Spotlight Great Hall

Spotlight

The Great Hall

One hundred River Street, Springfield
http://www.springfielddevelopment.org

The Great Hall is Vermont’s new large-scale public art showcase that opens for the first time to the public on July 20 with a group show called Emergence. Artists include: Patty Sgrecci mobiles, Rick Hearn oil on canvas, Scot Borofsky enamel on linen, Robert Carsten pastel, Robert O’Brien watercolor, Oliver Schemm sculpture, Carolyn Hack sculpture, Stephen Procter stoneware and Tapestry Weavers in New England (TWiNE). The Great Hall is housed in the once productive and historic Fellows Gear Shaper Factory building now known as One Hundred River Street. The factory was one of the largest and best known of the precision tool industry buildings in Springfield. Now after a multi-million dollar renovation the building includes a medical center, and space for retail, restaurants and the wonderful new venue for public art—the Great Hall. With a soaring 25ft ceiling and atrium windows, the hanging space for art and sculpture is dramatic. The walls lend themselves to extra large artwork. The Great Hall’s public art space gives contemporary form to the founders’ legacy of innovation. The Emergence exhibition will be on view through November 1. A public opening reception is slated for July 20 from 5:30-7:30p.