Arts & Culture

Prism of Voices

Prism is back again for its 2025 installment which will focus on choral and vocal music as well as instrumental chamber works. Prism is the annual showcase concert of the Department of Music staged with theatrical lighting effects in a fast-paced seventy-minute concert sure to dazzle your eyes and ears.

March 2 at 3 p.m.  |  Harold J Kaplan Concert Hall, CA 3042

Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage

Directed by Danielle Drakes

Intimate Apparel, by Pulitzer winning playwright Lynn Nottage, delves into the life of Esther, a talented African American seamstress in early 20th century New York City. Specializing in creating exquisite lingerie, Esther navigates the complexities of love, identity, and ambition amidst the racial and social constraints of her time. Her interactions with clients from different walks of life reveal deep, personal stories of longing and resilience. Nottage's poignant narrative with richly drawn characters explores themes of intimacy, dreams deferred, and the pursuit of self-fulfillment, offering a powerful reflection on the intersection of race, gender, and class in America's history.

March 6 – 13  |  Studio Theatre, CA 3060

Visions of Love: TU Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Concerts

 Enjoy "Visions of Love," an enchanting evening of music celebrating the many facets of love. The Towson University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band have curated a program that explores love in its various forms—romantic love, friendship, and the deep bond shared through music and banding together.

March 11 at 8 p.m.  |  Harold J Kaplan Concert Hall, CA 3042

Silent Films with Orchestra

Take a time machine back to when silent films had live musical accompaniment! In this special event sponsored by COFAC’s CoLab, three short films headline a performance by the TU Symphony: Charlie Chaplin’s The Rink (1918), Alice Guy-Blaché’s Making an American Citizen (1912), and Laurel & Hardy’s Big Business (1929). Incidental music from Scott Joplin and lesser known artists of the time will unify one unforgettable evening conducted by guest artist Andrew Greene, founder and leader of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra.

March 12 at 8 p.m.  |  Harold J Kaplan Concert Hall, CA 3042

Sanborn Winners Recital

This is the recital of the winners selected from the Sanborn Competition in the Voice and Piano Divisions of the Towson University Music Department.

March 25 at 7 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Conversations | Chamber Music Concert

Join Towson University Department of Music Faculty for an afternoon of chamber music - the conversation of sounds! Experience the excellence of TU's outstanding "performing professors".

March 30 at 3 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Exhibition ǀ Reverie&Alchemy

The Cabinet of Curiosity was born of the existential desire to understand and control the world, to conspicuously display status and learnedness, and to create the story of self and community. Each object in a Cabinet nods towards epic adventure and, taken as a whole, tells a symbolic story that presents the viewer with essential questions about the transience of human life and our place in the world. The artists and collections in this exhibition together tell a wondrously complicated and contradictory tale about this particular place and its inhabitants, both current and in the past. Who are we, who were we, and who do we want to be?

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

January 31 – April 19  |  Center for the Arts Gallery, CA 3040

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.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.  |  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

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.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.  |  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

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.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.  |  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

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.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.  |  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

Exhibition | Haunted Koreas: Dreaming Unification Protest Peace

View the most extensive collection of global activist artist Mina Cheon’s series of “Unification Dream” paintings, a new perspective on the flags of a unified Korea. Each of these paintings, born from the artist’s stream of unconsciousness, is a powerful peace protest, shedding light on the intricacies of communication, love, and a shared vision of a harmonious future for North and South Korea. The call for unification within the Koreas is a concerted effort to desire peace on earth, because to dream for global peace is about healing and reconciliation of tempered worlds divided.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

February 12 – May 17  |  Asian Arts Gallery, CA 2037