s latest initiative to support the arts community by providing exhibit space for Talbot County artists to show their work.  

For more information about Talbot Arts programs, contact  [email protected].

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Filed Under: 1A Arts Lead

TRA Gallery welcomes November featured artists

November 7, 2024 by Talbot Arts

Scott Sullivan, November featured artist – permission to use photo Kathy Bosin

We are excited to welcome November featured Talbot County artists Joan Cranor, Marianne Kost, and Scott Sullivan, to the new TRA Gallery located at 41E Dover Street in downtown Easton, directly across from the Avalon Theatre. TRA Gallery provides free exhibit space for independent artists, offering the public an intimate and unique opportunity to visit, engage with, and purchase artwork from these talented local artists. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday. 

Joan Cranor was a Talbot County art teacher for 38 years and she continues mentoring children within venues such as the Talbot County Fair, and programs sponsored by the St. Michaels Art League (SMAL). Her watercolor work is boldly executed, using strong lines and colors to create a sense of movement. In addition to SMAL, she is a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and the Working Artist forum. She recently won the Martha Hudson Award for best watercolor in 2023.

Scott Sullivan, with a degree in graphic design, was an art director at advertising agencies in Connecticut and New York City. His clients in Washington D.C. include the Washington Post, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Barnes and Noble, McGraw-Hill, Electronic Data Systems, Hewlett Packard and the National Zoo. As a resident of St. Michaels, Scott’s recent work include graphic design as well as traditional oil and watercolor painting, often representative of local wildlife. He is a skilled portrait artist.  

Marianne Kost is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has studied in various ateliers as well as with master artists. She enjoys traveling in lake country, both Michigan, the Eastern shore, and abroad and works from her journal sketches, photographs, and plein air to capture favorite locations. Marianne works in both watercolor and oil and draws from the two techniques to combine the expressive possibilities of each.   

TRA Gallery artists are selected by a committee represented by members of the community. Talbot Arts board members, Stephen Walker, an artist and retired arts educator, and Damika Baker-Wilson, a non-profit museum and cultural institutions development executive and senior fundraising consultant, are managing the application and committee review process. For more information and to apply, visit https://www.talbotarts.org/resources-1.


Talbot Arts is committed to supporting the arts sector and distributing funds equitably through grants and services to enrich the quality of life and enhance the economic vitality of all citizens in Talbot County. This year, the arts council will distribute $ 185,000 in grants for arts organizations and those providing arts programs, classroom-based arts education, and middle and high school summer arts scholarships for gifted and talented students. Other services include producing “Arts in Action,” a weekly radio program on WHCP, to promote the arts in Talbot County and providing access to resources to help the arts community grow and thrive. The TRA Gallery is the arts council’s latest initiative to support the arts community. 

For more information about Talbot Arts programs, contact  [email protected]. 

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Filed Under: 1A Arts Lead

Talbot Arts Celebrates the Arts in Talbot County

October 15, 2023 by Talbot Arts

On November 15, 2023 at 5:30 PM at the Academy Art Museum, in celebration of the artists, arts organizations, educators and programs that enrich the lives of the Talbot County community, Talbot Arts is hosting an Arts Showcase. 

The evening will highlight the innovative visionaries—partners, educators, artists, arts leaders and cultural organizations—who have provided enriching cultural opportunities to their communities. 

As well as musical and dramatic performances, the event will feature high and middle school student scholarship recipients in fine arts, music, creative writing, and drama supported by the Willard A. Lockwood Memorial Summer Arts Scholarships, the Easton Choral Student Scholarships and the Delmarva Review Youth Writing Scholarship.

The event will culminate with a screening of We Are Talbot Arts featuring interviews with a cross-section of arts leaders, educators and supporters. A ceremony of recognition will follow the film, honoring two stalwart supporters of Talbot County’s arts community: Don Buxton, recently retired Executive Director of Chesapeake Music, and James Redman, Talbot Public Schools Title 1 Coordinator and Curriculum Supervisor. 

“Talbot Arts is proud to support a vibrant arts culture,” said Executive Director Joan Levy. “We are so excited for this opportunity to refocus our annual arts gathering into an event that truly celebrates our partnership with the arts community. Our Arts Showcase will be a chance to highlight the incredible multigenerational, multicultural programs that have flourished in Talbot County, and all the ways that they champion creative expression, reflect the diversity of our community, and provide our citizens with access to the arts.”

Levy continued, “This year, the Talbot Arts Board was particularly honored to recognize Don Buxton and James Redman—two art advocates whose significant efforts play an integral role in helping the arts grow and thrive in our community. As art educators and administrators, their tireless efforts will continue to impact access and appreciation for the arts for future generations.”

Talbot Arts supports access to the arts for all citizens and visitors to Talbot County. Art is integral and essential for a healthy, vibrant, and equitable community. Talbot Arts has a particular interest in supporting the underserved, including people in healthcare settings, seniors, racial/ethnic minority groups, economically disadvantaged, and those with special needs. To learn more, visit talbotarts.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram. 

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Talbot Arts Awards Record-Number of Arts Scholarships

October 5, 2023 by Talbot Arts

For many students, summer is the time to head to the beach, play video games, work part-time, or kick back and relax. But for eleven Talbot County middle and high school students referred to the program for their exceptional artistic promise, summer is an opportunity to explore their creative side, enhance their artistic skills and talent, and become part of a community of artists and art enthusiasts who share their passion and nurture their creative spirit. This program’s unique feature is accepting applications from middle school students.  

The Willard A. Lockwood Summer Arts Scholarships allow students to participate in various out-of-state and local arts enrichment programs with a wide range of tuition costs. The program honors the late Willard A. Lockwood, longtime president of the Arts Council. Funds are made possible with support from local governments and the Artistic Insights Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. Talbot County student awardees include Julian Bodadilla, Allegro Academy, Kira Callis, Maylie Callis, Kristian Cherry, Ta’Ve Roberts, Crashbox Summer Intensive, Genesis Jenkins, Mid-Shore Dance Academy,  Matthew Craig, John Payne, West Chester University High School Summer Music Institute, Pearl Kontarinis, Berklee School of Music, Aspire: Music Performance Intensive, Liam Swadley, School of Visual Arts, NYC, Photography and Video, and Mia Walker, Savannah College of Art Design, summer seminars. 

The many of the students gathered for video interviews at the Eastern Shore Conservancy Center to share their experiences and discuss plans for their future. Their interviews are posted on the Talbot Arts website: talbotarts.org/videos.

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Talbot Arts Announces Willard A. Lockwood Summer Scholarship Winners

July 18, 2021 by Talbot Arts

Top, L-R: Will Ross, Anna Sanford, Elizabeth Snapp. Bottom, L-R: Mara Stoyanov, Alexandra Webb

Talbot Arts is awarding full tuition summer arts scholarships to five Talbot County students who have just completed grades 9-12. Students with outstanding artistic promise are supported through the Willard A. Lockwood Grants program as they pursue advanced art studies in the summertime. Named in honor of the late Willard A. Lockwood, longtime president of the Arts Council, the scholarships are talent-based, not need-based. Grants from Talbot County, the towns of Easton, Oxford, and St. Michaels support the scholarship program.

As students and their families continue to cope with COVID19 challenges, the organization did not want the impact of COVID19 to jeopardize any qualified students from participating in the program. The scholarship selection committee, Janet Adams, Peggy Ford, Mary Ann Schindler, and Karla Wieland-Cherry, recommended that the Board waive the matching requirement for this summer’s program. They wanted to be sure there were no financial obstacles to their accepting the scholarship opportunity.

Easton High School student Will Ross is attending the summer music camp program at the West Chester University annual high school summer institute, where he will have the opportunity to perform in various large and small ensembles. According to Will, “Attending this program is important to my artistic development because it will give me more experiences with musical performance in bands as big as the ones in these summer programs.”

Two students, Anna Sanford and Elizabeth Snapp were nominated by faculty member Jacqueline Gosselin from Saints Peter and Paul High School.

In her statement, Anna wrote, “….as I prepare to be a Studio Art major in college; my focus is on gaining as much exposure as possible to art and the artistic process.”

For the second consecutive year, Elizabeth will take pre-college instructions, attending Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, a college she is considering after graduation.

Mara Stoyanov is furthering her musical expertise by participating in the online music camp offered by Westminster Conservatory. Maya was highly recommended for this program by Easton High School band teacher EJ Oesterle. Maya has received support from the Arts Council for three years.

Alexandra Webb, a student at Easton High School, is the first recipient of a Talbot Arts scholarship to the Cherry Tree Young Writers Conference at Washington College. She will join other aspiring young writers in developing their skills through intensive creative writing workshops with nationally renowned authors in one of four genres (poetry, fiction, memoir, or journalism.) They will also discuss literature at the college level with current English department faculty and attend professional readings.

For additional information regarding the Talbot Arts, contact Joan Levy, Executive Director, 410-245-5195 or email [email protected]

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Talbot Arts Announces New Name, New Look, and New Resources in 2021

April 8, 2021 by Talbot Arts

The colorful new logo for Talbot Arts was designed to represent the vibrant, diverse creative communities across Talbot County.

Colorful, bold, dynamic, fresh—all words to describe a new logo and a new brand for Talbot County Arts Council. As of April 1, 2021, the organization will be known as Talbot Arts, dedicated to supporting Talbot County’s vibrant, diverse and inclusive arts community. More than a year in the making, the Board of Directors, led by President Nancy Larson, and executive director Joan Levy are thrilled to release the new name and logo as they begin the next chapter in the now 34-year-old organization.

The new look and name are strategic. Talbot Arts supports a local arts community that broadly spans all ages, locations, and creative mediums. Rich diversity was the inspiration for the organization’s new messaging, as Talbot Arts looks ahead to the ways arts and artists will continue to evolve in the future.

Allison Speight, one of the founders of Continuum Dance, performs in front of an original mural by Easton artist Shelton Hawkins in a photoshoot for the new web rebranding of Talbot Arts.

In addition to a new logo and name, the organization is also launching a new website. Featuring artwork by local muralist Shelton Hawkins and colorful portraits of local Talbot County artists, composers, dancers, photographers and singers, the site conveys the spectrum of creative expression within the local community. The site also provides grant opportunities for students, groups, and schools, ways for community members to sign up for updates and news, links to Talbot Arts’ social accounts, and more.

“This new branding, logo, and name reflect the ways Talbot Arts is looking to the future,” said executive director Joan Levy. “As our arts communities change and grow, we need to reflect that, and provide the tools and resources necessary to create a rich arts environment for our County.”

Founded in 1987, Talbot Arts is the official designee of the Maryland State Arts Council for the purpose of regranting state arts funding and for supporting the artistic and cultural health of the County. Governed by a board of up to fifteen members representing all aspects of the arts and in different regions of Talbot County, Talbot Arts establishes policies and makes decisions on funding requests from arts organizations, arts programs in non-arts organizations, and from the schools, as well as on summer arts scholarships for highly qualified high school students.

To learn more, visit them at: www.talbotarts.org or follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalbotCountyArtsCouncil or Instagram @talbot_arts

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Filed Under: 6 Arts Notes Tagged With: Arts, local news, Talbot County Arts Council, The Talbot Spy

Talbot County Arts Council Releases Scholarship Winners Inspirational Video

December 10, 2020 by Talbot Arts

 

We often talk about Easton and Talbot County, as being the hub for the arts on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  We speak proudly of our cornerstone arts organizations, the Academy Art Museum, the Avalon Foundation, Chesapeake Music and the myriad of other fine arts programs and events we enjoy with our families, friends and visitors.  Often overlooked in our conversations is this community’s strong commitment to arts education for young adults in Talbot County.

Every summer, the Talbot County Arts Council provides grants for advanced art studies to students with outstanding artistic promise. This year the Arts Council was able to fully fund summer arts scholarships for Amanda Dolle, Easton High School, Bradley Duley, Saint Michaels Middle High School, Kelvin Montoya, Saint Michaels Middle High School, Madeline Morrell, Easton High School, Elizabeth Snapp, Saints Peter and Paul High School, and Mara Stoyanov, Easton High School.

Every fall, the Art Council hosts its annual Winners Circle award reception where all Talbot County arts organizations and their supporters come to celebrate. The summer arts scholarship winners are invited to come and talk about their experience and how the scholarship helped them to improve and advance their artistic skills.

“With great disappointment, this year’s reception was cancelled for health and safety reasons due to COVID19. But the Arts Council did not want the community to miss out on hearing from the scholarship winners as they are often the highlight of the evening,” according to Joan Levy, Executive Director. Working with local videographer, Caroline Phillips, the students provided one-on-one interviews that captured their passion and enthusiasm for their art despite these challenging times. Their videos are posted on the Arts Council’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvFclg-f05L0rRiHeqBSuA/

The Talbot County Arts Council receives funding through a Community Arts Development grant provided by the Maryland State Arts Council, with important additional contributions from Talbot County and Towns of Easton, Oxford and St. Michaels. Last year these government revenues were supplemented for arts-in-education programs by generous contributions from the Artistic Insights Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Dock Street Foundation, and the Ruth and Robert St. John Foundation.

The Arts Council is very committed to expanding the summer arts scholarship program. The 50/50 matching fund requirement for the high school student summer arts scholarship program was identified as a barrier to achieving a wider and more diverse pool of applicants. This year the Arts Council was able to fully fund all summer arts scholarships without the matching fund requirement and are planning to make this a permanent change.

Applications for the high school summer arts scholarship program are accepted each spring. Students are nominated by a high school teacher or the director of an arts organization. Contact [email protected] / 410-245-5195 for more information about program eligibility.

Attached photo: Kelvin Montoya, Talbot County Arts Council Summer 2020 Scholarship winner and a student at St. Michaels Middle High School, discuss video shoot with Caroline Phillips, videographer.

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Filed Under: 6 Arts Notes Tagged With: Arts, local news, The Talbot Spy

Talbot County Arts Council Announces Policy Changes to Arts in Education Program During COVID19

October 10, 2020 by Talbot Arts

The Talbot County Arts Council is making two significant changes in the Arts Council’s process for awarding Arts in Education grants for the 2020-2021 school year. The Arts in Education program provides Talbot County public and private elementary and secondary schools with grant support for visiting artists or visiting performer programs during school hours.

“We need to continue to fulfill our mission, and keep growing our relationship with the schools,” said Joan Levy, Executive Director. “We are committed to keeping our Arts in Education programs strong and stable. “

As schools continue to face challenges due to COVID 19, teachers are no longer required to apply for grants during a once a year grants submission period. They can apply on a rolling basis to best meet their needs for scheduling flexibility

Applications received by the end of a given month will be reviewed by the Council’s Arts in Education Committee and recommended for approval by the Executive Committee the following month.  Exceptions may be requested if this policy creates unusual scheduling difficulties.

The grant criteria and eligibility requirements will remain the same. The application is located on the Council’s homepage talbotarts.org.

Matching funds are required for all Arts in Education grants, and each school must provide at least half of the total program cost from non-State funds. Exceptions to the match will be considered this year.

A new addition to the Arts in Education grant program is support for Talbot County arts teachers. This year the Council is expanding the Arts in Education grant opportunities to include support for arts educators. Resources and funds are available to pursue professional development and skills enrichment workshops for teaching the arts in a virtual environment. This change recognizes the classroom challenges teachers are facing and the Council’s desire to help teachers meet those challenges. Matching funds are not required. This is a new initiative for the Arts Council. A simple grant application form was distributed to teachers this week

According to Nancy Larson, board president, “Our Board met at the end of September and during our discussions it became clear we had to get creative and quickly adapt our existing programs to meet the needs of the schools and teachers during this time.” Teachers, principals and school arts program supporters were informed of these changes last week.

For more information about the Talbot County Arts Council Arts in Education grant program contact Joan Levy, Executive Director, 410-245-5195 or email [email protected].

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Filed Under: 6 Arts Notes Tagged With: Arts, local news, Talbot County Arts Council, The Talbot Spy

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