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On December 5, the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture will celebrate the release of “Cockeysville to Baltimore,” a special booklet accompanying the exhibition “Levester Williams: All Matters Aside,” which has been on view since September 20. The exhibition is curated by Lisa D. Freiman, professor of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University. The booklet features the essay “Scrubbed Clean: The Pursuit of Purity in Baltimore” by Michelle Diane Wright, which examines the histories of racial inequity and the cultural imaginary of Cockeysville marble in Baltimore. The publication is the inaugural project funded by the Maurice Berger CADVC Program Fund, in support of the exploration of, and research into, histories of race, representation and justice in visual culture, with the goal of creating accessible public programming. This celebration will happen in the context of December 5th tribute to the Maurice Berger.

This program celebrates the life and legacy of Maurice Berger (1956-2020), who was research professor and chief curator at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC (CADVC), until his death in 2020.

CADVC announces the launch of the Maurice Berger CADVC Program Fund, in support of the exploration of, and research into, histories of race, representation and justice in visual culture, with the goal of creating accessible public programming. On the occasion of this announcement, we celebrate the publication of “RACE STORIES: Essays on the Power of Images,” a collection of award-winning essays by Maurice Berger, authored during his CADVC tenure. Co-published by Aperture and The New York Times, the book explores the powerful roles photography plays in shaping ideas and attitudes about race. Event participants include Marvin Heiferman, Berger’s husband and editor of the volume, as well as Aruna D’Souza, Maleke Glee, Sarah Lewis, Lowery Stokes Sims, and many others.

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