Join the Arts Council for our annual Open House & Holiday Sale! Shop local and support community artists and artisans as you choose from a wide variety of unique and affordable art and handcrafted items for sale. And don't forget to visit our galleries and meet our Resident Artists, whose studios will be open to visitors from 7–8pm. Admission is free and entertainment and light refreshments will be provided.

Enjoy music by the Rhonda Robinson Trio.

Presented in partnership with Contemporary Arts Inc.

McDaniel College’s Student African Drum Ensemble performs under the direction of music faculty member Pape Demba “Paco” Samb, a Senegalese griot.

Jules Rosskam is an award-winning filmmaker, educator and interdisciplinary artist interested in liminal spaces: the space between male and female, between documentary and fiction, between moving image and still. His interdisciplinary practice works to induce a perceptual shift in our understanding of how and what bodies mean in the context of documentary film, toward an apprehension of multiplicities. He is the director, producer, and editor of transparent (2005), against a trans narrative (2009), Thick Relations (2012), Something to Cry About (2018), and Paternal Rites (2018).

Sean Jones, director, Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies

InterPlay, a joint venture of UMBC and the Peabody Institute, began in 2016 as a way to connect UMBC undergraduate music majors with Peabody graduate students for their mutual benefit. Since that time, the partnership has evolved to include an innovative, interactive performance in Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, and a four-session teaching project, which to date have included master classes, chamber music coaching, audition preparation seminars and mock audition panels. For this performance, tenor Daniel E. Sampson will collaborate with pianist Natasha Talukdar.

Join us at the Sagamore Spirit Distillery for our First Annual Holiday Tree Lighting! Enjoy festive live music and complimentary hot cider all evening. Brian Treacy, President of Sagamore Spirit and Patrick Petrides, GM of Rye Street Tavern, will illuminate the tree at 7PM sharp! Additional food and beverage available for purchase. Lawn chairs and blankets encouraged. The first 30 guests through Sagamore Spirit’s Visitor Center will receive a special holiday treat! We look forward to welcoming the holiday season with you.

UMBC’s Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Gina Beck, performs traditional Javanese music on the Department of Music’s Javanese gamelan.

Admission to this event is free.

KWANZAA FAMILY DAY
SAT DEC 1 | 12-3PM
Celebrate and honor the seven principles of Kwanzaa through family-friendly art activities, face painting, performances, and local vendors. Open Minds participants present their mosaic and ceramic work for sale in new Kids’ Corner Gallery. FREE reception!

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Come enjoy our annual Holiday Sale- fun for the whole family! Browse locally crafted natural gifts while enjoying music and refreshments. Children will enjoy creating whimsical critters from cones, pods and seed heads with the help of our naturalists! Vendors to be announced in November.

*Advanced registration not required.