Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

A year ago Tom Stoner, a visionary philanthropist who made this special park at UMBC possible, left this world. Today we honor and celebrate the beauty he created through the nationwide network of Sacred Places, like the one here at UMBC.

Hear how the project began in Tom’s own words recorded in 2021 for the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership Oral History Collection at cadvc.umbc.edu/oral-history-collection.

The room is totally abuzz at ’s Titus Theater as we prepare to celebrate ’s “Unseen Truth” snd .berger’s “Race Stories” in a packed Forum on Contemporary Photography dedicated to the subject “Democracy, Race, and the Power of Images.”

Here scholar, curator, and friend to CADVC Marvin Heiferman poses with a freshly printed (and totally beautiful) volume of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories essays. Dr. Berger was chief curator and research professor at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture until his untimely death in 2020, following a decades long career at UMBC.

On December 5, 2024, CADVC will honor Maurice Berger’s legacy, and this new book from and , with a special event. More information: https://aperture.org/press-release/aperture-releases-race-stories-maurice-berger/ Watch this space for registration details!

Photo: Marvin Heiferman beams while holding the gorgeous red-covered book “Race Stories,” in front of a projection of the same book cover. Also visible on screen is a partial view of the black and white book cover for Sarah Lewis’s “The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America”

and the walk through the gallery with and for a sneak peek of “all matters aside”!
Opens tonight! 5-7pm
More information: cadvc.umbc.edu

Wrapping up a packed week at ! Student staff orientation, installing vinyl and signage, preview tour of exhibition in process, and programming the public video art projection presentation in the UMBC Fine Arts Building exterior. Everyone is pitching in and working hard to get our gallery ready to open “Levester Williams: all matters aside” on September 19, 5-7pm. Free and open to the public — looking forward to welcoming everyone back to our Center soon!

Please join CADVC on the 1st floor of the Fine Arts Building, 12-2pm, tomorrow, 8/26 for our annual Open House to kick off academic year 2024/25! Light refreshments, free art books, games, & fun.

Curator has been at this week working with the team to lay out “Levester Williams: all matters aside.” Here the team hams it up while condition reporting and placing artworks and reviewing a build-in-process. Come see the exhibition on view (it will be stunning) next month: opening reception September 19, free and open to the public!

CADVC has been busy this summer! Lots of good work behind us and a number of activities still to come before the school year begins:

- Team dinner with Levester Williams and Michelle D. Wright, preparing for a late night projection test

- Melina Cavathas reviewing crate inventories for “Annet Couwenberg: Sewing Circles,” curated by Lori Ruebling

- Besan Khamis packing crates for “Sewing Circles”

- Andrew Liang supervising a magical room renovation, to be unveiled in our fall exhibition

- Levester Williams’s “Cockeysville” projected on our demo projector in the Fine Arts Building amphitheater: premiere date to be announced soon

Thank you all for making this such a terrific summer! We look forward to opening our doors again soon for our fall exhibition; save the date for our opening reception on September 19!

Have cut list, will travel! CADVC’s wood shop opens onto the Fine Arts amphitheater, where we roll our tools out to work in the sun on nice summer days like today. 🌞

Come see what we are building when our next exhibition opens on September 19–stay tuned for more info!

Congratulations recent .umbc alumni .kalantari and on tonight’s opening of “Young Blood 2024” at ! This represents the 15th in MAP’s Young Blood exhibition series, conceived as a platform for transitioning Master of Fine Arts students to make new connections and show selections from their thesis projects. was proud to exhibit variations on these presentations as part of “Not Grounded,” the 2024 IMDA MFA thesis show.

CADVC Team Retreat! Last week, hit the road out to Annapolis to meet .dc at and Jenny Cawood at for tours, conversation, and inspiration, before a small classroom team retreat and brainstorm (with a visit from !) Thank you all for your time and generosity—we look forward to reciprocating and hosting your visit to our center. 😊
Stay tuned: CADVC is excited to introduce its new team members in the posts that will follow!

Final days! Exhibition closes at the end of the day tomorrow, May 25!

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CADVC is pleased to host the 2024 Visual Arts Senior exhibition. This exhibition celebrates the extensive work of senior undergraduate students in the UMBC Visual Arts Department.

The exhibition is curated and designed by UMBC IMDA MFA student and CADVC Graduate Assistant Andrew Liang.

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Poster by Nori Urbina under the supervision of Professor Kelley Bell.
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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Congratulations class of 2024! Thank you to the 300+ celebrants who came out to applaud and witness the work of graduating seniors in the Department of Visual Arts. The exhibition is open through May 25!

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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation to experience the exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Opening today! The 2024 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition is up from May 14 to May 25.

Stop by the CADVC to view the graduating students’ work. Don’t forget the artists’ reception and awards presentation on May 21 from 5 to 7pm!

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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Opening May 14! CADVC is pleased to host the 2024 Visual Arts Senior exhibition. This exhibition celebrates the extensive work of senior undergraduate students in the UMBC Visual Arts Department.

The exhibition is curated and designed by UMBC IMDA MFA student and CADVC Graduate Assistant Andrew Liang.

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Poster by Nori Urbina under the supervision of Professor Kelley Bell.
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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Save the date! On April 18, 12-1pm, Elly Kalantari will share a lecture on her art practice and research as part of her RTKL fellowship.

Elly Kalantari is the recipient of RTKL Associates Incorporated fellowship, a merit-based award that supports an emerging artist of creative and scholarly excellence from the graduating class of IMDA MFA Program.

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Image courtesy of Tedd Henn
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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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The IMDA 2024 MFA Thesis exhibition, “Not Grounded,” opened to the public on Thursday, April 4 with a packed opening reception!

Stop by CADVC to view the captivating works by IMDA MFA graduate students before the closing on April 27. And don’t forget to catch the graduate students’ thesis defense talks and RTKL lecture!

April 17, 11-1pm Elly Kalantari thesis defense

April 18, 12-1pm RTKL Lecture: Elly Kalantari

April 23, 3-5pm Andrew Liang online thesis defense streaming ahttps://www.facebook.com/UMBC.IMDA.

April 25, 11-1pm Ann Zellhofer thesis defense

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Images courtesy of Tedd Henn
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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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This week! Celebrate the opening of “Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition” on Thursday, April 4, from 5 pm to 7 pm!

CADVC will also host the MFA thesis defenses and RTKL lecture on the following days:

April 10, 9-11am Kristin Putchinski thesis defense
April 17, 11-1pm Elly Kalantari thesis defense
April 18, 12-1pm RTKL Lecture: Elly Kalantari
April 23, 3-5pm Andrew Liang thesis defense
April 25, 11-1pm Ann Zellhofer thesis defense

All events are free and open to the public.

Please note: MFA Thesis defenses must be conducted in a closed-door room according to university protocols. After a defense begins, audiences will not be admitted for the duration of the first full hour.
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Parking information:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Join us for the opening reception of “Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition” on April 4, from 5 pm to 7pm!

This year's thesis exhibition features work from UMBC MFA IMDA graduates Andrew Liang, Kristin Putchinski, Elly Kalantari and A. M. Zellhofer
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Images courtesy of Elly Kalantari, A. M. Zellhofer, Andrew Liang and Kristin Putchinski.

More information on parking at:
https://cadvc.umbc.edu/visit-us/

If you need a specific accommodation at one of our events or to experience an exhibition, please contact CADVC at [email protected] or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

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Sylvia Eken’s IMDA thesis exhibition at CADVC is currently on view at the group exhibit “Sprung 8” from March 11 -25, organized by ARTHOUSE.NYC. ARTHOUSE at 9 West 8th Street, NYC!

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Photo courtesy of Sylvia Eken
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Save the date!

CADVC is excited to present “Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition” from April 5 to April 27. This year's MFA exhibition features Elly Kalantari, Andrew Liang, Kristin Putchinski and A. M. Zellhofer

Please celebrate with us and the artists at the opening reception on April 4, from 5 pm to 7 pm!

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During February, CADVC hosted several research talks by artists participating in CADVC Exploratory Research Residency!

Artists-in-residence include Paul Rucker, Tomashi Jackson and Levester Williams.

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Photos from a talk by resident artist Tomashi Jackson and Dr. Nicole King, as part of CADVC’s artist-in-residence public talks. Courtesy of Tedd Henn

CADVC’s artist residency and related programs are sponsored by the “Big Ideas” initiative of the Office of the Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMBC; and the Maryland State Arts Council.

As part of the exhibition “Spectrum of Process: 2024 Faculty Exhibition,” CADVC hosted several public programs, presenting faculty research to the public!

Photos from Julie Sayo’s Baybayin calligraphy workshop and “Spectrum of Process” opening reception. Courtesy of Tedd Henn and Sandra Abbott.
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This week! CADVC will continue its experimental projection of Levester’s video “dreaming of a beyond: Baltimore” after dark through March 8. The projection will be visible at night in UMBC Fine Art Building’s amphitheater!
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The demos for the CADVC projection art gallery have been supported by Maryland State Arts Council’s Public Art Planning Grant and the Big Ideas initiative of the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office.

Photo by Tedd Henn

On Tuesday, March 5 at 6pm, Levester Williams will be in conversation with collaborators Sheila Gaskins and Savannah Knoop on his current work in progress, “dreaming of a beyond: Baltimore” (2021–24)!

Spaces are limited. RSVP at: http://tinyurl.com/levester-talk

Participants will receive information about the event location upon sign-up
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CADVC’s artist residency and related programs are sponsored by the “Big Ideas” initiative of the Office of the Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMBC; and the Maryland State Arts Council.

Image courtesy of the artist.

Closing this Saturday, March 2!

“Spectrum of Process: 2024 Faculty Exhibition” will close this Saturday! Stop by CADVC to see this engaging exhibition showcasing a range of UMBC faculty approaches to art and culture through rigorous, experimental processes!

The exhibition will be open at these hours this week:
Thursday: 12 pm - 5pm
Friday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
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Photos courtesy of Tedd Henn