THE 2023 HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

STUDENT ART EXHIBITION

April 11 - May 4th

GALA RECEPTION: Thurs. April 13th 7 - 9 pm

Awards Announced at 8pm 

-Exhibition continues from the Taber Art Gallery to the Fine and Performing Arts 3rd floor (C)Bldg, and to Media Arts on the 3rd floor Campus Center 

File Image: Detail, a collaborative installation by Felice Caivano’s 3-D Design Students

On display will be a variety of works in a wide range of mediums by students of the HCC Visual Art Department faculty which includes: Lahri Bond, Felice Caivano, John Calhoun, Kelly Clare, Tara Conant, William Devine, Benj Gleeksman, Chris Lizon, and Margie Rothermich

The Taber Art Gallery is open to the public and is 

located through the HCC Library lobby in the Donahue Bldg.

HOURS: Mon. - Thurs. 10am - 5pm,  during regular school sessions

 

Upward & Onward Ends this Friday 3/3/23

Gallery hours will be from 10:00am till 4:00pm with an 

IMPROMPTU GALLERY TALK at 3:00

All are Welcome!

Attending artists, and those who purchased art, may remove their work at 4pm (not mandatory)

 

UPWARD and ONWARD

A Farewell Art Installation 

This is my big goodbye, my love letter, my thank you note to the folks and cosmic forces that swirled around and got me here. It has been an honor and a privilege to be able to manage the HCC gallery programs (which began for me in 1996) and in particular the Taber Gallery from its very beginnings in 1999. For my final exhibition, “Upward and Onward,” I invited friends, family and colleagues to contribute their art or work from their collections and join in this exhibition celebration. I left it pretty open ended as to what they could submit: using any traditional media, old work, new work, and/or work in their personal collections. I sent over 100 email invitations and received about 40 responses. I also brought in works from my personal collection as well as from the college, and tossed in a couple of my own paintings. Once the works were all delivered, I went to work creating an installation with this wide variety of submissions. My goal was to include everything - which was almost accomplished. There is a whole art to the installation process. It’s much like creating a collage. One needs to find a way to bring companionship to dispirit works, to give the entire space a sense of flow, and though quite crowded, give a sense of the individual pieces ability to stand alone as well as talk nicely with each other. The only preplanned part of this installation was requesting the photographs of people kissing to pepper throughout the gallery. Because, well, like I said, this is a love letter. 

xo,

Amy