3835 Campus Drive
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
College Park, MD 20742
United States
College Park: Citywide Exhibition of Public Art and Design
On View May 11- May 16, 2015
The product of an innovative and interdisciplinary new course from the University of Maryland, Making Places: Public Art and Design, students transform College Park streets, city spaces and campus edges into engaging exhibits. The works aim to stimulate new thinking about the connectivity between the University of Maryland campus and College Park communities, as University and City work to make their home a top college town.
The Exhibits and Student Creators are:
#1 Beginnings- Wadiah Akbar, Eloy Areu, Jessica Brown, Thomas Geppi, Varsha Iyengar
#2 Breeze- Megan Beveridge, Lauren Lee, Josh Nelson
#3 Where’s Petee?- Vanessa Liminski
#4 Imploding Composite Uncertainties- Azadeh Babaei, Ayana Cotton, Edward Gough
#5 Room Garden- Andrew Burans, Jonathan Gemmell, Prakruti Hoskere, William Weiler
Opening event: May 11th, 6:30 PM
Southgate Park (northwest corner of Route 1 and Lehigh Road)
Join the project creators on a walking tour of the exhibition, visiting the five separate installations along Route 1 in College Park.
Bill’s Backyard BBQ will be available for purchase following the tour at City Hall
Supported by:
The City of College Park; Academy of Innovation & Entrepreneurship; and Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability; The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; The University of Maryland Art Program; Office of Risk Management;Department of Facilities Planning; Department of Building and Landscape Maintenance; Department of Operations and Maintenance; Department of Public Safety; Department of Environmental Safety; Office of the Vice President and General Counsel University of Maryland College Park
To learn more, visit the Making Place Blog or the project Facebook Page.
About Making Place: Public Art and Design: Co-taught by faculty in Architecture, Art and Planning, “Making Place: Public Art and Design” introduces the concept of Creative Placemaking which employs art and culture as catalysts to revitalize neighborhoods, build bridges among community stakeholders and explore challenging social, political, and environmental issues associated with place. Students from multiple disciplines will learn to employ design thinking to focus on the analysis and animation of public space in UMD‘s campus, College Park, and beyond. Making Place is a Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability and an Academy of Innovation & Entrepreneurship “Fearless Ideas” course.