CAMBRIDGE - Dorchester Center for the Arts will showcase two special exhibitions for March.

Downstairs, guest curator Jon-West Bey will present “State of the Art,” featuring work by Maryland artists from the collection of the University of Maryland Global Campus. This extended exhibition will run March 3-April 29. The exhibition will also include both youth and adult poetry workshops in April in honor of National Poetry Month, conducted by Sami Miranda, whose poetry is included in the exhibition.

Jon West-Bey is an independent curator and museum consultant based in Washington, D.C., and the founder of the American Poetry Museum. During his over 20-year career, Jon has curated over 50 exhibitions and produced and managed numerous award-winning public, educational and multimedia programs.

Sami Miranda is a visual artist, poet and teacher who uses his craft to highlight the value of everyday people and places. His work is heavily influenced by Puerto Rican culture and family history, as well as his interactions with his students, people he encounters in his travels, and D.C. locals.

In the second-floor George B. Todd Performance Hall, Bill Wolff will present “Dissolution,” consisting of 10 large-scale sculptures that range from five to eight feet in height. His work in wood and metal has been exhibited locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

“My work in wood,” Wolff said, “is carved, hollowed and assembled from sections of trees otherwise destined to be firewood, a variation of the traditional Japanese yosegi zukuri process. Each work is initiated with a chainsaw, jointed with chisel and plane, hollowed out with an assortment of tools, carved with gouges, charred with a torch, scraped and sanded, leafed with metal, and then scraped and drawn on. Tool marks from every stage are visible atop the grain of the wood and are a reference to the material, the history of making and image.”

This work will be on exhibit until March 25. A Second Saturday artists’ reception will be held on March 11 from 5-7 p.m., with artists’ talks, light refreshments and live music.

For more information on exhibits and additional activities at the Dorchester Center for the Arts, stop by 321 High St., call 410-228-7782 or visit online at dorchesterarts.org. Dorchester Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to enriching Maryland’s Eastern Shore community through high quality, engaging programming in the visual, literary and performing arts. Programs at DCA are supported by the Maryland State Arts Council.