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Arts for All Announces Spring 2026 ArtsAMP Grants

Learn more about the 17 arts-based, interdisciplinary projects developed by faculty, students and student organizations.

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April 21, 2026 Art, Arts for All, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

Sadat Winners 'Celebrate Our Differences and Strengthen Community'

Student arts competition focused this year on democracy, civic responsibility.
February 23, 2026 Art, Arts for All

Democratizing Design, Building Community

MFA student expands community 3D sculpture and printing workshops.

January 15, 2026 Art, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities

The Art of the City

Art professor depicts different sides of Baltimore in new audiovisual installation.
December 18, 2025 Art, Art History and Archaeology, Arts Leadership and Entrepreneurship, College Park Scholars-Arts

Prof. Donahue-Shipp led Paint on Site Project

Prof. Donahue-Shipp led Paint on Site project with his ARTT 426 class

October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.
April 01, 2025 Art

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

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
December 19, 2024 Art, Arts for All, 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, Arts for All, 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.

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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.

Press Release: 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

David C. Driskell Center to Present Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze