Hicks Art Center Gallery
Hicks Art Center Gallery
About the Hicks Gallery
Hicks Art Center Gallery provides a varied series of curated art exhibitions and related programming in support of the Arts & Communication Department and as an important educational and cultural resource for the community.
Exhibitions and related programming are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. The Gallery is located in Hicks Art Center on the Newtown campus, the locus of the College's Department.
Seeing Stella: An Installation by Jen Blazina
Step Into the World of Early 20th Century Artful Décor in
‘Seeing Stella: An Installation by Jen Blazina’
Solo artist exhibition examines the life of Stella Elkins Tyler through objects and design September 9 – October 17 at BCCC’s Hicks Art Center Gallery
Imagine a world before Pinterest and online sites influenced our design choices and tastes. That is the world you enter when you step inside the Hicks Art Center Gallery’s “Seeing Stella: An Installation by Jen Blazina” September 9 to October 17 at Bucks County Community College’s Newtown Campus.
The solo artist exhibition examines the life and impact of Stella Elkins Tyler (1884 - 1963), on whose estate the College was founded more than 60 years ago. Jen Blazina, a Philadelphia-based sculptor and printmaker, creates an immersive tableau of sculptures, reliefs and 2D works inspired by Tyler’s decoration of her Newtown mansion built in 1930, her personal objects on display there, and the flora and fauna that surround the estate.
“The exhibition continues the theme of cultural evolution in America’s history during this semiquincentennial year, following our highly successful ‘Visions of America’ show this summer,” said Clifford Eberly, the College’s senior manager of galleries and exhibitions.
The public is invited to an opening reception on Wednesday, September 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. with remarks at 6 p.m. Admission to the gallery and reception is free.
BCCC Student, Staff and Faculty Reception with the artist: September 9, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and by appointment
The Creative Genes Exhibition
Dec. 3–Feb. 28
Bucks County Community College is pleased to announce The Creative Genes, an exhibition of historic and contemporary artworks and writing from personal collections, the Moravian Archives, the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art (PFFCAAA) and The Volta Center for Writing Arts. The exhibition will be on view from December 3, 2025 to February 28, 2026, with an opening reception held on December 3 from 4-8 p.m. at Hicks Art Center Gallery.
This exhibition presents four groups of genetically related artists from diverse backgrounds and narratives who all shared the experiences and exposures to positive environments which fostered creative growth. In addition, writers participating in recent Volta Center’s workshops, will reveal their thoughts of creative lineage in words. Visitors will have a rare opportunity to see these pieces, which have been drawn from artist studios, archives and collections specifically for this exhibition, some of which have not been widely exhibited before.
Clifford Eberly, curator of the exhibition and HACG Exhibitions Associate, said "The Creative Genes represents my ongoing interest in the necessity to establish safe, creative environments for people to develop positive mental and physical practices through art. The works in the exhibition provide a deeper understanding of relationships between the concepts of nature and nurture in art-making from a variety of viewpoints. I believe it is vitally important to provide people with tools for creative agency, to improve our collective well-being. The absolute key to developing creativity is access to supportive, positive environments. You may have parents and grandparents on both sides who were or are creative but without constructive environments, creativity is less likely to develop”.
Exhibition Highlights
The exhibition will feature an array of works that explore creativity between siblings and family members. Hicks Art Center Gallery is honored to collaborate with the Moravian Archives, PFFCAA and Volta Center for Writing Arts and all the artists in the exhibition to bring this important cultural and historical exhibition to the public. Participating visual artists include Friedrich Renatus Früauff, Clara Früauff, Bernadette McBride, Constance McBride, Allison Saar, Betye Saar, Lezley Saar, Carl Wagner and Kenoka Wagner.
Gallery Summer Hours of Operation
Tuesday–Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
and by appointment
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