PAST EXHIBITIONS
Please Note: This Page Does Not Represent All of Our Past Exhibitions!
APRIL 29 - May 9, 2026
MILK was an interdisciplinary dance project by Kristin Wagner/Bodies Moving, premiering as a gallery exhibition at the Jean McDonough Arts Center’s Worcester PopUp space in Spring 2026. Drawing from personal experience and community dialogue, MILK explores the intersections between infant feeding and disordered eating and the tension between nourishment, control, and care. As both a mother and a woman in recovery from disordered eating, Wagner examines how feeding — an act often described as “the most natural thing in the world” — can stir deep emotional complexity. Through contemporary dance, sound, and portraiture, MILK reflects on the intimate labor of feeding, the cultural weight placed on bodies, and the shared struggles and joys of sustaining life. The installation features projected dance performance, an original sound score incorporating interviews with families, and portraits of those who shared their stories throughout the project’s creation. This experience was made possible by a 2026 JMAC Access Grant |
MILK
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CHASING COMFORT
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APRIL 15-25, 2026
Chasing Comfort was an exhibition of 30 pieces that illustrate items found in nature and everyday life.When life gets stressful or hard, I turn on my favorite music, such as Lizzy McAlpine. I close my eyes and remember comforting memories. Every day, there are challenges that we face as individuals and as a society. It is extremely hard to escape when there is a phone at our fingertips replaying difficult moments. When we chase comfort, we are seeking happiness, safety, warmth, and love. Through this exhibit, I capture moments and objects that make the heart slow down when it feels like it is going to beat out of one's chest. Maybe chasing comfort is a way for us to feel something greater than "us". |
APRIL 1-11, 2026
Landscapes of Home and Maps of the Heart was an exhibition and community gathering that explores how Worcester residents with a history of migration in the last few decades define, visualize, and experience “home.” Through large-format mixed media portraits, a series of graphic novel vignettes, and multimedia elements including video, sound, and symbolic objects, the exhibition presents personal and collective stories of belonging, memory, and identity. |
Landscapes of Home and Maps of the Heart
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A Message to the Gods
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MARCH 18-28, 2026
An exhibit inspired by Taino Cosmology and created in dedication to Indigenous cultures everywhere. Featuring visual art and poetry, the show uplifted ancestral wisdom and cultural identity. This was an exhibition of offerings, protest, gratitude, and sacred remembering. It gathered artists who dare to speak beyond the veil to ancestors, to spirit, to future generations, to the unseen forces that shape our becoming. The exhibition happened alongside an evening of poetry, art, and music with Legendary Artist, Ursula Rucker, also hosted by BrujaTheVillain and The Poets Cauldron, with special guest performances by Melo Green and Essma Litim. It was a night of togetherness as audience and performers become part of a living tapestry and took part in the magic of stories, rhythm, and ancestral memory. BrujaTheVillain, both participating artist and curator for the exhibition and poetry event, was a 25/26 recipient of the JMAC Access Grant. Both the exhibition and the poetry event was partially funded by the grant. |
JANUARY 28, 2026 - FEBRUARY 14, 2026
This was JMAC's first curated exhibition and it happened in conjunction with The Hanover Theatre Rep's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Visitors and artists were invited to step into a dreamscape where glitter meets grit, fairies wear leather, and moonlight glows neon. Radical Reverie//Raging Revolt was a group exhibition of 33 artists that reimagined the enchanted forest of A Midsummer Night's Dream as a punk queer nightclub called The Wood. Artists in this exhibition explored the tension between fantasy and rebellion - the dreamy and the defiant. Think whimsical chaos, lush romance with a snarl, a scene clashing with electric color, and the magic of romance, intimacy, and passion fused with underground attitude. |
RADICAL REVERIE//RAGING REVOLT
Participating Artists:
Alexander Castro - Alex O'Neil* - Alexander Nguyen* - Alyssa Soutter* - Cameron Barker - Casey Bailey* - Chris Diani - Clay Tull* - Declan Riordan - Edward Lilley* - Elisa Abatsis - Falcon Laina - Joan Rooks - Katie Croke - Kiki Shu - Leo McNamee - Lucas Teed* - Madilyn Tomaszewski - Mason Bernier - Megan Hyde - M. Accardi - Michelle de Celia Lucia e Genvieve* - Moss Blackburn* - Onyx* - Ping Zheng - Rachel Whipple* - Ren Saucier - Sandy Edwards* - Shane Connolly* - Skye Donaldson* - Valentina Ventura XX* - Will O. Valdes (W.O.V) *Denotes Worcester County Artists |