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Learn more about the Stamps School through the stories of our faculty, students, alumni, and staff.

Apr 2026

a large, detailed tattoo on a person's upper back. The tattoo is an intricate reproduction of a Guatemalan national identity card (Cédula de Vecindad), featuring personal data, a portrait of a man, and a fingerprint. Below the card, there is black text that reads: "CONGRESO DE LA REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA DECRETO NÚMERO 42-2016".

FACULTY Emilia Yang: Archival Mediations: Art, Community, and Political Action at Queen Sofia Museum On April 23, 2026, Stamps Assistant Professor Emilia Yang will participate in Mediations of the…

The words 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival Award Winner 2026 - with graphic that shows a hand holding a phone receiver on a blue background

FACULTY Heidi Kumao: Best Michigan Filmmaker at 64th AAFF On March 31, Stamps Professor Heidi Kumao was awarded the Ann Arbor Fim Festival’s CameraMall…

Mar 2026

Poster for "Grass Grows in the Icebox 2026," featuring circular arrangements of grass and dark, textured ice spheres on a black background.

ALUMNI Nathan Byrne and Emily Staugaitis Curate "The Grass Grows in the Icebox" at CLUSTER Museum From April4-25, Ann Arbor’s CLUSTER Museum features The Grass Grows in the Icebox, a new…

A planter on a city street, decorated with art showing a variety of walking feet

ALUMNI Bill Burgard and Michelle Inez Hinojosa Receive 2025 Golden Paintbrush Awards Stamps Lecturer II Bill Burgard and alumna Michelle Inez Hinojosa (MFA ’23) have received 2025…

A cutout paper car, loaded with a cat and furniture, drives up a hill in front of a yellow background.

FACULTY Heidi Kumao's "35 Days" to be Screened in 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival Stamps Professor Heidi Kumao’s recent experimental, short, animated film 35 Days will be screened…

Work by Angela Chen, Aaron Turner, and Ricky Weaver is shown in a divided square on the exhibition's poster.

FACULTY Angela Chen, Aaron Turner, and Ricky Weaver: "Wayward Images" at RC Art Gallery Three Stamps faculty members are featured in the exhibition Wayward Images, on view through April…

Exhibition poster for Ted Ramsay: Aesthetic Crossings, showing a collage made from richly textured hand-made paper

FACULTY Ted Ramsay: "Aesthetic Crossings" at WSG Gallery Work by Stamps Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay is featured in a new solo exhibition at Ann Arbor’s…

Feb 2026

artist Mithu Sen together with Shireen Gandhy, founder of Chemould Prescott Road; curator and writer Nancy Adajania; and Bipin Shah, Publisher & Managing Director of Mapin Publishing, and Stamps Professor Irina Aristarkhova

FACULTY Irina Aristarkhova: "UnMyth" Book Launch at Mumbai Gallery Week In January 2026, Stamps Professor Irina Aristarkhova traveled to Mumbai Gallery Weekend for the…

FACULTY Studio + Exchange: Ceramics at Stamps The Stamps School’s Ceramics faculty empower students to explore clay and find their own creative…

A spiral-bound book cover with the title "After School 課後" and author name "Angela Chen" printed in black text and various graphic elements on a pale yellow background.

FACULTY Lessons from a Taiwanese-American Childhood: Angela Chen and After School Assistant Professor Angela Chen’s new book and exhibition, After School, shines a light on the…

A book cover with the title "in the spirit of H. Chandler Davis Activism and the struggle for academic freedom". The cover features a black and white photo of a person in a uniform looming over a smaller figure.

FACULTY AAUP Presents "Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom" On Monday, February 23 from 7 – 8 p.m., the national American Association of University Professors…

The cover of Disign: A Quick Immersion, featuring black text on a blue-green cover

FACULTY Audrey G. Bennett: "Design: A Quick Immersion" Design: A Quick Immersion, a new book by Stamps Professor Audrey G. Bennett, was released by…