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Celebrating Blackness: Alums create space for Black love and joy

Thursday, July 23, 2020

“I know that art heals, that art leads the way, art is expression, art is joy, art is love.” 

So says UMass graduate student Sabine Jacques. As she considered how she could support the Black community while people grieved George Floyd’s killing and protested police brutality, it was her experience as an artist that helped her find a way to do so.

Friendly Artist Collaborative brings artists together to speak to the times

Monday, July 13, 2020

Sometimes, an idea comes along at just the right moment to help you express what you’re feeling about the world....