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Art + Technology + Social Justice

The Arts for All initiative partners the arts with the sciences, technology and other disciplines to develop new and reimagined curricular and experiential offerings that nurture different ways of thinking to spark dialogue, understanding, problem solving and action. It bolsters a campus-wide culture of creativity and innovation, making Maryland a national leader in leveraging the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to collaboratively address grand challenges.

EVENTS

Nemanja Radulović

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Brahms’ Third Symphony

Nov 14, 2025
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Trailblazing conductor and National Orchestral Institute + Festival Music Director Marin Alsop leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in works by Esmail, Khachaturian and Brahms.

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Mozart's La finta giardiniera: Maryland Opera Studio

Nov 15-19, 2025
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Mistaken identity. Unrequited love. A botched stabbing? Follow the story of Marchioness Violante as she assumes a new identity as a gardener, Sandrina, to escape her jealous fiancé.

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Emily Davis.

What It Takes: Staging the Musical ‘She Loves Me’

October 21, 2025

Student actor, stage manager and costume designer pull back the curtain.

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Vital Signs Mini-Grants: Creative Arts for Black Lives

Apply by November 9, 2025

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Belonging and Community at UMD and UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy announce the 2025-2026 round of Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants.

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Nikolas Francis.

Art and Science of the Brain’s Response to Sound

October 17, 2025

Neuroscientist-musician studies listening in lab, and practices it on stage.

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Apply Now! ArtsAMP Grants for Students

Apply by October 29, 2025

Arts for All is now accepting applications for Fall 2025 Student ArtsAMP Grants to fund a variety of interdisciplinary artistic activities and arts-based research. 

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Clubs 101: Maryland Latin Dance

October 15, 2025

Move your hips to salsa and bachata, meet new friends and explore other cultures.

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Bad Bunny as Scholarly Subject?

October 9, 2025

New UMD course explores Puerto Rico’s soundscape of protest and poetics.

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The Arts for All initiative seeks to ensure that the arts are woven into the very fabric of life at the University of Maryland...so the Terrapin identity is writ large and forged strong.

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Darryll J. Pines President, University of Maryland

UMD School of Music student viewing a virtual reality opera thru VR goggles

Arts Improve the Student Experience

We are prepared to address the growing student and industry demand to integrate the arts into student life, both within and beyond the curriculum, helping students access and amplify their creative talents and fostering collaborative and innovative thinking to solve problems.

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Arts Create an Inclusive Environment

We are harnessing the power of the arts to spark civic dialogue, increase community engagement and activate social change.

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Arts Advance the University

We are accelerating innovation, discovery and insights through collaborations among the arts, the humanities and the sciences through research, creative activity and technological innovation.


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