Nikki Ann Hartman (Associate Professor, Theatre) presented Doll Parts… A One-Woman Trans Show which she wrote and performed at The Voxel through July 25. The creative team included a number of current and former UMBC faculty, staff, alumni, and students, including: Adam Mendelson, Kiirstn Pagan, Jadyn Fleming, and Stephanie Schuster. The show received a rave review from Theatre Bloom on July 22.
Natalie Groom (Affiliate Artist, Music) served as faculty at the Varna International Muzika festival (Columbia, SC) in June, performed at Carnegie Hall with the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic under the baton of Maestra Marin Alsop on June 17, and gave the world premiere of “Haiku Journey” by Jenni Brandon with her duo, Whistling Hens, at the National Association of Teachers of Singing conference in San Antonio, July 3 – 7.
Susan McCully’s (Associate Professor, Theatre) play Merlin was performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA on May 2, 2026.
Irene Chan (Professor, Visual Arts) will display her book arts and participate on the panel “Women to Watch”: A Celebration of MidAtlantic Book Artists with fellow National Museum of Women in the Arts Women to Watch: A Book Arts Revolution nominees on Thursday, July 30, 5:30 PM in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building 10 First Street, Washington, D.C.
Edgar Reyes (Assistant Professor, Visual Arts) gave an artist talk to coincide with the presentation of his video Los Vemos Pronto (See You Soon) at Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. on July 11.
Marian Glebes (IMDA ‘09) is presenting her work in a solo exhibition Demolition by Neglect at Current Space in Baltimore, July 31 – September 13, with an opening reception on Friday, July 31, 7 – 10 PM and a closing reception and artist talk on Sunday, September 13.
Bao Nguyen (IMDA ‘26) has their MFA thesis work featured in Young Blood 2026, an exhibition that showcases the work of recent MFA graduates in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. region, at Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, through August 22.
Lynn Nguyen (IMDA ‘26) will have her work featured in the exhibition Sculpture NOW 2026 presented by the Washington Sculptors Group at the Harmony Hall Arts Center in Fort Washington, MD, July 27 – September 5, with an opening reception and artist/juror talk on Saturday, August 8, 2- 4 PM.
Jason Charney (IMDA ‘20) recently performed electronic audio works with Moth Broth at the Metro in Baltimore and with Lyn Goeringer and others and at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University.