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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.

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 Guardian

Lessons We Can Learn From Nobel Prize Troublemakers

July 13, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi weighs-in at TEDGlobal on his response to being labeled - in error - a troublemaker by the US government.

Al Jazeera

Tedglobal: Non-Violence, Tolerance And Online Freedoms

July 12, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi weighs-in on protecting your privacy by taking control of the available informaiton at conference.

Broad Strokes, NWMA's Blog for the 21st Century

Tamarind Artist Spotlight: Margo Humphrey'S The Last Bar-B-Que

July 08, 2011 Art

ARHU Department of Art Margo Humphrey's lithograph stands out at a National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibit.

Umd’S Hasan Elahi To Speak At Tedglobal 2011

June 30, 2011 Art

Associate Professor of Art, Hasan Elahi, to address an anticipated 800 people from 30 countries at TEDGlobal.

Arlington Art Examiner

Art With A Bite At Greater Reston Arts Center

June 26, 2011 Art

ARHU's Jefferson Pinder selects artwork that uses irony, sarcasm and wit to be displayed at GRACE.

Homer News

Community Video Portrait Gives Intimate Look At Homer

April 20, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi facilitated an urban looking art project with a small town feel for Homer, Alaska.By Michael Armstrong, Homer News

ARHU Faculty Tenure & Promotion Awards Announced

April 15, 2011 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, History, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UPDATE: The College is pleased to announce that 11 faculty members have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.

KALW News

Looking At You Looking At Me: Surveillance Protest Art

April 12, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi discusses his exhibit "Hiding in Plain Sight" currently on display at San Francisco's Intersection for the Arts.

Baltimore City Paper

Hasan Elahi: Once-Detained Artist Watches Himself Better Than The Government Watchers

March 30, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi discusses his exhibition and art project, "Tracking Transience."By Michael Byrne, Baltimore City Paper

The National

Art Imitates Strife In Cultural Response To 'War On Terror'

March 21, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi's art and experience is featured in the book A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb by Amitava Kumar.