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"The Future of Collecting" Symposium
Friday, September 30, 2022
The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) at UMass Amherst presents a daylong symposium, The Future of Collecting , in conjunction with its anniversary exhibition, 60 Years of Collecting ,...

Professor Drimmer Teaches Summer Course on the Renaissance Book at UCLA
Thursday, September 29, 2022
This summer Professor Sonja Drimmer co-taught with Devin Fitzgerald (Curator at UCLA and UMass alumnus, class of 2007) the History of the Renaissance Book at the California Rare Book School at UC...

UMCA Exhibition Opening: 60 Years of Collecting
Thursday, September 29, 2022
The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) is pleased to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its permanent art collection, begun in 1962, with this special exhibition of 115 artworks drawn from...

Student-curated Exhibition: Studied Spaces
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Studied Spaces: Student Murals in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library
This exhibition features the student-painted murals in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library's stairwells. These murals invite visitors to pause ...

Prominent Scholar and Art Historian Charmaine A. Nelson Joins History of Art Department
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Prominent scholar, art historian, educator, author and the first-ever Black professor of art history in Canada Charmaine A. Nelson will join the UMass Amherst Department of History of Art and Arc...

Sheep on Campus: Sustainable EweMass
Friday, September 23, 2022
List of Events:
Grounded Knowledge: Terroir
Saturday, 9/24 1:00pm
This 90-minute workshop invites participants to ask: how do we preserve terroir amid our changing climate conditions? Jointly ...