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Latest News & Stories

Endi Poskovic holds a large print on a table in a studio surrounded by three students.
FACULTY

Dreaming of Home: New Book Focuses on the Art of Endi Poskovic
Students and alumni review portfolios while seated at classroom tables
ALUMNI

Stamps Alumni Contribute Portfolio Expertise
Divided collage with A sculpture featuring the words 'Sketch your Story Inked with Permanence Blots Smears and all' in various colors and fonts, photographed against a green background and a photo with young Jake Schraga and his grandfather.
UNDERGRADUATE

Jake Schraga: Behind the Design
A series of white and yellow zip ties are arranged in an axial pattern
ALUMNI

Jessica Frelinghuysen and Natalia Rocafuerte: Energy Transfer
ART AS SOCIAL PRACTICE: Technologies for change. January 20 - February 25, 2023
FACULTY

Rebekah Modrak Exhibits at SP/N Gallery, UT Dallas
Professional headshot of Gabi Mechaber wearing a white and black dotted shirt and black blazer jacket.
ALUMNI

Gabi Mechaber: Pre-College Success
A group of 9 Stamps community members and award recipients pose with two crystal plaques.
FACULTY

Three Stamps Community Members Receive the 2023 MLK Spirit Award
A group of 8 peer leader students sit in the courtyard of the Art and Architecture building.
UNDERGRADUATE

Stamps Engaging Leaders Program Makes Positive Impact
Keegan Carriveau sits at the end of a red picnic table decorated with painted handprints
ALUMNI

Keegan Carriveau: Community Action Network Director of Art and Design
A Zoom window from a discussion with the Ann Arbor School board, including a frame featuring a Donald Trump impersonator
FACULTY

Rebekah Modrak Contributes to Art-Based Research Book
a brown and black plaid -like pattern, that on close examination is created from repeating photographs of two figures in red against a wood background
FACULTY

Melanie Manos: Work Featured in Haus-A-Rest Exhibition
Cheech Marin poses in front of a brightly colored painting by Patssi Valdez
STAMPS

Kristina Wong, Cheech Marin, and More Join the Penny Stamps Speaker Series

Events & Exhibitions

A sculpture featuring the words 'Sketch your Story Inked with Permanence Blots Smears and all' in various colors and fonts, photographed against a green background green background
STAMPS GALLERY 2023 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition February 10 – March 4, 2023
Kristina Wong poses on a leather sofa in front of a homemade seal of office
PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Kristina Wong: Artistic Activism: Creating Social Change February 2, 2023
STAMPS GALLERY Tania El Khoury: Cultural Exchange Rate January 24 – 29, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Preparing for Portfolio Expo January 27, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Financial Literacy Workshop #3 January 27, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Wellness Wednesday February February 1, 2023
STUDENT EVENT Interviewing Workshop February 3, 2023

Explore Our Work

Bruce M. Tharp: BABYBOTTLE Bruce M. Tharp: BABYBOTTLE Faculty Bruce M. Tharp: BABYBOTTLE
Dried plant material darting across a blue field. Brad Smith: Greenfield 01 Faculty Brad Smith: Greenfield 01
Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient Undergraduate Olivia Prado: Obstinate Over Obedient
This image contains a series of brightly colored ceramic pieces that are sculptural furniture. Rachel Heibel: Sunshine Mountain Undergraduate Rachel Heibel: Sunshine Mountain
Rachel "Ray" Smith: Sweets Rachel "Ray" Smith: Sweets Undergraduate Rachel "Ray" Smith: Sweets
Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website Faculty Rebekah Modrak: Re Made Co. website
MDes 2022: Stephanie Szemetylo Stephanie Szemetylo: Profile Graduate Stephanie Szemetylo: Profile
Painting that depicts an image of two wrestlers grasping hands overlayed with a transparent image of the two men's wrestling bodies entangled on the ground. Kate Donoghue: Boys' Life Undergraduate Kate Donoghue: Boys' Life
Close up of the rectangular units of the quilt. The zigzagged stitch threads the unique piece of the multicolored quilt together. Each individual rectangular has a few words embroidered across the surface. Taylor Jenkins: Mom & Me & Mom Undergraduate Taylor Jenkins: Mom & Me & Mom
Exhibition Image Emilia Yang: AMA y NO Olvida, Museum of Memory Against Impunity Faculty Emilia Yang: AMA y NO Olvida, Museum of Memory Against Impunity
MDes NajwatRehman v2 Najwat Rehman: Profile Graduate Najwat Rehman: Profile
Bear Skeleton Liz Guilmet: No.79 Faculty Liz Guilmet: No.79
Stephanie Rowden: The Reading Room Stephanie Rowden: The Reading Room Faculty Stephanie Rowden: The Reading Room
Nick Tobier: Brightmoor Runway Nick Tobier: Brightmoor Runway Faculty Nick Tobier: Brightmoor Runway
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