Constellations
Reception Thursday, Aug. 6, 5-7 p.m.
The Taber Art Gallery at Holyoke Community College presents “Constellations,” an exhibition of alumni artwork from the HCC Permanent Collection, Aug. 5-21, with a reception Aug. 6, from 5-7 p.m.
The show will feature the paintings of HCC alumni artists from class years 1974 through 2021.
“In naming the show “Constellations,” we were thinking about the relationships that students build with their peers and with the community here at HCC, and how those relationships continue to connect us, even after they have moved on,” said gallery director Rachel Rushing.
The artwork was produced by alumni artists after they had graduated from HCC, with the pieces subsequently purchased by the college and added to its permanent collection, which numbers about 400 works.
HCC celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Taber Art Gallery in 2025, and it’s been 24 years since the last HCC alumni art show, although alumni artists have been part of individual and other group shows over the years.
“Every artist in this show left our campus as an individual star, but 'Constellations' is about the lines we draw between them, showing how our alumni network becomes something bigger than any one of us,” said Natalia Castagno, HCC assistant director of alumni relations. “Fittingly, this exhibit opens in the season of Leo, the lion – HCC’s mascot is another feline, a cougar – watching over the sky that connects them all."
The Taber Art Gallery is located off the lobby of the HCC Library on the second floor of the HCC Donahue Building. Entry is free.
For this exhibition, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PICTURED: Boston Skyline, acrylic on board, by Lorraine L.B. Chalifoux '78 (1927-1992)
