STCC’s 3rd ‘Carberry Conversations’ Continues with Exhibiting Artist, Keith Hollingworth
Keith Hollingworth hangs his work at the art gallery at STCC.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Carberry Conversations, presented by Springfield Technical Community College’s Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, continues Friday, Oct. 29, from noon-12:45 p.m., with a virtual conversation between associate professor and gallery coordinator Sondra Peron and retired professor and visual artist Keith Hollingworth.
Keith Hollingworth graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1959. After serving in the U.S. Army for 2 years, he attended Mills College in Oakland, Calif., receiving his M.F.A. in 1964. He taught for a year in Ohio and then became a member of the Art Department at UMass in Amherst.
In 1967 he moved to New York to establish himself as an artist. He exhibited in the Paula Cooper Gallery. In 1974 he moved from the city to Western Massachusetts and began teaching as an Adjunct at HCC, GCC, Mount Wachusett Community College and Westfield State University (WSU). He eventually became tenured at WSU and retired in 2019.
He was a founding member of Gallery A3, a cooperative gallery located in Amherst. Hollingworth exhibited “54 African Americans” and “Homage to Art” at the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery in October 2017, and his collage work, “40 Black Writers,” is currently on view at the STCC campus gallery. Visit www.keithhollingworth.com
The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, in B28, is presenting new collages by Keith Hollingworth entitled “40 Black Writers.” The series, started in 2012, features Sonia Sanchez, Alain Locke, Edwidge Danticat, Ntozake Shange, and James Baldwin, among many other Black writers whose wide range of thought, ideas and feelings are illustrated with portraits, stamps, and book art. This exhibition will be on view from October 7 through December 7, 2021.
Link to the Friday, Oct 29, 12, 12:45 p.m. Zoom interview: stcc.io/hollingworth.
All Carberry Conversations are free and open to the public via Zoom.
Due to the ongoing concerns about COVID, the gallery will be open by appointment only at this time. Face masks are required. Please email the gallery coordinator directly to schedule a timed-entry visit. speron@stcc.edu
Carberry Conversations is a series of virtual talks throughout the academic year between Peron and several past exhibiting artists whose work has been on view at the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery since 2013 and STCC’s very own art faculty. Conceived in response to the ongoing pandemic, these conversations function as a space to connect working artists and photographers to STCC and the Greater Springfield community covering a wide variety of topics including, origin stories, impact of current events on artistic process, and the function of art and photography during times of crisis.
The exhibition and associated events are supported in part by the School of Liberal and Professional Studies (LAPS) and the Fine Arts (A.A.) program.
About the Gallery
The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery at Springfield Technical Community College features works by artists of local and national repute as well as STCC student work. The gallery is located in Building 28, first floor, on the Pearl Street side of the STCC campus. The gallery is supported in part by funding from the School of Liberal and Professional Studies. Find the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery on Facebook or follow on Twitter @STCCArtGallery.About Springfield Technical Community College
STCC, the Commonwealth's only technical community college, continues the pioneering legacy of the Springfield Armory with comprehensive and technical education in manufacturing, STEM, healthcare, business, social services, and the liberal arts. STCC's highly regarded workforce, certificate, degree, and transfer programs are the most affordable in Springfield and provide unequalled opportunity for the vitality of Western Massachusetts. Founded in 1967, the college – a designated Hispanic Serving Institution – seeks to close achievement gaps among students who traditionally face societal barriers. STCC supports students as they transform their lives through intellectual, cultural, and economic engagement while becoming thoughtful, committed and socially responsible graduates.
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