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:

It’s a record-setting year for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC). That’s because the Montgomery County Council has approved a budget of over $6 million for local arts and humanities organizations, according to an AHCMC news release. “Montgomery County’s commitment to the arts is evident in this year’s historic level of funding […]

Studio Producer Project Winter 2016 There are many Jewish customs and practices that seem puzzling. Why, for instance, do Jewish people put stones on top of gravesite headstones instead of putting flowers on a grave?  Why is challah bread braided? Why do they say ‘mazel tov’ instead of congratulations or good luck? These and other […]

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 […]

The developer-funded public artwork by local artist Marcia Billig is scheduled for installation at 9711 Washingtonian Boulevard in Gaithersburg on April 16, weather permitting. A photo of the bronze sculpture in the artist studio is shown here: