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S T U D E N T S choose Stamps
because they want an education that will prepare them for a L I F E T I M E O F C A R E E R S . Not just the next one. Because, it’s not hard to find an art school that will train you in traditional and technical skills. What’s harder to find is an art and design school that trains you to be A T H I N K E R , a problem solver, A L E A D E R . That’s what universities do. That’s what we do.
T H I S is art and design
at the University of Michigan.
The people who you can meet here... the ideas... there’s just so much that you can be exposed to. And it’s really only going to add to the experience and how you develop. That was the main reason I came here, because I knew I wasn’t going to be trapped in some art school bubble, with everyone around me in the same classes, doing the same type of work. Max Collins
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Getting a foundation outside of art was really important to me. I would say most of my concepts have been built in standard academic classes. I find something that really inspires me. I’ll take a class on Native Americans or situations in Israel and they are so provoking, I can’t help but make art about it. Sam Detch
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How to get in: 50% : Your portfolio 50% : Academic work 6 / STAMPS
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Small School U -M
— has — U -M
— has —
95 top-ranked programs
A global network of 500,000+ alumni
(Only three other universities in the U.S. come close.)
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A Close Knit
Community
U -M — has —
1,000 +
of 600+ students, faculty & staff
student clubs and organizations
connected to the diversity and resources of a world-class university
U -M — has —
100s of Study Abroad Programs
It’s insane the amount of resources that are available to you. And you just need to want to harness those materials and those resources, and everything is at your fingertips. Rose Jaffe
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U -M
— is — Ranked
#1 in social media within public universities in the U.S.
Big University U -M — has —
The Big
U -M — is —
18 residency halls and 19 co-ops
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Home of the
House
#1 Solar Car Team in America
(The largest football only stadium in the world)
U -M — has —
U -M
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220 degree programs
One of the Top 5 public universities in the U.S.
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19 academic units U -M — has —
Students from
every state & 114 nations
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45 sports club
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83% of undergrads are involved in community service or outreach
I looked at other art schools but they often seemed narrow. There’s not much else you can take besides art classes. I liked being at U of M and being able to pursue my interests in literature and the sciences, as well. Ben Schneider STAMPS U N D E R G R A D U AT E V I E W B O O K
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Access to…
Collaborate with…
world-class printmaking, ceramics, metals and sculpture studios
engineers filmmakers
5 Stamps School galleries
dancers
state of the art digital media labs
climatologists
multi-camera HD video studios
architects
robotics institute
astrophysicists
virtual reality lab
playwrights
rapid prototyping facilities
urban planners
3D printers
musicians
CNC routers
art historians
3D modeling computers large format printers electronic music studios 24-ft astro-tec dome planetarium 7 U-M museums artificial intelligence lab motion capture facility MRI scanners museum of zoology collections anatomy labs professional audio recording studios entrepreneurship clinic 121 music practice rooms dance studios and more…
You
public policy makers journalists microbiologists nanotechnology researchers anthropologists curators sound engineers social workers chemists ecologists neuroscientists botanists computer programmers and more…
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75%
of Stamps students volunteer in the community 12 / STAMPS
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Best College Town
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Ann Arbor
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Our Open Art & Design Curriculum... allows you to personalize your education encourages social responsibility and global citizenship gives you experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration emphasizes critical thinking and creative problem-solving
The program was perfect for me actually. I loved not just focusing on making alone but including conceptual thinking as an important part of the curriculum. Elizabeth Redmond
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The
BFA
YE A R 1
YE A R 2
YE A R 3
Y EAR 4
Foundation Study
Explore Electives
Advanced Studios
Senior Thesis Project
Explore media 2D, 3D, 4D
Begin exploring your unique areas of interest
Continue to tailor your courses to meet your goals
Independent research for Integrative Project
You’ll never have to declare a major
Study internationally
Take advanced studios
Begin study in critical thinking & creative inquiry
Choose courses throughout the university. Explore a minor
Build your research skills
Midyear Senior Review
Take Stamps courses in art and design, history and contemporary practice
Sophomore Review
Apply for summer internships
End of year Senior Thesis Exhibition
Instead of being prepped to fit into a specific career path, going to Stamps gave me the tools to figure out what I really wanted to do, and the ambition to figure out how to get there. Heather Anne Leavitt STAMPS U N D E R G R A D U AT E V I E W B O O K
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Degrees to choose from BFA, BA, Interarts Performance, or Dual Degree BFA in
BA in
For students interested in an intensive studio focused program.
For students interested in a broader exploration of academic resources.
A RT & DE S IGN
ART & DESI GN
Stamps Studios
Stamps Studios
Academic
44%
56%
BFA in
33%
Academic
67%
I NT E RA R TS PE R FOR M A NC E *
Dual Degrees
For students with interests in both performance and art and design.
WI TH
College of Literature, Science & the Arts College of Engineering
Stamps Studios
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
25%
Academic
Music, Theatre & Dance Studios
45%
25%
School of Kinesiology School of Nursing School of Education Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Ross School of Business
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They want you to be making smart art – not just pretty, hang it up in a gallery and it looks nice. It’s a school, it’s a university. They want you to learn to use your brain, and try to get outside of your little thinking. Sydney Evans
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60 + internationally recognized faculty Within the past year, faculty have had their work…
Purchased by the Museum of Modern Art : Associate Professor Matt Kenyon’s work NOTEPAD has been acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Performed to rave reviews in Chicago: “Standing Heat,” produced and curated by Professor Holly Hughes, was performed at Links Hall, Chicago’s premiere performance space in Wrigleyville.
Exhibited at MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit): a new piece by rootoftwo (Assistant Professor John Marshall and Cezanne Charles), was featured in the POST-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX exhibition.
Presented at the Library of Congress: Professor David Chung presented a lecture discussing his research and design of the Korean Bell Garden and Pavilion at the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia.
Featured in New York galleries: Introspective Gestures, a solo exhibition by Associate Professor Anne Mondro at Ceres Gallery in New York explored the physical and emotional complexity of the human body. 22 / STAMPS
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Reviewed in journals: Professor Carol Jacobsen’s film, “From
Screened in New York:
One Prison…” is discussed by art critic
Marvelous Guests, a project by Associate Professor Nick Tobier consisting of a series of site-specific actions in public places, appeared in a screening at
and historian Wendy Kozol in issue 3.2 of Films for the Feminist Classroom Journal published by Rutgers University.
The Kitchen and in an accompanying publication launched the same night.
One thing that is really special here is the opportunity to get to know your teachers on more than a superficial level. I think that's really unique.
Traveled as visiting artists:
Emily Coleman
Associate Professor Endi Poskovic was a visiting international artist at the China Academy of Art in Hanghzou, one of the oldest and most comprehensive art and design universities in China. While in China, Endi lectured and presented his work at art academies in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen.
Created major public artworks: Thurnau Professor Jim Cogswell created an 8-story site-specific work on the windows of the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
And
Written and Published new teaching tools:
Reframing Photography: Theory & Practice, by Associate Professor Rebekah Modrak integrates photographic theory and practice across the widest possible creative spectrum.
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Being able to move fluidly among disciplines really helped my work. Because they encourage experimentation here, I was willing to go outside of my comfort zones. Sarah Roarty
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I have friends who went to programs to study painting and stayed with painting. Here the program necessitates exploration. I could see that my friends in other schools were developing technical skills but being left in the dust in working cross media and conceptually. I think there is a confidence at this school. We’re not just training artisans, we’re training artists. Kevin Stahl
Everyone Else is Taken
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Stamps is one of the only schools I know of where International Study is required. Becoming an artist/ designer is about altering your perspective. It's also about understanding the context of your creative work in relation to the world around you. There's no better way to learn this than immersing yourself in another culture. SA NDY WI L EY International Engagement Coordinator
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W H E N I S TA R T E D
as a
in
G O I N G T O E T H I O P I A WA S
SPENDING 6 MONTHS
freshman I had no idea
a transforming experience.
New Zealand during my junior
I would end up in textile
It motivated me to have a
year was so transformative.
design. It wasn’t until I
greater understanding of
Returning to Michigan I had
studied abroad at Central
the global community, and
a new found appreciation
St. Martins in London
allowed me to be part of an
for other people and other
that I really began to
intercultural dialogue. We
cultures. I also felt compelled
understand that textile
were travelling as a group of
to use my art and design to
design could be a career.
artists, visiting a place with
share the experience with
Jennifer Skodack
such a rich cultural history
other people who were not
and such an astonishing
fortunate enough to be able to
palette of colors. It propelled
travel. Eventually this led to a
me into my junior year.
position as senior design editor
Ada Johnson
at National Geographic. Oliver Uberti
W H I L E S T U DY I N G A B R O A D
in
I E N T E R TA I N E D
the idea
I WENT TO VIETNAM
with the
Italy, I had to make most of my
of going into Industrial
GIEU. It was my first time in
decisions without consulting
Design, but a semester in
Asia with a group of students.
my parents and trusted friends.
Italy studying sculpture
We travelled around the
It took courage to go about my
and falling in love with
country and learned the
daily life in a foreign place and
cooking changed my path.
history, particularly about
I became more confident in my
I came back, passionate
the Vietnam War, which they
own choices. Also, living in a
about food, and eager
call the American War. I was
foreign country has given me
to express this passion
able to help paint a mural at
a personal, not just academic,
through my artwork.
an orphanage. Culturally
reason to stay connected to the
Heather Anne Leavitt
it was such an amazing
world. I now keep up with world
spiritual experience.
events because I am interested
Dani Davis
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Become part of a global community
STAMPS STUDENTS OTHER U-M STUDENTS
Travel with Stamps programs or other U-M programs such as: Literature, Science & Arts Business Engineering Law Kinesiology Nursing Music Medicine Public Health The International Institute Rackham School of Graduate Studies Ford School of Public Policy
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From her book A&D/Abroad
Social Work
Map concept and design by Hye In Jung
Theatre & Dance
Students travel to: Argentina Australia Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Costa Rica Cuba
Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Finland France Germany Ghana
Greece Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan
Kenya Liberia Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Peru Poland Russia
Senegal Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania
Thailand Turkey Uganda United Kingdom Vietnam Zambia and more....
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Make a real difference
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Part of the curriculum here at Stamps is engaging with communities, whether it be high school students in Detroit, Alzheimer's patients, or a village in Tanzania. Students go into these classes thinking they’re going to make a difference and they do. But another profound change is what happens inside, when their worlds expand. C H A R LIE MIC H A E L S Coordinator, Detroit Connections
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I was always civic minded to a certain extent. But things really changed for me when I took a Stamps Design for Social Change class. That’s where I saw my career path and what I could do. I could do design and I could do it in a socially conscious way. I hadn’t understood that that was possible before. Dylan Box
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Led by socially engaged and committed faculty, Stamps students... Lead ceramic workshops with visually impaired kids
Conduct art workshops with Michigan prisoners
Visit Michigan farms to learn how to design sustainable food solutions
Work with students in Flint on short videos
Travel to Madagascar to design and build water pumps
Create sustainable designs for an off-the-grid artist house in Detroit
Build a screenprinting business with Detroit high school students
Create collaborative work with elders with dementia in U-M hospitals
Work on public sculptures for the Michigan metropark system
Travel to Tanzania to build environmentally-friendly cook stoves
Design portable tents for a homeless community in Ann Arbor
Work with Iraq veterans to tell stories through video
Travel to Ghana to teach locals how to make charcoal from industrial waste
Create a community billboard out of an abandoned building
And more…
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High profile innovators from around the world
The Penny Stamps Speaker Series happens every Thursday. So, for all four years, you’re part of a classroom of over 700 people where you’ll learn from the world's most creative makers and thinkers. Throughout the year, visiting artists and designers also come from across the globe for short and long-term residencies as part of the Witt Visitors Program. C HRI SST I NA H A MILTON , Director of Visitors Programs
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Recent speakers: Author Lemony Snickets (Daniel Handler) Nike Shoe Designer Wilson Smith Video and Photographic Artist Mariko Mori
Author and Designer Temple Grandin Painter and Collagist Wangechi Mutu Creator of Fantastic Machines Francois Delaroziere
Dancer and Choreographer Bill T. Jones
Typographic Designers Matthew Carter and Roger Black
Filmmaker Oliver Stone
Industrial Designer Tim Brown
Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister
Outlaw Organist Cameron Carpenter
Performance Artist Marina Abromovic
Composer Philip Glass
Architect Bjarke Ingels
Director and Playwright Robert Wilson
Filmmaker Ken Burns
Brazilian Installation Artist Ernesto Neto
Cartoonist Lynda Barry
Photographer Sally Mann
Interaction Designer Massimo Banzi
Animator PES
Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes
Interactive Digital Artist Paul Kaiser
Perfumier Sissel Tolaas
Museum of Modern Art Curator Paola Antonelli
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Senior thesis During your senior year every BFA student is given 1 individual studio. 2 faculty members dedicated to helping you realize your goals.
+
1 year to complete a self-directed Integrative Project
Toward the end of my Junior year, I started working on my Integrative Project (I.P.). I was given the opportunity to make whatever I wanted. I just put all of my effort into it. Now I realize what it takes to make the work you want to. Until my senior year I felt like an art student, now, as a senior in I.P., I feel like an artist. Adam Morath
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During my senior year, I experienced a whole new level of confidence about myself and my work. I’ve switched from asking for permission to saying this is really what I want to do, and understanding that it will ultimately be my choice. Emily Coleman
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Careers...
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100% = CEOs* who cite creativity as a top hiring priority. * a recent poll of Fortune 500 CEOs
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How to prepare Networking and internships are going to be a vital part of preparing for graduation. Career counseling starts in your first year. It’s my job to set you up and help you find your way. J O HN LUTH E R Career Development Coordinator
My senior year I served as photo editor for the student run magazine, Shei. That’s an opportunity that I wouldn’t have had at a smaller university. I worked as a designer for all three U-M student newspapers. I’ve also had internships with two firms as a designer and in design and photography. Adam Morath
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Internships were critical. My two design internships provided me with the experience of collaboratively working on real projects for real clients. I got insights into how the industry actually functions. Without these internship experiences, my resume would have read 'worked on an organic farm in Northern Michigan.' Alyssa Ackerman
Our students have interned with... Interlochen Arts Camp
Cranbrook Art Museum
Inner Concept Media Studio
Proteus Design
J Walter Thompson
Domestic Violence Project, Inc.
L.E.G. Productions
Publicis Hong Kong
American Greetings
DETNY (shoe design)
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Rubies Costume Co.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Doner Adverstising
Mad Magazine
Saatchi and Saatchi (Taiwan)
Anna Sui Corp.
Donghia Furniture & Textile
Mars Advertising
San Diego Union Tribune
Anthropologie
Duncan Fuller Interiors
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Surface Magazine
Apple
Endgame Entertainment
Moosejaw Mountaineering
The Rockport Company
Arnold Worldwide
Food Network Magazine
MTS Seating
Toledo Museum of Art
ArtsAlliance
GE Medical Systems
MTV Networks
Universal Images
Band of Angels
Gemological Institute
MOCAD
U-M Hospital & Health
Betsey Johnson
General Motors Design Center
NBC News
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Campbell-Ewald
Glacier National Park
New Line Cinema
Vogue
Coach
Graphis
The New Museum
Whirlpool Corporation, Global
Conde Nast
iDL Merchandising Solutions
Pixel/Starcom MediaVest
And more...
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After graduation... I’m now an account manager at Google I work as a graphic designer for Nike
I’m now a lead designer at Synata in San Francisco
I started my own business in color correction for feature films
In school I was interested in environmental conservationand design. That led me to a position as Annual Giving Programs Manager for the Matthei Botanical Gardens
I spent a year in the Peace Corps doing graphic design in Zambia
I fell in love with motorcycles, so now I’m the lead creative for Electric Moto Industries
I’m at National Geographic as an art director
I'm art class coordinator for a Manhattan Jewish Community Center
I am currently a fashion photographer in New York, NY. My photos have been in Elle, Cosmo, Seventeen, Surface and Glitterati magazines. I created my own “art” cake business in Ann arbor I opened a painting studio in Detroit and sell my work at national galleries I am the arts coordinator at an afterschool youth program My first job was with Dish Network, and recently I became a Project Manager at IPC Systems in New York
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I found a job as a pattern-maker in an Italian luxury footwear factory I recently became an art director at Quack! Media I’m in my final year of an MFA program at University of Iowa I’m interested in photography, film and graphic design, and I’m now an art consultant with the Carrie Fell Gallery in Vail, Colorado where I also get to ski and snowboard.
From here to there → Alumni stories
You connect one dot and then another and suddenly the path becomes clear
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Graphic Designer for Film and Television Megan Greydanus BFA ‘07
I really ended up finding the perfect job for me. It wasn’t a clear path, like when you go to medical school and there’s a certain logic to your trajectory. I had to trust that it was out there. I had to make it
How Megan got from here to there: M Y D R E A M was always to be a creative director
myself and pave the road, but eventually I found it. It’s all about talking to people, networking and
at an advertising agency. I didn't even know there was such a thing as "graphic designer for film and tv."
having a passion for what you do. When I found out
A F T E R G R A D UAT I O N I worked for advertising
about this field, I really sought out people, whose
firms, but advertising wasn’t what I had expected. Eventually I became a freelancer so I could choose my own projects.
work I loved, to ask them: how can I do this? More often than not, this led to an actual job.
T H E N A F R I E N D S U G G E S T E D I could work as a
graphic designer for films. I got connected with the Production Designer on the movie, Flipped, in Ann Arbor. He hired me, and I loved my first experience working in film. THAT LE D TO MORE WO RK for art directors and
production designers, producing graphics and brands and logos for films being shot in Michigan. I M E T A LOT O F P E O P L E F R O M L . A . And, as
my connections grew and filming in Michigan slowed down I realized I needed to make the move to L.A. It was a great decision. I N 2 0 1 1 I WA S N O M I N AT E D for an award from
the Directors Guild for my production design work on the film, Drive. B AC K , I learned how to think conceptually at Stamps and to look at the big picture. When I present my work I have reasons for my choices. I’ve built up a lot of trust around my work because art directors see that I’m thoughtful about my choices. LO O K I N G
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Co-Founder Wedge Detroit: a socially conscious design firm Dylan Box BFA ‘12
So much of what I’m doing in Detroit comes out of networking with people. Here everybody is willing to help
How Dylan got from here to there:
you out. People are excited to meet
I knew I liked art—I built things and took photographs—but I never thought it could be a job. The Engineering program is great, but there wasn't much hands-on work or learning.
out. This is what I love about Detroit—
I C A M E I N TO U - M as a mechanical engineer.
M Y F I R S T Y E A R , a friend toured me around
Stamps and I took a foundation class. I saw the possibilities for a creative degree. AS A SOPHOMORE, I transferred into the school. B U T I T WA S N ’ T U N T I L I took the “Design for
Social Change” course that I realized what I wanted for my career… to make work that made a real difference to communities. T H E N , A S TA M P S P R O F E S S O R helped me set up internship in rural India where I constructed water purification systems. W H E N I C A M E B AC K , I did my senior thesis
project in Detroit. After seeing the amazing work being done there, I knew it was where I wanted to be. Other people were also interested in Detroit, like Ellen Rutt, another Art & Design student, but also Laura Willming from engineering, and Ajooni Seth in public policy, who I met while working at TEDXUofM. O N E DAY T H E L I G H T B U L B W E N T O F F and
we saw the need for our skills in Detroit. There are plenty of communities, businesses, and startups looking for designers and creative thinkers. So we formed Wedge.
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you, to support you, to let you try stuff
there are so many creative people who want you to succeed. It’s amazing.
How Elizabeth got from here to there: I T A L L S TA R T E D with lessons my parents taught me. I was raised in a home my parents designed and built, heated by passive solar energy and a wood burning stove. We grew our own food. It made me appreciate nature as a resource. S C H O O L , my interest was in designing multi-functional devices that were sustainable and required conscious interaction by users.
THROUGHOUT
F O R M Y S E N I O R T H E S I S P R OJ E C T I wanted
to find a way to utilize the energy exerted by humans moving around. I designed an interactive floor surface that could capture that energy to generate electricity when someone stepped on it. T H E N I U S E D T H E M O N E Y I received from a
Stamps undergraduate award to fund the project further. A F T E R G R A D UAT I O N , I submitted my project
to the Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Design competition and I was awarded runner-up. I W E N T O U T to San Francisco to accept the prize, I met people from a flooring company called Mohawk. They gave me funding to develop a prototype for a spot on the Discovery Channel. WHEN
N OW, I R E A L LY LOV E being an entrepreneur.
It’s a logical outcome of a degree in art and design, particularly the multi-disciplinary program at Stamps. I have a company of my own that is solving real world problems!
I never imagined my senior thesis project could become a career. But my thesis was the starting point for the company I founded, Powerleap, an emerging clean-tech company that harvests energy from the human body to generate small amounts of usable energy. Now we’re embedding our technology in floors, seating, hospital beds, shoes, and more to allow them to be "smart"- meaning they can communicate by wireless radio without batteries or wires. Its a very synergistic system!
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Textile Designer at Target Jennifer Skodack BFA ‘08
I had NO IDEA I would end up in textile design and didn’t even know that was a career path when I started as a freshman. All I knew was that I was pretty good at drawing and painting and that I really liked art.
How Jennifer got from here to there: I C O M E F R O M A U - M FA M I LY so I always knew
I wanted to go to Michigan. I liked the program too because I wasn’t ready to declare a major when I graduated from high school. WHE N I F I R ST G OT TO STAM PS I experimented
with different media. I took textiles and then advanced weaving. B U T I T WA S N ' T U N T I L I studied abroad at
Central St. Martins in London that I discovered textile design could be a career. I FOUND MY FIRST JOB online— as a fabric spe-
cialist on a Target engineering team. It was very technical, working with overseas companies on
A F T E R A Y E A R , I applied for a design position
how to engineer the fabric. But I missed design.
at Target and I got it. I ' M N OW A T E X T I L E D E S I G N E R . We work
in teams with the fashion designer and the technical designer. A L L O F T H E Stamps courses in critical thinking
had a big impact on me. So much of my job is not just about creating, it’s about problem solving – trouble shooting quality concerns or creating a great aesthetic at an affordable price I LOV E M Y J O B because, basically, I get to paint
and draw every day. Then I transfer the designs and work with them digitally.
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How Ben got from here to there: W H E N I C A M E TO S C H O O L I appreciated
being able to take the studios I wanted and not being fenced in by a major. I was encouraged to pursue my interests, no matter what they were.
Lead Singer, graphic designer and writer for the music project, Lord Huron Ben Schneider BFA ‘05
M Y S E N I O R T H E S I S P R OJ E C T fused writing,
painting and music. A F T E R G R A D UAT I O N , I found a job in New York
City as an artist’s assistant, but it wasn't for me. I M OV E D TO L A , and became an Art Director,
writing commercials and radio spots. I was still messing around with music, but nothing serious. T H E N I W E N T B AC K to Michigan for a vacation
and ended up recording an album there. S H O R T LY A F T E R the album was finished, it
started to get noticed. At some point, I realized I had to go for it. I D E C I D E D TO Q U I T M Y J O B and I began to
develop the music and the band. N OW, A S T H E L E A D of Lord Huron, it really
is a multidiscipinary project—the paintings, the graphics, the sounds all work in tandem and I work on them concurrently. For me, it’s not just music and it’s not just visuals. It’s both of them being created and influencing each other.
I think you need to really stick with what you’re interested in. Chances are what you’re interested in is going to lead you somewhere, even if you can’t always see where in the moment. Then, learn how to promote yourself. You’re your own brand.
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Anastassia Fulmer An Exodus of Sorts woodblock print “Exploring the theme of water, the fish also appear to be birds flying through clouds.”
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Cornelia Stiles Nature By Numbers “The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers found in nature. Each drawing uses the sequence to celebrate the resulting beauty of these natural patterns.”
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Melis Agabigum Ev “A reflection of memories of Datca, Turkey: a place that I once called “home.” This installation gives a broad audience the choice to interact with my memories of a place that no longer exists.”
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Claire Jones The Wake/Please Don't Feed the Animals “I was eight years old when I hopped out of a car in Northern Michigan and I met the glazed empty eyes of a deer bound to a truck. This is an abstract interpretation of the grotesque style of taxidermy, exploring animals as natural or as objects.”
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Catherine Trowbridge Untitled oil on canvas
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Danielle Battaglia Quintessence: Visualizing a Torodial Universe “An attempt to discover the great order of all things. Studying the theories of Plato, Stephen Hawking, Einstein and others on subjects such as black holes, white holes, wormholes, sacred geometry, Klein surfaces, physics, higher dimensions and space-time, I have come up with a form that could be the basic design of our universe: a torus. To visualize this concept I installed this 3D model in the MIDEN, a 3D virtual space where one can experience the model on a new level, by moving through the space in three dimensions.”
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Alison Blomstrom Studio photography assignment exploring projection.
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Stephanie Casing Finding beauty in an ugly situation: A series of works assuaging my fear of illness in loved ones paper and photography “Brain scans and transmission electron micrograph images lend themselves to beautiful possibilities. These works are my attempt to come to terms with the possibility of illness in my family and friends.”
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Man Kaun Lei Coming to America pen and ink “Everyone is so close in this magnetic city. There still are times when a sense of emptiness just sneaks in and haunts you.”
Millicent Wibert Pattern in Nature woodblock print
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Margot Robert Tier Tower
Ian McGreevy Ghostly Host
Video Games In this Stamps course students design, build and publish their first video game for iOS, creatively interpreting the theme of a labyrinth. Each student has two weeks to design, build test and publish to the apple app store, and each student was individually responsible for the art, code and sound track of his/her game. STAMPS C R E AT I V E W O R K  
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Hye In Jung A&D/Abroad A redesigned identity and visual communication system for the Stamps international program including printed booklets and student travelers’ kit.
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Samantha Levy Biophilia “A series of screenprinted zines and prints to gratify human beings’ fascination with the strange, humorous, unbelievable, or grotesque. The project emulates feelings surrounding the Age of Exploration—everyone rushing to expose the next great species, to reveal something to the public that they had never seen.”
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Sango Tajima performance
Brijit Spencer ????? Tasseography digital Drop the photography Needle ?????? Intaglio, “After inviting woodblock, eight individuals ink and watercolor into my home, offering them tea, ????? and having pleasant conversation, I deciphered their fortunes through tasseography, or the art of reading tea leaves.”
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Melania Plasko Lamp Shade photography
Rachel Blanzy Here & There book arts “A comment on simultaneous existence and absence. The book is physically there—made of paper and book board—but the words, cut from the physicality of the pages, enter an absent space that represents loss.” STAMPS C R E AT I V E W O R K
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Making it Move Using electronic sensors, electrical actuators, and computers/microcontrollers, students in this course create works that combine traditional and electronic media to create kinetic sculptures, lightworks, functioning electrical prototypes, and interactive environments.
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Rachael Cross ArtBot From the course Making It Move, a motion and light-activated robot that creates charcoal drawings.
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Carisa Bledsoe Can I Get In Your Head? “Part of a site-specific mini series looking at intersections of identities and perspectives. Through the use of projected text, film, and live performance, this work delves into the ironies of what we allow ourselves to see vs. what we are truly seeing.”
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← Seunghui Hong
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Digital 3D Students learn Rhino OSX by reverse engineering the design decisions that went into the Model 11 Sunbeam Mixmaster.
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Penn Greene Negotiating Balance “The design and construction of a small, versatile kayak intended for a user wanting to travel as light as possible for long periods of time. It is a negotiation of two highly dynamic elements – the human body and moving water.”
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Paul DiStefano Whirling Dynamics “The goal of these works is to show a different rhythm in each piece, while being aware of the harmony that the drawings create as a series. When people view my drawings I want them to see how rhythm can be created in the world other than through a song.”
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Levester Williams Space of Whiteness porcelain, arduino, wire, and wood “An installation deconstructing the notion of a post-racial and equal American society through the exploration of whiteness in its physical and psychological forms.”
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Anastasia Skekloff Created in a Stamps foundation course. The assignment: to make a lamp out of plastic sheets using techniques such as bending, sawing, drilling and gluing.
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Emerson Schreiner Just Before oil on canvas
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Ian Matchett Red China oil on canvas
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Alex Kaufman “One of a series focused on the process of artmaking. The substance of this project doesn't hang on the wall - the pieces are a manifestation of the hours that went into them, and the connection between thought and art.”
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Emma Berger Drop the Needle intaglio, woodblock, ink & water color “These etchings expand on the existing culture of screen-printed gig posters. The prints are signed by the bands and auctioned off to support Brandi Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation and Charity: Water.” STAMPS C R E AT I V E W O R K
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Taylor Bultema ceramics
Hannah Dow Salt Shakers ceramics
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Melis Agabigum Ev jewelry “A reflection of my memories of Datca, Turkey, creating a conversation between space and the human body. Each jewelry piece offers individuals the opportunity to carry a fragment of my memories with them.”
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Ellen Rutt A Wicked Problem “A collection of digital collages that illustrate the complexity of sustainability and over consumption.”
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Rebekah Malover Parts mixed media
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Marla Jones Celosia fibers “This skirt was designed, screenprinted and constructed predominantly by hand. The flower Celosia served as inspiration, as each petal is full of folds and curves that emulate the structure of a brain.”
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Cole Montgomery laser cut poster Assignment: To consider the use of words in public spaces and their power to inform, motivate and persuade. To create work that speaks to his/her own creative practice and then to place the piece in a public space around the School.
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Hannah Dow Temp Tools “A set of biodegradable camping tools that can be fitted onto sticks found in the woods. They are made using an all-natural composite material and regional flower seeds, encouraging an active re-contribution to nature.”
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5 Stamps Galleries
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Melania Plasko Camouflage photograph “Exploring the idea of blending and adapting to one's surroundings and circumstances.”
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Zack Moscot 5G Individualized Eyewear “The project uses handcrafted and digital fabrication techniques to generate ergonomically designed frames using consumers’ individual facial and head measurements. With a balance of hand and digital craft, 5G Individualized Eyewear uses Individual Parametric Measurements (IPM) to create frames designed to fit each person.”
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James Bloniarz
Patrick Kipper
Sound Proof animation
Tendency to Jam animation
“How does one experience music and visual art simultaneously?
“This is an experimental stop motion animation
This question inspired a series of woodcut prints, an original
exploring the obsolescence of music technology.”
music composition, and a stop-action animation.”
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Zoe Allen-Wickler, Ashley Marie Allis, J'Vion Armstrong, Ashley Boudrie, Stephanie Boxold, Anna Jonetta Brown, Jaclyn Caris, Emily Cedar, Annie Cheng, John Foley, Paris London Glickman, Molly Lester, Rich Liverance, Lonny Marino, Olivia Meadows, Thabiso O Mhlaba, Maggie Miller, Kaisa Ryding and Sarah Schwendeman. Teleporter Travel Tale Animation Animation stills from a 2-semester collaboration with the staff of the U-M 3D lab that took students through the 3D animation production pipeline to produce the animated short, Teleporter Travel Tale.
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Maria Arambula Nothing There mixed media “To have everything taken from you that once was, to never be the same person you once were... No, I'd wish that upon no one.” -Anonymous
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Daryl Alexsy Domestic Tourist “The first project I created after moving back from Berlin, this series was intended to reacquaint me with Detroit and to show the rest of the world its beauty. But the images revealed more about my true feelings of being home again.”
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Emma Argiroff The Factory linocut print “This print is meant to convey the drudgery of factory work, the environmental degradation caused by industry, and the laborer’s attempt to preserve his or her humanity and individuality.”
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Dressing Up and Down Each student in this course received a Snuggie. The assignment: to draw/ come up with 10 ideas for how to alter the Snuggie into a wearable sculpture.
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Angel Shen
Bianca Ng
Letter Forming – an assignment in a Stamps foundation course, students were asked to recreate a specific letter ten different ways using found materials and objects.
Katie King
Ji Yoon Lee
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Erica Neumann Evolutionary Type
Typefaces that are heavy and bold, with jagged or hard edges are often understood as masculine. Delicate, whimsical and curly typefaces are often considered feminine. Male typefaces are rooted and implacable, while female typefaces are charming and elegant. While wildly bright and adorned male animals more readily attract a particular group of females, certain typefaces attract certain types of people, based on cultural associations with the type’s form.
Female and male sexual dimorphisms in chicken and deer
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TRANSITIONAL In typographical terms, the word "transitional" refers to the transition from Garalde to Didone typefaces, and thus these faces incorporate characteristics of each. Transitionals appeared in the 18th high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and generous counters. Serifs are generally sharp and bracketed, and the serifs of lowercase Female and ascenders male are slightly oblique. The cross bar on the lowercase sexual dimorphisms “e” is horizontal. FIGURE 3 was designed using Baskerville and Bell Bold.
in chicken and deer
FIGURE 5
SCRIPT Script typefaces imitate cursive writing sual scripts. FIGURE 5 was designed using Snell Roundhand.
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DIDONE Formally known as Modern, Didone typefaces emerged during late 18th and early 19th centuries. Such typefaces abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes. Ascenders and foot serifs on Letters are set in narrow width. FIGURE 4 was designed using Didot, Modern, and Bodoni.
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SLAB SERIF Also known as Egyptian, Slab-Serifs became popular in the 19th century when many pre-existing fonts were redone with wider serifs for display and advertising purposes. These typefaces evolved from Didone, but are often bolder, having large, square, bracket-less serifs. FIGURE 6 was designed using Rockwell.
“A history of typography through the lens of biological evolution presented in a 10”x15” handmade book illustrated with typographic imagery.”
↑ Abby Bennett
↑ Rachel Meyers
↑ Lindsey Fox
U of M Tedx 2013 Posters to promote the 2013 UofM Tedx conference.
↓ Emma Berger
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Collin Fulton video studio performance
A performance in the Duderstadt Center which has professional audio and video studios, a virtual reality den, motion capture facilities, 3-D modeling and more.
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Shadowland Students in a Stamps foundation course design a shadow theater in the video studio that uses three stages with interactive lens-based materials, color and form.
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Kevin Dunnell CAD skills are used to design and cut parts for this laminated plywood table.
Kendall Chappell
Kevin Dunnell
A storage and seating unit formed
From an assignment asking
from curved plywood panels.
students to use non-traditional joining methods.
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Shaili Das Cement cast components combine with wood to create gardens.
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Ronan Lynam Duck & Friends digital prints “A series of personified animal portraits satirizing our narcissistic fascination with human portraiture.”
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Sonia Tagari Part of a Stamps foundation course. The assignment: create a map of a place, idea or set of information.
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Kyle D’Arcangelo Untitled paper, felt, thread, metal snaps, buttons “Built like a straight-jacket, this piece incorporates elements of modern street fashion.”
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Lonny Marino Entrapment paper and fabric “The folded paper collar prevents movement in the upper part of the body. The mask straps tightly on the face. The long, gramophone shaped protrusion is crossed with web-like threads to symbolize the words one might say that are also trapped within the structure.” STAMPS C R E AT I V E W O R K
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↑ Alexander Schlosser From the course Electronic Books. Students produce a complete "multitouch" (interactive) book, consider possible futures of the book (printed and digital) and the impact of technology on artists/authors and readers.
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Alice Bouvier McCarthy The Definitive Guide to Typotopia “This book serves as a travelogue to the fictional country of Typotopia, an island populated entirely by letters but with some of the societal quirks and blemishes of the real world.”
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Miranda Steffler Viscosity natural cotton fibers & metallic string
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Nichole Homfeld digital media The assignment: make an expressive or metaphorical portrait of someone you know, using collage, without showing the person's face.
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Gabrielle FitzGerald Talisman Project From a Stamps foundation course. The assignment: each student is asked to create a wearable talisman for a classmate.
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Paula Friedrich From a Stamps foundation course. The assignment: create a map based
Endport
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Sam Oliver A part of a human metamorphosis project in a Stamps foundation course. The assignment: students have two hours and the materials that they bring to class to transform their bodies.
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Ryan Thurmer Chair Final project, Making Furniture course.
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Hannah Hillier Everything Will Be Okay “When my father died two years ago, many people didn't seem to know what to say to me. I had the urge to show them what I wanted to hear.”
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Undergraduate Program Details Foundation Studio Courses
University Academic Courses
During the first year, all Stamps students complete a series of required Foundation Studio courses that provide a foundation of skills in a wide variety of physical materials and processes.
Students in the Stamps School participate in the rich intellectual and academic life of a top tier university. The Stamps School requires liberal arts coursework, but also allows for elective choices. Liberal Arts Requirements are designed to ensure a basic familiarity with the three traditional components of liberal arts humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; to enhance analytical reasoning; to encourage empathy with other cultures; and to understand contemporary environmental issues.
• Studio: Drawing 1 • Studio: Drawing 2 • Studio: 2D • Studio: 3D • Studio: 4D • Methods of Inquiry
Elective Studio Courses During their second year, students begin taking the Elective Studio courses that allow them to explore and develop specific areas of interest. BFA students take 14 elective studios courses (42 credits). BA students take 8 elective studio courses (24 credits).
Art & Design Academic Courses Stamps requirements are designed to engage students in both the history of art and design and the current practice of emerging artists and designers. Students must take five required Stamps Academic courses (16 - 18 credits). • Art & Design in Context • Being Here • Modern Art: Avant-Garde to Contemporary • Art History Elective • Art History Elective
BFA students are required to complete a total of 30-32 academic credits. BA students are required to complete a total of 60-62 academic credits. Requirements: • First Year Writing • Upper Level Writing • Social Science • Natural Science • Analytical Reasoning • Environmental Studies • Race and Ethnicity • Academic Electives
Penny Stamps Lecture Series The Penny Stamps Lecture Series brings respected emerging and established creative innovators to the School to conduct a public lecture and engage with students. Students must enroll in the 1-credit/semester Lecture Series and attend the weekly lecture each semester through all four years of the program.
Integrative Project In the 12-credit Integrative Project, over the course of their final year BFA seniors use the techniques, concepts and skills they've learned to plan, conceptualize, and build a single project of their choosing. With the help of faculty advisors, they manage their own creative process and schedules, and work in their own dedicated studio spaces. Each project culminates in a final presentation that engages the public through exhibition, publication or performance, and is supported and documented through a written thesis, website, and digital portfolio.
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Milestone Requirements Sophomore Review At the end of their second year students present their work to date before a committee of three faculty members. International Experience The international experience prepares Stamps graduates to enter the globalized economy, makes them more competitive for graduate study, fellowship opportunities, and employment, and helps them to become informed global citizens.
Minors The flexibility of the Stamps curriculum allows students to pursue any minor offered at U-M. Most minors require the completion of 16-18 credits (5-6 courses).
STAMPS School
Undergraduate Admission Information The Stamps School of Art & Design offers four undergraduate programs: BFA in Art & Design; BA in Art & Design; Dual degree programs with eight other university schools and colleges; and the Interarts Performance BFA. For questions call the Stamps School at 734.764.0397 or send email to a&d@umich.edu.
How to Apply 1) Submit a completed Common Application:
• Common Application • Counselor Recommendation • Academic Teacher Recommendation • Art Teacher Recommendation • Common Application Essay • University of Michigan Supplement • Two University of Michigan Essays • Nonrefundable application fee • Common Application Art Supplement: Upload a portfolio of your work using the Stamps School of Art & Design SlideRoom link provided in the Common Application under "Art Supplement." Applicants should upload a total of 15-20 items. Read our portfolio guidelines for details. 2) Request an official copy of your transcript
from your high school. 3) Send test scores directly to the University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor: • ACT (U-M code is 2062) and/or SAT (U-M code is 1839) • MELAB, IELTS or TOEFL (U-M code is 1839) test scores are required of all speakers of English as a second language.
well as evidence of creativity, imagination, and risk-taking. Every portfolio must include drawings from direct observation. Each piece in a portfolio should be there for a reason — for example, to show a particular skill, to demonstrate range, or to highlight creativity.
A Strong Portfolio Includes: Drawings from direct observation. If you have in the past copied from photographs or other flat copy, you can improve your portfolio with drawings from observation. Include sketches as well as finished drawings.
www.art-design.umich.edu/prospective/undergraduate
Preparing Your Portfolio All applicants should submit a portfolio of 15 – 20 examples of representative and current work in a variety of media to indicate your range of experiences. Include only your best work, work that demonstrates media skills as
After the Stamps School's Slideroom portal opens, you'll be prompted to login to an existing SlideRoom account or create a new account. 4) Choose a Program: After logging into the
Stamps School's SlideRoom portal, you'll see a list of the School's programs. Undergraduate applicants should choose the program labeled UM Stamps School of Art & Design BFA/BA Portfolio and click "begin." 5) Complete the Art Supplement: Answer
questions and add your creative content. • 2D media : Design, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and mixed media • 3D media : Fibers, ceramics, metalwork, sculpture and installations • Digital media : computer animation, video, audio, interactive art and internet-based projects • Performance, conceptual work, or other work not easy to categorize
Submitting Your Portfolio Applicants register and submit their portfolio on the SlideRoom website as part of the Common Application submission process. After starting the Common Application and choosing the University of Michigan as your college, submit your portfolio using the following steps: 1) Choose "Yes" to the art supplement question.
For detailed application information – including additional requirements for Interarts Performance, Dual Degree, Transfer and International applicants – go to:
3) Login to the School's SlideRoom portal:
In the Common Application's General section, answer Yes to the following question: Do you intend to submit an art supplement so that your special talent in one or more of the arts will be considered as part of the admission process to the University of Michigan? This will turn on a section called "Art Supplement" at the bottom of the left sidebar. 2) Click the link: In the Art Supplement section,
click the "University of Michigan Art Supplement Site" link to open the Stamps School's SlideRoom portal.
6) Complete Submission: SlideRoom checks
to see if your Common Application has been submitted. Once you have submitted your Common Application, you can proceed with submitting your portfolio in SlideRoom. SlideRoom charges applicants a $10 transaction fee to submit a portfolio. Students who receive a fee waiver for their Common Application will also receive a fee waiver for their SlideRoom submission. Applicants may upload images (jpg), video (mov, wmv, flv), music (mp3) or PDF documents. For good image quality and fast upload, your image files should be sized no larger than 1400px on the largest dimension. Please keep video files under 60MB each. If you'd like to submit a larger file, upload it to Vimeo or YouTube, and submit the video's URL instead. Use the description fields to help us understand your work. • If the work was a class assignment, describe the assignment and how your work solved the problem. • If the work was self-directed, tell us why you made it, and describe your ideas and concepts. • Explain why you chose to include this particular work in your portfolio, what it means to you and what you were trying to achieve. • Discuss any research and preparation you did for your final work.
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Photography
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James Rotz Carl Greene
Art Direction Kate West Katherine Weider-Roos Carl Greene
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Design Carl Greene
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If there were an option to start over from scratch, this is the program that would be built. The Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan have created an opportunity to lead the academic conversation in art and design in this country. A recent re-accreditation review of the School by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), elicited this response from the review team.
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