Imaginary Homelands

Artists: Daisy Patton, Alicia Brown
Start Date: September 13, 2024
End Date: December 4, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 5-7pm
Location: Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass Amherst
Hours: Mon & Tue 1-7pm, Wed-Fri 1-5pm
Address: 180 Infirmary Way, Room 103
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/a2fe86

Patton's paintings echo the ornateness found in Iranian art & architecture to attempt to slowly dissolve the imposter syndrome she felt by not growing up with her Iranian family, with the hopes of restoring and building something that can never truly be complete, never what could have been. In Brown's work, her paintings of her family members demonstrate familial bonds and histories over time that have been preserved despite immigration and adaptation.

Contact: Anne Seuthe
anneseuthe@gmail.com
413-320-3686

Gucci Forever

Artist: Miles Warner
Start Date: September 9, 2024
End Date: December 10, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 20, 5-7pm
Location: Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst
Hours: Mon-Tues & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/49cdb3

Gucci Forever features an unlikely assortment of objects and stories, both miraculous and monumentally mundane, that showcase a contemporary quest for timelessness and the fountain of youth. Gucci Forever exhibits the multidimensional nature of timelessness and documents the infinite quest for an indefinable quality simply known as cool. Reception and Artist talk: September 20, 5-7pm.

Amherst 1881: A Century Before Me

Artist: Ravneet Marwaha
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 29, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 6-8pm
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Photographer Ravneet Marwaha delicately intertwines history and art to showcase the beauty of Amherst's past. With a blend of photography, sculptural elements, and subtle surprises, this exhibition offers a heartfelt exploration of the town's rich heritage. All work is available for immediate purchase; 30% of sales is donated to Jones Library. The Mill District Local Art Gallery is donating both space and commission.

Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-09666

Last Sequoia on Earth

Artists: Kerry St. Laurent, Adam Michael Kozak
Start Date: September 9, 2024
End Date: December 10, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 20, 5-7pm
Location: Hampden Gallery Incubator Project Space, UMass Amherst
Hours: Mon-Tues & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/49cdb3

An immersive audiovisual experience created as a collaboration between an audio and visual artist that acts as both a sorrowful mourning of environmental collapse and a meditative celebration of nature's beauty. Reception and Artist talk: September 20, 5-7pm.

CHANNELS

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 22, 2024
End Date: November 17, 2024
Reception Date: September 22, 3-6pm
Location: AIRSpace Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11:30am-4:30pm
Address: 534 Main Street, 2nd floor
City/Town: Amherst
Website: airspacegallery.net

AIRSpace Gallery is pleased to announce its fall arts exhibition, CHANNELS, featuring artists Aldo Cipriani, S.T.Gately and Robert Markey. CHANNELS explores the concept of channeling, the process of allowing a flow of energy (spiritual connection) to pass through, landing on the canvas. S.T.Gately states "What binds these works is that they capture and detail the artists' emotions, as well as specific moments in time- the viewer is being led into the inner world of our thoughts and emotions."

Contact: Ani Rivera
info@airspacegallery.net
413-835-5072

Paintings

Artist: Gillian Haven
Start Date: June 9, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Reception Date: September 27, 6-7pm
Location: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherstma.gov/art

An exhibition of landscape and nature paintings by local artist Gillian Haven is now on view at the Amherst Town Hall Gallery. The artist will be honored at a reception on September 27th. Refreshments will be served, and the Amherst Autoharp Workshop will provide musical accompaniment. The Gallery is on Amherst Town Hall's first and second floors.

Contact: Tom Warger
tomwarger@gmail.com
413-530-7513

Animal Portraits in Charcoal

Artist: Lisa Goldberg
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Location: Greenfield Savings Bank of Amherst
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-12pm & 1-3pm
Address: 108 N. Pleasant Street
City/Town: Amherst

A series of charcoal drawings showcases the artist's skill in rendering subtle variations in shading and detail, creating a sense of depth and dimension to her animal portraits. Original artwork and prints are available for purchase by contacting the artist directly. Pet portrait commissions are also available upon request.

Contact: Lisa Goldberg
Lisagoldbergart@yahoo.com
413-237-5660

When Matter Talks Back

Artist: Rebecca Muller
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

A mixed media installation by Rebecca Muller combines inked prints, hand-poured "paper" of acrylic medium, and 3-dimensional assemblages of eroded organic and inorganic material including grit, rusted metal, plastic, pigment, caulking cord, bits of wood, and wire. Muller also brings words into the mix, hanging written vignettes throughout the installation. Dialogue with the artist: Sept 20, & 27, 4:30-7pm. Online Art Forum with Howard R. Barnhart: Sept 19, 7:30pm. Preregister on website.

Contact: Rebecca Muller
rebmuller@comcast.net

Stories I Tell Myself

Artist: Diane Steingart
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: November 26, 2024
Location: Jewish Community of Amherst Hall Gallery
Hours: Tue & Thur 10am-3pm, Wed & Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: dianesteingart.com

With her latest exhibit, Diane Steingart continues to explore her artistic journey between the inner world of memories, feelings, and experiences and the outer manifestation of visual images. Diane's work touches on feelings of love, loss, fear, sadness, and joy. Both psychological and spiritual, her artwork can be either abstract or semi-representational. Her work has a dreamlike quality, and physical symbols such as houses, windows, and landscapes feature in the work.

Contact: Diane Steingart
ds@jwoodbridge.com

Part of an Impossible Task

Artist: Michael Rakowitz
Start Date: August 27, 2024
End Date: January 6, 2025
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2024/part-of-an-impossible-task

Work by celebrated Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz that examines how individuals and societies define power through cultural artifacts. The exhibition interrogates both history and its retelling by combining sculpture and works on paper from the gallery show The Monument, The Monster, and The Maquette (2023), and Rakowitz's "reappearances" of panels from the Northwest Palace of Nimrud (Kalhu) after their destruction by ISIS in 2015.

2024-2025 Burnett Gallery Artists

Artists: group show
Start Date: August 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library
Hours: during library hours
Address: 43 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/204/Burnett-Gallery

The Burnett Gallery is open and hosting an in-person sample of the future exhibits scheduled to be on the Jones website from August to December. Visit the current in-person exhibit at Burnett Gallery in the Jones Library. Artists: Nancy Carroll, Ann Cloutier, Steve Eagle, Michael Gilbert, Stephen Gingold, Tatiana Harshbarger, Maureen Manning, Matthew Mattingly, Rebecca Reid, Lee Sproull, Roberta Warshaw.

Contact: Elisa Campbell
burnettcommittee@gmail.com

Gallery A3 artists @ GoBerry 'n Cream

Artists: Gallery A3 artists
Start Date: August 1, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Location: GoBerry 'n Cream (next door to Gallery A3)
Hours: Mon-Wed 4-9 pm, Thur-Sat 1-10pm, Sun 1-9pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1E
City/Town: Amherst
Website: goberryncream.com

Enjoy the flavors of August with fresh locally sourced frozen yogurt and ice cream while savoring a new exhibit of "Artist's Choice" by Gallery A3 artists. Image: "Optic Flight 111", watercolor, woven paper strips, by Janet W Winston.

The Juncture: Ukrainian Artists in Search of Modernity and Identity

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 24, 2024
End Date: October 13, 2024
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead

"The Juncture" focuses on Alexander Archipenko, Vasyl Yermilov, & Oleksandr Bohomazov, three of Ukraine's most prominent Modernist artists, as well as how the complex sociopolitical dynamics of their time and burgeoning global art movements shaped their work. Frequently understood within the canon of Russian art history, this exhibition is a fascinating step towards understanding these key artists within the framework of the Ukrainian struggle for independence. Organized by Konstantin Akinsha.

Elusive Prize: Wonder, Wing & Transmutation

Artist: Brandon Graving
Start Date: May 4, 2024
End Date: October 15, 2024
Location: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm
Address: 650 East Pleasant Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/renaissance/event/graving2024

Brandon Graving is a sculptor and printmaker who often works on a very large scale in mediums that include bronze, neon, paper, resins, steel and wood. She is the owner and master printmaker at Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop which holds one of the largest platen presses in the world. Her work has been exhibited widely in museums, public, and private collections around the world.

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu
413-577-3600

For the Love of Animals

Artist: Sarah Marquesen
Start Date: August 2, 2024
End Date: February 9, 2025
Location: Chicopee Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 449 Front Street
City/Town: Chicopee
Website: sarahmarqart.com

For many of us, our first love was an animal. Perhaps it was a furry member of the family or the first time we saw a horse run in a pasture. In this exhibition, Sarah Marquesen tries to capture the personality and soul of both domestic and wild animals. She hopes her paintings help you connect to the animals we see outside our door and those from around the world.

Contact: Sarah Marquesen
sarahmarquesen@yahoo.com
413-313-3223

limn•inal

Artist: Donnabelle Casis
Start Date: August 24, 2024
End Date: November 2, 2024
Location: Von Auersperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm
Address: 7 Boyden Lane
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: deerfield.edu/academics/von-auersperg-gallery

limn•inal: relating to a depiction of that which is in between. An exhibition of new paintings and a kinetic sculpture by Filipina-American artist Donnabelle Casis, at the Hess Center for the Arts, von Auersperg Gallery at Deerfield Academy. Open to the Public.

Contact: Lydia Hemphill
lhemphill@deerfield.edu
413-774-1480

Mirror, Mirror

Artist: Indë
Start Date: September 1, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Reception Date: Thursday, September 12, 6pm
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 2-7pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 136
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/fiftyarrowgallery

A transformative multidisciplinary installation by Indë, a queer Black artist from Westhampton. Mirror, Mirror explores the complex layers of identity through the lens of double, triple, and quadruple consciousness. Indë’s immersive multimedia compositions invite audiences to engage with the intersectional experiences of marginalized communities, fostering a space for reflection, empowerment, and community solidarity.

Contact: Jason Montgomery
jasonm@50arrowgallery.com
860-214-6214

Mystic Skies and Abstracts

Artist: Amy Dawn Kotel
Start Date: September 6, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Reception Date: October 17, 6-8pm
Location: Easthampton Media
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: amydawnkotelart.com

Whimsical colorful circle skies over natural landscapes and vibrant, joyous abstracts fill the walls of Easthampton Media. Come see what lies underneath everything we think we see.

Contact: Amy Kotel
adkzab@gmail.com
413-923-2554

BLAM! Pop Explorations in Visual Word Plays

Artist: Matthew Simons
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

Master of Fine arts in New Media/Graphic Design from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Matthew Simons is now a resident of Easthampton. Visual artist who seeks out visual conversations, often gravitating toward the dynamic, unorthodox, or experimental, Simons gets excited when he can make ordinary extraordinary.

Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
yourfriends@bigredframe.com
413-529-9265

The Year of Six Seasons

Artist: Rivkah Gevinson
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: September 26, 2024
Location: ECA Gallery
Hours: Tue-Thur 12-2pm
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com

"The Year of Six Seasons" explores the personal internal experience of time. The installation features a diverse body of work hung from above, inviting viewers to navigate an interconnected landscape, where individual pieces are seen in relation to others, and experienced through the atmosphere they create as a whole.

Fun with Quilts: A Retrospective

Artist: Anneke Corbett
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: September 29, 2024
Location: Oxbow Gallery, Front Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 2-7pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Anneke Corbett is an artist who uses quilts as her medium. This show is a retrospective, including quilts from eight years ago to-date.

Contact: theoxbowgallery@gmail.com
413-203-1196

New Work

Artists: Chris Serra, John Galt
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: September 29, 2024
Location: Oxbow Gallery, Back Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 2-7pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Serra's new sculpture represents a continuation of his experiments with steel and epoxy resin.

Contact: theoxbowgallery@gmail.com
413-203-1196

Feed the Movement: A Community Celebration & Book Launch

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2-7pm
Location: Florence Civic Center
Address: 90 Park Street
City/Town: Florence

Join us for Feed the Movement: A Community Celebration & Book Launch for THE REVOLUTION WILL BE FED, a new cookbook by Corrie Locke-Hardy (she/they) of @thetinyactivists. Celebrate #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, experience interactive art, shop a mini market of artisans and makers run by Yet Another Queer PopUp Market, and tune in for the book launch at 5:30pm. There will also be delicious food by @gingerlovecafe beverages from @sweetandwildcsa and complimentary dessert by @stonesoupgreenfield

Contact: Jey
yetanotherqueerpopupmarket@gmail.com
413-387-2684

It's Never Too Late To Create

Artist: Tim Gorts
Start Date: September 6, 2024
End Date: October 11, 2024
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/its-never-too-late-to-create

Art and creating was never in Tim's field of view. It wasn't something he even entertained as a child. It wasn't until he was 41 and needed a way to save a cherished family heirloom that he had his first encounter creating something from nothing. This exhibit has been curated so you can walk along through Tim's creative journey from that first creation until today. Artist Demonstration + Greenfield Arts Walk: Friday, September 27th, 5-8pm.

Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811

The Day After Yesterday: Portraits of Dementia

Artist: Joe Wallace
Start Date: July 1, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: September 16, 6:30pm
Location: Greenfield Public Library
Hours: Mon-Wed 9:30am-8pm, Thur & Fri 9:30am-5pm, Sat 9:30am-2pm
Address: 412 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: greenfieldpubliclibrary.org

Currently on display in the Library's Community Meeting Room. "The Day After Yesterday" is a powerful collection of portraits and personal stories that destigmatizes dementia and humanizes the millions of people living with the disease. A program and reception with Joe Wallace will be held September 16, at 6:30pm in the Community Meeting Room.

Contact: Pamela McBride
librarian@greenfield-ma.gov
413-772-1544

Fall into Art

Artists: Scantic River Artisans
Date: September 13, 3-7pm & September 14, 11am-3pm
Reception Date: September 14, 12-2pm
Location: Thornton Burgess School
Address: 85 Wilbraham Road
City/Town: Hampden
Website: scanticriverartisans.com

We invite you to experience, explore and purchase the diverse art on display. We will also be featuring: THE NEW ENGLAND MOSAIC, a 24-foot wall of art made up of 264 individual canvas tiles painted by over 200 area artists. The tiles will be for sale and the proceeds will fund scholarships for area art students.

Contact: Christine Sterritt
chrisps@charter.net
413-537-8162

Human Erratics

Artists: Marie Lynn Haas, Tori Lawrence
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: October 18, 2024
Reception Date: September 12, 5-7pm
Location: Taber Art Gallery, HCC Library Lobby
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-5pm
Address: Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Avenue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: sites.google.com/hcc.edu/taberartgallery/home

Human Erratics is a series of movement-driven digital and analog films and photographic works created by Marie Lynn Haas and Tori Lawrence. Their site-specific, environmentally attuned projects emerge through partnership with the natural world and the spaces we create, inhabit, and neglect across its terrain. These works explore personal and collective turmoil and reveal how chronic illness and the cycles of life and death are woven into the fabric of ecological change.

Contact: rrushing@hcc.edu

Marilet Pretorius, Jonathan Parker, Laura Chasman at Pulp

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: October 6, 2024
Location: Pulp
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

Marilet Pretorius works with earth pigments and natural dyes in the disciplines of painting and fiber art. Originally from South Africa, she currently lives and creates in Carmel, CA. Florence, MA, artist Laura Chasman presents her new series 'Mourning and Melancholy'. Jonathan Parker is a self taught artist living in Santa Fe, NM.

Contact: pulpholyoke@gmail.com
413-362-6368

Holyoke Buildings

Artist: Joanne Holtje
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: October 6, 2024
Location: Pulp
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

In our Front Room, Joanne Holtje presents her most recent series of oil paintings inspired by the 19th century Mill Buildings and Canals in Holyoke.

Contact: pulpholyoke@gmail.com
413-362-6368

Not Your Grandmother's Hostas

Artist: Lora McNeece Barrett
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Location: The Artery
Hours: Thur-Sat 11am-5pm
Address: 289 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com

Not Your Grandmother's Hostas is an embrace of the rich depth and vibrance of the garden. Lora McNeece Barrett's paintings seamlessly shift between art and gardening, taking the viewer on a stroll through her array of over 70 varieties of hostess, recently on view in the Holyoke Preservation Trust Garden Tour. Join us for a reception on Sept 5th at 5pm to celebrate the colors, textures, and shapes Barrett has brought to life. Admission is free and refreshments are included.

Contact: Rachel Rushing
rachel@holyokeart.com
214-502-2274

The Familial Hand

Artist: Maryanne Benns
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: September 25, 2024
Location: Maryanne Benns Studio
Hours: Fri-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: MaryanneBenns.com

Old tools and brushes are born anew as a curiously combined family, offering a broader definition, beyond blood relations, and recognizing the significance of chosen families, and how they shape our lives.

Contact: Maryanne Benns
maryanne@maryannebenns.com
413-388-2883

Boston Bots!

Artist: Patrick Lally
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: September 25, 2024
Location: windows at maryanne Benns Studio
Hours: 7 days / 24 hours
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke

Boston Artist Patrick Lally's fabulous family of up-cycled robots are visiting the valley! These charming little guys won't clean your floor but they will light up your life. On view 24 hours 7 days a week, in the windows of Maryanne Benns' studio (illuminated for night viewing).

Contact: Partick Lally
pjinjp@comcast.net
617-875-6988

Wistariahurst at 150: Reflections of the Museum

Start Date: July 22, 2024
End Date: TBA
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 10am-2pm & 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org

Focusing on the latter part of the 20th century, this retrospective exhibit will feature various programs, events, and performances that influenced Wistariahurst and the City of Holyoke. With a unique approach, this exhibit will present a fascinating collection of preserved artifacts, documents, and photographs. The exhibition will unveil items that have been privately stored for years, such as wedding gowns, sculptures, and posters from cultural events.

Contact: info@wistariahurst.org
413-322-5660

River Studios Sculpture Trail

Artist: Andrew DeVries
Start Date: May 17, 2024
End Date: October 27, 2024
Location: River Studios
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm or by appt
Address: 36 East River Road
City/Town: Huntington
Website: andrewdevries.com

Art and nature aficionados can wind their way through a wildflower meadow and shaded groves, dotted with 40 large bronze sculptures, as River Studios begins a new season of its Sculpture Trail. Poetry by a variety of writers complement the artworks, located along the middle branch of the Westfield River, adding to the contemplative experience. While there is no fee to walk the sculpture trail, we graciously accept donations for trail upkeep and care of the sculptures.

Contact: Andrew DeVries
andrew@andrewdevries.com
413-238-7755

Nature Elementals

Artists: Lori Lynn Hoffer, Jacqueline Strauss
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: September 29, 2024
Reception Date: Sunday, September 15, 3-5pm
Location: Leverett Crafts and Arts
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-5pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettcraftsandarts.org

A Happy Pairing. In Nature Elementals, Lori Lynn shows new oil paintings of water scenes, local landscapes and botanical images. While Lori Lynn's work focuses on the beauty and power of the natural world, Jacqueline Strauss's fabric beasts delve into our elemental human-ness. Both playful and plaintive her sewn creatures reflect many moods, emotions and states of being. Side by side they make a happy pairing. Visitors are reporting experiences of Joy and elation.

Contact: Jacqueline Strauss
jezaculear@gmail.com
413-687-4437

Trees and Mills

Artist: Frank A. Waugh
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 29, 2024
Location: Leverett Library
Hours: Tue 3-8pm, Wed 10am-3pm, Thur 1-6pm, Sat 10am-3pm
Address: 75 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettlibrary.org

An exhibit of drawings and etchings curated by Annaliese Bischoff. Frank A. Waugh (1869-1943) an influential writer and advocate for horticulture, landscape design, and conservation, took up etching late in life to illustrate a planned book on tree portraits. Annaliese Bischoff shares both Waugh's tree and local mill portraits in this exhibit. For more background about Waugh's life, see "The Man Who Loved Trees" by Annaliese Bischoff, bit.ly/497RvcF

Contact: Annaliese Bischoff
abischof@umass.edu
413-256-5996

Salted Snail Studio at Sawmill River Arts

Artist: Jasper Alexander
Start Date: September 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Hours: Thur-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 440 Greenfield Road
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Sawmill River Arts will host Salted Snail Studio as our guest artist from September through October. The work of Jasper Alexander, a queer printmaker & various-media-dabbler, Salted Snail features beasts, tall tales, earthly critters personified, internal dialogs and the mundanity of magic - inspired by folk tales, urban legends, stories told over dim light, and the gentle sort of magic interwoven into all of our hum-drum lives.

Contact: Pascale Jarvis
pascalejarvis@gmail.com
413-847-1430

Paintings

Artist: Meaghan Schwelm
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Reception Date: October 23, 6-7pm
Location: Montague Center Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 2-7pm, Fri 10am-1pm
Address: 17 Center Street
City/Town: Montague
Website: meaghanschwelmart.com

Meaghan Schwelm is an artist and library director living in Western MA. Through her artwork she explores the everyday and familiar, wonderful and strange in nature. Her work has been exhibited in Boston, Western MA, Cork and Galway Ireland. She received her BFA from Montserrat College of Art and MFA from Burren College of Art/National University of Ireland, Galway.

Contact: Meaghan Schwelm
meaghaneschwelm@gmail.com
413-923-4620

Arts Night Out Northampton

Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: various locations downtown
City/Town: Northampton
Website: artsnightout.live

Be a part of Northampton's evolving arts scene. Explore local and visiting artists' work at downtown venues on the 2nd Friday of every month. See website for full list of locations and events.

Contact: artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com

New and Recent Paintings

Artist: Scott Prior
Start Date: September 11, 2024
End Date: October 19, 2024
Reception Date: September 14, 4-6pm
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com

A solo exhibition of new and recent oil paintings by Scott Prior. The public is invited to an opening reception with the artist on Saturday, September 14, 4-6pm.

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

September Arts Night Out at 33 Hawley

Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/events/category/sep-arts-night-out-at-33-hawley

Please join the NCFA, A.P.E., and NOM at 33 Hawley for an opening reception with refreshments and live music by Frogtones! Different Lenses, hosted by the Northampton Center for the Arts, can be seen in the Barn Door Gallery. This exhibit features the incredible photography of Carolina Castro and Jesse Merrick and explores the story of Northampton and the surrounding areas. Quadralectic, hosted by A.P.E., can be seen in the Split Level Gallery.

Different Lenses

Artists: Jesse Merrick, Carolina Castro
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 3, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 5-8pm
Location: Barn Door Gallery at 33 Hawley
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/barn-door-gallery

Exhibiting our work as a group allows for two separate photographers to capture the vibe and atmosphere of the Northampton community in a dynamic way. We are very excited to present our work and to continue to explore the many ways in which we can continue to tell the story of Northampton, its surrounding towns and the many diverse peoples, urban, and natural landscapes.

Novel Botanical

Artist: Malaika Ross
Start Date: September 13, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 6-7:30pm
Location: Hope & Feathers Framing
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 238 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com

New original works by Malaika Ross. Ross' paintings are an expression of actual and imagined experiences with soil and the botanical world of western Massachusetts. These botanical paintings are the creative foundation for fictional habitats informed by afrofuturism, climate change and accelerated plant evolution.

Contact: Katie Bete
katie@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197

Run Rabbit Run!

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 13, 2024
End Date: October 6, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September, 13, 5-8pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

Run Rabbit Run! brings together the work of Ana Busto, George Simonds and Hilary Kliros. This installation is the stage of a fantasia told in 3-dimensions, frozen in a state of flux. It is complemented by King of the Night, a poem written by Ruby Lindsey, the exhibition's curator, in response to the work in the show. The installation takes viewers on a walk through an imagined storybook scene twisted into abstraction.

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

PORTRAITS X FOUR

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September, 13, 6-8pm
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Gallery
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

A photography exhibit by Robert Aller, Bill Hughes, Robert Tobey, and Frank Ward. Photo by Bill Hughes.

Contact: 413-587-1013

Spirit Guided Artworks

Artist: Cindy Mager
Start Date: September 10, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 1 & 2
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Cindy Mager, a New Englander, taught herself to paint while living in Texas, where, as a young woman, she was diagnosed with mental illness, as she self-disclosed in her frank and honest artist's statement. Piecing together what life balance she could, she used her skill to produce hundreds of artworks instructed by supernatural entities. Her new paintings will be on display.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Blue Liberty

Artist: Terry Rooney
Start Date: September 10, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Terry Rooney was born in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the symbol that welcomed her ancestors to the land of liberty. Perhaps that is why this figure became a central theme in this artist's work for more than 40 years. This exhibit includes scratchboard, multi-panel drawings, and painted constructions. Newer constructions are upcycled stage sets with two intersecting houses addressing social upheavals and the symbol of Liberty.

Contact: 413-588-4337

What Does it Mean to Be an Observer?

Artist: Paul Andrew Powell
Start Date: September 10, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Bumpus Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Paul Andrew Powell is the author of the books Zen and Artificial Intelligence and Other Philosophical Musings by a Student of Zen Buddhism (Cambridge Scholars' Press, 2019). In this mixed media exhibition, Powell presents works influenced by his interest in Zen Buddhism and Postmodernism. He states, "Just as meditation seeks to deconstruct the representational self, my work seeks to deconstruct the act of observation by asking "What does it mean to be an observer?"

Contact: 413-588-4337

Together Again

Artisst: John Landino, Ben Westbrock
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Bumpus Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Ben Westbrook (1936-2021) and John Landino (1946-2022) were long-time colleagues of this director and friends of the Anchor House of Artists, now NEVAmuseum. This exhibition pairs some of their late flat works. The launch of this exhibit coincides with a poetry reading by Heather Treseler & Nathan McClain in our performance arena, which begins at 4pm on Saturday, September 7.

Contact: 413-588-4337

September Second Friday at Smith College Museum of Art

Date: Friday, September, 13, 4-8pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu

Join us for an evening of fun at the September 13 Second Friday! SCMA is free and open to all. 4-7pm: participate in Hands-on! Art making for all ages inspired by Younes Rahmoun's site-specific work Mountain-Stone-Earth #15 (Jabal-Hajar-Turab #15) . Light refreshments will be served. 4-8pm: enjoy a museum full of art! Photo by Cloud Osmond '24

Martha McCormick

Artist: Martha McCormick
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-7pm
Location: Northampton Senior Center, Bistro Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Address: 67 Conz Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2221/Artist-of-the-Month

Martha McCormick is an artist and art instructor who works from photographs. She uses permanent black marker to render the values and designs, incorporating lyrics and images that relate to the musicians. Her musician drawings are for sale: morningsidearts@gmail.com. Reception: Friday, September 13, in conjunction with Northampton Arts Night Out.

Contact: Nancy Yesu
nyesu@northamptonma.gov
413-587-1228

Quadralectic: A Solo Group Show

Artists: Malinda Labriola
Start Date: September 6, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 5-8pm
Location: Spilt-Level Gallery at Northampton Center for The Arts
Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

A unique exhibition curated by Malinda Labriola featuring the work of four artistic personas, each representing a different facet of Malinda's artistic practice. "Quadralectic" celebrates the idea that creativity is defined but not limited by the media we use, and that art can flourish when made with discernment rather than judgment.

Contact: Malinda Labriola
labriolastudios@gmail.com

Confluence

Artist: Amanda Maciuba
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: October 17, 2024
Reception Date: September 13, 5:30-7pm
Location: Oresman Gallery, Hillyer (Brown Fine Arts Center)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: smith.edu/academics/programs-courses/academic-programs/art

Maciuba's work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. This series of prints, artist's books, and installations are inspired by the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City that considers how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return throughout the U.S.

Contact: Nicole Longhi
nlonghi@smith.edu
413-585-3103

Here, Now

Artist: Younes Rahmoun
Start Date: August 30, 2024
End Date: July 13, 2025
Location: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
Address: 22 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/younes-rahmoun-here-now

The first North American exhibition devoted to the art of Younes Rahmoun, one of Morocco's leading contemporary artists. Over the last 25 years, Rahmoun has found inspiration in a profound connection to his here and now. He transforms simple shapes, materials and gestures from his daily life into sculptures and installations. For Rahmoun, creating art provides a way to be present with himself and with the world around him.

Works at Woodstar

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: August 20, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Location: Woodstar Café
Hours: Mon-Sun, 7am-6pm
Address: 60 Masonic Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

Small and medium artworks in a variety of media by members of the Quabbin Arts Association.

Contact: Lucia Foley
luciafoley@yahoo.com
413-275-2201

Home in the Making

Artist: Ryn Hodes
Start Date: August 1, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, September 13, 5-7pm
Location: Northampton Senior Center, Hallway Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Address: 67 Conz Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2221/Artist-of-the-Month

Ryn Hodes moved to the Valley from NYC 6 years ago. "Home in the Making," felt, wool, paper, silk represents a period of time when Ryn and her partner were becoming first time, late-in-life, homeowners.

Contact: Nancy Yesu
nyesu@northamptonma.gov
413-587-1228

A Beacon to the World: Art from the Sylvia Smith Lewis '74 and Byron E. Lewis Sr. Collection

Start Date: February 23, 2024
End Date: September 22, 2024
Location: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
Address: 22 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/beacon-world-art-sylvia-smith-lewis-74-and-byron-e-lewis-sr-collection

This special installation celebrates the recent donation of artwork from Sylvia Smith Lewis and her husband, Byron E. Lewis Sr. Lifelong supporters of Black artists, the Lewises built a major collection of modern and contemporary art. Unlike the majority of collectors and museums in the United States--who, until recently, ignored or marginalized work by Black artists--the Lewises have always championed the immense creativity and talent of these artists whose friendship they enjoyed and whose art they collected.

Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA

Start Date: July 28, 2023
End Date: TBA Fall 2024
Location: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
Address: 22 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/figuration-and-abstraction-asian-art-scma

In art, "figuration" refers to the depiction of shapes found in reality, whereas "abstraction" simplifies subjects into form, color, and line. In modern western art, these two concepts are often understood as contrasting, but throughout history and in places such as Asia, these categories were not separate. For the works on view in this exhibition, realistic representation may not have always been the goal. The exhibition also includes Asian artists who have engaged with the modernist discourse of figuration versus abstraction.

Visual/Verbal

Artists: Women of Words (WOW)
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: September 28, 2024
Reception Date: Thursday, September 12, 6-8 pm
Location: Palmer Public Library
Hours: Mon 10am-5pm, Tue-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-2pm
Address: 1455 N Main Street
City/Town: Palmer
Website: womenofwords.myportfolio.com

Marianne Connolly, Laura Holland, Sue Katz, Nancy Meagher, Rochelle Shicoff, Janet W. Winston, who have been meeting monthly since 2019 to share their writing, display work that involves visual images and the written word. Calling themselves Women of Words (WOW), they have collaborated on previous group projects, such as online readings, exhibits, and the creation of a 12-panel accordion book. Reception and Open Mic: September 12, 6-8pm. Reading Online: September 24, 7:30pm; preregister on website.

Treasured Memories

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: September 30, 2024
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Streets
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: shelburneartscoop.com

Many things can inspire a memory and the emotions it evokes--a place, a person, a color, a feature of the landscape, an object with special meaning. All of these find their way into paintings, prints, photographs, collages, mixed media pieces, scupture, decorative and wearable fiber pieces, and works incorporating wood, metal, paper, and found objects.

Contact: Flo Rosenstock
sac01370@gmail.com
413-625-9324

The New Herbarium

Artist: Madge Evers
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 28, 2024
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: 7 days, 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: salmonfallsgallery.com

The New Herbarium series reimagines the centuries-old process of collecting and preserving plants for science and art using mushroom spores. Evers references photosynthesis and the ancient collaboration in mycorrhiza to explore our entangled dependence on an ever-changing environment and the increasingly chaotic results of our desire to shape the natural world. Also in the gallery are works by painter Margaret Lloyd.

Contact: Madge Evers
madge@madgeevers.com
413-320-9498

Wings of the Wind

Artist: Margaret Lloyd
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: November 3, 2024
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: 7 days, 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: salmonfallsgallery.com

"Wings of the Wind" features oil paintings by Margaret Lloyd. In her art, she is searching for and forging the places that finally emerge--wild expanses of water, wind, and land--the ancient world, loved places, internal landscapes. She is driven to create tension, energy, and passion. At times the paintings dwell more in the realm of abstraction than realism--yet they strive to be as organic and palpable as the world we live in.

Contact: Margaret Lloyd
mglynnelloyd@gmail.com
413-221-5853

Artist Harmonia Rosales in conversation with Stephanie Sparling Williams

Date: Thursday, September 19, 5:30-6:30pm (and livestream)
Location: Gamble Auditorium, Art Building
Address: Mount Holyoke College
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu/event/artist-harmonia-rosales-conversation-stephanie-sparling-williams

Join us for a conversation between artist Harmonia Rosales and Dr. Stephanie Sparling Willams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art, Brooklyn Museum. This event celebrates the artist and her work, including the painting "The Harvest", on view at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Followed by a reception in the Hinchcliff Reception Hall.

Student Art Exhibition at Eliza Moser Fine Art

Artist: group show
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: October 5, 2024
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 12:30-5pm, Sat 10am-12:30pm
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com

Last September, local artist Eliza Moser opened an art studio and gallery in South Hadley. Since then, the gallery has become a hub for creative people in the local community and beyond. Eliza and her students will be celebrating one year in business with a Student Exhibition, to feature over 25 examples of student drawings, oil paintings, and more.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Retrospective

Artist: Stan Sherer
Start Date: September 14, 2024
End Date: October 6, 2024
Reception Date: September 22 & October 6
Location: Robert Floyd Gallery and Learning Center
Hours: Sun & Tue-Wed 1-5pm
Address: 2 East Street (@ RT 10/College Hwy)
City/Town: Southampton
Website: floydgallery.com

A retrospective exhibition of the career of Northampton photographer and filmmaker Stan Sherer including Sherer's early photographs. It will include images from Albania, China, France, Israel, the Philippines, Russia, and West Africa, showing how Sherer has depicted daily life in varied cultures. Sherer will give a gallery talk on September 29, 3pm. Image: Bud Warnock, Northampton State Hospital © Stan Sherer.

Contact: Robert Floyd
floyd@floydgallery.com
413-529-2635

Nelson Stevens: The Legacy Continues: Mural Ribbon Cutting

Date: Saturday, September 21, 3-5pm
Location: Art for the Soul Gallery - Classical Location
Address: 235 State Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com/post/nelson-stevens-rapping-the-young-the-old-and-the-beautiful

Ribbon-cutting celebration and unveiling of a recreation of Stevens' original mural titled, "the Old, the Young, and the Beautiful". Reception to follow. The mural project and re-creation is being completed by artists Tyrone Bowie Jr, Ariel Klein, Youme Nguyen Ly, Sheldon Smith, Jasmine Thomas and Dawn Williams, under the direction of Jones-Henderson and Commonwealth murals. Dr. Kiara Hill will give remarks on the late Nelson Stevens and the Black Arts Movement.

Ubora and Ahadi Awards Ceremony honoring Rosemary Tracy Woods

Date: Saturday, September 21, 6-8:30bm
Location: Springfield Museums
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/ubora

Join us as we honor African Americans who demonstrate a commitment to the Greater Springfield area and exhibit excellence in the fields of community service, education, science, humanities, the arts or academics. Reception immediately following. Honoring Rosemary Tracy Woods, Executive Director of Art for the Soul Gallery, and presenting the Ahadi Youth Award to Jackson Counsel-Watkins. Presented by African Hall Committee. RSVP on the website.

Contact: ubora@springfieldmuseums.org

HERE & NOW: SPRINGFIELD

Artists: 22 Springfield artists and photographers
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: October 4, 2024
Reception Date: September 14, 11am-1pm
Location: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC)
Hours: Mon & Wed 10:30am-2:30pm, Tue & Thur 10am-4pm, Fri 12:30-3:30pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, USE Pearl Street GATE, B28
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry

HERE & NOW: SPRINGFIELD represents the first exhibition at the Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery which exclusively features artists and photographers living in Springfield. Responding to a call for artwork this past spring, twenty-two Springfield creative residents, ranging in age from their twenties to seventies, utilize a wide variety of media to create tiny acrylic paintings, wall-size video and hip-hop sound, digital photographs, mylar balloon clothing, and printmaking on fabric.

Contact: Sondra Peron
speron@stcc.edu
413-695-3196

Expressions in Pottery

Artist: Karen Mendelsohn
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: October 5, 2024
Location: Springfield JCC
Address: 1160 Dickinson Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldjcc.org/events/2024/09/05/adult/opening-reception-expressions-in-pottery-by-karen-mendelsohn

This exhibit features a selection of artistic ceramic pieces that expresses Karen's passion using many techniques, textures, and glaze combinations.

Contact: Yael Silver
ysilver@springfieldjcc.org
413-739-4715

Pieces of Me

Artist: David Andrews
Start Date: June 23, 2024
End Date: September 29, 2024
Location: Art for the Soul Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4pm
Address: Tower Square, 1500 Main Street, Floor 2
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com

David Andrews interweaves hornets' nests, graphite, and text, to bring forth some of his "deepest inner thoughts and emotions." These unique mixed media pieces of art combine these elements into cohesive, poetic pieces that touch on a variety of issues including identity and self reflection. Andrews states that his goal of "Pieces of Me" is to "encourage viewers to take a look at themselves."

Contact: Emily Munsell
emilyartforthesoul@gmail.com
413-301-6314

Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women

Artist: Julie Lapping Rivera
Start Date: April 27, 2024
End Date: February 23, 2025
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Museums
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/look-again-portraits-of-daring-women-by-julie-lapping-rivera

An homage to exceptional, pioneering women working across centuries. In a series of hand-carved, woodcut and collage prints, Leverett-based artist Julie Lapping Rivera highlights the lives and achievements of women who defied the status quo. Rivera's portraits invite the viewer to consider who is included, and omitted, from narratives of history today. There will be a poetry reading on September 19th.

Artist Members Exhibition

Start Date: August 3, 2023
End Date: September 14, 2024
Reception Date: September 14, 3-5pm
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm, Tue 4-7pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

An exhibition of works by Workshop13 Artist Members. Closing reception September 14th.

Contact: Marie Lauderdale
info@workshop13.org
413-277-6072

The Road to Dana

Artist: Ron Michaud
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: November 15, 2024
Reception Date: September 12, 6-8pm
Location: Jasper Rand Art Gallery at Westfield Athenaeum
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: westath.org

Michaud's current paintings explore the ideas and themes of color and vision through the evocative landscapes associated with the lost town of Dana in Central Massachusetts.

Exorcism = Liberation: a participatory public art intervention

Artist: Yanira Castro / a canary torsi & a team of collaborators
Start Date: September 15, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Reception Date: September 14, 3-5pm
Location: A.P.E Gallery, UMass Fine Arts Center, Holyoke Public Library, and more locations
City/Town: Nonotuck, Nipmuc, Pocumtuc Lands / Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton
Website: apearts.org/exorcism--liberation.html

A public art project that investigates our relationship to land, self-determination, migration, and climate disaster. Through collective citywide experiences in New York City, Chicago, and the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, we invite the American public to imagine alternative futures through the lens of Puerto Rican culture and the U.S.' ongoing colonial history. See website for more info about the project and a full schedule of local events.

Contact: Kathy Couch
kathycouch@apearts.org
413-586-5553

48th Annual Old Deerfield Arts & Crafts Festival

Date: September 21, 10am-5pm & September 22, 10am-4pm
Location: Memorial Hall Museum Block
Address: 8 Memorial Street
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: deerfield-craft.org

Over 100 artisans with handcrafted wares, delicious specialty foods, free family craft table, and enjoy a fun day of shopping with the family. Categories include: leather, fiber, wood, metal, pottery, apparel, jewelry, and much more. Free shuttle buses and parking are marked along Routes 5 & 10. Children 12 and under are free to enter. Visit our website for all of the details and a full vendor listing. Proceeds benefit the PVMA a 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization.

Contact: Jennifer Fay Smith
jfay@deerfieldmuseum.org
413-774-7476

MCC Local Cultural Council Grants

Sponsoring Group Name: Mass Cultural Council (MCC)
Deadline: October 16
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: various cities & towns
Website: massculturalcouncil.org/communities/local-cultural-council-program/application-process

Mass Cultural Council funds and manages a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) across the state, representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards money based on individual community cultural needs, assessed and set by LCC members. Applicants apply directly to local councils. Full details on website.

LAYERS: Call for Entries

Sponsoring Group Name: The Artists at Indian Orchard Mills
Deadline: December 6
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Springfield
Website: Facebook.com/IndianOrchardMills

The Artists of Indian Orchard Mills present an investigation of “LAYERS”. Artists of all experience levels are encouraged to submit. Any and all media welcome. Reception with refreshments will be held on January 18th, 2025 at the Dane Gallery at the Mills. Exhibit will continue until February 15th, with the Gallery open Friday and Saturday afternoons. Complete details on Event page. No cost to submit. $15 for up to 3 accepted pieces. Direct questions to IOMills.submissions@gmail.com

Contact: Ellen
IOMills.submissions@gmail.com

Belchertown Transfer Station Container Murals

Sponsoring Group Name: Belchertown Creative Economy & Clapp Memorial Library
Deadline: October 11
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Belchertown
Website: belchertown.org/513/Municipal-Arts-Program

The Town of Belchertown invites artists to submit mural design applications for the Transfer Station containers on the theme of sustainability. Learn more and apply by visiting the website. The Transfer Station Container Mural project is jointly organized by the Belchertown Creative Economy Committee, Clapp Memorial Library, and Department of Public Works for the Town of Belchertown.

Contact: E. Maude Haak-Frendscho
econdev@belchertown.org

Zen Frog Gallery Show

Sponsoring Group Name: Zen Frog
Deadline: September 30
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Florence

The Zen Frog wants your art on our Gallery Wall! Now scheduling monthly shows for October 2024 - March 2025. 2D and 3D artists welcome to apply. Email zenfrogart@gmail.com for application link. Zen Frog is a coffee shop, cafe, and retail goods store owned and staffed entirely by queer folk. We prioritize applications from folk who identify as queer, POC, disabled, and or have little to no experience with showing their work in a cafe setting. Though everyone is welcome and encouraged to apply!

Contact: Elayna Sturm
zenfrogart@gmail.com

Pop-Up Markets at CitySpace

Sponsoring Group Name: CitySpace
Deadline: September 10
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: cityspaceeasthampton.org/popup

CitySpace invites artists from Hampshire, and Franklin counties to participate and sell work in Old Town Hall at upcoming Pop-Up Markets. Applications are rolling through September 10, 2024. Early entry is encouraged. CitySpace will provide tables/chairs and wi-fi. The Pop-Up Markets occur on Saturday, October 5, and Saturday, December 7 from 2-7pm at CitySpace in Easthampton. Pop-Up Markets will coincide with Art Walk Easthampton.

Contact: Burns Maxey
info@cityspaceeasthampton.org
413-282-7705

Outdoor Public Art Memorial

Sponsoring Group Name: Payette Architects
Deadline: November 6
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artsake.massculturalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Holyoke-Veterans-Home-Memorial_Open-Call-Public-Art-RFP.pdf

Payette Architects, on behalf of the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Holyoke (MVH), invites artists, designers, architects, landscape architects, students and/or other design professionals to submit conceptual proposals for the design, fabrication, and installation of an outdoor public art memorial to complement the MVH in Holyoke, MA.

Contact: Scott Parker
sparker@payette.com

Food for Thought: Celebrating Farms and Farmers

Sponsoring Group Name: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Deadline: September 16
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Food for Thought runs from September 20 to November 3 at the Fiddleheads Gallery, 105 Main Street, Northfield. Please contact Marge, margedvaa@gmail.com for more details.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

The LAVA Center's 5th annual Community Art Show

Sponsoring Group Name: The LAVA Center
Deadline: September 20
Submission/Entry Fees: $5 fee if accepted
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/community-art-show

This year's theme is "texture." There will be a $5 fee if accepted. To submit: email art@thelavacenter.org with your name, a JPG/PNG of your piece and the title. There is a three-piece submission limit and all art must be hung on our walls (no free-standing sculpture.) The Community Art Show will have an opening reception on Saturday, Nov 2nd, 11am–2pm, and be on display at The LAVA Center in November and December.

Contact: info@thelavacenter.org
413-376-8118

STAND 2024 at Art Fluent

Sponsoring Group Name: Art Fluent
Deadline: September 20
Submission/Entry Fees: $25 first entry / $10 for each additional entry
City/Town: Boston
Website: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13662

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, STAND 2024.

Contact: Amy Matteson Neill
hello@art-fluent.com
508-419-1015

Gurvitch Memorial Adult Art Exhibit

Sponsoring Group Name: Springfield JCC
Deadline: September 20
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldjcc.org/j-gallery

On view October 27 - December 6, 2024. Sponsored by the Lepow-Gurvitch family in loving memory of Sadie and Eli Gurvitch, this annual art exhibit highlights the creative efforts of non-professional senior artists who wish to exhibit their work. The show is dedicated primarily to Sadie Gurvitch, who in her 60s developed a strong interest in art and painting. Adults from the Pioneer Valley, ages 50 and older, are eligible to submit work. The show is open to non-professional artists only.

Contact: Yael Silver
ysilver@springfieldjcc.org
413-739-4715

Art on the Lawn 2024

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst History Museum
Deadline: September 14
Submission/Entry Fees: $25
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amhersthistory.org/art-on-the-lawn-call-for-artists

The Amherst History Museum announces the return of Art on the Lawn 2024. This year, we are hosting local artists and crafters on the lawn of the museum on Saturday, October 5, 2024. All 2-D and 3-D artists in the Amherst region are eligible to participate. We can accommodate up to 12 artists on a first come, first served basis. Artists will be provided with a 10'x10' space on the lawn. Art on the Lawn takes place rain or shine. Visit our website for full details.

Contact: Amy Crawley
info@amhersthistory.org

Sunderland Public Library's Lane Family Reading Room Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Sunderland Public Library
Deadline: December 31
Submission/Entry Fee: none
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: sunderlandpubliclibrary.org/gallery

The Sunderland Public Library offers bi-monthly art exhibits in the library's Lane Family Reading Room. These exhibits feature local artists displaying works of a variety of mediums. The Lane Family Reading Room Gallery offers approximately 37 linear feet of wall space and adjacent open shelves. The Trustees of the Sunderland Public Library are continually seeking applications from artists to display their work in the gallery. Work that shows diverse mediums and viewpoints are encouraged.

Contact: Katherine Umstot
director@sunderlandpubliclibrary.org
413-665-2642

Downtown Northampton Sunday Block Party

Sponsoring Group Name: Spill the Tea Sis
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/jLtVCKA8zvmVVB93A

The Sunday Block Party runs the 2nd Sunday of every month May to October. We are particularly interested in artists, makers, musicians, farmers, local food businesses & divination readers for this event! BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Small Businesses encouraged! See website for full details.

Mentoring Program for Early Career Artists from the Connecticut River Valley

Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Arts Mentors (VAM)
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artsmentors.org/mentorship

VAM is currently accepting registrations for mentors and mentees! We match 10 - 15 mentor/mentee pairs a year on a rolling basis. Commitment: Mentors and mentees connect online or in person once every two weeks for a six month period. Full details and registration form on website.

Contact: admin@artsmentors.org
508-439-2069

Portrait Sculpture with John Collins

Date & Time: Saturdays, 9am-12pm, September 14 - November 16
Fee: $320 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Learn the foundations of realistic sculpting in water-based clay working from a live model. Get hands-on experience in armature building, proper proportion measuring, detailed eye, ear, and lip studies, and clay sculpting tools and techniques. All materials and clay firing included.

Contact: Mary Remington
info@workshop13.org
413-277-6072

Hand-building Highland Cows with Nayda A. Cuevas

Date & Time: Saturday, September 21, 10am-12pm
Fee: $30 / 10% member discount / sliding scale pricing available
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Immerse yourself in the delightful world of hand-building with our workshop dedicated to creating charming Highland cow sculptures! All materials and clay firing included. Ages: 6+

Contact: Mary Remington
info@workshop13.org
413-277-6072

Amanda Barrow's Monotype & Gel Plate Printing Workshops

Date & Time: onotype: Saturday, October 5 / Gel Plate: Sunday, October 6
Fee: $145 for Monotype class / $115 for Gel Plate class / $250 for both
Location: Amanda Barrow Printmaking Studio
Address: One Cottage Street, studio #415
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: artlink.click/59de01

Take these classes separately or experience a Printmaking Power Combo! Monotype & Gel Plate prints are one-of-a-kind prints! Imagine painting on a sheet of plastic, placing paper over it, & running it through a printing press. Voila, the image comes out on paper in reverse to how you painted it! Come have fun & play with AKUA soy-based inks, brushes, & different papers to create original prints. All materials included, share ink, make friends; take home a Gel Plate & 7 prints with each class!

Contact: Amanda Barrow
bridge.arts.1@gmail.com

Watercolor Big and Bold (intro) with Deborah Rubin

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm, October 22 - November 19 (no class Nov 12)
Fee: $200-275 sliding scale plus supplies
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org

Students will learn basic techniques, materials, and aesthetics to create three paintings. You will have exercises in color mixing, compositions, and lots more, with guidance from the instructor.

Contact: Kelly Silliman
programs@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Watercolor Big and Bold (int/adv) with Deborah Rubin

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-9pm, October 23 - November 20
Fee: $200-275 sliding scale plus supplies
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org

Learn about techniques, like wet on wet, dry brush, and glazing while creating three or four paintings. You'll have many decisions to make to propel you forward and get you out of your comfort zone.

Contact: Kelly Silliman
programs@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Mosaic Flower Pot Workshop with Deb Aldo

Date & Time: Saturday, September 21, 10am-1pm
Fee: $55 member / $65 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Create a small mosaic and work at cutting, fitting and adhering tesserae to substrate. Learn various methods of cutting glass and stone with tools provided.

Contact: Deb Also
deb.pietredure@gmail.com

Cut Loose: 2001: Space Odyssey @ Galaxy with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 9, 6-8pm
Fee: $50
Location: Galaxy
Address: 60 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-9-Cut-Loose-2001-Space-Odyssey-@-Galaxy-p690538998

Join us for an out-of-this-world Cut Loose Collage Workshop! Inspired by the mod space vibes of 2001: Space Odyssey, you’ll orbit into relaxation, launch your creativity into the stratosphere, and craft stellar collage art--all in a laid-back, welcoming environment.

Contact: Michael Sjostedt
msjost@gmail.com
413-230-1812

Drawing for Absolute Beginners with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: Saturday, September 28, 10am-1pm
Fee: $75
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/oneday-workshops

Learn drawing, starting from the absolute beginning. This workshop is designed specifically for beginners and those with no drawing experience to teach the basics of drawing. In this class we will gain an introduction to drawing materials, learn how to map out simple shapes, and learn techniques for shading and blending.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Weekly Classical Drawing Class with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: Fridays, 10am-12pm; OR Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
Fee: $160 / 4-week class
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/weekly-classes

Our weekly classes run in continuous sessions of 4 weeks, with breaks for holidays or make up classes. Join at the start of any 4-week session. Open to all levels, new students will learn the step-by-step process of Pencil Drawing by working on a beginner-friendly project the first time they enroll in the class. After this, any returning students are welcome to choose their own subject matter, and work at their own pace applying the methods they've learned to the project of their choice.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Weekly Classical Oil Painting Class with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm; OR Thursdays, 6-8:30pm
Fee: $200 / 4-week class
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/weekly-classes

Learn the foundations of classical oil painting! Our weekly classes run in continuous sessions of 4 weeks, with breaks for holidays & make up classes. Open to all levels, new students will learn the step-by-step process of Oil Painting by working on a beginner-friendly project the first time they enroll in the class. After this, any returning students are welcome to choose their own subject matter, and work at their own pace applying the methods they've learned to the project of their choice.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Cut Loose: Vision Board with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Sunday, October 6, 10am-12pm
Fee: $45
Location: Danielle Tait Photography
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste 230
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-6-Cut-Loose-Vision-Board-@-Danielle-Tait-Photography-Studio-p690589381

See your future come into focus at Cut Loose: Vision Board Collage Workshop! This is your chance to visualize your dreams and manifest your goals through the art of collage. It’s the perfect fall Sunday activity to enjoy with friends, as you relax, connect, and set your sights on the future--all in a cozy, welcoming environment.

Contact: Michael Sjostedt
msjost@gmail.com
413-230-1812

Cut Loose: Superstar! @ Jupiter Club with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Thursday, October 3, 6-8pm
Fee: $45
Location: Jupiter Club
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste 121
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-3-Cut-Loose-Superstar-@-Jupiter-p690538497

Shine bright at Cut Loose: Superstar! Channel your inner star as you create dazzling collages using iconic images from vintage celebrity magazines. It's a fun evening out with friends, perfect for those looking to relax, mingle, and let their creativity sparkle--all in the cosmic comfort of Jupiter, Easthampton's new cocktail space.

Contact: Michael Sjostedt
msjost@gmail.com
413-230-1812

Printmaking Found Objects at Artspace Community Arts Center

Date & Time: September 29, 9:30am-12:30pm
Fee: $45
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/product-page/sept-29th-printmaking-found-objects

This class explores the art of everyday life, where participants will collect and utilize found objects in unique ways to create prints. Participants will learn new ways to see the world around them and walk away with a variety of skills and completed artworks. This class is for artists of all ages. All children under the age of 6 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811

The Sunday Figure Drawing Group Artspace Community Arts Center

Date & Time: 9:30am-12:30pm, September 15 & 29, October 13 & 27
Fee: $25
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

Now welcoming drop-ins! Fees are collected by Alan Hopkins at the door (cash or check). Please bring your own drawing materials, however, session fees cover the cost of the space and hiring a professional live model Note: this is a self-guided figure drawing open studio, no teaching or guidance is provided, this is geared towards intermediate and advanced artists! Also note that this is an adult-only figure drawing studio, as models may be nude during these sessions.

Contact: Alan Hopkins
alandhopkins@comcast.net

Collage Club at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: October 1, November 5, 5:30-7:30pm
Fee: $2-$10 sliding scale
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/collage-club

RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints and collected odds and ends. We figured it was time we give our collage fanatics a special program just for you! All ages are invited to join, we ask that ages under 12 are supervised by an adult. Ages 12-17 can attend solo with written or phone call permission from a guardian. We supply all materials, but feel free to bring your own project if you'd like!

Contact: info@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396

Rock & Roll and Stage Photography with John Robison and Rick Colson

Date & Time: November 2, 12:45-3pm
Fee: $25 suggested donation / free for members of the Parlor Room Collective & under eighteens
Location: The Iron Horse
Address: 18 Center Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/workshop/rock-roll-and-stage-photography

Learn to take better photos at concerts, plays and other stage events! Techniques for capturing high quality performance images at concert/stage venues under complex stage lighting. Join John Robison, assisted by Rick Colson, for this two-hour workshop. A Human Scale Art Space pop-up event. Full details on website.

Contact: info@humanscaleartspace.org
413-206-1855

Polaroid 20x24 Instant Film Workshop with John Reuter

Date & Time: October 26, 9am-6pm
Fee: $500
Location: Nafis Azad Studio
City/Town: Whately
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/workshop/polaroid-20x24-instant-images

An all-day workshop offering a unique opportunity to learn about the legendary 20x24 instant process. Includes two hours of studio shooting time with a subject of your choice, a technical supervisor to help operate the camera, and two sheets of 20x24 instant film. The workshop will be run by the legendary Polaroid instant photography expert and mentor, John Reuter. A Human Scale Art Space pop-up event. Full details on website.

Contact: info@humanscaleartspace.org
413-206-1855

Artist Social and Critique at The Mill District Local Art Gallery

Date & Time: September 12, 6-8pm
Fee: none
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

All local artists, both beginners and established, are invited to attend our Artist Social and Critique that meets every 2nd Thursday of the month. Help us create a safe space for a supportive and constructive artistic feedback while expanding your connections to other artists. 6-6:30pm Artist Social Time, 6:30-8pm Artist Critique. Share your digital work! Email images to gallery@cowls.com in advance.

Contact: Shannon Borrell
gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966

Recycled Puppets and the Throw Away World at Workshop13

Date & Time: Saturdays, 1-3pm, September 14 - October 5
Fee: $125 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/education

How can objects found around the house be brought to life? What stories do they have to tell? Create a recycled puppet and discover characters, stories and scenes through the magic of animating crumpled paper, an old baby blanket, a discarded umbrella. Engage with others in short scenes and discussions about objects that are precious and the cost of knick knacks on the planet. Explore sustainability in a completely new creative hands on approach geared toward teens and adults.

Contact: Mary Remington
remington@workshop13.org
413-277-6072

Learn the Ancient Art of Coiling with Pine Needles with Marsha Leavitt

Date & Time: Saturday, September 14, 9am-1pm
Fee: $50 member / $60 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Using long leaf pine needles from the southern coastal regions treated with glycerin; You will have a choice of several different types of bases. I will demonstrate several stitches and you can incorporate beads or wrapped sections to make a unique wall hanging. Cost includes materials for one piece. Ages 16 and up. To register for the class or for more information, email Marsha with your name, contact info and class date or your question.

Contact: Marsha Leavitt
marsha3072@gmail.com

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: October 19, 10am-4pm
Fee: $100
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Christine Kenneally is now offering Mosaics workshops in her new home studio in Conway. (former studio was in the Paragon Building in Easthampton.) Join in the fun and make a beautiful and lasting work of art for your garden or walkway in just one day in this popular class. Learn the principles of mosaic composition and design, and connect with your own personal imagery and ideas. Work with hand tools to cut glass and found objects, assemble your design, and cast it in concrete.

Contact: Christine Kenneally
kenneally.christine@gmail.com
413-244-2384

Nature Mosaics in the Indirect Method with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Mondays, 3-6pm, September 16 - October 21
Fee: $475
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Embark on a 6-week exploration of a subject, belonging to the natural world. Choose a plant, a bird, a landscape being intentional about factors such as the season, environment, quality of light, etc. I'll work with you in the process of composing your subject. As you create your mosaic from hand cut pieces of glass, tile, etc, you will build skills of observation and interpretation, of patterns, shapes, movement and energy that all work together to give life and personality to your work.

Contact: Christine Kenneally
kenneally.christine@gmail.com
413-244-2384

Mosaic House Numbers with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Thursdays, 9:30am-12:30pm, September 19 - October 24
Fee: $525
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Using glass, broken china and found objects, and working with hand tools, make a personalized and durable mosaic house number to display outside your home. You can identify your address while also making a statement about your home and the people who live there. Includes all materials and personal consultation for installation.

Contact: Christine Kenneally
kenneally.christine@gmail.com
413-244-2384

Drypoint Printmaking with Recycled Materials at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Sunday, September 15, 10am-5pm
Fee: $140 + $20 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/tetra-pak-drypoint

Upcycle your old food and beverage containers into an art project! In this one-day workshop, we will learn how to transform packaging into printing plates, how to make images on them and how to print them to get exciting results. As simple as it sounds, these materials and techniques can be used to create gorgeous intaglio prints. Cartons will be provided but if you have your own saved we encourage you to bring them along! All experience levels welcome.

Contact: Kaye Carroll
kaye@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Photo Screen Printing at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 10am-5pm
Fee: $280 + $40 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/photo-screen-printing-2

Learn how to transform your photos and drawings into multilayered screen prints! This workshop combines technical and artistic instruction in our state-of-the-art screen printing studio. Learn image manipulation on and off the computer and the ins and outs of the darkroom. As you become comfortable preparing positives and exposing screens, we will focus on composing layered images, printing technique, and color mixing. All experience levels welcome! No computer experience necessary.

Contact: Kaye Carroll
kaye@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Introduction to Photopolymer Printmaking at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 10am-5pm
Fee: $320 + $40 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/introduction-to-photopolymer-2

Photopolymer prints are not just about photographs! This process is so versatile that it can accommodate nearly any type of imagery, yielding prints with beautiful, rich blacks, delicate tones, and sensitively translated textures. In this 2-day workshop, students will learn how to create and print a plate using their own photo-based digital imagery. Experimentation and a sense of adventure is encouraged as you learn how to alter the original image digitally or by hand. Beginners welcome.

Contact: Kaye Carroll
kaye@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Create a Visual Photographic Palette

Date & Time: 6-8pm, September 25 - February 26
Fee: $375 with early registration
Location: Robert Floyd Gallery and Learning Center
Address: 2 East Street (@ RT 10/College Hwy)
City/Town: Southampton
Website: floydgallery.com

We designed this workshop for serious photographers who enjoy capturing photos, seeking feedback, appreciating observing others' progress and wanting to discuss and critique photographic techniques. We meet once a month, allowing you enough time between sessions to prepare and share your work. You may choose to showcase either old or new work, with the option of having a theme or varying their work each month. We limit enrollment to six participants. In-person and Zoom participation.

Contact: Robert Floyd
floyd@floydgallery.com
413-529-2635

Gelli printing / Collage Workshop with Katarina McKinney

Date & Time: September 28, 10am-1pm
Fee: $60 member / $70 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Learn the joy of gelli printmaking and use your prints to create charming collage cards.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Woodland Wonders: A Mixed Media Series with Heather Geoffrey

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 1-3pm, Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 19
Fee: $35/class
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Spend Tuesday afternoons in the enchanting world of mixed media art with Springfield artist, Heather Geoffrey. This 5-part series explores the delightful blend of decoupage, collage, and paint on wooden canvases. Great for beginners and experienced artists! Each class offers a unique project. Ages 12+

Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966

Drop-In Public Studio at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: first Saturdays, 4:30-7pm
Fee: suggested donation $10-$15/hr per person
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/drop-in-studio

The time is yours! Drop In Public Studio is supervised by RCA studio assistants and instructors. There is no set theme or project for drop-in studio hours, but our staff will always be there to share new techniques, equipment, and ideas with you! Come to hang out in community, use any of RCA's supplies, and create independently! Drop-In Studio takes place on the first Saturday of every month during Easthampton's Art Walk.

Contact: info@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396

Bookbinding Workshops at Antler Editions

Date & Time: late Summer - early Fall
Fee: $48-150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 512
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops-valleyarts

Various bookbinding workshops for beginners to those with some experience. Learn to create blank journals, hardcover sketchbooks, and beginner level artist books. These classes are great for writers, artists, and those looking to unwind and try a new craft. All classes include materials and tools needed so that you don't have to invest in a new craft before trying it out. Classes range from 2-4 hours depending on the level.

Contact: Lisa Hersey
lisa@antlereditions.com
413-204-2431

Collage Chronicles: Putting the Pieces Together with Heather Geoffrey

Date & Time: Sundays, 1-3pm: September 15, October 13
Fee: $35 each
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Unleash your creativity and start your journey into the art of collage with Heather Geoffrey's collage series. These four workshops are perfect for anyone interested in learning the basics of collage. The total series will cover everything from tools to concept development. Ages 12+

Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966

summer@lava: Free Visual and Performing Arts and Workshops

Date & Time: Saturdays, until September 28
Fee: free
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/summer

Join The LAVA Center in downtown Greenfield every Saturday this summer for art, music, and theater! Our summer@lava series features new visual and performing arts and workshops, and happens every Saturday midday, so you can come after your weekly trip to the farmers market, and then hit up the rest of downtown's cafes, restaurants, library, bookstores and shops afterwards! And best of all--all summer@lava programming is all FREE, funded by the Crossroads Cultural District and the Mass Cultural Council.

Contact: info@thelavacenter.org
413-376-8118

Beginning Stained Glass at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: September 28, 1-5:30pm
Fee: $125
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

Create a beautiful sun catcher or ornaments to grace your home or give as gifts. We will cover the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass art. The perfect class for students with no experience or intermediate students with some experience who may want a refresher course. All levels welcome. Glass and supplies are included in the tuition and the use of all tools.

Contact: Heather McLean
Info@DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com
413-559-1010

Amherst Plein Air Society

Date & Time: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, 9am-1pm, until October 31
Fee: $45 annual dues
Location: Amherst area
City/Town: Amherst
Website: facebook.com/Amherst-Plein-Air-Society-392391357552048

APAS artists paint en plein air together three days a week from 9am-1pm at different beautiful locations in the Valley. All media, ages, and levels of experience are warmly welcome. We are a friendly, supportive group of artists who learn from and help each other grow in our work. To come try a paint-out to see if APAS is a good fit for you, email Susanne.

Contact: Susanne Personette
susannepersonette@gmail.com
413-835-5229

Queer And Trans Art Group at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: every other Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm
Fee: donations appreciated but not required
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/qtag

Open to anyone who identifies as queer, trans, or gender-expansive. This is a bi-weekly program happens every other Wednesday at 7pm with our fabulous facilitator Mi! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.

Contact: info@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396

Art Space and/or Shared Living Space in Beautiful Apartment

Date(s) Available: now
City/Town: Greenfield

Two private attached rooms in sunny, peaceful (1400SF) a second floor apartment in walkable neighborhood, 1 minute away from I-91. Seeking a quiet, clean, reliable person to share this space with me and friendly, energetic 30-pound dog as either a housemate or as art studio space. Rent rooms for use as art space only: $750/mo inclusive. Rent as art and shared living space: $900/mo. Includes heat, electricity, wi-fi, off street parking, air conditioning. Email for more information.

Contact: artandsoul.wm@gmail.com

Monthly and Hourly Studio Space Rentals at Artspace Community Arts Center

Date(s) Available: now
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

Are you an artist? Musician? A member of a community board? We'd love to share our space with you! Perfect for monthly art-meetups, board meetings with your organization, band practice, or a private space to unleash your creativity! Two private studios available each at $250/mo, two large rooms available by hour on a sliding scale. Free parking in our private lot, secure day and night keypad access to the building, and access to a grand piano, a console piano, and music stands if that's your jam!

Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811

Looky Here's 3rd Annual Gala (plus a Call for Art!)

Goal: $50,000
End Date: December 14
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: 32auctions.com/lookyhere2024gala

This year's annual fundraising gala will be a Victorian Saloon at The People's Pint! A selection of donated art will hang for 2 months and will be auctioned to help us reach our goal of $50,000 by the end of 2024. Bidding begins on October 16th, and closes at 10:30pm on the night of our Gala at the People's Pint, December 14th, 2024. In the meantime, we are seeking donations to help us reach this month's goal of $10,000! Please donate to Looky Here!

Contact: Hannah Brookman
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Make-it Springfield 2024 Appeal: Support our Teens

Goal: open
End Date: December 31
City/Town: Springfield
Website: makeitspringfield.org/teen-appeal2024

Help us reach our goal to provide transportation services for teens who will spend time creating and inventing at Make-it Springfield. Providing transportation addresses a key barrier to high-quality, out-of-school resources for youth. Our ability to provide transportation removes this barrier for the teens in our community who tell us that transportation issues restrict their ability to access our space.

Contact: info@makeitspringfield.org