Council to Review Twinbrook School Plans, Legislative Priorities, and Arts Month
The Rockville Mayor and Council will meet on Monday, October 6, 2025, to discuss a wide range of topics—from arts and culture to historic preservation, state legislative priorities, and school planning. Several of these items directly affect Rockville neighborhoods, local businesses, and the city’s future development.
Proclamation: Arts and Humanities Month
(Agenda pages 32–37)
Rockville will declare October as Arts and Humanities Month, joining communities nationwide in recognizing the arts as vital to civic life and public well-being. The proclamation highlights the city’s ongoing commitment to culture through venues like the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, and numerous workshops and performances throughout the month.
- This proclamation reinforces Rockville’s reputation as a cultural hub and affirms support for artists, nonprofits, and creative programming but symbolic proclamations rely on sustained investment to maintain visibility beyond the month’s events.
- Rockville can use this proclamation to advocate for local and state arts funding, strengthening its case for grants from the NEA or Maryland State Arts Council. Unfortunately, recent White House actions have curtailed or politicized programs at the National Endowment for the Arts, IMLS, and public media. Rockville’s consistent, nonpartisan approach to arts advocacy helps buffer local institutions against such national instability.
Historic District Commission FY25 Annual Report
(Agenda pages 65–82)
Continue reading →Town Square adds Tile Mural on Washington Street
Judith Inglese fitting the tile into place.
For a change of pace from the election, have you noticed that Judith Inglese is installing a wonderful ceramic mural depicting the history of Rockville on the wall facing Washington Street in the Town Square? Her handcut and glazed tiles fit together as a puzzle (not just squares of painted tile) and includes bas relief elements. When you see it, it may remind you of the cafeteria mural at Twinbrook Elementary School (1987), two murals at Luxmanor Elementary School (1989), and the entry plinth at the Senior Center (1998)–those are her works as well. She is currently in the midst of installing the second of three murals and she was happy to chat when I stopped by (but she’s on a schedule and working with grout, so don’t talk too long!). When she’s finished, you’re not only going to enjoy seeing it, but touching it as well. What a marvelous addition to our city’s public art collection!
Judith trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, Italy, the Boston Museum School of Fine Art, and Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York where she received her bachelor’s degree. As a student at Sarah Lawrence, she was memorably encouraged by her art professor to go as far away from New York City as possible in order to more freely develop her individual craft. She ended up in the serenity of Leverett, Massachusetts where she currently lives with her family, two dogs and more than a handful of chickens.
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- Second of three panels being installed.
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- Judith Inglese installing a tile mural in Town Square
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- Judith Inglese receiving a “buttered” tile.
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- Judith Inglese fitting the tile into place.
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- Tile mural detail in Town Square, ungrouted with cardboard spacers.
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- Tile mural detail in Town Square, ungrouted.
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- Grouting the tile panel and washing the surface.
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