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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 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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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.
SF Station

Hiding In Plain Sight: Art For The Information Age

March 07, 2011 Art

Preview: UMD Hasan Elahi's exhibition in San Francisco's Intersection for the Arts contains such overwhelming detail as a self-portrait that really tells very little.
San Francisco Bay Guardian

Hasan Elahi'S Surveillance Protest Art

March 02, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi talks about his personal surveillance and gets his San Francisco exhibit ready. 
Intersection for the Arts

Hiding In Plain Sight- A Solo Exhibition By Hasan Elahi

February 21, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi's work will be featured in a solo exhibition at San Francisco's Intersection for the Arts.By Intersection for the Arts
DW-World.de

American Artist Surveils Himself Online

February 08, 2011 Art

UMD's Hasan Elahi discusses his work and what it means for privacy in the world.By Cyrus Farivar, DW-World.de
Le Matin.ch

Le Fbi Sait Que Je Suis Ici

February 02, 2011 Art

 UMD's Hasan Elahi is featured in a French article
The Prince George's Sentinel

"Poetic.Aesthetic." Exhibit Fuses Art, Poetry

January 28, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

UMD's Poetic.Aesthetic blends art and poetry and bolsters relationships between artists of different mediums.
Prince George's Sentinel

"Poetic.Aesthetic." Exhibit Fuses Art, Poetry

January 28, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

UMD's Poetic.Aesthetic blends art and poetry and bolsters relationships between artists of different mediums.
Diamondback

Upcoming Exhibit Fuses Multiple Artistic Elements To Create Unique Style

January 26, 2011 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, English

Exhibition Poetic.Aesthetic. at UMD's The Art Gallery blends poetry with visual art.By Julie Baughman, Diamondback