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Student actors stand on a darkly lit stage

UMBC’s latest graduates in the arts forge new creative paths despite a challenging year

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The past pandemic year saw arts communities unable to connect with audiences in traditional ways. Usually reliant on people gathering together to experience their work, creators and performers were thrust online. Some artistic experiences were rendered impossible, but the challenging situation didn’t slow the creative efforts of visual and performing artists of UMBC’s Class of 2021. Continue Reading UMBC’s latest graduates in the arts forge new creative paths despite a challenging year

SPARK IV: A New World?

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UMBC artists are once again in the limelight at the annual SPARK pop-up gallery, a joint project with Towson University that can be enjoyed in person through June 26 at Maryland Art Place in downtown Baltimore. Continue Reading SPARK IV: A New World?

Girls on a Dirt Pile

UMBC’s newest arts grads forge ahead with creative work, despite a year apart

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As the pandemic surged across the country last spring, university arts venues closed their doors, but that didn’t stop UMBC artists from creating. Without the traditional opportunities for collaboration that can be so important in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts, they turned to new approaches and to individual projects with determination and passion. Continue Reading UMBC’s newest arts grads forge ahead with creative work, despite a year apart

Daniel Pesca

Library of Congress commissions UMBC’s Daniel Pesca to bring new work of music to the public during pandemic

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Pianist Daniel Pesca will participate in the Library of Congress’s Boccaccio Project, in which ten composers will be paired with ten performers. The newly commissioned musical compositions will be presented in a series of online broadcasts. Continue Reading Library of Congress commissions UMBC’s Daniel Pesca to bring new work of music to the public during pandemic

Creating new pathways: Meet ten UMBC arts graduates advancing their fields

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Majoring in the arts requires intense levels of stamina and self-discipline — long hours rehearsing, creating, writing, designing, interpreting — coupled with an inner drive for inquiry and perfection. UMBC’s undergraduate and graduate students in the arts are no exception, reaching forward even in this era of social distancing. Continue Reading Creating new pathways: Meet ten UMBC arts graduates advancing their fields

Linda Dusman

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, named Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship

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Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, has been named The Herbert Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship for 2020 – 2023. The three-year appointment will enable Dusman to further her work with EnCue, an audience engagement app she co-designed for use during classical music performance. Continue Reading Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, named Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship

UMBC shines at Brilliant Baltimore with artwork, talks, performances, a reception, and more

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From November 1 through 10, UMBC will again join in two of Baltimore’s signature events — Light City and the Baltimore Book Festival — which will be held together in 2019 under the theme of Brilliant Baltimore. UMBC’s contributions include a talk by President Freeman Hrabowski, a UMBC-Light Ekphrastic panel discussion, a panel discussion on Baltimore Revisited, and the SPARK gallery. Continue Reading UMBC shines at Brilliant Baltimore with artwork, talks, performances, a reception, and more

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