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Original artworks from the Art at Home program displayed on the walls of student dorm rooms.
Photo by Charlotte Smith

Art at Home

U-M’s Art Lending Collection
Curated by Jennifer Carty, Curator of Art in Public Spaces; and students in the Bridge Scholars Plus Program
Next installation coming Fall 2026

Live With What Moves You

Art at Home: U-M’s Art Lending Collection introduces a bold new way for students to experience art at the University of Michigan—by living with it.

Launched by the Art in Public Spaces team and hosted by UMMA, this exhibition marks the debut of a new lending library of original artworks that will be made available to students for display in their residence hall rooms throughout the academic year. Featuring 75 small-scale works by contemporary artists—many with deep ties to Michigan—Art at Home is co-curated by five student leaders from the Bridge Scholars Plus program. Guided by Félix Zamora-Gómez, Program Coordinator for Engagement at the U-M Arts Initiative and Erika Larson, Manager of Art in Public Spaces, the student curators, Freddy Lazaro, Raven Miles, Bryan Santos-Flores, Zoey Stanton, and Layla Tinsley, brought their values of inclusivity, innovation, and joy to the selection process, resulting in a collection designed to offer comfort, challenge assumptions, and celebrate differences.

How it Works


Select works in the Art Lending Collection

Paul Verdell, Affinity for Pink, 2022, Oil pastel on paper, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
Mario Moore, Distant Relatives, 2021, Screenprint, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
Rachelle Baker, Les Fleurs, 2025, Giclée on archival paper, Courtesy of the Artist
Rosson Crow, How Can We Lose When We’re So Sincere?, 2021, Serigraph print, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
James Benjamin Franklin, Untitled , 2021, Acrylic, fabric, and sand on paper, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit

View the full Art at Home U-M Art Lending Collection

Students participate in Match Day for the "Art at Home" exhibition at UMMA, selecting original artworks from the gallery to take home for the winter semester as part of the Bridge Scholars Plus program.
Photo by Charlotte Smith

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SUPPORT

Lead support for Art at Home is provided by the U-M Office of the President and U-M Arts Initiative.