Category Archives: Arts
A New Context: Photographs from The Baltimore Sun Revisited
Visual Arts
Monday, April 8 – Sunday, June 30
A New Context: Photographs from The Baltimore Sun Revisited
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
A New Context examines the edited newspaper photograph as an art object, and features pieces from The Baltimore Sun archives housed in the Library’s Special Collections — which holds approximately 750,000 prints, negatives and transperanices dating from the 1930s through the 1980s. (Click heading for full information.)
The Vista Sans Wood Type Project
Visual Arts
Sunday, September 1 – Sunday, December 15
Vista Sans Wood Type Project
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
An exhibition at the intersection of traditional and new media, the Vista Sans Wood Type Project explores five letters’ dynamic and varied influence on over 20 contemporary artists and presses. (Click heading for full description.)
Joel Katz, Visiting Artist Lecture
Visual Arts
Wednesday, September 25 | 7:00 p.m.
Joel Katz, Visiting Artist Lecture
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Artist and designer, Joel Katz speaks about his experience in information design.
Annica Cuppetelli & Cristobal Mendoza, Visiting Artist Lecture
Visual Arts
Wednesday, October 16 | 4:00 p.m.
Annica Cuppetelli & Cristobal Mendoza, Visiting Artist Lecture
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza speak about their collaborative works centered upon the creation of site-specific, multimedia installations that address issues of space, interaction and materiality. (Click heading for full description.)
Visibility Machines: Harun Farocki & Trevor Paglen
Visual Arts
Thursday, October 24 – Saturday, February 22
Visibility Machines: Haron Farocki & Trevor Paglen
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Investigating forms of military surveillance, espionage, war-making and weaponry, Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen examine the deceptive and clandestine ways in which military projects have deeply transformed and politicized our relationship to images and the realities they appear to represent. (Click heading for full description.)
Eurydice
Theatre
Thursday, October 24 – Sunday, October 27
Eurydice
Location TBD
The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl under the direction of Nyalls Hartman.
Senior Dance Concert
Dance
November 8 & 9 | 8:00 p.m. each evening
Senior Dance Concert
Studio 317, Fine Arts Building
The Department of Dance presents the Senior Dance Concert. (Click heading for full description.)
Brooke Singer, Visiting Artist Lecture
Visual Arts
Thursday, November 14 | 4:00 p.m.
Brooke Singer, Visiting Artist Lecture
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Brooke Singer discusses her work and experience as an artist in multimedia installation and interactivity.
Kid-Simple, a radio play in the flesh
Theatre
Thursday, November 21 – Sunday, November 24
Kid-Simple, a radio play in the flesh by Jordan Harrison, directed by Michele Minnick
Location TBD
The UMBC Department of Theatre presents “Kid-Simple, a radio play in the flesh” by Jordan Harrison, directed by guest artist Michele Minnick.
First Works
Dance
Friday, November 22 | Time TBD
First Works
Studio 317, Fine Arts Building
UMBC students present their choreographic work for the first time in this First Works dance concert. (Click heading for full description.)
