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Distinguished Guest Lecture and
Performance Series
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The Arts Institute has recently sponsored appearances by Dr. Doreen Bolger, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art and Internationally known sculptor Rodney Carroll whose Flight of Enlightenment was installed on the Rockville Campus in 1993.
The Arts Institute sponsors on-campus programs in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Distinguished Chamber Music Series.
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National Gallery of Art Internships
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The Arts Institute sponsors MC student internships in art preservation and restoration at the National Gallery of Art.
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Arts Institute Study Abroad
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The Arts Institute sponsors scholarship study abroad for exceptionally talented MC arts students. Eight outstanding students worked in Italy in 2006, and 13 followed in 2007. For 2008, The Arts Institute will provide art study abroad scholarships for eight students and two faculty to study and learn in Tibet and China.
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The Arts Institute initiated the highly successful co-sponsorship of Rep Stage’s professional production of Santaland Diaries at TP/SS in January, 2007, and will repeat with a co-sponsorship of Thom Paine, April 17-20, 2008
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Portraits of Life II
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During 2007-08, The Arts Institute is coordinating faculty, staff and students from the humanities and arts departments to produce a new Portraits of Life Exhibit focused on MC students and recent alumni who have compelling life stories of resilience and transformation.
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The Arts Institute helps make possible more than 50 events annually in the World Arts Festival produced by Professor Dawn Avery.
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“Rhythm and Blue, a College-wide Celebration of the Arts, 2007-08” was conceived by an inter-campus committee and launched events on all three campuses in art, music, dance, theatre and communication arts technologies related to subjects rhythmic, blue, or both.
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The Arts Institute facilitates special exhibits at MC, such as the “Morris Yarowsky (1933-2006) Selected Works” exhibit in the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, January 22 to February 3, 2008.
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The Classical Theatre Forum is a program that immerses
students in the performance and study of enduring works by William Shakespeare. Guest actors, directors, designers, and other theatre
professionals work directly with students at each of the College’s
campuses. WILLPOWER
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Distinguished Master
Class Series
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The Distinguished
Master Class Series brings acclaimed arts professionals to the College to
work directly with students, introducing them to different perspectives, cutting edge
techniques, creative approaches, and to exciting, current developments in
the arts. Working with and learning from experts, students make important
vocational contacts and have opportunities for professional networking.
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Artists-in-Residence Program
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This program provides for a sustained period of time during
which arts professionals actively engage in comprehensive arts-making
processes while observed, studied, and queried by students throughout the
entire creative period.
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Supporting the Arts at MC
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Contributions to support the Arts Institute may be made to the Montgomery
College Foundation, Inc., a registered 501 © (3) charitable organization.
For further information, please contact Valessia Samaras , Director of Development, 240-567-7493.
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