CIRCA
@circa-umbc.bsky.social
The Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts is an interdisciplinary research center at UMBC dedicated to promoting inquiry and experimentation in and across the Arts disciplines.
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Join us on Thursday!
🏳️⚧️Nikki Ann Hartman: Stages of Becoming, Putting Myself Together with Doll Parts…
Thursday, February 26, 4 – 6 PM, Performing Arts and Humanities Building, Black Box Theatre
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🏳️⚧️Nikki Ann Hartman: Stages of Becoming, Putting Myself Together with Doll Parts…
Thursday, February 26, 4 – 6 PM, Performing Arts and Humanities Building, Black Box Theatre
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February 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Join us on Thursday!
🏳️⚧️Nikki Ann Hartman: Stages of Becoming, Putting Myself Together with Doll Parts…
Thursday, February 26, 4 – 6 PM, Performing Arts and Humanities Building, Black Box Theatre
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🏳️⚧️Nikki Ann Hartman: Stages of Becoming, Putting Myself Together with Doll Parts…
Thursday, February 26, 4 – 6 PM, Performing Arts and Humanities Building, Black Box Theatre
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Eric Clark Jackson: An Iconography of the Chesapeake
Friday, February 27, 12 – 1 PM (lunch at 11:45 AM), UMBC Performing Arts and Humanities Building, room 216
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Friday, February 27, 12 – 1 PM (lunch at 11:45 AM), UMBC Performing Arts and Humanities Building, room 216
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February 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Eric Clark Jackson: An Iconography of the Chesapeake
Friday, February 27, 12 – 1 PM (lunch at 11:45 AM), UMBC Performing Arts and Humanities Building, room 216
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Friday, February 27, 12 – 1 PM (lunch at 11:45 AM), UMBC Performing Arts and Humanities Building, room 216
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Join us on Thursday 2/26 for a dramatic reading of Doll Parts… A one-[trans]-woman show by Nikki Ann Hartman. The performance will be followed by an open discussion Q & A with the playwright.
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February 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Join us on Thursday 2/26 for a dramatic reading of Doll Parts… A one-[trans]-woman show by Nikki Ann Hartman. The performance will be followed by an open discussion Q & A with the playwright.
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Tomorrow! Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a lecture by artist and professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tomorrow! Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a lecture by artist and professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Necromancers, robotic sea monsters, and marine biology collide in Mecha/Magical Marine Materials, a performance-lecture by professor Eric Millikin. Join us to dive into Millikin’s work as the CIRCA IMET Artist-in-Residence.
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Wed Nov 12, 12–1 PM, PAHB 216
🔗RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/eric-milliki...
Join us for Arts Alumni Spotlight with Ellington Carthan ‘18 and Hannah Korangkool ‘15.
Hear how they built creative careers after graduating from UMBC by embracing honesty, integrity, and the unknown.
🕛Lunch at 11:45 AM
📍PAHB 216
🔗 RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/arts-alumni-...
Hear how they built creative careers after graduating from UMBC by embracing honesty, integrity, and the unknown.
🕛Lunch at 11:45 AM
📍PAHB 216
🔗 RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/arts-alumni-...
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Join us for Arts Alumni Spotlight with Ellington Carthan ‘18 and Hannah Korangkool ‘15.
Hear how they built creative careers after graduating from UMBC by embracing honesty, integrity, and the unknown.
🕛Lunch at 11:45 AM
📍PAHB 216
🔗 RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/arts-alumni-...
Hear how they built creative careers after graduating from UMBC by embracing honesty, integrity, and the unknown.
🕛Lunch at 11:45 AM
📍PAHB 216
🔗 RSVP: circa.umbc.edu/arts-alumni-...
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Enjoy three days of new music at UMBC's annual Livewire festival, this week! Join us Oct 16–18 for concerts by Ruckus, Ensemble Bravura, music by Di Castri, Eastman, Gubaidulina, Gubaidulina, Léon, Tower, Stockhausen, Cage & more — umbc.edu/event/livewi... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
Livewire 15: Blazing Trails - UMBC
The Department of Music presents the Livewire 15: Blazing Trails new music festival. Through concerts and other events, Livewire celebrates the innovators,...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Enjoy three days of new music at UMBC's annual Livewire festival, this week! Join us Oct 16–18 for concerts by Ruckus, Ensemble Bravura, music by Di Castri, Eastman, Gubaidulina, Gubaidulina, Léon, Tower, Stockhausen, Cage & more — umbc.edu/event/livewi... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
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This week! Join us for the edgy dance duo Baye & Asa — two performances only, Thu & Fri, Oct 16 & 17, 7:30 pm in UMBC's Dance Cube! Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2022 — umbc.edu/event/baye-a... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
Baye & Asa - UMBC
Join us for two evenings of cutting edge modern dance as the Department of Dance presents Baye & Asa, who have presented their work at The Joyce Theater,...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This week! Join us for the edgy dance duo Baye & Asa — two performances only, Thu & Fri, Oct 16 & 17, 7:30 pm in UMBC's Dance Cube! Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2022 — umbc.edu/event/baye-a... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
What does extreme heat feel like—and what does it mean for our future?
Join us Oct 20, 5:30 PM at Baltimore’s Crow’s Nest for Extreme Heat with Rowan Bathurst, Kei Ito & Rachel Stein—science-driven art on heat, justice & futures.
More info + RSVP🔗 circa.umbc.edu/extreme-heat...
Join us Oct 20, 5:30 PM at Baltimore’s Crow’s Nest for Extreme Heat with Rowan Bathurst, Kei Ito & Rachel Stein—science-driven art on heat, justice & futures.
More info + RSVP🔗 circa.umbc.edu/extreme-heat...
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What does extreme heat feel like—and what does it mean for our future?
Join us Oct 20, 5:30 PM at Baltimore’s Crow’s Nest for Extreme Heat with Rowan Bathurst, Kei Ito & Rachel Stein—science-driven art on heat, justice & futures.
More info + RSVP🔗 circa.umbc.edu/extreme-heat...
Join us Oct 20, 5:30 PM at Baltimore’s Crow’s Nest for Extreme Heat with Rowan Bathurst, Kei Ito & Rachel Stein—science-driven art on heat, justice & futures.
More info + RSVP🔗 circa.umbc.edu/extreme-heat...
🧠💥Discover art as activism with MacArthur Fellow Mel Chin at Constructing Liberation. Oct 14, 5:30 PM, UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall. Reception follows. From eco-art to social change, don’t miss this powerful evening. See more info and
RSVP here:
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RSVP here:
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October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🧠💥Discover art as activism with MacArthur Fellow Mel Chin at Constructing Liberation. Oct 14, 5:30 PM, UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall. Reception follows. From eco-art to social change, don’t miss this powerful evening. See more info and
RSVP here:
circa.umbc.edu/mel-chin-con...
RSVP here:
circa.umbc.edu/mel-chin-con...
🧠💥Discover art as activism with MacArthur Fellow Mel Chin at Constructing Liberation. Oct 14, 5:30 PM, UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall. Reception follows. From eco-art to social change, don’t miss this powerful evening. See more info and RSVP here: circa.umbc.edu/mel-chin-con...
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🧠💥Discover art as activism with MacArthur Fellow Mel Chin at Constructing Liberation. Oct 14, 5:30 PM, UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall. Reception follows. From eco-art to social change, don’t miss this powerful evening. See more info and RSVP here: circa.umbc.edu/mel-chin-con...
🎨🔍💡 What does entrepreneurship look like in the arts & humanities? At UMBC, it’s innovation, bold teaching & social impact.
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
🎨🔍💡 What does entrepreneurship look like in the arts & humanities? At UMBC, it’s innovation, bold teaching & social impact.
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
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Join us this Sunday for Harmony Across Borders: UMBC Choirs Homecoming Concert, as the UMBC choirs celebrate their tour to Prague and Paris! October 5, 5 pm, Linehan Concert Hall — umbc.edu/event/umbc-c... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
Harmony Across Borders: UMBC Choirs Homecoming Concert - UMBC
In June 2025, three UMBC choirs took part in an extraordinary summer performance tour through Europe. In this Choirs Homecoming Concert, the three choirs...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Join us this Sunday for Harmony Across Borders: UMBC Choirs Homecoming Concert, as the UMBC choirs celebrate their tour to Prague and Paris! October 5, 5 pm, Linehan Concert Hall — umbc.edu/event/umbc-c... @umbc.edu @circa-umbc.bsky.social
🎨🔍💡 What does entrepreneurship look like in the arts & humanities? At UMBC, it’s innovation, bold teaching & social impact.
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🎨🔍💡 What does entrepreneurship look like in the arts & humanities? At UMBC, it’s innovation, bold teaching & social impact.
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
Join us Oct 8, 12–1PM, PAHB 216. Hear from faculty rethinking entrepreneurship! RSVP at the link here: circa.umbc.edu/entrepreneur....
#UMBC #socialimpact #entrepreneurship
Congrats to Shaness D. Kemp, Associate Professor of Dance and member of the CIRCA Advisory Board, who has received tenure and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Kemp has made Bahamian history by being the only Bahamian dancer and educator to receive tenure within the field of dance.
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Congrats to Shaness D. Kemp, Associate Professor of Dance and member of the CIRCA Advisory Board, who has received tenure and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Kemp has made Bahamian history by being the only Bahamian dancer and educator to receive tenure within the field of dance.
Join us on Tues, Sept 23 @ 4pm, UMBC Library Gallery
Free & open to the public.
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Unapologetic: Street Art as Activism and Liberation
Johanna Toruño is a Salvadoran-born, community-taught visual artist who uses the streets as a public platform and gallery.
Free & open to the public.
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Unapologetic: Street Art as Activism and Liberation
Johanna Toruño is a Salvadoran-born, community-taught visual artist who uses the streets as a public platform and gallery.
September 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Join us on Tues, Sept 23 @ 4pm, UMBC Library Gallery
Free & open to the public.
circa.umbc.edu/unapologetic...
Unapologetic: Street Art as Activism and Liberation
Johanna Toruño is a Salvadoran-born, community-taught visual artist who uses the streets as a public platform and gallery.
Free & open to the public.
circa.umbc.edu/unapologetic...
Unapologetic: Street Art as Activism and Liberation
Johanna Toruño is a Salvadoran-born, community-taught visual artist who uses the streets as a public platform and gallery.
Our last CIRCA event will be Wednesday May 7:
ACTING OUT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
at PAHB Black Box Theatre
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ACTING OUT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
at PAHB Black Box Theatre
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May 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Our last CIRCA event will be Wednesday May 7:
ACTING OUT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
at PAHB Black Box Theatre
circa.umbc.edu/susan-mccull...
ACTING OUT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
at PAHB Black Box Theatre
circa.umbc.edu/susan-mccull...
Meet our Panelests on Monday, April 28th at the CIRCA event "AI and Artistic Practice"
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April 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Meet our Panelests on Monday, April 28th at the CIRCA event "AI and Artistic Practice"
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This year’s Asia North exhibition, 𝘌𝘟𝘊𝘌𝘌𝘋𝘚 𝘌𝘟𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚, will feature the work of 25 artists of the APIMEDA diaspora who live & create in the Baltimore and the DMV area. Ft work by IMDA ‘24 Andrew Liang
Asia North 2025 Opening Event
Friday, May 2
5:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Station North Arts District
Asia North 2025 Opening Event
Friday, May 2
5:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Station North Arts District
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This year’s Asia North exhibition, 𝘌𝘟𝘊𝘌𝘌𝘋𝘚 𝘌𝘟𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚, will feature the work of 25 artists of the APIMEDA diaspora who live & create in the Baltimore and the DMV area. Ft work by IMDA ‘24 Andrew Liang
Asia North 2025 Opening Event
Friday, May 2
5:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Station North Arts District
Asia North 2025 Opening Event
Friday, May 2
5:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Station North Arts District
Featuring new work by Kelley Bell!
This weekend, six Baker Artist Awardees will be featured in a powerful new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
#Bakerawardee #bakerartistportfolios #bakercity #baltimoremuseumofart #artopening #artexhibition
This weekend, six Baker Artist Awardees will be featured in a powerful new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
#Bakerawardee #bakerartistportfolios #bakercity #baltimoremuseumofart #artopening #artexhibition
April 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Featuring new work by Kelley Bell!
This weekend, six Baker Artist Awardees will be featured in a powerful new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
#Bakerawardee #bakerartistportfolios #bakercity #baltimoremuseumofart #artopening #artexhibition
This weekend, six Baker Artist Awardees will be featured in a powerful new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
#Bakerawardee #bakerartistportfolios #bakercity #baltimoremuseumofart #artopening #artexhibition
This article explores the work of McCoy Chance (IMDA ‘25) and the show co-curated by Alexi Scheiber (IMDA ‘25)
Thank you to @bmoreart.bsky.social for writing about our current exhibits-- Taina Litwak's Solo installation, and the group show Ecocide: Nature in the Shadow of War.
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We will be hosting a Q&A tomorrow on Earth Day! Doors open at 5:30.
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We will be hosting a Q&A tomorrow on Earth Day! Doors open at 5:30.
Celebrate Earth Day with Two Exhibitions at the Crow's Nest - BmoreArt
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April 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This article explores the work of McCoy Chance (IMDA ‘25) and the show co-curated by Alexi Scheiber (IMDA ‘25)
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On April 28, I'll be speaking about AI and Artistic Practice at UMBC in Baltimore with Sam Pluta and Brea Souders, with a Q&A with Eric Millikin. Details below!
AI and Artistic Practice: Sam Pluta, Brea Souders, and Eryk Salvaggio
Monday, April 28, 4 – 5:30 PM, reception to follow, UMBC Library Gallery, please RSVP Composer and sound artist Sam Pluta, visual artist Brea Souders, and video artist and writer Eryk Salvaggio each u...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On April 28, I'll be speaking about AI and Artistic Practice at UMBC in Baltimore with Sam Pluta and Brea Souders, with a Q&A with Eric Millikin. Details below!
On May 7th! Join us for a dramatic reading of Merlin, a play that uses “solution-based” storytelling that features positive climate science and mutual aid activism.
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On May 7th! Join us for a dramatic reading of Merlin, a play that uses “solution-based” storytelling that features positive climate science and mutual aid activism.