The Arts at UMBC

09/09/2026

Join us on Thursday, September 10, from 2 to 3:30 pm to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the yellow journals at the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park! Enjoy refreshments and a mindfulness walk with Phillip McKnight ’19.

Join us at this event to immerse yourself in a mindfulness walk, journaling exercise, and enjoy the company of others.

09/08/2026

Pianist Matthew Palumbo joins us on Wednesday, September 9! Don't miss this event, in which he'll perform and discuss the Piano Sonata, Op. 26, by Samuel Barber. 7:30 pm, Linehan Concert Hall, free admission! https://umbc.edu/event/matthew-palumbo-piano/

09/01/2026

Join us this Thursday evening, 9/3, from 6 to 8 pm for the Opening Reception and Artist Panel for Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture!

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents the Opening Reception and Artist Panel for Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, an...

08/25/2026

Opening today! Join us for Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll. The exhibition features artists based in or connected to Baltimore, exploring the city’s cultural landscape through experimental and interdisciplinary practices, including Kelvin Bulluck, Roy Crosse, Brianna Faulkner, Darrius Fox, Lehna Huie, Jeffrey Kent, Ada Pinkston, Kim Rice, Margaret Rorison, Ernest Shaw, Shan Wallace, and Jasmine Gabrielle Washington, and the presentation of a filmic work produced by the collective NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate.

The exhibition, at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, will be on display through November 24.

The CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll.

08/24/2026

Join us at the Library Gallery for the exhibition Lewis Hine in Maryland, featuring early 20th century photography that thrust the perils of child labor into the national spotlight. The show, on view through December 18, is accompanied by contemporary work by artist Lisa Oppenheim.

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Lewis Hine in Maryland, on display from August 24 through December 18. The exhibition will be accompanied by Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso.

07/22/2026

05/19/2026

Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81, an exhibition on display through May 22 at our Library Gallery, is featured in today's Banner!

An exhibit at UMBC features images from the institution in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

05/15/2026

Kudos to the remarkable Juan Sebastián Delgado, a fabulous cellist in our UMBC Department of Music!

04/23/2026

On April 30 and May 1, Orange Grove Dance will perform *outside* on the UMBC campus, traveling in space! Reserve tickets now — four performances only!

Thursday, April 30, 5 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 7 p.m.

Join us for a special event with Site/Unseen, a production by Orange Grove Dance that brings ten performers into dynamic partnership with sidewalks, stairways, and the UMBC amphitheatre.

04/16/2026

Join us for UMBC’s annual Brass Bash on Tuesday, 4/21, 7:30 pm in Linehan Concert Hall! Featuring Brass for Uncommon Times, tuba soloist Velvet Brown, percussionist Fran Vielma, Latin Grammy-winning drummer Daniel Prim, and composer Greg Nicolett!

Join us for UMBC's annual Brass Bash, this year featuring Brass for Uncommon Times, a brass and percussion ensemble including top players from across the...