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March 28, 2025 Art, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
October 01, 2024 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery

3D Printing, Animation, Underwater Cameras: New Methods Inform Faculty Art Exhibition

Works in triennial exhibition tackle climate change, identity, misogyny and more.
March 27, 2024 Art

International Placemaking Week

International Placemaking Week
March 25, 2024 Art

The Design & Democracy

Can a Giant Turtle Shell Full of Games Lure Young Voters?
January 25, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

2024 Clarvit Research Fellowships Announced

Announcing the 2024 Clarvit Research Fellowship recipients.
December 18, 2022 Art

2023 Clarvit Research Fellowships Announced

Announcing the 2023 Clarvit Research Fellowship Recipients
March 11, 2022 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Inaugural David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the Driskell Center’s mission.

November 16, 2021 Art

Family’s $2.5M Gifts to Provide Resources for Art and Education, New Outdoor Exhibition Space

Clarvits’ gifts will fund innovation in the arts, support College of Education students.
February 09, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art

HBO Documentary Explores Impact of ‘a Trailblazer for All of Us’

Film premieres tonight about late UMD professor David C. Driskell’s groundbreaking exhibition of Black artists.

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2025 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

April 09, 2025 Art

The 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition Series features two exhibitions highlighting work by our talented MFA students who are graduating in 2025.

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April 01, 2025 Art

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Maryland Today

A ‘Wave’ of New Understanding About Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

April 01, 2025 Art, Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Faculty, students collaborate with NASA on interactive installation at Kennedy Center.
Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

March 28, 2025 Art, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
Washington Post

Art Gallery or SCIF? At This Brandon Morse Show You Might Not Be Sure.

March 26, 2025 Art

The show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington evokes surveillance and soothes with algorithm-based renderings on imposing screens.

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Competition

March 24, 2025 Art

Congratulations to winners of the 2025 Sadat Art for Peace and Justice Competition.

Art Department open information session for Art Majors

March 12, 2025 Art

Information from the Spring 2025 Department of Art Information Session
Maryland Today

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
Maryland Today

10 Faculty Receive UMD Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Awards

January 29, 2025 Art, Communication, English, Philosophy

Grants to support individual projects in arts, AI, architecture and more.

2025 Harriet Tubman Day Poster Award

January 10, 2025 Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Submissions for the 2025 Harriet Tubman Day Poster Award are now open