VisualArts

Production by Alan Kreizenbeck, Theatre, at David Mikow Art Gallery

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comfort/drones, an original production by Alan Kreizenbeck, theatre, will open in the David Mikow Art Gallery, Friday, November 17 at 7 p.m. The play, based on the writings of Wallace Shawn, is embedded with questions about morality. It is the first play to take place in the David Mikow Art Gallery, operated by Carolyn Forestiere, political science, and Asher Mikow. A group discussion will follow the performance. Performances will take place Friday and Sunday, November 17 and 19, and Saturday and Sunday, November 23 and 24, at 7pm each evening. The David Mikow Art Gallery is located at 1002 Vineyard Hill Road, Catonsville, MD 21228.… Continue Reading Production by Alan Kreizenbeck, Theatre, at David Mikow Art Gallery

Faculty and Alumni of Umbilicus Perform at The Parlor

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The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, Will Redman ’98, and Rob Wolk ’11, performs Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m. at The Parlor, in a program including a set with new Department of Music faculty member, Patrick Crossland, trombone. Umbilicus’ set will include work by Anna Rubin, music. The Parlor 800 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD Umbilicus was founded in 2012 in reaction to the generic contemporary percussion quartet, with the intention of promoting and performing a more experimental repertoire, much if it composed by its members. The suggested donation for this event is $5-$7.

Amy Berbert ’17 is Winner of USM Foundation Art Contest

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Freshman Amy Berbert was awarded the grand prize last month for her submission in the second annual USM Foundation Art Contest. The winning art piece meant to illustrate this year’s theme — a Steve Jobs quote, “I want to put a ding on the universe” — will be featured in December on the cover of the USM Foundation Annual Report. The winning entry, one of 88 submissions from faculty, staff and students throughout the University System, was selected because Berbert’s artwork “was clear, concise, and offered a literal and thoughtful translation of the quote.” Read more information about the contest… Continue Reading Amy Berbert ’17 is Winner of USM Foundation Art Contest

Vin Grabill, Visual Arts, in The Faculty Voice

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The artwork of Vin Grabill, associate professor and chair of visual arts, was included in the October 2013 issue of The Faculty Voice. Read about his video pieces and digital prints in the article “The Art of Vin Grabill” or view one of the works discussed, Frontier, at Vimeo. The article also mentions the work of Steve Silberg, visual arts, and Neal McDonald, visual arts, which will be exhibited with Grabill’s at the Howard County Arts Center in Ellicott City from January 10 to February 21, 2014.

Ellen Handler Spitz, visual arts, Featured in Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition

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Honors College Professor of Visual Arts Ellen Handler Spitz is one of the authors represented in a prominent exhibition catalog at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting “The Malcolm X Steles,” an exhibition by distinguished visual artist, novelist and poet Barbara Chase-Riboud. Riboud divides her time between Paris and Rome and is originally from Philadelphia. The exhibition is the first solo show by a woman artist of African American descent since the museum’s opening in 1876. It features sculptures dedicated to assassinated civil rights leader, Malcolm X. Dr. Spitz wrote for the exhibition catalog, found here.

Tom Goldstein, Music, and Alumni Perform at Bruun Studios

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The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, Will Redman ’98, and Rob Wolk ’11, performs Friday, October 4 in the program Feeling Different — an event that “explores what it means to feel different.” “When is [feeling different] a good thing, or a bad thing? Empowering, or marginalizing? When does difference generate harmony, and when chaos?” Attendance is free, but registration is required for attendance. Please email Peter Bruun at peter@bruunstudios.com, to reserve your space. Bruun Studios is located at: 302 E. Federal Street 4th Floor Baltimore, MD

Joel Katz, Visiting Artist Lecture (9/25)

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The Department of Visual Arts is pleased to present a lecture by Joel Katz, Wednesday, September 25 at 7 pm in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Artist and designer Joel Katz, University of the Arts, Philadelphia University, is internationally known for his information design and wayfinding systems.  Major wayfinding projects include: Walk!Philadelphia; Ride!Philadelphia, bus shelter maps and historical panels; Central City Portland, Oregon; Downtown Omaha, Nebraska; and schematic design for the MIT Master Plan, which won an Honor Award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD). Katz’s photography has been exhibited and published in both the U.S. and abroad, and his… Continue Reading Joel Katz, Visiting Artist Lecture (9/25)

Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Features Panel with Anupam Joshi, CSEE

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A panel discussion for the exhibition, Cyber In Securities, curated by Lisa Moren, visual arts, and presented by the Washington Project for the Arts will take place Saturday, September 21 at 3 pm in the Pepco Edison Place Gallery. Participants in the panel, moderated by Moren, will include, Kevin Bankston, senior counsel and director of Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy and Technology; Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and PhD candidate, electronic arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Rokeby, interactive sound and video installation artist; and UMBC faculty member, Anupam Joshi, computer science and electrical engineering, director of the Center for Cybersecurity. “Cyber In Securities is an exhibition that… Continue Reading Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Features Panel with Anupam Joshi, CSEE

Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Previewed in the Washington Post

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Cyber In Securities curated by Lisa Moren, visual arts, and presented by the Washington Project for the Arts, received a positive review from the Washington Post, labeling it as a display that “should be one of the fall’s most discussed local exhibitions.” Read the article at the Washington Post’s website: “Fall gallery shows: ‘Cyber In Securities,’ ‘Silver Clouds,’ ‘This is Labor’” The exhibition features work by 13 artists or teams, “who contemplate the role of information-gathering, including surveillance by intelligence and law enforcement agencies. . . All use technology to comment on technology and its implications.”  Cyber In Securities is on view through… Continue Reading Exhibition Curated by Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Previewed in the Washington Post

Production by Susan McCully, Theatre, Reviewed by NY Theatre

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The Fringe NYC performances of Inexcusable Fantasies — written by Susan McCully, theatre, and directed by Eve Muson, theatre — received praise in a NYTheatre.com review released last week. Read the article here: “Inexcusable Fantasies” The review of the “masterfully-written two-woman piece,” written by Andrew Rothkin, details the comedy as an honest, intelligent coming-of-age story that invites the viewer into McCully’s “baring [of] her very soul.” Rothkin says, “I was awed by McCully’s wordsmithery, her intricately woven stream of words whose meanings and allusions seemed three steps ahead of me.” He also commends the acting and chemistry of both McCully and Rachel Hirshorn ’04, theatre, as incredibly solid… Continue Reading Production by Susan McCully, Theatre, Reviewed by NY Theatre

Fringe NYC Production Featuring Theatre Faculty in The Villager

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Inexcusable Fantasies, written by Susan McCully, theatre, directed by Eve Muson, theatre, and starring McCully and Rachel Hirshorn ’04, theatre, has been selected as one of The Villager‘s featured Fringe NYC productions, in the article “They came from the Academic Milieu” The production, has been performed at a number of venues, including the Prague Film Festival in 2012, the Strand Theatre Company this year and various other international festivals since 2004, and will be a part of this year’s New York City International Fringe Festival, Fringe NYC, program Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24. Learn more about the production at GrrlParts.com; find time… Continue Reading Fringe NYC Production Featuring Theatre Faculty in The Villager

Production by Susan McCully, Theatre, at Fringe NYC

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Inexcusable Fantasies, written by Susan McCully, theatre, and directed by Eve Muson, theatre, will be part of this year’s New York City International Fringe Festival, Fringe NYC, program. Performances will take place Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24. About Inexcusable Fantasies (GrrlParts.com): “Martha Stewart, motorcycles, and Grandma’s Oil of Olay jar. What do they have in common? They are just a few of the often hilarious obsessions Susan McCully visits in Inexcusable Fantasies a show about sexual politics, lust ‘over forty, cloning, eye replacement surgery, and the unmistakably erotic powers of Martha Stewart’s marzipan.” The production, starring Susan McCully and Rachel Hirshorn ’04,… Continue Reading Production by Susan McCully, Theatre, at Fringe NYC

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