Arts & Culture

A recent visit by students of Mount Hebron High to the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture’s current exhibition, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, was featured in an article in the Arbutus Patch. Read “Local High Schools to Visit UMBC Exhibition Thursday” at Patch.com. The high school group, is one of several to visit the exhibition, in a project in which visiting students are encouraged to create their own “social justice-inspired artwork” following the visit. A collection of the student artwork is currently scheduled to be displayed in April 2013.

“What we take for granted now has not always been that way. Someone had to pay for that. It cost dearly. Some people gave their lives and careers,” says Robert Houston, discussing the battle for equality during the American civil rights movement in an interview with WJZ. Robert Houston is one of ten storytellers involved in the CADVC community outreach project, For All the World to Hear: Stories from the Struggle for Civil Rights, and one of a number of people, including project coordinator Sandra Abbott of the  CADVC, interviewed in a segment for CBS Baltimore. The feature relates the For… Continue Reading For All the World to Hear Featured on WJZ

For All the World to Hear sponsor, the National Endowment for the Humanities, has selected the CADVC outreach program as its “Featured Project”. The NEH’s website describes the program, and discusses its connection the exhibition currently on display in the CADVC, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights. Learn more about For All the World to Hear at foralltheworldtohear.org.

Janice Grant, Civil Rights activist and storyteller in the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture’s touring humanities project, For All the World to Hear: Stories from the Struggle for Civil Rights, was interviewed for Baltimore Magazine this month. Grant speaks candidly about her experiences growing up in segregated Maryland, and the interview not only provides insight into her life at the time of the Civil Rights Movement, it provides a snapshot of what one can expect to hear at For All the World to Hear. Read the interview at Baltimore Magazine. For All the World to Hear, is a community outreach… Continue Reading For All the World to Hear Storyteller in Baltimore Magazine

The Maryland Humanities Council featured the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture’s current humanities project, For All the World to Hear: Stories from the Struggle for Civil Rights, organized by Sandra Abbott, CADVC, in collaboration with Harriet Lynn, in their blog this Monday. The article gives an overview of the performance, and comments of the effective quality of the participants’ moving, emotional stories. Read the article at the Maryland Humanities Council’s website: “Marylanders at the Front Lines for Freedom” For All the World to Hear, is a community outreach project that features approximately a dozen area seniors who speak, write,… Continue Reading For All the World to Hear Featured in Maryland Humanities Council Blog

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, the exhibition currently on display in the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture was mentioned earlier today in Baltimore Arts, the blog of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts. Visit the blog: baltimorearts.org

The exhibition currently on display in the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights received praise in the Sun article released today, “Using Images to Change History” written by Lionel Foster. Read the article here: “Using Images to Change History: UMBC exhibit shows how African-Americans have portrayed themselves and how they have been portrayed by others” The author reviews For All the World to See by speaking about the exhibition’s impact on him personally, and discussing the ability certain objects have to captivate its audiences. He also… Continue Reading For All the World to See Receives Positive Review from Sun