THE BARN DOOR GALLERY
AT 33 HAWLEY
Stewarded by the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA), the Barn Door Gallery supports our mission to foster community connections through the arts, and is a dedicated venue for evolving, transformative dialogue between artists and audiences.
OPEN HOURS:
12 pm - 7 pm - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Closed - Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
The Barn Door Gallery is ADA compliant and admission is free.
Additional information can be found on our FAQ document.
THE SPLIT LEVEL GALLERY AT 33 HAWLEY
Stewarded by the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA) and A.P.E . (Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd.) the curation of this gallery is shared by both building partner organizations and supports our mission to foster collaboration and community connections through the arts.
Current Exhibits:
May 2025
softedge
May 3 - May 30
Opening Reception on Arts Night Out
softedge refers to the space between self and other, internal and external, where an ending holds the simultaneity of sharpness and a soft beginning.
Mystic and symbolic, Lena’s work contemplates both the beauty and pain of healing and being human. Rae’s work lives in the reverb of dualities: despair-hope, loss-joy, dis-connection, in-decision – where aliveness finds weight and heft when framed by the fact of death.
In dialogue, these works share a meditative and maximalist sensibility, which offers the viewer a container for their own transcendent and most human need - a place where joy and grief are held as one.
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Lena Mac (b. Boston, 1992, she/her/hers) is an American visual artist. Her practice primarily consists of painting, making large scale murals and more recently, three-dimensional objects of wood and ceramics.
Inspired by the natural world, contemporary illustration and her personal experiences, Mac’s work combines figurative symbols with abstracted forms to create metaphorical spaces that contemplate mysterious aspects of the world around us.
In 2016, Lena began painting in the streets while living in Santiago, Chile and has since continued to paint in public spaces across the world. She has participated in numerous mural festivals and been an artist in residence with La Sierra Foundation (2023 Colombia), Dripped on the Road traveling residency (2021 USA), and Watershed Studios (2019 Ireland).
Lena holds a BFA in painting from Boston University. She is a recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Grant for Creative Individuals, the Blanche E. Coleman award and the Mass MoCA Assets for Artists grant.
Lena lives and works in Western Massachusetts.
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Rae Heller (b. NYC, no pronouns) is an artist primarily creating large scale quilts. Rae graduated from Simmons College with a BA in Arts Administration and Art. Rae’s quilts queers the line between art and craft. Rae’s textile work uplifts sustainability as a generative practice, focusing on using repurposed fabric, as well as scrap by-products of the artmaking process to create. The durable softness of quilts celebrate the dualities of daily living.
Rae lives and works in southern Vermont and teaches quilting as an artform at Marlboro Studio School and Looky Here in Greenfield, Massachusetts
April 2025
Portraits of My People
Mark Guglielmo
April 2 - April 26
Opening Reception on Arts Night Out
Titled "Portraits of My People," Mark Guglielmo's current work examines the costs that Italian immigrants and their descendants have faced to attain the benefits of whiteness in America. Through mixed media collage portraits inspired by archival photographs, he highlights the evolving identities of Southern Italians, who have transitioned from being viewed as demonized laborers to defenders of whiteness. Guglielmo employs collage and unmixed color to critique race within a fine art scene where these issues remain largely unaddressed. This work is particularly relevant in light of recent bans on critical race theory, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and more.
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Mark Guglielmo (he/him, b. 1970, New York City) is a multidisciplinary artist whose paintings incorporate a diverse range of materials such as cut-up paper, cardboard, oil, acrylic, fabric, gold leaf, and corrugated steel. Guglielmo is best known for his layered figurative works that intertwine current events, social history, and the human psyche, to critically explore themes of race, class, migration, and power. Collage is central to his practice and a bridge between his art and music. For years, he employed similar techniques producing hip-hop, sampling, truncating, and reconfiguring existing materials into new compositions. Through his unique blend of media and technique, Guglielmo addresses some of the most pressing issues of out time, sparking healthy dialogue and contributing to contemporary discourse.
Born and raised in New York, Guglielmo roots his work in the exploration of the self and the complexities of the human experience. His fragmented portraits of everyday people based on archival and photographic reference material peel back the layers of social, cultural, and personal history to reveal the raw reality of life. Guglielmo’s approach invites viewers into the inner worlds of his subjects to consider the nuances of identity, place, family, culture, and belonging. Significant projects in his oeuvre include “Portraits of My People” (2021-2025), a collection of portraits honoring his Italian ancestors that reveals the fraught process of race-making in America, merging family lineage with broader cultural and social questions. Additionally, his series of photo-collage portraits, interviews, and field recordings examining contemporary Cuban identity, entitled “Cubaneo” (2015-2017) and created on 3 trips to the island, expanded his enquiries at the intersection of the personal and collective narrative, heritage, international relations, and artistic diplomacy.
Guglielmo’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including at The Loveland Museum in Colorado; Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston; Central Connecticut State University in New Britain; Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro; The New York State Museum in Albany; and von Auersperg Gallery in Deerfield, Massachusetts. His pieces are held in both public and private collections, among them Emory Healthcare in Atlanta; The Calandra Institute in New York; and the City of Loveland, Colorado. Guglielmo has been awarded multiple honors and prizes, including from The Puffin Foundation; Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts; Deerfield Academy TEDx Talk; Community Mural Institute Artist Fellowship at Fresh Paint Springfield; and The Williston Northampton School Artist-in-Residence. He graduated from Haverford College with a BA in History, spending a year at Université de Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France. A former rapper and music producer, Guglielmo aka Vesuveo rapped with Eminem on the Top 10 hit “Green and Gold.” He released 8 albums, 4 with his group The Anonymous, and shared the stage with KRS-One, Biz Markie, and Black Eyed Peas while his music forms the soundtrack to Pimp My Ride, Jersey Shore, Cribs, and Beavis and Butt-Head. He currently serves as a Community Advisor for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ ValleyCreates Program, in partnership with MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists. He lives and works in western Massachusetts.
Mass Appeal 3-D art exhibit exploring Italian-American life at the Barn Door Gallery in Northampton
WHMP Radio Talk the Talk with Bill Newman and Bus Eisenberg
Italians and Whiteness in the U.S.: A Community Conversation
Sat April 19th, 4-5 pm
Join artist Mark Guglielmo, Jennifer Guglielmo (Professor of History, Smith College), and Heshima Moja (Composer/Musician/Sonic Architect) in the Barn Door Gallery for a Community Conversation. More info here!