Fenêtre, French for “window,” is the new art gallery HACC is opening March 16 on the second floor of its Midtown campus building on the corner of 3rd and Riley streets. It will feature contemporary works of emerging and established artists.
The gallery’s name was selected for an interior window that is part of the 1917 building’s original architecture. The window creates an opening between exhibit space and reception area where light enters through a skylight. Metaphorically, the name is a reference to a window as an opening into the imagination.
The first exhibit opens March 16 with “Visions and Voices: The 2012 South Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Art and Writing Awards,” sponsored by Commonwealth Connections Academy, an online public school. A reception for opening day is from 5-7 p.m., coinciding with “3rd in the Burg.”
Fenêtre Gallery is in a historic landmark, the former home of Evangelical Press, a printing company that operated in the building for decades before being converted into a state office and laboratory. Today, after complete restoration, the building serves nearly 2,500 students enrolled in HACC’s trade and technology programs.
Hours for the gallery will be Friday evenings and several afternoons during the week. Events are free and open to the public. Entrance to the building is at 1500 3rd St.
