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Narratives of Culture in the Gray–Sayles Art Collection
Arts University News
November 20, 2025
UMGC’s exhibition Searching for Cultural Identity features 50 works celebrating African American life and culture, including pieces by Jacob Lawrence, Lois Mailou Jones, and Alma Thomas.
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UMGC Community Engagement Badges Encourage Civic Engagement  
Arts
August 21, 2025
Participating in a meaningful way in the community may not be in the course descriptions at University of Maryland Global Campus, but it is part of its culture. A new Community Engagement Badge Program formalizes the UMGC’s commitment to building citizen-leadership skills.
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From Food to Housing, Single Stop Links Students to a Menu of Resources 
Arts
August 19, 2025
University of Maryland Global Campus’s (UMGC) partnership with Single Stop, a nonprofit organization with a one-stop web platform linked to federal, state and local benefits and services, aims to put critical resources within reach of its students.  
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Exhibition Celebrates the Figurative Works of Master Painter Joseph Sheppard
Press Releases Arts
March 18, 2025
Scenes of Figurative Narration explores the work of the Baltimore native and internationally renowned painter and sculptor. The exhibition at UMGC’s Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard runs until Nov. 9, 2025.
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Warhol Photography Captures Diversity and Depth of American Culture
Arts
May 30, 2023
Social Angles and Interactions: The Photography of Andy Warhol, William J. Anderson, and A. Aubrey Bodine, on display at the UMGC Arts Program Gallery, Lower Level, College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, runs until July 30.
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UMGC Exhibit Features Andy Warhol Photographs
Arts
April 12, 2023
A new exhibition at University of Maryland Global Campus offers a peek at Andy Warhol’s view of the world using 140 Polaroid photographs by the pop art icon.
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Maryland High Schoolers Tackle Themes that Resonate at Juried Art Show
Arts
March 15, 2023
A diversity of artistic expression, perspective, and talent from Maryland high school students is in the spotlight at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Arts Program Gallery.
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Exhibition Memorializes Nelson Stevens’ Art, Life
Arts
November 07, 2022
The vast gallery showcasing exhibits by the Arts Program at University of Maryland Global Campus features a dramatic black-and-brown zigzagged carpet. The striking design in this room can easily overpower more subtle art if curators are not careful. Not so with the current retrospective, “Nelson Stevens: Color Rapping,” which runs through Jan. 8, 2023.
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Lawrence Philp’s Exhibit
Arts Events
August 25, 2022
One of the first works to greet visitors to “Lawrence Philp’s Color Grid” art exhibit (through Sept. 11) at UMGC is “The Death of Picasso.”
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Maryland Artist: Sharon Wolpoff
Arts Events
April 07, 2022
The phrase “to see the light” suggests something hidden will be revealed, which is why light bulbs go off over cartoon characters’ heads when ideas occur to them.
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UMGC Arts Program Shifts Gears During the Pandemic
Arts
April 20, 2021
In a darkened room, a white-haired man in a sleeveless, striped sweater sits on a wooden swivel chair before a door.
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New UMGC Curator’s Path Took Him from Nursing to Museums
Arts Profiles
September 24, 2020
When he started studying nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, Treston Sanders figured he would be joining an occupation that was the family business for a great many of his relatives.
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