Fall 2025 Exhibitions, Gallery Talks, and Events
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Friday: 8 am – 5 pm
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ANNA SLEZAK
Mother’s Altar: An exhibition of mixed media quilts
Exhibition: October 5 – 31, 2025
Reception: Thursday, October 9, 2025, 5 – 7 PM
Artist’s Statement
“This new body of work, Mother’s Altar, explores themes of balance, thresholds, and transformation. These quilted works are visual spaces that emerge through meditation on stages of life and states of ‘being.’ Many of the pieces evoke doorways or passages, symbols of crossing into different dimensions, and embracing new experiences.
My process is as significant as the final piece. Creating each quilt is like spiritual practice, a sort of pilgrimage in search of enlightenment from the fabrics, colors, and shapes. This is reflected in their appearance and function as contemplative altars; a space to honor the inner and outer landscapes I seek to navigate. My creative practice follows the pull of intuition, the weight of memory, and the luminous threads of possibility. At the meeting point where craft and fine art blend together, each piece becomes a physical representation of unseen yet deeply felt currents.”
Anna Slezak is a multidisciplinary artist working in the mediums of drawing, painting, and collage, with a current focus on textile arts in the form of quilts. Slezak was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts by two artist parents. She studied fine arts at Parsons School of Design and UMASS Amherst and is currently in the Early Childhood Education program at Greenfield Community College. She works at The Greenfield Center School and at Waterway Arts in Turners Falls, MA. Anna Slezak lives in Great Falls, Massachusetts with her two daughters.
Website: annaslezak.com
Instagram: @_anna_slezak_
Contact: anna.slezak@gmail.com