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State of the Arts

Spring 2024

Artist Alex Cook stands in front of a mural that reads Eres Amado

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Public Display of Affection

Artist Alex Cook ’98 shares his mission to make everyone feel seen

Fall 2023

“Save the Drake” is spelled out in neon lights.

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Save the Drake

UMass alums help create a music venue in the name of an infamous landmark

Spring 2023

The artist Brett Wallace sits in front of cardboard boxes printed with words like “Empathy” and “Drone Delivery.”

Working on it

The art of documenting labor

Fall 2022

Concrete forming triangular points.

Brutally Beautiful

UMass’s architectural backbone—reconsidered

Fall 2021

Actor performing costumed as a Lily, with black background; parts of the original sketch from the costume can be seen overlaid on the photograph

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Sewing in subtext

Costumes designed between the lines

Summer 2021

Abstract painting on outer walls of building.

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Color Code

Artist and alumnus shares his artistic evolution

Winter 2020

Painting of clowns wiping off or putting on white makeup over brown skin.

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‘Breathing While Black’

Showcasing art from around the world, inspired by recent events

Spring 2020

Illustration of partly peeled banana

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Consent, condoms, and comedy

The Not Ready for Bedtime Players deliver sex ed plus loads of laughs

Fall 2019

Levesque triples modeling

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Triple Take

STATE OF THE ARTS: Athena Levesque ’15, ’16MA brings her own crowd

Spring 2019

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State of the Arts

Assistant Professor Juana Valdés has fashioned bone china into exquisite rags that celebrate women and their labor.

Fall 2018

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A Passionate Voice

Professor Martín Espada wins the Poetry Foundation’s prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

Summer 2018

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Orchids and Cheesesteaks

Go inside the rain forest Gary Radin ’91 designed for the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show.