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Envision your next endeavor in the arts, and amplify your ideas through our support.

Arts for All's Open Opportunities

These opportunities support a wide range of arts projects, research and events, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration.

2026-27 Arts for All Fellowships

Join a cohort of interdisciplinary scholars to expand and amplify your research. Submit an application by March 29, 2026!

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Four people gather in a bright lounge space for the Indigenous Futures Lab on November 3, 2023, sitting on gray couches with yellow pillows around a coffee table laden with snacks and materials. Feminism-themed posters decorate the turquoise accent wall while large windows overlook campus buildings. The casual meeting setup with candy bowl and comfortable seating fosters community dialogue and collaboration.

Call for Nominations: 2026-27 Artist in Residence

UMD faculty are invited to nominate an artist for Arts for All’s 2026-27 Artist in Residence program. Make a nomination by March 23, 2026!

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Clarice Assad works with John Pablo Rojas. He is holding his cello, and both are looking down at the instrument.

Social Impact Buildfest 2026 @ UMD

Social Impact BuildFest is a weekend-long event where students team up to prototype immersive tech experiences that tackle real-world challenges. Apply by March 13, 2026 for priority consideration!

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Students gather around a table, looking at a tablet that scans a small model with houses, trees, and buildings.

Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Competition

This annual competition invites students to submit artwork in categories including visual art, poetry, music composition, chamber music ensemble and film. Apply by March 20, 2026 for poetry, music and film categories!

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Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Competition winners luncheon performance

Event Funding

Arts for All supports a vast array of artistic activities—from dance performances to visual art installations to live music—creating a vibrant and expansive arts community accessible to all.

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Regenerate Orchestra

Additional Artistic Support

Learn about opportunities open to students and faculty.

A presenter in a University of Maryland Terrapins sweatshirt demonstrates 3D printing technology at the Forward Campaign Pre-Launch Breakfast on October 27, 2025, with a large monitor displaying digital design software and colorful printed samples on the black-draped table. A visitor listens attentively to the explanation of the desktop 3D printer and creative applications. The showcase highlights innovative technology and hands-on learning opportunities available through university programs.

ArtsAMP Grants

Amplify your work with our support.

Grants Silhouetted visitors move through a darkened immersive PACE Project installation featuring five large-scale projections displaying abstract imagery including vibrant false-color patterns, geological formations, and cosmic scenes with planets. The multi-channel video environment creates an enveloping sensory experience. The ambitious digital art installation demonstrates sophisticated projection mapping and environmental storytelling through moving image.

Arts for All Fellowships

Join yearlong cohorts for graduate students or faculty members focused on interdisciplinary, arts-based and publicly-engaged research.

Fellowships
A first-place Sadat Art award-winning painting from March 13, 2025 depicts an industrial waterfront scene in rich blues, browns, and golds with architectural elements, structural beams, and ghostly human figures. The textured mixed-media work combines abstract and representational elements to evoke labor and maritime industry. The complex composition layers geometric structures with atmospheric depth and subtle figuration.

Awards and Competitions

Showcase your work through on-campus and off-campus competitions.

Awards and Competitions Two music students practice together in a hallway classroom setting on September 4, 2024, one playing flute in glasses and colorful bracelets while the other plays trumpet in a burgundy sweater. Sheet music on black stands guides their ensemble work against exposed brick walls. The intimate duo rehearsal demonstrates the focused collaboration fundamental to musical education and performance preparation.

Event Funding

Find support for your student organization, or group to host an arts experience on campus.

Event Funding
Two people examine a transparent acrylic installation piece at the NextNOW Fest IDEA Factory public art unveiling, with one person reaching up to adjust mechanical components within the sculptural framework. The modern gallery space features clean lines and bright lighting. The interactive kinetic sculpture invites hands-on engagement with its visible engineering and technological elements.

Opportunities from Our Campus Partners

Explore opportunities offered by our campus partners for students and faculty.

Partner Opportunities

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