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. 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

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, New Museum of Contemporary Art, and the

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. Other programs include a publication program, a k-12 educational outreach program with

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, a campus education initiative, and the UMBC Sculpture Park and Outreach Program. CADVC also administers the

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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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