Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone
Albin O. Kuhn Library GalleryFloodZone, featuring photography by Anastasia Samoylova, explores what it looks like to live in the southern United States at a time when rising sea levels and hurricanes threaten the most prized locations with storm surges and coastal erosion. Samoylova’s lyrical photographs are deceptive, drawing us in with a seemingly documentary promise of a palm-treed paradise. Their alluring color palette — filled with lush greens, azure blues, and pastel pinks — gives way to minute details that reveal decaying infrastructure, encroaching flora, and displaced fauna.
Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC)The Intermedia and Digital Arts Master's Program presents Not Grounded, the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition. Opening with a public reception on Thursday, April 4, from 5 to 7 p.m., the exhibition features four artists with diverse artistic practices and approaches: Elly Kalantari, Andrew Liang, Kristin Putchinski, and A. M. Zellhofer.
Humanities Forum with Fan Yang
Albin O. Kuhn Library GalleryDrawing on her forthcoming book, Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements, Fan Yang mines 21st-century media artifacts such as Firefly and House of Cards to make visible the economic, cultural, political, and ecological entanglements of China and the United States. This event is part of the Spring 2024 Humanities Forum.
UMBC Wind Ensemble
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallCatonsville, MD, United StatesThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Krystal Williams in program entitled "The unBroken Pieces of Me: A Mental Health Awareness Concert."
Naptown Jazz Kids Big Band Invitational
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallCatonsville, MD, United StatesThe Naptown Jazz Kids (NJK) Big Band Invitational showcases student big band performances with adjudications, clinics, workshops, and jam sessions. Focusing on jazz education, this non-competitive festival offers students and directors from public, private, and community jazz programs the opportunity to directly collaborate with prominent jazz artists and educators from the Mid-Atlantic region.
The U.S. Army Blues and All That Jazz!
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallCatonsville, MD, United StatesThe U.S. Army Blues, a component of the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” will perform a free concert at UMBC in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. This special event will feature the 2023 Collegiate and High School solo competition winners from the Army Blues Young Artist Competition, alongside Naptown Jazz Kids, the premier jazz organization for young people in Annapolis.
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology with Raquel Matos
310 University CenterThe Social Sciences Forum presents the Distinguished Lecture in Psychology, featuring Raquel Matos of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, who will speak on “A 50 years ‘celebration’: Examining 5 decades of Mass Incarceration and Gender Studies.”
Nayatara Nayar — Water Logs: A Study of Theatre and Water Crisis
216 Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingPlaywright, storyteller and researcher Nayatara Nayar will present a talk, Water Logs: A Study of Theatre and Water Crisis. Her work focuses on the intersection of research, creative writing and the study of theatrical texts centering on storytelling about the water and the water crisis in Tamil Nadu.
Humanities Forum with Davarian L. Baldwin
University of Baltimore, Learning Commons, Town Hall, 1415 Maryland AvenueWith an eye to local Baltimore developments, like the Eager Park and UMB BioPark projects, Davarian Baldwin will discuss what he calls the rise of UniverCities—higher education’s growing control over the economic development and political governance of urban America. From housing and wage labor to health care and even policing, colleges and universities have become big business and our communities their company towns. He will explore the costs when our cities become campuses and how we can think through a more liberatory way forward. This event, a collaboration with the University of Baltimore's History Program, is part of the Spring 2024 Humanities Forum.
Jen White-Johnson — Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design
Albin O. Kuhn Library GalleryJen White-Johnson ’08, visual arts, will discuss her work and experiences as a Black professional in design and discuss her contributions to the recently published Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design. After her talk, White-Johnson will sign books for the audience.
UMBC Chamber Players
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallCatonsville, MD, United StatesThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. Students in the UMBC Chamber Players perform a wide variety of instrumental chamber works, ranging from Baroque, Classical, Romantic to contemporary repertoire.
Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design — Panel Discussion
132 Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingJoin us for an evening with editors and contributors from Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design for a panel discussion and interactive Q&A session, featuring Jillian Harris, Jen White-Johnson, Terresa Moses, Omari Souza, and Jacinda Walker.
Green Theatre Revolution
Black Box TheatreUMBC Theatre presents Green Theatre Revolution, directed by Susan McCully and Katie Hileman, a festival of new plays and devised works about climate justice. Student-created work will be performed alongside excerpts from Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff Tick Tock While Saraswati Saves the World by Susan McCully and Lost Waters by Nayantara Nayar. A special performance of student works will take place at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in downtown Baltimore.
UMBC Symphony Orchestra and UMBC String Chamber Orchestra
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallCatonsville, MD, United StatesThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra and the UMBC String Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Philip Mann. The performance will feature works by Benedetto Marcello, Anton Arensky, José Bragato, Jean Sibelius, Samuel Barber, D'Juan Moreland, and Stephanie Berg, with soloists Juan Sebastian Delgado and Julia Plumer.
Green Theatre Revolution at Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET)
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) at the Rita Rossi Colwell Center , United StatesUMBC Theatre presents Green Theatre Revolution, directed by Susan McCully and Katie Hileman, a festival of new plays and devised works about climate justice. This event, a special performance of student works expressing climate science through theatrical representation, will take place at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in downtown Baltimore.
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Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone
FloodZone, featuring photography by Anastasia Samoylova, explores what it looks like to live in the southern United States at a time when rising sea levels and hurricanes threaten the most prized locations with storm surges and coastal erosion. Samoylova’s lyrical photographs are deceptive, drawing us in with a seemingly documentary promise of a palm-treed paradise. Their alluring color palette — filled with lush greens, azure blues, and pastel pinks — gives way to minute details that reveal decaying infrastructure, encroaching flora, and displaced fauna.
1 event,
2 events,
Thomas F. Schaller and Paul Waldman: The White Rural Threat to Democracy
Thomas F. Schaller and Paul Waldman: The White Rural Threat to Democracy
The Center for Social Science Scholarship, celebrating its fifth year, presents a 5th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture, featuring Thomas F. Schaller and Paul Waldman, who will discuss The White Rural Threat to Democracy. This event is part of the Spring 2024 Social Sciences Forum.
2 events,
Amy Williams: Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories
Amy Williams: Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories
By the early 1980s, American composer Morton Feldman (1926–1987) began to create works of unusually long duration, featuring intricate interplays of pitches and patterns that slowly unfold (and sometimes suddenly change) over time. Among these works is the evening-length solo piano composition Triadic Memories (1981), performed in this concert by distinguished pianist and composer Amy Williams.
4 events,
Slime by Bryony Lavery
UMBC Theatre presents Slime by Bryony Lavery, directed by Nigel Semaj. Welcome to the Third Annual Slime Crisis Conference! Seven grad students, all fluent in animal languages, linguistics, and culture, join delegates of almost every species to save life on earth from a toxic slime. As they debate and translate for dolphins, seabirds, and polar bears, they ask, “Who is coming to save us?” The answer might surprise you….
Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition
The Intermedia and Digital Arts Master’s Program presents Not Grounded, the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition. Opening with a public reception on Thursday, April 4, from 5 to 7 p.m., the exhibition features four artists with diverse artistic practices and approaches: Elly Kalantari, Andrew Liang, Kristin Putchinski, and A. M. Zellhofer.
Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition — Opening Reception
Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition — Opening Reception
The Intermedia and Digital Arts Master’s Program presents the Opening Reception for Not Grounded, the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring four artists with diverse artistic practices and approaches: Elly Kalantari, Andrew Liang, Kristin Putchinski, and A. M. Zellhofer.
4 events,
Faculty String Ensemble — Rush Hour Concert
Faculty String Ensemble — Rush Hour Concert
Come and join us after work for a rush-hour concert when UMBC string faculty gather forces to present iconic string repertoire! Of the abundant string quintets that Luigi Boccherini wrote, the Quintet in D major, op. 40 No. 2 (G. 341) is one of the most renowned, with the exciting Fandango dance in the final movement. The quintet will be followed by Anton Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, op. 96 “American,” one of Dvořák’s most beloved and celebrated chamber works.
4 events,
District5
District5
Join the District5 wind quintet as they step into the shadowy musical world of “death.” This transformative program shines a light on the complexity, beauty, and fragility within a seemingly dark place. Seamlessly combining works from the Medieval era through present day, the concert features the powerful voices of composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Carlo Gesualdo, Reena Esmail, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Now in their 10th season, District5 is known for their creative and engaging programming.
5 events,
Introduction to the Sustainable Production Toolkit with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark
Introduction to the Sustainable Production Toolkit with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark
As part of the Spring 2024 Plays for Our Planet initiative, UMBC Theatre presents an Introduction to the Sustainable Production Toolkit with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark. Led by the authors of The Sustainable Production Toolkit, this talk and workshop introduces concrete tools and best practices for prioritizing the intertwined needs for greater environmental, social, and economic sustainability in the theatre industry.
Student Design Workshop with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark
Student Design Workshop with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark
As part of the Spring 2024 Plays for Our Planet initiative, UMBC Theatre presents a Student Design Workshop with Lauren Gaston and Sandra Goldmark. Led by the authors of the Sustainable Production Toolkit, this session will give students an opportunity to dig deeper into sustainable design and production practices and resources. Working as a team, students will develop concrete action items based on one or two goals generated in the afternoon session.
4 events,
Humanities Forum: Evelyn Barker Lecture with Sean D. Kelly
Humanities Forum: Evelyn Barker Lecture with Sean D. Kelly
In 1947, Martin Heidegger wrote what is now known as his “Letter on Humanism,” which is rich and revealing. At the center of the Letter stands a singular, pointed claim: that all previous “humanisms,” have failed to recognize the “proper dignity of human being.” Drawn from a book in progress, this talk by Sean D. Kelly of Harvard University will explore questions of our proper dignity, and the threat to it posed by the technological age. This event is part of the Spring 2024 Humanities Forum.
4 events,
Strata: An Evening of Premieres
Strata: An Evening of Premieres
The Strata ensemble returns to UMBC to present the premieres of five new works by UMBC student composers — Permafrost by Joshua Epstein, Phaistos by Pam Voulalas, Trials and Tribulations by Sarah Yuran, Sonder by D’Juan Moreland, and Radical by Vittoria Tchotche.
5 events,
Strata with Amy Sue Barston
Strata with Amy Sue Barston
The Strata ensemble joins forces with cellist Amy Sue Barston in a program featuring Stomping Grounds (2015) by Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970) and Olivier Messiaen’s timeless masterpiece Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), written while the composer was a prisoner of war in 1940–41.
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
The Department of Music presents a screening of the new film Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros, a documentary project on the life and work of American icon Pauline Oliveros, directed by Daniel Weintraub.
3 events,
Low Lecture with Kevin Dawson
Low Lecture with Kevin Dawson
The annual Low Lecture features Kevin Dawson, associate professor of history at the University of California, Merced, who will speak on Liquid Motion: Canoeing and Surfing in Atlantic Africa and the Diaspora, 1444–1888. “Liquid Motion” examines how African women and men perceived, understood, and interacted with oceans and rivers through swimming, underwater diving, surfing, canoe-making, and canoeing. Africans inspire us to rethink assumptions about maritime history, by considering maritime traditions that Westerns lacked. Enslaved Africans carried these maritime traditions to the Americas, where they used them to benefit their exploited lives and enslavers exploited them to generate wealth. This event is part of the Spring 2024 Social Sciences Forum.
3 events,
4 events,
Christine Mallinson: What Does Language Do and What Can We Do With It?
Christine Mallinson: What Does Language Do and What Can We Do With It?
The annual Lipitz Lecture features Christine Mallinson, who will speak on “What Does Language Do and What Can We Do With It? ” This event is part of the Spring 2024 Social Sciences Forum.
Aisen Caro Chacin: Assistive Device Art
Aisen Caro Chacin: Assistive Device Art
The Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents Aisen Caro Chacin, who will discuss Assistive Device Art: Transformation of Ability and Perception, The Plasticity of the Mind, and Human Expansion.
3 events,
First Works Concert
First Works Concert
The Department of Dance presents the annual First Works Concert, featuring new works by dance majors.
3 events,
PAWTalks: TRAXXX: Black Queer Nightlife in High Fidelity
PAWTalks: TRAXXX: Black Queer Nightlife in High Fidelity
TRAXXX: Black Queer Nightlife in High Fidelity, featuring madison moore, Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis, is an invitation for you to come and catch the beat. Black queer dance floors have always served something else — a vibrant and vibrating antidote to the here and now. The most important clubs in Black queer nightlife history, from The Warehouse (Chicago) to Paradise Garage (New York) were known for serving ovah beats, guiding clubbers eager to ride waveforms to other dimensions. What do these frequencies of Black queerness make possible? The performance will include a conversation with artist and DJ Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis.
3 events,
Inscape Chamber Orchestra
Inscape Chamber Orchestra
Inscape performs a program featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet along with vivacious works by Martinů and Britten. Each work is written for ensemble configurations that bridge the gap between chamber music and chamber orchestra. Coleridge-Taylor’s long forgotten Nonet was premiered in 1894 and showcases his influence and admiration for the works of Dvořák. Martinů’s Musique de Chambre No. 1 for harp, piano, and chamber players was his very last published work which stands in contrast to Britten’s Sinfonietta for small orchestra, which he designed his “Opus 1” and dates from his student years.
3 events,
Climate Change, Science Communication, and the Arts: An Earth Day Panel Discussion featuring Anastasia Samoylova
Climate Change, Science Communication, and the Arts: An Earth Day Panel Discussion featuring Anastasia Samoylova
How do climate scientists share their research and data with the wider public in a way that non-specialists can understand? How do different communication strategies engage diverse audiences? How might art contribute to this urgent work? This panel discussion is held in conjunction with the spring Library Gallery exhibition, Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone, and features the artist in conversation with scientists and media historians specializing in science communication.
3 events,
Humanities Forum with Fan Yang
Humanities Forum with Fan Yang
Drawing on her forthcoming book, Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements, Fan Yang mines 21st-century media artifacts such as Firefly and House of Cards to make visible the economic, cultural, political, and ecological entanglements of China and the United States. This event is part of the Spring 2024 Humanities Forum.
3 events,
UMBC Wind Ensemble
UMBC Wind Ensemble
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Krystal Williams in program entitled “The unBroken Pieces of Me: A Mental Health Awareness Concert.”
4 events,
Naptown Jazz Kids Big Band Invitational
Naptown Jazz Kids Big Band Invitational
The Naptown Jazz Kids (NJK) Big Band Invitational showcases student big band performances with adjudications, clinics, workshops, and jam sessions. Focusing on jazz education, this non-competitive festival offers students and directors from public, private, and community jazz programs the opportunity to directly collaborate with prominent jazz artists and educators from the Mid-Atlantic region.
The U.S. Army Blues and All That Jazz!
The U.S. Army Blues and All That Jazz!
The U.S. Army Blues, a component of the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” will perform a free concert at UMBC in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. This special event will feature the 2023 Collegiate and High School solo competition winners from the Army Blues Young Artist Competition, alongside Naptown Jazz Kids, the premier jazz organization for young people in Annapolis.
1 event,
1 event,
2 events,
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology with Raquel Matos
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology with Raquel Matos
The Social Sciences Forum presents the Distinguished Lecture in Psychology, featuring Raquel Matos of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, who will speak on “A 50 years ‘celebration’: Examining 5 decades of Mass Incarceration and Gender Studies.”
5 events,
Nayatara Nayar — Water Logs: A Study of Theatre and Water Crisis
Nayatara Nayar — Water Logs: A Study of Theatre and Water Crisis
Playwright, storyteller and researcher Nayatara Nayar will present a talk, Water Logs: A Study of Theatre and Water Crisis. Her work focuses on the intersection of research, creative writing and the study of theatrical texts centering on storytelling about the water and the water crisis in Tamil Nadu.
Humanities Forum with Davarian L. Baldwin
Humanities Forum with Davarian L. Baldwin
With an eye to local Baltimore developments, like the Eager Park and UMB BioPark projects, Davarian Baldwin will discuss what he calls the rise of UniverCities—higher education’s growing control over the economic development and political governance of urban America. From housing and wage labor to health care and even policing, colleges and universities have become big business and our communities their company towns. He will explore the costs when our cities become campuses and how we can think through a more liberatory way forward. This event, a collaboration with the University of Baltimore’s History Program, is part of the Spring 2024 Humanities Forum.
Jen White-Johnson — Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design
Jen White-Johnson — Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design
Jen White-Johnson ’08, visual arts, will discuss her work and experiences as a Black professional in design and discuss her contributions to the recently published Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design. After her talk, White-Johnson will sign books for the audience.
UMBC Chamber Players
UMBC Chamber Players
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. Students in the UMBC Chamber Players perform a wide variety of instrumental chamber works, ranging from Baroque, Classical, Romantic to contemporary repertoire.
2 events,
Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design — Panel Discussion
Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design — Panel Discussion
Join us for an evening with editors and contributors from Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design for a panel discussion and interactive Q&A session, featuring Jillian Harris, Jen White-Johnson, Terresa Moses, Omari Souza, and Jacinda Walker.
3 events,
Green Theatre Revolution
UMBC Theatre presents Green Theatre Revolution, directed by Susan McCully and Katie Hileman, a festival of new plays and devised works about climate justice. Student-created work will be performed alongside excerpts from Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff Tick Tock While Saraswati Saves the World by Susan McCully and Lost Waters by Nayantara Nayar. A special performance of student works will take place at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in downtown Baltimore.
UMBC Symphony Orchestra and UMBC String Chamber Orchestra
UMBC Symphony Orchestra and UMBC String Chamber Orchestra
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra and the UMBC String Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Philip Mann. The performance will feature works by Benedetto Marcello, Anton Arensky, José Bragato, Jean Sibelius, Samuel Barber, D’Juan Moreland, and Stephanie Berg, with soloists Juan Sebastian Delgado and Julia Plumer.
4 events,
Green Theatre Revolution at Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET)
UMBC Theatre presents Green Theatre Revolution, directed by Susan McCully and Katie Hileman, a festival of new plays and devised works about climate justice. This event, a special performance of student works expressing climate science through theatrical representation, will take place at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in downtown Baltimore.
UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir
UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir
The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.
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Inclusion Imperative spotlights six years of innovation in community-engaged humanities research and teaching
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Lighting design to flu treatment: UMBC students share research and creative work at URCAD 2023
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Michelle R. Scott illuminates the lives of Black Vaudeville performers and their broader social impact in Jazz Age America