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Arts+ extravaganza hits a high note
On December 5, the campus celebrated this year’s Arts+ initiative with five concurrent events featuring UMBC students, faculty, and guest artists. In a sold out concert in Linehan Concert Hall,...
Posted: December 15, 2025, 3:23 PM
Spark exhibition glows at The Peale
UMBC’s annual collaborative art exhibition with Towson University, Spark, opened its doors this November at The Peale, Baltimore’s neighborhood museum, and has continued to delight audiences with...
Posted: December 5, 2025, 4:49 PM
Retrievers gone global: 5 ways UMBC fosters international engagement
As International Education Week 2025 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up a few of the many ways Retrievers engage globally through their work and studies. Even though it has been a particularly...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 1:03 PM
Fine Arts gets a facelift
Strolling through campus, you might have noticed the blend of architectural styles, with a strong leaning toward brick brutalism (nicknamed “brickalism”), normalized in the 1960s; a typical look...
Posted: November 5, 2025, 1:39 PM
Arts+ initiative at UMBC uplifts the arts and creates new avenues for student showcases
Moments after the final notes of a Mozart flute concerto resounded from the walls of UMBC’s Linehan Concert Hall, the sold-out audience rose to their feet to applaud Martha Long, principal flutist...
Posted: September 19, 2025, 5:18 PM
Picturing Mobility: Black Tourism and Leisure During the Jim Crow Era
The Jim Crow era was marked by strict racial segregation, severely limiting Black individuals’ mobility and dignity. Public leisure spaces were often segregated, making travel dangerous and...
Posted: September 12, 2025, 3:58 PM
Sweat equity—UMBC’s arts, humanities, and social science interns use campus connections and resources to find ideal summer placements
Used to working in beautiful sunny weather, Giovanna Orfali, a visual arts senior from São Paulo, Brazil, spent this summer behind the camera as a digital content intern at the Maryland Center for...
Posted: August 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
Internationally minded excellence: Faculty and staff across all three UMBC colleges receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards to teach and research abroad
Four UMBC faculty and staff members have received highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards to teach, conduct research, and forge cross-cultural connections around the world in the coming...
Posted: July 31, 2025, 2:51 PM
James Smalls’ efforts to restore Féral Benga’s place in 20th-century performing arts just might preserve his grave site as well
Art historian James Smalls, a professor of visual arts, researches the intersections of race, gender, and queer sexuality in both 19th-century art and the broader visual culture of the Black...
Posted: May 22, 2025, 5:34 PM
Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood...
Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:21 PM
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