Peggy Gruen: Photographic Images on Canvas

Artist: Peggy Gruen
Start Date: January 5, 2009
End Date: January 30, 2008
Reception Date: January 8, 5-8pm
Location Name: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Address: 28 Amity St
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: peggygruen.photoworkshop.com

This is my newest series of photographic images. they are printed on canvas and displayed as wall hangings. With these hangings, I have tried to break the boundaries of framed pieces and give a more tangible and tactile experience of the subject matter. I am most interested in the things I see in nature and expressing how they effect me visually and emotionally.

Contact: Peggy Gruen
ppegstrom@charter.net
413-531-0241

Not for Sale: A3 artists' collections

Artists: Gallery A3 Artists
Start Date: January 8, 2009
End Date: January 31, 2009
Reception Date: January 8, 5-8pm
Location Name: Gallery A3
Address: 28 Amity St
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.galleryA3.com

In this show, artists will exhibit their personal collections of art, artifacts and objects that are as personal and diverse as their artwork. Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday 1-7pm

Contact: Tom Morton
tommortonart@aol.com
413 253-2783

Maggie Nowinski

Artist: Maggie Nowinski
Start Date: January 10, 2009
End Date: February 10, 2009
Reception Date: Saturday, January 10
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts & Cultural Council Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street, Suite 4 (The Old Town Hall)
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

"The paintings I have chosen to include at Easthampton City Arts, represent a sampling of work from the past four years. Making paintings provides a means to access and engage with the visual, relational and poetic aspects of conscious being. I see them as peripheral landscapes, puzzles, impressions of the structural world around me, and making them balances and inform all aspects of my studio practices."

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

Art Walk Easthampton

Event: Easthampton Art Walk
Date: January 10, 2009, 5-8pm
Location Name: various locations
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.artwalkeasthampton.com

Looking for something fun? Come to Art Walk Easthampton on the "Second Saturday" of the month from 5-8 pm. Locations all over Easthampton host free visual, music and performance art events in an energetic sampling of local, regional and national talent. Just look for large, yellow Art Walk banners outside each participating venue.

Eyes on the Future

Artists: Easthampton Students from White Brook Middle School, Center School and Pepin School
Start Date: January 10, 2009
End Date: February 12, 2009
Reception Date: January 10, 5-8pm
Location Name: The Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.theblueguitar.org

The Blue Guitar Gallery launches an annual New Year's exhibit of art by local children, who are, after all, the real news in the world, the eyes of the future. The opening, in conjunction with Art Walk Easthampton, from 5 to 8 pm, will be followed by a free, informal music concert by the White Brook Jazz Ensemble, and a choral group.

Contact: Christie Svane
csvane@comcast.net
413-247-9454

Still Life and Interiors

Artist: James A Whitbeck
Event: The Nature of Birds
Start Date: January 2, 2009
End Date: January 31, 2009
Reception Date: January 10, 6:30-8pm
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Dr.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA

Whitbeck, a native of Greenfield, enjoyed creating with the brush as a child. Then, as an adult, he discovered his family roots in the Netherlands. His paintings capture the richness and feel of the 17th Century, whether the subject is a sun-lit still life with well worn Turkish rug and glass of wine, or the dusky interior of a family barn sheltering a cow. Gallery hours are 9-4 daily.

Contact: Marj Tauer
413-527-8215

Summer in Winter: oil paintings bring warmth to the chilly season in the Grubbs Gallery

Artist: Nancy Miller
Start Date: January 6, 2009
End Date: February 13, 2009
Reception Date: January 11, 2009, 2-5pm
Location Name:The Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center at The Williston Northampton School
Address: 19 Payson Avenue
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.williston.com

Nancy Miller's oil landscape paintings represent the season of summer through an abstract and expressionistic sensibility derived from nature's forms and colors. Since earning her BFA from UMass, Amherst, Miller has been painting full time. She is represented by Hart Gallery in Northampton, Nashawannuck Gallery in Easthampton, and Signature Gallery in West Hartford. She has exhibited in London, New York City, and Boston.

Contact: Marcia Reed
Mreed@williston.com
413-529-3000

Landscapes and Landmarks

Artist: John Gnatek
Start Date: December 13, 2008
End Date: January 30, 2009
Reception Date: January 10, 5-8 pm
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.nashawannuckgallery.com

John Gnatek was born and raised on a small farm in Hadley, Massachusetts. It was here that he and his two brothers began their careers in art. Equally able in virtually every medium, watercolor is John's chosen favorite. He is well known for his beautifully rendered street scenes and notable landmarks.

Contact: nashawannuck@yahoo.com
413 529-9393

Scanography by Marty Klein

Artist: Marty Klein
Start Date: December 13, 2008
End Date: January 7, 2009
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts & Cultural Council Gallery (at the Old Town Hall)
Address: 43 Main Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

Marty Klein combines decades of amateur photography and a profound appreciation of nature in a new medium he calls scanography. In 2006, he began experimenting, using a flatbed scanner as his camera to produce limited edition prints of plants and other natural objects (many locally gathered). The resulting images revealed details in an exciting way.

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

all is bright — embers against the darkness

Artist: Teodors Ermansons
Start Date: December 13, 2008
End Date: January 8, 2009
Location Name: The Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.theblueguitar.org

The Blue Guitar Gallery invites you to the Exhibit Opening of "all is bright — embers against the darkness" Photographs taken in New York City during the winter solstice of 2007 by Teodors Ermansons.

Gallery is open Saturday Evenings 7:30 - 9:30 and by appt. During Art Walk, on second Saturdays, gallery opens at 5 pm.)

Contact: Christie Svane
csvane@comcast.net
413-247-9454

The Fabric of Our Lives: Pieces from Wistariahurst's Costume Collection

Start Date: January 7, 2009
End Date: February 28, 2009
Reception Date: January 7, 6pm
Fee: Admission $10 for Costume Exhibit
Location Name: Wistariahurst Museum
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.wistariahurst.org

In January and February of 2009, Wistariahurst Museum will open its closet doors to display the best pieces of its costume and textile collection, showcasing the most spectacular pieces of over 50 years of collecting textiles. Costume exhibit on display in the Music room till end of February. At the opening on January 7, guest speaker Vanessa James, Professor of Theatre Arts at Mount Holyoke College and Resident Designer/ Producer of Mount Holyoke's Rooke Theatre, will be on hand to help explore vintage clothing and its history, from the 1830s to the 1940s.

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

Path to Harmony

Artist: Gaddier Rosario
Start Date: November 7, 2008
End Date: February 10, 2009
Location Name: Open Square Art Gallery
Address: 4 Open Square Way, 4th floor
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.gaddier.com

Path to Harmony is a visual sensorial exhibition with a message of unity and reflection. On this presentation, Gaddier explore how the sense of intuition and psychic defined the light on his art. "This paintings are created on state of reflection caused by a spiritual shock or any other cause, objective or subjective..." proclaim the Caribbean artist. The conceptual painting are examine, how examples of trance drawing, art/life rituals present a sense morphology that exceeds notions of a discrete self. Such practices, it is argued, engage an active reception that characterizes a distinctly relational aesthetics creativity. The selection of artworks includes oil painting and mixed media pieces showcase a contemporary artistic trends.

Contact: Gaddier Rosario
art@gaddier.com
413.204.8201

Gary Orlinsky: Art and Technology

Artist: Gary Orlinsky
Start Date: January 6, 2009
End Date: February 1, 2009
Reception Date: Friday, January 9th
Location Name: Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South St.
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

Gary Orlinsky is a well-known public artist, whose site-specific installations have been shown in museums, parks and gardens throughout the Northeast. During the off-season he works on smaller scale assemblages and private commissions. These intentionally ambiguous assemblages of industrial artifacts and natural materials suggest a reclaiming of not only things but of historical moments. Orlinsky tries to provoke the viewer to imagine an unknown world (past, present, or future) where these machines might work, where obscure languages might be read, where codes could be broken.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org

White Life

Artist: George
Start Date: January 9, 2009
End Date: February 28, 2009
Reception Date: February 13
Location Name: Dance Northampton Art Gallery
Address: 492 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.dancenorthampton.com/white.htm

Portraits of White Wildlife ... Phantoms in their natural environments ... Faint silhouettes of memory soon to passing ...

Contact: William
william@dancenorthampton.com
413-586-2422

INHABIT

Artists: Candice Salyers, Andrea Olsen, and David Hurwith
Start Date: January 5, 2009
End Date: January 25, 2009
Fee: Some events are ticketed. Tickets are $10, available at the door
Location Name: Available Potential Enterprises, Inc. (A.P.E.)
Address: Window, 126 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.apearts.org

In continuation of its 16-year tradition of January Movement Arts, A.P.E. has invited three artists to explore the possibilities of moving/making/performing in our new space, Window. Entitled INHABIT, the series will consist of three, week-long residencies, during which each artist will conduct their own distinct investigation of the creative, spatial, and movement possibilities of our Main St. gallery. While the work of these artists will be visible to all who pass by the window, each artist has also designated a time during the residency when the space will be open to the public. (These times are listed on the A.P.E. website). Each week promises unique discoveries of what it is to inhabit a body, a space, and a community. Each week, series curator Kathy Couch will host a conversation with that week's inhabiting artist. See the website for more information.

INHABIT I: Significant Figures: Candice Salyers, January 5-11
INHABIT II: Dance/Light/Music/Place: Andrea Olsen collaborating with Peter Schmitz, January 12-18
INHABIT III: The Shadow of the Object: David Hurwith, January 19-25

Contact: Lisa Thompson
413-586-5553

Watercolor and Gouaches of West Africa

Artist: John Bidwell
Start Date: January 3, 2009
End Date: January 30, 2009
Reception Date: Saturday, January 17, 2-4pm
Location Name: Hosmer Art Gallery at Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

Born into a family of artists and craftspeople, John Bidwell has been painting since before he cut all his teeth. Regardless of the medium he employs--oils, acrylics, watercolors, gouche, and digital painting (Photoshop)--the majority of his subject matter centers on Mali, West Africa where he served in the Peace Corps (1989-1991) and where he and his wife Kris Holloway are still involved with projects. His January 2009 show at the Hosmer Gallery in Forbes Library marks his first exhibit since moving east from Michigan a decade ago.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
413-587-1013
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org

Watercolor Paintings by Diane Nevinsmith

Artist: Diane Nevinsmith
Start Date: January 3, 2009
End Date: January 30, 2009
Location Name: Hosmer Art Gallery at Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

Diane Nevinsmith is a New England native, currently residing in Hadley. Massachusetts. She studied painting and printmaking at Syracuse University, receiving her BFA in 1978. Her artistic career has spanned studies and works in oils, stained glass, paper making and marbling, and more recently, watercolors.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
413-587-1013
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org

Worcestor Work

Artist: Nancy Flanagan
Start Date: January 6, 2009
End Date: January 25, 2009
Reception Date: January 9, 5-7pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Address: 275 Pleasant St
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.com

Nancy Flanagan paints her surroundings: the people she works with, lives with, the place she works. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute and her MFA from the Yale school of Art. Since graduate school she has taught at Assumption College in Worcester, building a 2D department, and occasionally spending summers teaching in the Dickenson College Program in Toulouse, France. She was a founding member of the Painting Center in NYC and exhibits regularly with Zeuxis also in NY.

Contact: 413-586-6300

January Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of Art

Date: January 9, 2009
Reception Date: January 9, 4-8pm
Location Name: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.smith.edu/artmuseum

That evening's FEATURED MUSEUM SHOWS: Movement (until Jan. 11, 2009); Emulation or Imitation-The Case of Dürer vs. Marcantonio Raimondi; Reinstalled First Floor Gallery Permanent Collection.

4–6 PM Second Friday Fun! Try out the new Art Tote activities as you explore the Permanent Collection! (ages 4+ with adult). Also, Student Picks: Corinne Fay ‘08 and Sam Chaplin ‘10. 6 PM Artist on Art gallery talk by local artist Susan Mikula focusing on work in the Permanent Collection.

Contact: Smith College Museum of Art
artmuseum@smith.edu

Gestural Photography

Artist: Andy Grant
Start Date: December 2, 2008
End Date: January 15, 2009
Location Name: The Green Bean
Address: 241 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.gesturalphotography.com

Gestural Photography is like painting with pixels. The colors, textures, and lines of a scene are what interest me, and then what I manipulate by gesturing with the camera as I snap a picture. With the in-camera display I review that picture, and take another and another based on what emerges. I repeat this process as long as needed to tease out features that catch my eye, seeking the essence of the subject and moment. The resulting motion effects are made in the field, not by computer. Beyond a photographic method, it is the raw discovery that thrills me most about Gestural Photography.

Contact: Andy Grant
info@gesturalphotography.com

Silver & Steel: Railroad Photography by Brian Solomon

Artist: Brian Solomon
Event: Silver & Steel
Start Date: November 15, 2008
End Date: January 25, 2009
Location Name: Giclee of New England Gallery
Address: 1422 Main Street
City, ST: Palmer, MA
Website: www.briansolomon.com

Since 1996, Brian Solomon has authored more than 40 books on railroads. Solomon is known internationally for his distinctive railroad photography that blends both accepted and non-conventional techniques. The exhibition will include Solomon's photographs selected from his books as well as portraits and photographs from Ireland, Poland and other European countries where he has traveled extensively.

Contact: Nancy Bryant
goneinc@goneinc.com
413-284-4344

Endangered Species

Artist: Holly S. Murray
Event: Endangered Species
Start Date: October 14, 2008
End Date: January 14, 2009
Location Name: Springfield D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Address: 21 Edwards St.
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org

Works on paper from Artist in Residence at Red Cinder on the Big Island of Hawaii and Swarming Bees.

Contact: Julia Courtney
413 263-6800

Winter artHAPPENING

Sponsoring Group Name: Commonwealth Center for Change
Submission Due Date: January 19th, 2009
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.commonwealthcenter.org

Be a part of our next artHAPPENING! These community art events are made possible with your incredible energy, creativity and talent. Commonwealth Center for Change is looking for people working in all media to join us in creating an event that engages and inspires the many facets of our community. Creative endeavors that explore ideas of 'site' or 'place' are especially encouraged to apply.

To Apply Submit:
- Project Proposal: including description and supporting materials
- 5-10 images or minutes of your work
- Artist Statement, CV & Bio
- SASE if you would like your materials returned

Contact: Julia Handschuh
julia@commonwealthcenter.org
413-522-1319

Art Walk Easthampton 2009

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 2009 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

Call for Submissions: ACAC Needs a mascot... and you can help!

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Community Arts Center
Submission Due Date: January 30, 2009
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.AmherstArts.org

All ages are encouraged to submit their ideas. The mascot should be some sort of animal, persona, or creature that conveys art, creativity, community, and fun. ACAC students, parents, and anyone from the community will cast their votes during the February ACAC Art Show (date to be announced). The artist of the winning mascot will receive 1 free ACAC art class of their choice (up to $150 value) and a gift certificate to a local business.

Contact: Hillary Milens, Executive Director, ACAC
hillary@amherstarts.org
413-253-9265

Mapping Easthampton's Artist & Artisans Community Relationships

Sponsoring Group Name: Arturo Osorio, Ph.D Candidate, UMass Isenberg School of Management
Submission Fees: None
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.MyCreativeCommunity.org

Because a community is more than its demographics; it is the way that we relate to each other

Do you work or live in Easthampton? Are you an artist or an artisan? Do you enjoy arts and / or handcrafts as a hobby? If you have answered "Yes" to ANY of these questions you are invited to be part of a research project focused on exploring the emergence of an arts community in Easthampton. I am Arturo Osorio, a Grad Student at Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst, and for the past 3 years I have been around town participating and documenting art related public events in the context of Easthampton's everyday life.

As part of the final phase of this research project, I am seeking volunteers to answer a questionnaire aiming to understand what makes Easthampton a unique community. All answers are confidential. The questionnaire may take from around 20 to 60 minutes to complete depending on how many people you think of as members of your personal network. Thus, if you want to participate but need flexibility to answer it over time please contact me via email to arrange for this. At the end of this project a $0.50 donation (up to a grand-total of $500.00) will be made for each completed questionnaire to your choice of one of the following organizations: Easthampton Cultural Council, Pascommuck Conservation Trust, Easthampton Councils on Aging, or the Treehouse Foundation.

If you are interested in participating please visit: www.MyCreativeCommunity.org

Contact: Arturo Osorio
Arturo@resgs.umass.edu

First Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Show Name: First Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Submission Fees: $25. One Entry per artist. Original Art only.
City, ST: Agawam, MA
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm

Download prospectus/entry form from website. Media Categories include oils and acrylics, watercolors, pastels, and mixed media. Awards in each category. 5% contribution from artist for art sold. Art may be marked NFS. Original Art Only. Maximum frame size 20"x24". Wired for hanging with frame. No saw-tooth/clip hangers.

Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net
413-789-4814

Artist Restoration and Preservation Series at Wistariahurst with Vitek Kruta: Marbling, Wood Graining and Trompe l’oeil

Class Time: 10am - 1pm
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Fee: $30. Registration is required.
Organization: Wistariahurst Museum
Class Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.wistariahurst.org

Explore the art of Faux, imitation of materials such as marble, stone, exotic wood and metals. Learn the art of Trompe l’oeil – fooling the eye. Vitek will guide you through a brief history and development of the art form and also explain the use of tools and materials by demonstrating examples and processes of different techniques.

Contact: Marjorie Latham
lathamm@ci.holyoke.ma.us

Visual Art Classes at Amherst Community Arts Center

Class Time: Varies
Date: January 26 - March 29, 2009
Fee: Varies between $86-$256 depending on class
Organization: Amherst Community Arts Center
Class Location: Amherst Community Arts Center
Address: 534 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.AmherstArts.org

Discover and unleash your creative juices at ACAC. Classes start January 26, including: jewelry fabrication, enameling, drawing & painting, ceramics, mixed media, and more. Make 2009 a fun and artsy year! *Register by January 2, 2009 and get 10% off the cost of registration.

Contact: Hillary Milens, Executive Director
hillary@amherstarts.org
413-253-9265

Selling Your Creative Works: Tips and Tools for Securing Art Gallery Representation

Class Time: 5-8pm
Date: 2 Tuesdays, January 6 & 13
Fee: free to income-qualified Easthampton residents and small businesses
Organization: Valley CDC
Class Location: Easthampton Chamber of Commerce
Address: 33 Union St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ValleyCDC.com/training.html

Artists and craftspeople learn specific information about approaching working with all forms of galleries. Market trends and an introduction to the gallery business lead to personal goal setting and action plans including specific task lists necessary to present work to a gallery. Taught by Donald Clark, MakingALivingInCrafts.com

Contact: Stacy Kontrabecki
sk@valleycdc.com

Open Studio Figure Drawing in Northampton

Class Name: Open Studio Figure Drawing
Class Time: Every Wed, 9:30am-12:30pm
Date: ongoing
Fee: $12 per session or 8-session/3-month discount card available for $80
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South St.
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

Jeff Kinsey organizes and moderates these weekly, drop-in sessions with live models. No instruction is offered. A limited number of easels are available for use, but participants are encouraged to bring their own. For more information and addition to the group email list, please contact Jeff at northampton.drawing@gmail.com.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoart.org
413.584.7327

Turners Falls: Studio Space at The Brick House

Location name: The Brick House Community Resource Center
Dates available: immediately
Address: 24 Third Street
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.thebrickhouseinc.org

The Brick House, at 24 3rd St. in Turners Falls, has a beautiful studio that is approx. 600 sq. ft. One artist has already rented half of the warm room that boasts a refinished wood floor & several windows that welcome the sun. We now seek one artist, or 2 artists who would share, for the remaining half. The studio has its own bathroom & utilities incl. Approx. 300 sq. ft. for $225. For info, or to make arrangements to see the space, call 413-863-9576. Photos at www.thebrickhouseinc.org.

Contact: Prakash, Michael, or Karen
kstinchfield@thebrickhouseinc.org
413-863-9576