We’re continuing our reflection on Black history and Maurice Berger’s Race Stories this week by revisiting “Pictures of Men, Friends or Lovers.” This article looks at historian Trent Kelly’s collection of photographs of Black gay men from the Civil War to the present. Kelly’s collection of over 200 photographs, titled “Hidden in the Open: Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Affections,” considers how Black gay men had to endure both white America’s prejudice for the color of their skin and hate for their sexuality. They were also often rejected from their own Black communities and considered “second-class citizens in gay culture.”  

Article: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/pictures-of-men-friends-or-lovers/   

We will begin our retrospect of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories and reflection on black history and our current political and social climate by featuring, “Capturing the Struggle for Racial Equality, Past and Present.” This article looks at works from Black American photographer, Sheila Pree Bright’s book “#1960Now” that served as a reminder that activism and the struggle for racial equality in the United States has existed throughout all of American history and is ongoing. Bright uses the medium of black and white photography to “[underscore] this historical continuity” and contribute to the scores of legendary civil rights photographs that testify to racial violence and injustice in America.  

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/lens/capturing-the-struggle-for-racial-equality-past-and-present.html?auth=login-google

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC is offering an off-site internship opportunity this summer 2020. An internship at CADVC is taken for a letter grade and can be taken for one credit or up to six credits a semester, repeatable up to 12 credits. Each credit is worth 40 hours.

Summer interns will be fully integrated into the off-site work that CADVC staff have been involved in since the campus went online in mid-March. As such it is important that interns have reliable online access and know how to use collaborative files on Google Drive and BOX.

Interns will be expected to attend weekly online meetings via WebEx and to be available for occasional unscheduled phone calls or virtual meetings during the business day. Hours and dates of the internship are flexible. Accommodations can be made for time off for travel or to extend internship summer hours into the fall semester, etc. as needed.

As with all CADVC internships the student must register for PRAC with the UMBC Career Office and for ART 498 CADVC Internship after receiving permission to register by the CADVC supervisor. CADVC Internships are awarded on a competitive basis, so you must attend a virtual interview and be accepted in order to register for the internship.

To apply, please send your resume, the completed (first page only) of the attached form, and a cover email letter to abbotts@umbc.edu. In the email state what you want to accomplish with a virtual CADVC internship this summer and write "INTERNSHIP - (your name)" as part of your email subject line. Also attached here are some documents listing various project ideas. Please comment on any that may be of interest to you in your email as well.

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC is offering an off-site internship opportunity this summer 2020. An internship at CADVC is taken for a letter grade and can be taken for one credit or up to six credits a semester, repeatable up to 12 credits. Each credit is worth 40 hours.

Summer interns will be fully integrated into the off-site work that CADVC staff have been involved in since the campus went online in mid-March. As such it is important that interns have reliable online access and know how to use collaborative files on Google Drive and BOX.

Interns will be expected to attend weekly online meetings via WebEx and to be available for occasional unscheduled phone calls or virtual meetings during the business day. Hours and dates of the internship are flexible. Accommodations can be made for time off for travel or to extend internship summer hours into the fall semester, etc. as needed.

As with all CADVC internships the student must register for PRAC with the UMBC Career Office and for ART 498 CADVC Internship after receiving permission to register by the CADVC supervisor. CADVC Internships are awarded on a competitive basis, so you must attend a virtual interview and be accepted in order to register for the internship.

To apply, please send your resume, the completed (first page only) of the attached form, and a cover email letter to abbotts@umbc.edu. In the email state what you want to accomplish with a virtual CADVC internship this summer and write "INTERNSHIP - (your name)" as part of your email subject line. Also attached here are some documents listing various project ideas. Please comment on any that may be of interest to you in your email as well.

Deadline June 1, 2020, 5 pm.

Do you want to make your own museum? Who doesn't? ⠀
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Join us this Sunday, Mar 1, 1-3pm at OCA Mocha for Kids Club! ⠀
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Explore your hobbies and passions as you design your very own museum! Using Crayola Model Magic & an array of colorful art materials, you can leave with an amazing diorama gallery of your own creation. All materials provided free of charge courtesy of OCA Mocha and the CADVC! Fun for the whole family, and great coffee too!

#artsatumbc @ OCA Mocha