The Eckert Art Gallery, located at the Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center, 60 W. Cottage Ave., Millersville, will host an art exhibition from Tuesday, Oct. 18, until Friday, Dec. 9. The reception will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and will include a gallery talk from exhibition co-curator Tom Stanley. The Eckert Art Gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays and from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

"True Likeness" is a traveling exhibition that originated at Davidson College in North Carolina, and it was curated by Lia Newman and Stanley during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During a time when everyone concealed their faces with masks, the curators asked the question, "What is a likeness?" The collection includes artwork that offers a wide range of answers to the question through mediums such as video, photography, painting, collage, installation, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. The show explores the concept of a likeness and seeks to demonstrate that it can be more than something or someone's face value.

"One of the reasons this exhibition stood out to me is the diversity of artistic styles as well as the range of points of view shown by the artists," said Heidi Leitzke, associate professor of art at Millersville University and director of the Eckert Art Gallery. "One thing I love about running the gallery is being able to bring art of national reputation to our campus so that students don't have to travel to New York, Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., to see exceptional work." Leitzke is the first full-time director of the Eckert Art Gallery, which runs three or four exhibitions per academic year. Due to the size of "True Likeness," part of the exhibition will be installed in the Sykes Gallery in Breidenstine Hall on campus in addition to the Eckert Art Gallery.

"True Likeness" is sponsored by Jerry and Susan Eckert, after whom the gallery is named. The gallery was a part of the campus library until 2012, when it was renovated and moved to the Winter Center. Jerry served as Millersville University's vice president of development for several years; Susan and Jerry both live locally and are active supporters of the gallery.

For more information, visit http://www.millersville.edu/eckertartgallery/.