Our Favorite Images

Artists: Springfield Photographic Society
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Website: agawamlibrary.org

This exhibit will some favorite pictures from the extensive image library of the Springfield Photographic Society. The pictures are samples of the work of 29 club members and former members. The images portray people and culture, the beauty of nature, and the whimsical things we find when we pause to observe the world around us. Each photographer chose an image of theirs which is a strong representative of their photographic interest and style.

Contact: Erica LeFebvre
elefebvre@agawamlibrary.org
413-789-1550

Nature Photographs

Artists: Gene Rork, Evelyn Villa
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 15, 5-7pm
Location: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherstma.gov/1212/Public-Art-Commission

The Amherst Town Hall Art Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by Gene Rork and Evelyn Villa. The public is invited to meet the artists at a free reception on Thursday, October 15th. Refreshments will be served.

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

Landscape and Myth

Artist: Nicole L Gadon
Start Date: October 8, 2026
End Date: December 31, 2026
Reception Date: October 8, 5-7pm
Location: The Jewish Community of Amherst
Hours: Tue-Thur 10am-3pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: nicolegadon.com

This show reflects my evolution as an artist since retiring from careers as a textile designer and an art teacher. The works shown include large ink drawings based on Melangell, the Celtic protector of hares, watercolor and egg tempera landscapes based on observation, and intimate, symbolic paintings inspired by magic realism and the late Italian Gothic. I make art to express my feelings about our relationships to each other, the earth, animals and the fragility of the natural world.

Contact: Nicole Linda Gadon
nicole.gadon@gmail.com
646-296-7829

Remittance

Start Date: September 15, 2026
End Date: January 3, 2027
Location: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur until 10pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/mm/72371

Remittance brings together multimedia work by a dozen contemporary artists from across the globe who reflect on the emotional, familial, and economic realities of traveling to find work which can provide a better standard of life for loved ones left behind.

Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu
413-542-2551

Variations/Sensations

Artist: Janet W. Winston
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Janet W. Winston revisits and reinterprets themes that have held great meaning for her over the years, with expressive variations depicting the Mayan ruins in the Mexican Yucatan, the fluttering movement of butterflies, and the rolling dunes of Cape Cod. A precision of line and a joyous profusion of color characterize all her work, but her artistic trajectory suggests an arc leaning towards abstraction. Art Forum Online: October 15th, 7:30pm, register on website.

Contact: Janet W. Winston
janetawinston@gmail.com
413-687-5758

SEEING PLACE

Artist: Kathleen Lugosch
Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: October 22, 2026
Location: Design Building Gallery
Address: UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: kathleenlugoschstudio.com

Experience of place holds my interest as architect, academic, and artist. The through line: art-architecture-place. This show, divided into five moments, intimates deep kinship and feelings of responsibility, love, and joy with place, this forest, I call home. Impressions, photos, maps, emotion, memory . . . ways of seeing that I explore through this exhibit.

Contact: Kathleen Lugosch
Lugosch@umass.edu

Ghosts, Echoes, and Other Wonders

Artist: Anita S. Hunt
Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: December 15, 2026
Location: Hampden Gallery
Address: UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/2026-2027/anita-s-hunt

Showcases the work of local printmaker Anita S. Hunt. Bringing together old and new prints, drawings, collages and paper sculptures, the exhibition explores Hunt’s relationship with rural New England.

Contact: Maddie Fabian
mfabian@umass.edu
413-545-9663

De Natura Libris

Artist: Álvaro Alejandro López
Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: December 15, 2026
Location: Hampden Gallery
Address: UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/2026-2027/alvaro-alejandro-lopez

Álvaro Alejandro López’s digital photographs explore our relationship with books, highlighting their material presence, textures, and signs of use. His work invites viewers to consider the book as both an object and a living score shaped by personal experiences.

Contact: Maddie Fabian
mfabian@umass.edu
413-545-9663

My beautiful, pitiful age: The 20th century through the Thomas P. Whitney Collection

Start Date: August 25, 2026
End Date: January 3, 2027
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur until 10pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive / Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2026/my-beautiful-pitiful-age

The multipart exhibition at the Mead Art Museum and the Amherst Center for Russian Culture offers the first in-depth exploration of the Thomas P. Whitney Collection of art and rare books. Exhibition materials will be shown in galleries in both locations throughout the 2026-2027 academic year.

Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu
413-542-2551

The Biggest Tiny Art Show in North Amherst

Start Date: July 15, 2026
End Date: October 12, 2026
Location: The Mill District General Store & Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road,
City/Town: Amherst
Website: eventbrite.com/e/the-biggest-tiny-art-show-in-north-amherst-free-drop-in-public-art-tickets-1993836103458

YOU are invited to participate in the BIGGEST tiny art show in North Amherst! Swing by The Mill District General Store & Local Art Gallery to participate in our current public art exhibit located in our Front Window Gallery! We provide the 2” x 2” canvas, you provide the creativity! FREE. Donations to Amherst Survival Center encouraged. When? Drop in anytime during store hours to paint your mini OR attend one of our informal Painting parties. See event link for all the details!

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

A Touch of Whimsy: art that makes you smile at Fiddleheads Gallery

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: September 5, 2026
End Date: October 25, 2026
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: One Brattleboro Road
City/Town: Bernardston
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

In need of a little joy? A Touch of Whimsy presents whimsical work by New England artists and includes paintings, mixed media, fiber art, photography, wood, glass, and metal. This annual show is a viewer and artist favorite. It’s guaranteed to make you smile! See website for more details.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Selected Work

Artist: Wil Guiel
Start Date: October 3, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

"Art makes us stop. It asks us to look, to feel, to remember what it means to be human. It reaches beyond language, engaging our senses and unsettling our assumptions, creating space for emotions that words alone can’t hold." Wil Guiel, self-taught artist from Western Massachusetts, started his artistic journey 20 years ago after a car accident left him unable to enjoy physical activities. Physical therapy has slowly restored his body, but he has continued to paint, fortunately for us.

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

Domestic Partners

Artist: Dawn Allen
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Reception Date: November 7, 2-5pm
Location: E•Media
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:30am-6:00pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonmedia.org/create/gallery

Enjoy vibrant quilts of beloved pets created by local animal communicator and author Dawn Allen. "My purpose for including pieces with only animals in the series is to invite you to look into their eyes and feel that you know them." - Dawn Allen. Artist Reception during Eastworks Open Studios Weekend, Nov 7th & 8th.

Contact: Lucinda Arnold
admin@easthamptonmedia.org
413-203-1360

Forward and Back, Inside/Outside

Artist: Janet Palin
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: October 25, 2026
Location: Oxbow Gallery - Front Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Palin states: "At 80 I am looking forward and back. Most of these pastels were done in the last 2 yrs. with a few from years earlier. Some of these are memorials to friends now gone and a number are of beloved places. I am also looking at reflection with new eyes and combining them with images of my studio interiors."

Contact: Janet Palin
levinepalin@gmail.com

Inconsistent Ecologies at ECA Gallery

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 3, 2026
End Date: October 28, 2026
Location: ECA Gallery at Old Town Hall
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com

Vital and powerful work by Alicia Renadette, Maggie Nowinski, and Malaika Ross. This show explores the ways in which artists can both expose and practice the utilization and application of materials and environments for positive and vital growth.

what is left behind

Artist: Nancy Diessner
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: October 25, 2026
Location: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: ndiessner.com

In the intimate back gallery of Oxbow Gallery, Diessner brings new work together. Imagery from the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard joins imagery culled from the deep recesses of the human body. The juxtaposition of this work on the walls becomes a visual meditation on the ending of things beside the beauty inherent in profoundly mortal and disappearing places.

Contact: Nancy Diessner
nwdiessner@gmail.com
978-430-6467

Obstacle 100: INDICES

Artist: Rick Myers
Start Date: October 2, 2026
End Date: November 1, 2026
Location: Caesura Unit
Address: 150 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: instagram.com/caesura_unit

The source of this solo exhibition is a body of writing interlacing through a sequence of works. Collectively titled ‘Obstacle Corpus’, the works use a drawing and writing system to choreograph the body. Spanning drawing, books, xerography, sound, and performance, the exhibition takes the form of an elaborate and indexical installation, presenting the first comprehensive overview of the project at its current seven-year stage of development.

Contact: Madison Palffy
caesuraunit@gmail.com

Gourd Folk Fest 2026

Artist: Brett Kelley
Start Date: October 3, 2026
End Date: November 28, 2026
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 136
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: 50arrowgallery.com

Featuring more than 100 original, hand-drawn illustrations by Brett Kelley. The exhibition opens October 3rd and stretches across the Fall with live drawing, community art nights, open studios, print and enamel pin events, Halloween trick-or-treating, and opportunities to spend time with Kelley as the work continues to live and change inside the gallery. See website for full schedule of events.

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A Sanctuary for Earthly Matter(s)

Artists: Christa Donner, Andrew S. Yang
Start Date: September 19, 2026
End Date: October 24, 2026
Location: Out of Office (OOO)
Hours: Sat 3-5pm, or by appt
Address: 33 Maple Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oooeasthampton.com

Insects buzz, grass grows, the ground shakes restlessly, and the days are too hot. Incremental layers fold and everything reflects. As a communion of subjects on a singular Earth-speck we matter to each other, like it or not. In this former Lutheran meeting house turned lumber barn and now art space, maybe there is sanctuary of sorts, where we can feel strange feelings and think long thoughts together.

Monuments & Meadows

Artist: Andrea Holland
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Reception Date: October 8, 6-8pm
Location: Sip 413
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm Sat & Sun 8am-4pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com

Monuments and Meadows is an artistic study of a single historic neighborhood footprint in Florence. Bounded by Park, Meadow, Maple and Pine Streets, this exhibition uses the rich, textured mediums of oil and acrylic as well as the light and airy mediums of watercolor and ink to examine the deep connection between our local landscape and the profound histories embedded in it.

Contact: Emma Basile
galleryandretail@sip413.com
413-230-7843

ILSSA Diagrams

Date: October 9, 7-10pm & October 10, 12-5pm
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: impractical-labor.org/projects.html

An exhibition of diagrams of creative practices contributed by impractical laborers across the globe, on view one-weekend-only. The opening on October 9, 7-10pm, doubles as the pre-party for the Northampton Print & Book Fair, one of our most favorite fairs. Come hang out with NPBF exhibitors and organizers, bring zines to help pollinate the NPBF free zine rack, and grab NPBF merch featuring artwork by Looky Here’s own Hannah Brookman! Come early to diagram your own creative practice! ILSSA’s Emily Larned will be offering a free, drop-in diagramming workshop.

Carnival Studies

Artist: Lisa Beskin
Start Date: September 11, 2026
End Date: October 18, 2026
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

Wander around a carnival and you'll see it all: beauty, heartbreak, gaudiness, mystery, ugliness the pleasures are simultaneously cheap and dear. An eerie nostalgia is baked into both a Polaroid photograph and into the carnival experience.

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

Clouds with the Sea, Lakes, Rivers and Ponds

Artist: Paul Jablon
Start Date: September 1, 2026
End Date: January 1, 2027
Location: Hope & Olive
Hours: Wed 5-9pm, Thur & Fri 11:30am-9pm, Sat 5-9pm, Sun 10am-1pm & 5-9pm
Address: 44 Hope Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: hopeandolive.com/visit1

An exhibition of B&W photographic prints. Air is not visible. The clouds and the water of the sea, lakes, rivers, and ponds are the pallet, the medium, with which the air makes itself known. The water and the clouds each interact differently with the air and demonstrate the air's emotions, motions, whims and intensities. As water and clouds are different media, they represent the same air in their own unique ways. These change in a moment allowing me to capture two-dimensional pieces of time.

Contact: Paul Jablon
pjablon@comcast.net
413-313-3272

Cassandra Fox

Artist: Cassandra Fox
Start Date: September 1, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Location: Hadley Senior Center
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
Address: 46 Middle Street
City/Town: Hadley

Cassandra Fox is a visual artist who grew up in Belchertown and now lives in the Boston area where she works as a nurse practitioner with a focus on HIV and gender affirming care. While traversing the health and natural landscape in her daily life, Cassandra's photographic work captures the vibrancy of the natural and human-made scenes showcasing moments of awe and splendor. Come to see and purchase her beautiful works at the Hadley Senior Center.

Memento Mori

Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 3, 2026
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org/event/opening-reception-memento-mori

This haunting exhibit is all about death in the Victorian era. Visitors will see historic items relating to mourning while learning what mourning customs were common in the late 1800s.

Janet Van Fleet

Artist: Janet Van Fleet
Start Date: September 26, 2026
End Date: October 25, 2026
Location: Pulp
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-5pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

Janet Van Fleet is a self taught Vermont artist who works primarily with found wood and metal. She is a founder of Studio Place Arts, a three story community center for visual arts in Barre, VT, where she also maintains her art studio. Her work is often a response to political, social and environmental issues.

Contact: 413-362-6368

Wired

Artist: Dale Anderson
Start Date: September 26, 2026
End Date: October 25, 2026
Location: Pulp, front room
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-5pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

Ludlow artist Dale Anderson will present a new group of work created from wire. "In my sculpture I start with a preconceived plan and usually end up being inspired by wherever the wire takes me. While wire is typically a malleable medium it can also have a mind of its own. My enjoyment of working with wire is a combination of bending it to my purpose and being inspired by what surprises come my way."

Contact: 413-362-6368

Retro Active

Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: October 22, 2026
Location: Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-5pm
Address: 303 Homestead Avenue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: hcc.edu/about/taber-art-gallery

An interactive review of the HCC Permanent Collection. Visitors to Retro Active will learn about the +350 piece collection of art stewarded by Holyoke Community College. Through guided interactions, we look forward to hearing your thoughts on the beautiful, everyday, inspiring, and complicated works kept in our care for the public trust. October 22, 5pm: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. We'll introduce the Art+Feminism framework and go over the basics of editing.

Guest Artist at Sawmill River Arts

Artist: Emet Aron
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Hours: Thur-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 440 Greenfield Rd
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Emet Aron will have their relief prints, ceramics, and wearables on display at Sawmill through the end of November. Emet Aron practices reverent printmaking and ceramics. Alongside local nature-inspired block prints, T-shirts, and ceramic dishes, they create meticulously detailed sgraffito plates, often featuring ravens and herons. The fine & functional work of Dream Seed Arts celebrates the changing seasons, bringing the beauty of the natural world into the daily rituals of the home.

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

Guest Jeweler at Sawmill River Arts

Artist: Chelsea Dupuis
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 24, 1-4pm
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Hours: Thur-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 440 Greenfield Rd
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Chelsea Dupuis is an artist and craftsperson working out of Florence. Their work explores themes of embodiment, transformation, shape-shifting, and the quality of occupying spaces between. Under the moniker Made This, Chelsea crafts jewelry using traditional metalsmithing techniques, with vintage beads and dead-stock materials. Their work inspires folks to be curious and connect to the magic inherent within themselves.

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

Premiering Potters Series with Erica Pinto for October Arts Night Out

Artist: Erica Pinto aka Auntie Pickles Pottery
Start Date: October 9, 2026
End Date: October 11, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 5-8pm
Location: Pinch
Address: 179 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: pinchgoods.com/blogs/events-1/premiering-potters-series-with-erica-pinto-for-october-arts-night-out

For the October installment of our Premiering Potters series, please help us welcome Erica Pinto -- aka Auntie Pickles Pottery -- to the store! Erica is a local potter who makes one-of-a-kind creations. Some use special effects facial casts of Erica herself, inspired by her days working in haunted houses. Opening reception will be on October 9th, from 5-8pm, and her work will be on display + available to purchase through the weekend (October 9-11).

Contact: hello@pinchgoods.com
413-586-4509

Where the Light Changes

Artist: Meghan Fallon
Start Date: October 9, 2026
End Date: January 3, 2027
Reception Date: October 9, 6-8pm
Location: Click Workspace
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, or by appt
Address: 9 1/2 Market Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: clickworkspace.org/events/2025/10/09/meganfallon

The paintings in this collection explore questions. Does our inner world reflect our outer world? Are the stories we tell ourselves based on reality? Given the circumstances we have been handed, what choices will we make? Can we trust ourselves and the world around us? Do our actions display who we think and say we are? Where do our habits and addictions come from? ... What would happen if we stopped trying so hard to become, fix, control, fill, protect, or escape--and allowed ourselves to be?

Contact: Meghan Fallon
meghanmfallon@gmail.com
413-244-8852

October Arts Night Out at 33 Hawley

Date: Friday, October 9, 5-8pm
Location: Northampton Arts trust Building
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/arts-night-out-at-33-hawley

Please join NCFA. A.P.E., and NOM at 33 Hawley for an opening reception with refreshments and live music during Arts Night Out! NCFA is excited to present Deb Lohmeyer’s “Say Hello” in the Barn Door Gallery. Join us to meet our neighbors, many of whom are houseless, as we work to break down stereotypes and encourage others to simply “say hello.” In the Split Level Gallery, come see “Common Ground,” which features the work of senior artists from Mount Holyoke College.

Say Hello

Artist: Deb Lohmeyer
Start Date: October 2, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 5-8pm
Location: Barn Door Gallery at Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: deblohmeyer.com

A photo exhibit by Deb Lohmeyer of large black and white photographs of people she’s met on the streets of Northampton. The goal is to break down stereotypes of our neighbors, some of whom are houseless and to encourage others to acknowledge their presence by at least "saying hello." Please join Deb at Arts Night Out on Friday, October 9, 5-8pm. Artist talk at 7pm.

Contact: Deb Lohmeyer
dlohme@gmail.com
413-626-4581

Climate Arcana: Tarot for a Heating World

Artist: Rajji Desai
Start Date: September 30, 2026
End Date: December 22, 2026
Location: Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS)
Hours: by appt, weekdays
Address: Wright Hall, Smith College
City/Town: Northampton

Tarot has historically been a guide in times of uncertainty, uncovering hidden truths and unarticulated fears. Within a climate discourse too often mired in either denial or blind optimism, tarot provides another possibility for a heating world. Artist Rajji Desai created Climate Arcana, reimagining the traditional tarot deck as a bridge for climate storytelling, allowing each reader to imagine alternative climate futures.

Contact: Joanne Benkley
jbenkley@smith.edu
413-585-3951

Of Two Minds: Zea Mays Printmaking 11th Biennial Exhibition

Artists: members of Zea Mays Printmaking
Start Date: October 9, 2026
End Date: November 1, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 5-8pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com

Zea Mays Printmaking will return to the A.P.E. Gallery for its 11th Biennial exhibition, Of Two Minds. The exhibition will feature the work of 20 collaborating pairs of artists, and is centered around themes of relationships between works of art. For this exhibition, members of Zea Mays Printmaking were asked to invite another artist to partner with, to create two works of art that would be in a specific conversation with one another when exhibited together.

Contact: liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com

David Andrews

Artist: David Andrews
Start Date: October 2, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 28, 5-7:30pm
Location: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton

David Andrews' hornet nest art pieces are a fusion of nature's beauty and artistic vision. They invite viewers to appreciate the harmony between nature and art & Andrews' text art pieces are a blend of literary inspiration and artistic expression. Each piece tells a unique story through carefully selected words, creating a visual narrative that resonates with viewers. On Wednesday, October 28th, 5-7:30pm, come in costume or a mask & celebrate with the artists at their closing reception!

Contact: gallery@forbeslibrary.org

Maryanne Benns

Artist: Maryanne Benns
Start Date: October 2, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 28, 5-7:30pm
Location: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton

Halloween and Masks have a long history together, evolving culturally from ancient rituals to modern day masquerades. Some of my masks are your typical gothic era ghouls and some I have created as mythological "super heroes" with the intent on giving the wearer an added boost to get them through life. These incorporate found objects to act as a talisman. On Wednesday, October 28th, 5-7:30pm, come in costume or a mask & celebrate with the artists at their closing reception!

Contact: gallery@forbeslibrary.org

Brian McQuillan

Artist: Brian McQuillan
Start Date: October 2, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 28, 5-7:30pm
Location: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton

Brian McQuillan's welded metal art explores the reincarnation of Mundane, everyday metal objects, into Fascinating creatures with re-invented souls. Can an antique typewriter evoke passion? Can rusty farm tools, and abandoned factory parts create delight? YES! Come see for yourself. Save the date for the closing reception masquerade! On Wednesday, October 28th, 5-7:30pm, come in costume or a mask & celebrate Halloween with the artists.

Contact: gallery@forbeslibrary.org

Senescence

Artist: Lena Mac
Start Date: October 9, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 5-7:30pm
Location: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 238 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com

Senescence features works that contemplate natural cycles of life and death. Bones turn to wildflowers, butterflies dance vividly for their very brief existences, and sleeping rabbits practice death while alive through hibernation. The works explore an acceptance of mortality and seek to create an equilibrium that is fundamentally true.

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

SCMA October Second Friday: Ghost Stories

Date: October 9, 4-8pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/octobersecondfriday

On October 9, 4-8pm: celebrate spooky season with art and storytelling. 4-7pm: drop in to construct and draw a folding paper house in the Boeckman Sculpture Court (Museum Atrium) inspired by Edwin Romanzo Elmer’s "Mourning Picture." 5-6pm: head to the Third Floor for Southern African American folktales with storyteller Muriel Monik Johnson. This evening also marks the opening of the installation "Beyond the Floating World: Viewing Japanese Prints with Smith Faculty."

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

PALartists

Artists: PAL
Start Date: October 7, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 6-8pm
Location: Gallery 3, New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Wed-Sat 2:30-5:30pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

PAL brings together a collective of young Pioneer Valley artists working across painting, drawing, photography, video, music, fashion, performance, collage, writing, and mixed media. At different stages of discovering what their work can become, these artists share a willingness to experiment, learn from one another, and draw inspiration from the world around them. PAL reflects a generation coming of age through friendship, curiosity, uncertainty, and creative discovery--making art without waiting for permission or a finished identity.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Experiences

Artist: David Andrews
Start Date: September 4, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 6-8pm
Location: Gallery 3, New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Wed-Sat 2:30-5:30pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

South Side Chicago artist David Andrew presents a meditation on perspective, power, and the unequal realities shaping American life. Combines using graphite hornet-nest paper, and words clipped from books by famous Black authors form poetic messages of hope and liberation. South Side is not a credential but a window on a nation. Andrew asks viewers to look beyond a single lens and reckon with how differently people experience shared events. Shown: Our War detail.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Witness, Not Conclusion

Artist: Todd Sinclair
Start Date: October 7, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 6-8pm
Location: Gallery 3, New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Wed-Sat 2:30-5:30pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

Todd Sinclair's Witness, Not Conclusion asks viewers to slow down and look before deciding what a person or a work of art means. Sinclair explores what happens when we resist the urge to explain, categorize, or judge what we encounter. His work leaves room for uncertainty, recognizing that some experiences cannot be neatly resolved. For Sinclair, remaining open can be an act of attention--but it can also become a way of avoiding what is difficult to see.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Gaia's Garden

Artists: Charlotte Treiber, Jules Jones
Start Date: October 7, 2026
End Date: October 30, 2026
Reception Date: October 9, 6-8pm
Location: Gallery 3, New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Wed-Sat 2:30-5:30pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

Jules Jones & Charlotte Treiber collaborate in a show of paintings by two young Pioneer Valley artists. Jones creates maximalist "collage paintings" from repurposed artworks, print media, & personal drawings, building richly layered worlds through cutting, painting, & recycling. Treiber, a Greenfield artist & co-founder of Madhouse Multi-Arts, has exhibited throughout the region, including recent solo shows in Greenfield. Together, they offer distinct approaches to contemporary image-making.

Contact: 413-588-4337

The Tree Tarot: Into the Grove

Artist: Jacqueline Gelfuso Gallo
Start Date: October 1, 2026
End Date: November 21, 2026
Reception Date: November 14, 5-7pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: thetreetarot.com

The Tree Tarot: Into the Grove features artwork from The Tree Tarot by Jacqueline Gelfuso Gallo -- a 78-card deck and guidebook blending tarot with the ancient wisdom of forests. Each card unveils the folklore, magical properties, and spiritual significance of tree species from every continent, including your own backyard. Published by Red Feather/Schiffer Publishing. A portion of every deck sold supports forest conservation. Enter the Grove at thetreetarot.com.

Contact: Jacqueline Gelfuso Gallo
thegrove@thetreetarot.com
413-345-2028

Photographs

Artist: Jim Gambaro
Start Date: September 1, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Location: Main Gallery, Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: jimgambarophotography.zenfolio.com

An eclectic selection of photographs spanning more than five decades of this award-winning photographer's career, as varied as Icelandic puffins and Yellowstone bison. As close to home as the Quabbin Reservoir, as distant as street scenes ranging from the Galapagos to Gibraltar, and even a volcanic pool in New Zealand. All treated with Jim's usual colorful and often whimsical delight in abstractions of natural images. A portion of sales benefits Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Contact: Marianne Gambaro
margam323@aol.com
413-262-0548

An Absent Presence

Artist: Chloe Sailor
Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: October 22, 2026
Location: Oresman Gallery, Hillyer / Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: sites.smith.edu/art-oresman-gallery

This exhibition reimagines the life of Sailor's 7th great-grandmother, Susanna Beal Milliken--the first recorded "doctoress" of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Susanna's story survives only in fragments, scattered among archival documents and overshadowed by the narratives of men. Sailor gathers these delicate threads, employing Critical Fabulation to mend and illuminate her story through quilting, painting, and cyanotype on reclaimed Maine textiles.

Contact: artdept@smith.edu

Terroir - Paintings & Poems

Artists: Mary Katz, Jeffery Katz
Start Date: September 14, 2026
End Date: March 2, 2027
Location: Smith College Alumnae House Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm / closed holidays
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: marykatzart.com

Images and words dream their way through each other in a pairing of paintings and poems by Hudson Valley painter Mary Katz and poet Jeffrey Katz. Rooted in the natural world, abstract paintings evoke a personal landscape. The French term terroir, describes wines as complex expressions of their places and here conveys the artists' experience and practice together. Influenced by place, memory, and history, their means intersect--light, line, shadow, tone, syntax--creating a lively common ground.

Contact: Jonelle Dennis
jdennis@smith.edu
413-585-2066

Animal Kingdom

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 2, 2026
End Date: October 17, 2026
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com

A multimedia group show featuring emerging and established artists from across the United States and Europe. Animal Kingdom is an exhibition of fourteen artists exploring the complex and often contradictory relationship between humans and the animals with whom we share the world.

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

Everything Old is Garbage

Artist: Bobby LaBitch
Start Date: August 3, 2026
End Date:October 31, 2026
Location: Forbes Library Hosmer Gallery
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org/gallery

The Arts and Music reading room will be transformed into an interactive, homey space, full of furniture, decor, everyday items, and books! Everything in the room is second-hand, salvaged, thrifted or recycled–and altered by being covered in cozy stuffed animals. This ongoing, ever-growing project brings new life to discarded items, and keeps everyday "stuff" out of the waste stream a little while longer.

Contact: 413-587-1013

Floorscapes: From Mountains to the Sea

Artist: Joanne Gold
Start Date: September 29, 2026
End Date: October 26, 2026
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: 7 days / 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls

I grew up near Long Island Sound. The sea has been a constant source of inspiration for my designs. I often will play with a photo to get at the essence of the subject. I love the process of preparing the canvas, painting layers of color, adding fabric collage and repeating border designs. My mats invite the viewer/user to suspend realism and let playfulness take over. I'm looking to create a mood, be it contemplative or bold. Floor mats are the ultimate marriage of function and beauty.

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

Art Squad 4x10: Four Artists, Ten Years

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 3, 2026
End Date: October 29, 2026
Location: South Hadley Public Library, Community Room
Address: 2 Canal Street
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: shadleylib.org

South Hadley artists Liz Austin, Lucia Foley, Abby Jaffe, and Marion Pascone celebrate ten years of making art together their show at the South Hadley Public Library featuring works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. Dubbed the "Art Squad" soon after they began working together in 2016, the four women have continued to meet regularly, finding joy and inspiration in their artwork, as well as camaraderie and lasting friendship. (See Events Calendar to confirm when exhibit room is open)

Contact: Lucia Foley
lightspring.design@yahoo.com
413-322-8046

Landscapes and Riverways

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 20, 2026
End Date: October 18, 2026
Location: Hall Gallery of The First Congregational Church of Southampton
Hours: by appt
Address: 212 College Highway (Rt. 10)
City/Town: Southampton
Website: floydgallery.com/exhibits/landscapes-and-riverways-exhibit

An exciting black-and-white exhibit with work by Cindy Bronson, Steve Gingold, Mark Kassis, and Bernie Kubiak. The depth and breadth of this exhibit capture our hearts. We feel what the photographers felt when capturing their stunning images. Each photographer shares their unique perspective. Success! All artwork is available for sale. Do contact us. Image: Land Under the Hill © Cindy Bronson

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

Take the Space Portal to Utopia

Artist: Sunny Allis
Start Date: September 26, 2026
End Date: December 31, 2026
Location: Art for the Soul Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat 12-4pm
Address: 1500 Main Street, STE 208
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com/event-details/take-the-space-portal-to-utopia

AFTS Gallery is thrilled to announce Take the Space Portal to Utopia by Sunny Allis.Take the Space Portal to Utopia will feature a multimedia installation that uses animation, miniature sets, sculpture and music to tell the story of time traveling to a dance party in outer space. Come embark on an adventure to a cosmic gathering point we all must find, in a celebration of life and of each other.

Contact: Christina White
connect@artforthesoulgallery.com
413-301-6314

RADIANT: Exhibition of STCC's Fine Arts Faculty

Start Date: September 14, 2026
End Date: October 16, 2026
Location: Amy H Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC
Hours: Mon & Wed 12-4pm, Tue & Thur 1-4pm, Fri 10am-1pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, B28 (Use Pearl St Gate)
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry

Celebrating STCC's 60th anniversary, RADIANT highlights the art and photography of eleven Fine Arts faculty members who teach art history, painting, drawing, darkroom photography, 2D and 3D design, and printmaking. Since 1988, STCC has awarded over 165 associate degrees in fine arts. The exhibiting faculty are Paul Bloomfield, Jorge Costa, Jonathan Davila, Caitlin Hurd, Sondra Peron, Frances Riddle, Mike Schultz, Maureen "Mosie" Senn-McNally, Lynn Sisler, Yaning Xing, and Peter Zierlein.

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

Embrace the Wrinkles

Artist: Sara Gately
Start Date: July 5, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026
Location: Sunderland Public Library
Hours: Mon 10am-8pm, Tue & Wed 2-8pm, Thur 2-6pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm
Address: 20 School Street
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: sunderlandpubliclibrary.org

Visual Artist and Educator Sara Gately presents a series of collages using affordable, found and imperfect materials. These works, created with Time and Life magazines from as early as the 1930's, highlight the true egalitarian nature of art. Sensory-friendly hours: Thursday 2-6pm.

Contact: Sara Gately
saratgately@yahoo.com

Day of the Dead Altar

Start Date: October 3, 2026
End Date: November 3, 2026
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-5:30pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

View a Day of the Dead Altar built by local families with support from the Heartwing Center. Learn about the tradition of leaving messages of love to honor and commemorate loved ones. For all ages. Accessible during open hours.

Contact: Janel Nockleby
janel.nockleby@mass.gov
413-863-3221

Migrations

Start Date: October 3, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-5:30pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

Migrations paintings, curated by GuateMaya Art and Culture Connection, celebrate the human and natural diversity of the upper Connecticut River Valley and the Americas. Colorful works depict scenes integral to village life, Mayan culture, and the history of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Accessible during open hours. For all ages.

Contact: Janel Nockleby
janel.nockleby@mass.gov
413-863-3221

The Unexpected Portrait

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 19, 2026
End Date: October 17, 2026
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

This exhibition invites artists to deviate from formal posing and realistic representation, focusing instead on emotion, identity, memory, action, or unconventional subject matter through the use of modern techniques, stylized depiction, or abstract interpretations of the subject. Juror: Julie Lapping Rivera

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

Arts Afield: New Site Specific Artworks at the MacLeish Field Station

Artists: Rita Leduc, Gina Siepel
Start Date: September 28, 2026
End Date: variable / October 1, 2027
Reception Date: October 17, 1:30-4:30pm
Location: Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station
Hours: sunrise to sunset / daily
Address: 80 Poplar Hill Road
City/Town: West Whately
Website: tinyurl.com/43vve4pm

Artists Rita Leduc and Gina Siepel each launch new site-specific artworks engaging themes of trees and forests, human and more-than-human relationships, decomposition and the cycle of life. Visitors are welcome to tour the field station grounds at any time. On October 17, a walking tour of the sculptures will begin at 1:30pm and will be followed by a reception and discussion between Gina, Rita and artist and writer Andrew S. Yang in the Bechtel Environmental Classroom. More details are online.

Contact: Joanne Benkley
jbenkley@smith.edu

murmur

Artist: Donnabelle Casis
Start Date: September 8, 2026
End Date: November 21, 2026
Location: James Rand Museum of Art, Westfield Athenaeum
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: donnabellecasis.com

murmur, a solo exhibition by Donnabelle Casis, explores movement, perception, intuition, and the unseen through paintings, reflective translucent forms, and a large kinetic sculpture inspired by bird murmurations. An artist talk will be held in November.

Contact: Guy McLain
gmclain@westath.org
413-568-7833

413 Indie Toy Fest

Date: Saturday, October 10, 12-4pm
Location: 33 Hawley
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.nohoarts.org/413-indie-toy-fest

Come one, come all! But mostly all! The 413 Indie Toy Fest is back and as always features artists and makers from all over the northeast region who make their own toys. How cool is that?!? You'll find small batch action figures, robots, monsters and more. Experience many different styles and media. Admission to the Toy Fest is free, so tell all your friends, and we'll see you at 33 Hawley for an exciting and eclectic day!

11th annual Northampton Print & Book Fair

Date: Saturday, October 10, 11am-5pm
Location: APE @ Hawley
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonprintandbookfair.net

NPBF is an all volunteer-run event created by artists, for artists. NPBF brings together a curated selection of artists, publishers, and collectives for a one-day exhibition. With a primary focus on contemporary artist prints and publications (such as zines, artists’ books, chapbooks, magazines; handmade, machine, and digital prints), the fair also features artist-made multiples including stickers, pottery, wearable art and more.

Contact: northamptonprintandbookfair@gmail.com

Dead Media Market

Date: Sunday, October 11, 12-5pm
Location: The Heavy Culture Cooperative (THCC)
Address: 1 Northampton Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: theheavyculture.coop/event-details-registration/dead-media-market

Dead Media Market is a series of small, curated, reocurring vendor markets at THCC! Vendors: Slime N Grime, Samhain Oddities, Happily Haunted Art, Vaude Villainous, Lucy’s Rack, Adam Mulcahy Art.

Working Weavers Studio Trail

Date: Saturday & Sunday, October 17 & 18, 10am-5pm
Location: various locations - see website for map
City/Town: Shelburne Falls, Conway, & Florence
Website: workingweavers.com

Visit eight hand weavers in five studios. Hand woven scarves, shawls, towels, bags, blankets, jewelry, clothing, house wares and more. Meet the artists and see weaving demonstrations. Emily Gwynn & Tammy Renner, 124 North St, Shelburne Falls; Sue McFarland, 49 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls; Elisabeth Hill & Veronique Perrot, 156 Elmer Road, Conway; Scott Norris, 20 Wilder Place, Florence; & Kate Jenkins & Jenn Girouard, 221 Pine Street, studio #115, Florence.

Contact: Emily Gwynne
emily@handstoworktextiles.com
413-489-0033

Easthampton's First Annual Arts and Ale Trail

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2-5pm
Location: various locations on Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/aletrail

To benefit Resilient Community Arts and local arts equity programming for kids in Easthampton and neighboring communities. Enjoy an afternoon of exploring, creating, and celebrating all that Easthampton has to offer with interactive art, bites, music, and beverages at each stop! Gather your friends, pick up your map, choose your route, and discover what's happening along the Arts and Ale Trail at the Mills!

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

Habitat for Humanity Family Fun Fest

Date: October 17, 12-4pm
Location: Vanished Valley Brewing
Address: 782 Center Street
City/Town: Ludlow
Website: habitatspringfield.org/fun-fest

Save the date! Join us for our Second Annual Habitat Family Fun Fest at Vanished Valley Brewing Co in Ludlow. Bring the whole family for a day of fun while supporting Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity. Free activities for kids, local vendors, and more.

Contact: Aimee Giroux
Giroux@habitatspringfield.org
413-739-5503

Center Fresh Farmers Market

Date: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 2-6pm, until November 18
Location: The Hub at Market Square
Address: 31 Springfield Street
City/Town: Chicopee
Website: chicopeema.gov/1071/Center-Fresh-Farmers-Market

Chicopee's Center Fresh Farmers Market is back! Along with farm fresh produce, artisan goods, food trucks, and live music, we showcase 10 artists selling beautifully crafted pieces including oil paintings, wood carvings, ceramic trinkets, jewelry, and more. Check out @centerfreshchicopee on Instagram & Facebook for updates and vendor profiles.

Contact: Anna Brittan
abrittan@chicopeema.gov
413-206-5966

Humans Being Human

Sponsoring Group Name: HumanArtis
Deadline: November 7, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: suggested minimum donation $10 per entry
City/Town: Northampton
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/current

A curated exhibition exploring portraiture and figurative work of people who are of visual, emotional or psychological interest – people being “human” – working, relaxing, celebrating, mourning, traveling, just being, current or past, clothed or unclothed – no dogs, cats, landscapes, abstracts unless they involve people, just being people. Open to photography, paintings, drawings, mixed media, print making and other two-dimensional art. Full details on website.

Contact: info@humanartis.org

Book Arts & Publishers Holiday Market

Sponsoring Group Name: Mass Center for the Book
Deadline: October 27, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: forms.gle/MFcpn1rGVy1yWCbHA

Mass Center for the Book is hosting a Book Arts & Publishers Holiday Market during Cottage Street Open Studios on Saturday, December 5, 1-6pm! 1 Cottage Street, Suite 307. We’re inviting book artists, independent publishers, and other bookish makers to apply to join us for a festive day of books, art, and holiday shopping. We have space for 8-10 vendors. No fee to participate. Vendors need to supply their own tables. Applications due October 27 at 5pm.

Contact: Karolina Zapal
kzapal@massbook.org
413-341-3143

ECA Gallery Open Call for Visual Artists

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Deadline: November 4, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com/resources/call-for-artists

ECA Gallery features one-person, two-person, and group shows -- and we showcase a wide range of media including drawings, paintings, sculpture, installations of various materials/media, and printed materials/text. For this next cycle, we’ll be selecting exhibitions for a timeline of April 2027-March 2028. Application on website.

The River We Call Home: Art Inspired by 75 Years in the Connecticut River Watershed

Sponsoring Group Name: Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Deadline: November 1, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Brattleboro, VT
Website: brattleboromuseum.wufoo.com/forms/z1hd4ctt0mcd31u

In celebration of the Connecticut River Conservancy’s 75th anniversary, we invite artists to submit work for a curated group exhibition, The River We Call Home. This exhibit honors the Connecticut River watershed as a place of wonder, belonging, and relationship--one that sustains both human and natural communities.

Contact: Sarah Freeman
sarah@brattleboromuseum.org
802-257-0124

Open Call for Poster Art

Sponsoring Group Name: Reconnect Western Mass
Deadline: March 22, 2027
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Western MA
Website: reconnectwma.org/poster-project

We are feeling it: exhaustion, overwhelm, anxiety, and the sense that our attention is no longer our own. The systems behind our devices are designed to capture and hold our attention--not because it's good for us, but because our attention has become a commodity. We're inviting artists, students, designers and creative thinkers to create bold, beautiful posters that expose the forces competing for our attention, challenge the systems extracting it, and imagine a healthier, more human future.

Contact: Maya Bajak
posters4reconnecting@gmail.com
914-874-3018

Montague Public Libraries Fiber Arts Show

Sponsoring Group Name: Montague Public Librariesc Deadline: November 30, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Montague
Website: montaguepubliclibraries.org

Quilts, sweaters, needle point, and more: The Montague Public Libraries are seeking fiber art from artists living across all five Montague villages for shows in December and January! To submit, You must be a resident of one of the five Montague Villages: Turners Falls, Millers Falls, Montague Center, Montague City, or Lake Pleasant. Email librarian Kate for details at kmartineau@cwmars.org

Contact: Kate Martineau
kmartineau@cwmars.org

Shaped by Service at Warrior's Art Room

Sponsoring Group Name: HomeFront Strong
Deadline: October 19, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: homefrontstrongus.org/events/shaped-by-service

Art is a powerful force for expression and healing, and many of our service members, veterans, and their family members channel their experiences of service into their art. Our Shaped by Service Art Show, hosted by Warrior's Art Room, celebrates the influence military service has on expressive outlets and the healing power these outlets contain. Each piece tells a story, and as a HFS Storytelling Project event, we encourage all of our artists to tell their stories alongside their art.

Contact: Jennifer Baublitz
jbaublitz@homefrontstrongus.org
508-499-9589

Winter Exquisite: Zine Fest at Forbes Library

Sponsoring Group Name: Forbes Library Zine Club
Deadline: October 24, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/ZBDeoKBJR3pj1htn6

With anticipation, and the turn to Autumn, Zine Club verily quakes to summon the makings of the 3rd Annual Winter Exquisite! The Forbes Library Zine Club is seeking Zine Makers and Book Artists to table at our Zine Fair hosted by Forbes Library, on Saturday, February 6, 2027, 11 am-4pm. Accepted vendors will get a 1/2 table amount of space (approximately 3-4' wide x 2 1/2'-3 1/2' feet deep).

Contact: zineclub@forbeslibrary.org

Winter Exquisite: Cold Couture at Forbes Library

Sponsoring Group Name: Forbes Library Zine Club
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/VbQUHTtpmhWGRHaj7

In Zine Club's third iteration of Winter Exquisite, the medium of clothing will be explored. We want to see Wearable Winter in all its fine and shimmering festoonery: icicles, avalanches, and blinding sun. Maybe something as singular and crystalline as the most beautiful snowflake you've ever seen... We invite artists who have any level of interest, experience, or expertise to contribute a garment, or complete look, of their own creation. Head to the application for more information!

Contact: zineclub@forbeslibrary.org

Art Exhibits at Sunderland Public Library

Sponsoring Group Name: Sunderland Public Library
Deadline: November 30, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: 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 Gallery, and is seeking applications for exhibits in 2027. The gallery offers approximately 37 linear feet of wall space and adjacent open shelves. Artists of all mediums are encouraged to apply. Applications can be submitted via an online form (www.sunderlandpubliclibrary.org/gallery) or forms can be picked up at the library. Questions can be sent to director@sunderlandpubliclibrary.org

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

Printed Mass: Call to Artists!

Sponsoring Group Name: Printed Mass
Deadline: November 30, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: printedmass.com/gift-shop

Calling All Local Artists & Makers! We're growing and looking for handcrafted, creative, one-of-a-kind work to feature at Printed Mass. If your creations make people ask, "Where did you get that?" we'd love to hear from you! Rent space in our vibrant artisan shop, connect with our community, and showcase your work. Visit our website to complete our Artist Interest Form--we can't wait to discover your creativity!

Contact: Drew Romeo
printedmass@gmail.com
413-472-6017

Americana: Pictures of Our Community

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Gallery
Deadline: October 11, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/americana

We invite residents of Ware and its surrounding communities to submit photos that reflect on characteristics and even archetypes of America and American culture as seen through your own lens. All experience levels are welcome! Show dates and times: October 24 to November 15, Saturdays & Sundays, 1-4pm. Opening reception: October 24, 3-5pm.

Contact: Joyce Eichacker
jeichackerartworks@gmail.com
413-277-6072

CitySpace Pop-Up Markets

Sponsoring Group Name: CitySpace
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: cityspaceeasthampton.org/popup

CitySpace is hosting a series of mini Pop-Up Markets on the first Saturday of the month, 4-7pm, during CitySpace Bluegrass and Art Walk Easthampton. Open to all makers of all kinds located in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties. If accepted, the vending fee is sliding scale $10-$30.

Beginner Welding for Home and Garden at Blue Barn Studio

Date & Time: October 31 & November 1, 12-4pm
Fee: $350
Location: Blue Barn Studio
Address: 86 Larkspur Drive
City/Town: Hadley

Join us for an introductory welding class in a fun and supportive environment at Blue Barn Studio in Hadley. Participants will learn the basics of cutting, bending, welding and plasma cutting and leave with a basic project of their choosing such as a garden trellis, plant hook, scrap animal sculpture, planter, or candlabra. Max 5 students, 3 needed to run. $350 fee includes all regular materials. Deposit required. Ages 14+. Email katierayrich@gmail.com to register or for more information.

Contact: Katie Richardson
katierayrich@gmail.com
610-457-4312

Photography Workshops for Fine-Art Painters

Date & Time: November 14 & 28, 10am-4pm
Fee: suggested minimum donation $100 per workshop
Location: HumanArtis Gallery
Address: 245 Main Street-Ste 201
City/Town: Northampton
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/current

What you need to know to make digital representations for use in painting portraits, landscapes or still lifes. Creating reproductions is a more complicated endeavor and our workshop will provide a practical introduction. Two workshops: Reference Images – Saturday, November 14th, and Capture and Reproductions – Saturday, November 28th. Full details on website. Register by October 25th.

Contact: info@humanartis.org

Basics of Watercolor: Autumn Veggies with Danielle Lucier

Date & Time: October 24, 10am-12pm
Fee: $10 to $22
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/basics-of-watercolor-autumn-veggies

Artists 12 years old and up are welcome! Dive into the basics of watercolor painting in this 2 hour class through painting Autumn Veggies! Learn tips, colors, techniques, and unlock the mysteries of watercolors. Instructed by Danielle Lucier. Class fee includes instruction and materials. Visual arts classes by default, are held in our second-floor studio (stairs). If you have mobility concerns, please email us as soon as possible to see if we can relocate this class to the first floor.

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

Wednesday After School Clay: Ages 12-16yo at Artspace Community Arts Center

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 3:35-5:15pm, October 28 - December 9
Fee: $97.50 to $214.50 / self-assessed financial aid options
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/fall-2-wednesday-after-school-clay

In this program, kids age 12-16 will explore the properties of ceramic clay and learn both basic handbuildng and wheelthrowing. They will learn how to work with clay at its various stages from wet to dry and create finished pieces. If your child is a year or two outside of our age range and you think they would fit well with this workshop, please email our office! No class November 24.

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

Drawing for Beginners with Virginia Sandman

Date & Time: Saturdays, 12:30-2:45pm, October 17 - December 19
Fee: $240 Northampton residents / $270 non-residents
Location: JFK Middle School
Address: 100 Bridge Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: northamptonma.gov/2423/Drawing-For-Beginners

This 9-week class offers well known drawing techniques from DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN. You’ll practice negative + positive space, shading + more. The aim is fun and exploration. You'll put hand and eye together to build on the class goal – first steps towards the still life and portraits. I communicate verbally, visually and culturally. LGBTQIA safe. So, sharpen your pencils, and join us for a little work and a lot of fun. -Virginia Sandman, MSAE. (she/her). Materials not included.

Contact: recreation@northamptonma.gov
413-587-1040

Intermediate Watercolor Class with Gretchen Holesovsky

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm, October 13 - November 17
Fee: $180
Location: The Mill District General Store & Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com/events

**Materials are NOT provided by the instructor. See event link for all the details!** Join Gretchen Holesovsky for a series of 6 intermediate watercolor classes. Explore styles and expressions to enhance your creative muse. This is jammed packed with information and has homework. Great for individuals who took Gretchen's beginning watercolor class and intermediate artists who want to deepen their understanding of painting with watercolor. Required Materials to Purchase: approx. $130. Ticket SALES END 10/6.

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

Mandala Pumpkin Painting with Gretchen Holesovsky

Date & Time: October 25, 1-3pm
Fee: $35
Location: The Mill District General Store & Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com/events

Join Gretchen in this two-hour workshop. Each student will learn the skill of mandala dot painting to create a beautiful pattern on a craft pumpkin to take home. Gretchen will guide you in planning your design, and share tips and the use of her tools to help you create your own beautifully painted mandala. Wear clothes you don't mind getting stained as you will be working with acrylic paints. Supplies provided. Ages 16+.

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

Sip 'n Paint with Deborah Padden

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 14, 6-8:30pm
Fee: $40
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Join us once a month for Sip N Paint, the perfect blend of relaxation, and fun in a no-pressure environment where creativity flows as freely as the laughter. BYOB. All materials included. Bring Your Own Beverage. Ages 18+

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

Book making at Cameron's Winery

Date & Time: Sunday, October 18, 10am-2pm
Fee: $60
Location: Cameron's Winery & The Back Room Brewing Company
Address: 1046 Millers Falls Road
City/Town: Northfield
Website: cameronswinery.com/sunday-workshops

In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll create your very own handmade hardcover journal from start to finish. Choose a wine-inspired theme featuring fun quotes, images, and details-or skip the wine and design a classic journal that's completely your own. Either way, you'll have plenty of creative freedom to make something uniquely you. See photo for more information. Email to register.

Contact: Donna Beck
230amdesigns@gmail.com
413-214-8470

Folded-paper bell ornament with Donna Beck

Date & Time: Sunday, November 15, 11am-2pm
Fee: $30
Location: Cameron's Winery & The Back Room Brewing Company
Address: 1046 Millers Falls Road
City/Town: Northfield
Website: cameronswinery.com/sunday-workshops

Join me at Cameron's Winery and discover the magic of paper folding as you transform a simple square sheet of paper into a beautiful German Bell ornament-with a creative twist! I've added my own style to this classic origami fold, turning it into a charming ornament or hanging talisman. See photo for more information. Email to register.

Contact: Donna Beck
230amdesigns@gmail.com
413-214-8470

Butterfly Bookbinding & Botanical Printing at Fiddleheads Gallery

Date & Time: Saturday, October 10, 10am-3pm
Fee: $65 DVAA members / $75 nonmembers
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery, Deerfield Valley Art Association
Address: One Brattleboro Road
City/Town: Bernardston
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Discover the magic of eco-printing by creating beautiful botanical prints on paper using leaves and natural materials. After lunch, transform your prints into a handcrafted journal using the Japanese butterfly binding technique. Add pockets, beads, and personal touches to create a book that lies flat and beautifully showcases your unique botanical artwork. No experience necessary.

Contact: Donna Beck
maliscombe@gmail.com

Sip 'n Spin Date Night with Liz Hart

Date & Time: Friday, October 9, 7-9:30pm
Fee: $130 per couple
Location: Workshop13 Ceramics Studio
Address: 44 E Main Street, 3rd Floor
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Have a different kind of date night! You and your date will have a great time learning the basics of wheel throwing pottery. Materials included. Ages 18+

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

Sign-making Workshop at Workshop13

Date & Time: Sunday, October 11, 1-3pm
Fee: free
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Participants of all ages will create handmade signs for the 11th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk and Community Gathering at Veterans Park in War. This event is supported by the Ware River Valley Domestic Violence Task Force & DV Walk/Community Gathering Collaboration. Materials included. Ages 16 to adult.

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

Cyanotype Workshop with Nikki Gardner

Date & Time: November 1 & 15, 10am-12pm
Fee: $45 per class / $75 for both
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nikkigardnerstudio.com

Ever wondered how an image appears without a camera or filter? This November, Nikki Gardner teaches one of photography's oldest processes in two hands-on workshops at Northampton Center for the Arts. Make a cyanotype tote bag on Nov 1 and a handmade print zine on Nov 15. All materials included. No experience needed. Ages 8 and up. Email Nikki to register.

Contact: Nikki Gardner
hello@nikkigardnerstudio.com
978-684-2294

Beginner/Intermediate Etching Workshops at Red Horse Press

Date & Time: 10am-2:30pm, two Saturdays a month
Fee: $125
Location: Red Horse Press
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com

An introductory/intermediate workshop for those who are new to or have some experience with etching. We will cover plate prep and ground application, as well as draw, etch and print our images. Perfect as a stand alone workshop, or as a feed in to our Advanced Printmaking class. Bring a packed lunch. All supplies included.

Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shana@redhorsepressprintmaking.com
413-221-5775

Beginner/Intermediate Block Print Workshops at Red Horse Press

Date & Time: 10am-2pm, two Sundays a month
Fee: $100
Location: Red Horse Press
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com

A beginner/intermediate class for those who have some or no block printing experience. We will design and transfer our images from paper to block, learn carving and tool sharpening techniques, use of the press, and print our images. Perfect as a stand alone workshop, or as a feed in to our Advanced Printmaking class. Feel free to bring a packed lunch or snack! All supplies included.

Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shana@redhorsepressprintmaking.com
413-221-5775

Intermediate/advanced printmaking classes at Red Horse Press

Date & Time: Thursdays, 5-7pm & two Sundays a month, 10am-12pm
Fee: $50
Location: Red Horse Press
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com

This 2-hour class is perfect for anyone with experience in any printmaking medium. Designed to meet the needs of students working on different projects and on different printmaking techniques. Delve more deeply into the many ways to create a print by combining etching and block print, creating a monoprint, making a woodcut, learn the art of chine colle, master the subtleties of aquatint or mezzotint...the possibilities are endless!

Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shana@redhorsepressprintmaking.com
413-221-5775

Monoprinting: A Shared Art-making Workshop for People with IDD + Their Caregivers with Gayla Berry

Date & Time: October 25, 11:15am-12:15pm
Fee: $35 / individual + caregiver
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/monoprinting

Shared art-making workshop for people with developmental disabilities + their caregivers. Inclusive and supportive class that welcomes everyone -- from emerging artists just discovering their creativity to experienced artists looking to expand their practice. Emphasis on the process of making art, rather than any particular outcome. All ages. Limited to 8 individuals with IDD + their caregivers. Materials included. Pre-registration required. This program is supported by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council.

Contact: Gayla Berry
GaylaSueBerry@gmail.com

Mini Cozy Spaces: adult art event at Art Always

Date & Time: October 11, 3-5:30pm
Fee: $60
Location: Art Always
Address: 188 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: art-always.net/index.php/one-day-workshops-events

Nurture your creativity and spend a cozy Autumn afternoon sculpting, painting, and building a miniature vignette! Channel cozy vibes, seasonal nostalgia, with a touch of whimsy as you construct several key mini projects, including: clay pumpkins, cutie pies, and mini books. Materials, seasonal treats, and crystal from Groundings provided! Learn More on the website.

Contact: Lindsay
lindsay@art-always.com

Abstract Watercolor Landscapes Workshop at Fiddleheads Gallery

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 6, 6-7:30pm
Fee: $25 DVAA members / $50 nonmembers
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: One Brattleboro Road
City/Town: Bernardston
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Explore the expressive possibilities of watercolor while creating loose, abstract landscapes inspired by the natural world. We'll experiment with color, movement, layering, and unexpected effects, allowing the paint and water to help guide the process. No watercolor experience is needed--just curiosity and a willingness to play, explore, and let go of perfection.

Contact: Julie Sawyer
jrootsawyer@gmail.com
413-221-1695

Sewing Classes - Make/mend/alter and more at Grove House Sewing Studio

Date & Time: late Fall classes begin early November
Fee: $240 / 6-week series
Location: Grove House Sewing Studio
City/Town: Florence
Website: grovehousesewingstudio.com

Sewing is a life skill, an art form, a craft, and a way of self-expression and creativity. Whether you are brand new to sewing or you've been at it for years, at Grove House Sewing Studio you have the opportunity to make and learn within a supportive, joyful, cozy, and colorful space. Classes are small, the studio is bright and the teaching is tailored to each person's needs and learning styles. Come take a class that best suites your current sewing level and ambitions.

Contact: Rachael
GroveHouseSewingStudio@gmail.com

Watercolor for Beginners - Patterns with Eswen Hausrath

Date & Time: October 31, 3:30-5pm
Fee: $20
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: pacificnortheastcreations.com/classes/p/request-for-watercolor-class-2h

In-person class held at Eli's Room in the Northampton Center Arts. No prior experience necessary! Relaxing and fun way to spend your afternoon. Bring a friend or come solo! Use this pattern to create art for your home, beautiful cards, bookmarks or gift tags. $20 (own materials) / $30 (rented materials)

Contact: Eswen Hausrath
pacificnortheastcreations@gmail.com

Beginning Stained Glass Class at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: October 18, 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 a few ornaments to grace your home or give as gifts. In this class we will cover all of the skills and techniques to build a unique piece(s) of stained glass art using the copper foil technique. This is a perfect class for students with no experience as well as intermediate students with some experience who may want a refresher course. All levels are welcome. All glass and supplies are included in the tuition as is the use of all tools. More dates for same class: 10/24, 11/21 & 11/22

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

Pastel Portrait and Color Theory Class with Rami Baglio

Date & Time: Sundays, 2:30-5:30pm, November 15 - December 6
Fee: $350 / sliding scale available
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: ramibaglio.com/store/p6/Pastel_Portrait_and_Color_Theory_Class.html

Introductory class in color mixing, fundamentals of portrait drawing and light effect. Artist, Rami Baglio, guides students through a stage-by-stage drawing process of constructing the head and face in chalk pastel, a medium that splits the difference between drawing and painting. Students work from a live model in one long-pose for all four weeks. The instruction includes weekly lectures, demonstrations and one-on-one guidance. For beginner and intermediate artists, adults, and teens!

Contact: Rami Baglio
ramibaglioart@gmail.com
716-479-5431

Holiday Joy Watercolor Card Making Workshop with Bonnie McLoud

Date & Time: November 15, 12-4:30pm
Fee: $99
Organization: Bonzella Watercolor Studio
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Share the joy of the holiday season with watercolor greeting cards that are made with your own artwork. Each participant will learn basic watercolor techniques and will be able to create up to (25) 5x7 cards. Participants will take home a 12-color Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor paint set. Family, friends and loved ones will cherish these unique holiday cards.

Contact: Mary Remington
remington@workshop13.org
413-544-1322

Kitchen Table Screenprinting at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 10am-5pm
Fee: $350 + $30 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/kitchen-table-screenprinting

Explore the many screenprinting techniques that don't require a darkroom! This two-day workshop will introduce you to a screenprinting process that is accessible, affordable and portable. All techniques covered can easily be done from home, so this workshop can be the first step on a brand-new project or a way to refresh your skills. All experience levels welcome.

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

Think Slow Paint Fast Watercolor with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Sundays, 10am-5pm, November 15 & 22
Fee: $395
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Studio #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: barbarajohnson.com

Enjoy the delightful medium of watercolor. With a structured approach to using the light of the paper, this series of exercises and experiments enable the artist to achieve the freshest color expression and the illusions of form and texture.

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

Creature Creations with Wade Boswell

Date & Time: October 9-11 & 17
Fee: $79.50 to $174.90
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/creature-creations-multi-day-workshop-october-9

Let your imagination run wild as you sculpt creatures. There is no right way (and no wrong way) to make a creature. Instead, create them completely from your imagination or based on images from different living animals, combined to make something monstrous! Without the pressure of getting it "right," experiment with building solid, pinching, coiling, slab building and/or using armatures and other forms of support while building. Note: This is an all ages program held across multiple dates.

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

Creative Explorers (Ages 8-10)

Date & Time: Sundays, 1:30-2:45pm, October 25 - December 20
Fee: $300
Location: Art House
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Unit 411
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: arthousema.com

Through hands-on projects, children will explore a variety of mediums while building confidence in their artistic voice, problem-solving skills, and imagination. A few of the projects that students will participate in during the semester: -How to make paints and dyes from organic material, -Exploring the art of weaving, -Making stamps with unexpected materials/printmaking, -Experimenting with making paper. All materials included. Please visit athe website to sign up and learn more!

Contact: 203-598-2593

Block printing + sewing workshop

Date & Time: Wednesdays, October 7-28, 9:30-11:30am
Fee: $210
Location: Art Always & Grove House Sewing Studio
City/Town: Florence
Website: hisawyer.com/art-always/schedules/activity-set/1975816?source=camps

Art Always and Grove House Sewing Studio are joining forces to bring you this special 4-week fabric design and sewing workshop where you'll leave with a one-of-a-kind, sewn tote! Spend the first two weeks (Oct 7 and 14) in the Art Always studio designing, creating, and printing your own block stamps onto pre-cut fabric pieces and then head to the Grove House Sewing Studio for weeks 3 and 4 (Oct 21 and 28) to sew them into a 13"w by 15"h bag with straps!

Contact: Rachael Wein
GroveHouseSewingStudio@gmail.com

Tiny Book Ornament at Antler Editions

Date & Time: Thursday, December 3, 5:30-7:30pm; OR Sunday December 6, 10am-12pm
Fee: $58
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 417
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/p/ornament-making

In this class we will create tiny books that hang from a loop as ornaments. These tiny books are 2"x3" and contain 84 blank hand bound pages. Students will choose their spine fabric, end band color, and marbled paper. This is a great introduction to bookbinding, all skill levels welcome, must be able to thread and handle a needle. All materials and tools will be provided to students. This is a make and take class.

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

Form Follows Content at Antler Editions

Date & Time: October 14-18, 10am-5pm
Fee: $1000
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 417
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/p/form-follows-content-five-days

This intensive five-day workshop introduces participants to both traditional and contemporary artist book structures while exploring how book form can support narrative, concept, and material experimentation. Through demonstrations, lectures, hands-on projects, and guided discussions, students will develop technical skills alongside conceptual approaches to bookmaking. Taught by Lisa Hersey and Maureen Cummins. Reach out for the class syllabus.

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

Creative Flow Sessions with Julie Root Sawyer

Date & Time: September 18 - October 30
Fee: $50 per class / 6 classes for $250 / 3 classes for $130
Location: The Mill District General Store & Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com/events

Join Julie Root Sawyer to discover the magic of alcohol inks and delaminating inks in this Friday morning series. Create vibrant, expressive landscapes inspired by nature in a setting where exploration and creative risk-taking are encouraged. Play, learn, and reconnect with the joy of creating! Each workshop is a stand-alone experience - attend one or join the entire series! See link for specific class details. Materials included.

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

Figure Drawing at Looky Here

Date & Time: every other Thursday
Fee: $15
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com/event/figure-drawing-8-27-every-other-thursday-600-800-15-free-for-members

BYO materials! Easel and drawing horses provided. Figure Drawing at Looky Here is an uninstructed drawing session with a nude model. $15 per session, running 6-8pm every other Thursday evening. *Participates in Card to Culture

Contact: Sarah Fran Wisby
sarahfran@mac.com
415-321-9691

RE-ART at The LAVA Center

Date & Time: workshops until October 24
Fee: none / donations accepted
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/re-art

LAVA's extended season of creating art from reclaimed, repurposed and reused materials officially begins August 15, with opportunities to investigate, experiment and imagine. In the spirit of the famed hands-on, interactive and interdisciplinary Exploratorium museum of science and art in San Francisco, the first of six sessions offered on alternate Saturdays encourages people of all ages and artists from novice to professional to come to play with a variety of found and reclaimed materials. Register on website.

Contact: info@thelavacenter.org

Mosaics for Beginners with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-8:30pm, four weeks begins October 8
Fee: $295
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net/workshops

In this 4 week class, we'll cover all the basics (design, composition, pattern, flow, use of hand tools, choosing materials, adhesives and grouting) as you create a small mosaic, 10″ x 10″ or 8″ x 10″. Open to beginners as well as those with some mosaic experience.

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

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: November 14, 10am-4pm
Fee: $168
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net/workshops

Create a personalized and permanent addition to your garden or walkway in this fun one day class! Instruction will be given on composition, color, cutting technique using hand tools, and how to assemble pieces to create flow. Then, we will cast our mosaics in concrete, so your stepping stone holds together permanently and has a flat surface.This class has been a favorite over the years, well over 800 stepping stones have been made by my students. A hearty and nutritious lunch will be provided.

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