the Gallery
at the CCA
The Gallery at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts presents 5-6 curated exhibitions each season,
from September through June.
Curated by Susan Gates, founding Executive Director of the CCA.
ON DISPLAY NOW:​
Collecting One's Thoughts
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Curated by Britton Boughner
March 5th – April 30th
A Note from the Curator
"I believe we all collect something—whether big or small, old or new, natural or manufactured—because it's an innate human experience. Even thoughts and memories could be considered collections of sorts.
I have avidly collected everything since I was a kid. Nowadays my focus is exclusively on collecting art. More recently, I've been dabbling in making art myself, creating mixed media pieces. I'm curious if other artists have been influenced by their collecting habits, as I have. If so, how do their collections inspire their art?
For this show I've assembled seven local artists including myself whose pieces incorporate nontraditional, often discarded, materials such as bark, wire, clothespins, and even auto parts. Additionally, this show includes creations from my personal collection whose parts once belonged to something else.
Artists Featured:
Britton Boughner
Maxine Farkas
Mark Fisher
Mary Hart
Jim Roberts
Joe Whalon
Julie Wright
GET INVOLVED
Want to be part of the life of the Gallery? We are actively seeking volunteer docents.
Interested? Contact Susan Gates at GalleryAtCCA@gmail.com