Howard County Arts Council

Art center - to encourage an active and supportive relationship between artists and the public, the arts council manages a 32,000 square feet multi-purpose arts center, which provides affordable studio and meeting space to artists, a black box theatre, and a dance studio for performances and rehearsals, classrooms for arts education, and two exhibit spaces for the display of various forms of visual artwork.

Community services - to foster and promote the arts, the arts council maintains a website that promotes upcoming programs and performances, develops partnerships to advance the arts, publishes a quarterly newsletter, maintains an active social media presence and online calendar of art events in the county, offers awards and scholarships, and provides various resources, technical assistance, advice and guidance on artistic development and art education.

Special projects - to ensure that the arts are accessible to all citizens, the arts council develops programs that reach out to underserved or new audiences. These programs may be ongoing or one-time pilot projects.

Long reach - in january 2020, the arts council was invited by the howard county government to develop and manage 16 individual artist studios at the long reach village center as part of their long reach rising revitalization effort.