The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has engaged the national consulting firm AMS to help outline a draft of a Five Year Strategic Plan, which is now available online for your consideration.
Community leaders, grantees, artists, educators and fellow Washingtonians have contributed to this draft. Now they are asking you to submit your comments and concerns online.
Please submit all comments to ams@ams-online.com.
The deadline for public comments is Friday, January 8, 2010
Journalist, performer and photographer Khadijah “Moon” Ali-Coleman creates a video montage of photos documenting arts events throughout the Washington DC from 2008-2009.
The events include:
-The dedication of the new arts center opened in 2008 by the African Heritage Drummers and Dancers and Kuumba Learning Center in southeast DC
-The Homecoming Celebration produced by the Saartjie Project, an arts group that performs work inspired by the life of Saartjie Baartman
-A Kwanzaa celebration held at Artmosphere Cafe, a black-owned arts venue & restaurant that closed its doors in the Spring of 2009
-Arts events produced by Liberated Muse Productions, the producers of the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest and other arts events throughout the city
To purchase the song “Kwanzaa Time”, email LiberatedMuseProductions@gmail.com
What is art? Is tagging ‘art’ or just ’street art’? This video was shot around Washington, DC and the second half mural was shot on location at Girard Street Park.
Courtesy of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities.
