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CADVC gallery is currently closed. We reopen on May 13 with the 2026 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition!

A woman dressed in a flowing white pantsuit raises her arms and head upwards with two performers in white dresses, visible stooping and walking in the background, before an animated projection. An audience watches in the foreground.
María Magdalena Campos Pons of KaMag performs with other performers during “Vignettes in 3 Sessions” at CADVC on December 5, 2025. Photo: Tedd Henn

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 during a school tour with 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.

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
Race Stories