Dear UMBC Community,

I am excited to announce the launch of Arts+UMBC, an ongoing, collaborative, multidisciplinary effort that will celebrate the arts at UMBC through the expansion of programming. On-campus, community, and national artists will be featured in unique and innovative ways that highlight and grow the UMBC art scene and the connection with the broader community.

Committees made up of faculty, staff, and students representing a range of arts disciplines worked diligently throughout the past year to plan and support an inspired calendar of arts programming that will highlight the creativity of our community. We will explore cross-disciplinary programming themes, including Trailblazers, the Harlem Renaissance, Artful Stories, and Space, Place, and Justice. We look forward to inviting the surrounding community to join us in celebrating what makes UMBC arts unique.

I’d like to thank the many people who have worked on this initiative to date, including the committee members listed below. I look forward to sharing more in the early fall around how we will celebrate the arts at UMBC in new and wonderful ways.

Sincerely,

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UMBC will be recognized in the region and beyond as a transformative, inviting arts destination where creative interdisciplinary research and public-facing programming challenge, enrich, and inspire both on and off campus. By embracing UMBC's position as a leading voice in the arts and celebrating the breadth and depth of work and research among our community in the visual and performing arts disciplines, we will look to the arts initiative as a catalyst for evolving our campus arts culture into an interconnected and innovative network that will prepare our students for their creative futures.