Subscribe to MWCC News The East Wing Gallery at Mount Wachusett Community College announces its upcoming exhibition, Mother’s Altar, featuring new works by multidisciplinary artist Anna Slezak. The show will run from October 5 through October 31, 2025, with a public reception from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, October 9th.
In this collection of mixed media quilts, Slezak explores themes of balance, thresholds, and transformation. Each piece emerges as a contemplative space—an altar—honoring life’s transitions and the unseen yet deeply felt energies that shape our journeys.
“Creating each quilt is like spiritual practice, a sort of pilgrimage in search of enlightenment from the fabrics, colors, and shapes,” Slezak explains. “At the meeting point where craft and fine art blend together, each piece becomes a physical representation of unseen yet deeply felt currents.”
Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, Slezak grew up in a creative household with two artist parents. She studied fine arts at Parsons School of Design and UMASS Amherst and is currently enrolled in the Early Childhood Education program at Greenfield Community College. Alongside her artistic practice, she works at The Greenfield Center School and Waterway Arts in Turners Falls, MA. Slezak lives in Great Falls, Massachusetts, with her two daughters. More information about her work is available on her website at annaslezak.com.