The University Museum of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the UMass Natural History Collections hosted artist Courtney M. Leonard, a citizen of the Shinnecock Nation of Long Island, for a multi-year artist residency, resulting in BREACH:LOGBOOK 24 I Staccato, an exhibit that explores marine biology, Indigenous food sovereignty, migration, and human environmental impact through visual logbooks that investigate the multiple definitions of the term "breach.” The exhibit includes paintings, sculptures, and video based on the life and kinship ties of Staccato, a North Atlantic Right Whale killed by a ship strike in 1999, whose remains are housed in the UMass collections. 

Watch for events announcing the reopening of the exhibit on September 19 on the University Museum of Contemporary Art website.