UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents "Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie," on display through March 26.

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UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) presents three exhibitions as part of the Baltimore area-wide Tour de Clay, held in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2005 Conference. The exhibitions open on March 10 and continue through April 2. An opening reception for all three exhibitions will be held on Wednesday, March 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the CAVC.

UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture presents The HOME House Project, an innovative multi-year initiative organized by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on view now through November 27.The exhibition will be enhanced by public programs and a K-through 12 educational outreach program at area schools.

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"We Shall Overcome," comprised of 80 black and white photographs, explores the role of several prominent American photographers in documenting the era from 1954 to 1968.

Buried--a production developed by students and faculty in UMBC's Theatre Department--is one of just six plays to be showcased this month at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. More than 1,200 colleges and universities nationwide vied for a spot in this highly regarded festival.

UMBC's Department of Music has been awarded Third Prize in the distinguished Adventurous Programming Awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The award recognizes UMBC's national contribution as a presenter of contemporary music written since 1980.

UMBC's InterArts series and the Department of Dance present the Troika Ranch dance company. Renowned for their densely textured choreography, original musical scores and groundbreaking use of interactive digital media and technology, the New York City-based dance theater company continues to redefine experimental dance theatre.

Class. Race. Identity. Middle and high school art classes are not often seen as a forum to examine such serious topics. An exhibition hosted by the Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC), however, shows how young people explore these issues using art as an expressive medium.

UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents "Intermedia: The Dick Higgins Collection," on display through December 23. The Dick Higgins Collection, acquired by UMBC in 1999, features works by leading Fluxus artists.

The Center for Art and Visual Culture presents "White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art," organized by curator Maurice Berger, through January 10.

Artist Fred Wilson, whose first retrospective was presented by UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture, is representing the United States at this year's Venice Biennale, the leading international exhibition of contemporary art.

Camera Work, the great quarterly journal dedicated to photography, criticism, and modernist art, is the central focus of the exhibition "100 Years of Camera Work," on display in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery through May 31.

The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Brian Friel's Tony Award winning play Dancing at Lughnasa from April 24 to May 4 in the UMBC Theatre. Friel's tale of being raised by five sisters in Ireland in 1936 was developed first by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, then moved to London for an extended run on the West End and after that to Broadway where it won the Outer Circle Critics Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Tony Award in 1991 for Best Play.

Mix garbage, empty paper towel rolls, and the suggestion of rotten food and you have some of the theatre department's main characters in the upcoming production Fanto: A Mysterious Vaudeville. Sound slightly repulsive? It's not. This play has come from the creative genius of professor Colette Searls.

A profile of artist Nayland Blake, whose work is now on view at the Center for Art and Visual Culture.

A retrospective of work by Nayland Blake, whose work addresses issues of race and sexuality, is now on view at the Center for Art and Visual Culture. "Some Kind of Love: Performance Video 1989-2002," runs through March 22.

Junior Colin Holter is a music major who exudes enthusiasm about his years at UMBC.

On view at UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery from January 30 through March 9, "Massin in Continuo: A Dictionary" is the first United States exhibition of the French graphic design artist Robert Massin.

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It must be virtual sleep for the faculty, staff and students who work on a neverending list of projects at UMBC's Imaging Research Center (IRC). Their dedication has paid off -- between recreating the past and steering the future of art and technology, the IRC not only receives recognition but continues to be considered an important resource in Baltimore and beyond.

The sixth Visual Arts Faculty Biennial highlights artists who use an eclectic mix of media in their quest for self-expression and creation. Research projects include photography, painting and graphic design, as well as video, film and interactive media.

The Department of Theatre's latest production, "An Evening of Adultery," features two one-act comedies written by George Bernard Shaw and is under the direction of Colette Searls.

A second-year student in UMBC's Imaging and Digital Arts (IMDA) M.F.A. program, Roz Croog conducted a multimedia research project to record images in Lorton Prison after it was shut down.

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents "Typographically Speaking: The Art ofMatthew Carter" through December 6. Organized by the Library Gallery with guest curator Margaret Re, assistant professor of visual arts, the exhibition will examine the significant contributions of Matthew Carter to the field of visualcommunications.

Some people have an unadorned simplicity to them, a natural wholesomeness that appeals to all. These are the ones who simply walk into a room and strangers flock to them. Senior theatre major Allison Houseworth -- who recently co-starred in the Theatre Department's production of Blue Window -- is one of these people.

UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) presents "Maria Elena Gonzalez: Selected Works 1996 - 2002." The exhibition, curated by Reneevan der Stelt, CAVC projects coordinator, features recent sculptures and drawings by emerging artist Gonzalez, a Cuban-American artist from New York City. The exhibition will also introduce her public sculpture called Magic Carpet/Home, which will be installed in City Springs Park, near five Baltimore public housing projects. An educational outreach program will accompany the exhibition and public sculpture.

The Department of Music presents an American Music Festival from May 3rd through May 11th. All events are free and will be presented in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.

The Maryland Stage Company, UMBC's resident professional theatre, returns to The Pearlstone Theater at Center Stage to presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 18 through July 7.

Professor in the Honors College and the Department of Visual Arts, Ellen Handler Spitz spoke with Tom Moore for Insights about the exhibition Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art, which is on display at the Jewish Museum in New Yorkthrough June 30, 2002. When the exhibition generated substantial negative criticism in the press, Spitz's replies were published in The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and other publications.

The UMBC Department of Theatre presents North Shore Fish by Israel Horovitz, directed by Vincent Lancisi. This Pulitzer Prize nominated play depicts a painfully real and funny slice of life in a failing frozen fish processing plant in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where the characters fight to save the only jobs they know. The production runs April 26 to May 4.

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On April 3, UMBC welcomes internationally renowned artist Meredith Monk for a performance in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Hailed as a "magician of the voice," "voice of the future," and "a phenomemon," Monk is a pioneer of extended vocal technique and vocal performance.

On March 14, the Department of Music presents a new contemporary music ensemble, featuring E. Michael Richards (clarinet), Lisa Cella (flute) and Tom Goldstein (percussion), joined by guest artist Kazuko Tanosaki. Their program includes music by UMBC composers Linda Dusman, Stuart Saunders Smith, and others.

UMBC's two art galleries offer shows by prominent Americanphotographers through March 16. The Albin O. KuhnLibrary Gallery's exhibition, Riding theTitanic!, features work by Nathan Lyons and includes 200 black andwhite photographs that reveal the artist's unique view ofAmerica and its social landscape. The Fine Arts Gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building, presents Casting Shadows: Photographs by Edward West, images of South Africa after the fall of apartheid.

The Phoenix Dance Company, UMBC's professional modern dance company in residence, presents its annual concerts February 13 - 16 in the UMBC Theatre. The program features a major new work by Carol Hess and the Streaming Umbrella Group.

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