Art During the Time of COVID-19
OCA MochaThe Gallery at OCA Mocha presents Art During the Time of COVID-19, on display through October 2. Featured artists include Emily Beaver, April Berardi, Satya Emerick, Gloria Tseng Fischer, Susan Flanagan, Aarthi Haig, hana, Symone Hardy, Imani K. Jackson, Karly Maroney, Eben McCullough (TheAntArts), Kris McElroy, Kathleen McPartland, Autumn Lynn Miller, Julie Miller, Phoebe O'Dell, Preet Patel, Rachel Pomponi, Wanda Prather, Yuxiao Ran, Josh Schneider, and Diana Tsuji.
Artist Talk with Kiani del Valle
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents dancer, choreographer and director Kiani del Valle, who will speak art form and collaborations with music videos, visual artists and fashion designers.
Daniel Pesca, solo piano
OnlineThe Department of Music presents pianist Daniel Pesca in concert. The program features works by Alison Yun-Fei Jiang and Aaron Travers, as well as two major works Pesca composed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Standards from the keyboard literature by Bach and Fauré round out the program.
Bergamot Quartet
OnlineThe Department of Music presents the Bergamot Quartet, a dynamic string ensemble described by The Baltimore Sun as "radiating with an urgency to communicate something fascinating and rare."
The quartet's performance will feature works by UMBC student composers, including Kathryn Blake, Lynn Dixon, CJ Escobar, Jeremy Keaton, Veronica Maidoh, and Jeffrey Martin.
High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music
OnlineEach year, UMBC partners with the annual High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music, presenting one more more High Zero artists on campus, while faculty, students and alumni have been presented in live performances in downtown Baltimore. This year, Timothy Nohe, professor of visual arts, and Michelle Purdy ’10, music, will participate as performers in an online festival, which will take place September 24–27.
Black Lunch Table: Artist Talk
OnlineAs part of its CIRCA Presents series, the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts presents Black Lunch Table, the primary aim of which is the production of discursive sites, wherein artists and local community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. In this talk, BLT founders Heather Hart and Jina Valentine will talk about the history of this ongoing collaborative project.
Artist Talk with Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, who will speak on "A performer’s perspective — former Pilobolus dancer now working with Belgian-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui."
Jackie Murray: “Racecraft in the Odyssey and Argonautica”
OnlineThe Humanities Forum presents an Ancient Studies Week lecture by Jackie Murray, Associate Professor of Classics, African American and Africana Studies, and Gender and Women Studies, University of Kentucky, who will speak on Racecraft in the Odyssey and Argonautica.
Artist Talk with Crystal Michelle Perkins
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents Crystal Michelle Perkins, associate artistic director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, who will speak on the company's history and its audition opportunities.
Black Lunch Table: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
OnlineAs part of its CIRCA Presents series, the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts presents Black Lunch Table, the primary aim of which is the production of discursive sites, wherein artists and local community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. In this online editing workshop, participants will learn about how to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists.
Artist Talk with AJ Blankenship
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents AJ Blankenship, who will speak on "A life as a dancer — Broadway, Saturday Night Live, and more."
Jacqueline Pollauf, harpist, presents music of Sergiu Natra
OnlineJoin harpist Jacqueline Pollauf for a mini-concert of the music of Sergiu Natra.
Black Lunch Table: Roundtable Conversations
OnlineAs part of its CIRCA Presents series, the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts presents Black Lunch Table, the primary aim of which is the production of discursive sites, wherein artists and local community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. For CIRCA, Black Lunch Table will host one of their signature Artists Roundtables, inviting Black artists to roundtable discussions, and two People’s Tables, inviting participation from all community members.
David Card: “Are We Underinvesting in Education?”
OnlineThe Social Sciences Forum presents David Card, Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and President-Elect of the American Economics Association, who will present the Mullen Day Lecture on “Are We Underinvesting in Education?”
Maggie Paxson: “A French Village, Its Legacy of Rescue, and Lessons for Troubled Times”
OnlineThe Humanities Forum presents writer Maggie Paxson, who will deliver the Annual Robert K. Webb Lecture on "A French Village, Its Legacy of Rescue, and Lessons for Troubled Times."
Artist Talk with Hadar Ahuvia
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents choreographer and performer Hadar Ahuvia, who will speak on creating work that investigates Israeli folk dancing.
The Tool Book Project: Collaborative and Community Engaged Art
OnlineAs part of its CIRCA Presents series, the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts presents The Tool Book Project: Collaborative and Community Engaged Art, a panel featuring Jaimes Mayhew & Lamont Stanley Bryant, Asha Canalos, and Gina Goico, moderated by Sarah G. Sharp.
Artist Talk with Caine Keenan
OnlineAs part of its Friday Free Hour Series of Artist Talks, the Department of Dance presents Caine Keenan, who will speak about her life as a performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère.
Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead: “Black COVID Stories, Black Lives Matter, and Protest: A Conversation about the Ongoing Struggle for Justice and Change”
OnlineThe Humanities Forum and the Social Sciences Forum present Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, Associate Professor of Communication and African and African American Studies in the Department of Communication at Loyola University Maryland, who will present the annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture on “Black COVID Stories, Black Lives Matter, and Protest: A Conversation about the Ongoing Struggle for Justice and Change.”
CIRCA Arts Alumni Spotlight: McKenzie Chinn & Angel Kristi Williams
OnlineThe Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in Arts (CIRCA) features arts alumni McKenzie Chinn ’06, theatre, and Angel Kristi Williams ’05, visual arts, who will present and discuss the process behind recent films and will talk about their respective professional trajectories since graduating from UMBC.
Jacqueline Pollauf, harpist, presents a mini-concert of the transcriptions of Marcel Grandjany
OnlineJoin harpist Jacqueline Pollauf for a mini-concert of the transcriptions of Marcel Grandjany, featuring music by Respighi, Handel and others.
Elizabeth Patton: “Public Discourse and Representations of Work in the Home”
OnlineThe Humanities Forum presents Elizabeth Patton, Assistant Professor of Media and Communication Studies at UMBC, who will speak on Public Discourse and Representations of Work in the Home.
Jacqueline Pollauf, harpist, presents a mini-concert of music by Johann Sebastian Bach
OnlineJoin harpist Jacqueline Pollauf for a mini-concert of music by Johann Sebastian Bach.