The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) was established in 1989 as the Fine Art Gallery at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
The center is the university's prime exhibition location where students, professors, staff and the public can experience visual culture along with cultural and aesthetic issues. CADVC is a non-profit organization that also publishes media related to the arts.
The center includes a traveling exhibition program that features work from prominent museums such as the
Andy Warhol Museum,
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is a museum in New York City at 235 Bowery, on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
History
The museum originally opened in a space in the Graduate Center of the then-named New Scho ...
, and the
International Center of Photography. Other programs include a publication program, a k-12 educational outreach program with
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...
City and
Baltimore County, a campus education initiative, and the UMBC Sculpture Park and Outreach Program.
CADVC also administers the
Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park
Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park is a park located on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in Baltimore County, Maryland, inspired by Joseph Beuys' extensive 7000 Oaks tree planting project. The original project transfo ...
on the UMBC campus.
Gallery
The gallery consists of 4,200 square feet, and is located in the Fine Arts Building on campus. The
Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery includes another gallery space that is often used for student exhibitions.
References
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Art museums and galleries in Maryland Maryland
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University museums in Maryland
Contemporary art galleries in the United States
Museums in Baltimore County, Maryland
Art museums established in 1989
Catonsville, Maryland