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Freddie Styles
At the opening reception for Uncommon Nature: The Abstractions of Freddie Styles on April 27, 2025, with author Halima Taha about selected works from the exhibition, his art practice, and his career.
Kevin Cole
The UMGC Arts Program hosted the opening reception for Pushing Forward: Politics, Social Conflict, and the Racial Divide in the Art of Kevin Cole on September 22, 2024. The artist with Melanee Harvey, PhD, associate professor at Howard University.
Eternal Paper
Artist Panel
During the opening reception on October 22, 2023, artists from the exhibition took part in a led by guest curator Helen C. Frederick.
Artist Conversations
Each artist in the exhibition was asked to have a conversation with another artist in the exhibition to provide background for their hand-papermaking approaches, learning experiences from their vantage point, and distinctive aesthetics. In dialogue with one another through Zoom meeting conversations, these 20 artists summarize personal and universal touchstones for their works.
Nelson Stevens: Color Rapping
Artist Nelson Stevens passed away shortly before this exhibition opened. An was held on October 2, 2022, featuring panelists Leslie King Hammond, PhD, professor emerita, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Nadya Stevens, the artist’s daughter. Additional speakers—including colleagues, friends, and Stevens’s fellow members of AfriCOBRA—spoke about his legacy.
Sharon Wolpoff
On March 6, 2022, the UMGC Arts Program held the opening reception for the exhibition Sharon Wolpoff: Wherever I Turn I See Light. Julia Langley, the faculty director for the Arts and Humanities Program at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, led .
Demystifying Public Art Symposium
Public art—art outside traditional galleries or museums—is present everywhere, but many artists have limited knowledge of the various factors involved in participating in public art projects. On February 16–17, 2019, the UMGC Arts Program hosted a two-day symposium that brought together artists and other art professionals active in the public art field to discuss factors involved in participating in public art projects. The symposium was sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)/Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation/Arts and Cultural Heritage Division; Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC); and UMGC.
ʲԱٲ:Jennifer Gibson, Director, Art in Architecture Program, U.S. General Services Administration; Sandra Bellamy, Management Analyst, District of Columbia Government; Zolna Russell, Art in Transit Manager, Purple Line Transit Constructors; Rhonda Dallas, Executive Director, PGAHC
Ѵǻٴǰ:Alec Simpson, Countywide Arts Coordinator, Public and Visual Art, M-NCPPC
ʲԱٲ:Ronald Beverly, Artist/Instructor; Mary Ann Mears, Sculptor; Valerie Theberge, Artist
Ѵǻٴǰ:Rhonda Dallas
ʰԳٱ:Todd W. Bressi, Public Art/Placemaking/City Design
Ѵǻٴǰ:Eric Key, UMGC Arts Program Director
ʰԳٱ:Patricia Walsh, Public Art and Civic Design Program Manager, Americans for the Arts Public Art Network
Ѵǻٴǰ:Alec Simpson
ʲԱٲ:Martha Jackson Jarvis, Director, Jackson Jarvis Studio; Njena Jarvis, Design Assistant, Jackson Jarvis Studio; Alan Binstock, Sculptor/Architect
Ѵǻٴǰ:Rhonda Dallas
Challenges of the Public Artist
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ʰԳٱ:Liesel Fenner, Public Art Program Director, Maryland State Arts Council
Ѵǻٴǰ:Alec Simpson
ʲԱٲ:Howard Connelly, Fabricator/Sculptor, Howard Connelly Design; Wesley Clark, Artist/Installer
Ѵǻٴǰ:Rhonda Dallas
Presenter: Victor Ekpuk, Artist
Ѵǻٴǰ:Eric Key
Panelists: Erwin Timmers and Michael Janis, Co-Directors, Washington Glass School
Ѵǻٴǰ:Rhonda Dallas
Politics, Process, Publicity: Managing Important Project Factors
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