Adjuncts, Artists, and Other Innovators Engaging Community from the In-Between Spaces

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC) presents a program by Tahira Chloe Mahdi entitled Adjuncts, Artists, and Other Innovators Engaging Community from the In-Between Spaces. This event is offered as part of absolute alternatives, the 2026 Arts+ UMBC Faculty Exhibition, curated by Maleke Glee, on view at the CADVC through February 28.

What is the difference between having membership in a community and being of a community? How does one engage different communities while carving a career through the in-between spaces? Are belonging and trust necessary in our work? What do we do when belonging and trust are not possible? In this interactive workshop, participants are invited to explore and expand their perspectives on what it means to be in community with people outside of and between our boundaries.

Tahira Chloe Mahdi is a community psychologist, consultant, and adjunct professor at UMBC. She is a program evaluator and workshop facilitator for organizations, businesses, and institutions that cultivate community-engaged projects and research. A three-time UMBC graduate, Mahdi publicizes her research through fiction writing and filmmaking with the novel This Is Not How It Was Supposed to Go and the new feature film Caught Out There.

Visitor Information

Admission to the exhibition and all public programs is free. The CADVC is open Wednesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Parking is free during evening and weekend hours, and metered parking is available other times. Please visit here for directions and parking information.

Visitors who need any specific accommodations should contact CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible.

This event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative.