Adjuncts, Artists, and Other Innovators: Engaging Community from the In-Between Spaces
Location
Center for Art Design and Visual Culture
Date & Time
February 4, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Description
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.
This program is led by Tahira Chloe Mahdi, and will be introduced by Kate Drabinski.
About Tahira Chloe Mahdi
This program is led by Tahira Chloe Mahdi, and will be introduced by Kate Drabinski.
About Tahira Chloe Mahdi
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, Dr. 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.
The event is offered as part of absolute alternatives, the 2026 Arts+ UMBC Faculty Exhibition, curated by Maleke Glee, on view through February 28, and supported by the UMBC Arts+ initiative.
All events at CADVC are free and open to the public.If you need specific accommodations to attend our events or exhibitions, please contact us as soon as possible at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188.
