ELECTION DAY is right around the corner, and The Civic Circle is taking full advantage of this teachable moment! Please join us on Saturday, October 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a student-led Democracy Concert to celebrate voting in poetry, song and movement! This family-friendly event will take place at Busboys & Poets in Takoma Park. We’ll celebrate voting with original civic art pieces by students at Montgomery Blair High School and Silver Spring International Middle School, and performances by poet Malachi Byrd and singers Nick Newlin and Munit Mesfin. Student…
Join The Civic Circle for a student-led Democracy Concert to celebrate voting in poetry, song and movement! This family-friendly event will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Busboys & Poets in Takoma Park. We’ll celebrate voting with original civic art pieces by students in our community. We’ll also enjoy civic poetry and songs by artists and performers Malachi Byrd, Lilo Gonzalez, Munit Mesfin, Nick Newlin, and Gabrielle Zwi.…
STUDENTS EXPLORED RESPECT and peaceful conflict resolution (Listen!) this summer by working in teams to create animal block prints with teaching artist Trisha Gupta. Trisha invited the students to work on the prints in pairs, giving them the opportunity to practice compromise and conflict resolution through the process of creating an art piece together. The students then shared their prints with younger students, explaining their artistic process and the lessons they learned. The Civic Circle thanks Montgomery Housing…
SUMMER IS HERE, but the civic learning continues after a Spring semester packed with civic songs, poetry, dance and visual arts. The Civic Circle is pleased to be offering a summer civic arts residency in collaboration with Montgomery Housing Partnership for students attending Odessa Shannon Middle School. Students will explore respect and kindness (Listen!) with visual artist Trisha Gupta, and share their art pieces with younger students as part of summer service-learning. This continues The Civic Circle’s expansion…
WE CELEBRATED VOTING, the arts, community connection and civic power at “Vote for Civics” on June 2. Gratitude goes out to all the wonderful speakers, sponsors, performers, volunteers and Civic Circle team members who made this a heartwarming and successful gathering. We gave our first “Art of Service” award to Busy Graham, executive director of Carpe Diem Arts, expressing thanks for her extraordinary arts and civic leadership in our community over more than three decades.…