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Exhibition: Is Anything the Matter? Drawings by Laylah Ali

By UMCA: University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Fine Arts Center

Saturday, March 29, 2025 12pm to 4pm

+ 8 dates

  • Sunday, March 30, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Saturday, April 5, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Sunday, April 6, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Saturday, April 12, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Sunday, April 13, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Saturday, April 19, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Sunday, April 20, 2025 12pm to 4pm
  • Saturday, April 26, 2025 12pm to 4pm
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With works dating from 1993 to 2020, “Is anything the matter? Drawings by Laylah Ali” explores Ali’s ongoing interest in the amalgam of race, power, gendering, human frailty and murky politics through more than 100 ink, colored pencil, soluble crayon, colored marker, and mixed media drawings.

Spanning nearly three decades of Ali's work, the exhibition allows visitors to discover stylistic and contextual similarities, contrasts, and shifts in her drawings over time.

 

Reception: Thursday, February 13, 5-7 p.m. / Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts lobby
Artist talk: April 9, 6 p.m. / Old Chapel

 

Regular museum hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon - 4 p.m.; and first Thursdays until 8 p.m.

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