New at Gallery A3 in November: Works by Keith Hollingworth and Ron Maggio

Source: Gallery A3

Gallery A3 will host exhibits by Keith Hollingworth and Ron Maggio throughout the month of November. The exhibits open on November 7 and will run though November 30. There will be an opening reception on Thursday November 7, from 5-7 p.m. at the gallery. Gallery A3 is located at 28 Amity Street 1D. Hours are 2-7 p.m., Thursday-Sunday.

Keith Hollingworth’s exhibit Ukraine, at Gallery A3 in November, consists of collage and mixed media pieces that show the disaster of the war in Ukraine. 

Ron Maggio has been exploring formal and informal variations of the grid in paintings and mixed media work since the late 1970’s. His show at Gallery A3, From There to Here, spans from a large-scale early work (There) to current work (Here), all with underpinnings of the grid used as a formal device and a point of departure, with unique and varied approaches.

The early work, Garden of the Satyrs, a five-foot by eight-foot painting in acrylic on canvas, reveals his inspiration in the classical world of ancient Greece and the sensibilities of the French Impressionists. In his current mixed media work, Maggio uses the grid to help frame a content that reflects kindness, compassion, and harmony, and is partly in response to the current political situation and climate of our country. In Love Thy Neighbor, he utilizes a “broken grid” that depicts, abstractly, harmony with one’s neighbors. In another work, Soft Spoken, a formal grid pattern and muted color tones capture the feeling of peacefulness.

Maggio holds an M.F.A. in painting from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and he is a Faculty Emeritus at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

About Gallery A3
Gallery A3 is a contemporary, fine art gallery in the Cinema Complex in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Members of the artist-run cooperative include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, fiber artists, and mixed media artists. 

The gallery was founded in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. A group of local artists believed art to be essential to the health and healing of a community and began the gallery as a place to share ideas and artistic support. Since that time, the gallery has been home to over 60 artists and is now celebrating 22 years of monthly shows with opening receptions and community forums, all free and open to the public, and an annual juried show that supports regional artists.

Gallery A3 is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council and the Springfield Cultural Council, local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.