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The Born in Baltimore Film & Photography Festival is now accepting submissions for its third annual event!  Sponsored by Baltimore Youth Film Arts, this festival celebrates new voices in cinema and photographic arts.  Filmmakers and photographers of all ages and levels of experience whose work is of, from, and about Baltimore are invited to submit (for free!) before April 15.  The Festival seeks images, sounds, and textures that are uniquely Baltimore; the music, the faces, the stories of our city and its citizens, past and present, young and old, native and newly arrived.

Born in Baltimore will be held at the Creative Alliance on Saturday, June 29.  Information about the festival and application instructions can be found at https://www.borninbaltimore.org.  

Please encourage UMBC students or other members of your creative community to apply!  A flier is attached.  If you would like hard copy versions of the flier to distribute, we will happily send you some.  Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Picturing Italian Art and Culture in Context 

Rome, Italy, July 3 – 31, 2019

This program includes two Visual Arts courses, ART329 Topics in Art History: Roman Visual Culture and ART369/392 Topics in Photography, Art, Media: Mobile Imaging in Italy, for a total of 6 undergraduate credits. Both courses engage the rich history and architecture of Rome, analyzing and exploring it through new technologies and social media.

Both courses can be used to fulfill the following requirements:

For the BA/BFA in Visual Arts, ART329 will fulfill requirements for the Art History portion of all VA concentrations. For the BA/BFA in Visual Arts, ART369/392 will fulfill requirements for the Photography concentration or it can be used to count as an art elective in any of the other VA concentrations. For Global Studies majors, the program fulfills the Study Abroad requirement. Both courses can be used to fulfill requirements for general electives.

UMBC tuition is waived. Some students may be eligible for financial aid. 

To apply: http://summerwinter.umbc.edu/umbcabroad/rome-italian-art.php

For more information:

Lynn Cazabon, cazabon@umbc.edu

Kimberly Anderson, akimber@umbc.edu

Rose Malone, Study Abroad Office: rmalone3@umbc.edu

http://studyabroad.umbc.edu

The Neuroscience of Haptics

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Price Modern | 2604 Sisson Street | Baltimore, MD 21211

How many times have you received a slick business card, a beautiful invitation, or fancy marketing piece?

Have those pieces left you intrigued, surprised, or impressed?

Has the look and the feel of that piece influenced your decision or your perception of the person who gave it to you?

More than half the human brain is devoted to processing sensory experiences. Touch, in particular, is an important part of the communication process. The way we understand and interpret the world is fundamentally rooted in our physical bodies. So, how things feel drives our thoughts and behaviors, influence our comprehension and retention of information, and profoundly shapes our emotional connections. As communicators, we need to understand the role this plays with our audience in order to make a lasting impact.

On Friday, February 8th at 6:30 PM, we will be holding the next lecture of our JICC Seasonal Art Lecture Series from Emerging Scholars:

Scholar Spotlight: Architectural Innovations of the Early Showa Period: The Japanese Bauhauslers

With Presenter Dr. Suzie Kim, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Mary Washington

Through a close investigation of artist Migishi Kotaro’s atelier in Tokyo (1934), Dr. Suzie Kim will discuss modern architectural practices of Japanese architect and former Bauhausler, Yamawaki Iwao (1898 – 1987), who sought to advance Japanese housing style based on his study at the Dessau Bauhaus between 1930 and 1932, and searched for a synthesis between geometric forms, straightforward structures reinforced concrete, and the traditional Japanese construction methods.

More information can be found at our website, and you can register for this free event through Eventbrite.

       My name is Celeste Shirecliffe. I spoke with the art department front desk today, and they connected me to you. I am the author of the book, Hidden Contempt, and I'm hosting a Book Cover Competition that I would like to invite the students at your school to participate in for a chance to win a $1000 prize!

      I've chosen to do this competition as a way to give aspiring artists a portfolio building opportunity that will give these artists a chance to be handsomely rewarded for the valuable contribution they will bring to my book and for artists to gain exposure to their amazing talents. Being an award recipient at a competition during my days in college, I appreciates the valuable experience that comes from these kinds of competitions while students try to build a resume that they can confidently enter the job market with. Though the prize money exceeds the cost of hiring a book cover artist, I wanted to provide this exciting opportunity for artists to create, just as I was able to experience during my time in college, while I get a wide variety of talent and ideas.

       The winning contestant will receive the $1,000 prize and the finalists will gain exposure through my website and social media! Please pass this information on to your students personally and/or through an email and/or in class as soon as possible to give them an opportunity to enter.

The website students can visit to find more information and enter the competition is at:

http://www.celesteshirecliffe.com/books-bookcovercompetition/

           Thank you for sharing this information with your students, and feel free to contact me with any questions you may have concerning the contest. I look forward to seeing what your students create!

Celeste Shirecliffe

http://www.celesteshirecliffe.com

celeste.shirecliffe@gmail.com

801.722.5093

Creative Alliance’s Artist-in-Residency program located in Baltimore, MD is now accepting applications for its studio Residency Program beginning in Summer 2019. This program is open to artists working in all media who would like to deepen their practice in a supportive, dynamic environment, and to interact with colleagues in a lively cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary residency environment. Our artists/residents also benefit from the rich array of cultural, educational, and professional opportunities available in the greater Baltimore/Washington area. Notable artists who have completed residencies here include Amy Sherald, who was commissioned to paint First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, and Paul Rucker a Guggenheim Fellow and TEDx alumni.

Please share this information with your graduating MFA students, alumni, and other worthy candidates. We encourage them to apply and believe this residency serves as a wonderful opportunity for artists to expand their network of colleagues and supporters and to enhance future professional career opportunities. The online application can be found here: https://www.creativealliance.org/resident-artist-application.

Please do not hesitate to call or email me with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the nature and requirements of our residency program. Thank you.

Thomas James

Visual Arts Curator

Creative Alliance

410-276-1651 ex 216