News & Stories

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

Apr 2022

STAMPS Stamps Community Thanks Dean Nadarajan Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends are sharing their best wishes for Dean Gunalan…

On a white gallery wall, a large print of a strangely disfigured human is shown next to a monitor with dozens of faces displayed on it

STAFF "Stephanie Dinkins: On Love and Data" Featured in The Brooklyn Rail Stephanie Dinkins: On Love and Data, on view through August 14, 2022 at the Queens Museum, was…

Mar 2022

STAMPS Giving Blueday a Success for Stamps School of Art & Design On Wednesday, March 16, the Stamps School community joined together in support of art and design…

View of the neon light sculpture Afro-Now-Ism on the left and the title wall and exhibtion text on the right. The title wall text is in purple pixelated font and there are large yellow squares in the middle of the title wall.

FACULTY Stamps Gallery Announces Partnership Exhibit With Queens Museum The Stamps Gallery and the Queens Museum in New York are partnering on an exhibit by the renowned…

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Returns to Live Events On March 24, 2022, the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series will return to live,…

Tracey Snelling, Tenement Rising, 2016 128 x 94 x 53 in. Mixed media sculptural installation with video.

UNDERGRADUATE 2022 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence: Tracey Snelling The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Institute for the Humanities at the…

Feb 2022

STAMPS Plan to Give on Giving Blueday 2022 Get ready to celebrate and support students, projects, and initiatives at the Penny W. Stamps…

STAMPS 2021 Donor Honor Roll The Stamps School’s Donor Honor Roll celebrates everyone who made gifts, pledges, or pledge…

Jan 2022

Artist Ellen Wilt stands in front of her work in her home

ALUMNI The Artists’ Advocate: The Legacy of Ellen Wilt In tribute to Ellen Wilt, we are sharing an interview from 2019 with permission from her family.…

UNDERGRADUATE Anna Deavere Smith Shares Special Release of Performance for the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and MLK Symposium Award-winning actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith has agreed to allow the Penny Stamps…

UNDERGRADUATE Stamps December 2021 Graduates The Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan is proud to present the…

Dec 2021

Nadya Collazo-Llorens stands between 3 large hanging screens, where her artwork Rupturing is projected

COMMUNITY 2021 Envision Award Recipient: Nayda Collazo-Llorens Nayda Collazo-Llorens has been named the recipient of the inaugural Envision Artist Initiative…