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Springfield: The City Intersected
A Student Photography Exhibition Inspired by the Work of David Goldblatt
Date Monday, April 25 - Sunday, May 1
LocationUMCA
TaglineSpringfield: The City Intersected
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Central High students (right to left) Jonathan Ortiz, Nic Quinonez-Diaz, Manashia Jones, and Kay'la Sanders view Goldblatt's Intersections Intersected exhibition at the UMCA. Photo by Melissa Ablondi Alves1440 x 960 pixels, 3.96 M
Central High students Manashia Jones and Jonathan Ortiz with South African photographer David Goldblatt at Springfield Technical Community College. Photo by Lani Giguere.2048 x 1536 pixels, 9 M
The Border Crossed Us
A temporary public art installation by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things
Date Wednesday, April 20 - Sunday, May 1
LocationUMass campus, between Campus Center and CC Garage
TaglineThe Border Crossed Us
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
The proposed fence at Umass3867 x 1630, 1.51 MB
Ofelia Rivas of the Tohono O'odham Nation4267 x 3200, 1.18 MB
The Art of Exhibition Display
Roundtable, Careers in Art and Art History
Date Tuesday, March 29
LocationCape Cod Lounge, UMass Student Union Building
TaglineThe Art of Exhibition Display
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
From the Americas room in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts72 KB, 640 x 426 pixels
From the Greek-Roman room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art292 KB, 1024 x 685 pixels
From the University Museum of Contemporary Art, Spring 2010 Greening the Valley exhibition48 KB, 539 x 359 pixels
Intersections Intersected:
the Photography of David Goldblatt
Date Thursday, February 3 - Sunday, May 1
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art (formerly University Gallery)
TaglineIntersections Intersected: Photography of David Goldblatt
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
A child’s salute to the Cradock Four. Cradock, Eastern Cape. 20 July 19851024 x 681
Stalled municipal housing development. Kwezinaledi, Lady Grey, Eastern Cape. 5 August 20061024 x 794
Movable Feast
Date September - October
LocationOn the UMass Campus and in Neighboring Communities
TaglineMovable Feast
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Photo of Movable Feast cart340KB 1000x1000
Just a Rumor
An Installation by Anna Schuleit
Date Friday, September 10 - Sunday, November 14
LocationOn the UMass Campus
TaglineJust a Rumor
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Photo of "Just a Rumor" in progress, part 1, Photo by William Suglia349KB 1400x892
Photo of "Just a Rumor" in progress, part 2, Photo by John Solem222KB 1000x666
Night view of "Just a Rumor" in progress368KB 1400-984
Greening The Valley: Sustainable Architecture in the Pioneer Valley
Date Thursday, February 11 - Sunday, May 9, 2010
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art
TaglineGreening the Valley
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
1290 Studio and Residence, Amherst MA, Architect: Sigrid Miller Pollin, 2007, Peter Mauss, ESTO Photography6.69 MB 4336 x 2888 pixels
Shameless Self-Promotion
UMass MFA Program Artists Respond to Warhol's Polaroids
Date Tuesday, December 1 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art
TaglineShameless Self-Promotion Press Release
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
The Minox and the Big Shot
Andy Warhol's Photography (1970-87)
Date Wednesday, September 23 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
LocationThe University Museum of Contemporary Art
TaglineThe University Gallery exhibits never-before seen Warhol photographs!
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Connecting the Dots... The Warhol Legacy:
Tom Friedman, Ellen Gallagher, Vik Muniz, Rob Pruitt
Date Wednesday, September 23 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art
TaglineThe University Gallery displays work by four artists who have been inspired by Warhol.
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Warhol’s Loft: the Artist, the Legend… and the Party
A Fundraiser for the University Museum of Contemporary Art
Date Saturday, September 12, 2009
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art
TaglineA fundraiser for the University Gallery's Internship Program, and a celebration of Andy Warhol.
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Miroslaw Balka
GRAVITY
Date Thursday, February 5 - Sunday, May 24, 2009
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art
Tagline
SYMPOSIUM:
Art in the Public Sphere: Singular Works, Plural Possibilities
Date Friday, April 25 2008
LocationStudent Union Ballroom
TaglineSymposium, Friday, April 25, 2008
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Carolyn Webb: Dialogue with a Collection
Date Wednesday, September 26 - Sunday, November 4, 2007
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center
TaglineLocal Artist in Inaugural Exhibition!
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Carolyn Webb, "Bone Map", 2005, 32 x 32 x 1 ½ inches, Lamintated ash, paint882 k RGB JPG 1200 x1523 pixels
Ex Libris: Matthew Higgs and Peter Wüthrich
Date Wednesday, September 26 - Sunday, December 9, 2007
LocationUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst
TaglineA vanguard exhibition in conjunction with BookMarks.
Press Release(Acrobat PDF)
Peter Wuthrich, "On the Art of Making Bouquets", 2005, mixed media, dimensions variable1,722k RGB JPG 1200 x1514 pixels
Matthew Higgs, "A Picture is a Picture", 2006, Framed book cover, 17 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches, collection Elyse Goldberg, NYC372k RGB JPG 729 x 1076 pixels

 

   

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