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Check out the latest news and information about the art department.

Adobe Create Now UMD 2025

Adobe + Graphic Design Event

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

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.

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

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.

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Press Release: Willie Cole: On Site

September 12, 2016 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Artist Willie Cole's Exhibition of Works From the Last Ten Years to Be Presented at the David C. Driskell Center

University Of Maryland Art Gallery Presents Herman Maril

September 08, 2016 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities, Herman Maril Gallery

An exhibition that examines the artist’s works on paper

2016-17 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

May 24, 2016 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities extends its congratulations to outstanding faculty for RASA and CAPPA awards.

Two Arhu Faculty Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowships

May 10, 2016 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Congratulations to English prof Carla Peterson and art prof Hasan Elahi on receiving fellowships for their upcoming projects.

Fifteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2016 Bright Futures Scholarships

May 10, 2016 History, American Studies, Art, Classics, Communication, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to the 15 ARHU students who won the Summer 2016 Bright Futures Scholarships!

University Of Maryland Art Gallery Presents 2016 Mfa Thesis Exhibition

April 25, 2016 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

An exhibition that marks the culmination of fine arts education and training in the University of Maryland Department of Art.

The Washington Post

In The Galleries: For Artist Foon Sham, It’S All About The Wood

April 22, 2016 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

The Washington Post reviews Foon Sham's artwork and the "Manhua+ Manga" exhibition.

The Diamondback

Hasan Elahi Earns Guggenheim Fellowship For Ongoing Art Project

April 14, 2016 Art, College Park Scholars-Arts, Digital Cultures & Creativity

Tracking Transience, art professor Hasan Elahi's ongoing art project, documents his daily actions and movements.

Umd Arts Faculty And Alumni Awarded Maryland State Arts Council Grants

April 13, 2016 Art

The grants will support the ongoing creative works of UMD art faculty and alumni.

University Of Maryland Art Gallery Presents Manhua + Manga

March 11, 2016 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland Art Gallery

An exhibition on rare Chinese and Japanese comics from the 1930s and 1940s.