Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports
October 8–December 12, 2009

Opening Reception & Lecture*

Date: Thursday, October 8
Time: 5 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture
Locations: CADVC for reception, lecture Fine Arts Building - Room 306
Cost: FREE

Christopher Bedford, guest curator
Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports

Christopher Bedford is Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University. He previously served as a curator in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where he originated the exhibition Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports. He has written extensively on art for publications including Artforum, Art in America, and October and is currently editing a volume of essays for Duke University Press.

Matthew Barney Screenings*

Date: Tuesday, October 27
Time: 7 p.m. screenings
Location: UMBC, Fine Arts Building - Room 306
Cost: FREE
Films:

Cremaster 4, 1994
Drawing Restraint 10, 2005

*Free parking for these events in lots 8 & 9

Center for Art Design and Visual Culture
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building, Room 105
Baltimore, MD 21250

410.455.3188 / TTY: 410.455.3233
For directions and parking see this link.

exhibition information:
Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports

Annual AIA Week Event

Lecture: Architecture as Community Experience
Speaker: Rob Brennan, AIA
Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: TBA, Downtown Baltimore
Cost: Free

Rob Brennan, Principal of Brennan+Company Architects, will speak on the architectural profession and its ability to act as a springboard for educating communities and encouraging social participation to improve the way we live. He will discuss how Brennan+Company Architects has created unique initiatives such as alterego (2003) and common ecology (2007) to actively engage and educate the public on sustainable design and, ultimately, sustainable neighborhoods. For additional information contact Symmes Gardner at sgardner@umbc.edu. Co-sponsored by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC.

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