Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design

  1. February 5, 2024

    How North Campus came to be

    When U-M need room to accommodate postwar growth and more research space by the mid-20th century, it looked to farm fields north of the Huron River.

  2. November 15, 2023

    Artist bringing ‘glittering kaleidoscope of joyful creativity’ to U-M

    The U-M Museum of Art has commissioned New York-based artist, designer and multifaceted maker Machine Dazzle for a site-specific installation at its Irving Stenn Jr. Family Gallery.

  3. November 6, 2023

    Stamps staffer shines in musical theater roles

    John Luther, career development coordinator with the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, spent more than a decade dancing professionally before directing and choreographing musical theater.

  4. October 25, 2023

    How do we remember? Let us count the ways

    U-M is driving an in-depth, cross-disciplinary audit of its campus: the land it sits upon, the historical figures it commemorates and how the campus community remembers.

  5. September 26, 2023

    Sustainable art practices bloom at new Stamps garden

    The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design has taken a step toward campuswide carbon neutrality with the opening of the Stamps Sustainable Materials & Color Garden on the school’s grounds.

  6. June 15, 2023

    OVPR awards $500K to support arts, humanities research

    The Office of the Vice President for Research awarded more than $500,000 this month as part of its Research Catalyst and Innovation Block Grants Program to support arts and humanities projects at U-M.

  7. April 28, 2023

    Arts Initiative announces 2023 Creative Careers Residents

    The Arts Initiative has announced three master’s degree-level residents for its Creative Careers Residency, a transitional program providing support for full-time, self-directed creative practice.

  8. April 7, 2023

    Two from U-M receive Guggenheim Fellowships

    LSA faculty members Monica Dus and Petra Kuppers are among recipients awarded 2023 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

  9. April 5, 2023

    Digital looms expand weaving options for Stamps students

    The Thread Controller 2 digital Jacquard looms recently integrated at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design combine the aspects of traditional weaving with today’s innovation.

  10. January 23, 2023

    Professor embraces disability through movement

    Petra Kuppers, the Anita Gonzalez Collegiate Professor of Performance Studies and Disability Culture in LSA, and her wife launched Turtle Disco, weekly group sessions that incorporated writing and movement.