Through outreach programming, the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) encourages public service in response to societal needs and issues in our surrounding community by collaborating with regional schools, museums, and non-profit organizations, through the following initiatives:

• K-12 Outreach Programs and Projects in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Symposia
• Artists’ Residencies and Lectures

The CADVC provides a wide range of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to become involved in K-12 education outreach programs.

Art 498 / CADVC Internship is available every semester for students to take for course credit. This upper level course provides students with the opportunity to assist CADVC staff with the research and presentation aspects of a particular CADVC education outreach program. Interns assist with the presentation of K-12 curriculum, as well as work with students in extensive on-site workshops held in participating schools.

• Collaborate and partner with schools, museums, and non-profit organizations to produce innovative and effective programs for children and adults in the city and suburbs
• Bring students and adults to UMBC exhibition tours at CADVC, and to tour the campus of UMBC
• Exhibit K-12 student artwork in the Fine Arts Department Hallway Gallery and the Commons
• Involve parents in programming and invite them to see student work at the university
• Show a wider audience creative ways to apply visual literacy
• Foster interdepartmental learning and a healthy community at UMBC and in Baltimore City

Top Photo: The HOME House Project