Montgomery Community Media

If you drive past Takoma Park’s Ward Sinclair Plaza at the intersection of Laurel and Carroll Avenues, don’t be surprised by the 17-foot-long octopus attacking the downtown clock tower. The city of Takoma Park recently commissioned fiber artist Stacy Cantrell to crochet the huge octopus in the city’s colors of orange, yellow, green, and blue. With […]

The city of Gaithersburg unveiled a new sculpture of former Mayor Ed Bohrer at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm earlier this year. Find out more about the city’s public art in this report, below:

There’s a new addition to the city of Gaithersburg’s Art in Public Places program. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman and City Councilmembers have dedicated a sculpture that depicts former Mayor W. Edward Bohrer, Jr.. The late mayor’s family joined city officials for the ceremony at Bohrer Park on Monday evening. Created by Montgomery County artist and […]

Arriving on a flatbed truck, Poetry Stones, the first of three new public art pieces curated for JBG in Twinbrook is in place at The Terano, JBG’s new mixed-use community in Rockville. Kenneth Goldsmith, poet laureate of New York’s Museum of Modern Art created the piece, according to a news release from JBG. “Poetry Stones […]

A privately funded, city-permitted mural is adorning the south wall of Curry Automotive, 457 North Frederick Avenue, in Gaithersburg. The painted mural depicts images of Gaithersburg, including a peony flower and the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.

Gaithersburg’s Art in Public Places program works to create a sense of pride in the community. “Vortex”, a stainless steel sculpture by Sculptor and Public Artist Barton Rubenstein, was installed at the Residences at Hidden Creek residences.