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The front entrance of the Molino Family Latino Gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A group of people are walking in the space.
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Mariano Desmaras: A Multicultural Approach to Museums
Katelyn Wollet is bent over a vehicle, painting a blue illustration of a bear on the car's hood
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Katelyn Wollet: Illustrating "Dune Bears" at ArtPrize 2022
The cover of the book ART AS SOCIAL PRACTIVE, bisected with the logo of the MSU Broad Art Museum
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Rebekah Modrak Discusses Art as Social Practice at the Broad Museum
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"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War
Logo for 2022 Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM) International Conference Museums Under Pressure, Oslo Norway
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Dr. Emilia Yang Presents at “Museums Under Pressure” Conference
A large glass mosaic featuring a haitian landscape with two children playing
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Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan: Have Faith Haiti Mission Art Residency
An abstract print featuring black and orange colors
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Katie St. Clair: Lay of the Land
A hand rendered drawing of a Nubian structure
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Karson Schenk: Narrating Nubia
Holly Hughes, wearing a red shift and shoes, stands in a dark landscape
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Holly Hughes Lectures at Italian Universities
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10 Questions for Henry Ford Film to Stream for Free Ahead of Public Panel Discussion at UMMA
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Stamps Community Celebrates the Legacy of Penny W. Stamps
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Dr. Emilia Yang on Feminism, Memory and Resistance in Latin America

Events & Exhibitions

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
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STAMPS GALLERY Respond/ Resist/ Rethink 2022: A Stamps Student Poster Exhibition September 15, 2022 – January 14, 2023
Afreaks Group by Joe Kramm 1
PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Haas Brothers: Merging Fantasy October 6, 2022
STUDENT EVENT Wellness Wednesday October October 5, 2022
STAMPS GALLERY The Ways of Water: Art, Activism, and Ecologies Symposium: Virtual Keynote by Winona LaDuke October 7 – 8, 2022
STUDENT EVENT Therapy Dog October 7, 2022
PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Wynton Marsalis and Warde Manuel: In Conversation October 12, 2022

Explore Our Work

Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Undergraduate Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles
Phoebe Gloeckner: ANGOULEME Phoebe Gloeckner: ANGOULEME Faculty Phoebe Gloeckner: ANGOULEME
Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures Undergraduate Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures
Studio cubicle, three larger canvas's at 36"x 36", 36"x 48", and 48"x 4*". Three smaller canvas's at 7.5" x11". Kendra Eaton: Casual Crevice Undergraduate Kendra Eaton: Casual Crevice
Amanda Webster: Jellyfish Amanda Webster: Jellyfish Undergraduate Amanda Webster: Jellyfish
Shannon Zheng: Sweetchinks Starter Pack Shannon Zheng: Sweetchinks Starter Pack Undergraduate Shannon Zheng: Sweetchinks Starter Pack
Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Undergraduate Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator
Deena Beydoun: Inner Child Deena Beydoun: Inner Child Undergraduate Deena Beydoun: Inner Child
Roland Graf: iGYM Roland Graf: iGYM Faculty Roland Graf: iGYM
Jim Cogswell: Molecular Delirium Jim Cogswell: Molecular Delirium Faculty Jim Cogswell: Molecular Delirium
Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient Undergraduate Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient
Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website Faculty Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website
Photograph showing porcelain light sculptures motion-activated by visitor walking past Shannon Yeung: In The Dark Undergraduate Shannon Yeung: In The Dark
The image shows a cubical shopping area, illuminated by neon red lighting. White flooring and walls serve as a backdrop for display cases made out of wood, glass and acrylic. The floating shelving units, paired with transparent containers and circular windows, give the space a more contemporary finish. With the exception of the display pedastal placed in the center, wide walkways divide the mounted displays and create an open layout. The vision for this space is rooted in a desire to downplay the grotesque–the reality that what‘s being displayed are organs and tissues extracted from living people. Their fleshy textures appear in stark contrast to the uncluttereddisplays. Bright, red letters accomany each product. The signages are reminiscent of those found in common retain chains, though what they relay is something completely out of the ordinary. Penny Lam: Commodified Bodies Undergraduate Penny Lam: Commodified Bodies
This is an image of a pair of pants hanging next to a quilt on a white wall. The pants are a light striped gray, with holes in them that have been patched with gray, blue, purple, and tan fabric. More holes have been cut from the patched pants, and you can see the wall through the holes in the pant legs. The quilt is made of the same gray, blue, purple and tan fabrics that were used to patch the pants. Patches are visible in some of the quilt squares, where pieces were taken from the pants. The pattern of the quilt falls apart as it moves away from the center, until it reaches the edge and the pattern is no longer recognizable. Maggie Wiebe: Mended Martyrdom Undergraduate Maggie Wiebe: Mended Martyrdom