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Student Showcase: Arts, Technology, & Black Life
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Student Showcase: Arts, Technology, & Black Life

This gallery showcases creative and experimental work by University of Maryland students supported through AADHum Microgrants and Vital Signs Mini-Grants. Spanning digital media, visual art, performance, archives, interactive experiences, and more, the projects on display reflect a range of approaches to exploring Black life, culture, creativity, and technology. Visitors are invited to experience works in progress and completed projects, meet the students behind them, and see how emerging artist

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Come make tiny video games!

Come make tiny video games!

Ready, set, make! Grab a prompt, team up or fly solo, and make a small game before time...

Commence with Crafts at NextNOW Fest

Commence with Crafts at NextNOW Fest

Stop by the African American Digital & Experimental Humanities studio for an afternoon of crafting! Cut, paste, and...

Dimensional Fabrication for DIY Sock Puppets

Dimensional Fabrication for DIY Sock Puppets

Get ready for Henson Week with Soft Souls Foundry @ Sandbox and the Maryland Institute for Technology in...

Retro & Small Games Pop-up Arcade at NextNOW Fest

Retro & Small Games Pop-up Arcade at NextNOW Fest

Step back in time with the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and Small Games Lab's...

Cut-Paste-Portal: Interactive Zine-making

Cut-Paste-Portal: Interactive Zine-making

Join the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and NarraSpaceXR for a hands-on workshop on DIY...

Digital Playground

Digital Playground

Welcome to the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and NarraSpaceXR digital playground! Extend reality by...

Today ⇢ earth.exe arcade | Thurs 4/30 @MITH!

In honor of Earth Day, join us for earth.exe, a videogame + craft arcade exploring ecology, the environment,...

Join us for Maryland Day this Saturday!

Join us for Maryland Day this Saturday!

On Saturday 4/26, join AADHum, NarraSpaceXR, the Lakeland Heritage Project, Soft Souls Foundry, The Small Games Lab, and...

heart.exe: A Love-Themed Arcade & Creative Gathering

heart.exe: A Love-Themed Arcade & Creative Gathering

This Valentine’s Day, AADHum, NarraSpaceXR, Soft Souls Foundry, and MITH partnered to host heart.exe – a love-themed video...

re: Presentation ⇢ a collage + identity workshop w/ the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

re: Presentation ⇢ a collage + identity workshop w/ the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Led by Yereni Butcher '26, the workshop guided attendees through the process of building their own collages from...

Ruha Benjamin's Collective Imagination: Freedom and Liberation

Ruha Benjamin's Collective Imagination: Freedom and Liberation

AADHum, Project STAND, UMD Libraries, the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, UMD’s US Latina/o Studies program,...

Workshop with us @ Next/ Now!

Workshop with us @ Next/ Now!

Three approaches, 3 locations – 3 days of exploration and camaraderie... Join AADHum + NarraSpaceXR & the Soft...

Andrew W. Smith Presents LiteraryDJ at World Quantum Day

Andrew W. Smith Presents LiteraryDJ at World Quantum Day

At World Quantum Day 2025 at the University of Maryland, AADHum faculty member Andrew W. Smith presented his...