Free Events

Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13
Columbia Lakefront
With art exhibits, music, kids’ entertainment and crafts, demonstrations and a variety of activities for all ages, it’s a jam-packed weekend guaranteed to be fun for everyone!

Howard County Center for the Arts
Thursday, June 17, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wine & Cheese Reception Open to the Public

Sunday, June 20, 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. Capacity limited
For reservations, call 410-715-3089
Oliver’s Carriage House, 5410 Leaf Treader Way, Columbia

The Little Patuxent Review literary magazine will hold a reading celebrating the publication of its summer issue, dedicated to the memory of cherished Columbia poet Lucille Clifton. Poets, fiction writers and essayists will read their work. Visual artists Joyce Scott and Nichole Hickey are featured in this issue. A reception will follow.

Film Screenings
Monday, June 21, 7:00 p.m.
Monteabaro Hall, The Horowitz Center - Howard Community College

Following the success of our inaugural community-based film project, Cinema Columbia returns with an all new format.  All aspiring filmmakers were challenged to create and submit an original short film to be screened during the Festival. The only requirement was that the film incorporate one artistic discipline included in the Festival’s 2010 season.

Columbia Art Center Galleries
Tuesday, June 15, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Wine & Cheese Reception Open to the Public

A Collecting Affair was first introduced in 2008 to promote art collecting, featuring local collectors and the artists they collect. This year the collecting exhibit continues with a brand new focus: Artists as Collectors of Photography. Local artists have selected a photograph from their own collections and share their dual viewpoints as both artist and collector.

Reception - Wednesday, June 23, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
with Gallery Talk at 6:15 p.m.
Howard Community College Rouse Company Foundation Gallery

This traveling exhibit on loan from the Baltimore Museum of Art features images captured by the great American photographers of the mid-20th Century, including Bernice Abbott, Margaret Bourke White, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Dorothea Lange, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Gordon Parks, and Edward Weston.