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UMGC Community Engagement Badges Encourage Civic Engagement  
August 21, 2025
Participating in a meaningful way in the community may not be in the course descriptions at University of Maryland Global Campus, but it is part of its culture. A new Community Engagement Badge Program formalizes the UMGC’s commitment to building citizen-leadership skills.
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From Food to Housing, Single Stop Links Students to a Menu of Resources 
August 19, 2025
University of Maryland Global Campus’s (UMGC) partnership with Single Stop, a nonprofit organization with a one-stop web platform linked to federal, state and local benefits and services, aims to put critical resources within reach of its students.  
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Exhibition Celebrates the Figurative Works of Master Painter Joseph Sheppard
March 18, 2025
Scenes of Figurative Narration explores the work of the Baltimore native and internationally renowned painter and sculptor. The exhibition at t șÚÁÏÉçÇű’s Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard runs until Nov. 9, 2025.
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Warhol Photography Captures Diversity and Depth of American Culture
May 30, 2023
Social Angles and Interactions: The Photography of Andy Warhol, William J. Anderson, and A. Aubrey Bodine, on display at the UMGC Arts Program Gallery, Lower Level, College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, runs until July 30.
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UMGC Exhibit Features Andy Warhol Photographs
April 12, 2023
A new exhibition at University of Maryland Global Campus offers a peek at Andy Warhol’s view of the world using 140 Polaroid photographs by the pop art icon.
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Maryland High Schoolers Tackle Themes that Resonate at Juried Art Show
March 15, 2023
A diversity of artistic expression, perspective, and talent from Maryland high school students is in the spotlight at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Arts Program Gallery.
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Japanese Prints Exhibit Highlights University's Global Reach
February 02, 2023
Selections from an impressive collection of Japanese woodblock prints—donated to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) by current and former overseas faculty and staff—are on view on the ground floor of the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Adelphi, Maryland.
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Exhibition Memorializes Nelson Stevens’ Art, Life
November 07, 2022
The vast gallery showcasing exhibits by the Arts Program at University of Maryland Global Campus features a dramatic black-and-brown zigzagged carpet. The striking design in this room can easily overpower more subtle art if curators are not careful. Not so with the current retrospective, “Nelson Stevens: Color Rapping,” which runs through Jan. 8, 2023.
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Lawrence Philp’s Exhibit
August 25, 2022
One of the first works to greet visitors to “Lawrence Philp’s Color Grid” art exhibit (through Sept. 11) at t șÚÁÏÉçÇű is “The Death of Picasso.”
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Maryland Artist: Sharon Wolpoff
April 07, 2022
The phrase “to see the light” suggests something hidden will be revealed, which is why light bulbs go off over cartoon characters’ heads when ideas occur to them.
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UMGC Arts Program Shifts Gears During the Pandemic
April 20, 2021
In a darkened room, a white-haired man in a sleeveless, striped sweater sits on a wooden swivel chair before a door.
Treston Sanders
New UMGC Curator’s Path Took Him from Nursing to Museums
September 24, 2020
When he started studying nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, Treston Sanders figured he would be joining an occupation that was the family business for a great many of his relatives.
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Upcoming UMGC Exhibit Will Explore Light's Effect on the World Around Us
March 12, 2020
The exhibition Sharon Wolpoff: Wherever I Turn I See Light and its opening reception have been postponed until further notice.
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UMGC Exhibit Features Joseph Sheppard Works on African American Experience
February 14, 2020
Galleries and Exhibitions Temporarily Closed To protect the health of the șÚÁÏÉçÇű community and visitors, the Arts Program galleries and exhibitions are temporarily closed to support the university’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus disease.
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Cuba and Art: The Shaman and the Boxer
February 07, 2020
Last April, the UMGC Arts Program organized a trip to Havana, Cuba, for that country’s 13th art biennial—the XIII Bienal de La Habana.
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Maryland Transportation Department Unveils Design Concept for Adelphi Road-UMGC Purple Line Station
January 30, 2020
Soon after construction on the station is complete, a work of art by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee will be installed at the new Adelphi Road-UMGC-UMD Purple Line stop.
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UMGC Exhibit Culled from ‘Extremely Strong’ Entries Shows More Art than Expected
January 03, 2020
Two men—one with a rainbow button pinned to his denim shirt—stand in an unusual pose, set before a blindingly bright background. That, said artist Scott Ponemone, is the point.
Faculty Art Exhibition Showcases Printmaking
April 14, 2014
This annual exhibition celebrates the talents of UMUC and University System of Maryland faculty members and teaching artists, along with special guest artists.
Rebecca Foss
UMUC Features Several New Art Acquisitions At Unveiled Exhibition
February 06, 2014
Unveiled: Works from the UMUC Art Collections, the latest exhibition displayed at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), features several of the university’s recent acquisitions.
Rebecca Foss
Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition Features Local Talent
November 12, 2013
Works by artists from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. are being featured as part of the Second Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition (BMRE), the opening exhibition for the newly renovated University of Maryland University College art galleries.
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Modernism: James Hilleary And Color
November 12, 2012
UMUC welcomed a giant of 21st-century modernism to the university with an opening reception and discussion Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, in the Arts Program Gallery. Modernism: James Hilleary and Color sho

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