Located on the first floor of Cummings, Don Porcaro’s art gallery Everybody Knows speaks to the dual-identity of many Italian-Americans, and the recognition of one’s Italian heritage through the medium of marble — a material of great historical and cultural significance in Italy.
Porcaro illustrated it best in his artist’s statement, a description of visiting Connecticut, seeing the rolling stone yards of monuments and gravestones, and nostalgic early childhood memories with family as a calling to his roots. “From the first time I cut a piece of stone, I knew that it felt right. It fed a need to work with a material that speaks to tradition, and I knew that that tradition belonged to my culture,” said Porcaro.
