Tim Rohan (Chair of History of Art & Architecture) organized a panel of historians for the UMassBrut symposium on Brutalist libraries at UMass Boston on Oct. 24, 2025. The symposium was a great success and so well-attended that we ran out of chairs!
See the photo gallery below.
History Panel (left to right): Sarah Horowitz (UMass Art History MA '14), Kristina Wilson (Clark University), Mary Anne Hunting (independent scholar)
Single speakers:
Sarah Horowitz spoke about the Healey Library at UMass Boston. She received her MA in Art History at UMass Amherst in 2014 and is completing her PhD in architectural history at Boston University.
Mary Anne Hunting discussed the history of the Du Bois Library (1973) at UMass Amherst designed by Edward Durell Stone.
Architectural detail:
The wondrous coffered ceiling of the Healey Library at UMass Boston (1979), designed by Harry Weese.
