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CAH Full Commission Regular Meeting - November 20, 2023

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DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS & HUMANITIES REGULAR MEETING
Monday, November 20, 2023 | 5:30 pm ET via Zoom

This is an online meeting of a public body held in open session via Zoom. Members of the public were invited to observe the meeting live online on CAH’s YouTube channel.

Featured News

10/01/2024 Mayor Bowser Honors DC’s Creative Excellence at the 39th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

07/22/2024 Mayor Bowser Opens Nominations for the 39th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

06/12/2024 Applications OPEN: Capital, Education, Fellowship, and Field Trip Grant Programs!

04/10/2024 CAH Launches Groundbreaking DC Area Music Census to Strengthen Local Music Ecosystem

03/27/2024 Commission on the Arts and Humanities Announces Major Updates to General Operating Support Grant Program

06/02/2025 CAH June Newsletter

05/01/2025 May 2025 Newsletter

04/01/2025 April 2025 Newsletter

03/01/2025 March 2025 Newsletter

02/01/2025 February 2025 Newsletter

06/08/2016 33rd Annual Larry Neal Writers’ Awards Presentation

11/04/2014 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Present the Dedication of "Here to Here"

10/27/2014 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Presents Full Spectrum: The Prolific Master within Loïs Mailou Jones

11/22/2023 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Mourn the Loss of Former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter

04/18/2023 Statement on the Defacing of the Paul Robeson Mural at 1351 U Street NW

01/06/2023 Message from the Chair and Vice Chair - January 2023

04/13/2020 Message from CAH on Artist Resources

03/13/2020 COVID-19 and the District's Arts and Cultural Industries

01/02/2025 Introducing Grace Allen

08/01/2024 Introducing Karyn Miller

05/06/2024 Released Today: FY25 Art Exhibition Grant RFA

01/02/2024 Introducing Jenna Kriegel

12/01/2023 Introducing Dwayne Lawson-Brown

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The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Reports Significant Progress in Efforts to Make Art Funding More Equitable

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Jeffrey Scott (CAH), 202-341-9908, [email protected]

Press Office (Bayne); 202-594-9223; [email protected]

DC Arts Commission Welcomes New Chairperson

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Jeffrey Scott, CAH: (202) 341-9908, [email protected]

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