Essex Collection of Art from Latin America
The University of Essex's collection of Latin American art, with free displays in the Silberrad Student Centre on the Colchester campus.
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About the museum
The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America, known as ESCALA, is the museum of the University of Essex. It opened in the mid-1990s with a founding gift from a Brazilian student, Charles Cosac, and has grown to more than 750 works, mostly from the 1960s to the present day.
The collection is mainly a teaching and research resource for staff and students, and it also works with partners around the world. It has a purpose-built teaching and research space, a documentation centre with about 4,500 archive items and a library of Latin American art resources. The university library holds a national collection of 10,000 Latin American art books.
Works are shown in the ESCALA Gallery in the Silberrad Student Centre and as outdoor sculptures on the campus. Exhibitions are held at the university gallery Art Exchange, and the collection also runs lunchtime talks with academics.
Highlights
- More than 750 artworks from Latin America
- ESCALA Gallery in the Silberrad Student Centre
- Outdoor sculptures on the Colchester campus
- Documentation centre and art library
- Exhibitions and talks with the Art Exchange gallery
Permanent exhibitions
- ESCALA Gallery, Silberrad Student Centre – A selection of Latin American artworks from the collection, shown in a public gallery on the Colchester campus.
- Campus sculptures and library displays – Outdoor sculptures from the collection stand in the campus grounds, and further works are on long-term display in the Albert Sloman Library.
- Founded
- 1994
- Operated by
- University of Essex
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free to all.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Works not on display can be seen by appointment, and the teaching and research space can be visited. The collection aims to answer enquiries by email within about ten days. |
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