Promoting the arts at Elms College for more than twenty-five years, the Borgia Gallery seeks to expand and challenge our understanding of art and the world around us through a diverse and inclusive program of artworks and artists. Presenting a variety of shows each academic year, we are delighted to host national and regional artists, and student art showcases.
The gallery is supported through the generous funding of the Humanities and Fine Arts Division at Elms College.
Spring 2023 Gallery Schedule and Events
First Day of Elms Classes: Wed, January 17
Current Impressions: Zea Mays Printmaking
Opening Reception: Wed Feb 14 from 12:15-1:15.
Exhibition Dates: February 12- April 5
Special Artist Talk with Liz Chalfin, the owner of Zea Mays
Date: February 27, Tuesday 11:00
Location: Borgia Gallery
All are welcome!
Talea: A transformative mikrokosmos: Debbie Gomes
Photography
Well Gallery in Alumnae Library
Exhibition Opening: January 22
Exhibition Dates: January 22 – April 19
Current Impressions: Zea Mays Printmaking and Debbie Gomes
Recent Photography are both part of Women’s History Month
Celebrations.
“Student Exhibition”
Well Gallery, Alumnae Library
Opening Reception: Thursday April 25, 12:15-1:15
Exhibition Dates: April 26- May 31
Last day of Elms Classes: Friday, April 26.
“Diverse Cultural Heritage of Chicopee”
Borgia Gallery
Exhibition Dates: April 18- September 27
Exhibition Opening Reception: April 18
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Fall 2023
Exhibitions, Opening Receptions and Events
Exhibition: “Diacritics and Gestures”
Location: Borgia Gallery
Artists: Jen Olvera Luna, Jeremiah Ibarra and Miranda Martinez
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 21, 12:15 – 1:15pm
Exhibition Dates: September 11- November 10
Event: Artist Talk Jen Olvera Luna, Jeremiah Ibarra and Miranda Martinez
Location: Borgia Gallery
Date: Wednesday, September 27 from 11:00 – 11:45am. All are welcome.
Exhibition: “Pequeños Signos Diacríticos y Gestos”
Location: Well Gallery in Alumnae Library
Artists Jen Olvera Luna, Jeremiah Ibarra and Miranda Martinez
Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 15: 5-6 PM
(This reception coincides with the 50th Jubilee Library Celebrations, and follows the poetry
reading, in the Well Theater)
Exhibition Dates: November 15 – January 12
“Diacritics and Gestures” and “Pequeños Signos Diacríticos y Gestos” is Part of Hispanic
Heritage Month Celebrations
Exhibition: “Student Art Exhibition”
Opening Reception: Thursday November 30
Exhibition Dates: Thursday November 30 – February 2
Spring 2023
Current Impressions: Zea Mays Printmaking
Opening Reception: Tuesday Feb 13 from 12:15 – 1:15pm.
Exhibition Dates: February 12 – April 5
Special Artist Talk with Liz Chaplin, the owner of Zea Mays Printmaking
Date TBD: March 2024
Debbie Gomes: Recent Photography
Well Gallery in Alumnae Library
Exhibition Opening: Date TBD (march)
Exhibition Dates: January 17 – May 5, 2024
Current Impressions: Zea Mays Printmaking and Debbie Gomes Recent Photography are
both part of Women’s History Month Celebrations.
“Student Exhibition”
Opening Reception: Thursday May 2
Exhibition Dates: April 29 – May 31
Elms College is proud to share the exhibition, “200 Women” with the public from January 16- February 12.
Wednesday, January 25th
Opening Reception with Special Guest Speaker, Diane Foley.
4:30-5:30 Library Theater
5:30-6:30 Borgia Gallery
Please join us for the Opening Reception of “200 Women”.
We are honored to host one of the women in the exhibition, Diane Foley. Join us at 4:30 in the Library Theater to hear Diane Foley tell her story. Then at 5:30, join us in the Borgia Gallery for refreshments.
David Shapleigh
“The Potential of Space”
Feb 21- April 6 2023
Opening Reception: February 28, 12:15-1:15
All are welcome!
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9AM- 5 PM
Artist Paul Lindale is exhibiting “The Human Error. Landscape in the Anthropocene”, from September 7-November 18, 2022. This is a two- part exhibition. From September 9- September 30th, the audience views Lindale’s projected drawing program. From October 6- November 18, the audience views still images from Lindale’s work.
On opening reception will be held on October 6th from 4-5 pm in the Borgia Gallery. All are welcome.
Born 1965 in Liverpool, England, Paul Lindale’s computational work is rooted in the tradition of fine art landscape painting. Through fictive environments that form meditative spaces, Lindale explores notions of being, time, place, and memory. His work evokes both a sense of loss and of mnemonic correspondences. Since 2012 his work has primarily focused on man’s impact on the environment during the Anthropocene (1945 to the present).
Lindale has exhibited throughout the US and the UK. He holds a B.F.A. in Fine Art from Liverpool College of Art and an M.F.A. in Media and Performing Arts from Massachusetts College of Art & Design. He taught at Massachusetts College of Art & Design and Westfield State University 1993-99 before joining the Art Department at Greenfield Community College in 1999. He served as GCC Art Department Chair from 2010-22. https://art.gcc.mass.edu/
Gallery Hours for “The Human Error. Landscape in the Anthropocene” are:
Sept 9- 30, 9:30 am- 2pm (Monday- Thursday)
October 6- November 18, 9 am- 4 pm (Monday- Thursday)
Introduction to the Arts – Spring 2021
Class Exhibition
Studio art courses for the 2020-21 academic year are running in the ElmsFlex format where students have the option of taking classes in-person, online, or a combination of both. Many students safely participated in-class, while others completed their coursework at home.” In lieu of our Annual Spring Student Art Exhibit, please view the works from students via these four digital collections.
Featuring works by students in the Printmaking Project course.
A. Moses, instructor
Painting – Spring 2021
Class Exhibition
Featuring work by students in the Painting course.
B. Kiernan, instructor
Exploring Color – Spring 2021
Class Exhibition
Featuring work by students in the Exploring Color course.
B. Kiernan, instructor
Drawing – Spring 2021
Class Exhibition
Featuring work by students in the Drawing course.
B. Kiernan, instructor
ARTrageous: THE COVID EXHIBITION
A FALL 2020 STUDENT SHOW
Featuring works by students in the Introduction to the Arts and Drawing I courses.
N. Costanzo and A. Moses, instructors
R. Shea ’20, teaching assistant
Exploring color – Fall 2020
Class Exhibition
Featuring works by students in the Color Exploration through Mixed Media course.
B. Kiernan, instructor
Painting – FALL 2020
CLASS EXHIBITION
Featuring works by students in the Painting I course.
B. Kiernan, instructor
2020 Spring Student DIGITAL Art Show
Our campus shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic. Despite the setbacks of suddenly being apart and without access to campus studios and materials, our student artists persevered to create beautiful and unique works of art.
Curatorial Independent Study Presentation by Ryan Shea, ’20
Vincent Van Gogh & Kuroda Seiki
The Funky Phoenix: Transforming Art & History.
Gary and Kristina Cardot, reclamation artisans
Priya Nadkarni Green & Andrae Green: AMBIDEXTROUS
All Past Exhibitions
Visitor Information
Free and open to the public
Open daily from 8:30am–4pm during all posted exhibition dates, except college holidays
Located in the Mary Dooley College Center, 2nd Floor
291 Springfield St. Chicopee, MA 01013