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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 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology, Art, College of Arts and Humanities

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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Chloe Isaac: A Leading Terp

November 23, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

ARHU ambassador and College Park Scholar Chloe Isaac proves that Terps move fast.

The Writer's Bloc

Art Exhibition Showcases Professors’ Projects

November 05, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

The Art Gallery holds a reception to showcase professors' art work.

UMD Right Now

The Devos Institute Of Arts Management At The University Of Maryland Releases Report On Diversity In The Arts

October 19, 2015 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

Report highlights challenges facing African American and Latino arts organizations.

The Diamondback

Umd To Announce Partnership With The Phillips Collection

October 05, 2015 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD to partner with The Phillips Collection to create new arts courses and open art storage facility.

The Diamondback

Umd Responds To Baltimore Unrest With Collaborative Art Exhibit

September 29, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD faculty and students weigh in on Baltimore riots and respond with a communitywide art project.

TERP

Questioning The Bomb

September 16, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

Poster exhibition takes on nuclear proliferation.

Jefferson Pinder Presents Dark Matter(S) At The David C. Driskell Center

September 09, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An exploration identity politics through break dancing.

2015-2016 New Faculty Appointments

August 27, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Sixteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships

June 05, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the sixteen ARHU students who won the Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships!

The Atlantic

How Data Became The New Medium For Artists

May 14, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

A growing number of artists, including Hasan Elahi, are using data from self-tracking apps in their pieces, showing that creative work is as much a product of its technology as of its time.