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Student competitions and exhibitions are your opportunity to share your artistic voice and creativity, exhibit your work for the University community and sometimes even win prizes! Arts competitions and exhibitions are held periodically throughout the year, with calls for art using different themes and mediums.
My Corner of Campus
The Arts Initiative is seeking student artwork that represents your favorite spot in Ann Arbor!
All 2D artwork is accepted - drawing, photography, painting, digital art, comics, literary art, etc.
Selected artwork will be included in the Fall 2025 My Corner of Campus magazine, which will be handed out to students at the beginning of the 2025–26 academic year.
Deadline: 11 p.m. on April 21, 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the Peaceful-themed Photo Competition!
1st Place: "counting sheep" by Erin Murphy
2nd Place: "Night Bus" by Jane Hoppe
3rd Place: "My hope for tomorrow" by Kathryn Porter
Pierpont Poetry Project
Check out the Pierpont Poetry Project! 50 student-written poems are on display throughout Pierpont Commons. The poems were all inspired by the theme “seeking” but interpreted in many different ways - they explore themes of love, justice, family, loss, hope, identity, and more. Explore the building and find all the poems - for every poem you log, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Literati Bookstore gift card!