To the Village Square: An Experiment in American Democracy

Artist: Lionel Delevingne
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: May 1, 2012
Location Name: Du Bois Library
Address: UMass
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: bit.ly/exhibit_nonuke

Photographs by photojournalist Lionel Delevingne covering the antinuclear movement.

Contact: Anne Moore
amoore@library.umass.edu
413-545-6888

One Truth & One Story

Artist: Christopher M. Lavery
Start Date: February 6, 2012
End Date: February 23, 2012
Location Name: Student Union Art Gallery
Hours: M-Th 10-5, F 10-3
Address: 326 Student Union, UMass
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.umass.edu/rso/suag

An installation of site sensitive sculpture. Ordinary materials are transformed into the extraordinary through unexpected applications and juxtaposition. Professor Lavery's method of responding to the site and to the culture, in which the work is constructed and installed, brings a uniquely philosophical, imaginative and whimsical vision to the Student Union Art Gallery and to the greater UMass campus.

Contact: studentunionag@gmail.com
413-545-0792

Abstractions

Artist: Jackie Griswold
Start Date: January 30, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: Laughing Dog Bicycles
Address: 63-65 South Pleasant Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.JackieGriswoldArt.com

When I am in the studio, time disappears as I become engaged with the art. I find myself particularly influenced by the Abstract Expressionist style of painting at this juncture - the raw emotion and energy that comes out when I'm painting mystifies and excites me. Mixed media work allows me to add depth and texture that adds to the energy. I often work on more than one painting at a time, especially when working on a series.

Contact: Jackie Griswold
jackie_griswold@yahoo.com

February at Gallery A3

Artist: Jozan Treston
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 25, 2012
Location Name: Gallery A3
Hours: W-Su 1-7
Address: 28 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.galleryA3.com

A one-person show of paintings, encaustics, drawings and constructions by artist Jozan Treston, the gallery's founder, who is turning 80 this year. Gallery A3 marks its tenth anniversary in 2012. The celebration began with an all-member retrospective in January and continues with Treston's one-person show.

Contact: Marianne Connolly
GalleryA3@gmail.com
413-256-4250

Thinking Water: Poetry, Systems and Politics

Artist: David Teeple
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: March 16, 2012
Location Name: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: Fine Arts Center, UMass
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.umass.edu/fac/umca

This exhibition features work by David Teeple alongside pieces he has selected from the museum's works-on-paper collection, which includes over 2600 contemporary prints, drawings, and photographs. Teeple's work will reference rivers, aquifers and the hydrologic cycle in context to systems of economy, nature, and science.

Contact: 413-545-3670

In the Kingdom: Landscape Paintings of Vermont

Artist: Louise Arnold
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 28, 2012
Location Name: Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.joneslibrary.org/burnett

Arnold is a landscape painter who works both en plein air and from her photographs, painting New England landscapes with which she has great familiarity. "I am interesting in capturing the character or spirit of specific places, and in exploring how the qualities of those places affect me as an artist working in them." The paintings that result have evolved from this exploration and engagement.

Contact: Louise Arnold
ljarnold2003@yahoo.com
978-505-5832

René Théberge: Recent Photographs

Artist: René Théberge
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: February 28, 2012
Reception Date: Saturday, February 11, 4-7pm
Location Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Weds 10-6, Thur-Fri 10-8, Sat-Sun 10-5
Address: 319 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com

For over a decade and a half Théberge has been using macro photography to explore flowers, particularly the inner details, as he says of these photographs the point is "to share with people the beauty in even the smallest details of nature and to inspire others to look more closely at the world around us". Over the last few years Théberge has switched gears to include landscape photography using both film and digital photography to explore the rhythms and patterns of the natural world.

Contact: Michelle Raboin
michelle@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197

In The Realm of the Senses: The Works of Richard Yarde

Artist: Richard Yarde
Start Date: January 26, 2012
End Date: February 23, 2012
Hours: Mon-Fri 11-4, Sun 1-4
Location Name: Herter Gallery
Address: UMASS Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA

The exhibition has been conceived as a Memorial to the late artist and former Professor of Painting in the Department of Art, Architecture and Art History, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who died on December 9, 2011. In the context of American contemporary art, Yarde came to be widely regarded as one of the foremost exponents of watercolor painting, whose numerous technical innovations brought the medium to new plateaus of excellence.

Contact: Trevor Richardson
413-545-0976

The Gesture in Light: Illuminated

Artist: Theresa Antonellis
Start Date: January 9, 2012
End Date: May 11, 2012
Location Name: Science and Engineering Library, Lederle Lowrise
Address: UMASS Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA

The exhibit consists of a related series of framed prints featuring photo-enhanced light photography.

Contact: mcharney@library.umass.edu
413-577-0785

A Novel Idea curated by Anne LaPrade Seuthe and Sally Curcio

Artists: Alexis Fedorjaczenko, China Marks, Ilgim Veryici, Jessica Ferguson, Candace Bradbury Carlin, Jesse Connor, Pam Glaven, Oriole Feshbach, Rita Edelman, Jeanne Williamson, Linda Stillman, Laura Holland, Mary Sherman, Terry Jenoure, Sally Curcio, Holly Murray, Cynthia Consentino, Alicia Hunsicker, Claudia Sperry, Zoe Fedorjaczenko, Jesse Epstein , Cynthia Guild, Sondra Peron, Rhoma Mostel
Start Date: December 11, 2011
End Date: February 19, 2012
Location Name: Incubator Project Space at Hampden Gallery UMASS Amherst
Hours: Mon-Thur 12-6, Sun 2-5
Address: Southwest Residential Area off University Drive UMASS Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.fineartscenter.com/hampden

Electronic devices like the Nook and the Kindle have already captured huge swatches of the reading public's loyalty. Quick. Before it?s too late, this group of painters, sculptors, writers, film-makers, printers, and all-round lovers of the printed page, boldly bend, fold, and mutilate traditional books until all that remains are discrete art objects. These one of a kind altered works stand witness to the rapid evolution of the book as we know it.

Contact: Anne LaPrade Seuthe
a.faithlaprade@acad.umass.edu
413-545-0680

Mix and Match curated by Klaus Postler

Artists: Arrin Fancher, Chambliss Giobbi, Susan Gonsalez Smith, Christoph Rodde, Kathyrn Greenburg, Margaret Noel, Matt Phillips, Michael Goering, Peter Lewis, Peter Gordon, Petula Bloomfield, Ryan Sarah Murphy
Start Date: December 11, 2011
End Date: February 19, 2012
Location Name: Hampden Gallery, UMASS Amherst
Hours: Mon-Thur 12-6, Sun 2-5
Address: Southwest Residential Area off University Drive UMASS Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.fineartscenter.com/hampden

To mix and match is to combine things that are not related. Although the items may all exhibit different characteristics, within the phrase, there is an assumption that items to be mixed and matched are of roughly equal value. In making his selections for Mix and Match, curator Klaus Postler was a stickler for originality. When it came to craft, he was hard-core. Postler is a collage artist' collager and the proof is in the proverbial pudding.

Contact: Anne LaPrade Seuthe
a.faithlaprade@acad.umass.edu
413-545-0680

Pyramids of Hope

Artist: Pacifico A. Palumbo
Start Date: April 1, 2011
End Date: January 2013
Location Name: Mike & Tony's Pizzeria & Gallery at Green Emporium
Hours: Illuminated after dark daily
Address: 4 Main Road
City, ST: Colrain, MA
Website: www.greenemporium.com

Neon Artist Palumbo has created 2 Pyramids Called: "2012 Pyramids Of Hope" as an installation. One stands outside his restaurant Mike & Tony's Pizzeria at Green Emporium in Colrain, the other large one is located on the site of the old Colrain Inn which is around the corner from the restaurant. The pyramids are in response to the Mayan Calendar which marks December 21st 2012 as "The End Of The World". In a world that we live in today we need a lot of HOPE.

Contact: info@greenemporium.com

Opposition and Contingency

Artist: Hannah Richards
Start Date: February 11, 2012
End Date: March 8, 2012
Reception Date: Saturday, February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: White Square - Fine Books & Art
Hours: Tue-Sat 10-5
Address: 86 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.whitesquarebooks.com

Hannah Richards work explores states of fragmentation that create tensions in the relationship of the parts to the whole in terms of material, space, and metaphor. Pursuing issues of time, duration and accumulation, her work incorporates large drawings, installation, and video. Brown Bird performs at the February 11th Art Walk, 6-7pm (www.brownbird.net).

Contact: Eileen Corbeil
whitesquarebooks@gmail.com
413-203-1717

To be Hung Over

Start Date: February 6, 2012
End Date: March 6, 2012
Reception Date: Saturday, February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: Old Town Hall
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.eastmontgallery.net

6th Annual exhibit-sale of Pre-owned artwork and wall décor. Eastmont Custom Framings' annual inventory sale of original work, prints and posters, as well as used frames, stock miodings and matboards, all priced TO GO!

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

Handmade With Love Craft & Gift Market

Date: Saturday, February 11, 10am-4pm
Location Name: Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.facebook.com/handmadewithlovemarket

Returning for its second year, this show features 22 juried artisans offering a variety of traditional and creative Valentine's Daygifts, including chocolates, jewelry, cards, accessories, and more - all handcrafted in western Massachusetts. Admission and parking are free, and the first 50 attendees will receive complimentary swag bags.

Contact: Karen Shaw Suriner
stargazerstudios@aol.com
413-529-2761

Art Walk Easthampton: 4th Annual Fire & Ice Celebration

Date: Saturday, February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: various locations
Address: downtown
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.artwalkeasthampton.org

Easthampton will be resplendent with glowing ice luminaries and torches, street performers, art openings and musical performances. Eleven artists will have their studios open to the public at Paragon Arts and Industry, there will be two free musical performances, acrobatic and fire juggling performance, cookie-decorating for kids and much, much more. Visit our website for a complete listing of activities and to print your Art Walk map.

Matchworks

Artists: Dean Nimmer, Maggie Nowinski and David Poppie
Start Date: February 10, 2012
End Date: March 7, 2012
Reception Date: Saturday, February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: Nash Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.nashgalleryart.com

Three area artists who have incorporated the practice of collecting matchbooks, will be showing related Matchworks at the Nash Gallery in Easthampton. The exhibition coincides with the annual "Fire and Ice" theme of Art Walk Easthampton. Though approaches differ, each artist addresses the history of the matchbook by exploring formal elements in relation to the matchbook as both object and image, addressing the collaborative, political, functional and emotive qualities of their collections.

Contact: Maggie Nowinski
maggienowinski@gmail.com
413-539-7894

Paragon: A Group Exhibit

Date: Saturday, February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: Paragon Arts and Industry Building
Address: 150 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA

Discover Paragon Arts and Industry Building during the Easthampton Art Walk. Artists and Craftsmen: Susan Arata Barocas, Cascata Woodworking, Pat Coon, Mannhattan Restorations, Louise Friedl, Catherine Gibbs, Amanda Hill, Maggie Nowinski, Marlene Rye, Fletcher Smith, Joe Sziranko. Food Sponsor: Easthampton Diner. Live Acoustic Guitar: Shane Loiselle, Downstairs Instrument Repairs.

Contact: Fletcher Smith
413-529-9962

Local Landscapes in Oil

Artist: Charles M Fisher
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Reception Date: Sunday, February 12, 4-5pm
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: lathrop.kendal.org

I've always had an interest in painting, particularly the work of the 19th century landscape and genre artists. Over the course of my career as an antiques dealer I've had many opportunities to study their work and find great satisfaction in attempting to do what they did. My painting has presented me with many wonderful and exciting moments and I look forward to many more in the future. I favor using antique frames for my paintings and do so on most occasions.

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

Assemblage

Artist: Rosemary Barrett
Start Date: February 9, 2012
End Date: February 28, 2012
Reception Date: February 11, 5-8pm
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts+ Gallery
Hours: Tues-Sat 12-6
Address: 43 Main Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

In the tradition of Joseph Cornell, Rosemary Barrett exhibits assemblage sculptures that explore poetic themes with found objects in delicate boxes. Many years ago she began exploring the usage of found materials within her work as she compiled an extraordinary amount of fragile materials from antique shows and thrift stores. With feathers, boxing gloves, hair, and more, Barrett’s tableaux of precious objects create clues to a surreal narrative that lies somewhere in between the romantic and disquieted nostalgia.

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

Out There or Bust

Artist: Luke J. Cavagnac
Start Date: February 11, 2012
End Date: May 2012
Reception Date: February 11, 6-9pm
Location Name: The Invisible Fountain
Address: 116 Pleasant Street Suite #206
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.invisiblefountain.com

The newest showing of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac. Out of this world art for your viewing pleasure. You may even take some home to your own galaxy. Come get spaced out and see what happens when your particles pass through the P4000 color destabilizer device. Let's get out there!

Contact: Luke J. Cavagnac
luke@invisiblefountain.com
413-527-9300

Backyard Pics

Artist: Corky Lucey
Start Date: January 18, 2012
End Date: March 16, 2012
Location Name: Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce Gallery
Hours: 8:30am-4pm
Address: 3 Union Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

Corky Lucey’s photographs capture the outdoors through color photography. His subjects of barns, birds, and natural views capture an appreciation for the beauty of the rural landscape. "I want people to like my subjects as much as I do, and if they find something more in it, so much the better. I am nothing more than a taker of pictures," modestly explains Lucey.

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

Paper Thoughts

Artist: Pat Bock
Start Date: January 5, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: The Williston Northampton School, Grubbs Gallery
Hours: M-F 8:30-5
Address: 19 Payson Avenue
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.patbock.com

In her recent mixed media compositions, Bock finds paper to be an accommodating medium as she puts it through its paces. Simple ideas such as seeds, slips, and scribbles are thoughtfully expressed through line, color, and texture.

Contact: Traci Wolfe
413-529-3311

New Prints by Erika Radich and Carolyn Webb

Artists: Erika Radich, Carolyn Webb
Start Date: January 6, 2012
End Date: February 10, 2012
Location Name: Zea Mays Printmaking
Hours: Tues-Wed 10-8, Thur-Sat 10-5, and by appointment
Address: 221 Pine Street, #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com

The exhibition features two artists who work abstractly to produce beautiful prints that are both mesmerizing and thought provoking.

Contact: liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Annual Teen Art Exhibit

Artists: students from Franklin County schools
End Date: February 17, 2012
Reception Date: Friday, February 10, 5:50-7:30pm
Location Name: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: M-F 1-6pm, and Saturday, February 11, 11am-3pm
Address: 15 Mill Street
City, ST: Greenfield, MA
Website: www.franklyarts.com

Participating schools: Academy at Charlemont, Deerfield Academy, Eaglebrook School, Four Rivers Charter Public School, Frontier Regional High School, Greenfield High School, Mahar Regional High School, Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Northfield Mount Hermon, Pioneer Valley Regional High School, Stoneleigh-Burnham School and Turners Falls High School. This is an exciting exhibit with 2 and 3D creations by teens. Artists statements accompany most of the art work.

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

Beauty, Light and Proportion in Oil Painting

Artist: Valerie Bassett
End Date: February 24, 2012
Location Name: Geissler Gallery, Stoneleigh Burnham School
Hours: 9-5pm daily
Address: Bernardston Road
City, ST: Greenfield, MA

Contact: valeriebassett@comcast.net

State of Flux: Balance & Flow

Artists: Michelle DeMarco, Theresa Rock, Natania Hume, and Charlene Cloutier
Start Date: February 11, 2012
End Date: April 20, 2012
Reception Date: February 11, 5:30-7:30pm
Location Name: Spaces Gallery, Cultural Center at Eagle Hill
Hours: M-F 3:30-5pm, and by appointment
Address: 242 Old Petersham Road
City, ST: Hardwick, MA
Website: www.centerateaglehill.org

United by their sensitivity to motion, these artists examine the nature of change: the state of flux that is our existence.

Contact: Pat Bock
pat@thecenterateaglehill.org
413-477-6000

VISUAL (Ventures in Science Using Art Laboratory)

Artists: Graduate students from the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UMASS
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 27, 2012
Location Name: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Sat-Mon 12-4
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.wistariahurst.org

Fascinating images captured as a direct experimental result from research conducted on campus or at partner institutions. Accompanying each of the images in the gallery is a description, in non-technical terms, explaining the science behind the picture. VISUAL is an outreach program at UMASS based on the premise that the visual arts provide an effective means to educate and stimulate the general public as well as students of all ages on the importance of scientific research in our everyday lives. Admission $3

Contact: Marjorie Latham
lathamm@ci.holyoke.ma.us
413-322-5660

Midwinter Lecture Series: Jeanette Cole

Artist: Jeanette Cole
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 7pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

Jeanette Cole teaches painting and serves as Associate Chair of the Department of Art, Architecture and Art History at the University of Massachusetts. She has exhibited at colleges and galleries across the country. In 2000, Central Florida University exhibited her Paradise Series, multicomponent mixed media painting, which exemplified her interest in seemingly incompatible cultural systems. She is a recipient of a Howard Foundation Fellowship and a Virginia Museum Professional fellowship.

Contact: oxbowgallery@gmail.com
413-586-6300

2nd Annual Northampton Ice Art Festival

Artists: Joe Almeida, Don Chapelle, Bill Collins, Tim de Christopher, Peter Dellert, Claudio Guerra, Chris Nelson, Mat O'Donnell, David Rothstein, Ralph Streete and Greg Stone
Start Date: February 10, 2012
End Date: February 14, 2012 (weather permitting)
Reception Date: Friday, February 10, 5-8pm
Location Name: Downtown Northampton
Address: Downtown Northampton
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

Get ready for thrills and chills at the second annual Northampton Ice Art Festival that begins on Friday, February 10. The public is invited to witness the creation of fabulous ice sculptures throughout downtown starting at 10am that day. Completed works will highlight Northampton's "Arts Night Out," 5-8pm and remain on display throughout the weekend. If the weather cooperates, everyone will still be enjoying these artfully crafted masterpieces on Valentine’s Day!

Contact: ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Shibori Bound (Wearable Art)

Artist: Jeanne Lally
Start Date: February 7, 2012
End Date: March 3, 2012
Reception Date: Friday, February 10, 5-8pm
Location Name: The Trailside Gallery
Hours: M-F 9-5, Sat 11-4
Address: 14 Strong Avenue
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.thetrailsidegallery.net

Shibori, which comes from the verb root shiboru "to wring, squeeze, press," is a Japanese word for textiles in which a variety of resist techniques are used prior to dying in order to form intricate patterns on the cloth. Although Shibori is a Japanese word, its family of techniques includes numerous resist processes practiced throughout the world. Shibori Bound was founded by Jeanne Lally and her Mother, Barbara, a two-woman artist team.

Contact: Jessica Ryan Lapinski
jrlapinski@comcast.net
413-478-3137

Who are 'we the people?'

Artists: Youth Action Coalition's Arts-for-Change Youth
Start Date: February 3, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Reception Date: Friday, February 10, 5-7pm
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Tues-Fri 11-4
Address: 17 New South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

An exhibition of digital and analog photography, sculpture, and film, in which youth have made striking observations on what it means to be a citizen of their town, their country, and the world. The exhibition is organized in two parts. The East Gallery will feature photographic works by the members of GirlsEyeView Ware, GirlsEyeView Amherst, and E'town Rising; the West Gallery will host a collaborative sculpture/video installation as well as individual works created by Get Up Get Down and Video Vanguards.

Contact: Patrick LaRiviere
patrick@youthactioncoalition.org
413-253-2158

Second Friday at Smith College Museum of Art

Date: Friday, February 10, 4-8pm
Location Name: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: Elm Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.smith.edu/artmuseum

4–6pm Hands On! Art making for ages 4+ with adult (while supplies last). 6pm Open Eyes: An informal, guided conversation about an art object (no experience required). Light French fare by Riff’s Café. Museum Shop open 10–8. Featuring the exhibition: Debussy’s Paris, Art, Music & Sounds of the City.

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

Peer Group: 5 photographers who inspire each other

Artists: Peter Kitchell, Sarah Holbrook, Ellen Augarten, Gregory Thorp, Frank Ward
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: Forbes Library, Hosmer Gallery
Hours: Mon 9-9, Tues 1-5, Wed 9-9, Thur 1-5, Fri-Sat 9-5; closed Sundays and holidays
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org/hosmer

We are having this exhibition because we want to convey what happens when visually oriented people make the time to get together and let our pictures do the communicating. We have been doing just that for two years now, meeting about once a month to enjoy each other's company and to think with our eyes. The selections from five individual portfolios on display in the Hosmer Gallery represent five facets of our group expression.

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

Two Friends, Two Ways

Artists: Lorna Ritz, Sarah Swenson
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 26, 2012
Reception Date: February 10, 5-7pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery, Back Room
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

Lorna's abstract paintings capture light and space through the relationships of color, inspired by landscape, and Sarah's pastel drawings on paper are of the farm adjoining Cora Warner's farm in Williamsburg.

Contact: oxbowgallery@gmail.com
413-586-6300

DIALECTIC: Paintings, Drawings, and Photographs by Joyce Conlon

Artist: Joyce Conlon
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 26, 2012
Reception Date: February 10, 5-7pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org

In this series, richly layered and playful abstractions give form to the Hegelian dialectic. Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis are realized when abstract and contradictory forms repeat. In a process that is often repeated, Conlon paints and then sands the paint in order to reveal and burnish earlier painted layers and then paints a fresh layer intermittently. The painting is complete when complimentary painted layers reach an accord or synthesis.

Contact: oxbowgallery@gmail.com
413-586-6300

Nature's Eyes

Artist: Pat Morris
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: February 28, 2012
Location Name: New Gallery, Cooley-Dickinson Hospital
Address: 30 Locust Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.PatMorrisArtist.com

Pat Morris is a wildlife artist who works primarily in pastel; she also specializes in pet portraits and does wildlife paintings on feathers and birch bark. She is a resident of Stafford Springs and a native of Manchester, CT. Her work has been exhibited in the last 25 years in art shows and venues throughout the northeast with her most recent award being Best in Show at the Tobacco Valley Artists Association's Fall Member Show in Ellington, CT.

Contact:Pat Morris
patmorris123@cox.net
860-808-4405

2012 Annual Still Life Exhibition

Artists: Scott Prior, Stanley Bielen, Eric Wert, Robert Sweeney, John Roy, Nanny Vonnegut, Nicora Gangi, Robin Freedenfeld, Yin Yong Chun, Larry Preston, and David Harrison
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: March 17, 2012
Location Name: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: T-W 10-5; Th-Sat 10-8; Sun 12-5
Address: 36 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.wbfinearts.com

William Baczek Fine Arts starts off its 2012 schedule with the Annual Still Life Exhibition. Eleven of the gallery's artist will present new work in oil paint, pastel, and printmaking methods.

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

Katy Schneider: Two Decades of Portraiture

Artist: Katy Schneider
Start Date: February 5, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Reception Date: Friday, February 10, 5-8pm
Location Name: A.P.E. at Window
Hours: Tues-Sun 12-5, Fri 12-8, Closed Mon
Address: 126 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.apearts.org

Katy Schneider's exhibition of portrait paintings spans the past two decades. It includes family, individual and self portraits. Schneider is a Northampton resident and teaches drawing and painting at Smith College where she has been a lecturer since 1990. In the past 20 years Schneider has completed hundreds of portraits. Most are intimate in size ranging from 4 x 6 inches to 18 x 24 inches.

Contact: Lisa Thompson
413-586-5553

Photography and Oil Paintings

Artist: Patricia Czepiel Hayes
Start Date: January 23, 2012
End Date: April 27, 2012
Location Name: Smith College Alumnae Gallery
Hours: M–F 9am–4:30pm (closed weekends)
Address: 33 Elm Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.hadleydesignworks.net

Using first the camera, I explore abstract compositions in cultivated plants and extend the creative process with oils on canvas. Intentionally using sharp and soft focus, I'm drawn to the painterly quality of elements outside a narrow depth of field, and the sharp, irregular lines weaving through the images. Most of the plants in this exhibit were growing within 50 ft. of my home in Hadley, Massachusetts, in my own modest gardens and in the gardens of nearby friends and neighbors.

Contact: Patricia Hayes
ph@hadleydesignworks.net
413-584-4315

Fine Art photographs

Artist: Jim Gambaro
Start Date: January 3, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: Palmer Public Library, Community Room Gallery
Address: 1455 North Main Street
City, ST: Palmer, MA
Website: www.jimgambarophotography.com

Images in the exhibition will range from Belchertown backyards and familiar scenes such as the Quabbin Reservoir and Swift River, to such exotic locales as Gibraltar, Costa Rica and Antarctica. In addition to the nature and travel photography for which he is best known, several of Gambaro’s less familiar abstract works will also be on display. All images in the exhibit are available for purchase.

Contact: Jim Gambaro
413-323-5117

All You Need Is Love

Artists: member artists of the Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: February 27, 2012
Location Name: Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Hours: 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-7, closed Tues
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.ShelburneArtsCoop.com

A Valentine Group Show by member artists of the Shelburne Arts Cooperative, and the 1st Annual Heart of Winter Sale February 8-27 with special offers on local art including fiber art, jewelry, wall art, photography, pottery, wood craft, and more.

Contact: 413-625-9324

The Meadows

Artist: Betsy Feick
Start Date: January 28, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Reception Date: Sunday, February 19, 1:30-6pm
Location Name: The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery
Address: 2 East Street @ Route 10/College Highway
City, ST: Southampton, MA

Feick has captured the images using infrared capture with a specialized digital camera that allows her to get some exceptional results. She says, "The camera renders images from light that is just beyond visible to our human eyes: Greens look white and skies are dark and dramatic." Public Reception: Sunday, February 19, 1:30-6pm. Artist Gallery Talk: Sunday, February 19, 3pm. Refreshments served.

Contact: Robert Floyd
floydphoto@charter.net
413-529-2635

Trio of Talent

Artists: Richard Swiatlowski, Keith Sikes, Shawn Davis
Start Date: January 31, 2012
End Date: March 2, 2012
Location Name: Valley Photo Center
Hours: Tues-Fri 11-2
Address: Tower Square, 1500 Main Street
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.valleyphotocenter.com

Richard Swiatlowski, Keith Sikes and Shawn Davis all learned the basics by watching their fathers. They went on to express their own passion for the visual and have created some beautiful images.

Contact: Keith Sikes
ksikes@turley.com
413-250-3738

Radiant: Women of Color

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 3, 2012
End Date: March 2, 2012
Location Name: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery
Hours: Tues-Fri 12:30-4:30, Sat 10-2
Address: Springfield Technical Community College, One Armory Square
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.stcc.edu/arts/

Radiant: Women of Color honors women artists of all ethnic backgrounds and will lead us into Women's History Month, March. The exhibit is curated by Rosemary Tracy Woods of Art for the Soul Gallery and will include female artists in a variety of media. Kristine Crimmins, Gina Beavers, Trish Gracia McDowell, Hannah Morris, Awilda Oxios, Lorraine MacAlpin, Jackie Griswold, Stacy Pringle, Diana Mara Henry, Denise Mari Stewart, Tiffany Jones, Debi Cappucci, and Delois Barnes.

Contact: Francie Riddle
fmriddle@stcc.edu
413-755-5288

First Light: Inner and Outer Landscapes

Artist: Margaret Lloyd
Start Date: January 18, 2012
End Date: February 17, 2012
Location Name: Springfield College, Blizard Gallery
Hours: 9-3 M-F
Address: Wilbraham Avenue
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.spfldcol.edu

My paintings occupy the boundary between the known and the unknown. I work wholly from the imagination, whether the completed image refers to a place in the real world or anentirely new and unknown place, an interior landscape. While most of the paintings stand alone, a few are framed with my poetry. Some of the watercolors are closely connected to my family origins in Wales and to a deeper mythological past visible in the Welsh landscape. —Margaret Lloyd

Contact: Holly Murray
hmurray@spfldcol.edu
413-748-3684

Keeping the Arts Alive

Artists: Donald Blanton & Students
Start Date: January 29, 2012
End Date: March 1, 2012
Location Name: Western New England University, Campus Center Art Gallery
Address: 1215 Wilbraham Road
City, ST: Springfield, MA

Blanton is the owner of Distinctive Art Studio and well-known in the Springfield community as an artist, sculptor, and advocate for causes involving children. "Art being the common language which connects people of all ages and ethnicities has always been a big part of my life," says Blanton. "Art enhances the value of life in many people. That's why I feel it is important to 'Keep the Arts Alive.'" The exhibition will feature Blanton's works as well as those of his students.

Contact: Patricia Jenks
patricia.jenks@wne.edu
413-459-5176

Triple S: Sensual>Sexual>Smut: Erotic Art by Area Artists

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 1, 2012
End Date: March 10, 2012
Location Name: Nina's Nook
Hours: Wed-Th 4-6pm, Fri-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 125A Avenue A
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.ninasnook.com

Sculpture, paintings, drawings, and ceramics that range from mild to wild on the "SSS" scale. Artists are: Amina Silk, Edite Cunha, Wednesday Nelena Sorokin, Peter Monroe, Patrick Bogart, Christin Couture, Dan Cheney, Nina Rossi, Glenn Ridler, Nicol Wander, Joseph McCarthy, Tim DeChristopher, Kathleen Anderson, Camille, Leslie DeGraffe, Marvin Paige, Tony Palumbo.

Contact: Nina Rossi
naban@verizon.net
413-834-8800

Asana

Artist: Christine Texiera
Start Date: January 1, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: Wendell Free Library
Hours: Tues 3-6; Wed 10-8; Sat 9:30-3:30
Address: Wendell Center
City, ST: Wendell, MA
Website: www.wendellmass.us/index.php/wendell-free-library.htm

An exhibition of new work by Christine Texiera of Wendell. This show consists of twenty-one oil on paper paintings presenting a series of yoga positions against simple, bold backgrounds. Christine has spent over ten years studying the figure in life drawing classes and as many involved with yoga. In this show she combines both interests while experimenting with painting with oil on paper.

Contact: Richard Baldwin
ibald@hughes.net
978-544-2252

Abolished Memories

Artist: Stass Shpanin
Start Date: February 2, 2012
End Date: March 10, 2012
Location Name: Westfield State University Downtown Art Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 2–5pm, Thu 2–7pm, Sat 1–5pm
Address: 105 Elm Street
City, ST: Westfield, MA
Website: www.ArtStassWorld.com

Stass Shpanin, an artist born in the USSR and raised in the United States, uses historic and cultural knowledge to reanalyze and translate historical events without any political predispositions. His paintings are contemporary representations of 19th century history analysis based on cultural memory with the realization of time distortion. Nevertheless, Stass' paintings deal with public history; they are not deprived from human nature but on the contrary based on humanity and personal emotions.

Contact: Faith Lund
lund@westfield.ma.edu
413-485-7516

Hilltown Families: A Traveling Photography Exhibit

Artist: Sienna Wildfield
Start Date: January 3, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Location Name: Worthington Library
Hours: Tues 3-7, Thurs 10-12 & 3-7, Sat 10-12
Address: 1 Huntington Road
City, ST: Worthington, MA
Website: www.HilltownFamilies.org

Photographs of life and landscape in Western MA featured on HilltownFamilies.org over the years by Hilltown Families founder and photographer, Sienna Wildfield. All images in the exhibit are for sale and are a fundraiser for Hilltown Families, an online grassroots communication network that has been helping to connect and create community in western Massachusetts for over six years. All net proceeds from the sale of images will benefit the organization.

Contact: hilltownfamilies@gmail.com

Fundamental Composition

Sponsoring Group Name: spaces Gallery, the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill
Submission Due Date: April 2, 2012
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Hardwick, MA
Website: www.centerateaglehill.org

Do circles, triangles, or squares speak to you? Intrigued by the BBC program Your World: Iconic Geometry, (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jndz5), spaces Gallery seeks proposals from artists who can't escape the right-brain, left-brain metaphysical lure of geometry. "Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless." - Euripides. Exhibits are being arranged for the 2012–2013 school year. Works in all media and sizes will be considered.

Contact: Pat Bock
pbock@ehs1.org
413-477-6000

Imagine That! Monson Arts Council's 19th Annual Spring Exhibition

Sponsoring Group Name: Monson Arts Council
Submission Due Date: digital applications February 10; mailed applications February 17
Submission Fees: $25 to enter two works in the show; $40 to enter three pieces
City, ST: Monson, MA
Website: www.monsonartscouncil.com

Artists from throughout the Northeast are invited to apply for the Monson Arts Council's 19th Annual Spring Exhibition and Sale with cash awards totaling $4,000. The theme of this year's juried show is "Imagine That!" and artists may submit work in any medium. The prospectus and application are available on the website. Work may be submitted either in person, or on CD or DVD.

Contact: Maureen Solomon
413-267-3042

Easthampton 2012 Bear Fest

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+ and Easthampton Bear Fest Committee
Submission Due Date: February 13, 2012
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptonbearfest.com

Artists are invited to submit designs for the Easthampton Bear Fest--a public art project in which life-size fiberglass bears are creatively transformed by artists and will be highly visible throughout the downtown area of Easthampton from June – September 2012. Artists receive a commission and percentage of final selling price of the sculpture.

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

Join the new Artist Co-op at Tower Square

City, ST: Springfield, MA

Calling all artists! Want to own a piece of your own art gallery? Open to artist of all mediums. Space limited to 20 artists/shares.

Contact: Tracy Woods
artistsquaregroupgallery@gmail.com
413-231-4598

Plein Air Meet Up Group

Sponsoring Group Name: Plein Air Meet Up Group
City, ST: Various locations, MA

Plein Air Group meets at a variety of locations in the Pioneer Valley. Day, location and site determined weekly. Please check us out on our Facebook site, "Artists working with Artists" for more info and weekly updates or contact Val at valeriebassett@comcast.net and Beth at bfischersg@yahoo.com to be added to our mailing list.

Contact: valeriebassett@comcast.net

Open Call for Submissions

Sponsoring Group Name: Laughing Dog Bicycles
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.laughingdogbicycles.com

Call for Artists. We have a new front space on South Pleasant Street (next to Collective Copies) with incredible display potential. Perfect for artists. We'd like to offer monthly installations. No charge for display; no commissions asked. Artist must take care of hanging art and managing any openings. Prospective artists just need to send samples of their work.

Contact: Ann Tweedy
anntwe@gmail.com
413-367-9231

Visiting Artists Wanted

Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Hands
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: $25
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.valleyhands.com

This year's focus in on inviting local artists to visit for a day. Set up your 'table', share your creative process, demonstrate your art/craft, and sell your wares! Check your calendars and pick a date - we're open Thursday, Friday and Saturdays 12noon - 6pm. The cost is only $25/day plus 25% commission on any sales. Use this opportunity to demonstrate, have a showing, meet and interact with the public, get feedback and bring your art journey to the next level.

Contact: Dorene Pennell
dorene@valleyhands.com
413-335-9235

Call to Artists: Salon 241

Sponsoring Group Name: Salon 241
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.salon241.com

Salon 241 is looking for artists who would like to display their work in their very busy downtown salon. Please email your website and/or 4-6 jpgs of your work to us for consideration. Please be advised that our preference is to display artwork on the walls of our salon as we have very limited floor space for sculptural work. Artists take 100% of the proceeds of any sales of work that result from displaying in our space.

Contact: Sue
salon241@gmail.com

Easthampton City Arts+

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: Voluntary Annual Personal Investment
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

ECA has merged with the Easthampton Cultural Council and Art Walk Easthampton to form ECA+. This new partnership enhances shared goals, including creating a strong cultural identity for the community. We welcome members from Southampton, Westhampton and Easthampton. Artisans including fine artists, craftspeople, dancers, writers, poets, etc and arts related businesses & organizations are invited to review membership requirements and apply via the ECA website. Visit the website for further details.

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

Community Art Walls at ACTV

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Community Television
Submission Due Date: Monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.ACTVamherst.com

Amherst Community Television invites artists to showcase their work on our Community Art Walls. ACTV is the perfect hub to provide artists the opportunity to exhibit for one-month cycles, coinciding with Art Walk Amherst and featuring Artist Talks on local channel 12 as well as on the web at www.ACTVamherst.com. Artists will also have access to Amherst Community Television's beautiful studio space to host their own Open House. Please contact Wendy Bloomenthal for a studio tour and to discuss artist participation.

Contact: Community@ACTVamherst.com
413-259-3306

Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce Art Wall / Amherst Art Walk

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Submission Due Date: monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstarea.com

The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce seeks artists for its Art Wall. The Chamber participates in the monthly Art Walk Amherst. We are looking for painters, photographers, weavers, etc. who have work that can be hung on a wall. Please call or email the Chamber for an application for an exhibit.

Contact: Joan Temkin
joan@amherstarea.com
413-253-0700

Art Walk Easthampton

Sponsoring Group Name: Art Walk Easthampton
Submission Due Date: open
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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

Create table runners and napkin rings

Date & Time: 6-9pm, March 12
Fee: $45
Organization: reclaimed crafts
Class Location: sticks and bricks
Address: Market Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.blogspot.com

Create table runners and napkin rings with reclaimed burlap coffee bags (from local roaster Indigo Coffee), recycled buttons and vintage fabric. We provide all the materials, instruction, and a fun, mellow vibe.

Contact: Jen Dieringer
jendieringer@gmail.com
413-587-8915

Create bud vases

Date & Time: 6-9pm, February 27
Fee: $45
Organization: reclaimed crafts
Class Location: sticks and bricks
Address: Market Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.blogspot.com

Create bud vases from salvaged barn wood, vintage croquet sticks and reclaimed bottles. We provide all the materials, instruction, and a fun, mellow vibe.

Contact: Jen Dieringer
jendieringer@gmail.com
413-587-8915

Watercolor Serendipity with Deborah Rubin

Date & Time: Monday Evenings, 6:30-9pm, March 19 - April 16
Fee: $200
Class Location: The Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

These sessions are designed for both beginners and those who want to acquire new techniques and skill. Subject matter will vary. The emphasis is on "learning by doing," so expect to jump in with paint immediately. Students will learn composition, color, and do exercises before starting finished paintings. Learn more about Deborah on her website: www.deborahrubin.com. To register, call the Center at 413-584-7327 or email us ncfa@nohoarts.org. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Acrylic Painting 2

Date & Time: Thursdays, 12-2pm, February 9 - March 8
Fee: 4 weeks for $100
Class Location: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org

This 4-week class is for adults with some prior experience working with acrylic paint. Participants pursue their own creative journeys through the painting process, exploring subjects and ways of working that are personally meaningful. Exercises are designed to inspire diverse responses. We will also experiment with painting over and with other media (fabric, photocopies, different surfaces.) TWO extra hours of studio time per week are included in the class.

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

No Fear of Drawing with Paula Gottlieb

Date & Time: Thursday Evenings, 7-9pm, March 15 - April 15
Fee: $200
Class Location: The Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

Have you always wanted to draw but don't know how to begin? Are you convinced that you can't be taught? In this class, the fundamentals of drawing will be learned in an atmosphere of encouragement and support. Each week the class will study an element of drawing including line, shape, negative space, value, shadows, blending, edges, composition and perspective. To register, call the Center at 413-584-7327 or email us ncfa@nohoarts.org. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Nuno Collage Scarflette with Jean Gauger

Date & Time: Saturday, February 11, 9am-4:30pm
Fee: $125 plus materials, approx. $15-$30
Class Location: New England Felting Supply
Address: 84 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.feltingsupply.com

These quick and easy scarflettes allow you to spend less time rolling and more time adding color and texture. Learn the nuno technique and create embellishments, such as felted fringe, flowers, and dreadlock tassels. Beginner Friendly.

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

Spring classes at Artspace

Date & Time: spring semester begins January 30
Class Location: Artspace
Address: 15 Mill Street
City, ST: Greenfield, MA
Website: www.franklyarts.com

Artspace is now taking registration for spring classes and lessons for kids and adults. For class details, visit Artspace's website. You may register online or call the office at 413-772-6811. If you have questions or need more information, call the office or email at info@franklyarts.com.

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

Ink to Paper: The Direct Experience of Monotype

Date & Time: Feb 18-19, 10am-5pm and Feb 25-26, 10am -5pm
Fee: $500 non-members $450 Zea Mays Printmaking members (scholarship $ available for those in need)
Class Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 221 Pine Street #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com

Monotype printmaking is a versatile way of making one of a kind prints that can be painterly, graphic, spontaneous, and/or constructed in layers. The workshop will cover the basics of composition, color, transfer drawing and layering, along with the fundamentals of ink, paper, and press use. Instruction will include how to work with water based Akua Kolor Intaglio Inks and modifiers. All levels of printmaking experience are welcome. With Joyce Silverstone and Lynn Peterfreund.

Contact: info@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

The Art of Stone Carving

Date & Time: Mondays 6-9pm, February 13 - April 2
Fee: $395 plus materials
Organization: Greenfield Community College
Class Location: de Christopher Sculpture Studio
Address: 151 3rd Street
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: website

This workshop will give you training and experience in the techniques and methodology for creating hand carved sculpture in stone. Learn to understand 3-dimensional form, the nature and qualities of limestone, tools and techniques, layout, execution, and finishing. Pay instructor $50-100 on the first night of class for stone. Tools provided, and available for purchase.

Contact: Tim de Christopher
tim@ohmysoul.org
413-775-3424

Make Your Own Fetish Doll with Belinda Lyons Zucker

Date & Time: Sunday, February 12, 1-3pm
Fee: $45
Class Location: Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom
Address: One Ashfield Street #9
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.picturetrail.com/beezdolls

The plain doll will be provided and Lyons Zucker will teach participants how to add the charms, words and embellishments to personalize it into their own doll. Please email or call the gallery ahead to register for the workshop. The cost for the workshop is $45 including all materials.

Contact: Donna Gates
salmonfalls@megaplanet.com
413-625-9833

Calligraphy

Date & Time: to be determined
Fee: $25 per hour for private class, or $15 small group
Class Location: Instructor's home in Noho area

Calligraphy Class for Mixed Level Students. Small group or private lessons. Meet at Instructor's home in Noho area. Dates/time to be determined. Please contact bassettpainting@gmail.com.

Contact: bassettpainting@gmail.com

Get Waxy! Encaustic Classes with Jess Greene

Date & Time: 9:30-4 on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the Month
Fee: $140 for one class; $120/class for 2 classes; $100/class for 3+ classes
Class Location: My Home Studio in Easthampton
Address: (given upon registration)
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.jessgreenestudio.com/shows-teaching/

Encaustics is a mix of beeswax and damar resin. It is a fantastic medium that allows artists to easily build texture and embed objects. I am offering various classes on the use of this versatile medium. Winter 2012 Schedule: 7 January: Basic Encaustics Workshop; 21 January: Creating Texture; 4 February: Advanced Collage; 18 February: Basic Encaustics Workshop; 3 March: Color After Wax; 17 March: Drawing & Wax. Limit of 4 people/class.

Contact: Jess Greene
jetgreene@gmail.com
413-433-0643

Fine Art Classes for adults and children

Date & Time: Ongoing. After school, Saturdays, and Thursday eves.
Fee: $65 kids / $70 adults for 4 week session
Class Location: The Art Studio
Address: 14 Center Street
City, ST: Chicopee, MA
Website: www.art-studio.org

Students are instructed in the art elements with an emphasis on individual creativity and expression. Because I provide all the materials for the kids classes, students have the opportunity to become aquainted with a wide variety of media and technique. Classes meet once a week for 1 1/2 hours and are offered in a continuing 4 week series. Adult Classes: Foundation course in the fine arts of drawing and painting. Classes limited to 10 students - Individual instruction/no class projects.

Contact: Ellen Sullivan Farley
ellen@art-studio.org
413-592-2010

Sculpture and mold-making class

Date & Time: Ongoing. Wed eves 7-9pm, Fri 5-7pm, and Sat 10am-12pm
Fee: $320 for 8 weeks
Class Location: Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA

Students will touch on the history of the relief and then move to a process in clay. Upon completion of the relief students will learn how to create a mold followed by a casting in plaster and then learn how to create a bronze patina. All supplies are included, except the cost of the mold as this varies depending on the size and thickness of the project.

Contact: Rosemary Barrett
firelight_studios@sbcglobal.net
860-671-1023

Art For A Change

Date & Time: 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month, 6-9pm (potluck at 6)
Fee: by donation, suggested: $15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Class Location: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street (same building as the Trolley Museum)
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org

For artists who want to make art about social and environmental issues and activists who want to express a message more creatively. This series of interdisciplinary Open Studio workshops will focus on making art about issues that affect the common good. Whether making a poster, banner, installation, or performance piece (and whether working alone or with others), The Art Garden will provide the space, materials, and feedback (from each other) to help support your work.

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

Watercolor Workshops

Date & Time: October 2011 - June 2012
Fee: contact for more info
Class Location: Belding Library - rear entrance
Address: Ashfield Center
City, ST: Ashfield, MA
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com

Monthly - full days - Saturday or Sunday. Beginner to skilled - Single classes fine.

Contact: Walter Cudnohufsky
Walt@wcala.com

Jewelry Making; Silver, Fine Metals, Found Objects and Recycled Materials

Date & Time: Ongoing
Fee: contact for private & semi-private rates
Class Location: adk design Studio
Address: Arts & Industry Building / 221 Pine Street
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.alyssadeekrauss.com

Learn how to make your own necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and brooches, or maybe small sculptures. Create one-of-a-kind personal pieces or designs geared for reproduction. Gain skills and techniques for designing, forming, fabricating, soldering, stone setting, polishing and custom finishing. Hoping to turn around some income from it? Learn valuable small business how-to's as well. All ages and skill levels.

Contact: alyssa dee krauss
adk@alyssadeekrauss.com
413-582-1406

Private Book Arts Instruction with Daniel Kelm

Fee: varies according to your customized program
Class Location: Garage Annex School for Book Arts
Address: One Cottage Street, Room 5-03
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.GarageAnnexSchool.com

Garage Annex School for Book Arts provides private study programs for beginning to advanced students who require formal instruction. We customize the curriculum according to your needs and experience. (Some students come for a couple days, others for a couple years.) Private study takes place with Daniel Kelm. Equally adept in traditional and innovative bookbinding, Kelm has extensive teaching experience. Please phone or email to discuss your interests.

Contact: Daniel Kelm
daniel.kelm@mac.com
413-527-8044

Full Color Oil Painting, Private Instruction with Marcia R Wise

Date & Time: On-going: time to be determined between us
Fee: $75 per class, 2 hours each
Class Location: Artist's Studio
City, ST: Deerfield, MA
Website: www.marciarwise.com

The emphasis is on using bold color fearlessly, and through its use the student will learn and experience the many elements of painting, such as perspective, value, & light effects in the language of the Impressionists. Students will primarily use palette knives to work on color rather than focusing on details which can come later. Brushes will also be used. Class structure is based on each individual students ability, interests and goals.

Contact: Marcia R Wise
mewise498@comcast.net
413-773-3101

Private Painting & Drawing Lessons

Date & Time: to be arranged
Fee: $55/hour
Class Location: Eastworks Building
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.christinamastrangelo.com

Weekly individual painting or drawing sessions, your choice of day/time of the week. Adjusted curriculum to suit individual goals.

Contact: Christina Mastrangelo
mastrangelo.fineart@gmail.com
413-221-3364

Individual art instruction with Paula Gottlieb

Fee: $65-85 per hour, sliding scale
Class Location: Paula Gottlieb Studio
Address: 237 Stage Road
City, ST: Cummington, MA
Website: www.paulagottlieb.com

Individual sessions in all levels of Drawing, Watercolor, Water Soluble Oils.

Contact: Paula Gottlieb
paula@paulagottlieb.com
413-634-0066

Decorative Painting (Applied Arts)

Date & Time: Tuesdays 9-12am and 5-9pm, ongoing classes
Fee: 12 hour pass ($132) + $24 materials; 36 hour pass ($360) + $72 materials; 60 hour pass ($540) + $120 materials
Class Location: Vitek Kruta Studio
Address: 52 Fairfield Avenue
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.vitekkruta.com

Marbling, graining, faux finish, stenciling, gold leaf, decorative painting, basic training in drawing, perspective, and much more. See website for more info: www.vitekkruta.com/ARTCLASSES%20INFO.html

Contact: Vitek Kruta
info@vitekkruta.com
413-539-0385

Oil Painting Classes for mixed level students

Date: Thursdays 6-7:30pm
Fee: Fee is shared by group (range is $10-$15) per class
Address: 7 Ladyslipper Lane
City, ST: Northampton, MA

Ongoing class held Thursdays 6-7:30pm. Ages Teen-Adult (14+). Instructor is Val Bassett, BFA, MSM. Private and alternative day/times are available. Please contact Val for more info.

Contact: valeriebassett@comcast.net
413-563-3538

Open Figure Drawing Session on Tuesday evenings

Date: Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
Fee: $15.00 per session
Organization: Go Figure Sculpture Studios
Class Location: The Canal Gallery Building
Address: 380 Dwight Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.gofiguresculpturestudios.com

Draw independently from the live model. We supply the figure model, easels and studio space. You provide paper, supplies, talent and enthusiasm. Instruction is available if requested. Contact Esthela Bergeron or Lee Hutt, esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net or leehutt@mac.com

Contact: Esthela Bergeron
esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net
413-532-7280

Painting and/or Drawing from Life

Class Time: to be arranged between us
Date: ongoing
Fee: $65. private one hour, $150. three hours, semi-private
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.lornaritz.com

Individual Instruction/group critique sessions in a completely supportive atmosphere by professional painter and arts educator of 30+ years

Contact: Lorna Ritz
lenajenny3@yahoo.com

Florence: Jewelry, Light Metal Working & Design Studio Space Available

Location name: Arts & Industry Building
Date available: ongoing
Address: 221 Pine Street, Studio #222
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.alyssadeekrauss.com

Need a well-equipped place to work on your own projects, repairs and/or designs? Work Shop / Bench space offered at hourly or package rates. Instruction or project consultation also available. Professional Design Studio environment.

Contact: alyssa dee krauss
adk@alyssadeekrauss.com
413-582-1406

Holyoke: Gallery / Work Space

Address: 460 Race Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA

Canal Views. Huge mill windows (5' x 9'). Exposed brick & beam. Orignal mill floors. 12 month lease. All utilities included.

Contact: Ben
413-313-4380

Easthampton: Shared & sublet studio space at Paragon Arts and Industry Building

Location name: Paragon Arts and Industry Building
Date available: share: February 15; sublet in August
Address: 150 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: rowanstjohn.artspan.com

Non Live work space. Approx 800 SQ FT Artist Studio with 14 ft ceilings and Bay windows and wood floors. Elevator access, 3rd flr. Strong morning light. Space will be shared with current tenant who works in several mediums and uses hand tools at times. Space will be kept clean and offered as rental space for the larger community during agreed upon hours for Art related classes and projects. Full sublet can take place in Aug-Jan 2013.

Contact: Rowan St John
rowantides@live.com
413-320-8880

Holyoke: Studio Space at Open Square

Location name: Open Square
Date available: immediately
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
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 x205