URCAD is Wednesday, April 22 in the RAC!Come see these special exhibitions including theatrical costumes, airplane prototypes, and handmade stuffed animals.
Special Exhibits (RAC Upper Track- 1st Floor)
https://urcad.umbc.edu/agenda/special-exhibits/
2:00-2:30
Michael Duffy and Christian Price-Burnett, "Voyages: Chapter Seven"- Costumes and puppets from the water dance ensemble at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Mentor: Nigel Semaj
2:30-3:30
Sydney Spradlin, "Anywhere, Nowhere, Everywhere, Somewhere: The Effects of Nostalgia and Anemoia on Memories and Emotions"- Documenting nostalgia and family memories through photographic negatives.
Mentor: Bryan O'Neill
All Day
Shirkant Bhatnagar, Kalel Kai, Ben Bazarsuren, Daniel Shin, Jonah Malcom, Austin Wagener, Nebiyu Mammo, Murali Indukuri, William Vandenberg, "UMBC Design, Build, Fly (DBF) and Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) Aircrafts"- Aircraft designed by undergraduate-led aerospace competition group.
Mentor: Joseph Washington
9am-12:00pm
Timothy Clark, "Hadestown Theoretical Costume Design"- Costume design of Hadestown, a musical by Anais Mitchell. The story is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice which focuses on class inequity.
Mentor: Becca Janney
10:00-11:00am
Lama Mohamed, "Imagining Science"- Illustrations exploring how using creative methods can inspire greater thought and wonder in younger viewers' first exposure to elementary science.
Mentor: Chung-Wei Huang
Leila Cron, "Old Lenses"- Handmade stuffed animals exploring themes of nostalgia and childhood
Mentor: Andrew Liang
All Day
Isabel Kendall, "Missionary Position: Power and Cultural Mediation through the Lens of 16th Century Missionaries and Postwar Sex Workers"- Artistic exhibit exploring cultural and linguistic mediation.
Mentor: Julie Oakes
**Fine Arts Hallway Gallery, 2-3:30pm (Exhibit is open all day through May 20, 2026)
Dorothy Thompson-Pino, Rayanna Morris, Jamie Choi, Ian Cruz, Duncan Winger, Sarah Lopes Dos Santos: "From the Madness"- Student-led gallery exhibition exploring the theme of cultural unity, highlighting how art and creative expression reveal our commonalities rather than the differences that divide us.
Mentor: Corrie Parks