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New BFA Degree in Visual Arts
BFA in Visual Arts

Study Abroad Spring 2010
Apply by October 23 for the Spring Semester
Schwabisch Hall, Germany or Valencia Spain
http://art.umbc.edu/undergraduate/study_abroad.php

Fred Worden Wins Film Award
Fred Worden wins a first place
Zagreb, Croatia
http://25fps.hr/2009/

Lynn Cazabon in Quebec
Professor Cazabon in Quebec, audio/video project
Quebec City, Canada
http://folieculture.org/iiix/home/

Nathan Duncan FV/Photo '06
Alumnus edited award-winning film
http://www.fourbirdspictures.com/ocean/athingasbigastheocean.htm

Tim Nohe Lectures
Timothy Nohe lectures and visiting artist

Preminda Jacob Interviewed
Preminda Jacob Interviewed by Manil Suri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BaXnqCHDo

Art History Alums
Art History Alums Accomplishments

Cathy Cook TV Interview
Cathy Cook on WIsconsin Public Television
http://www.wpt.org/directorscut/DC208_cook.cfm

Eric Dyer Film Showings
Eric Dyer's Films Show at International Venues
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dyer

James Smalls Contributing Editor
James Smalls Contributing Editor for the Grove Encyclopedia
http://sites.google.com/a/oup.com/reference/Home/AmericanArt

Imaging Research Center
In The News
IRC Recreates Early Washington

Dr. Ellen Handler-Spitz
Dr. Ellen Handler-Spitz on sabbatical

Visual Arts Alumni & IRC Staff at ISEA2008 Singapore
This year the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art was held in Singapore from July 15 - August 3, 2008. UMBC was well represented by Visual Arts alumni and a former IRC staff member.
http://www.isea2008singapore.org/

2008 Alums Produced
HD Videos For Our Website

The Visual Arts website has new video interviews of our faculty and staff, in order to provide viewers a more personal insight of the department. The videos are available by going to the Faculty/Staff section and clicking on each person's name to view their bio and video.

Thomas Desimon and Sam Janesko, both UMBC Visual Arts graduates of 2008 with a Film/Video concentration, produced the first 17 faculty video portraits in the Spring of 2008 under the supervision of Associate Professor Vin Grabill. Sam and Thomas were enrolled in the department's upper-level High Definition video course, and all portraits were shot and edited in HD video. This new technology produces digital videos which have superior visual clarity and resolution.

Thomas and Sam are continuing their interest in media production following graduation. Thomas reports, My interest in video is to treat it like a work of graphic design to yield non-narrative, abstract textures. The application of such works, I believe, is deeply embedded in pop culture and advertisements, and is now emerging in a new art form, VJing; the act of live video editing to the harmony and rhythm of music. My most immediate goals in this field are to build a repertoire of video textures and continue to learn the necessary software.

Sam states I am currently freelancing in the video field and as of right now, have the intention of strengthening and progressing my business shooting music videos, weddings, events, helping film crews, and editing. I try to stay open to all roads as I continue to expand the other side of my video experience, that being my personal time-based art projects to show at film festivals.

Grad and Undergrad Alums
Win Awards at Rosebud
2008 Rosebud Awards go to Renee Shaw (M.F.A. 2005)
and Scott Mueller (B.A. 1999) with Eric Cheevers .
Steven Fischer (B.A. 1998) won Best of Show.
http://www.rosebudact.org/rose4.html

John Sturgeon Named
Lipitz Professor
Endowment created by Roger C. Lipitz

Fulbright Winner Lisa Moren
Research in the Czech Republic

Fulbright Winner Tim Nohe
Research in Australia

'99 Alumna
Designed Our Website
Emily Wilson, Graphic Design '99 Designed the Visual Arts Website

'92 Alumnus
Programmed Our Website
Jason Rosenberg, Art History & Theory '92 Programmed the Visual Arts Website

'06 Alumnus
Awarded Scholarship
Hadi Gharabaghi Art History & Theory '06
Received Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship

'98 Alumnus Receives Ph.D.
Dr. Ugo Ubgor, Graphic Design '98 Received a PH.D. from the
Vienna University of Technology

'07 IMDA MFA Alumnus: Exceptional Graduate
Brendan Howell, IMDA '07

Events

Dr. Spitz Keynote Lecture at PNCA
Children's Creativity Symposium
Friday, November 13th, 2009 // 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Pacific Northwest College of Art Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St., Portland, OR 97209
http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/news/706/pnca-hosts-children-s-creativity-symposium-in-november

Photo Student in D.C. Exhibition
Framing the Economic Downturn at Gallery O/H
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 //
H Street Northeast, Washington, D.C.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/11/recession-imagery-captured-in-exhibit/

Ellen Handler Spitz Lecture
Dr. Spitz to Lecture at Harvard Art Museum
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 // 6 PM
Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/calendar/detail.dot?id=24596

Time Nohe at U.S. Botanical Gardens
Tim Nohe performs Botany Bay concert
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 //
U.S. Botanic Gardens, Washington, D.C.
http://www.fulbright.org/conference/2009/index.html

Calla Thompson Presents Paper
Visions of War: the Arts Represent Conflict at the School of Visual Arts
Monday, October 12th, 2009 //
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/ug/index.jsp?sid0=1&sid1=46&page_id=497#info

Visiting Artists Lecture Series
Fall 2009 Visiting Artist Lectures
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 //

Cathy Cook Film Showing
Cathy Cook's "Immortal Cupboard" at book festival
Monday, September 21st, 2009 // 4:30 - 5:45 pm
George Mason University - Fairfax Campus
www.fallforthebook.org/events.php

Calla Thompson Group Exhibition
FAX at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 // 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Contemporary Museum 100 W Centre Street, Baltimore, MD
www.contemporary.org

Kelley Bell in NYC Exhibition
Northernmost Southern Exposure at Lyons Wier Gallery
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 //
175 7th Ave., NYC, NY
http://www.cakeweek.com/NYC/northernmost

Megan Willy Animation '07
Alumna Megan Willy Wins Best of Show at Rosebud Film & Video Fest
Monday, June 29th, 2009 //
http://www.rosebudact.org/

John Sturgeon & Christina Hung Exhibition
at low tide multimedia project with Christina Hung
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 //
Artothek, Oldenburg, Germany
http://atlowtide.net

Jaimes Mayhew in London
Graduate Student James Mayhew collaborates with The Orphaned Land Trust in London, England
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 //
http://www.orphanedlandtrust.org/

Fred Worden at New York Film Festival
Fred Worden shows two films at NYFF, Views from the Avant-Garde
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 // 12 Noon & 5 pm
Walter Read Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html

Calla Thompson in New York at Union Square
RE-UNION: Temporary Public Art / Performance Work
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 // Friday - Sunday 9 am - 5 pm
Union Square, New York City
http://calla.jimdo.com/re-union_2008.php

3rd Annual Biennial of Seville
Steve Bradley, URBANtells, perform cell_stitch in Spain
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 // Oct 2, 2008 - January 9, 2009
Sevilla, Spain
http://www.fundacionbiacs.com/biacs3/

Tim Nohe: Art To Dine For
TIm Nohe and Andy Hayleck create live soundscapes at Creative Alliance event.
Friday, September 19th, 2008 // 7 - 9:30

Visiting Artists Lecture Series
2008/2009 visiting artists lecture series
Friday, September 5th, 2008 //

Lynn Cazabon at UMCP
Lynn Cazabon: The Archive's Shadow Sep 3 - Oct 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 // Opening 5:30 - 7:30 pm

The Art Gallery
1202 Art-Sociology Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Gallery Hours:
Mon - Sat 11am - 4pm
Wed 11am - 6pm


http://www.artgallery.umd.edu

Lynn Cazabon Trawick Prize
Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards Finalist
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 // Reception Sept 3, 2008 7 - 9 pm

Heineman Myers Contemporary Art
4728 Hampden Lane, Bethesda MD
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm


http://www.bethesda.org

Kelley Bell at UMCP

To Remain exhibition at the Art Gallery at UMCP


Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 // 5:30 - 7:30- pm

The Art Gallery
1202 Art-Sociology Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Gallery Hours:
Mon - Sat 11am - 4pm
Wed 11am - 6pm


http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibit/288.08b/

M.F.A. Students
at ARTSCAPE
Station North Works: A Full Service Garage
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 // 6 - 8 PM
1714 North Charles Street (parking garage)

Professor Lisa Moren
at Chelsea Art Museum
The Sonic Self - Sound & Music
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 // 6 - 9 pm
Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
http://www.thesonicself.org

Senior Exhibition 2008
Opening Reception
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 // 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture - CADVC in FA 105
http://www.umbc.edu/cadvc/exhibitions/undergrad.php

Lynn Cazabon Uncultivated
Uncultivated: An Exhibition by LynnCazabon, at Schroeder Romero Project Gallery, New York
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 //
637 West 27th Street, New York 10001
http://www.schroederromero.com

Steve Bradley, URBANtraces
Neighborhood Radio Art Through August, 2008
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 // 2:00 - 4:30
Old Station North Market Building
20 W. North Ave.
http://urbantells.net

'98 Alumna Kathy Marmor
Exhibition, Bird Watching
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 // 6pm to 8pm
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
http://art.umbc.edu/news/pdf/marmor_pressrelease.pdf

'03 Alumnus
Directed Documentary
Phil Knowlton, F/V '03 won People's Choice Award
Adventures for the Cure
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 // 7 pm
Lecture Hall 3 (Administration Building)

Visual Arts IRC Fellows
At Brooklyn Philharmonic
Believe You Can Win Video Contest
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 //

The Brooklyn Philharmonic
Music Off The Walls concert series at the Brooklyn Museum
Traversing The Mushroom Kingdom
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Brooklyn Museum, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium

The Brooklyn Philharmonic Music Off the Walls
Traversing The Mushroom Kingdom program at DROM
85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th), New York, NY
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 8:00 PM

MFA Thesis Exhibition
Opening Reception
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 // 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The UMBC Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

John Sturgeon's Videos
Showing at The Getty
The Getty's 40-year retrospective, California Video
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 //
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/california_video/videos.html

Lynn Cazabon Exhibition
Discards (diluvian) at Montpelier Arts Center
Friday, March 7th, 2008 //

Mark Durant
Curated Exhibition
notes on monumentality at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 //