Join us on Tuesday, April 21 and Thursday, April 23 for UMBC BookFest ‘26, a celebration of writers, readers, makers, and advocates. Programs feature an outdoor market dedicated to bookishness, an evening focused on One Maryland, One Book, and a discussion on the dangers of censorship.
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Celebrate the Arts at UMBC the evening on December 5, when we'll present an extravaganza of concurrent events featuring dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts!
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The Department of Visual Arts hosts Rich Zim, who is about to celebrate 40 years of professional stop motion animation, for an artist talk and claymation workshop. His notable credits include Gumby, Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Coraline, and The SpongeBob Movie. He is currently the CEO and president of Zim animation, where he has been making psychedelic oozing dripping clay animation sequences in his own studio for projects such as Smiling friends, Rick and Morty, Middlemost Post and many other TV shows and movies.