Art News
Leroy Merrit Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard
UMUC is expanding its Arts Program and Adelphi campus to include this impressive new facility designed by well-known Baltimore architect Jim Grieves. It is intended to be a center for lifelong learning and an enduring tribute to the accomplished painter and sculptor, Joseph Sheppard.
Mind, Body and Spirit
Upcoming Exhibit
With These Hands
The Sculptures of Sy Gresser and Bill Taylor
Reception:
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Exhibit Dates:
September 15–December 15, 2009
Autobiography/Performance/Identity:
A Symposium on African American and
African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts
March 5–6, 2010
Events Archives
Light of the Chesapeake
| A Photographic Essay by Don Kneessi For more information, email eventsandarts@umuc.edu or call 301-985-7937 Exhibit Dates Arts Program Gallery |
![]() Pride II and The Kruzenshtern, 2000, Silver Gelatin Print, 8 x 10 |
About The Artist Don Kneessi lives in Annapolis, Maryland. A graduate of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology, he holds a master's degree in instructional technology with a minor in Intaglio printmaking. An award-winning magazine photographer, Kneessi was recently honored by the U.S. Naval Institute for his tall ship photography and is a featured artist in the Marine Art Gallery in Annapolis. A commercial and fine arts photographer by trade, Kneessi teaches photography at Anne Arundel Community College in Annapolis.




