Recent Acquisitions

New artworks in the UMCA collection by Robert Mapplethorpe, Stephen Petegorsky, Avery Preesman and others. Opening reception and special event Adopt an Artwork: Nov. 14, 5-7 p.m.

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 - Sun, Dec 9, 2012

University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass-Amherst Fine Arts Center
151 Presidents Drive
Amherst MA
(413) 545-3670

Sound & Vision
There are few more stressful jobs than Emergency Room Technician, and one can imagine the focused intent...
By Tom Sturm

Rainbow
The Rainbow Players don’t exactly reject terms like “tolerance,” “acceptance”...
By Chris Rohmann

Certain Words
Poets seldom reach consensus on aesthetic matters, but few indeed are the poets who don’t offer...
By James Heflin

Liebling’s Holyoke
A photo exhibition by the late Jerome Liebling is the centerpiece of a month of art in Holyoke.
By James Heflin

Art in Paradise: The Art of the Contraption
Sculptor/animator Gina Kamentsky makes sculptures that clank and ring.
By James Heflin

Whimsy in Paradise
Take Alexander Calder’s mobiles and throw in heaping amounts of Rupe Goldbergian excess, and...
By James Heflin