Flooding cancels art gallery reception

by Shane Duquette
edited by Dina Martucci

The Thoreau Art Gallery had to cancel its opening reception on Wednesday February 19th due to flooding.

Student maintenance worker Cameron Foley said the flooding was caused by “a leak in the roof that went down the walls.” With all the snow and rain that has happened this semester, water found its way through the roof into the second floor of the manor. It then leaked into the faculty kitchen next to the gallery. The kitchen has been torn apart to find the leaks and stop them so they don’t spread to the rest of the gallery.

The gallery was open for its alumni ceramics exhibit which features work from alumni who graduated from two years to 20+ years ago, and which was to run until March 13.

The opening reception was cancelled so workers could fix the leak in the roof and repair anything that sustained water damage. The flooding was discovered before it caused extended damage. The head of the gallery, Professor Nathan Sullivan, said that luckily, none of the works in the gallery were touched by the water. Sullivan also said that the reception would be changed to a closing reception and will be rescheduled. The date has not yet been determined.

The gallery is still open to everyone despite the cancellation and the work happening in it.

How I got this story:

For this article, I talked to Nathan Sullivan in Petrocelli Hall, where he provided the information about the manor flooding. To find out what happened, I asked maintenance worker Cameron Foley.