University Hall Gallery: Current and Upcoming Programs
Arts on the Point:
Celebrating 30 Years
on view: 3.9.26–4.18.26
Public Reception:
Thursday April 9th, 4:30-6:30
University Hall Gallery, First Floor, room 1220
Artist talk by Sheila Pepe:
Wednesday, April 8, 2:30-4pm
University Hall, Fourth Floor, room 4400
Sol LeWitt: Cubes
a lecture by David Areford, Chair of the Art & Art History Department
Thursday April 16th at 4pm
University Hall, Second Floor, room 2110
Artist include:
Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Dennis Oppenheim, Sheila Pepe, Tony Smith, and Clara Wainwright
About the exhibition:
Founded by Professor Emeritus Paul Hayes Tucker in 1997, Arts on the Point has brought world class sculpture to Boston’s only public research university. It has engaged with the region, the city, and local communities through revolving public art installations, events, and programming focusing on Contemporary Art and art of the 20th Century. Guided by his conviction that “a public university needs public art,” Tucker attracted some of the most well-known post-modern and contemporary artists working in large-scale sculpture in the US. Artists such as Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Dennis Oppenheim, Luis Jiménez, Sheila Pepe, and Mark di Suvero, among others, have lent artworks and visited the campus to install and speak about their work with our students. Paul Tucker retired from UMass Boston in 2012, and since 2017 the program has been led by Gallery Director Sam Toabe.
This group exhibition brings past artists of the Arts on the Point to the University Hall Gallery to celebrate the historic curatorial program. This exhibition reintroduces visitors to the program by historicizing it within the contexts of our locale, Columbia Point, and as an integral part of Boston’s long and rich history of public art. Grounded by smaller scale artworks, images of the large scale sculptures and other materials pulled from Paul Tucker’s papers, held in the archives of the Healey Library, will bring the history of Arts on the Point to life.
This exhibition is being organized by student Curatorial Assistant, Isabella Slonka as part of her honors thesis, with the support of our Gallery Director, Sam Toabe.
For more information about the exhibition exchange, or to schedule a visit, please email us at UHGallery@umb.edu
On view next:
Lan Tuazon's Matters of Consequence, coming to UMass Boston as part of the Boston Public Art Triennial
On View: March 2026 - March 2027
Opening Reception: March 26th from 3-5pm | University Hall Atrium
About Matters of Consequence:
Arts on the Point and University Hall Gallery are proud to share that we are partnering again with the Boston Public Art Triennial. Through this partnership, we will be welcoming internationally renowned artist Lan Tuazon to develop and install her artwork Matters of Consequence in the atrium of University Hall, with participation and programming produced by UMass Boston students.
Matters of Consequence was inspired by a 15th-century painting of a “studiolo,” a private space for study and reflection. This artwork becomes a platform for conversation, workshops, and exchanging materials and ideas, a public place for practicing climate-conscious behavior. It also serves as a pedestal to honor the work of student groups at UMass Boston who are creating their own social systems through art practices, sustainability, mutual aid, food access, health, and fitness. The installation supports reflection on the impact of individual consumption and invites visitors into shared storytelling, “deep hanging out,” and survival strategies drawn from lived experience.
