"Murky Ethics: What Does it Mean to do Good in an Unequal World?"Many of us are grappling with how to do good work and lead meaningful lives in an unjust and unequal world. Given our access, advantages and privileges, how might we more mindfully work and connect with people whose lives look unlike ours?

Matthew Mattingly ’02 is an artist living and working in Western Massachusetts. The exhibit includes new and recent oils, watercolors, and ink drawings, including landscapes, figures, sketches, and works from imagination.

A collaboration between UMass Permaculture and the UMass Student Farm, the UMass Student Farmers' Market is a weekly event featuring live music, fresh local veggies, medicinal herbs, handmade crafts, student art, and an opportunity to get to know the amazing sustainability and DIY community on the UMass campus.  

During the past 30 years, Leonardo Drew has become best known for his installations, both sweeping in scale and intimate in detail, which transform materials such as cotton, metal, animal hides, and wood — often oxidizing, burning, and decaying them — into something completely different from their original state.

The photographs in this exhibition, all made in rural areas and towns in Massachusetts, invite the contemplation of structures and markers placed in local landscapes. 

This October, the Catalan Studies Program at UMass is hosting its 12th Catalan Film Festival.  This year’s theme is: Retorns/Returns/Retornos.