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Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, Project on Display at NSF Headquarters

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Photographs from associate professor of visual arts, Lynn Cazabon’s project Uncultivated will be on display in the exhibition, Ecological Reflections: Artistic Collaborations with the Long Term Ecological Research Network, at the National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters in Arlington, VA. The exhibition features the work of artists who have produced art work in collaboration with NSF’s Long Term Ecological Network sites. Cazabon was the 2012 Artist-in-Residence for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. Ecological Reflections will be on display February 28 through June 15. Find out more about the exhibition at the NSF’s website.

Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, IMDA Alumni Semi-finalists for 2013 Sondheim Prize

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The Baltimore Office for Promotion and Arts announced the semi-finalists for the 2013 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize this week. Congratulations to Lynn Cazabon, visual arts, and Imaging Media and Digital Arts alumni Mina Cheon, Marian Glebes and Agnes Moon for their selection. The Sondheim prize awards a $25,000 fellowship to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. The prize is in conjunction with the annual Artscape juried exhibition and is produced with our partners, The Walters Art Museum (WAM) and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Approximately six finalists will be selected for the final review for the… Continue Reading Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, IMDA Alumni Semi-finalists for 2013 Sondheim Prize

For All the World to Hear Featured on WJZ

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“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

Joshua Budich ’00, Visual Arts, Creates Work for the 2013 Oscars

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Joshua Budich ’00 is one of a small group of artists selected to create original screen prints inspired by the nine best picture nominees in this year’s Academy Awards. Budich, who created artwork based on the film Silver Linings Playbook, earned his BFA from UMBC in 2000, and currently works as an independent illustrator for a number of galleries and media-outlets around the globe. This work was commissioned by The Academy in conjunction with Gallery 1988. See all of the artwork at the Oscars’ official website. Read a Q&A with Budich at Retreiver Net.

Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, a Distinguished Speaker for Hexagram-Concordia

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Lisa Moren, Associate Professor of Visual Arts will be speaking as part of a distinguished speaker lecture series for Hexagram-Concordia, a “center for research-creation in media arts and technology,” affiliated with Concordia University in Montreal. “Moren will present several projects that intersect technologies, phenomena and compelling narratives.” Her lecture and seminar titled “Phenomena, Ecology and Technology” and “Ecology and Economy: The Outback Stock Exchange” respectively, will discuss her personal art projects and works in progress, and their relation to current ecological issues including the health of the Australian Outback, the Chesapeake Bay and the BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Learn… Continue Reading Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, a Distinguished Speaker for Hexagram-Concordia

For All the World to Hear is NEH’s Featured Project

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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.

Arbutus Patch Highlights Upcoming Baltimore Dance Project Performances

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This week the Arbutus Patch highlighted Baltimore Dance Project’s upcoming 30th anniversary performances as the first concerts to be held in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building Theatre. The article also mentions UMBC Dance faculty and company directors, Carol Hess and Doug Hamby, as well as dances to be performed by UMBC Department of Dance Instructor and Baltimore Dance Project principle dancer, Sandra Lacy. Read “Dance Performances to Celebrate Baltimore Dance Project Anniversary”. Baltimore Dance Project is a dance company that focuses on visually stunning and complex inter-disciplinary and collaborative works. Performances will be held February 7-9 at 8pm each… Continue Reading Arbutus Patch Highlights Upcoming Baltimore Dance Project Performances

For All the World to Hear Storyteller in Baltimore Magazine

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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

Susan McCully, Theatre, Interviewed for What Weekly

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What Weekly magazine featured Susan McCully, Senior Lecturer for the Department of Theatre, in an interview for their website last week. In the interview, she discusses the evolution of her work as a playwright and performer, and its influence in the “Baltimore Renaissance”. “[Interviewer]: What do you think is the over-arching theme of our conversation? Susan: Emergence. I feel like I’m at a place in my life where I’m emerging. That word is usually attached to someone in their 20’s. And there are all kinds of reasons why I’m emerging now, but I feel emotionally and artistically grown up now and… Continue Reading Susan McCully, Theatre, Interviewed for What Weekly

For All the World to Hear Featured in Maryland Humanities Council Blog

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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

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Interviewed for Maryland Morning

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An interview with Maurice Berger, Chief Curator and Research Professor of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, by Tom Hall of WYPR is scheduled to air this Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Maryland Morning. In the interview, Berger discusses the exhibition currently on display in the CADVC, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights (curated by Berger). To listen, tune in to WYPR on Monday, January 21 at 9:45 a.m. UPDATE: A podcast of the interview will be available online after the program airs through Maryland Morning’s archive. The interview, “Viewing… Continue Reading Maurice Berger, CADVC, Interviewed for Maryland Morning

For All the World to See Mentioned in Baltimore Office of Promotion & Arts Blog

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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

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