SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MONDAY, MARCH 2ND
Screenprinting Demonstration EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED
12-1PM • The Commons Mainstreet
This event has been rescheduled to Friday, March 6th. The time and location have not changed.
3:5 Exhibition Guided Tour EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED
12-1PM • Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture
This event has been rescheduled to Friday, March 6th. The time and location have not changed.
Visual Aid - ArtWeek Exhibition Opening EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED RSVP ON FACEBOOK
6-8PM • Flat Tuesdays
This event has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 3rd. The time and location have not changed.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD
Paper Crafts
12-1PM • The Commons Mainstreet
Stop by for some paper craft fun! We'll be making all sorts of things out of paper, and you'll be surprised by just what you can create!
Career Week Art Symposium
Panel Discussion • 3-4PM • Fine Arts 207
Portfolio Review • 4-5PM • Fine Arts 114
Learn about being an artist in the real world from UMBC alumni, and register to have your portfolio reviewed!
Visual Aid - ArtWeek Exhibition Opening (NEW DATE) RSVP ON FACEBOOK
6-8PM • Flat Tuesdays
We formally kick-off ArtWeek with this opening reception for the ArtWeek Exhibition. Refreshments will be served.
The Hook Up Music Showcase RSVP ON FACEBOOK
8-10PM • Flat Tuesdays
A selection of UMBC musicians will “hook up” their instruments and perform.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH
Lumen Printing
12-1PM • The Commons Terrace
Lumen printing is a photographic process that uses exposed photo paper to create surprising results. Come try it for yourself!
Edgar Endress Lecture
12-1:15PM • Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture
Please join us at the Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture during free hour 12 pm - 1:15 pm, Wednesday, March 4th for a gallery talk with artist Edgar Endress. Endress will discuss his current multi media installation at CADVC and his ongoing research in Bolivia and Haiti. Other topics include relational aesthetics and public art as they relate to his metropolitan DC-based art practice with Floating Lab Collective. This event is co-sponsored by CADVC and the Department of Visual Arts.
Performing Arts Showcase
8-10PM • Sports Zone
Student groups showcase the best in campus theatre, a capella, and dance.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH
Caricatures
12-1PM • The Commons Mainstreet
See yourself through the eyes of these speedy portrait artists! Stop by The Commons Mainstreet for your chance to be drawn, or just watch as the artists exaggerate the facial features of your friends and fellow students.
Social Art, Collaborative Engagement and Activism: A Panel Discussion RSVP ON FACEBOOK
3-4:30PM • Skylight Room
Thought you knew about art? Think again! This engaging panel discussion and presentation will cover topics of social art and more! Participating panelists: Jaimes Mayhew,
Rebecca Nagle,
Lee Boot,
Marian April Glebes, and
Steve Bradley.
IN10 Festival
FREE • 4-6PM • UMBC Theatre
The UMBC Department of Theatre presents the Fourth Annual IN10 Festival from March 4 through 8 in the UMBC Theatre. The IN10 Festival features new theatrical works for young actresses and all audiences, including the winning play of UMBC's IN10 International Short Play Competition, Confirmed Sighting by Patrick Gabridge. Don't miss your chance to see the performances for free during this special free-for-UMBC showing!
More information: http://www.umbc.edu/theatre/In10winners2009.html
Open Mic Night RSVP ON FACEBOOK
9-11PM • Sports Zone
Show us what you’ve got! Showcase your music, poetry, short stories, and more, or just come by to watch and listen. If that wasn't awesome enough, we'll also be serving up free slices of Papa John's pizza!
FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
Screenprinting Demonstration (NEW DATE) RSVP ON FACEBOOK
12-1PM • The Commons Mainstreet
Experience screenprinting firsthand as we print up a batch of ArtWeek tshirts and posters. Tshirt supplies are limited, so you may want to bring a clean white shirt just in case! The screenprinting demonstration, reshceduled from Monday, will replace the previously-scheduled Friday Tie Dye event.
3:5 Exhibition Guided Tour (NEW DATE)
12-1PM • Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture
Please visit the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in the Fine Arts Building, Room 105 at noon for a gallery walk and talk with exhibition staff. Participants will have a chance to view the exhibition, 5:3 - Five Artists : Three States – Video : Animation : Sound, and to learn more about current, time-based art from the mid-Atlantic region.
Artists Reception
1-3PM • The Commons Mainstreet
Celebrate the work and achievement of all the ArtWeek artists and performers with a reception on Mainstreet. Light refreshments will be served.
SEB’s 48 Hour Film Festival Kick-Off RSVP ON FACEBOOK
3-4PM • SEB Office, The Commons Room 2B10
SEB presents the 2009 edition of their 48 Hour Film Festival! Amateur and aspiring filmmakers alike can stop by the SEB office from 3-4PM for their instructions, and then have the weekend to shoot and edit their pieces. The submissions will be screened and winners announced at an awards ceremony later in the month.
More information: http://www.umbc.edu/seb
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH
UMBC Battle Of The Bands RSVP ON FACEBOOK
6-10PM • UC Ballroom
SEB presents Battle of the Bands 2009! Watch your UMBC bands battle it out for a paid Quadmania gig! Admission is free!
More information: http://www.umbc.edu/seb
SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH
UMBC Symphony Orchestra Performance
FREE • 8-9PM • Fine Arts Recital Hall
Don’t miss your chance to hear the UMBC Symphony Orchestra perform for free in the Fine Arts Recital Hall!
ONGOING GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
ArtWeek Student Art Showcase The Commons Galleries
5:3 - Five Artists : Three States – Video : Animation : Sound CADVC
More information: http://www.umbc.edu/cadvc
Photographs of James L. Amos Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
More information: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/current.php
Thank you to everyone who has helped in the planning and execution of ArtWeek 2009: The ArtWeek committee (Allison Jennings, Jenna Ullrich,
Katie Heater,
Katie Kopajtic,
Monique Cucchi,
Nayda Pirela, and Tazuko Sugajima), Joel DeWyer, Laura Schraven and the entire office of UMBC commonvision, Drema Wentz and everyone at EPCS, Sandra Abbott at the CADVC, and everyone else, again, thank you so much!
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