University Of Massachusetts - Fine Arts Center

The Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We seek to engage and inspire the campus and regional communities in the arts through a broad array of exemplary performances, exhibitions, and educational programs.

The Fine Arts Center (FAC) in Amherst opened as a campus concert center and art gallery in 1975, and has since earned a local reputation as a central force in the cultural, social and academic life of this western Massachusetts community. Over the years, the FAC has played a unique role in serving the broad cultural and educational needs of the campus, the Five College Consortium, and regional communities in the Pioneer Valley.

Over the years the FAC's role in western MA has evolved into much more than just a venue for the arts. Each season, an average of 80 - 90 exhibitions, music, dance, and theater events are programmed along with educational and residency activities that include master classes, lectures, demonstrations and pre- and post-performance discussions, open to the western MA community.

Since 1993 the Asian Arts and Culture Program has ensured that community residents have access to performers and artists beyond the traditions of western art, music and culture.