• Read more about "Forum" by Thomas Sayre at UMBC Performing Arts & Humanities Building

"Forum" 2014, Thomas Sayre [Paragraph] Earthcasting (reinforced concrete with iron oxide cast in molds dug from the earth), granite

A project of the Maryland Public Art Initiative

Designed as a metaphor for the content which links the performing arts with the humanities, the sculpture also creates an inviting outdoor space- part state, part gathering place - for a community to engage with one another.

• Read more about "INFLIGHT" by Volkan Alkanoglu at UMBC Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building

"INFLIGHT" 2019, Volkan Alkanoglu.

Painted Aluminum.

A project of the Maryland Public Art Initiative

Inspired by visual imagery, diagrams and visualizations of a model for therapy in cancer patients, taxonomical graphs of air pollution, and microscopic projections of that research; the artwork illustrates how the work at the ILSB is constantly evolving, shifting, and moving as if on a journey or moving through time.

• Read more about Catonsville Arts & Entertainment District

Visit and explore the unique heritage of "Music City Maryland” Discover live music, galleries, unique shops and makers spaces. Dine at award-winning restaurants and explore our rails to trails. Catonsville- it’s where artists work and play.

• Read more about ILENE WOOD-GOLD

Education: MD institute College of Art-Graduate level courses Exhibitions: Maryland Annual photography contest. Benefacts,Inc.-One person exhibition. Howard County Center for the Arts-1999, 2000, 2001, 2014-2017. Maryland Art Place-Silent Auction-1999, Artscape 05/06, American Visionary Museum Bazaart 08, A.I.R. Gallery 2012, Art Maryland Juried Show 2014.Solo shows: Howard County Center for the Arts 2018, Hoffberger Gallery 2018, Morgan Arts Council-Berkeley Springs, WV 2018.

• Read more about GERARDO GOMEZ-MORENO

I’m a graduate from San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain (1973), where I specialized in mural painting and fresco. My works for public buildings and places of worship involve mural paintings, metal sculptures, cement relieves, ceramics, and stained glass designs. My easel work dwells on human and religious themes, urban landscape, still life and portrait. My works are displayed in Spain, France, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and the Baltimore area.

• Read more about Sara Glik

ARTISTS STATEMENT I started photographing trees and the figure over 20 years ago. The figure reflects the different chapters of my life. The landscape represents the background and textures of my life. I look for trees that remind me of the human form. The lines and cracks accentuate the visual imperfections and reflect character that comes with age. I have been a professional photographer for over 20 years in the Maryland area.

• Read more about HELEN GLAZER

Helen Glazer's work in photography and photogrammetry-based sculpture is informed by scientific insights into interacting forces affecting ecosystems and shaping landscapes. Experiences as Baltimore Ecosystem Study artist-in-residence and National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grantee have shaped her thinking. Her project Walking in Antarctica premiered as a solo show at Goucher College, Baltimore, funded with a Rubys Award from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and an artist's grant from the Puffin Foundation in 2017.

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• Read more about SALLY ANN MICKEL

SallyAnn Mickel has developed her artwork in the rural areas of Maryland. Initially working in pastels only, Mickel expanded her use of mediums to oils and pastel/paper collage and textile designs. Producing animal portraits, landscapes and florals in a representational, impressionistic style, her artwork expresses her emotional response to the natural world and her love of animals. ---------------------- __”Art Show At The Dog Show”, Wichita, Kansas; March/April 2005. 1st place, Best Depiction of a Doberman Pinscher. __“Shades of Pastel” Biennial Mid-Atlantic Juried Show; July 2002.

• Read more about JOHN RUPPERT

John Ruppert, Sculptor - Professor and former Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park, was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1951. He received his BA in Art and Art Education from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1974, and his Master of Fine Arts from the School for American Craftsman, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, in 1977. From 1962-64 he lived in Amman, Jordan. Became active in archaeology and traveled throughout the area (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Cyprus), visited sites, and participated in several digs.