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International Placemaking Week

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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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Finding Art In Changing Environment

March 12, 2020 Art

Assistant professor communicates scientific findings in unique visual installations.

The Best Baltimore Art Exhibitions of 2019

December 23, 2019 Art

Department of Art faculty recognized.

Washington Post

In the Galleries

December 13, 2019 Art

An ambitious collage of works by regional photographers.

The Diamondback

Board of Regents OKs New Major at UMD Focused on Virtual Reality Design

December 02, 2019 Art

The immersive media design major, which will focus on virtual reality, was greenlit by the Board of Regents Nov. 22.

Sensory Excavation

November 19, 2019 Art

Art professor awarded grant to create immersive experience of one of world's largest oil reserves.

Richa Mishra '20 Sees Graphic Design as a Way to Give Back

October 04, 2019 Art

Art student is creating opportunities for student designers to grow their skills.
Maryland Today

Windows on Local Art

September 23, 2019 Art

Installation brightens empty storefront on block soon to make way for new city hall.
Maryland Today

A Cold, Hard Act

September 18, 2019 Art

Art Installation to Illustrate Climate Change Unexpectedly Disrupted—by Climate Change Itself

2019-20 New Faculty Appointments

August 29, 2019 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to the University of Maryland.

Maryland Today

“A Second Life and a Second Identity”

June 11, 2019 Art

Art professor’s wood sculptures featured in new Smithsonian Gardens exhibit