UMassBRUT News
Breuer Window: Take a Closer Look at Brutalist Architecture
An art installation that presents a 3/4 scale reconstruction of the Lincoln Campus Center hotel window façade panel, allowing the public to experience the beauty and formal grandeur of a Marcel Breuer’s architecture. This event occurs during Family Weekend at UMass Amherst and is organized in collaboration with the following: UMass Fine Arts Center Art Walk (3pm – 6pm); the Joy of Art After Party with Laudable productions (6pm – 9pm); and the UMass Student Life Pond Fire (6pm – 9pm). Installation designed and constructed by by Colleen Tully ‘G24.
Self-Guided Virtual Walking Tour of Paul Rudolph's Brutalist UMass Dartmouth Campus
Docomomo US (National Conference) held in New Haven, Connecticut
Paul Rudolph's Modernist Urbanist Center: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, June 23, 2023
Dr. Anna Dempsey, Professor of Art History, University of Massachusetts, is the Co-Principal Investigator (PI) for the UMassBrut grant. Allison J. Cywin, Librarian and Director of the Visual & Media Literacy Hub (VML) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
UMassBrut Honored with 2022 Docomomo Modernism in America Award of Excellence in the Inventory/Survey Category
UMassBRUT was honored with a 2022 Docomomo Modernism in America Award of Excellence in the Inventory/Survey Category and, on November 3rd, six members of the Executive Committee traveled to New York to accept the award in person.
UMassBrut a Year in Review
A Project Art experience with Mark Millstein Professor & Artist of Art & Design at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As part of the UMass Amherst Homecoming Weekend, UMassBrut organized a
projection mapping event with the Bromery Center for the Arts celebrating
our Brutalist architecture and featuring artwork by a UMass Dartmouth
professor and UMass Amherst graduate student, Lincoln Nemetz Carlson.
UMassBrut receives Docomomo U.S. 2022 Modernism in American Architecture Award of Excellence
The award recognizes the testament to the dedication and foresight of those who recognize the value of preserving our modern architectural heritage.
Award ceremony is Thursday, November 3, 2022 in New York City
UMassBrut Symposium
Brutalism + the Public University: Past, Present, and Future
UMassBrut Logo Receives Two International Design Awards
Graphic Designer and Associate Professor of Art + Design, UMass Dartmouth, receives two prestigious design awards for her design of the UMass BRUT logo and campaign
Society of Typographic Arts, STA 100 2021, International Typographic Excellence Awards
https://100.sta-chicago.org/winners/2021/umass-brut
United Designs Alliance 2022 International Design Competition, Signs, Systems and Letterform Marks, Silver Award
UMass ScholarWorks
2021 Symposium Proceedings
Brutalism + the Public University: Past, Present and Future Symposium 2021
UMassBRUT in the News
UMassBRUT unveil modernist virtual tour at AHA Night! https://www.umassd.edu/news/2023/brutalist-vr-tour.html
News from New Hampshire and NPR
Art Hub Western Mass
AmherstINDY
UMass Celebrates Its Brutalist Architecture With Two Events Jeff Lee