February 24, 2023
The latest exhibition at MCLA’s Gallery 51 features six artists in the group show “Layer/Build: Collage Explored” on view through April 7.
An opening reception will be held on March 3 from 5-7 p.m.
Collage is the remixing of pre-existing pictures, forms, colors, and surfaces that are brought together to provoke new constellations of meanings. Creativity in all its forms is the remixing of experiences, memories, and innovations. Every act of artistry is a type of collage of revising, rearranging, reworking, layering, and building.
The show features work by Evita Tezeno, Juan Hinojosa, Heather Polk, Brandon Brewer, Todd Bartel, and Niki Haynes. The six featured artists engage with collages quite differently from digital collages viewed on a screen to sculptural collages that interact with the physical space.
Gallery 51 is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday at 51 Main Street. The space is operated by MCLA Arts & Culture (MAC).
About MAC
MCLA Arts & Culture (MAC) is MCLA’s newly expanded arts programming arm. MAC serves
as the nexus for internal and external partnerships to create engaging and equity-focused
projects that encourage public arts participation, as well as the investigation of
arts-based pedagogy that can reshape institutional practices. MAC (formerly known
as BCRC, the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center) functions as a hub that supports
interdisciplinary approaches to education, social justice, and academic research across
MCLA’s campus. MAC supports the expansion of MCLA programming to include: faculty
opportunities for interdisciplinary curriculum development; interdisciplinary faculty
and student social justice research; arts and culture symposia and workshops; internships
for underrepresented student communities; and the development of an open-access archive
that includes documented community arts projects and support tools that other college
campuses and communities can use and apply to fit their needs.
About MCLA
At MCLA, we’re here for all — and focused on each — of our students. Classes are taught
by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
on every level of their lives. In nearly every way possible, the experience at MCLA
is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 128-year commitment
to public education, we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
For 10 of the last 12 years, MCLA has been named a Top Ten College by U.S. News and
World Report. MCLA also appears on the organization’s list of top National Public
Liberal Arts Colleges. Since the list was created, MCLA has risen to #33 as a Top
Performer on Social Mobility and ranks first among all Massachusetts liberal arts
schools, which measures how well schools graduate students who receive Federal Pell
Grants. Learn more at www.mcla.edu.
