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Various television monitors are arranged throughout a gallery space, both on pedestals or underneath makeshift roofs. Two people are seated on the floor, working on computers, which three other musicians play the trombone, guitar, and cello. All of them wear black.
The Dead, The Living, and the Injured” group performance led by IMDA student McCoy Chance as part of the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Photo: Tim Nohe

Welcome to CADVC

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC) is a forum for research, exhibition, publication, and public programming in the fields of art, design, and visual culture.

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Education

A group of teenagers are seated at a table, cutting and gluing pictures from magazines for a collage. A woman with a light skin-tone stands to their left. She wears a black outfit, a white headband, and a lanyard with a key.
Students from Perry Hall High School visit CADVC, creating vibrant collage artworks under the guidance of curator Sandra Abbott. Photo: Tedd Henn

Educational Outreach and K-12 Programs

CADVC provides a wide range of K–12 education outreach programs, with a limited number of free bus trips to UMBC for scheduled K–12 gallery tours available annually.

Publications

Through both traditional and experimental formats, CADVC’s publications serve as enduring records of its exhibitions while advancing national and international discourse on art and culture.

Paul Rand: Modernist Design

Edited by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. Texts by Derek Birdsall, Ivan Chermayeff, Shigeo Fukuda, Milton Glaser, Diane Gromeala, Jessica Helfand, Steven Heller, Armin Hoffmann, Takenobu Igharashi, John Meada, Richard Sapper, Wolfgang Weingart and Massimo Vignelli.

Visual Culture and Bioscience

Edited by Suzanne Anker, JD Talasek. Preface by David Yager. Foreword by JD Talasek. Introduction by Suzanne Anker.

In Memoriam

Black and white photograph of Maurice Berger, Chief Curator and research professor at UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, standing in front of a wall with a large eye-shaped graphic in the background
Maurice Berger at the opening reception of “Revolution of the Eye,” 2015. Photo: Steve Miller

A Tribute to Dr. Maurice Berger
1956-2020

Dr. Maurice Berger, a visionary curator, scholar, and advocate for social justice, served as chief curator and research professor at CADVC until his death from COVID-19 in March 2020. The legacy of his path-breaking exhibitions and writings, confronting issues of race, representation, and inequity, remains vital and continues to inspire critical inquiry and public dialogue at CADVC.

In Memoriam
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