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Paradise City Arts Festival

Artists: 260 juried fine craft, makers, painters and sculptors
Date: May 25-27; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm & Mon 10am-4pm
Location Name: Three County Fairgrounds
Address: 54 Old Ferry Road, off Rt 9
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.paradisecityarts.com

It's been called "a Mecca for art lovers", "wild and wonderful" and "the coolest collection of for-sale art around". AmericanStyle Magazine named it a Top 10 Arts Festival nationwide. The Paradise City Arts Festival marks its 19th year as New England's premier showcase for fine and functional art, with a breadth of exhibitors and activities that will astonish and enthrall you. With great food, live jazz, special exhibits, a large sculpture garden and a silent art auction to benefit the International Language Institute.

Contact: Festival Office
info@paradisecityarts.com
800-511-9725

Multitudes

Artist: Mark Thomas
Start Date: May 24, 2013
End Date: July 5, 2013
Reception Date: May 24, 4-6pm
Location Name: Freedom Trails Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6, and by appt
Address: 534 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.amherstvalleyframeworks.com

Mark Thomas uses a combination of paint and collage work to create realistic figures in imaginative environments. His paintings are inspired by multitudes of contrasting philosophies concerning love, evil, and meaning. As part of the Freedom Trails Gallery mission to benefit the community through the arts, 30% of sold work will go to the Friends of Children organization, an advocacy program for children in the Foster Care Program located in Hadley. Also open for June Amherst Art Walk, Thursday June 6, 5-8pm.

Contact: Ani Rivera
ani@amherstvalleyframeworks.com
413-256-0949

Youth Action Coalition Spring Block Party & Art Exhibit

Artists: Youth Action Coalition
Start Date: May 22, 2013
End Date: June 9, 2013
Reception Date: Thursday, June 6, 5-7pm
Location Name: Rao's Coffee in Amherst
Address: 17 Kellogg Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.youthactioncoalition.org

This exhibit will begin with a display of photography from GirlsEyeView Amherst & Ware inside of Rao's. During the Amherst Art Walk on Thursday, June 6 from 5-7pm Get Up Get Down will unveil the mural they have crafted for the red wall next to Rao's Café, Video Vanguards members will screen their newest videos at the Bangs Center, and all YAC youth will come together to present their artwork.

Contact: Allison
allison@youthactioncoalition.org
413-253-2158

Opening: New Paintings by Aaron Morse and Tom Morton

Artists: Aaron Morse, Tom Morton
Start Date: May 2, 2013
End Date: June 1, 2013
Location Name: Gallery A3
Hours: Th-Su, 1-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.galleryA3.com

Aaron Morse is showing large paintings that feature swirling images and forceful colors. Morton is showing works from Arc Studies, an extensive series begun last fall that has emerged in a creative outpouring. The paintings are experiments in color and transparency exploring an arc motif. Also featured is an anti-war video by Morton.

Contact: galleryA3@gmail.com
413-256-4250

Art with Poetry

Artists: students from Belchertown High School
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: May 30, 2013
Location Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: M-F 10-6, Th 10-8, Sat 10-4
Address: 319 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com

The exhibit, funded in part by the Belchertown Cultural Council, will feature artwork created by students and inspired by the visual poetry series "Haiku Thank You" by Denise Fontaine-Pincince. The students will present 60 mixed-media pieces that include unique sculptural and textural details.

Contact: Mareika Phillips
mareika@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197

Resiliency

Artists: Joyce Hayden, Nance Silliman
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2-5pm
Location Name: Embody Center
Address: 186 Northampton Street / Route 10
City/Town: Easthampton

An afternoon exhibit with two short gallery talks by the artists: Joyce Hayden will discuss her new "ex-voto" work and Nance Silliman will focus on her artistic process.

Contact: Joyce Hayden
joywag@yahoo.com
413-354-7733

Thrift Store Art Show!

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 11, 2013
End Date: June 5, 2013
Location Name: Nash Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-4 (& 5-8 for Art Walk)
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.nashgalleryart.com

Improved thrift store art by: Stacy Waldman, Butch Anthony, Bronwen Hodgkinson, Dawn Siebel, Susan Boss, Amy Johnquest, Nancy Perry, Unique Fredrique, Barbara Johnson, MaryAnn Phoenix, Debbie Downey, Gary Lacroix and The Riverside Arts program.

Contact: nashgalleryart@yahoo.com
413-529-9393

Landscapes

Artist: Catherine Gibbs, Elizabeth Brownlow
Start Date: May 8, 2013
End Date: May 28, 2013
Location Name: ECA+ Gallery
Hours: 12-6pm M-F
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

With spring here, it is the perfect time to embrace the landscape that embodies New England. Landscape painters Catherine Gibbs and Elizabeth Brownlow are inspired to capture the views of New England in rich painterly oils of luminescent colors with a foremost intention to light.

Contact: info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Sea Legs

Artist: William Sieruta
Start Date: May 11, 2013
End Date: June 5, 2013
Location Name: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: See website
Address: Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.eastmontgallery.net

Sieruta was born in Springfield in 1980. In 2012, he was awarded his MFA from the Painting and Drawing Department at Art Institute of Chicago. After leaving Chicago, he participated as an Artist in Residence at the Oxbow School of Art. He has exhibited his work at the Autumn Space Gallery and the Sullivan Galleries in Chicago, Illinois, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Oxbow Gallery in Saugatuck Michigan, The Elusie Gallery in Easthampton, and at the Monya Rowe Gallery in New York.

Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
info@eastmontgallery.net
413-529-9265

COUNT ON IT

Artist: Luke J. Cavagnac
Start Date: May 11, 2013
End Date: August, 2013
Location Name: The Invisible Fountain
Hours: M-F + someimes on the weekend
Address: 116 Pleasant Street Suite #206, Eastworks
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.invisiblefountain.com

The newest showing of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac. Will there be a lot of paintings? Count on it. Will there be delicious food and drink? Count on it. Will there be the good company of fellow art lovers? Count on it. Will you be there in stead of square? Count on it. The Invisible Fountain is where Cavagnac paints and displays his "Art". Hundreds and hundreds of different paintings on display everyday.

Contact: luke@invisiblefountain.com
413-896-8073

Round and About in New England

Artist: Donna Hansen
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: lathrop.kendal.org

Contact: Sarah Gauger
sgauger@lathrop.kendal.org
413-586-0006

Work By Nina Rossi

Artist: Nina Rossi
Start Date: April 4, 2013
End Date: June 4, 2013
Location Name: Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce
Address: 33 Union Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

Rossi creates colorful and textured paintings and three dimensional structures using a wide array of materials including paint, trash scraps, found industrial materials, and roofing tar.

Contact: info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Cold Series

Artist: William Chambers
Start Date: March 18, 2013
End Date: June 12, 2013
Location Name: Easthampton City Hall Gallery
Hours: M-Th 8am-5pm
Address: 50 Payson Avenue
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

In his series of still life paintings, William Chambers explores vintage devices that manipulate water including ice boxes, thermoses, and ice cube trays. The discarded objects that serve as subject matter for his work were located in trash bins and thrift stores. Chambers sees the objects of chilly insulation from yesteryear serving as a metaphor for the human body.

Contact: info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Exhiliration is within

Artist: Sandra Denis
Start Date: May 1 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: M-F 1-6pm
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: www.franklyarts.com

Pintings by Sandra Denis and Words by Emily Dickinson (Exhilaration is deliberately misspelled because Miss Emily had it that way.)

Contact: info@franklyarts.com
413-772-6811

A Series of Paintings

Artist: Pacifico A. Palumbo
Start Date: April 8 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Brick Wall Bistro
Address: 286 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: www.greenemporium.com

A series of 14 paintings from different subjects that I am interested in. Including Florals, "An Italiana Story", Landscapes, My Garden. All meant to entertain and be enjoyed.

Contact: Pacifico A. Palumbo
info@greenemporium.com
413-624-3275

Robin Pearson Keller

Artist: Robin Pearson Keller
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Goodwin Memorial Library
Address: 50 Middle Street
City/Town: Hadley

Rural Countryside and New England landscapes

Contact: Jane Babcock
413-584-7451

COST OF LIVING

Artist: Larry Slezak
Start Date: May 17, 2013
End Date: June 9, 2013
Location Name: Flying Object
Hours: 1-6pm Fri-Sun, and by appt
Address: 42 West Street
City/Town: Hadley
Website: www.flying-object.org

Larry Slezak's upcoming exhibit is a mix of two and three dimensional pieces. Thematically, the content deals with dualities in both the spiritual and material worlds. Recurring symbols such as checkerboards, crosses, and mirrors represent the intersection of pathways one may face in those realms. The decisions one makes, he believes, become the cost of living.

Contact: Anna Slezak
anna.slezak@gmail.com

Puerto Rican Community Education Posters: 1947-1990

Start Date: April 25, 2013
End Date: May 22, 2013
Location Name: Open Square, Mill 4
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: prcultproj.blogspot.com

After WWII and a decade of experience with New Deal programs, Puerto Rico was on its way to becoming a modern industrial society. Art was placed at the center of a massive public education campaign aimed at teaching the rural population about community self-reliance, democracy, public health, education, conflict resolution and the appreciation of Puerto Rico's cultural traditions. Artists, writers, and filmmakers joined the social experiment, carried out by means of the creation of popular books, movies, posters, and a variety of educational programs. These noteworthy works of art have become national treasures.

Contact: Maria G. Pagan
413-322-5640

Stacy Geryk at the Paradise City Arts Festival

Artist: Stacy Geryk
Date: May 25-27; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm & Mon 10am-4pm
Location Name: Three County Fairgrounds, Booth #323
Address: 54 Old Ferry Road
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.stacygeryk.com

Come visit "Springtime in Paradise"! I will have my latest paintings and photography in booth 323 in the new exhibition building. Plus...there will be live music, great food, and a silent auction to benefit the International Language Institute.

Contact: Stacy Geryk
stacygeryk@comcast.net
413-539-7039

7 on Site

Artists: Martha Armstrong, Sasha Chermayeff, Jane Culp, Judy Koon, Ro Lohin, Lynette Lombard, Megan Williamson
Start Date: May 30, 2013
End Date: June 30, 2013
Reception Date: June 14, 5-8pm
Location Name: The Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

Seven, mid-career American artists from across the country who work on site, en plein air. The artwork collected for this exhibit was painted in the US and Europe. The interpretations of the landscapes presented are unique to each artist, yet all have an understanding of cubist/modernist space, light, and color. 7 on Site artists use this understanding not to repeat the past, but as a starting point for working in the present.

Contact: 413-586-6300

Multitasking

Artist: Barry Freedland
Start Date: May 28, 2013
End Date: June 12, 2013
Reception Date: Friday, June 7, 5–8 pm
Location Name: A.P.E. Gallery
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.apearts.org

A dynamic installation of six "drawing" robots, which Barry Freedland employs to generate art, addressing broad issues about the intersection of time, technology, human abilities and limitations. Designed, built and programmed by Freedland, the robots are an extension of the artist, allowing him to simultaneously compose multiple, painstakingly detailed drawings that he could not otherwise create, and allowing him to go beyond the mere limitations of the physical self.

Contact: Lisa Thompson
lisathompson@apearts.org
413-586-5553

At Water's Edge

Artist: Elizabeth Pols
Start Date: April 12, 2013
End Date: September 26, 2013
Location Name: Alumnae Gallery, Smith College Alumnae Building
Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.elizabethpols.com

Pols's earliest memories are of gardens and the beach, soil and sand. So though she works in a number of media and genres, landscape is always at the heart of the work. Recent landscapes explore not just the natural world, but its complicated intersections with the human. The Sad Villa series deals also with the role of memory in imagination. The place was real: the grounds of an abandoned Tuscan villa, uphill from the house where her family lived in 1972.

Contact: Elizabeth Pols
epols@admin.umass.edu
413-695-1265

Recent Stencil Art

Artist: Chris Gentes
Start Date: May 3, 2013
End Date: May 30, 2013
Location Name: Salon 241
Address: 241 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.chrisgentes.com

This exhibit features prints on paper made with hand-cut stencils and spray paint.

Contact: Chris Gentes
chrisgentes@yahoo.com
413-387-5200

in memoriam

Artists: Mary Dunn, Wendy Whitney
Start Date: May 10, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Anchor House of Artist
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-5pm, and by appt
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.anchorhouseartist.org

Two artists whose struggles mirrors all. Pastels and paintings on road signs.

Contact: M D Tillyer
413-588-4337

Old Friends

Artist: Mark Meunier
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: June 30, 2013
Location Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6pm, Thurs-Sat 10-9pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.rmichelson.com

Featuring new egg tempera and oil paintings.

Contact: Paul Gulla
events@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964

Mastery and Grace: Bayless and Nakayama

Artists: Hayne Bayless, Hiroshi Nakayama
Start Date: May 10, 2013
End Date: June 16, 2013
Location Name: Artisan Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
Address: 162 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.theartisangallery.com

Artist reception for our new ceramics exhibit “Mastery and Grace: Bayless and Nakayama”, celebrating the artist/crafters Hayne Bayless and Hiroshi Nakayama. Please join us for this very special event.

Contact: theartisangallery@yahoo.com

Northampton High School Student Art Show

Start Date: May 2, 2013
End Date: May 30, 2013
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 9-9, Tue & Thu 1-5, Fri & Sat 9-5
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

Artwork will range from Foundations classes as well as artwork from Ceramics, Sculpture, Drawing & Painting 1 and 2, and Concentration Series works from Honors Art. Photography students will exhibit their photographs of the recent "Rally for Creativity" in the Northampton Public Schools when approximately 200 students marched from the high school during school hours to the Unitarian Society to raise awareness and gather support for the teachers and elective programs being hit hard due to this year's budget shortfall.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011

Seawall Studies

Artist: Georgia Pugh
Start Date: May 6, 2013
End Date: May 26, 2013
Location Name: The Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

Drama of the relentless waves and remnants of the man-made structures left behind are watercolor, pencil and gouache for later oil paintings.

Contact: 413-586-6300

Paintings

Artist: Chris Bagg
Start Date: May 6, 2013
End Date: May 26, 2013
Location Name: The Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

Hilltown Landscapes and other new work.

Contact: 413-586-6300

Vintage Hallucinations

Artist: Mike Cannistrano aka "Canman"
Start Date: May 10, 2013
End Date: June 12, 2013
Location Name: Living Art Studio
Hours: 11-8 every day
Address: 219 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.thelivingartstudio.com

A collection of new works by award winning artist Canman. An exploration of unusual still life's that are birthed from a combination of antique collectibles, vibrant lighting and mystical dreamscapes. These pieces were created in a way for the viewer to comprehend the darkness and the beauty that can be found in the unknown.

Contact: Alisa Inderieden
thelivingartstudio@gmail.com
413-584-3758

White Wings

Artist: Lauren Parent
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: June 29, 2013
Reception Date: Friday, June 14, 5-8pm
Location Name: Historic Northampton
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 46 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.historic-northampton.org

Inspired by an archeological dig at Historic Northampton, the subjects of Parent's work include fragments of broken ceramic and shells excavated from a midden.

Contact: Kerry Buckley
mailbox@historic-northampton.org
413-584-6011

Northampton Silk Threads: The China Connection

Artist: Stan Sherer
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: June 29, 2013
Reception Date: Friday, June 14, 5-8pm
Location Name: Historic Northampton
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 46 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.historic-northampton.org

Northampton's century of silk echoes in street names, a refurbished mill and mulberry trees bearing witness to the industry that was once Northampton's largest. This exhibit juxtaposes historical photographs and artifacts about local silk enterprises with Stan Sherer's photographs, printed on handmade rice paper, of silk-raising in contemporary China. Photographs by Stan Sherer. Text by Marjorie Senechal.

Contact: Kerry Buckley
mailbox@historic-northampton.org
413-584-6011

Recent Paintings

Artist: Larry Preston
Start Date: April 24, 2013
End Date: June 8, 2013
Location Name: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tu-W 10-5, Th-Sat 10-8, Sun 12-5
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.wbfinearts.com

A solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Larry Preston.

Contact: William Baczek
info@wbfinearts.com
413-587-9880

Journey of the Thumbnail

Artist: Greg Stone
Start Date: May 4, 2013
End Date: May 25, 2013
Location Name: A.P.E.
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.apearts.org

A show that honors the thumbnail sketch, the doodle, the first creative inspiration put to paper. These studies, in all their forms, will be exhibited along with the evocative finished pieces.

Contact: Lisa Thompson
413-586-5553

Views of Arcadia

Artist: Thomas Locker
Start Date: March 6, 2013
End Date: June 6, 2013
Location Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6pm, Thurs-Sat 10-9pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Locker/Thomas-Locker.html

Thomas Locker was one of the major American painters of the past century. In a career that spanned almost 60 years, he had over 75 solo exhibitions. His work ranged from the delicate to the monumental but all had one thing in common: the beauty of the natural world. He had a deep appreciation for the elusive link between the human spirit and the sublime force of nature. Please join us to celebrate him and his legacy at the one year anniversary of his passing.

Contact: Paul Gulla
events@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964

A Place of Reading: Three Centuries of Reading in America

Start Date: February 28, 2013
End Date: May 28, 2013
Location Name: Book Arts Gallery
Hours: Daily, 10am-10pm
Address: Neilson Library (3rd floor), Smith College
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/

This exhibition, featuring books, prints, broadsides, lithographs, and watercolors from the renowned American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA, illuminates the rich history of reading in America. It highlights the places where Americans read: at home, in taverns, in the kitchen, in prisons, in public spaces, and more.

Contact: Barbara Blumenthal
bblument@smith.edu
413-585-2906

Cultivating the nobler part of her nature: Books for Women and Girls in Early America

Start Date: February 11, 2013
End Date: May 28, 2013
Location Name: Mortimer Rare Book Room foyer
Hours: Daily, 10am-10pm
Address: Neilson Library (3rd floor), Smith College
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/

The exhibition showcases the sorts of books read by the fairer sex: cookbooks, books on bicycling (proper for women? what to wear?), biographies of women, health and beauty tips, travel accounts, and more. The exhibition is the culmination of the work of four seniors in Smith's Book Studies Concentration (the first students who will graduate with this distinction on their transcripts).

Contact: Barbara Blumenthal
bblument@smith.edu
413-585-2906

The Chemist in the Garden: Origins of Natural Products

Start Date: February 1, 2013
End Date: May 27, 2013
Location Name: Ford Hall Atrium, Smith College
Hours: 8am-6pm, every day
Address: Green Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/libraries/info/news/chemistgarden

An exhibition of botanical books from the Mortimer Rare Book Room. Signe Dahlberg-Wright, Smith College class of 2014, curated this exhibition of botanical books (dating from 1511 to 1817) in honor of the retirement of Lale Burk from the Department of Chemistry. The books on display reflect Burk's interests in the chemistry of natural products derived from plants, such as essential oils and perfumes, as well as in the uses of plants (sometimes poisonous) for medicinal purposes.

Contact: Barbara Blumenthal
bblument@smith.edu
413-585-2906

Collecting Art of Asia

Start Date: February 1, 2013
End Date: May 26, 2013
Location Name: Smith College Museum of Art
Hours: Tue-Sat 10–4, Sun 12–4, Second Fridays 10-8
Address: Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/artmuseum

Marking the 100th anniversary of the first gifts of Asian art from the preeminent collector Charles Lang Freer, "Collecting Art of Asia" will highlight transformative moments, people, and gifts in the history of collecting and displaying Asian art at Smith College Museum of Art. The exhibition, spanning three floors of the Museum, will include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South and Southeast Asian art from the permanent collection of SCMA, as well as promised gifts.

Contact: artmuseum@smith.edu
413-585-2760

The Hoarder’s Daughter: How art helped me heal

Artist: Phyllis Labanowski
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 6-9pm
Location Name: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.theartgarden.org

As part of the community exhibit, Rx 4 HEALth, some of the artists are exploring the role of art in healing and wellness. The presentations and conversations continue with artist activist, Phyllis Labanowski. She will premier a 10 minute video which reflects on her father's death, the 800,000 pounds of garbage he left behind, and how art helped her process this traumatic event. The series ends on June 11th with Jane Beatrice Wegscheider's Into Wholeness. All events are free.

Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782

Rx 4 HEALth

Artists: local and regional community members of all ages
Start Date: May 4, 2013
End Date: June 15, 2013
Location Name: The Art Garden
Hours: Mon-Sat 1-5pm
Address: 14 Depot Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.theartgarden.org

A community exhibit about health, healing, and well-being. As part of the exhibition local artists will explore the role of art in healing and wellness. On May 29, 6-9 pm, Phyllis Labanowski will present her new video, The Hoarder's Daughter. And, on June 11, 6-9 pm, Jane Beatrice Wegscheider will present images from her recent residency and discuss how her creative process integrates her life. All events are free.

Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782

The Nearest Faraway Place

Artist: Christin Couture
Start Date: May 2, 2013
End Date: May 30, 2013
Reception Date: Thursday, May 30, 5-7pm
Location Name: Ursa Major Gallery
Hours: Thurs-Sun & Memorial Day 1-5
Address: 1 Deerfield Avenue
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.ursamajorgallery.com

A small selection of diminutive panel paintings from the studio. For over a decade in all weather and seasons Couture has drawn, painted, photographed, and filmed from a precipice overlooking Salmon Falls, her "nearest faraway place" close to home in Shelburne Falls. Its protean nature converges in a spectacle of light and mood constantly colliding and shifting yet retaining its iconic form as place. Closing Finissage: Thurs, May 30, 5-7pm.

Contact: Lauri Marder
ursamajorgallerysf@gmail.com
413-824-0502

Earth and Fire

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: May 27, 2013
Location Name: Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Hours: 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-7, closed Tues
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.shelburneartscoop.com

New works in Pottery and Ceramics.

Contact: 413-625-9324

Prints for the People: Japanese Ukiyo-e and Currier & Ives

Start Date: April 9, 2013
End Date: November 17, 2013
Location Name: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org

Explores how Japanese and American artists created affordable and accessible prints that reflected city and country life during the same time in history. Each culture used a different print-making technique: Japanese artists favored woodblock prints while Currier and Ives produced images using lithography. Though dramatically different in their process, the two methods gave artists the opportunity to mass produce popular images that middle-class people were enamored with and could afford.

Contact: Matt Longhi
mlonghi@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800

Skin Deep: Tattooed Warriors and Fantastic Beasts

Start Date: April 30, 2013
End Date: December 15, 2013
Location Name: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org

Gives visitors a glimpse of Japanese tattoo art, which has been practiced in Japan since the 5th century for the purpose of beautifying the body, imbuing magical powers and even identifying criminals. Through several artists interpreted the story, the images created by the celebrated artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi are the most famous. The Kuniyoshi images in the exhibit, many in pristine condition, depict ancient heroes adorned with tattoos featuring extraordinary beasts from Japanese folklore.

Contact: Matt Longhi
mlonghi@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800

Our LGBT Community

Artists: Springfield Mass Pride, Mischa Epstein, Morocco Flowers, Alan Epstein, Darlene Duncan, George Nitya and other artists
Start Date: May 25, 2013
End Date: June 29, 2013
Reception Date: Saturday, May 25, 5-7pm
Location Name: Bing Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 716 Sumner Avenue
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmasspride.org

The Bing Arts Center is pleased to help Springfield Pride celebrate tolerance and inclusivity. This exhibit consists of LGBT artists and LGBT focused artwork, including photos, collages and embellished prints will be featured. Goodwill donation. Refreshments available. A second reception will be held June 3rd from 6-10pm.

Contact: Mischa Epstein
mischa.epstein@gmail.com
413-218-1352

An Illustrated Life

Artist: Keith Sikes
Start Date: May 11, 2013
End Date: August 24, 2013
Reception Date: Saturday, May 25, 5-7pm
Location Name: Bing Arts Center
Hours: Fri-Sat 11am-3pm, and by appt
Address: 716 Sumner Avenue
City/Town: Springfield

A Collection of Images from Keith Sikes. He hopes that those attending his exhibit will be sparked by an image and want to discover how it was created. Keith will be at the Bing on Fridays from 11 to 3 for the duration of the show and extends his personal invitation to drop by, ask questions, discuss photography, and learn about opportunities in the area.

Contact: Keith Sikes
ksikes@turley.com

Pictures and Words

Artist: Narelle Thomas
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: June 28, 2013
Location Name: Pine Point Branch Library
Hours: Mon 1-5pm, Wed 1-8pm, Fri 10am-5pm
Address: 204 Boston Road
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldlibrary.org

Drawing upon local urban settings, family, nature, and Christian iconography Narelle vibrantly depicts scenes of pain, joy, and transformation. Her visual art is featured as the cover of Bullying: Replies, Rebuttals, Confessions, and Catharsis, edited by Magdalena Gomez and María Luisa Arroyo (2012). Her poetry and artwork appear in the chapbook, When Silence Speaks (2012). Stop in to see her work; you'll be inspired by this youthful yet insightful new voice.

Contact: Janet Stupak
jstupak@springfieldlibrary.org
413-263-6828

Slain on the steps of the Temple of Men: Women in an Age of Violence and Oppression

Artist: Ruth Kjaer
Start Date: April 8, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Springfield Pulse Gallery
Hours: M-F 10-4, or by appt
Address: 11 Pearl Street, Suite 235
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.facebook.com/SpringfieldPulse

14 paintings that confront the ironic juxtaposition of the last century's gains for women and also the escalation of violence against them. Employing a mix of abstract expressionism and neo-expressionism, Ms. Kjaer seeks to lead the viewing audience into the intricate world of female emotion and spirituality. She explains, "it seems to me that part of the solution, even if it's a small part, must be to dive deeply into the emotions, the pain, and the spiritual resonance of women's unique experience today."

Contact: Shiloh Bradshaw
shiloh_dean@yahoo.com
413-313-1323

Celestial Cafe

Artist: Emily Goodwin
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: June 22, 2013
Location Name: Nina's Nook
Hours: Wed-Th 4-6pm, Fri-Sat 1-6pm, and by appt
Address: 125A Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: www.ninasnook.com

Three dimensional collage by Emily Goodwin. Goodwin grew up in Protestant New England, but her intricate artworks have been inspired by Catholic and Latin American imagery. She often combines religious elements with packaging, mythic, and fairy tale iconography to make 3-dimensional collages which she calls "Veronica's Icons" (after St.Veronica.) Subjects have included Costa Rican butterflies, St.George & the Dragon, and the three Saint Christina's celebrated on July 24th

Contact: Nina Rossi
413-834-8800

West Springfield High School 13th Annual Student Fine Arts Festival

Artists: West Springfield High School Fine and Performing Arts students
Date: Thursday, May 23, 6-8pm
Location Name: West Springfield High School
Address: 425 Piper Road
City/Town: West Springfield

Contact: Heather Kasunick
kasunick@wsps.org
413-263-3400

The 300.00 Series

Artist: Jenifer Delgado
Start Date: May 1, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2013
Location Name: Westfield Athenaeum at The Jasper Rand Art Museum
Hours: Mon-Thur 8:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat 8:30am-5pm
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield

Based on the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”. Delgado used colored pencils as her medium, applied with a heavy hand. She has been influenced by a variety of artists and styles that specifically include Surrealism as well as Expressionism.

Contact: 413-568-7833

Place [Maker] Space: Open Call for Place-based Interdisciplinary Residency

Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Art Share
Submission Due Date: June 1, 2013
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Plainfield
Website: www.placemakerspace.com

Combining the tactics of eco-hacks & maker faires, Place [Maker] Space is a new interdisciplinary residency happening at Earthdance this Fall: Sept 19-22. Do you address notions of PLACE in your work? Place [Maker] Space participants will invent practices, adapt technologies, analyze problems, devise experiments, and craft performances as a means of proposing "solutions" to place that privilege the embodied or experiential. More information on website. Apply online.

Contact: Julia Handschuh
placemakerspace@gmail.com

Windows Campaign Recognition Wall

Sponsoring Group Name: Riverside Industries
Submission Due Date: June 10, 2013
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.rsi.org/wp-content/uploads/Riverside-RFP-WINDOWS-CAMPAIGN-Donor-Recognition-Wall-2013-1.docx

Seeking proposals from local artists for a donor recognition art installation (The Project) at One Cottage Street in Easthampton. A budget of up to $10,000 has been designated to cover the artist fee, project materials, transportation, and installation costs. See website for RFP and more information.

Contact: Nisa Joy Zalta
nzalta@rsi.org
413-527-2711

Sculptural Bike Racks

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: June 3, 2013
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com/bikerack

Easthampton City Arts+ is seeking designs for permanent, artist-designed outdoor bicycle racks - to be located in Easthampton The purpose of the racks is to provide places where cyclists can secure their bicycles. The racks will also enhance the visual environment through these artistically designed elements. A total of two proposals will be selected and given an honorarium of $2500 per winning entry. One proposal for will be selected for the Cottage St. location and the Union St. location.

Contact: info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Create Your Own Fake Advertising Race Track Banner

Sponsoring Group Name: The Great Holyoke Brick Race
Submission Due Date: June 8, 2013
Submission Fees: free
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Holyoke-Brick-Race/347046728671940

Keeping in the spirit of the advertising banners that surround NASCAR racetracks and the like, we invite you to come up with your own humorous take and create a (race related) promotion that doesn't exist. These will be proudly hung on the chain link fence that runs parallel to the Great Holyoke Brick race track and will add to the fabulousness of this event on June 8. Please bring them ready for hanging with grommets, tie-downs etc. in place. Remember this is racing related advertising for things that don't exist. No real promotions please.

Contact: Nancy Sachs
nksachs@gmail.com

CHEAP ART SHOW

Sponsoring Group Name: Paper City Performance Space
Submission Due Date: 4pm, May 24, 2013
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: www.facebook.com/PaperCityPerformanceSpace

The show will run from May 24 to June 15. Any size and medium is fine, but the work must be able to be hung on a clothesline in some fashion. We'll have clothespins. Each work must have your name clearly listed on the back of the art and a price, and that price must be $10 or less. We take half of that selling price. Visitors to the show will be able to see the work, take work off the line to purchase, and take that work home with them. Artists will be paid at the end of the show. Contact for more information.

Contact: papercityperformancespace@gmail.com

STEP OUTSIDE

Sponsoring Group Name: Pascommuck Conservation Trust
Submission Due Date: May 25, 2013
Submission Fees: free
City/Town: Easthampton

Seeking submissions of two and three dimensional original artwork. Artwork should embrace the spirit of "open space" and "conservation" and might include subjects such as landscapes, agriculture, wildlife and/or use of natural materials. Artist to receive half of any sales and the other half to be donated to the Pascommuck Conservation Trust for trail/access improvement and building on PCT public lands. For more information, please contact Marlies Stoddard.

Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashgalleryart@yahoo.com
413-529-9393

Art in the Orchard 2013

Sponsoring Group Name: Park Hill Orchard
Submission Due Date: May 31, 2013
Submission Fees: $20
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.parkhillorchard.com/art/

Art in the Orchard is back! And is seeking entries for sculptures and installations for its second Biennial Outdoor Exhibit to be held between August 10 and Halloween on the grounds of Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton. A $300 honorarium will be awarded to each participating artist. See website or call for full details and application documents. Art In the Orchard 2013 is partially funded by a grant from the MCC.

Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
aio@parkhillorchard.com
413-529-9265

West Springfield Arts Council 2013 Arts Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: West Springfield Arts Council
Submission Due Date: June 15, 2013
Submission Fees: $45 for a 15'x15' space (no commission charged). No fee for West Springfield seniors (65+) or West Springfield elementary thru high school students.
City/Town: West Springfield
Website: www.west-springfield.ma.us/committees/artscouncil

The West Springfield Arts Council has announced plans for the 2013 Arts Festival, an event that last took place in 2006. The festival will take place on the town common on Park Ave., Saturday, August 3, (rain date August 4). Applications may be picked up at the J.H. Miller Framing & Gallery, 86 Elm Street, as well as the library, or downloaded at the website. This is a juried exhibition. For more information please contact Rita Peterson.

Contact: Rita Peterson
ritapete39@comcast.net
413-732-8630

Easthampton City Arts+

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: ongoing
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

Join Easthampton’s largest network of creative people. Stay connected and enjoy ECA+ creative opportunities! ECA+ welcomes members from Southampton, Westhampton and Easthampton. Members including visual artists, craftspeople, dancers, writers, performers etc. and creative businesses & organizations are invited to apply via the ECA+ website. Visit the easthamptoncityarts.com/apply for further information.

Contact: info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Nouveau Brut

Sponsoring Group Name: Becket Arts Center
Submission Due Date: August 1
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Becket
Website: www.becketartscenter.org

Multi-media, painting, sculpture and things that don't have a name, the works in this exhibit show a freedom of expression unbounded by academic norms. Beyond Outsider Art, they may be created by trained or untrained artists. Whether responding only to something deep within, or influenced by the post-modern cyber-connected world as a whole, they reflect the utterly unique visions of the individual artists represented. Have you ever done work that is so strange, so unlike anything you've maybe seen or done and you figure no gallery will want to show it? That's what we're looking for.

Contact: Wednesday Sorokin
wnsart@gmail.com
413-623-6635

Art Walk Easthampton

Sponsoring Group Name: Art Walk Easthampton
Submission Due Date: open
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.artwalkeasthampton.org

Art Walk Easthampton invites artists to submit their resumes and proposals to www.artwalkeasthampton.org for participation in Art Walks. There are no entry fees or participation fees. Both established and emerging talents are welcome. There are opportunities for indoor exhibitions and shows as well as for sidewalk/outdoor performances. All opportunities are non-paid.

Proposals for visual, music or performance art are made available to Art Walk Easthampton venues for their independent consideration.

Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashawannuck@yahoo.com
413-529-9393

Classical Painting Techniques, Intro to the Art of Drawing, and Watercolor Classes

Date & Time: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, June & July 2013
Fee: from $325 to $365
Class Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: One Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.BarbaraJohnsonWorkshops.com

See workshops website for Spring classes: Introduction to Drawing, Classical Painting Techniques, and Watercolor, dates and times.

Contact: Barbara Johnson
BarbaraJohnson202@gmail.com
413-259-7727

Classes at The Museum School at The Springfield Museums

Date & Time: June-August 2013
Fee: varies
Class Location: The Springfield Museums
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org

Adult classes offered during the day and evenings in painting, drawing, watercolor, mosaics, jewelry and creative writing along with travel programs. Children's classes offered full and half day in robotics, drawing, painting and the sciences. Classes are taught by experienced instructors and take place in the studios, galleries and classrooms at the Springfield Museums.

Contact: Sarah Gogal
Museumschool@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800

Painting and Drawing the Summer Landscape: a workshop/retreat for women

Date & Time: June 26-27, 110:30am-4pm
Fee: $225.
Organization: Paula Gottlieb Art
Class Location: Paula’s studio in Cummington and the surrounding area
Address: Stage Road
City/Town: Cummington
Website: www.paulagottlieb.com

This workshop/retreat will provide time and space for you to relax into exploring the possibilities of painting. Demonstrations and instruction in observation of the landscape and painting technique plus time for painting, relaxing, walking, swimming, reflection. Paint and draw directly from the landscape and work in the studio from photos if rainy. No art experience necessary. A wonderful opportunity for beginners... a great opportunity for those with experience to expand upon their skills. Maximum of 6.

Contact: Paula Gottlieb
paulagottliebart@gmail.com
413-634-0066

Painting the Landscape at the Bryant Homestead

Date & Time: Sunday June 2, 1-5pm
Fee: $85.
Organization: Paula Gottlieb Art
Class Location: William Cullen Bryant Homestead
Address: Bryant Road
City/Town: Cummington
Website: www.paulagottlieb.com

Meet at the Bryant Homestead in Cummington for a leisurely afternoon of painting and drawing. This spectacular site, owned and cared for by the Trustees of Reservations, provides a range of long views, pastures, stone walls and buildings... many excellent opportunities for enticing compositions and deep perspective. Instruction, demos and critiques. Some experience necessary. Meets at Paula's studio if rainy.

Contact: Paula Gottlieb
paulagottliebart@gmail.com
413-634-0066

Children's Summer Art Classes

Date & Time: Starting July 8. 9:30am-12noon and 12:30-3pm
Fee: 1 wk $300, half day $150. 2 weeks $550/$280. 3 weeks $800/$425
Class Location: Eastworks, Suite 050
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.rbarrettstudios.com

Children will explore many mediums and techniques in a working studio. They will work with other artists and be encouraged to express themselves in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment. The children will learn about artists and periods of history with a project to reinforce that knowledge. Collaborative art projects will also be used as a medium to promote healthy, social interactions and growth through FUN AND SUCCESS!

Contact: Rosemary Barrett
rbarrettstudios@gmail.com
413-203-5234

Reversible Art Dress in Nuno Felt with Marjolaine Arsenault

Date & Time: Friday-Sunday, June 7-9, 9am-4:30pm
Fee: $395 plus materials, $195 deposit (non-refundable after 5/7/13)
Class Location: New England Felting Supply
Address: 84 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.feltingsupply.com/classes/class-schedule.html

Join Marjolaine on a 3-day journey to create a two-piece-in-one tunic. Her fascination for the limitless possibilities of making nuno felt seamless garments without having any sewing background led her to playful creations that are reversible. During this workshop you will explore how various silk colors combined together with merino wool creates unique designs. Please note that this class requires standing most of the day. Intermediate to advanced felting experienced required.

Contact: Sheila Mancino
sales@feltingsupply.com
413-527-1188

Heart Art: Remembering Those We Loved with Art

Date & Time: 5-day workshops: 6/14-6/22, or 7/19-7/28
Fee: $150, including materials
Class Location: Eastworks, #416, studio/home of teacher/artist
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.dawnsiebel.com

A workshop class designed to help you express yourself through art to cherish and remember someone you loved. Each class will be limited to only FOUR students so I can give special attention to everyone. The class will happen over two consecutive weekends in my Easthampton studio, beginning on a Friday evening as we meet, share dinner and talk about the process and the person you want to honor. Over the next two weekends, you will start and finish your first HEART ART painting.

Contact: Dawn Siebel
dawn@dawnsiebel.com
413-203-1172

Learn the Art of Jewelry Making

Date & Time: Ongoing and Flexible
Fee: Private and semi-private rates available upon request
Class Location: adk Design Studio, Arts and Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence

Learn how to create your own one-of-a-kind jewelry from a passionate teacher and well-established designer in a professional studio setting. Gain the skills and techniques for designing, and fabricating your own necklaces, earrings, rings or other artful objects. Instruction includes soldering, construction, stone setting, finishing and art/design techniques. You decide! All skill levels encouraged and welcome.

Contact: Alyssa Dee Krauss
Adk@alyssadeekrauss.com
413-582-1406

Mixed Level Oil Painting & Calligraphy Instruction with Val Bassett

Date & Time: Ongoing - days and times flexible
Fee: $25 per hour/private instruction; $18 per hour/semi private instruction
City/Town: Florence

Private and Semi Private Instruction available by an experienced, well educated and caring instructor. Students are given practical instruction in oil painting and/or calligraphy, and encouraged to find their own creative style, in a warm and caring environment. With Val Bassett, BFA-Art Education, MSM-Arts Management.

Contact: bassettpainting@gmail.com
413-563-3538

Intermediate Wheel

Date & Time: Thursdays 6-8:30pm, July 11 - August 29
Fee: $300 includes materials
Class Location: Tiffany Hilton Pottery, Arts and Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street, Studio 352
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.tiffanyhilton.com/classes/

For students with some experience on the wheel who are ready to take their skills to the next level. Each student may direct their own projects to receive the instruction they need most. Demonstrations will be given each class to suggest ways to improve your form through throwing and trimming, making lids, pulling handles, and exploring function and composition well beyond the basics. Class size is limited to six students.

Contact: Tiffany Hilton
high_fired@hotmail.com
413-824-6506

Summer Art Camp with Marlene Rye

Date & Time: 4 sessions offered in August
Fee: $150 per one week session
Class Location: Marlene's studio
Address: Paragon Arts and Industry, 150 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: marlenerye.wordpress.com

Contact: mrye@marlenerye.com

Watercolors with Walter Cudnohufsky

Date & Time: September 2012 to June 2013, 9am-5pm
Fee: $100 Fee inclusive of all materials, 8 hr
Class Location: Belding Library (rear)
Address: Main Street
City, ST: Ashfield, MA
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com

Drawing, composition, skill exercises, discussion, group evaluation, step by step demonstrations are the focus of the class. One additional instructor in addition to Walt will be instructing most classes. Students will finish at least one matted painting, often several! Absolute beginners and first time painters are welcomed and celebrated as are accomplished artists. A classes group show is planned for 2013 in Ashfield. Contact for additional detail, class listings etc. (senior and multiple class discounts available).

Contact: Walter Cudnohufsky
walt@wcala.com
413-628-4600

Easthampton: Studio Sublet at Cottage Street Studios

Location name: Cottage Street Studios
Date available: June 5 - November 5, 2013
Address: One Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton

$250 / 508ft. Five month sublet of an established artist. Find out if studio life is for you. Light, airy, clean studio with huge windows and great wall space for exhibiting work. Electricity, heat and trash/recycling included; easy parking; access to building 24/7. Join a wonderful community of nationally recognized artists (www.cottagestreetstudios.com) in the first mill building in the region to house artists.

Contact: Ellen
ellen27louise@yahoo.com
413-210-5141

Holyoke: Studio Space at Open Square

Location name: Open Square
Date available: immediately
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: www.opensquare.com

The arts and creative businesses are an integral part of the atmosphere at Open Square. We offer a limited number of incredible, work-only studios for artists and small businesses in the creative fields at substantially reduced rates. Perfect for artists, artisans, graphic designers and small architecture firms. Please visit our website for more photos and information on each available studio.

Contact: Michelle St.Jacques
michelle@opensquare.com
413-532-5057