Day in the Life: The Arts at UMBC
Want the inside scoop on what it’s like to study the arts at UMBC? Join a virtual panel of current visual and performing arts majors where they can tell you their favorite things about life as a Retriever.
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Guenet Abraham: Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation
216 Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingThe Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in Arts (CIRCA) presents Guenet Abraham, professor of visual arts at UMBC, who will speak on “Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation,” a multi-year project for which she was awarded a 2025 CIRCA Summer Fellowship.
The Polar Ice Museum
Imaging Research CenterThe Imaging Research Center (IRC) presents The Polar Ice Museum, a series of artworks and immersive, data-driven installations that transform polar data into meaningful public engagement experiences on sea level, climate, and related environmental issues. The Polar Ice Museum will be open April 30 through May 2, with an Opening Reception on Thursday, April 30, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Orange Grove Dance — Site / Unseen
Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingJoin us for a special event with Site/Unseen, a production by Orange Grove Dance that brings ten performers into dynamic partnership with sidewalks, stairways, and the UMBC amphitheatre. Through shared weight, timing, and physical negotiation, bodies and architecture collide and collaborate, revealing the unseen choreography woven into the spaces we pass through every day. This outdoor performance, directed and choreographed by OGD Artistic Directors Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves, travels a short distance across campus, beginning at UMBC's Performing Arts and Humanities Building and concluding at the Fine Arts Building Amphitheatre.
Retriever Roadmap: Transfer Open House
It's never too early to think about transferring! Join UMBC's transfer admissions team, campus support staff, and current students as we help provide you with a roadmap to becoming a Retriever - whenever that may be for you.
User Agreement
Black Box TheatreUMBC Theatre presents User Agreeement by Ben Holbrook and directed by Sean DiGiorgio ’26. Set in the near future, Sy and Theo attempt to navigate their bond in a world enhanced by the wonders of artificial intelligence and the occasional talking octopus. Their budding romance is tested by an increasingly complex society driven by technology and capital, asking us to wonder if two simple souls can truly connect.
Black and Gold Information Session and Campus Tour
Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30-minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education.
Black and Gold Information Session and Campus Tour
Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30-minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education.
UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.
UMBC Jazz in Concert
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert, featuring the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, the Jazz Small Groups, and the Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Baldwin, Tom Lagana, and Matthew Belzer.
Black and Gold Information Session and Campus Tour
Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30-minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education.
Black and Gold Information Session and Campus Tour
Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30-minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education.
Erle Ellis — How People Make Nature Better
Albin O. Kuhn Library GalleryThe Social Sciences Forum presents the annual Lipitz Lecture, featuring Erle Ellis, who will speak on “How People Make Nature Better: Measuring Progress Toward a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together using the Nature Relationship Index (NRI).”
Spring Dance Showcase
Dance CubeThe Department of Dance presents the annual Spring Dance Showcase, featuring repertory ballet and new works by dance major students.
Black and Gold Information Session and Campus Tour
Join a staff member from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation for a 30-minute information session covering UMBC traditions and values, application requirements, and opportunities for funding your education.