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Please join me, my sister Jennifer Guglielmo (Professor of History, Smith College), and my friend Heshima Moja (Composer, Musician, Sonic Architect) for a candid conversation about the Italian experience in America inside the gallery amidst my new solo exhibition of life-size collage portraits honoring my ancestors entitled Portraits of My People on Saturday April 19 from 4-5pm at Barn Door Gallery, Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01062. Admission is free and the gallery is fully accessible.The show is up until April 30th. Normal gallery hours are Wed-Sat 12pm-7pm, closed Sun, Mon, and Tue.
A word about the series: Combing through hundreds of old, black and white, archival and family photographs, Guglielmo drew inspiration from his childhood growing up in New York, and from those that came before him. Themes of memory, identity, family, and belonging permeate the work. From a large Italian American family, Guglielmo made this new series to pay homage to his beloved grandparents Grace and Angelo, the children of Southern Italian immigrants, who raised 11 children and always held space for him and his siblings. With this new body of work, Guglielmo engages Italian American identity to spark greater awareness and deeper conversations about some of the most salient issues of our time.
This exhibition is supported by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts ValleyCreates program, in partnership with MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists, and The Puffin Foundation.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Barn Door Gallery, Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01060-1302, United States
