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title: Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp
date: 2025-05-14T10:00:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/students-put-their-stamp-on-the-stamp"
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# Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp

*May 14, 2025* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/authors/sala-levin-10)


- *Top photo by John T. Consoli*
- *Art courtesy of Stamp Gallery*

> Art Purchasing Program Puts Terps in Charge of Creative Choices for Gallery’s Collection

*student walks by four framed images of playing cards*

**A UNIQUE EXERCISE** has long been playing out on campus, not in the weight room of the Eppley Recreation Center or on the basketball court of Ritchie Coliseum, but on the walls of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.

Since 2006, the biennial [Contemporary Art Purchasing Program (CAPP)](https://stamp.umd.edu/about_us/support_stamp/contemporary_art_purchasing_program_capp) has given a small group of students from any major a sizable budget, roughly $50,000, to decide together how to spend on artwork to add to the Stamp’s collection.

For students, CAPP represents an opportunity to dip their paintbrushes into the world of art collecting, visiting galleries and artist studios locally and in New York City. “We have a really great group of students who are passionate about the best way to get our UMD community to engage with art and really use art to learn about new perspectives and to consider global issues,” says Trin Tatum ’26, one of six current participants.

To celebrate CAPP’s 10th cohort, Tara Youngborg, manager of the Stamp Gallery and Studio A and CAPP adviser, takes *Terp* on a guided tour of some of the most memorable pieces purchased by the program’s participants.



## “GAME CHANGING (ACE, KING, QUEEN, JACK)”


### DERRICK ADAMS, 2014, SILKSCREEN AND GOLD LEAF


*student walks by four framed images of playing cards*



## “FAIRY RING WITH WHITE CLOVER”


### PATRICK JACOBS, 2010, PAPER, ACRYLIC, EXTRUDED STYRENE, COPPER, ACRYLIC GEL MEDIUM, HAIR, STEEL, ACRYLITE, TIN


*meadow scene*



## “FEAR ON THEIR FACES (PAGE 7)”


### HUNTER REYNOLDS, 2011, PHOTOWEAVING, C-PRINTS AND THREAD


*photo collage of newspaper articles about LGBTQ+ community, with lipstick signature and drops of blood*



## “15 MOUTHS”


### LORNA SIMPSON, 2002, PRINTS ON VELOUR PAPER MOUNTED ON HAHNEMUHLE COPPERPLATE PAPER


*close-up photos of 15 mouths*



## “SILVER LAKE OPERATIONS #1, LAKE LEFROY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA”


### EDWARD BURTYNSKY, 2007, DIGITAL CHROMOGENIC PRINT


*aerial photograph of a gold mining operation*




**Issue:** [Spring 2025](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/spring-2025)


**Types:** [Campus Life](https://terp.umd.edu/category/campus-life)