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State of the Arts

Spring 2024
Glimpse

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

Fall 2023
Listen

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

Spring 2023

The art of documenting labor

Fall 2022

UMass’s architectural backbone—reconsidered

Fall 2021
Glimpse

Costumes designed between the lines

Summer 2021
Glimpse

Artist and alumnus shares his artistic evolution

Winter 2020
Glimpse

Showcasing art from around the world, inspired by recent events

Spring 2020
Watch

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

Fall 2019
Watch

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

Spring 2019
Web exclusive

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

Fall 2018
Web Exclusive

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

Summer 2018
Web Exclusive

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