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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
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

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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Inaugural Arts for All Fellows To Work Across Art, Tech, Science and Social Justice

June 13, 2024 Art, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The 10 faculty and 5 students come from units across campus and will work on projects that engage the public.

Using Art to Transform ‘Something So Ugly’ into ‘Something So Beautiful’

May 21, 2024 Art

Maggie Letvin ’24, an ARHU triple major, said UMD showed them they can’t live life without making art.
Maryland Today

Student Works Awarded in Expanded Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Program

April 24, 2024 Art, English, School of Music

Music, poetry added to competition; entries centered on freedom of speech.
Maryland Today

New Ideas for Used Materials

April 16, 2024 Art

Art class designs Maryland Day installation from found objects.

International Placemaking Week

March 27, 2024 Art

International Placemaking Week
Maryland Today

Can a Giant Turtle Shell Full of Games Lure Young Voters?

March 25, 2024 Art

Course designs Creative ways to increase college participation in 2024 election.

The Design & Democracy

March 25, 2024 Art

Can a Giant Turtle Shell Full of Games Lure Young Voters?

Arts for All Welcomes Inaugural Artists-in-Residence

February 05, 2024 Art

Hannah Smotrich and Ari Melenciano ’14 will focus on voting, AI, while at UMD this semester.

Inaugural ‘Harmony Fellows’ Blend Disciplines, Forge New Directions for ARHU and UMD

January 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Classics, American Studies

Seven pairs of fellows, from ARHU and beyond, are working on a range of projects to innovate curricula, research and programming.

2024 Clarvit Research Fellowships Announced

January 25, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

Announcing the 2024 Clarvit Research Fellowship recipients.