On Thursday, October 26 at 5 p.m., the CADVC presents a conversation with the curator, Fitsum Shebeshe, and Jessica Bell Brown, curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The discussion, moderated by Rhea Beckett, founding director at Black Artist Research Space, will focus on curatorial approaches to African diasporic experience and migration.

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Fitsum Shebeshe is a curator and painter based in Baltimore and Washington D.C., and curator of States of Becoming, touring with Independent Curators International. Before moving to the United States in 2016, he was Assistant Curator at the National Museum of Ethiopia. In 2012, Shebeshe co-founded the 1957 Initiative to annually celebrate the liberation of African countries from colonialism through the arts.

Jessica Bell Brown is the Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Prior to the BMA she was the Consulting Curator at Gracie Mansion Conservancy in New York, and also held roles at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Creative Time. She is curator of the touring exhibition A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, co-organized with the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Rhea Beckett is an artist, curator, and arts administrator with an extensive performing and visual arts background. She co-founded the Black Artist Research Space (BARS), a Baltimore-based creative collective and incubator. Beckett has served as a Legislative Affairs and Grants Specialist at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, where she played an integral role in supporting the creative community of Washington, D.C., through policy and grant-making. She has served as Registrar of the Howard University art collection and gallery manager of C. Grimaldis Gallery (Baltimore, MD). Rhea earned her BS in Art from Fisk University, where she sang soprano in the Grammy Award-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers. Rhea received her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Rhea Beckett is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Header detail: Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina, Fade Catcher, 2021, Diptych photographic print on museo silver rag adhered flat on wooden panel. Courtesy of the artist. Pink and orange flowers on the left is separated by a yellow void from a floral textile with pink flowers in the center. On the right, handwritten text says, "Who will survive."

Logo: "Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture" in white text inside black rectangle

Advising Appointments 

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING REGISTRATION 

October 23rd:  Spring 2024 Course Schedule is Released 
October 31st:   Advanced Class Registration Begins 

CLASS REGISTRATION PROCESS

REGISTRATION CALENDAR 

• Funding to support an Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) submission or presentation
•  Funding to support materials for an independent research project or independent study
• Funding to support a capstone project in American Studies 490
• Funding to support original research in public humanities or Asian American studies
• Funding to support an unpaid internship
• Funding to support regular coursework
• Professional Development (including but not limited to LSAT or GRE prep courses and other professional degree preparation coursework)

• Describe in 100-150 words what you propose to use the funding to support.
• Be as specific as you can: please explain what the funds will be used for and what they will be supporting.
• Tell us what time frame you will need to expend the funds.
• Identify a faculty mentor in the department who will support you in your use of the funds.

• For the 2023-2024  academic year, we will accept proposals on a rolling basis.

Social Science Research in Government, Business,

& Non-Profit Careers: An Alumni Panel

Research is about solving real world problems. The skills you learn while writing a research paper or taking a research methods course are valued in careers in government, business, and the non-profit industry. Join us to learn how UMBC alumni are using social science research to support government and business clients. The panel will be moderated by CS3's Associate Director, Dr. Felipe Filomeno, and will be followed by networking and refreshments. 

Panelists:

• Delta Merner, PhD (GES '14) Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists
• Brent Gibbons, PhD, (PUBL '13)  Health Policy Researcher in the Health Economics Program at RTI International
• Brittany Gay, PhD (PSYC '21) Associate Director of Implementation Science at the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC)

A 5th anniversary celebration event organized by the Center for Social Science Scholarship.