Center for the Arts Gallery
Located on the third floor of the Center for the Arts, this gallery showcases some of the region’s finest artwork. Open to the public.
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A limited number of free Student Rush tickets are available first come, first served at the Center for the Arts Box Office one hour before most arts events. Students should simply present their OneCard and provide their email to access their ticket.
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Exhibitions
TU Dept of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Presents
Exhibition ǀ MFA Candidate Cody Pryseski: Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Emotional Response
Pryseski's paintings explore the emotional impact of childhood traumas including emasculation, sexual and physical abuse, bullying, low self-worth, and emotional pain. This journey manifests in the deconstruction and distortion of the image.
Reception February 6 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture | Artist talk in the gallery February 12 at 12 p.m.
Artwork: Big Wheel, 1980, 2023, 46” x 30”, Mixed Media on Panel
January 31 – March 14 | Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040
TU Dept of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Presents
Exhibition ǀ MFA Candidate Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn: Every Day A New Page
Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn employs a variety of media—rooted in drawing and music—to explore fatherhood, grief, and the Vietnamese-American experience.
Reception February 6 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture | Artist talk in the gallery February 12 at 12 p.m.
Artwork: Đau Buồn/Chia Buồn Date, 2024
January 31 – March 14 | Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040
TU Dept of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Presents
Exhibition ǀ MFA Candidate Lolo Gem: Hidden In Plain Sight
Gem finds a rich world in things unseen, hidden, and overlooked. This exhibition navigates and parses the internal landscape, informed by principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, analytical psychology, and the artist’s personal narrative.
Reception February 6 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture | Artist talk in the gallery February 12 at 12 p.m.
Artwork: Lolo Gem, Lost In Translation, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 25x30in
January 31 – March 14 | Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040
TU Dept of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Presents
Exhibition | MFA Candidate Tara Youngborg: not a town but a landing page
Youngborg uses digital technologies to create immersive installations. Through techniques of glitch, loss, and layering, Youngborg uses the archive in conjunction with contemporary data to try and recreate a ghost without its community, ultimately questioning the role of data, archives, and reproduction in understanding place, loss and memory.
Reception February 6 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture | Artist talk in the gallery February 12 at 12 p.m.
Artwork: Tara Youngborg, still from not a town but a landing page, Digital Video, 2024
January 31 – March 14 | Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040
Upcoming Events
February
Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Lecture: Writer/Curator/Publisher/Showman James Taylor | February 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: Artist Stephanie Garmey | February 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Asian Arts & Culture Center
Exhibition: Dreaming Unification Protest Peace | February 12 – May 17
Opening Reception & Artist Talk – Mina Cheon: Dreaming Unification Protest Peace |
February 22 at 5:30 p.m.
Dance
Ruth Page International Dance Experience Audition | February 8 at 1 p.m.
Dance Majors' Performance Project | February 20 – 22
Music
Dave Ballou Sabbatical Recital: "Detritus Suite" | February 12 at 8 p.m.
Student Composers Concert | February 19 at 8 p.m.
From Sorrow, Hope: a Recital for Cello and Piano | February 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Experimental and Improvised Music Night | February 25 at 8 p.m.
March
COFAC CoLab
Adaptive Artistry: The Convergence of Human Creativity & Technology in American Silent Film | March 12 at 8 p.m.
Music
Prism of Voices: Department of Music Showcase | March 2 at 3 p.m.
Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble Concert | March 11 at 8 p.m.
Adaptive Artistry: The Convergence of Human Creativity & Technology in American Silent Film | March 12 at 8 p.m.
Sanborn Winners Recital | March 25 at 7 p.m.
Conversations - Chamber Music | March 30 at 3 p.m.
Theatre Arts
Intimate Apparel | March 6 – 13
April
Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Lecture: Artist Bria Sterling-Wilson | April 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Exhibition ǀ Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | April 4 – 19
Asian Arts & Culture Center
Film Screening, Panel Discussion & Reception: Crossings | April 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Dance
Senior Seminar Dance Concert | April 3 – 5
Towson University Dance Company Concert | April 30 – May 4
Mass Communication
MCOM Day 2025 | April 8 at 12 p.m.
Music
Murray Jazz Residency featuring Ingrid Laubrock | April 2 – 4
TU Jazz Faculty Ensemble | April 6 at 3 p.m.
Lieberman Scholarship Award Convocation | April 17 at 11 a.m.
Percussion Ensemble: Mercurial | April 21 at 8 p.m.
Talent Award Winners Convocation | April 22 at 11 a.m.
ToUché | April 24 at 8 p.m.
Dido and Aeneas | April 25 – 27
Brass Showcase | April 28 at 6 p.m.
Jazz Showcase | April 29 at 8 p.m.
World Music Ensembles | April 30 at 6 p.m.
TU Improvisation Ensembles | April 30 at 8 p.m.
May
Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Lecture: Educator and Artist Carla Viviana Cordova | May 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: Artist Phaan Howng | May 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Exhibition | Senior Show | May 9 – 17
Community Dance
Carnival of Animals | May 3 at 2 p.m.
Music
Early Music and Chamber Music Ensembles Spring Recital | May 1 at 8 p.m.
TU Jazz Orchestra | May 2 at 8 p.m.
TU Choirs Spring Concert: Songs from the World | May 3 at 3 p.m.
Choral Society Spring Concert: We Are the Music Makers | May 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Towson Alumni Wind Symphony in Concert | May 4 at 12 p.m.
Jazz Showcase | May 5 at 8 p.m.
Classical Guitar Soloists and Ensembles Concert | May 6 at 8 p.m.
Symphonic Band Concert | May 7 at 8 p.m.
TU Symphony Orchestra Year-End Concert | May 8 at 8 p.m.
Trailblazers on the PATH | May 9 at 3:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble Concert | May 9 at 7 p.m.
Jazz Showcase | May 12 at 8 p.m.
Theatre Arts
Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT | May 2 – 10
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