IMDA Welcome Event, 2026

IMDA Welcome Event 2026 | Thursday, October 29th | 12:00-1:00 pm | CADVC

Please join the Visual Arts Department in welcoming our new Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) Graduate Students to UMBC. On Thursday, October 29th from 12:00-1:00 pm, we will host an engaging round of micro-talks at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture. The members of our incoming class will give short presentations about their research and art practice. Stop by to say hello and meet the IMDA class of 2029!

Oreolúwa Akinsanmi @adire.nvr.dyes is a nature loving Afro-indigenous Yoruba creator based in the United States. Their art and life are influenced by the desire to live communally, sustainably, and in harmony with nature--building altars with found objects and utilizing materials resourced through community.

Gaia Bethel-Birch @gimmble is an artist born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated with a BA from SOAS, University of London (‘19). Over the past three years she has been working with the Film Department at the Baltimore School for the Arts and continues to produce documentaries.

Jimmy Horner @kleptoclockers is a digital multimedia educational artist looking to expand his practice into traditional forms of print making and papercraft. His work ranges from sequential art and animation to nature studies and diagrams. He aims to integrate themes of play and interactivity into work aimed at adults, reintroducing youthful energy to contemporary topics.

Gwyneth Lewandowski @bunniculoid_gl is a digital painter and 3D enthusiast whose practice focuses on melancholic narrative pieces. She likes to play with the juxtaposition between the beautiful and grotesque to approach themes of intrigue and mystery.

Claire O’Brocta is a Baltimore-based multimedia designer using light, sound, and games to encourage curiosity, play, and deeper connections with the world around us. Claire holds BA and BM degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory.