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The Center for Visual Arts (CVA) offers a diverse curriculum that includes drawing, painting, mixed-media, fibers, jewelry & small metals, architectural drawing, silkscreen and relief printmaking, digital and analog photography, and visual communication/ graphic design. Students can minor in art or take general elective classes.

The CVA studios include two mixed use art studios for drawing, painting, fibers and printmaking and one digital lab with twelve Mac stations, two Canon printers and a projector. 

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  • Hours: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
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Faculty Artist Talk: John Steck Jr.

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The Center for Visual Arts invites you to a Faculty Artist Talk with John Steck Jr. – April 11th, 2024. Saul Zaentz Screening Room, JHU MICA / CVA Film Centre, 2nd fl. 10 E. North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21202. For more information contact [email protected]

Trust the Process

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This fall, the Krieger School's Arts and Sciences magazine featured the Center for Visual Art's 50 years of learning, transformation, and art.

Conversations with Artists: Christiana Caro

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The Center for Visual Arts invites you to Conversations with Artists: Christiana Caro – November 30th, 2023. Saul Zaentz Screening Room, JHU MICA / CVA Film Centre, 2nd fl. 10 E. North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21202. For more information contact [email protected]