Previous shows
The mission of the Harold Stevens Gallery, open to the community, is to showcase emerging and established artists within the broadest definition of the visual and performing arts. This includes a venue for performances, screenings, and educational events.
Below are our previous shows.
The language, visuals, music, ideas and opinions expressed at any event in the Frontroom or Gallery is that of the event organizer and/or artist, and not that of WCUW, Inc., its station director, programmers and other volunteers, nor its board of directors.
Sunday, May 3, thru Saturday, June 6: Mannequin
The Harold Stevens Gallery presents “Mannequin”, a collaborative exhibition of photography, video, and sculpture examining how human identity is shaped by digital technologies.
Through immersive works, the artists explore how digital culture influences behavior, perception, and self-understanding, blurring the line between authenticity and imitation.
The Artists
Dante Diez — Argentine American artist based in New York City, works in photography, sculpture, and film exploring how smartphones and social media shape interaction, often rendering users mannequin-like. IG: @diez_dante | [email protected]
Simon Pinchbeck — Connecticut-based filmmaker with a BA from Clark University. Explores the intersection of natural and mechanical worlds, blurring human and object through movement and stillness. IG: @simonpnch | [email protected]
Hoang Truong — Vietnamese photographer, trained in Europe in traditional darkroom techniques. Examines resilience of nature within artificial and urban environments. IG: @hoangtruong.9x | [email protected]
Ricardo Barros — is a photographer, writer, curator, and filmmaker. His works are in many permanent collections including The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Art of São Paulo, and Fitchburg Art Museum.
The closing reception is Wednesday, June 3, from 5 to 7 pm. Join us for a panel discussion and gallery talk, and a guest lecture, “The Human Connection,” by photographer Ricardo Barros.
Gallery hours: Mondays noon to 3 pm; Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 11 am to 3 pm; Fridays 11 am to 4 pm; Saturdays 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; or by appointment. Free to all!
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Listen to Gail Hunt’s interview with the Mannequin artists Hoang Truong, Dante Diez, and Simon Pinchbeck. Originally aired April 30, 2026.
Saturday, April 25: Worcester’s Future Artists Show
South High artists, Worcester’s future, have a special showing on Saturday, April 25.
Come support these student artists! Enjoy, music, food, and art!
The exhibition will be held on Saturday, April 25, from 3 to 7 pm.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Monday, April 20, thru Thursday, April 23: Identity in Practice, Honoring a Community and a Legacy
To honor the late Harold Stevens, the Harold Stevens Gallery opened within WCUW in 2024, welcoming both established and emerging artists to showcase their work in this new community space.
The Gallery is collaborating with students at Clark University on the development of a new brand identity. An exhibition of student-made logo designs will be on display, and the public is invited to vote on their favorite designs and have a hand in shaping the gallery’s identity.
The exhibition will be held from Monday, April 20, to Thursday, April 23, with a reception on April 22 from noon to 1 pm. The logos will also be available for viewing during regular gallery hours.
Exhibiting artists: John De-Andrade, Danny Goodman, Leo Gordon Bullion, Sophie Lee, Vicky Liu, Andy Loverde, Owen McNally, Beverly Peterson, Owen Reimold, Stazi Salazar, Manny Torto, Chloe Venkitachalam.
Gallery hours for this event: Monday noon to 3 pm; Wednesday noon to 1 pm and 2 to 4 pm; and Thursday 11 am to 3 pm. Free to all!
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Saturday, March 14, thru Thursday, April 16: It’s a Zoo In Here
It’s a Zoo In Here transforms the Harold Stevens Gallery into a joyful, high-spirited menagerie.
This lively invitational exhibition brings together 30 artists at all stages of their careers, working across a wide range of mediums and filling the gallery with animals that are playful and powerful, tender, wild, real and imagined.
Through painting, photography, sculpture, video, and mixed media, the exhibition celebrates the enduring and ever-evolving relationship between humans and animals.
The exhibition invites audiences of all ages to experience art that delights, surprises, and reconnects us with the animal world in fresh and meaningful ways.
Exhibiting artists: Peysa Altman, Frank Armstrong, Heather Barros, Riccardo Barros, May Bees, Scott Boilard, Matthew Burgos, Alice Dillon, Carter Ernst, Tsar Fedorsky, Amanda Gibson, Dan Gillooly, Gloria Goguen, Anne Greene, Don Hartmann, Rachel Hecker, Yoav Horesh, Terrance Kent, Steven King, Ken Little, James Maurelle, Cheryle St.Onge, Tara Sellios, Brittany Severance, Catherine Smith, Alyson Souza, Frank Tolbert, Hoang Truong, Maia Simone, and Allissa Williams. Curated by Stephen DiRado and Ann Souza.
Gallery hours: Mondays noon to 3 pm; Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 11 am to 3 pm; Fridays 11 am to 4 pm; Saturdays 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; or by appointment. Free to all!
There will also be a ‘zoo happy hour’ in addition to our normal open gallery hours: Wednesday April 15, 5 to 7 pm. On April 15, the ‘happy hours’ includes a special show featuring Amanda Gibson, who will bring her puppets to life! WCUW programmers DJs Grailz and The Drifter will also be spinning an eclectic, all vinyl set featuring music inspired by the world’s wild and domestic creatures.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Saturday, January 3, thru Saturday, February 21: The Stars Are Out Tonight
Harold Stevens Gallery is proud to present The Stars Are Out Tonight, a two-person multimedia exhibition featuring the work of father and son artists J-Me Johnston and Jaiden Johnston.
The exhibition centers on imagery inspired by the music icon and English actor David Bowie, marking the 10th anniversary of his passing on January 10, 2016. J-Me Johnston’s work reflects decades of devoted study, tracing Bowie’s extraordinary career from the 1960s through his many artistic transformations and reinventions. The exhibition explores Bowie’s iconic personas, including Ziggy Stardust, alongside his theatrical and cinematic legacy, with particular attention to his portrayal of the alien Thomas Jerome Newton in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Complementing this body of work are paintings by Jaiden Johnston, featuring contemporary pop stars and cultural celebrities, offering a new generational perspective on fame, identity, and stardom.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, J-Me Johnston is a celebrated visual and performance artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the Worcester area for more than four decades. His exhibition history includes participation with the Worcester Artist Group, ArtsWorcester, stART on the Street, and the Sprinkler Factory.
Gallery hours: Mondays noon to 3 pm; Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 1 to 3 pm; Fridays 11 am to 4 pm; or by appointment. Free to all!
Closing Reception Saturday February 21, 5 to 8 pm. Enjoy a music compilation of obscure electronic soundscapes with a live overlay of sonic experiments using invented instruments. Echo1 will also be there, featuring DJ-me formerly of Industrial Sonic Echo 1, with projected backdrop of space footage. Join J-me and his son Jaiden for a unique experience in the WCUW Frontroom, adjacent to the Harold Stevens Gallery.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Listen to Gail Hunt, host of Art on the Air, talk with the artists, J-Me and Jaiden Johnston. Originally aired January 1, 2026.
Wednesday, December 3, thru Sunday, December 21: Community Silent Art Auction
The Harold Stevens Gallery invite the community to celebrate the Season of Giving with a special Community Silent Art Auction, featuring original works by some of the region’s most talented artists.
This festive event supports grassroots arts and cultural programming that enriches and enlivens our community.
The Opening Reception will be held on Wednesday, December 3, from 6–8 PM, showcasing works by Frank Armstrong, Lisa Barthelson, Louis Despres, Stephen DiRado, Dan Hunt, Howard Johnson, Rosemary Lebeau, Al Souza, Sue Swinand, and Jill Watts, along with special contributions from the WCUW family.
Guests are encouraged to join in the spirit of giving—discovering unique, original art while supporting local artists and WCUW’s creative initiatives that help Worcester’s cultural scene thrive.
Silent bidding will take place during the Opening Reception, with a final opportunity to bid and collect purchased works during the Holiday Happy Hour on Sunday, December 21, from 5–7 PM (final bids accepted 5–5:30 PM).
We invite you to celebrate the holiday season, community, and creativity with us at both the Opening Reception and the Holiday Happy Hour.
Gallery hours: Mondays noon to 3 pm; Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 1 to 3 pm; Fridays 11 am to 2 pm; or by appointment. Free to all!
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Saturday, November 1, thru Friday, November 28: Creatures of Worcester 5
The Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW presents Creatures of Worcester 5.
Imagine that there are colorful creatures living among us as we go about our daily lives – passing us on the street as we walk to work in the morning, stopping to sniff a flower in Elm Park, or crowd surfing over our heads at a concert. Creatures that don’t look like us but are just like us – looking to have a great time living this thing called life.
Peer into the minds of local artists as they give you their interpretations of what this might look like. The walls of The Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW will come alive with visions into this imaginative world we share with the Creatures of Worcester.
Photography by Lex Graziano. The Creatures are by Brian J Hoffman, Dead Rabbits, Taylor Pritts, Iriiises, Jordan Gagner, Almighty Bea, Pretty Kitty Press, Emma Rhiannon, Savage, Chris Michelotti, Kay Lee, and Son.
Gallery hours: Mondays noon to 3 pm; Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 1 to 3 pm; Fridays 11 am to 2 pm; or by appointment. Free to all!
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Listen to Gail Hunt, host of Art on the Air, talk with the artist and event organizer, Chris Michelotti. Originally aired October 30, 2025.
Sunday, September 28 to Monday, October 27: Antonio Fonseca Vasquez – Still Puerto Rican
The Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW presents an exhibition by contemporary Puerto Rican artist Antonio Fonseca Vasquez: Still Puerto Rican.
Antonio Fonseca Vasquez’s art employs various media and materials to conceptually explore themes of identity, shared experiences and inherent challenges. Still Puerto Rican invites viewers to engage in a conversation about our social biases and preconceptions surrounding cultural identity.
In the present polarization within our political climate with its present focus on national identity, our understanding of what it means to be Puerto Rican in the United States is more relevant than ever.
An internationally celebrated artist and educator, Vázquez’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the Acervo, Historia y Futuro exhibition at the Museum of Art of Caguas and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico.
Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1972, Vázquez received a Bachelor’s degree in Printmaking from the School of Plastic Arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a Master of Arts from Cornell University in 1998. Presently he is a Professor of Practice at Clark University in the Visual and Performing Arts Department.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Sunday, August 31 to Tuesday, September 23: Louie Despres: Don’t Stop Now, Photographs Over 25 years
The Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW presents Louie Despres: Don’t Stop Now, Photographs Over 25 years, a 25-year retrospective exhibition that features photography by Louie Despres.
Louie Despres is a celebrated photographer based in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is known for his diverse range of photographic projects, including documenting the Worcester music and nightlife scene, exploring self-portraiture, and capturing the changing landscape of his family’s manufacturing business.
Despres has exhibited his work in numerous galleries and institutions, including the Worcester Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum and Worcester Center for Crafts. In addition to his exhibitions, Despres has published a number of self-titled books including in 2010, “Five Months” and in 2020, “The Photobooth Project.”
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Sunday, July 13 to Wednesday, August 20: “Emerging Artists”
The Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW presents Emerging Artists, featuring four innovative emerging artists exploring themes of identity, memory, privilege and perception through diverse artistic practices.
The exhibition highlights:
Colby Casacca, whose paintings and sculptures explore queer identity and challenge societal expectations of masculinity through intimate and thought-provoking imagery.
Wynne Dromey, a recent graduate of Clark University, whose textured work celebrates confidence, individuality, and self-love by incorporating recycled materials such as handbags, handmade paper, receipts, dried paint, and plastic bags.
Taylor Green, a multidisciplinary artist focusing on psychological reflection, female perspectives, and personal memory through narrative-rich paintings using perspective, geometry, and symbolism.
Angela Risotti, who uses heliographic printing and photography to investigate memory and time, creating layered and abstracted images that encourage presence and reflection.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Saturday, May 17 to Monday, June 30: “My Kind of Blues” by by photographer Tom Hazeltine at the Harold Stevens Gallery
My Kind of Blues, a compelling new photography exhibition by Tom Hazeltine, offers a rare glimpse into Boston’s vibrant blues scene through the lens of a lifelong music lover. This is the artist’s first solo showing of his images, especially the autographed ones, in an in-person exhibition format.
Spanning over four decades, My Kind of Blues features a rich collection of live performance photography of blues musicians in the Greater Boston area. What began in the 1970s with a Polaroid camera and an open mind grew into a lifelong passion and visual archive. Hazeltine, initially a hard rock fan, was introduced to the blues by a close friend who urged him to “go right to the source.” That advice sparked countless nights at iconic small venues like The Speakeasy, where Hazeltine fell in love with the music, the atmosphere, and the people behind it.
“Everything about it was better,” Hazeltine recalls. “The music, the atmosphere, the people. I’ve only been to a handful of arena shows since.”
Drawing inspiration from vintage jazz album covers and driven by a deep respect for the artists, Hazeltine transitioned from Polaroid snapshots to a 35mm camera, steadily honing his craft. The result is a powerful collection of candid, intimate images that celebrate the unsung legends and local heroes of Boston blues. Many of these photographs are also personally autographed—a habit that began casually but evolved into a cherished part of the experience.
Though never intended for public display, Hazeltine’s archive has quietly grown into a remarkable testament to both the music and the community that shaped it. “I never planned to show the work,” he says, “but these nights, these artists, and these moments mean everything to me.”
My Kind of Blues is more than a photography show—it is a tribute to the soul of live music, the intimacy of small venues, and the stories etched in every note and every print. Read the interview of the artist by Richard Duckett of Worcester Magazine.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Parking in the Clark University lot across the street, or on the street.
Wednesday, April 23 to Monday, May 12: “Fogbound” by Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui at the Harold Stevens Gallery
Photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui presents Fogbound at the Harold Stevens Gallery, April 23 to May 12.
Fogbound is a series of photographs that were created as a meditative exercise, illuminating Pradhan Wong Ah Sui’s morphing spiritual connection to Sikkim, India upon returning home six years after their departure as a teenager. Fogbound was initially conceived of as a photo essay, for which they were awarded the Steinbrecher Fellowship. As the project evolved, the photographs became a way to elicit what they could not put into words, prioritizing emotion over understanding.
“The photographs are arranged to welcome the viewer into a meditative space for mindful contemplation on the spiritual loss of a homeland. This body of work has taught me that although I will never be able to return to the home I left behind, I will make new homes for myself as I grow.”
Grappling with diaspora and identity throughout the creation of these photographs, the very process of handling the film and winding the camera became sacred to Pradhan Wong Ah Sui. Fogbound reflects this emotion and elicits in the viewer the aches associated with growing up and departing from one’s childhood and family home.
“Through Fogbound, I have not found a way to reconcile my complicated feelings about memory and the places I call home, but instead to accept it.”
Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui is a non-binary, queer Mauritian-Sikkimese filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist whose work delves into the intersections of identity, memory, and belonging. Drawing from their lived experiences as an immigrant navigating the complexities of home, cultural dislocation, and gender identity, their art explores themes of diasporic melancholia, repressed identity, and spiritual reconnection. Through analog photography and experimental fiction film, they create emotionally resonant pieces that reflect the fluidity of both gender and cultural belonging.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Saturday, March 15 to Monday, April 21: “Who Do You Love?” By Rosemary LeBeau
Rosemary LeBeau, showing “Who Do You Love?”, comes to the Harold Stevens Gallery, March 15 to April 21.
Growing up, all that Rosemary wanted to know was found on her FM radio dial and in between the covers of her cherished rock and roll magazines. The mind-bending music and fabulous personas of the iconic trendsetters depicted in these publications boldly impacted her formative years and remain a deep source of inspiration that has permeated her lifetime.
The unique opportunity provided by the recent COVID-19 lockdown enabled Rosemary to create 35 awe-inspiring gauche paintings of her music icons. She hopes that this personal indulgence aids in reminding the viewer of the sweetness of their own youth and the joy that simple reminiscences can bring. Now she asks you…” who do YOU love?”
LeBeau is an artist living and working in Central Massachusetts. She works in multiple mediums and disciplines and always deeply explores the matters that resonate most strongly in her soul.
LeBeau graduated from the School of the Worcester Art Museum, worked as an art educator, and has had her work widely exhibited and published. You can find her work on Facebook and Instagram , and on display at her gallery, LeBeau Eccentric, located in Auburn, MA.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Monday, February 17 to Monday, March 3: “Threads of Us”, sponsored by the Clark University Photography Society
“Threads of Us”, sponsored by the Clark University Photography Society, comes to the Harold Stevens Gallery February 17 to March 3.
Threads of Us is an exploration of identity through assorted styles of portraits. Self-portraits are not just portraits of a person, but an image that reflects someone’s personality and characteristics. There is no strict rule on how a person can see themselves. These portraits are meant to highlight what exactly makes a person unique. People are a collection of everything around them; people they hold close, their home, and even items. The categories are sorted into external and internal, the things that surround a person physically and the personal aspects held internally.
The focus of the exhibition is to allow the artists to display their lives and personality and show it off. Threads of Us is meant to show that we are all intertwined, not just by an imaginary, invisible string, but by our shared love for things no matter how different people are from each other. This is meant to allow the artists to showcase their cultures and what has shaped them into the person that they are today
The categories of the exhibit include:
– Self Portraits of every artist that submitted to the exhibition
– Passions in Motion, featuring people doing the things that they love
– Loved Ones, showing off the people the artists hold dearest to them
– Trinkets and Tchotchkes that resemble who the artists are, found scattered around their homes
– Places, where home can be found
– And the miscellaneous, random things found everywhere that have no category, but significant personal value to the artist
This exhibition also includes a space where we would like visitors to reflect on what they think is identity and what exactly shaped them to be who they are. We hope everyone that visits find something that they share a connection within the art that was selected while walking through the exhibit.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Thursday, December 19 to Sunday, February 2: “A Visual Conversation with the World” by Jill Watts
“A Visual Conversation with the World” by Jill Watts comes to the Harold Stevens Gallery December 19 to February 2. (Read the press release.)
The exhibit features ceramic sculpture and wearable art by Jill Watts.
Jill’s style has an immediacy through intense gestures, often contorted bodies rapidly formed, that intensifies the often uneasy and even dangerous situation faced by the protagonists in her. Curated by artists Catherine Smith and Katie Dye, this is Jill Watts first retrospect that brings together a vast scope of her talents as one of Worcester’s most diverse artist.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Wednesday, November 27 to Saturday, December 14: Living Womb by Annabelle Edwards-Stoll
Artist Annabelle Edwards-Stoll is a sculpturist finishing their senior year at Clark University. This exhibit, Living Womb, is an exploration of reproductive rights. Through their textile and sculpture work, the Harold Stevens Gallery is transformed into a Womb where visitors are encouraged to respectfully interact with the work and converse with one another about difficult topics. This exhibit also features a resource wall with donations from Project Priceless, Planned Parenthood, and Clark University’s Reproductive Access Club.
Three supporting artists from Clark University are also featured in the show: painter, Liz Cowart, photographer and filmmaker, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui, and poet Ketshaly Philome.
Edwards-Stoll encourages all visitors of the Living Womb to, “Open the softer parts of yourself. Be vulnerable. Be respectful. Be yourself and communicate. Acknowledge all the parts that make you whole, all the parts that brought you here.”
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Saturday, October 5 to Saturday, November 23: Pariah by Don Hartmann
Pariah as defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary: “a person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast.”
Don Hartmann is a pop expressionist who investigates subversive narratives through his incongruous mise-en-scène paintings. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he has been exhibiting since 2001 both in Boston and Worcester galleries. His subject matter is derived from an array of people in his personal life, US pop culture and photographs appropriated from mass media interchangeably mixed with his own photos. (You can check out the artist’s home page here.)
Working in acrylics and mixed media, the paintings in this gallery are most recent and completed in 2024.
The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Tuesday, June 4 to Saturday, September 14: Jazz Now: by Kofi Poku
Professional photographer Poku’s debut exhibition highlights a breathtaking inventory of jazz musicians from Boston to New York City. Selected from over 20 years, Poku discreetly documented emerging and masters in the world of jazz.
Here’s what Worcester Magazine says about this show:
“When Kofi Poku of Worcester photographs jazz artists on stage he’s hoping to capture an important perspective of the performance.
The exhibition features rising and seasoned artists on the contemporary jazz scene. The passion of the performance is alive and well in Poku’s photograph exhibition “Jazz Now””.
(read the entire article here)The Harold Stevens Gallery is located inside WCUW, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
Tuesday, March 26 to Sunday, May 5: The Harold Pictures: Stephen DiRado, photograper
Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW: exhibiting “The Harold Pictures”
Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW: exhibiting “The Harold Pictures”
Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW
Visitors at the opening of the Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW
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