News

Inaugural Clarvit Fellowship Winners Announced

May 03, 2022 Art

The Department of Art announces the first recipients of the Clarvit Faculty and Graduate Research Fellowship

Making ‘Place’ Through Art and Design

April 29, 2022 Art

In a new creative placemaking minor, students partner with communities to envision public spaces.

Maryland Today

Mizzou Administrator, Professor of Music and Black Studies Named ARHU Dean

April 19, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Stephanie Shonekan to take helm of college on July 1.

Spring commencement information

April 12, 2022 Art

Spring Commencement information

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Fusing Art, Science and Technology

April 08, 2022 Art

Hartley Carlson ’23, a studio art major on a pre-med track, is finding creative ways to explore neuroscience through his artmaking.

2022 Sadat Art for Peace competition winners announced

April 04, 2022 Art

Announcing the winners of the 2022 Sadat Art for Peace competition

Maryland Today

Get ‘Immersed’ in Arts and Tech

April 01, 2022 Art

New showcase highlights students’ work in virtual and augmented reality, other emerging media.

Inaugural David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

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

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the Driskell Center’s mission.