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Latest News & Stories

a team of students pose in the shade of an outdoor pavillion
FACULTY

Nick Tobier: Brightmoor Maker Space Awarded NEA Grant
A lecturer and student work at a large table in a Stamps classroom
UNDERGRADUATE

Support Stamps Students on Giving Tuesday
Brandie "Texas" Burks stands against a balcony in the second floor hallway at Stamps.
UNDERGRADUATE

Student Spotlight: Brandie “Texas” Burks
Viewers inspect Endi Poskovic's colorful large scale prints on view in a white-walled, bright gallery
FACULTY

Endi Poskovic Exhibits and Lectures at the University of Split in Croatia
Large scale installations by Alejandra Salinas on view at Artspace New Haven
FACULTY

Alejandra Salinas Exhibits at Artspace New Haven
Image of Rachel Friedman, a blonde woman wearing a black shirt
ALUMNI

Rachel Friedman: Insights from an Environmental Design Powerhouse
a computer's ESC key on a red background, with the text "Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing" superimposed
FACULTY

Sophia Brueckner to Moderate Nov. 11 Working Ethically in Tech Event
Photo of Beatriz Lozano, wearing a white shirt, with a superimposed border reading Young Guns 20
ALUMNI

Beatriz Lozano Wins Young Guns 20 Competition
Emilia White performs at Detroit Puppet Slam
FACULTY

Emilia White: Detroit Puppet Slam Performance
Gabriella Meyer stands in front of fabric rolls.
ALUMNI

Gabriella Meyer: Sustainable Fashion Forged at Stamps
Taylor Swift points to a tablet with Gabrielle DeCaro at a dining room table on the set of a music video.
ALUMNI

Gabrielle DeCaro Appears in Taylor Swift Music Video
Photograph showing the book Bench, by Grace Coudal and Mary Lou Wade, on a white background
ALUMNI

Grace Coudal Releases New Photography Book

Events & Exhibitions

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STAMPS GALLERY Respond/ Resist/ Rethink 2022: A Stamps Student Poster Exhibition September 15, 2022 – January 14, 2023
Photograph of a group of people in a grassy lot playing in water that is being sprayed from a large truck with solar panels
STAMPS GALLERY LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family In Three Acts August 26, 2022 – January 14, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Wellness Wednesday December December 7, 2022
STUDENT EVENT Wellness Wednesday January January 11, 2023
STAMPS GALLERY “The Water Remembers” Performance by The Sister Tour January 16, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Financial Literacy Workshop #3 January 27, 2023

Explore Our Work

Andy Kirshner Andy Kirshner Faculty Andy Kirshner
Dream AV installation including radio headphones, a projection satellite dish, bags and television monitors with telephones. Natalia Rocafuerte: Dream Machine Archive Graduate Natalia Rocafuerte: Dream Machine Archive
Susan Crowell: Solo Exhibition Susan Crowell: Solo Exhibition Faculty Susan Crowell: Solo Exhibition
A cartoonish creature dressed in pink, jester-like clothes is in the middle of the screen. She has a child-friendly appearance that popular mascot characters would have such as Mickey Mouse. She is smiling as she looks slightly to the left, listening to a person that is not shown within this particular scene.Her arm is bent slightly, as if she was in the middle of reaching something with her white, mittened hand above her head and out of frame towards the top right of the screen. The background of the image is a yellow, monochromatic painting that shows the top left half of a fridge on the right side of the frame. There is a blurry filter over the image that makes it appear as if is it was recorded on an old VHS tape. Abigail Zotter: Learning Life Skills with Mitzy the Clown Undergraduate Abigail Zotter: Learning Life Skills with Mitzy the Clown
Zia Zhao: Cat Town Zia Zhao: Cat Town Undergraduate Zia Zhao: Cat Town
Sarah Chan: Crank Screwdriver Sarah Chan: Crank Screwdriver Undergraduate Sarah Chan: Crank Screwdriver
Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion Undergraduate Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion
Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Undergraduate Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator
Printed copies of final graphic novel. Lauren Trail: What Flows Through Us Undergraduate Lauren Trail: What Flows Through Us
Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Undergraduate Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles
The image featured above shows the piece titled: The Frustration of the Growing Girl. The large soft sculpture is quilted and constructed into a cone shaped monument about four feet tall and created entirely out of deep blue cyanotypes. The images on the cyanotypes are old family pictures with the figures partaking in jewish ceremonies. The cyanotypes stretch past the base of the cone and climb up the wall. Around the base of the cone there are a series of collaged Polaroid images. The Polaroids show signs of physically deconstructing the images and working back into them using materials such as thread, printed images, cutout and human hair. Jessie Rice: Cracks on Both Sides Now Undergraduate Jessie Rice: Cracks on Both Sides Now
There are three characters total, each created on my body with prosthetics, heavy makeup, and costuming. I created each of their physical attributes with scar wax and prosthetics that I bought online. Brenda has a blonde updo, and has large cheekbones from plastic surgery that have aged and wrinkled over time. She has large, injected lips. She wears a blue velour tracksuit and tennis shoes. Each of Brenda's photographs are framed in ornate, gold frames. Mia is a bad-ass brunette woman based on Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. She is wearing ripped, boot-cut jeans, and a black zip-up. She has very chiseled cheekbones, luscious lips, and high eyebrows. All of her photographs are framed in dark wooden frames. Amber has very, very large injected lips, and long blonde hair extensions. She is wearing a pink matching set. She vapes. Josie Burck: What If? Undergraduate Josie Burck: What If?
Jacob Yu: Wear Your Mask Jacob Yu: Wear Your Mask Undergraduate Jacob Yu: Wear Your Mask
Endi Poskovic Endi Poskovic Faculty Endi Poskovic
Lauren Page: Michigan Dance Team Nationals 2020 Mini-Documentary Lauren Page: Michigan Dance Team Nationals 2020 Mini-Documentary Undergraduate Lauren Page: Michigan Dance Team Nationals 2020 Mini-Documentary