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Arts & Humanities Committee reports standing-room crowds and public art projects in Takoma Park
Summary
The Arts & Humanities Committee reported more than 2,000 attendees to city arts events, sidewalk poetry installations and public-art projects including the Hexa Habitat sculpture; the committee highlighted support for performers and a new poet laureate.
The Theodore 'Todd' Carter, chair of Takoma Park's Arts & Humanities Committee, presented the committee's annual report, highlighting expanded programming and community participation.
Carter said more than 2,000 people attended city arts events during the reported year and that demand sometimes required extra seating. The committee continues a range of free events — concerts, theater, dance, film screenings and readings — and supports artists through honoraria, venue access and promotion. Public-art projects noted included sidewalk poetry (16 of 20 slated poems installed) and the Hexa Habitat sculpture outside the recreation center; Carter also announced David Alberto Fernandez as the city’s new poet laureate.
Council members praised the committee's work, asked about the artist-selection process and encouraged continued outreach to attract diverse performers and community art near transit entrances and gateways.
