Several UMBC Animators will be included in the “Baltimore Showcase” screening of Sweaty Eyeballs Animation festival: SKRFF – by Corrie Francis Parks (Associate Professor, Visual Arts) & Daniel Nuderscher; The Dance of the Nain Rouge – by Eric Millikin (Assistant Professor, Visual Art); The Beautiful Pain of Trichotillomania – by Mariel Chavez (Visual Arts Undergraduate student); Magus Incognito – Jim Doran (UMBC Librarian), and Tempus– by Carter Gray (Animation BFA ’24). Sweaty Eyeballs is run & curated by Phil Davis (IMDA ‘07). The Baltimore Showcase will be shown opening night– Friday, October 18, 2024 – 7:00 PM – MICA Falvey Hall Theatre, then Sunday, October 20, 2024 – 4:00 PM – TU Van Bokkelen Hall Theatre.
Sylvia Eken (IMDA ‘22), Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee member, and Joy Davis (MCS and History ‘11), curator at The Creative Alliance, have been working together on Walk On By, an exhibition and cultural exchange that connects the diverse experiences and artwork of Black artists across the Atlantic. The exhibition will feature the work of six artists based in Baltimore and Rotterdam, including Charles Mason III (Visual Arts ‘14). Walk on By will be on view September 26 – November 30, 2024 at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, with an opening reception Thursday September 26, 6 – 9pm.
CIRCA is sponsoring a free guided tour of the exhibition with artist Charles Mason III and curator Joy Davis on Friday November 15, at 2 PM.