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title: "Through Art Purchasing Program, the Stamp’s Hallways Become a Museum"
date: 2024-09-26T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Through Art Purchasing Program, the Stamp’s Hallways Become a Museum

*September 26, 2024* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> Students Select, Buy Contemporary Works for UMD Collection

*ART CAPP MT 09242024 DS 3665 1920x1080 — The silkscreen and gold leaf series "Game Changing" (left), by the artist Derrick Adams, hangs in the hallway outside the first-floor atrium of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union. It's one of the pieces that undergraduates have purchased through the Contemporary Art Purchasing Program, which is now in its 10th cohort.*

Every day, the Adele H. Stamp Student Union pulses with the energy of thousands of visitors each on their own mission: Caffeinate at the Coffee Bar. Buy a textbook at the University Book Center. Find a quiet(ish) place to crank out a paper.

Amid these quintessential campus activities, something more sophisticated is also taking place: an artistic experiment that puts students in charge of cultivating the artistic vibe of the Stamp.

Now starting its 10<sup>th</sup>cohort, the yearlong [Contemporary Art Purchasing Program](https://contemporaryartumd.artinterp.org/omeka/) at the Stamp offers art-minded undergraduates a behind-the-easel look at the art world and a healthy budget to buy original works for the Stamp’s collection of contemporary art. With the students’ input on placement, the art is displayed throughout the Stamp.


*Contemporary Art Purchasing Program logo on wall in hallway*




**Topics:** [Arts &amp; Culture](https://today.umd.edu/tags/arts-culture)


**Tags:** [Visual Arts](https://today.umd.edu/topic/visual-arts), [Student Experience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-experience), [Arts](https://today.umd.edu/topic/arts)


**Units:** [Division of Student Affairs](https://today.umd.edu/topic/division-student-affairs)