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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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Washington Post

Foon Sham

May 25, 2012 Art

Art Professor Foon Sham's sculpture exhibition at Project 4 Gallery reviewed by the Washington Post.

ARCH2O

The Nature Of Things

May 13, 2012 Art

Art Department professor John Ruppert's sculpture reviewed in ARCH2O.By Kristen Hoover, ARCH2O

College Art Association 2012 Professional-Development Fellowships

February 17, 2012 Art, Art History and Archaeology

Studio arts graduate student Selin Balci wins CAA Professional-Development Fellowship.

Exhibition Highlighting Seven Artists Exploring Material In Sculpture

January 31, 2012 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery

UMD's Art Gallery presents Wood, Paper, & Fiber January 26, 2012 - March 9, 2012For Immediate Release

A Jill Of All Trades

November 20, 2011 Art, English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

The sophmore slump has met its match with author, designer, musician, tour guide and full-time ARHU student Laura Pavlo.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Umd Professor Sidesteps Big Brother Through Online Art

November 14, 2011 Art

ARHU's Hasan Elahi discusses how his time as an FBI terrorist suspect led to a digital art.

The New York Times

You Want To Track Me? Here You Go, F.B.I.

October 29, 2011 Art

OPINION: ARHU's Hasan Elahi discusses his interrogation and time on the F.B.I.'s terror watchlist.

ARHU Emeriti Granted

October 06, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Art, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD announces six new ARHU emeriti for 2010-2011 at Faculty and Staff Convocation.H. Eleanor Kerkham, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Tadeusz A. Lapinski, Department of Art

Fresnobeehive.com

Artist Hasan Elahi In 'Air Travel' At Corridor 2122

September 01, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi discusses art, national security, and his participation in an exhibition in Fresno, Calif., entitled Air Travel.

Wpa Features Work From Two Umd Art Department Alumni

August 24, 2011 Art

ARHU MFA Alumni participate in Washington Project for the Arts exhibit OPTIONS 2011.