CA Celebrates the Power of Partnerships with Community Quilt
Columbia Association (CA) is proud to unveil a first-of-its-kind community quilt at the Columbia Art Center. The project was on display for the public at the Art Center from November 17 to 28, and will be “touring” the greater Columbia community beginning in January 2024.
Inspired by the fact that CA is part of a larger fabric of the community, a number of groups and institutions were invited to design a swatch for the 2023 CA Community Quilt Project. CA commissioned local quilter Maria O’Haver to weave these collective stories together to make a powerful statement piece. Seventy partners, all with a commitment to service, are woven into the unique quilt.
“CA remains committed to our mission of positively impacting how we all live, work and play in this community,” Community Engagement Manager Robin Stimson said. “This organization recognizes that we’re part of the greater fabric that is Columbia, and we are strongest when our efforts are combined with those of our many partners. That’s why we wanted to embark on a community art project that conveys the visual representation of our connections and collaboration.”
CA Community Engagement Manager Robin Stimson at the unveiling of the quilt at Columbia Art Center.
You can learn more about the partners represented in the quilt by clicking their name below:
- Autism Society of Maryland
- Anti-Racist Education Alliance. Inc.
- Build Haiti Foundation
- CareFirst
- Columbia Association
- Columbia Community Care
- Columbia Festival of the Arts
- Columbia Housing Center
- Columbia Inspired Magazine
- Community Action Council of Howard County
- Community Ecology Institute
- Dorsey’s Search Village Association
- Downtown Columbia Partnership
- Harper’s Choice Village Association
- Hickory Ridge Village Association
- HoCo Pride
- HoCoPoLitSo
- Horizon Foundation
- Horowitz Center at Howard Community College
- Howard Community College
- Howard County Arts Council
- Howard County Chamber of Commerce
- Howard County Council
- Howard County Dads
- Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services
- Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning
- Howard County Economic Development Authority / Maryland Innovation Center
- Howard County Jewish Federation
- Howard County Latino
- Howard County Library System
- Howard County Pickleball Association
- Howard County Public School System
- Howard County Recreation & Parks
- Howard County Veterans Foundation
- Howard Hughes Corporation
- Intraworld Travel Systems – Ghana
- Johns Hopkins Howard County Foundation
- Kings Contrivance Village Association
- Kittamaqundi Community Church
- La Alianza Latina Commission
- Leadership Howard County
- Local Health Improvement Coalition
- Long Reach Village Association
- Luminus
- Mae Beale
- Mall in Columbia
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission
- Merriweather Arts and Culture Commission
- MOMS Demand Action
- NAMI of Howard County
- Oakland Mills Village Association
- Office of Howard County Executive Calvin Ball
- Office of Human Rights and Equity
- Ohana of Howard County
- Prepare for Success
- Sequoia Senior Center
- Special Olympics of Howard County
- Success in Style
- Success International
- The 3rd
- The Arc of Howard County
- Town Center Village Association
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia
- United Way of Central Maryland
- Unmatched Athletes
- Visit Howard County
- Washington Ice Dogs
- Wilde Lake CARES
- Wilde Lake Village Association
- Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County
