Smiling woman with wavy, salt-and-pepper hair, glasses, and a patterned, tan top with a black necklace

Shelley Morhaim

Shelley Morhaim was appointed to the Maryland State Arts Council in July 2013.  She is a writer and filmmaker. Among her credits are the award-winning documentary The Next Industrial Revolution and the Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) film Hard Fun: Transforming American Education Through the Arts. Morhaim has served on the boards of the Baltimore Jewish Council, the Women’s Institute of Notre Dame and the Democratic Party State Central Committee. She earned her BA degree from Antioch College and JD from Boston University. Morhaim is a therapeutic music practitioner for hospice and hospital patients.