Manil Suri, Mathematics, in India Currents

Aug 1, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

The Indian-American magazine India Currents is a monthly publication that focuses on exploring the heritage and culture of India as it exists in the United States. The magazine is published in three print editions across the U.S. in Northern California, Southern California and Washington, D.C. and is also accessible digitally. It has the largest circulation among Indian publications in the United States. In its August issue, India Currents featured a cover story and discussion between Mathematics Professor Manil Suri and A.X. Ahmad, author of The Caretaker (IC, September 2013) and the recently-released The Last Taxi Ride—books one and two of the Ranjit Singh Trilogy. Suri… Continue Reading Manil Suri, Mathematics, in India Currents

Niels Van Tomme, CADVC, Named Curator of the 7th Bucharest Biennale

Jul 28, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Niels Van Tomme, Visiting Curator of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, has been named Curator of the 7th Bucharest Biennale (Bucharest International Biennial for Contemporary Art), to take place May 26 to July 17, 2016. The Bucharest Biennale is interested in exploring links between creative practice and social progress, as well as correspondences between local and global contexts. Now in its tenth year, the Biennale continues to build a strong partnership between Bucharest—a geocultural space where the political is reflected in all aspects of life—and the rest of the world. In transcending specific geographical, historical, or political frameworks, it… Continue Reading Niels Van Tomme, CADVC, Named Curator of the 7th Bucharest Biennale

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Latest “Race Story” in the New York Times

Jul 28, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

In the latest essay for his Race Stories column in The New York Times, Maurice Berger, research professor at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, examines Dawoud Bey’s intimate and powerful 2007 portrait of Barack Obama prior to becoming president. The essay is being co-published by the Hillman Photography Initiative at the Carnegie Museum of Art. “The photograph depicts its famously private and introspective subject only months before he was to step into the abyss of presidential politics. And it defines him free of the stereotypes and myths that have come to characterize his presidency,” observers Berger. Read “Meditation on… Continue Reading Maurice Berger, CADVC, Latest “Race Story” in the New York Times

Nicole King, American Studies, in City Paper

Jul 25, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Nicole King, an associate professor of American studies, recently published an essay as part of an ongoing series in the “City Folk” section of City Paper profiling UMBC graduate student Chanan Delivuk. King met Delivuk through her work in the Filbert Street Community Garden in Curtis Bay earlier this year. Delivuk is a community gardener and artist who uses new media to explore everyday stories in her art practice. The profile describes Delivuk growing up in the Curtis Bay neighborhood and how it provided a strong sense of place for her as she left town to go to college and eventually graduate… Continue Reading Nicole King, American Studies, in City Paper

Visual Arts Welcomes First Long-Term, Artist-in-Residence, Neja Tomšič

Jul 18, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

The first long-term, artist-in-residence for UMBC’s Department of Visual Arts, hosted by IMDA and the Visiting Artists Lecture Series, is Slovenian artist Neja Tomšič. Tomšič will be in residence for five weeks this fall, from October 9 until November 12. There will be several public events and many opportunities to interact with Neja Tomšič. Neja Tomšič co-founded the Museum of Transitory Art (MoTA) in 2008 and has been involved in strategic planning, international collaborations and development of an artist residency program. MoTA is a multidisciplinary platform dedicated to the research, production and presentation of transitory, experimental and live art forms. For the past two years… Continue Reading Visual Arts Welcomes First Long-Term, Artist-in-Residence, Neja Tomšič

Lee Boot, visual arts, in What Weekly

Jul 14, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Shifting control of the Internet from the consumer to those with the most wealth means the flow of content will go to the highest bidder, writes Lee Boot, a media researcher and IRC Associate Director, in Why Surrendering Control of the Internet to Market Forces is Crazy Talk, a commentary piece on net neutrality published in What Weekly. “The Internet Service Providers we pay to connect our homes and business to the Internet and broker content, now want also to charge the content companies like Netflix according to the bandwidth their media require to deliver,” says Boot. Boot compares the current… Continue Reading Lee Boot, visual arts, in What Weekly

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Receives Warhol Foundation Fellowship

Jul 10, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded Maurice Berger, CADVC, a $100,000 grant in support of his forthcoming curatorial project, Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television. Berger was awarded $50,000 by the Warhol Foundation to support the research of Revolution of the Eye in 2012. This exhibition and publication project represents the first collaborative institutional effort between the CADVC and the Jewish Museum in New York, where Maurice holds the title of Consulting Curator. The grant will be administered by The Jewish Museum. Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television is currently scheduled to… Continue Reading Maurice Berger, CADVC, Receives Warhol Foundation Fellowship

Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, Receives Fulbright Teaching Award

Jul 7, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Associate Professor Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, has received a Fulbright Teaching Award to work at Leipaja University for the Spring 2015 semester. Leipaja University is in Leipaja, Latvia, a city of 75,00 located in the western part of the country on the Baltic Sea. Cazabon says her “project proposal is to develop and teach classes centered on Photography and Public Art in their New Media Arts Program. I will also pursue a project of my own focused on local traditions centered on mushroom harvesting as they connect to country-wide environmental conservation policies.”

Christopher Corbett, English, Presents the Story of the Pony Express at the Western Writers of America Convention

Jul 3, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Christopher Corbett, professor of the practice in the English Department, spoke June 25 at the Western Writers of America annual convention on the story of the Pony Express. Western Writers of America, Inc. was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and currently has more than 650 members including historians, fiction and nonfiction authors, and authors interested in regional history, among other genres. Corbett is the author of Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express and The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West. This year’s Western Writers of… Continue Reading Christopher Corbett, English, Presents the Story of the Pony Express at the Western Writers of America Convention

Robert Deluty, Graduate School, Publishes His 45th Book

Jul 2, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Robert Deluty, associate dean of the graduate school, has published a new volume of poetry, “Gifts in Disguise.” In his review, Joseph DeVitis writes: “Robert Deluty’s poems give us quick, yet profound, glimpses into the old adage that ‘things aren’t usually what they seem.’ He incorporates and transcends that theme because he wants us to look at things as if they could be otherwise. Deluty urges us to become wider awake, to feel and reflect upon everyday experiences so that we might repair the damages in our lives. He is a remarkably hopeful poet who pulls us up when we… Continue Reading Robert Deluty, Graduate School, Publishes His 45th Book

Tamara Peters, IRC, on CBS Baltimore

Jun 26, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

CBS Baltimore featured a news story on “Bearings of Baltimore Circa 1815”, a 3D representation of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Tamara Peters, from UMBC’s Imaging Research Center, led a team of researchers to study historical documents and create the 3D map. Peters discussed the use of technology in the cutting-edge representation. “We are so used to today living through our smart phones and our iPads,” she said. “I think this is just a natural way for people of this generation to learn and to be exposed to things.” “Bearings of Baltimore Circe 1815” is on display at the… Continue Reading Tamara Peters, IRC, on CBS Baltimore

Dominic Martin Gilberto Marín ’13 Solo Exhibition to Open in September

Jun 18, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Modern Wave, a display featuring works by cinematic arts major Dominic Martin Gilberto Marín ’13, will open this fall in the Eubie Blake Center in Baltimore. A solo exhibition, Modern Wave “is a collection of abstract paintings and photographs, inspired by urban landscapes, nature and anatomy.” Learn more, and donate to Marín’s exhibition at its indiegogo page.