State of the Arts

Fall 2024
A photo of performers on the stage at Company One
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Company One celebrates 25 years of inclusive theater

Spring 2024
Artist Alex Cook stands in front of a mural that reads Eres Amado
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Artist Alex Cook ’98 shares his mission to make everyone feel seen

Fall 2023
“Save the Drake” is spelled out in neon lights.
Listen

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.”

The art of documenting labor

Fall 2022
Concrete forming triangular points.

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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Costumes designed between the lines

Summer 2021
Abstract painting on outer walls of building.
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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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Showcasing art from around the world, inspired by recent events

Spring 2020
Illustration of partly peeled banana
Watch

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

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

Fall 2017
Quilting Queen Bee

Timna Tarr ’97 showcases her latest map quilt.

Summer 2017
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Filmmaker Eric Stange ’76 searches for the real Edgar Allan Poe in a new PBS documentary.