Kelley Bell (Associate Professor, Visual Arts) has been awarded a Peyton Evans Artist Residency at The Studios of Key West for the month of January 2026.
Sarah G. Sharp (Associate Professor, Visual Arts) will have a solo exhibition And the thorns were cleared from the path… at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, IN, January 10 – February 21, 2026. Sarah will also have new work featured in the exhibition Connected Geometry at the Howard County Arts Council in Ellicott City, MD, January 9 – 31, 2026.
Edgar Reyes (Assistant Professor, Visual Arts) was selected as an Artist-in-Residence at the Studios at MASS MoCA. The residency will be from December 10 – December 22.
María Sánchez (IMDA ’27) has been awarded the Rogers, Taliaferro, Kostritsky, & Lamb [ RTKL ] Fellowship for the IMDA cohort of 2027.
Elizabeth Johnson (Associate Professor, Dance) has recently published the chapter Whole Person/Whole Learner: Using Alexander Technique Principles to Help Modulate Trauma-Related Stress in Performing Arts Teaching and Learning in the book Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice II (2025, Springer).
Eric Abele (Teaching Professor, Theatre) is showing his paintings in a solo exhibition Here, Kitty Kitty through December 6 at the Storage Space Gallery, Towson University Center for the Arts. There will be a closing reception on December 6 from 4:30 – 5:30
Corrie Francis Parks’ (Associate Professor, Visual Arts) short film SKRFF was screened on December 2 at the Stadtkino in Vienna, Austria in a program of short films nominated for the 2026 Österreichischer Filmpreis.
Hadieh Shafie (IMDA ‘04) has a solo exhibition Fold Upon Fold at 1301SW Gallery in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on view November 22 – December 20.
Elizaveta Aleinikova (IMDA ‘23) has a solo exhibition The Epic Return of Kolobok + New Works at Four Ten Lofts, 410 Eutaw Street, Baltimore, on view November 21 – January 16, 2026.
Mitchell Noah (IMDA ‘18) and Aimi Chinen (IMDA ‘19) currently have work displayed in the 47th Okinawa Crafts Public Exhibition at the Okinawa Craft Industry Promotion Center in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
Alexi Scheiber’s (IMDA ‘25) animation The Dreaming World will be shown in the Philadelphia Animation Festival on November 22.
Cyriaco Lopes (IMDA ‘02) has a short essay Strategic Dualities, Messy Experiences published in the November issue of the Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics, and Culture.