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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.
December 22, 2020 Art

Studio Art Senior Exhibition | Winter 2020

View the artwork of our graduating seniors for Winter, 2020
October 31, 2020 Communication, Art, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

New Majors in Departments of Art, Communication and Jewish Studies

Four communication specializations and majors in immersive media design and ancient religions are among new offerings for ARHU students.
September 22, 2020 Art

New Major Immerses Students in Coding and Creativity

First introductory course offered this fall, two more expected next spring.

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The Diamondback

Umd And Bowie State Team Up To Create Unity Mural

September 17, 2017 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

The mural comes after the murder of Bowie State University student Richard Collins on this university's campus in May.

2017-18 New Faculty Appointments

September 06, 2017 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

2017-18 New Faculty Appointments

September 06, 2017 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.
International Sculpture Center

Umd Mfa Student Wins Contemporary Sculpture Award

July 19, 2017 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

First year student Monroe Isenberg among 15 to receive prestigious award.
The Washington Post

In Foon Sham’s work, a dream for some, a prison for others

July 19, 2017 Art

Foon Sham's work reviewed in the Washington Post.

Three Umd Arts Alumni Awarded 2017 Maryland State Arts Council Grants

May 23, 2017 Art

Award recognizes contributions artists make to the Maryland cultural landscape.

Arhu Phd Candidates Receive 2017 Big 10 Academic Alliance/Smithsonian Institution Fellowships

May 23, 2017 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, History

Fellowships support research in cooperation with Smithsonian facilities and experts.
The Washington Diplomat

Foon Sham'S Wood Tunnel Takes Viewers On Dual-Natured Journey

May 08, 2017 Art

The massive wood sculpture at the American University Museum offers a fun escape from the outside world.

Two Arhu Alumni Awarded 2017 Guggenheim Fellowships

April 18, 2017 Art, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Jefferson Pinder and Mahwish Chishty won for their work in fine arts.

David C. Driskell Center Presents Shifting: African American Women Artists And The Power Of Their Gaze

January 18, 2017 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Exhibition explores how African American female artists turn their gaze on the world around them.