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Arts snapshots
From faculty research to compelling exhibitions to captivating performances—discover how the arts are alive across UMD's campus.
Beyond the tip of the iceberg.
University of Maryland researchers in art, computer science and earth science are collaborating on a project to produce AI-generated iceberg models. These 3D renderings will help sailors navigate Arctic waters.
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Did you know?
You can submit your original work in the categories of poetry, music composition, chamber music ensemble, visual art and film as part of the annual Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Competition. Housed in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the competition encourages students to explore themes of peace and reconciliation. In 2024, Arts for All began its partnership with the Anwar Sadat Chair for Justice and Peace.
Apply for the 2026 competition
Exploring AI in creative expression.
In Fall 2025, the “Future Frames” exhibition examined how the growing presence of AI in our lives affects social, cultural and environmental issues/resolutions and featured posters and videos submitted by UMD students and artists from around the world. An Arts for All ArtsAMP Faculty Collaborative Grant supported the exhibition curated by Alireza Vaziri, assistant professor in the Department of Art, and Jonathan David Martin, lecturer in the College of Information.
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Meet artist and UMD alum Korey Richardson ’16.
As a student, Richardson majored in studio art and even had the opportunity to create a print inspired by legendary artist and UMD art professor David Driskell, whose collection is housed at the campus center bearing his name. Today Richardson works at the Driskell Center and the UMD Art Gallery as their preparator, a role in which he installs and cares for the collections, while building on the inspiration he found as a student.
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Someone is looking good.
This summer, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies students Katie Glenn M.F.A. ’27 and Bailey Hammett-Colwell M.F.A. ’25 teamed up with The Clarice’s Costume Shop to design and create four new outfits for UMD’s mascot, Testudo.
Check out the looksSince its launch in 2021, Arts for All at UMD has grown and strengthened a campus culture of creativity, innovation and problem-solving. This initiative delivers a powerful impact on our community, inspiring us and bringing us closer together as we take on the grand challenges of our time.
Reimagine Learning with Boundless Creativity
Launched in 2021 by President Pines and housed in the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU), Arts for All is reimagining what’s possible when the arts are placed at the heart of a public research university.
ARHU is a vibrant community of artists and scholars who explore what it means to be human—through music, theater, visual art, dance, literature, storytelling and more.
What’s happening in the Arts
From performances to research breakthroughs, see how creativity is shaping campus and beyond.
Students Turn Climate Change Into Sound
Material Culture, Collective Memory and the Work of Repair
Art Exhibition Offers Intimate Look at Giant of Modern Chinese History
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