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Palmer Commons renovations to open arts doors to more students
Planned renovations to two floors of Palmer Commons will expand access to arts and well-being classes for students on Central Campus, free up needed space on North Campus, and advance university wide strategic vision goals.
Visual History of the Unions
Fourteen Stamps artists, graduating between 1982 and 2026, created new work about the history of the Michigan Union and League, as centers of university life.
Digital interactive map showcases public art on U-M’s campus
On a warm summer afternoon, Adi Behar, a junior in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, sat contemplating the Rampant Unicorn statue outside the Michigan League.
Semester of ‘Gender Euphoria’ celebrates diversity through art at U-M
The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is presenting a semester-long celebration featuring queer artists and artmaking around the theme of “Gender Euphoria.”
These performances, exhibitions, conversations and provocations explore how to make art and find queer joy in a state of emergency.