Ruth Sanderson

Artist: Ruth Sanderson
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Agawam

Ruth Sanderson’s career as a professional illustrator spans over 45 years and over 90 books for children. This exhibit includes illustrations from her fairy tales, plus her other books for children, including Mother Goose, The Secret Garden, A Storm of Horses, and Horse Diaries. May 15, 6:30pm: Sanderson will talk about her process of writing and illustrating picture books for children. She'll also be doing a Farm Animals story time and animal mask activity on May 31, 10am.

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

Femme Locale: SEEN | SCENE | CENE

Artists: 20+ MA artists
Start Date: May 4, 2025
End Date: June 26, 2025
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

A group juried exhibition of artwork by local trans women, cis women, intersex, genderqueer, genderfluid, and non-binary individuals. Artists were invited to submit work that responds to the exhibition title. Curated by Christine Texiera and Alexia Cota in the spirit of the Thrive Together Network's encouragement for women to show all in the same month - Taking. Up. Space initiative. The Local Art Gallery is donating space and sales commission for this cause.

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

Open Admissions: Michael Rakowitz and Early Amherst College Collections

Start Date: January 28, 2025
End Date: July 6, 2025
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tues-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2024/open_admissions-michael-rakowitz

In Open Admissions, Mead curators place a selection of objects from Amherst College's early collections--acquired in the 19th and mid-20th centuries--in dialogue with recent artworks by contemporary artist Michael Rakowitz. Together, this constellation broadens and challenges our understanding of and attachment to collections while also urging us to question the stories that have been told through them. What new perspectives can we bring to them now? What untold stories might they tell us today?

RE-IMAGINED

Artist: Kate Jenkins
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Jewish Community of Amherst
Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst

Collages from original monoprints. I've been making one-of-a-kind monoprints at Zea Mays Printmaking for more than 20 years. Some prints have seemed good enough to exhibit. Hundreds of others were not entirely successful but felt too precious to discard. I've kept them, thinking that some day I would use them to make collages. Three years ago I began doing that. I find interesting representational and abstract sections in the prints, cut them out, and assemble them to create new images.

Contact: Kate Jenkins
kate@thejenkins.org
413-348-7503

The Art of 20th Century Yiddish Poster Design: Theater/Politics/Lectures

Start Date: April 15, 2025
End Date: September 1, 2025
Location: Yiddish Book Center
Address: 1021 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: yiddishbookcenter.org/visit/now-view/art-20th-century-yiddish-poster-design-theaterpoliticslectures

If you were to take a walk through the crowded Jewish neighborhoods of New York, Warsaw, Buenos Aires, and other centers of Yiddish life in the early twentieth century, you would have come across streetscapes full of posters. These posters, now on view at the Yiddish Book Center, tell the story of the yidishe gas--the slogans, sounds, and laughter of the Jewish street.

Contact: Eva Gellman
updates@yiddishbookcenter.org
413-256-4900

Painting His Parents' Lives

Artist: Albert Chasan
Start Date: April 27, 2025
End Date: October 1, 2025
Location: Yiddish Book Center
Hours: Sun-Fri 10am-4pm
Address: 1021 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: yiddishbookcenter.org/visit/now-view/albert-chasan-paints-his-parents-lives

Growing up in 1930s New York City, Albert Chasan would listen to his parents talk in Yiddish about their harsh childhoods in the Russian Empire. Once he retired from the marketing firm he founded, Albert decided to commemorate his parents' lives through a series of expressionistic acrylics.

Contact: Eva Gellman
updates@yiddishbookcenter.org
413-256-4900

Confluence

Artist: Paula Hite
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Repeating bands of vibrant color weave through Paula Hite's recent abstract acrylic paintings on paper. The view from her large studio windows led Hite to explore Nature as a metaphor for connection and community. A vital energy emerges in the intertwining organic forms inspired by interconnecting trees and shadows. These animated ribbons of color jostle, nudge, appear, merge, and disappear--inviting the viewer to enter into the painting's flow in an act of confluence. Image: Dormancy Undone

Contact: Paula Hite
paulamhite@yahoo.com
413-687-7258

Pink and Orange

Artists: Gallery A3 artists
Start Date: April 7, 2025
End Date: June 16, 2025
Location: Go Berry 'n Cream
Hours: Mon-Thur 4-9pm, Fri-Sat 1-10pm, Sun 1-9pm
Address: 28 Amity Street Suite 1E
City/Town: Amherst
Website: goberryncream.com

Enjoy artwork in shades of Pink and Orange from Gallery A3 artists, while reveling in the experience of cool frozen yogurt at GoBerry 'n Cream. Image" Visitors in the Garden, hand-cut paper collage by Marianne Connolly.

Contact: gallerya3@gmail.com

Spring Art Exhibit at The Mill District Local Art Gallery

Artists: 30+ Western MA based artists
Start Date: April 5, 2025
End Date: June 28, 2025
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Join us in celebrating the current collection of art on exhibit and available for purchase by over 30 local artists! Artists joining the Local Art Gallery for the first time: Emma Rossi, Pam Kinsmith, Jasper Alexander, Catherine Aiello, Stacey Dakai, Jasper Cowley, Marsha Leavitt, and Kim White.

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

Metamorphosis: Mutable Origins

Artist: Adeyemi Adebayo
Start Date: March 23, 2025
End Date: May 17, 2025
Location: AIRSpace Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 12-4pm
Address: 534 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: airspacegallery.net

An experimental documentary photography project that explores the experiences of the African diaspora in North America while questioning the mythology of the West as a promised land of potential wealth and endless possibilities. It combines material items brought from their places of origin with newly made portraits and collected oral histories.

Contact: Yaning Xing
info@airspacegallery.net
413-835-5072

Re/Presenting: Art Beyond the Color Line

Start Date: November 12, 2024
End Date: July 6, 2025
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2024/representing-art-beyond-the-color-line

A year-long project to reinterpret Mead collections, posing critical questions about making and consuming art in a multiracial democracy. The exhibition brings together a wide range of work from the 18th century to the present, by artists from Brazil, France, Haiti, India, Japan, North America, and Tibet, as well as art made throughout the year by students at Wildwood Elementary School and visitors to the exhibition. It explores art that creates, affirms, and challenges ideas of beauty, value, power, and presence.

Courage and Peace: The Works of Robert Strong Woodward

Artist: Robert Strong Woodward
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: June 22, 2025
Location: Memorial Hall Museum
Hours: Sat & Sun 11am-4:30pm in May / Tues-Sun in June
Address: 8 Memorial Street
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: deerfield-ma.org

Created in collaboration with the Friends of Robert Strong Woodward, the exhibit highlights 21 of his works, including newly discovered and rarely exhibited pieces.

Contact: Ellen White
pvmaoffice@deerfieldmuseum.org
413-774-7476

Peripheral Visions

Artists: Priya N. Green, Andrae Green
Start Date: May 17, 2025
End Date: June 21, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 17, 4-6pm
Location: Out Of Office (OOO)
Hours: Sat 3-5pm, and by appt
Address: 33 Maple Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oooeasthampton.com

Extended hours during Easthampton Art Walk (Sat, June 7, 3-7pm) and Cultural Chaos (Sat, June 14, 12-5pm).

Secrets...

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

Secrets... we all have them, we keep them, we share them. They fascinate us, they haunt us, they distress us, they bond us to each other, or they divide us. They can be wonderful, tragic, humorous, devastating, or sources of renewed energy. This interactive exhibit (there will be a confessional booth...) will feature artwork by Valley artists inspired by the term “secrets”, inspired by their secrets, or by what the word "secrets" represents to them.

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

Urbana

Artist: Jenny Tibbetts
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: June 3, 2025
Location: ECA Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: jennytibbetts.com

Painter Jenny Tibbetts exhibits a series of semi-abstract oil paintings based on urban landscape. Tibbetts explores effects of sunlight and shadows on concrete walls, roads and alleyways. Using unexpected color, she transforms images of mundane structures into unique compositions.

Contact: Jenny Tibbetts
jenny@jennytibbetts.com
413-768-0355

Body and Soul

Artist: Frances Kidder
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Location: The Oxbow Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

In 2020, during the early days of the Covid pandemic, I began making paintings of subjects close to home – myself, my husband and a few friends. Picking up that thread some years later, I've been painting from photographs of geographically far-flung friends and family, and one seaside couple I saw but never met.

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

Una Familia

Artist: Jeffrey Gillis
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Location: The Oxbow Gallery, back gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Painting any chance he got and wanting to leave his mark in the annuls of fine art, Jeffreys first show was in McKenna's Bar at 14th and 8th. His latest show, his 11th-ish solo show, Una Familia, the spotlight is on his in-laws and the time of his wedding in the Dominican Republic. Coming from a family in which he had one first cousin, the whole idea of family is new to him.

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

Broke Open

Artist: Yago Colás
Start Date: April 5, 2025
End Date: June 2, 2025
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-2pm, and by appt
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: 50arrowgallery.com

A captivating art exhibition by multidisciplinary artist and writer Yago Colás. Through a unique fusion of Zen practice and intuitive experimentation, Yago's work explores the intersections of perception, impermanence, and the unseen. Their paintings emerge through chance operations, engaging with texture, gesture, and presence, offering viewers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. This is Yago's first time exhibiting their paintings at 50 Arrow Gallery. Masks required.

Contact: info@50arrowgallery.com

Microcosmic

Artist: Andrew Golibersuch
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: Sip 413
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat & Sun 8am-4pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com

A show of vibrant colorful drawings and wood engravings.

Contact: Elayna Sturm
elayna@sip413.com

Tribute To Northfield Mount Hermon & Japanese PopArt

Artist: Kimiko Donohoe
Start Date: April 28, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: Rhodes Art Center at Northfield Mount Hermon
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm
Address: 19 Purple Road
City/Town: Gill
Website: kimikodonohoe.com

This exhibit is to show viewers to Kimiko's interest in showing the beauty of nature through her landscape paintings. Kimiko Donohoe has been working on ordinary scenery, breathing life and beauty into them. Elevating the ordinary into extraordinary visions. At the same time, she would like the viewers to experience the dramatic colors of Ukiyo-e, and Japanese culture with a sense of humor. Ukiyo-e has shaped her view of thinking about abstract paintings into her own unique designs and palette.

Contact: Kimiko Donohoe
kdonohoe55@gmail.com
413-325-6322

Solo Exhibition

Artist: Lydia M Kinney
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: June 13, 2025
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

Lydia M Kinney's Solo Exhibition showcases vibrant structured and layered abstracted paintings. Lydia is a GCC Alum based in Greenfield.

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

The Overlap: a GCC Student Group Exhibition

Artists: Greenfield Community College's Visual Arts Seminar
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: June 13, 2025
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

A GCC student group exhibition, showing work by artists Acadia Black, Emilio DiDonna, Calla Hubert, Caroline James, Nayana LaFond, Tyler Milliken, Charis Mockel-Cole, Olivia Vassar, Morgan Willis, Rich Sergeiko-Marcotte. These students are a part of Greenfield Community College's Visual Arts Seminar instructed by Chenda Cope.

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

A World Below

Artist: Scout Cuomo
Start Date: April 25, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: Looky Here
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-3pm
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

Contact: Vanessa Brewster
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Portraits in RED: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Artist: Nayana LaFond
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: July 2025
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/humanities/nayana-lafond

"Portraits in RED" honors the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People; in both Canada and the United States, Indigenous women and girls are eleven times more likely than white women to be victims of violence. Indigenous men are four times more likely. Murder is the third leading cause of death in Indigenous people on Turtle Island (North America), after cancer and heart disease. As a point of comparison, murder does not factor into the top twelve causes of death for non-Indigenous people.

Contact: matthew@thelavacenter.org
413-474-0979

Artwork

Artist: Steve Howe
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/steven-howe

The landscape has always captivated me. The combination of colors, shapes and textures can evoke a powerful emotional response. Unlike photography, painting allows me the freedom to create my own color palette. I tend not to work from photo references but rather create my own imaginary landscape. The addition of paper collage helps to add depth and shapes to the composition. I enjoy trying various techniques and tools for applying paint.

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

Peaceful Encounters

Artists: Nancy Meagher, Rochelle Shicoff
Start Date: May 5, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Hadley Senior Center
Address: 46 Middle Street
City/Town: Hadley

Peaceful Encounters is a place of respite for visitors. The colors are bright yet calming. In this two person exhibit of landscape and fantasy, Nancy Meagher and Rochelle Shicoff's work come together to offer a sense of quiet and the opportunity to let one's imagination soar. Rochelle Shicoff, painting.

Contact: Rochelle Shicoff
trees55pondfish77@gmail.com

2025 Spring Group Exhibit

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 9, 2025
Location: Black Birch Winery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 108 Straits Road
City/Town: Hatfield
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

Members of the Belchertown-based Quabbin Art Association (QAA) will exhibit new works (watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, mixed media and photography) at the Black Birch Vineyard. Now in its tenth year, Quabbin Art Association provides education, support, and opportunity for local artists, and promotes community interest and appreciation in the visual arts. To learn more about QAA members, or to join, visit the website.

Contact: Greg Hampton
gh50qaa@gmail.com
857-234-6668

Knock! Knock!

Artist: Jeffrey Richard
Start Date: April 29, 2025
End Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: eventbrite.com/e/1329861173569

Jeffrey Richard opens the door to exploration and creativity in his exhibit of urban photographs. Richard is a Holyoke native who has always been inspired by the visual aspects of the world and the city around him. His work explores urban decay and highlights abandoned buildings, alleys, and entryways. Though he has photographed several places during his travels, he has returned to Holyoke to take photos of this "always-changing city".

Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org

For You

Artist: Kelly Popoff
Start Date: April 19, 2025
End Date: May 18, 2025
Location: PULP
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

For me, making art is the practice and unfolding of empathy. A kind of prayer for humanity. A way to give form to something that I do not understand. Painting is an act of love and faith. Painting is a kind of prayer and protest that says, I am here and remain hopeful while hate seems to prevail. This series from the past two years uses form to sum up recurring feelings from my personal history as well as the desire to connect with something beyond what I can comprehend.

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

Very Very Small Paintings

Artist: Brian Lynch
Start Date: April 19, 2025
End Date: May 18, 2025
Location: PULP, front room
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

The small paintings began as a happy accident. I initially used wooden blocks to apply paintrandomly to larger works, but over time, some blocks revealed figurative and landscape elements. This sparked an experiment that grew into a series of miniature paintings. Inspired by Goya's ivory miniatures, which I first saw years ago at the Frick in NYC, I was struck by how he created monumental imagery on such a small scale. His spontaneous, experimental approach--embracing chance--continues to influence my work.

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

The Perennials

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 4, 2025
End Date: TBA
Location: The Barnes Gallery at Leverett Crafts & Arts
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-5pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettcraftsandarts.org

This group of 10 local painters includes Leverett artists Susan Valentine, Deb Voland and myself.

MAC 31st Annual Spring Art Exhibition & Sale

Start Date: May 10, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Location: Monson's House of Art
Hours: Sat & Sun 12-5pm
Address: 200 Main Street
City/Town: Monson
Website: monsonartscouncil.org/spring-exhibition-and-sale-2025

This year's show will feature over 120 works of fine art displayed in both the House of Art and Monson's Memorial Hall.

Contact: Jessica Lister
jessica@monsonartscouncil.org

Pineapple Crowns

Artist: Bryan Collier
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: June 2025
Location: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-6pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: rmichelson.com/illustration/bryan-collier/pineapple-crowns

An exhibition of illustration and non-illustration work by Bryan Collier. Bryan's collages brim with exquisite depth, texture, and color.

The Iron Horse Posters

Artist: Blanche Cybele Derby
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: June 28, 2025
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Take a walk down memory lane... To celebrate the one year anniversary of the reopening of this local treasure, artist Blanche Cybele Derby saved some of her hand drawn posters. These were designed in the 1990s (B.C Before Computers) when illustrated flyers were posted around town and in the windows of The Horse to advertise various performers. The posters will be on display in the glass case at the entrance to the Art and Music Room.

Peggy Gruen

Artist: Peggy Gruen
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Northampton Senior Center Bistro Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Address: 67 Conz Street r
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2221/Artist-of-the-Month

Peggy Gruen finds natural elements interesting and sensuous and colorful. She explores other ways tomake the photographs she takes of nature more intense or dramatic, by enhancing the abstractness or the colors, or by adding or subtracting elements.

The World in a Child's Face

Artist: Robert Markey
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 1 and 2
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Since 2003, I have been working on art projects with children in difficult situations in many countries worldwide. I draw a lot when I travel, but I have to paint some of the children I worked with when I get home. These paintings are from my projects in Brazil, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Israel. Every country was different, but the children and people I worked with were kind and friendly. These images are my memories of them.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Review (Held Over)

Artist: Kevin Bouricius
Start Date: April 8, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Kevin Bouricius (1951-2029) began to paint in his early twenties when he was committed to a mental hospital. At the time, he believed that he was Vincent van Gogh. Though his delusion cleared, he continued a life of neo-expressionist painting.

Contact: 413-588-4337

The Edge

Artist: Charlie Fahey
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 1 and 2
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

This collection of crude, multimedia artworks, unself-conscious automatic construction, represent Fahey's direct encounter with pain.

Contact: 413-588-4337

The JFK Student Art Show

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

A special exhibit featuring a variety of pieces created by JFK Middle School 6th through 8th grade art students. Over 400 expressive works in ceramic, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and design will be showcased!

Contact: 413-587-1013

Two Printmakers / Two Approaches

Artists: Cindy Chandler-Guy, Arch Macinnes
Start Date: May 6, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, North Gallery
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton

Two artists who share a studio (Studio 420, Brushworks Arts and Industry Building, Florence) have markedly different approaches to the monoprint and monoprint collage. Cindy Chandler-Guy collages handprinted elements to create representational and abstract compositions, while Arch MacInnes layers structural drawings to create intuitive abstractions.

Contact: Arch MacInnes
Archmacinnes7@gmail.com
617-583-2430

River Valley Radical Futures

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

An exhibit by local artists envisioning a future after capitalism, curated by Alix Gerber. The visions created by members of these groups have been brought to life by seven local artists who created artifacts excavated from the future we imagined: Sunny Allis, Mary Katherine Cleary, David von Dufving, Bo Kim, Sharon Leshner, Michael Medeiros, Laura Torraco, Alix Gerber. This exhibit is an invitation to contribute to a shared local folklore of the future we want to build together.

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

Julie Beck, Larry Preston & Scott Prior

Artists: Julie Beck, Larry Preston, Scott Prior
Start Date: April 23, 2025
End Date: June 14, 2025
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com

A three-person exhibition of oil paintings by three masters of realist art. Julie Beck, Larry Preston, and Scott Prior all explore various subjects and themes in their oil paintings that are at once astonishing for their technical excellence, as well as their diverse methods for the examination of the physical world in paint.

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

Eco-anxiety /Global Warming (2018-2023)

Artist: Jane Goldman
Start Date: April 25, 2025
End Date: July 29, 2025
Location: Alumnae House Gallery at Smith College
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-3:30pmpm
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: janegoldmanart.com

An an ongoing series of watercolor monotypes on 22" x 30" Arches Hot Press watercolor paper. Dark humor sets the tone, inspired by silent film comedians, especially the great Buster Keaton. In this context the silent comedians represent all of us, experiencing global crises in slow motion. Like them, we watch the planet beset with catastrophe in ever faster motion. Some pieces in the series personalize the consequences of our behavior.

Contact: 413-585-2066

Sulafa Roumaya-Elia

Artist: Sulafa Roumaya-Elia
Start Date: April 1, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
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

A retired pediatrician, Sulafa Roumaya-Elia finds the love of nature, color and movement has always inspired her to start a painting. She uses mostly acrylics and hopes her work inspires others to create.

Triophany [3 Phases of Concept}

Artist: Howard Johnson
Start Date: April 8, 2025
End Date: May 24, 2025
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org

Howard Johnson is a lifelong resident of Worcester. His artwork has often been described as "visionary" by many critics. The way he sees it, his lifetime career focus is an imaginary worldview, a darkly humorous amalgam of mythic images re-interpreted as Pop Culture. Animation becomes a form of primitiveness representing the lifestyle of an era in his view.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Bits and Places: Journeys Through Collage

Artist: Kristi W. Colbert
Start Date: April 11, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Location: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Thur 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm
Address: 238 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com

An exhibition of painted paper collage landscapes by Kristi W. Colbert, a Leverett-based mixed media artist inspired by country life in Western MA, as well as travels and wanderlust beyond. Composed of snippets from the recycle bin and bits of junk mail painted with gouache, colored pencil, and neocolor crayon, Kristi's work explores and evokes a palpable sense of place, as transportive landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes emerge from reclaimed paper fragments.

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

Moments of realization and the complexities of Being

Artist: Meghan Fallon
Start Date: March 14, 2025
End Date: June 6, 2025
Location: CLICK Workspace
Address: 9 1/2 Market Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: clickworkspace.org/events/2025/03/20/mfallon

Meghan Fallon's work tends to be abstract, impressionistic and expressionistic. Inspiration comes from music, nature, literature and internal/external observation. she works with a variety of mediums including acrylic paint, oil pastels, pencil, and charcoal. Meghan is an artist based in Western MA. She has shown her work in galleries and venues across the Pacific Northwest where she resided prior to returning to her hometown.

Temporarily Ours

Start Date: January 24, 2025
End Date: June 1, 2025
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm, second Fridays 11am-8pm
Address: 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/temporarily-ours-contemporary-photography-and-film

Features photo and video works by eight contemporary artists working in Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, and the United States. Through photography and film, these artists create enduring images of the innovative ways communities have maintained a sense of belonging in the face of adversity.

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

Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA

Artists: group show
Start Date: July 28, 2023
End Date: Summer 2025
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm, second Fridays 11am-8pm
Address: 20 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--such as animals, plants, and human bodies– 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.

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

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/yr

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.

A Touch of Whimsy: art that makes you smile

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: May 23, 2025
End Date: July 13, 2025
Reception Date: June 1, 2-4pm
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Thur 2-5pm, Fri & Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

STEAM Art & Science

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: April 4, 2025
End Date: May 18, 2025
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Fri & Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Science / Technology /Engineering / Art /Math. An exhibit of art inspired by incorporating the sciences.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Copper Etchings in Bloom

Artist: Bobbi Angell
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 29, 2025
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: every day 11am-5pm
Address: I Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com

Copper etching allows a natural extension of Angell's compositional style with an enhanced focus. Designs are drawn onto a ground on a copper plate, etched with acid, and hand printed in small editions. A select few are individually colored tinted with watercolor. The subjects of Angell's etchings are influenced by her scientific, horticultural and artistic interests featuring both native plants and cultivated plants, as well as tropical.

Contact: Summer Litchfield
salmonfalls@megaplanet.com
413-625-9833

Moments in Time

Artist: Fabio Deponte
Start Date: April 30, 2025
End Date: June 2, 2025
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls

Born near Trieste, Italy, Fabio Deponte and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1956. He studied art in Boston and began his art career in the commercial art field as art director and designer. Eventually, Fabio's need to paint and love of art took him to illustration and, finally, to open White Pickets Studio with his life partner and artist, Sara. He has been making and exploring his art for over 30 years in a variety of mediums.

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

Dreams from My World

Artist: Trina Sears Sternstein
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 29, 2025
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: every day 11am-5pm
Address: I Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com

A collection of oil paintings inspired by her natural surrounding using color, tone, texture, line and pattern.

Contact: Summer Litchfield
salmonfalls@megaplanet.com
413-625-9833

Wilbraham Art League at Baystate Hospital

Artists: Wilbraham Art League
Start Date: May 8, 2025
End Date: Jul 8, 2025
Location: Baystate Hospital, Arts Alive Gallery, Daly 3 Connector
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 759 Chestnut Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: wilbrahamartleague.org

Founded in 2007, the Wilbraham Art League was established to promote the understanding and appreciation of fine arts. Many of their artists will be participating with over 40 paintings in a wide range of mediums and styles on display. The diversity of their art makes their exhibits delightful and unique.

Contact: Roger J Kellman
namllek@aol.com
413-233-7478

Portraits in RED: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Painting Project

Artist: Nayana LaFond
Start Date: March 15, 2025
End Date: September 7, 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/portraits-in-red-missing-murdered-indigenous-peoples-project/

Artist and activist Nayana LaFond sheds light on the crisis affecting Indigenous peoples, particularly women, who are eleven times more likely to go missing than the national average. Each portrait depicts a missing or murdered Indigenous person, a family member, or an advocate, rendered in shades of gray and marked by a vivid red handprint to raise awareness, inspire action, and honor the lives and stories of those impacted by this crisis. Q&A with the artist: May 15, 12:15-1:30pm.

Contact: Merideth Bessette
mbessette@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800

Cultural Fusion: A Neon Installation Show

Artist: Bill Myers
Start Date: March 23, 2025
End Date: August 10, 2025
Location: Art For The Soul Gallery
Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-4pm
Address: 1500 Main Street, Floor 2
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com/about

An immersive neon installation exploring social issues, isolation, and human connection through light and humor. Artist Bill Myers, whose first installation was at Zone Art Center in 1995, blends history, satire, and light. Inspired by Dante's Inferno and The Twilight Zone, the show merges critique and spectacle. Neon environments invite viewers to navigate spaces that confront inequality and shared experiences, redefining social commentary through light, history, and humor.

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

ART=WORK

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 6, 2025
Reception Date: June 6, 5-8pm
Location: Waterway Arts
Hours: Thur & Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Address: 102 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: instagram.com/waterway_arts

Artists working in media typically deemed "craft" explore how we value handmade work. Each piece was created for this show, and the artist's log of time and materials is also displayed. Every work is available at multiple prices: the artist's asking price and the cost of the work if the artist were compensated at different hourly rates. ART=WORK is an exploration of and conversation about labor, compensation, capitalism, and patriarchy in the creation and sale of our art. Closing reception: June 6, 5-8pm.

Contact: waterwayarts24@gmail.com

Where We Are, Together

Artist: Cameron Schmitz
Start Date: March 1, 2025
End Date: May 26, 2025
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-5pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association with Montague Public Libraries celebrate their 8th National Endowment for the Arts Big Read. Focused on Ross Gay's book of poetry, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, exhibits & events explore the theme of "Where We Live." Greenfield artist Cameron Schmitz uses color and mark-making as her language of expression. "Dashes of paint and gestural strokes tell a story-- orchestrated by movement, intuition, and the shifting of time."

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

4th Annual Celebrating the Figure

Artist: group show
Start Date: April 19, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Welcome to the 4th Annual Celebrating the Figure exhibition! This show focuses on the realistic interpretation of the human figure.

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

Valerie Mcquillan

Artist: Valerie Mcquillan
Start Date: April 2, 2025
End Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Westhampton Library
Address: 11 North Road
City/Town: Westhampton

Contact: 413-527-5386

Paradise City Arts Festival

Date: May 24, 10am-6pm; May 25, 10am-5pm; May 26, 10am-4pm
Location: Three County Fairgrounds
Address: 54 Old Ferry Road
City/Town: Northampton
Website: festivals.paradisecityarts.com/shows/northampton-may-show

Paradise City Arts hosts New England's premier and most celebrated shows of contemporary fine and decorative arts. Come connect with our 200+ artists & makers from across the country, and enjoy a weekend of live music, local eats, and a calendar of activities for the whole family to enjoy!

Contact: Mariah Swanson
info@paradisecityarts.com
413-587-0772

Hannah Harvester Fine Art Open Studio

Date: Sunday, May 18, 1-5pm
Location: Hannah Harvester Fine Art
Address: 46 Delabarre Avenue
City/Town: Conway
Website: hannahharvester.com

Conway artist Hannah Harvester invites you to her riverside studio to view her most recent paintings, enjoy live music and snacks, and raise money for the Franklin Land Trust. Hannah will be donating 20% of sales made on the 18th to the Land Trust. Original art as well as reproductions will be available at the event. Hannah works in oils, soft pastels, and block print making, and is known for both her vibrant rural landscapes and sensitive portraits of children and families.

Contact: Hannah Harvester
Hannah.harvester@gmail.com
919-951-4200

NCFA Curatorial Committee

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/barn-door-gallery#committee

NCFA's yearly call for art for the Barn Door Gallery is now open, and the 2025 curatorial committee will meet this summer to choose the exhibits for the September '25 - August '26 gallery season. Are you an artist, arts lover, patron, curator, or supporter who wants to participate in this process? Please apply! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and kept on file until you have a chance to serve. See website to learn more!

Holyoke Arts League Annual Wistariahurst Exhibition

Sponsoring Group Name: Holyoke Arts League
Deadline: May 24, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: forms.gle/8zhC97HYH7ChNo9E9

During the month of June, the Wistariahurst Museum is hosting an exhibition of artwork by members of the Holyoke Arts League (HAL), founded in 1923 and celebrating its 102nd year in Holyoke. Submitted artwork may be recent or older, but priority is given to works finished in the last 3 years. Must not have been shown in prior HAL exhibits. Artwork does not need to be based on any particular theme. See website for submission form and full details.

Contact: Liz
holyokeartsleague@gmail.com

Juneteenth Vendor Market for Black-Owned Businesses

Sponsoring Group Name: Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Deadline: May 22, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artlink.click/d7c0e7

Celebrate freedom, culture, and community! In honor of Juneteenth, we are inviting Black-owned businesses to be part of our Vendor Market before the Juneteenth concert on Wednesday, June 19, 1:30-3pm, at Symphony hall upstairs in the Mahogany Room! Showcase your products and services as we celebrate culture, history, and excellence. Sign up now and get a chance to be part of this powerful celebration!

Contact: 413-733-0636

Gallery A3 10th Juried Show: UNITED WE STAND

Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery A3
Deadline: June 21, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $38 for 3 entries / $7 for one additional entry / maximum 4 entries
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com/cfa.html

In these divisive times, art can ask questions, suggest answers, and help us stand together. Whether your take is satirical or sincere, here is an opportunity to speak through art. Work may be overt commentary, thought-provoking, healing, contemplative, timeless, or contemporary. Juror Billy Myers is Artistic Director and Curator of the Art for the Soul Gallery in Springfield. Exhibit runs Aug 7-30. Opening Reception: Aug 7 (5-8pm). Art Forum: Aug 21 (7:30 pm). Full details on website.

Art With Pride Art Show

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Westfield
Deadline: June 8, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Westfield
Website: forms.gle/6creEzmHUSRFMsxW7

Our 4th annual Art With Pride Outdoor Art & Literature Show happens on June 21, 10am-4pm, in the Downtown Westfield Cultural District. LQBTQIA+ Artists & Authors, Allies, Friends and Supporters are all welcome to apply. Accepted media: Fine art painting, drawing, mixed media, collage, photography, sculpture, printmaking, scratch board and framed or matted digital art. Artisan quality glass, wood, clay, jewelry, fiber art pieces, metalwork & ceramics. Literature too! More details on the application!

Contact: Bill Westerlind
info@artworkswestfield.com
413-335-6976

Barn Door Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Deadline: May 31, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/barn-door-gallery#apply

Want to exhibit or curate an exhibit in NCFA's Barn Door Gallery? This is your chance! We're seeking submissions in all genres from local artists of all experience levels for the September '25 - August '26 gallery season. Artists will be notified by early August. Come be a part of this incredible community gallery space! See website for information and submission guidelines!

Contact: gallery@nohoarts.org

REFLECTIONS: Westfield River Art Activations

Sponsoring Group Name: Cummington Cultural District
Deadline: June 6, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Cummington
Website: cummingtonculture.art/msaa

REFLECTIONS: Main Street Art Activations is an annual application-based program offering up to $1,000 and marketing support to local artists and organizations to produce public artworks, cultural events, and other activities within the Cultural District. In 2025, we'll have a special focus for work sited at or thematically tied to the river. Visit the website for more program information and the application portal.

Contact: Maude
culturaldistrictcummington@gmail.com

Seeking Submissions for Soft Focus Zine

Sponsoring Group Name: Soft Focus Zine
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Pioneer Valley Area
Website: softfocuszine.wixsite.com/softfocus

Soft Focus, a new and upcoming print zine about movies, is seeking submissions! We are looking for writing and art that explores movie watching/making through a personal and emotional lens. If you've ever had thoughts or feelings about a movie, we want to hear from you! The theme for Issue 01 is Favorites. Submissions open on May 1st and close on July 1st. For more information and to stay up to date on our goings-on, please follow our instagram @softfocus_zine

Contact: softfocuszine@gmail.com

BIPOC Artist Membership at Zea Mays Printmaking

Sponsoring Group Name: Zea Mays Printmaking
Deadline: May 14, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/education/scholarships/bipoc-artist-membership

A yearly program that offers free studio membership and 100 studio hours to artists of color. Awardees will receive all the benefits of a Zea Mays Printmaking membership for one year, Awardees will also receive 4 hours private tutorial with Studio Director Liz Chalfin, OR free enrollment in 1 one- or two-day in-studio workshop of your choice. Artists of all printmaking experience levels who identify as BIPOC are encouraged to apply Full details and application on website

ArtsEZ 2025 Grant

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Arts Council
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees:
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonartscouncil.org/artsez-grant

Artists, educators, and arts organizations in Northampton, Florence, and Leeds are invited to apply for funding to support creative projects that enrich their local communities. This year, the council will award up to $8,000 in funding across multiple artistic disciplines, including dance, film and video, literature, mixed media, music, schools, theater, and visual arts. Individual artists and arts organizations will receive equal consideration for grants. Application on website.

Bridge of Flowers Art Show & Sale

Sponsoring Group Name: The Bridge of Flowers
Deadline: August 10, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: bridgeofflowersmass.org/call-to-artists

The third annual Bridge of Flowers Art Show and Sale is being held on August 15-17 at the Shelburne Buckland Community Center. Open to all west-county artists working in formats such as painting, photography, fiber, mixed media, small sculpture. All work must be for sale, priced by the artist. Artists have the option of donating between 50-100% of the sale price to the bridge of flowers. Inclusion is on a first-come basis in order of application submission. There is no application fee.

Contact: Ann Lofquist
annlof@earthlink.net
805-603-8010

Haydenville Artisan Show

Sponsoring Group Name: Haydenville Congregational Church
Deadline: June 1, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $35 plus one donated item
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: haydenvillechurch.org/blog/2025/04/14/calling-all-local-artisans-2

Calling all artisans to sell your wares at the annual Haydenville Artisan Show on Saturday, June 7, 10am-5pm. Each artisan will be given a 12'x12' space in the yards of the church and town hall at 141-143 Main Street. There will be a Collectibles and Food sale inside the church where you can get free beverages and use the restrooms. Proceeds to benefit the Haydenville Congregational Church and the UCC Open and Affirming Coalition for LGBTQ+ acceptance and justice.

Contact: Megan Jewett
fundraising@haydenvillechurch.org
617-833-5665

Openings for artists/crafters at Shelburne Arts Co-op

Sponsoring Group Name: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Deadline: ongoing
Submission/Entry Fees: $5 jury fee
City/Town: Shelburne Falls

The Shelburne Arts Co-op currently has openings for artists producing distinctive pottery, functional woodenware, jewelry, and other small 3D items. Opportunities for working and non-working members. The Co-op has been in business for 25 years and has a strong local following as well as a lively tourist trade. Please email for application guidelines.

Contact: Flo Rosenstock
sac01370@gmail.com
413-625-9325

52nd Annual Mattoon Street Arts Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: Mattoon Arts Festival
Deadline: May 23, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Springfield
Website: mattoonfestival.org

You are invited to submit your creative wares for the 52nd Annual Mattoon Arts Festival to be held September 6, 10am-5pm, and September 7, 10am-4pm. We are looking for high quality arts and crafts to line our charming, shady, and historic brick side-walked street in downtown Springfield. Booth prices are $150 for a 10'x10' space, and $120 for an 8'x10' space (artisans provide their own tents). Please visit our website for more information and to fill out an application today!

Contact: Freya Bromwich
reachfreya@gmail.com

Reflecting on the Past / Dreaming the Future

Sponsoring Group Name: Hampden Gallery, UMass
Deadline: June 7, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/896a35

Hampden Gallery's inaugural triennial exhibition, Reflecting on the Past/Dreaming the Future, aims to showcase cutting-edge and exciting work. Juried by Nick Capasso, director of the Fitchburg Art Museum, the exhibition will run Sept 12 through Dec 3. The open call reinforces the gallery's mission to serve as a launching pad for emerging and established artists working in all media. As part of the exhibition, two featured artists will also be awarded solo exhibitions for the spring 2027 term.

Contact: Sally Curcio
sallycurcio@umass.edu

Friends of Children 1st Artisan Market

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of Children, Inc
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $10
City/Town: Northampton
Website: friendsofchildreninc.org/event/friends-of-childrens-artisan-market

Market date: November 16, 10:30am-4:30pm at The Garden House, Look Park, Florence. Friends of Children is thrilled to pick up the mantle and bring back a much beloved craft fair formerly held by CHD's Big Brothers Big Sisters. For our first year, we will be holding a one-day event highlighting a wide variety of juried exhibitors to ring in the holiday season! We are looking for artisans in a variety of mediums to fill the 30 booths available. Exhibitor decisions will be communicated by July 31.

Contact: Susan Swift
susan@friendsofchildreninc.org
413-219-4856

7th Annual Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition

Sponsoring Group Name: Workshop13
Deadline: July 15, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $27 one entry / $37 two entries / $47 for three entries
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/2025-nefae-call-for-art

This exhibition aims to showcase art that embodies the principles of realism, highlighting the beauty of precise representation. Artworks should fall into one of the various styles of realism from traditional to imaginative. We welcome work that falls under these categories: Oil Painting, Watercolor, Sculpture, Drawing/Graphics, Acrylic (includes casein & egg tempera), Pastel, Mixed Media. Cash prizes will be awarded.

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

Northampton Senior Center Galleries

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Senior Center
Deadline: May 18, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/UJEo5ppRu9qefbAb8

Aged 55+ artists' flat works will be displayed alternately between two gallery spaces and remain in place for 2 months. NSC will sponsor 6 joint receptions annually in conjunction with Northampton Arts Night Out. 12 artists and 1 alternate will be selected by jury. See website for application and more info.

Contact: Jeanne Henry Hoose
nscartspace@gmail.com

New Artists Wanted for the Artery

Sponsoring Group Name: Holyoke Art
Deadline: May 28, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com/forartists

The Artery, an artist market and member of Holyoke Art, is looking for new artist vendors and workshop teachers. We are open to any physical media and prioritize access to the arts by selling pieces ranging $5-$500. Our classes are typically less than $110 for each participant (usually 25-75), are accessible and not intimidating, and range from fine art, traditional craft, and folk art.

Contact: Rachel Rushing
rachel@holyokeart.com
413-420-8303

Vending For You Program / 2025 Art Market Season

Sponsoring Group Name: Mill River Marginalized Artists Collective (MRMAC)
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: sliding scale $30-$50 with an option for payment over time
City/Town: Western MA
Website: mill-river-marginalized-artist-collective.square.site/vending-for-you

For numerous reasons marginalized artists may not be able to attend Art Markets. By working together we can make this easier for all of us! MRMAC applies to Art Markets on the Vending For You Program's behalf. We coordinate drop offs of artwork at our office, provide digital marketing, transport artwork and materials to the Art Markets, work with volunteers to run the MRMAC booths, and send artists their sales! Full details and application on website.

Contact: mrmacollective@gmail.com
413-427-9653

Out of Many at WORK_SPACE

Sponsoring Group Name: WORK_SPACE
Deadline: May 19, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees:
City/Town: Manchester, CT
Website: bit.ly/OutOfManySub

An art exhibit celebrating Caribbean culture. All mediums are welcome--photography, paintings, sculptures, mixed media, and performance art--that reflect the Caribbean's rich spirit, history, and identity. Preference is given to artists of Caribbean descent, but all creatives (16+) in New England & NY whose work focuses on Caribbean culture may submit up to three pieces. Exhibit Dates: June 6 - August 3.

$1,000 Evolution Grant from Art Fluent

Sponsoring Group Name: Art Fluent
Deadline: June 6, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $35
City/Town: Boston
Website: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14844

Art Fluent's grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist's ability to create work.

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

Artist in Residence at Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies

Sponsoring Group Name: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Deadline: July 31, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: renaissanceoftheearth.com/residencies

Aided by the Center's collection of over 1,000 rare books and manuscripts, artists will be invited to explore the ways in which their process intersects with Renaissance (1490-1750) thought and craft to produce work. This season, we are interested in proposals that engage with the elements of Earth or Air--through medium, thematic, or process--and their wide-ranging evocations of ground, life, connection, atmosphere, space, breath, spirit, and motion.

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu

2025 Mentoring Program for Early Career Artists

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

Quilling for Beginners with Mary Remington

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 14, 6-8pm
Fee: $30 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Whether you're totally new to quilling or have dabbled a bit before, we'll guide you through the basics--rolling, shaping, and assembling paper into cool patterns and 3D art. All materials included.

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

Level 1 Wheel Throwing with David Walulak

Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-9pm, May 22 - July 17
Fee: $350
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

This course combines students of varying levels who want to learn or improve their current skills on the pottery wheel. Beginners will learn basic fundamental shapes that can be turned into bowls, plates, mugs, vases, & more. All materials included.

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

Lost Wax Bronze Casting Demonstrations at River Studios

Date & Time: Saturdays, 1-4pm, May 24, June 14, August 30, October 11
Fee: $25
Location: River Studios
Address: 36 East River Road
City/Town: Middlefield
Website: andrewdevries.com/events

Andrew DeVries will demonstrate the ancient process of lost wax bronze casting, offering attendees a rare opportunity to witness this centuries-old technique firsthand. After the demo, guests can take a guided Sculpture Trail tour through River Studios' wildflower meadow and shaded groves, where more than 40 up to life size bronze sculptures are installed. The tour concludes in the DeVries Fine Art International gallery, with wine and refreshments and an unveiling of his latest creation.

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

Still Life Social Club at Looky Here

Date & Time: Thursday, May 15, 6-8pm
Fee: $10
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

BYO materials, drinks and snacks! We provide the still life and good vibes. Every other Thursday!

Contact: Vanessa Brewster
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Figure Drawing at Looky Here

Date & Time: Thursday, May 22, 6-8pm
Fee: $15
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

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 on every other Thursday evening.

Contact: Vanessa Brewster
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Paper Circuits: Light-Up Notecards with Molly Morin

Date & Time: Sunday, May 18, 1-3pm
Fee: $25
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

Learn to build simple circuits and create your own light-up notecards. Use provided templates, stamps and collage materials or draw your own designs. You'll make a templated demo card to learn the process and spend the last hour working on your own designs with guidance. 2 hours, supplies provided for up to 6 cards. All ages.

Contact: Vanessa Brewster
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Needle Felting a Flower Pin with Chris Pellerin

Date & Time: Sunday, June 8, 1-3pm
Fee: $40 DVAA members / $45 non-members
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Join us for a fun and inspiring session. No experience necessary! During this 2-hour, beginner class, Chris will walk you through the process of needle felting a flower pin. There will be a variety of wool colors to choose from. Class size is up to 8 participants. Must be at least 8 years old, young children must be accompanied by a parent to participate. All materials and tools are provided. Please bring reading glasses if you need help with seeing objects up close.

Contact: Chris Pellerin
cspellerin603@gmail.com
413-387-5387

Imagined Worlds Artmaking Party at the Children's Museum

Date & Time: Saturday, May 31, 12-2pm
Fee: free
Location: Children's Museum
Address: 444 Dwight Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: childrensmuseumholyoke.org

This free community event, held outside the museum, or inside the museum if raining, promises an afternoon of hands-on creativity, connection, and fun--including pizza! Youth artwork will influence the design of a large-scale mural on Dwight Street in Holyoke. Imagined Worlds is a traveling youth mental health and public art initiative designed by The Color Collaborative. The project invites youth to reflect on the question: “What would a world look like where you would feel happy and safe?”

Contact: Sharon Leshner
sharon@colorcollaborative.org

Screen Printing Workshop at Printed Mass

Date & Time: Saturdays, 2-4:30pm, May 24
Fee: starting at $40
Location: Printed Mass
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street., Suite 162
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: printedmass.com

Unleash your creativity in a hands-on screen printing workshop and take home your own piece of art! Pick from our selection of designs and choose the garment(s) you'd like to print on. In addition to learning key screen printing terminology and techniques, you'll get hands-on experience prepping your screen, mixing your ink color, and pulling the squeegee. You'll also run a few test prints before printing on your final product.

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

Intro to Life Drawing with Sarah Durham

Date & Time: Sunday, May 18, 1-5pm
Fee: $50 / members discount 10%
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Offered the 3rd Sunday of each month. A combination of instruction and hands-on practice in these monthly workshops will help you develop fundamental drawing techniques, experiment with different media, and strengthen your artistic foundation. Ages: 18+

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

New England Weavers Seminar

Date & Time: July 8-13
Fee: see website
Location: Westfield State University
Address: 577 Western Avenue
City/Town: Westfield
Website: newenglandweavers.org

Registration is in process for numerous weaving workshops; also other fiber arts including hand spinning, color for fiber artists, fascinators, kumihimo, bobbin lace, ply-split baskets, and twining. Four different exhibits (two are juried) and vendors open to the public at no charge in Scanlon Hall.

Contact: Diane Roeder
droeder@gmail.com
413-374-0457

CyclePottery Accepting New Members

Fee: varies
Location: CyclePottery
Address: 42 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: cyclepottery.net/studio-memberships.html

Full studio membership discount: Pre-Pay for 3 months and get 10% off. New: studio punchcard. For those who can't make it in consistently enough to warrant a membership, I am offering a prepaid punchcard for hourly use. 10 hours: $90 to be used within 2 months. 20 hours: $160 to be used within 3 months. Learn more & fill out the interest form on the website.

Contact: CyclePottery01062@gmail.com
413-333-8893

Adult Nature Drawing Retreat at Eaglebrook School

Date & Time: June 21 & 22
Fee: $375
Location: Eaglebrook School
Address: 271 Pine Nook Road
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: eaglebrook.org/adult-summer-art-workshop

This 2-day, 1-night adult workshop is hosted by Eaglebrook School. Learn tips & tricks for drawing & creating vivid pages that depict your natural history experiences. In addition to investigating local nature and pond life to practice drawing & observation skills, we will have painting & drawing demos throughout the day. All skill levels, from beginner to advanced artists, are welcome. If you love the idea of making art and engaging with nature, this workshop is for you. See website for more info.

Contact: Lois Moulton
lois.moulton@gmail.com

Curiosity and Wonder: Artists in Nature with Emma Aiken

Date & Time: May 31, 12-3pm
Fee: $30
Location: Grenville Park
Address: 73 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/calendar-event/nature-journaling-workshops

Are you curious to deepen your connection to the earth we live on whilst making art? Learn skills to help you slow down and observe in our fast-paced technological world? Do you want to practice naturalist knowledge while witnessing the colorful changes of spring? If you said yes then come explore our beautiful nature guided by our senses and curiosity on May 31st at Grenville Park in Ware.

Contact: Emma Aiken
Emmalemur@gmail.com
413-321-9097

Making Ground: Dialogues - a creative, collective learning series

Date & Time: May 18 and July 6
Fee: free / registration required
Location: multiple locations
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org/making-ground---dialogues.html

This series will focus on local histories and ecologies with three gatherings led by artists whose creative practices intersect with grief and loss, embodied and communal practice, social exchange, and interspecies investigations. MAY 18: Sara Smith, "Where we go, we will have been". JULY 6: Meg Foley, "Communion". A.P.E. will also host collectively-led study groups on each Tuesday directly following the offering from 6-8pm. Full details on website.

Contact: Meredith Bove
meredithbove@apearts.org

Mark Making to Landscapes Pastels Workshop with Rebecca Clark

Date & Time: Sunday, May 18, 1-4pm
Fee: $60
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: salmonfallsgallery.com

This workshop will allow you to experiment while building skill and confidence in your handling of the medium. For beginners and those with drawing experience, the session will include drawing exercises, opportunities to create finished artwork to take home and offers an open environment of sharing knowledge and posing questions with individual attention. Several types of paper, all pastels and necessary tools are provided.

Contact: 413-625-9833

Classical Painting Techniques Workshops with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10am-1pm, May 13 - June 17
Fee: $485
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: barbarajohnson.com

Students are guided through a series of painting exercises designed to build their perception of tonal values, color temperature, and aerial perspective, the essential ingredients of strong realistic painting since the Renaissance. Information on color mixing, organizing the palette, the care, maintenance, and function of the various brushes and materials used. Participants benefit greatly from each other's explorations and achievements in a supportive setting. All levels welcome.

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

Creative Journaling: An Invitation to Let Go at Thanks I Made It

Date & Time: Saturday, May 17, 10am-4pm
Fee: $150
Location: Thanks I Made It
Address: 1 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/creative-journaling-an-invitation-to-let-go

In this workshop you will bind a book with recycled materials and begin to develop a journaling practice that continues your own personal creative reflections. Our workshop will engage you in a meaningful experience. All participants will leave with their own Creative Journal and skills to continue their practice at home. All materials and tools will be provided along with imaginative prompts to begin your practice. Join us on an artistic journey that is sustainable and fun!

Contact: Arielle Jessop
arielle@ariellejessop.com

Animation and Hollywood VFX in Adobe After Effects for High School Students

Date & Time: June 29 - July 12, 9am-4pm each day
Fee: $2,262 commuter / $3,907 residential
Location: Pre-College @ UMass Amherst
Address: Bromery Center for the Arts
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/uww/pre-college/residential/animation-Adobe-After-Effects

This is a Pre-College, 2-week-long summer intensive courses for High School Students. Learn and master the secrets to Adobe After Effects, the industry standard for creating digital character animation, motion graphics, and Hollywood visual effects. This is a crash course for beginners and assumes no prior After Effects experience, but there will still be plenty of new material to learn for students who are already familiar with the basics.

Contact: William Johnston-Rutledge
wjohnstoncar@umass.edu
805-704-9421

Etching at Red Horse Press

Date & Time: Saturdays, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm
Fee: $40
Location: Red Horse Press
Address: 7 Mountain Street
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com

Join us on our sunny hilltop for our popular etching class. Professionally equipped studio. Small class size. Individual attention. Beginner to advanced students welcome. Classes are ongoing, join at any time. Back to back classes on Saturdays allow for extended work time and instruction. Choose your schedule and be part of a fun, creative community. A minimum of 3 classes is recommended to complete your first print.

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

Summer at Artspace - Youth & Teen Art Programs

Date & Time: June 23 - August 20
Fee: $35 - $179
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/classes-workshops

Join us this summer for a wide variety of week-long, multi-day, or single-day art workshops! All of our summer programming is taught by our crew of professional artists and instructors, who will explore different themes and projects each week, guide students in the creative process, and encourage material exploration. We are now offering financial aid on all art programs. See the website for more information and a quick-and-easy discount code.

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

From Classic to Experimental: a two-part Cyanotype Workshop with Madge Evers

Date & Time: Saturday, May 24, 10am-12pm & 1-3pm
Fee: $40 for part 1 / $30 for part 2 / $65 for both
Location: Madge's outdoor studio
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: madgeevers.com/new-events-2/madge-evers-workshop-haydenville-ma

Create magical blue and white prints with the camera-less cyanotype process. In this two-part workshop, we'll use sunlight to capture the beauty of plants on paper and fabric. Part 1: Make three 6×9" classic cyanotypes on paper plus a cotton tote with your own botanical design. Part 2: Explore experimental wet cyanotype techniques, creating two 6×9" prints. All materials provided, including pressed plants. Participants are welcome to take part 1, part 2, or both!

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

The Mill River Marginalized Artists Collective Community Resource Night

Date & Time: first Fridays, 4:30-7pm
Fee: none
Location: MRMAC
Address: 17 New South Street (old DA Sullivan School building)
City/Town: Northampton
Website: instagram.com/mrmacollective

Please come enjoy a potluck style meal provided by volunteers. Bring your own containers, allergens will be marked. There will be Clothing and Art Supplies available! Pay as you can, if you can't, that's fine! As an act of radical community care MASKS ARE REQUIRED unless medically prohibited.

Rooted Resilience Community Dialogue Circles

Date & Time: 6:30pm; May 22, July 23
Fee: $5 - $30 sliding scale per session
Location: online via Bloom Local
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bloomlocal.live/events/rooted-resilience-community-dialogue-april

Rooted Resilience Dialogue Circles are an invitation to explore resilience, identity, and community as you define them through your unique creative and personal history. As a small group, we will engage with themes stemming from a recent episode of the (NEW) Rooted Resilience podcast and blog series. The Intention: to foster a culture of reflection, care, joy, and vulnerability among 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives and our allies as an act of resistance in these times.

Contact: Lucas
hello@bloomlocal.live
413-200-8141

Cut Loose: Dream Home with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Thursday, May 22, 6-8pm
Fee: $50
Location: Five College Realtors
Address: 190 University Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/May-22-Cut-Loose-Dream-Home-@-Five-College-Realtors-Amherst-p740252476

In this relaxed, two-hour workshop, you'll create a collage that brings your dream space to life. Maybe it's a vision board for that future renovation or a mood piece to reimagine a room you already love. No art experience needed--just a desire to play. You'll go home with an original piece of art and fresh inspiration for your space (and yourself). $50 per person. Includes all materials and light refreshments. Limited to 15 people.

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

Collage Vision Boards for Creative Writing with Michael Sjostedt and Megan Tady

Date & Time: Saturday, June 7, 10am-12pm
Fee: $60
Location: Big Red Frame @ CitySpace
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/June-7-Collage-Vision-Boards-for-Creative-Writing-@-Big-Red-Frame-p739776840

In this playful, two-hour workshop, we'll use vision boards to breathe new life into your writing project. Whether you're trying to get to know your characters better, bring a setting vividly to life, or bust through a plot that's dragging its feet, vision boards can shake things up. $60 per person. Includes all materials and light refreshments. Space is limited to 15 people.

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

Bookbinding Workshops at Antler Editions

Date & Time: spring dates / see website
Fee: $60-150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 512
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops

Join artist Lisa Hersey at her studio for a bookbinding class this spring! Beginner friendly classes and all materials and tools are included. Dip your hands into a new creative hobby, or brush up on some old skills. Bookbinding is a great way to work your brain in a three dimensional way and work on fine hand skills. End class with a handmade journal or original artist book! Classes are small so students receive close attention and instruction while working.

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

Decorative Paper Journals at Antler Editions

Date & Time: Sunday, June 18, 10am-2pm
Fee: $150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 512
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/decorative-paper-covered-journals

In this beginner class we will explore three different journal cover techniques using thin decorative paper. We've all been to the art supply store and oogled at all the decorative handmade and Japanese papers... maybe even collecting a piece or two every time you go. (It can't be just me!) These structures use minimal adhesives making it easy to work with these papers without worrying about warping or glue bleed through. Class limited to 4 students, materials & tools provided, beginner friendly.

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

Sculpting and Drawing the Skull with Steve Saxenian

Date & Time: May 17 & 18, 9:30am-4:30pm each day
Fee: $250 / sliding scale available
Location: Steve's Studio
City/Town: Leverett
Website: stephensaxenian.com/event-details/sculpting-and-drawing-the-skull

Join us for a weekend workshop during which we will gain a solid understanding of the structure of the skull, a foundation on which to build a a lifelike portrait. We will sculpt a clay sketch of the skull giving us tangible experience, helping to form a mental model that can reinforce our powers of observation when drawing the portrait. Students should have experience drawing the portrait and/or figure. Full details on website. Fee includes armature and clay.

Contact: stephensaxenian@gmail.com

Illustrating Picture Books: An Introduction with Ruth Sanderson

Date & Time: Thursdays, July 3-24, 6:30-9pm
Fee: $250
Location: The Community Classroom
Address: 88 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: ruthsanderson.com

This four-week workshop will introduce skills in drawing and character design for children's picture books. Classes will include drawing exercises and demonstrations, critiques, handouts, and information on agents and publishers. (A separate writing course is offered on Mondays) Local author/Illustrator Ruth Sanderson has illustrated over 90 books for children and co-founded the graduate program in Children's Literature and Illustration at Hollins University in Virginia.

Contact: Ruth Sanderson
ruthsanderson@me.com
413-320-5971

Writing Picture Books with Ruth Sanderson

Date & Time: Mondays, July 7-28, 6:30-9pm
Fee: $250
Location: The Community Classroom
Address: 88 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: ruthsanderson.com

This workshop outlines the fundamentals of writing picture books for children and learning to think visually as a picture book creator. Classes include lectures, critiques, writing and simple art exercises, handouts, and information on agents and publishers. No art experience necessary. Award-winning author/Illustrator Ruth Sanderson has illustrated over 90 books for children and co-founded the graduate program in Children's Literature and Illustration at Hollins University in Virginia.

Contact: Ruth Sanderson
ruthsanderson@me.com
413-320-5971

Designing Murals with Photoshop & Procreate with Eric Okdeh

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6-8:30pm, December 2-30, 2025
Fee: $500
Location: online via Common Wealth Murals
City/Town: Springfield
Website: commonwealthmurals.org/muraltrainingcourses

This online course includes interactive instruction, hands-on exercises, and guided feedback. You will learn: How to accurately measure a wall of any size and create a digital template, no lift required; Digital mural design; Organizing design layers for maximum efficiency; Simplifying your artwork for community painting; Tools for generating a color key and paint list; Gridding your design and preparing projection files for polytab installationFull details on website.

Contact: Talysha
info@commonwealthmurals.org
413-206-1517

The Muralist's Toolkit: Mural Project Planning from Vision to Execution

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6-9pm, January 13 - February 25, 2026
Fee: $700
Location: online via Common Wealth Murals
City/Town: Springfield
Website: commonwealthmurals.org/muraltrainingcourses

This expert-led online course provides a comprehensive "how-to" guide to community muralism, covering everything from the practical skills needed to execute large-scale public art projects to techniques for gathering community input on mural themes and designs. Through real-life examples and actionable strategies, participants will learn how to craft compelling artist statements, develop strong project pitches, and deliver effective design presentations. Full details on website.

Contact: Talysha
info@commonwealthmurals.org
413-206-1517

Thrown & Altered Weekend Workshop with Tiffany Hilton

Date & Time: May 24 & 25, 9am-5pm
Fee: $295
Location: Pivot Pottery
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: pivotpottery.com/classes-and-workshops

Play with altering wheel thrown pots at different stages to create oval or squared forms. We will combine wheel thrown elements with slabs to make vessels, functional serving pieces, and lidded jars. Basic wheel throwing and hand-building skills helpful. More experienced students can work with larger forms and further explore lidded jars and casseroles. Handles, surface decoration and composition will also be explored. Maximum 7 students. Firing not included.

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

Teapot Workshop with Tiffany Hilton

Date & Time: June 28 & 29, 9am-5pm
Fee: $295
Location: Pivot Pottery
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: pivotpottery.com/classes-and-workshops

For many potters the teapot is the ultimate challenge, requiring much time and focus. In this two-day workshop we will give our full attention to making this complex form; throwing the body, fitting various styles of lids, throwing spouts, pulling handles and discussing the positioning of all of these parts and their effect on form and function. Some wheel experience required. We will each make several teapots using Cone 6-10 stoneware. Firing not included. Maximum 7 students.

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

The Seahorse: How to Pastel Paint with Gregory John Maichack

Date & Time: May 15, 5:15-7:15pm
Fee: none
Location: Westfield Athenaeum
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: westath.libcal.com/event/13776525

A pastel painting workshop designed for both sheer beginners to advanced participants. Register on website. Ages 18+

Finding Your Creative Voice Through Printmaking and Artists' Books: 4-Day Retreat at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: June 10-13
Fee: $2000
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/finding-your-creative-voice-through-printmaking-and-artists-books-4-day-retreat

Join Zea Mays Printmaking to explore art making as a way to connect with nature, observe mindfully, play in the studio and discover your artist within. No prior art making experience necessary – just an openness to exploration! You will engage in supportive drawing and printmaking experiences culminating in the creation of a unique artist's book that capsulizes your individual artistic journey. Full details on website.

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

Drop-in-and-Draw with Kemah Wilson

Date & Time: Thursdays, 11:30am-1pm
Fee: free
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: facebook.com/share/14hqaqv48Z

Cultivating Connections and Community through Creative Expression. Join host Kemah Wilson in this relaxed and fun family friendly activity. There is no cost. Donations Welcome.

Contact: Kemah
noiles21@yahoo.com

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones - one day classes with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: 10am-4pm, May 17 or June 8
Fee: $125
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Create a personalized and permanent addition to your garden in this fun one-day class! Instruction given on: composing a strong design, cutting techniques using hand tools, assembling pieces to bring your design to life in glass. Then, we'll cast our mosaics in concrete in a circular mold, ensuring that your stepping stone holds together and has a flat surface.This class has been popular over the years, well over 500 stepping stones have been made by my students. New this year: Lunch provided.

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

Wistariahurst Kids Art Classes with Joycelin Raho

Date & Time: first Sundays, 2-4pm, February to June
Fee: sliding scale per class $10-20
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: eventbrite.com/e/wistariahurst-kids-art-classes-tickets-1104491767609

Art Classes for Kids ages 7-12, explore different artistic techniques and learn about art history as Joycelin Raho unlocks your child's creativity!

Contact: Rachel Powell
powellr@holyoke.org
413-322-5660

Intermediate Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: May 13, 5-8pm
Fee: $75
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

We will cover the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass using the copper foil technique. Students may choose any size and style of pattern, bring their own pattern or draw an original. Use of tools included in tuition. Glass, foil and solder will be available for purchase. Class designed for students who have completed our beginning/sun catcher class or who have equivalent experience.

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

Beginning Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: May 17, 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 2-4 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 welcome. All glass and supplies included in the tuition as is use of all tools. Another date for same class: May 31.

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

Zine Club with Translate Gender at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: third Saturdays, 11am-1pm
Fee: $5-$20 suggested donation
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/zine-club-with-translate-gender

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for a zine-making workshop every third Saturday of the month at the Resilient Community Arts studio. In addition to learning how to make our own zines, we will learn about a specific movement in queer history and you can then create zines about your own protest / mutual aid need or historical topic!

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

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

Queer And Trans Art Group at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
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

Build The Creative Branch with Sarah & Fardeen

Goal: $5500
Location: Greenfield
Website: gofundme.com/f/build-the-creative-branch

Sarah Adam and Fardeen Chowdhury are local creatives seeking to expand the art scene in downtown Greenfield. And we can't do it without you! A mutual friend is passing the torch and offering his former creative space for us, and it's perfect. There's opportunities for workshops, co-working studio spots, gallery shows, window displays, as well as a large performance space for music, dance, and performing arts. There's outdoor space with potential for gardens, sculpture, and small outdoor events.