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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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2021 Anwar Sadat Art for Peace Competition #BLM

January 13, 2021 Art

The Department of Art and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development call for Competition Entries

Studio Art Senior Exhibition | Winter 2020

December 22, 2020 Art

View the artwork of our graduating seniors for Winter, 2020

Department of Art First-Year MFA Virtual Exhibition

December 15, 2020 Art

See the video, photography, sculpture and performance work of the first-year MFA candidates in Studio Art

New Majors in Departments of Art, Communication and Jewish Studies

October 31, 2020 Communication, Art, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Four communication specializations and majors in immersive media design and ancient religions are among new offerings for ARHU students.

Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland

October 13, 2020 Art

Learn more about ARHU and CMNS' new undergraduate major.
Maryland Today

An Artist's Vision in 'World Beyond'

October 05, 2020 Art History and Archaeology, Art

When not making ghastly sets on ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff, alum crafts eye-popping costumes.
Maryland Today

New Major Immerses Students in Coding and Creativity

September 22, 2020 Art

First introductory course offered this fall, two more expected next spring.
Maryland Today

Accessibility Exhibition Gets ‘Second Life’ in Virtual Museum

September 16, 2020 Art

‘Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility’ now open.

Art Professor to Continue Work Portraying Arctic Ice Melt

September 14, 2020 Art

Cy Keener received a $200,000 continuing grant from the National Science Foundation.

An Artful Solution

May 21, 2020 Art

MFA thesis showcase goes virtual.