Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC (CADVC) proudly announces its spring 2025 programs. A research center, art gallery, publisher, and teaching and learning space in an R1 public university setting, CADVC hosts a research-based artist residency program, a new large-scale public video art projection gallery, UMBC student and faculty exhibitions, and rigorous interdisciplinary public programs.
All programs at CADVC are free and open to the public, though some require advance registration. Contact cadvc@umbc.edu or call +1 410 455 3188 with questions or to discuss accessibility accommodations. Directions to CADVC are available at this link.
Collis Donadio “Conflux: Variation”
On view nightly from sundown until 2am between February 14 and June 30, 2025.
Conflux: Variation (2025) is a public video art projection that explores the intersections of industry and the environment in Baltimore, where water meets land.
Between 2023 and 2024, collaborating artists Shannon Collis and Liz Donadio recorded video and audio documentation in sites where industry has reshaped local habitats, such as the Curtis Bay Water Tower and Baltimore City’s marine terminals. The artists think of this documentary research and resulting installation as a “speculative exploration of the future, using moving images to convey transformation and transition.”
March 4, 6pm: CADVC hosts a public talk featuring Shannon Collis and Liz Donadio. Free and open to the public.
Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans: “Pedagogy Study Hall”
CADVC hosts an Exploratory Research Residency that invites artists and interdisciplinary collaborators to take advantage of scholarly resources and to build partnerships at UMBC and in the Baltimore region. In 2025, CADVC supports Tomashi Jackson’s “Pedagogy Study Hall” as part of this program.
In collaboration with policy analyst and economic advocate Nia K. Evans, Tomashi Jackson’s “Pedagogy Study Hall” will host an intermedia series of public discussions about investment and disinvestment in the visual arts and humanities. Baltimore offers a critical forum for exploring a range of formal and informal organizational approaches to arts and humanites education and support.
February 25, 6–7pm: Conversation with Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans, Lion Brothers classroom, downtown Baltimore. Registration is required.
April 8, 5:30–7pm: Conversation about structures of cultural support with Denise Griffin Johnson, Nick Hartigan, and Ryan Patterson at the Lion Brothers classroom in downtown Baltimore. Registration is required.
April 15, 6–7pm: Webinar panel on education history and policy featuring Davarian Baldwin and Matt Cregor. Registration is required.
More information here
The Only Way Out is Through: The 2025 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA thesis exhibition
The 2025 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA thesis exhibition is on view March 25–April 12, 2025. Featuring McCoy Chance, Ahlam Khamis, Ghazal Mojtahedi, Alexi Scheiber, and Mariia Usova.
March 27, 5-7pm: Artists’ reception.
April 15, 12:30-1:30pm: RTKL Lecture featuring Alexi Scheiber. Audience members are respectfully requested to wear a mask during this event, so the speaker may remove her mask for optimal audibility and communication. CADVC realizes masking is a personal decision and ultimately lies with each individual.
Cockeysville to Baltimore: Levester Williams
CADVC artist resident Levester Williams was recently featured in all matters aside, a survey exhibition curated by Lisa D. Freiman. The exhibition featured a selection of works produced during Williams’s artist residency research into the histories and mythologies of Cockeysville marble, a material used in both the Washington Monument in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood and the iconic exterior steps of local rowhomes. The exhibition was accompanied by a number of public-facing activities, including the publication of Cockeysville to Baltimore.
April 1, 6-7pm: Webinar featuring Levester Williams in conversation with sound designer Dan Shields, moderated by Lisa D. Freiman. Registration is required.
CADVC spring 2025 hours: Tuesday–Wednesday, 12–5pm; Thursday–Saturday, 10am–5pm, when exhibitions are on view and the university is open. More information: cadvc.umbc.edu.
Please note, some events have limited capacity and registration is required to secure your spot. Events with limited space will be noted in their descriptions.
If you need any specific accommodations to experience an exhibition or one of our events, either online or in person, please contact CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.
All events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy.