what is the art life?

university of maryland, baltimore county's very own arts centered

and charity focused student organization

Mission

Through the arts, we bridge divides between individuals, student orgs, and departments by using underutilized spaces and resources on campus to build stronger community and spark interdisciplinary collaboration.

Concerts

We run an ongoing series of concerts on campus, booking spaces and creating a fun, inviting environment for students to perform.

In need of:

Performers (even open to beginners.) We don’t ask that you’re perfect, we ask that you try.
Student vendors to sell their art here. We have a tip jar where proceeds also go to charity.
A sound person to help at the shows.
Photographers or videographers to capture the energy of the shows.

Concert lead: Jason Blanco

jasonb4@umbc.edu

General Meetings - Open Creative Space and Workshops

Starting Spring 2026, The Art Life will host monthly general meetings. These meetings specifically play the dual roles of facilitating conversations between different creative disciplines on campus so that collaborations can arise, and also being an open space for people to create, or share what they love with others. Also, there will be pizza.

In need of:

Students who want to teach a workshop about a particular creative skill that they love
Representatives from any creative student org at all to attend and brainstorm ideas

Email us with ideas or introduce yourself at theartlifeumbc@gmail.com!

Expanding The Art Life Team

In general, The Art Life needs people of all types to keep it up and running. So far, Jason and Duncan have been doing the brunt of the work in most areas. We are looking to delegate some of this work to others, to free our minds to pursue the high-stakes work of facilitating those connections, contacting the big scary faculty people, and directing the larger events.

Don’t hesitate to get involved! Even if you don’t feel fully confident in your skills we want to hear from you. What’s most important to us is that you desire to learn and grow. Just email us at theartlifeumbc@gmail.com and we can chat!

Murals

We have the opportunity to do a series of small murals in the Sondheim Basement., in conjunction with the Environmental Science Department.

Project lead: Duncan Winger (dwinger1@umbc.edu)

Interested?? Fill out this brief google form please

pARTy!!!

We’re planning an involvement-esk event specifically to celebrate the arts, and we want to include all the creative student orgs possible so we can get people involved, informed, and moved to make art. There will be live music and performances, portrait drawing, artists selling art, food, and conversations.

In need of:

Student org representatives to show up and tell their general body about it
Volunteers to help set up tables and other tasks
Facilitators who can welcome people in and introduce different students to different groups and get conversations started
Performers (dancers, musicians, actors, etc.)
Artists to sell their art

Date: TBD February-March 2026 @UC Ballroom

Event leads: Jason and Duncan

Ideas thoughts or inquiries, please direct to theartlifeumbc@gmail.com

We are in need of:

Someone who’s organized and can help us organize our thoughts, website media we collect, while also researching specific costs to aid in our creation of grant budgets. A small stipend for this position may be possible.
Go-getter student leaders who want to take action to meet people, build momentum, and create projects of their own.
Graphic designers, photographers, videographers and editors to film events
Allies in other student orgs to collaborate with and spread the creative movement!

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