“The professors at UMBC…have been very encouraging and supportive of my goals. They have brought many opportunities to my attention and have provided the resources I needed along the way,” says Spicer. Continue Reading DeeAnn Spicer, outstanding philosophy major, serves as an ambassador for her field “Being a double major and an artist-scholar allowed me to combine what I care about most: making art, and fostering discourse about the society we live in,” Kocerhan shares. Continue Reading Alexis Kocerhan, Linehan Artist Scholar, to continue exploring intersection of art and politics at CalArts Funding for individual artists is often scarce and always highly competitive, but the Baltimore-Washington region is fortunate to have both state and private organizations awarding funds directly to individual artists. Award announcements this spring include many UMBC students, alumni and faculty, whose recognition speaks to ongoing artistic excellence at UMBC. The Maryland State Arts Council’s annual Individual Artist Award (IAA) “recognizes the importance of artists and their works of excellence to the cultural vibrancy of Maryland.” The award categories cycle every three years and this year awards were given within the disciplines of Creative Non-Fiction/Fiction, Media/Digital/Electronic Arts, Theater Solo Performance, Painting,… Continue Reading UMBC artists recognized for excellence through highly competitive awards The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture reaches audiences far beyond UMBC with dynamic touring exhibitions that explore issues of our times and inspire viewers to rethink how art institutions relate to the public. Continue Reading CADVC’s touring exhibits connect with audiences across the nation Timothy Nohe, director of the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) and visual arts professor, will introduce American audiences to the deeply woven human narrative of Botany Bay in his exhibition Sounding Botany Bay opening February 12 in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Continue Reading Nohe exhibit presents shifting Australian landscape that illustrates humanity’s global impact Hailed as “groundbreaking” by The Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik, Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, the first exhibition to explore how avant-garde art influenced the look and content of network television in its formative years, is on view at the UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) through December 10. From the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, the pioneers of American television adopted modernism as a source of inspiration. Revolution of the Eye looks at how the dynamic new medium of television, in its risk-taking and aesthetic experimentation, paralleled and embraced cutting-edge… Continue Reading Groundbreaking Exhibition Revolution of the Eye Opens at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
DeeAnn Spicer, outstanding philosophy major, serves as an ambassador for her field
Alexis Kocerhan, Linehan Artist Scholar, to continue exploring intersection of art and politics at CalArts
UMBC artists recognized for excellence through highly competitive awards
CADVC’s touring exhibits connect with audiences across the nation
Nohe exhibit presents shifting Australian landscape that illustrates humanity’s global impact
Groundbreaking Exhibition Revolution of the Eye Opens at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
