Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery

The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery is a free, public, and handicap-accessible art gallery located on the STCC campus on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building (B28). The gallery regularly hosts exhibitions and virtual talks from local, national, and student artists.

Exhibitions and Gallery Events

Spring 2024 Schedule of Events

  • February 5 - February 29: “Reclaiming Our Heritage" by Springfield’s Honors Academy and Conservatory of the Arts students
  • February 17, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: reception for Young Artists
  • March 1 - 17: gallery closed for installation and Spring break
  • March 18 - April 12: "A Simple Circle" by James Gehrt on view in Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery
  • March 20, 12:15 p.m.: Carberry Conversations interview with photographer James Gehrt (YouTube)
  • March 28, 12 p.m.: in-person gallery talk with photographer James Gehrt
  • April 3, 11 a.m.: in-person gallery talk with photographer James Gehrt
  • April 6, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: public reception with photographer James Gehrt
  • April 22 - May 4: STCC Fine Arts Student Exhibition
  • May 4, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: public reception for STCC Fine Arts Student Exhibition

All events are open to the public and will be held in the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery in the Fine Arts Building (B28).

Exhibitions

The gallery presents approximately six exhibits each academic year featuring works by artists of local and national repute, as well as STCC student work. All exhibits are supported in part by funding from the School of Liberal and Professional Studies.

You can view past and upcoming exhibitions on the Gallery Exhibitions page.

Carberry Conversations

Carberry Conversations is a series of virtual talks between Professor of Arts and Humanities/Photography/Philosophy and Coordinator of Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery and Cultural Programming, Sondra Peron, and local working artists and photographers. Conversations cover a wide variety of topics including origin stories, the impact of current events on the artistic process, and the function of art and photography during times of crisis.

For a list of upcoming and past conversations, please see the Carberry Conversations page.

The Camera Obscura Room

The Camera Obscura Room is a dark room with a small hole for light on one side through which the image of Pearl Street appears projected on the opposite wall upside down and backward. The room demonstrates principles of human eyesight and photography.

The room is an annex to the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery on the STCC campus and is free and open to the public between September and May when the gallery is open and exhibitions are on view.

Call for Exhibition Proposals

The college invites all area artists, photographers, and video and installation artists to present and/or produce an exhibition in collaboration with the fine arts gallery. If you are interested, please see the Call for Exhibition Proposals page for more details.

Location

Fine Arts Building (B28), first floor, on the Pearl Street side of the STCC campus

Ample parking is available on campus in K Lot. Use Pearl Street gate.

Hours

Monday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Tuesday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday: By arrangement only (speron@stcc.edu)
Sunday: Closed

Contact

Sondra Peron
Professor of Arts and Humanities/Photography/Philosophy
Coordinator of Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery and Cultural Programming
Darkroom/Office: Putnam Hall (B17), Room 508

Sondra Peron Professional Photographer Website
speron@stcc.edu

Gallery phone: (413) 755-5258
Gallery email: gallery@stcc.edu

Mailing Address

Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery
Springfield Technical Community College,
One Armory Square Suite 1
P.O. Box 9000, Springfield, MA 01102-9000

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