The DeVos Institute of Arts Management, an organization for training and supporting arts leadership, officially has opened at the University of Maryland, the school announced on Monday. Michael M. Kaiser, an expert in arts management and former president of the Kennedy ...

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration. The $24 ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has voted to grant general approval to architect Frank Gehry’s design for a planned national memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington. The commission overseeing civic art and architecture in the capital ...

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It’s encouraging to see that Baltimore’s arts districts — Highlandtown, Station North and Bromo Tower — are not only serving as a creative kitchen of sorts for the city’s burgeoning artist class, but are also realizing positive effects for the neighborhoods.

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Community leaders are hopeful that the newly minted Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District will become a nightlife destination for the thousands of people who already live and work in the area and an attraction for others.

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Highlandtown, on the city’s east side near Canton and Butcher’s Hill, hasn’t enjoyed the status of “destination” in the same way some of its neighboring communities have.

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After nearly 35 years, the president of the Maryland Institute College of Art plans to retire. President Fred Lazarus IV on Monday announced his plans to retire at the end of the next academic year. Lazarus, the longest serving president ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Chris and Sharon Forte like mermaids. They really, really like mermaids. So much that they travel 1,000 miles to Annapolis — each way — from their Florida Gulf Coast home about four times a year to buy mermaid ...

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Kevin Kelehan of Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett and Scherr, a general practice law firm based in Columbia, will receive a 2012 Howie Award as an outstanding community supporter of the arts from the Howard County Arts Council.

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The Kennedy Center in Washington is expanding an arts education program to Baltimore schools to help ensure every student in elementary and middle school has access to the arts. The center is announcing Monday that Baltimore public schools will join ...

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