Arts+ at UMBC
Celebrating+Connecting the Arts at UMBC
UMBC is a transformative, inviting arts destination where creative interdisciplinary research and public-facing programming challenge, enrich, and inspire. Through Arts+, we invite arts lovers near and far to participate in and celebrate the breadth and depth of work and research happening in the visual and performing arts disciplines at UMBC.
Join us for dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts!
Wed
1/21
Sun
1/25
Stuart Saunders Smith: The Night Suite
Music
Ongoing
Join us January 21–25 for five concerts — collectively called The Night Suite — that celebrate the life and creativity of composer Stuart Saunders Smith,…
Wed
1/28
Liana Pailodze Harron, piano
Explore breathtaking musical landscapes as pianist Liana Pailodze Harron presents an extraordinary program that celebrates both America’s 250th birthday and the diverse musical traditions close…
Thu
1/29
absolute alternatives — Opening Reception
The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents the Opening Reception for absolute alternatives, the 2026 Arts+ UMBC Faculty Exhibition, on display from January…
Mon
1/26
Fri
5/22
Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81
Visual Arts
Ongoing
The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81, a photography exhibition on display from January 26 through May 22. In 1976,…
Thu
4/2
Sun
4/12
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Theatre
Ongoing
UMBC Theatre presents The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, adapted by Jacqueline E. Lawton and directed by Joseph W. Ritsch. Life in modern day Baltimore has…
Fri
1/30
Sat
2/28
absolute alternatives, the 2026 Arts+ UMBC Faculty Exhibition
Music
Ongoing
The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents absolute alternatives, the 2026 Arts+ UMBC Faculty Exhibition, on display from January 30 to February 28….
Sun
2/1
Petra Poláčková and Hao Yang, classical guitar
The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents Petra Poláčková and Hao Yang in their Baltimore debuts. Petra Poláčková is a musician’s musician who began studying guitar…
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