Visual Arts in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties - Updated Weekly!
The Valley Arts Newsletter is a weekly newsletter published on Tuesdays with listings for art shows & events, craft fairs & pop-ups, calls for artists, art classes, studio space, and art/ist crowdfunding. Listings are submitted by our readers and are focused on the visual arts in the Pioneer Valley area of western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties). See the Submissions page for details about submitting your listing. Listings are free!
This Week's Newsletter: September 9, 2025
The Valley Arts Newsletter
September 9, 2025
Issue #888
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Featured Listings:
Virtual Exhibits on the Jones Library website
Sponsoring Group Name: Burnett Gallery Committee
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/galleryapplication
The Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library invites artists to apply to exhibit in VIRTUAL monthly shows beginning January 2026 and ending December 2026. Exhibits will include 12 images, artists' statements, and contact information. Interested local artists may apply as individuals or groups via the website. Images of artwork created in two or three-dimensional mediums, sculpture, and craft are welcome.
Contact: Elisa Campbell
burnettgallerycommittee@gmail.com
We're Riding the Same Wave
Artist: Sunny Allis
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: October 2, 2025
Reception Date: September 13, 1-3pm
Location: Amy H Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC
Hours: Mon-Wed 1-5pm, Thur 9:30am-1:30pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, B28
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry
We're Riding the Same Wave is a vibrant, participatory exhibition by artist Sunny Allis that invites visitors to rediscover the joy and resilience found in play. Through interactive environments and playful sculptural forms, visitors explore how transformation and queerness intersect to challenge fixed perspectives. Allis's work has been exhibited in major venues, including Museum of Fine Arts/Boston and Brooklyn Academy of Music, and internationally acclaimed animation festivals.
Contact: Sondra Peron
speron@stcc.edu
413-695-3196
Ride it Out
Artist: Rachel Jenkins
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: October 31, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, September 12, 6-8pm
Location: Northampton Bicycle Shop
Address: 319 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: racheljenkins.art
I began to put paint to canvas and draw on paper eight years ago. Prior to that I worked as a clinical psychologist for 40 years. I have been a mother for 100 years and a poet for most of my life. My previous "canvases" were sartorial. Now I am prompted by a glimpse, an image, an impulse and then I begin with pencil on paper, chalk and then my brush into paint. Now the art hangs on walls. People and their stories have always compelled me but now it is faces that tell the story.
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Agawam Exhibits/Events
Dracut Arts' Annual Children's Art Competition
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
On the main gallery walls, pieces from past winners of Dracut Arts' Annual Children’s Art Competition, open to all children 6-18 years old.
Contact: Erica LeFebvre
elefebvre@agawamlibrary.org
413-789-1550
Kathy Glista
Artist: Kathy Glista
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Glista is a local fused glass artist who enjoys sharing her glass and how it is made with a wider audience. She learned many of her techniques at Snow Farm in Williamsburg where she now sells her items during their yearly sale in November. She is a member of the Agawam Community Artists and Artisans. You can see some more of her items at glass-creations-by-kathy.com
Contact: Erica LeFebvre
elefebvre@agawamlibrary.org
413-789-1550
Amherst Exhibits/Events
Artist/Fabricator
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: December 5, 2025
Reception Date: Thursday, September 11, 5-7pm
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
Address: Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts, 151 Presidents Drive, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/umca-artist-fabricator-2526
Featuring eleven artists who integrate textiles into their studio practice, ArtistFabricator is an exploration of handcraft and tactility, as well as a rejection of industrialized production.
Artistic Journey: Zea Mays Printmaking at 25 Years
Artists: Zea Mays Printmaking
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: December 5, 2025
Reception Date: Thursday, September 11, 5-7pm
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
Address: Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts, 151 Presidents Drive, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/umca-zea-mays-2526
Artistic Journey presents acclaimed and emerging printmakers associated with the Florence, Massachusetts-based Zea Mays Printmaking. The exhibition celebrates the studio’s twenty-five-year legacy of workshops, education, research, and artist residencies committed to safer printmaking and artistic growth. The exhibiting artists make sense of the world through unique creative expression, utilizing innovative and experimental printing methods.
Reflecting on the Past/Dreaming the Future: Hampden Gallery Triennial
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: December 5, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, September 12, 5-7pm
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
Address: Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts, 151 Presidents Drive, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/hampden-triennial-exhibition-2526
This year marks the debut of the Hampden Gallery Triennial, a new juried exhibition showcasing contemporary works of art submitted by artists living within fifty miles of UMass. The show, Reflecting on the Past/Dreaming the Future contains fifty-four works spanning mediums including acrylic, watercolor, print, sculpture, video, multimedia, and more. Juried by Nick Capasso. Opening reception and panel discussion: September 12, 5-7pm.
Spaces That Hold
Artist: Swapnaa Tamhane
Start Date: August 28, 2025
End Date: January 4, 2026
Reception Date: September 26, 5-8pm
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tues-Sun 9am-5pm, Thurs 9am-10pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions
Working across textile, installation, drawing, & printmaking, Canadian artist Swapnaa Tamhane builds immersive environments of sublime beauty rooted in traditional South Asian materials and techniques. With a network of collaborators, she creates work that celebrates the ongoing relevance and achievement of craft, while also inviting critical engagement with the entangled histories of labor, class, and colonialism in the Indian subcontinent and beyond. This is her first solo US exhibition.
Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu
Road Dreams Redux
Artist: Deborah Rubin
Start Date: September 10, 2025
End Date: November 28, 2025
Reception Date: September 17, 5-7pm
Location: JCA Hall Gallery
Hours: Tue-Thur 10am-4pm, Fri 10am-6pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: jcamherst.org
An exhibition of 28 small oil paintings of views seen while on the road traveling.
Contact: Janet Winston
janetawinston@gmail.com
413-687-5758
Counterspells & Concatenations
Artists: Marianne Connolly, Rebecca Muller
Start Date: September 4, 2025
End Date: September 27, 2025
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur–Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: galleryA3.com
In Counterspell, Marianne Connolly works with intimately-scaled photography and hand-cut, hand-pasted collage, exploring familiar themes of nests, light, and winged beings while experimenting with new materials and methods. In Concatenation, Rebecca Muller exhibits several series of large-format photopolymer etchings and small groupings of mixed media assemblages composed of disparate matter and debris.
Contact: Marianne Connolly
connolly.marianne@gmail.com
413-256-4250
Reflections
Artists: Rochelle Shicoff, Nancy Birmingham
Start Date: September 5, 2025
End Date: November 24, 2025
Location: Greenfield Savings Bank
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm
Address: 6 University Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Reflections is a point of view. Calm and guiet places. To daydream. Nancy and Rochelle invite you into settings of fantasy and peace. Image: Winter by Rochelle Shicoff
Contact: Rochelle Shicoff
trees55pondfish77@gmail.com
A Something Overtakes the Mind
Artists: Ligia Bouton, Matt Donovan
Start Date: August 1, 2025
End Date: December 21, 2025
Location: Emily Dickinson Museum
Address: 280 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: emilydickinsonmuseum.org/opening-reception-a-something-overtakes-the-mind
A multimedia visual art and poetry installation created by Ligia Bouton and Matt Donovan. Through explorations of domestic objects, biographical details, found poetry, and community testimonials, the exhibition seeks to find new ways of engaging with the poet's life and legacy.
Contact: Patrick Fecher
pfecher@emilydickinsonmuseum.org
413-542-5087
Summer Art Exhibit
Artists: over 30 local artists
Start Date: July 1, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Hours: Sun-Thur 10am-6pm, Fri & Sat 10am-8pm
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com
Come enjoy The Mill District Local Art Gallery's Summer Art Collection. We make local shopping for your gifts, interior furnishings, and decorations fun and easy to do! Peruse our diverse selection of quality art available from over 30 Massachusetts based artists. Jewelry, ceramics, woodwork, furniture, paintings, prints, clothing, cards, and more!
Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966
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
Chicopee Exhibits/Events
Clearstories
Artists: Stephen Petegorsky, Naila Moreira
Start Date: September 8, 2025
End Date: October 10, 2025
Location: Borgia Gallery, Elms College
Address: 291 Springfield Street
City/Town: Chicopee
Clearstories is a collaboration between Petegorsky and Moreira; she has written poems in response to his photographs, which are based on images of cleared and stained animal specimens.
Contact: Amber Scoon
scoona@elms.edu
Cummington Exhibits/Events
Muraka
Artist: Kadri Pärnamets
Start Date: September 20, 2025
End Date: November 15, 2025
Reception Date: September 20, 4:30pm
Location: Project Art
Hours: by appt
Address: 54 Main Street
City/Town: Cummington
Website: ferrincontemporary.com/portfolio/kadri-parnamets-muraka
A new exhibition by one of Project Art's resident artists. The exhibition features porcelain sculptures reflecting on the universal element of water and natural forms opening during Riverfest and Project Art's Open House on Saturday, September 20th. The public is invited to a short talk with Kadri and gallery director, Leslie Ferrin followed by a reception at 4:30pm.
Contact: info@ferrincontemporary.com
Easthampton Exhibits/Events
Russell Steven Powell
Artist: Russell Steven Powell
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: November 3, 2025
Location: E-Media
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonmedia.org
Though both of my parents were artists, I became a serious painter relatively late in life, at age 50. Since then, painting has become my overriding passion, a nearly daily practice for the past 20 years. I have had solo exhibitions in Holyoke and Northampton, residencies on Cape Cod and Rhode Island, and had my work in juried exhibitions like Paradise City Arts Festival.
Contact: Lucinda Arnold
admin@easthamptonmedia.org
413-203-1360
The Arches of Hampshire County
Artists: Fiberistas of Western MA
Start Date: August 12, 2025
End Date: November 30, 2025
Location: Park Hill Orchard
Hours: every day / all daylight hours
Address: 82 Park Hill Road
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: fiberistas.com
Set in the stunning landscape of Park Hill Orchard, each member of the Fiberistas has embellished a metal garden arch with fiber materials and techniques designed to delight the eye and withstand changing weather conditions. Group members are Sally Dillon, Barbara Kline, Martha May, Martha Robinson, Flo Rosenstock, Margaret Stancer, Eileen Travis and Nancy Young.
Contact: Flo Rosenstock
florobx52@gmail.com
413-256-1840
Works on Paper
Artist: Joan Dix Blair
Start Date: September 4, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Location: Oxbow Gallery - Back Gallery
Hours: Thurs & Sat & Sun 12-5pm, Friday 2-7pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com
Joan Dix Blair's upcoming show 'Works on Paper' will be exhibiting works in the medium of printmaking. Her works are minimalist, inspired by her surrounding environment in Massachusetts.
Contact: Joan Dix Blair
blairprints@gmail.com
What sparkles beneath my feet?
Artists: Cathy Durso
Start Date: September 6, 2025
End Date: September 24, 2025
Location: ECA Gallery
Address: Old Town Hall / 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com
Cathy is presenting an exhibition of paintings from her current, ongoing body of work, a series of oil paintings depicting magnified views of the ground. This body of work, painted in rich, bold colors with aesthetically-pleasing compositions, is intended to evoke feelings of wonder and curiosity about the natural world, and a sense of interconnection between all things.
Conversations With Water
Artist: Amanda Barrow
Start Date: September 6, 2025
End Date: September 27, 2025
Location: Elusie Gallery & Big Red Frame
Hours: Tue-Thur 10:30am-5:30pm, Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-12pm
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/events/amanda-barrow-conversation-with-water
Amanda Barrow is exhibiting monotype prints & paintings in a show entitled "Conversations With Water'. "Conversations With Water" comes from Amanda's deep-rooted observation of watching, listening to, & interacting with water & ice in rivers, oceans, etc., and kayaking in the Atlantic Ocean & Connecticut River. On Sept 25, 6pm, she will give an artist's talk, & will introduce two musicians who will Play to the Art. Let's celebrate 40 years of Amanda's artmaking!
Contact: Amanda Barrow
bridge.arts.1@gmail.com
Florence Exhibits/Events
Soft Lands
Artist: Megan Weiner
Start Date: September 1, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Reception Date: September 11, 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Sip 413
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat & Sun 8am-4pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com/gallery
A collection of paintings inspired by the handiwork of quilt-making, the evidence of the artist's care, and how it lives on through generations. While this collection is based in memories, it evokes a dream-like departure from reality that is softer, brighter, and kinder. Join us for our reception and community crafting event 6:30-8:30pm on September 11th. Meet the artist, bring your own art projects to work on, and enjoy a treat from our cafe!
Contact: Autumn Guntor
galleryandretail@sip413.com
Greenfield Exhibits/Events
Japanese Pop Art and Moment in Light
Artist: Kimiko Donohoe
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: October 3, 2025
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/japanesepopart
"This exhibit is to show viewers my interest in expressing the beauty of nature; a moment of light through my landscape paintings and Japanese Pop art. In Japanese Pop art, I would like to introduce viewers to experience the dramatic colors of Ukiyo-e, and Japanese culture with a sense of humor. Ukiyo-e has shaped my view of thinking about abstract paintings into my own unique designs and palette." - Kimiko Donohoe
Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811
Silent Art Auction Exhibit featuring Andy Rothschild
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 6, 2025
End Date: December 20, 2025
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/silent-art-auction
The LAVA Center is thrilled and honored to announce the launch of LAVA's Fall Appeal with a silent auction of art donated by area artists. The auction exhibit is produced in collaboration with Art Deviation Gallery. Over two dozen works by assemblage artist Andy Rothschild will anchor the exhibit, accompanied by donations from many other artists whose work has been exhibited at LAVA over the past several years.
Contact: art@thelavacenter.org
Selected Paintings
Artist: Anna Bayles Arthur
Start Date: September 4, 2025
End Date: October 2025
Reception Date: Friday, September 26, 5-8pm
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/anna-bayles-arthur-selected-paintings
In this new body of work, Anna Bayles Arthur continues to employ a playful, intuitive process to develop her unique vocabulary of forms. Careful layers of transparent pigments provide a ground from which these forms seem to emerge and disintegrate. And it is through this spatial ambiguity that she hints at a fluidity of another kind of boundary, that which exists between dream and reality, conscious and subconscious.
Contact: art@thelavacenter.org
Belt Course
Artists: Amy Borezo, John Armstrong
Start Date: August 4, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Location: Looky Here
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-3pm
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com
Paintings and prints.
Contact: Sarah Wisby
sarahfran@mac.com
415-321-9691
Holyoke Exhibits/Events
Mural Celebration / Celebración Mural!
Artists: The Color Collaborative
Date: September 19, 4-5pm
Location: 787 Dwight Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: colorcollaborative.org/home
A new mural + Little Free Library is popping up this September on Dwight Street - come celebrate! Este septiembre aparecerá un nuevo mural y mini biblioteca gratis en Dwight Street. ¡Ven a celebrarlo!
Contact: Sharon Leshner
sharonleshner@gmail.com
Untitled
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 13, 2025
End Date: October 15, 2025
Reception Date: September 13, 5-7pm
Location: PULP
Hours: Fri-Sun 11-4pm
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com
An untitled show with work by 5 artists from across the globe, and around the corner. Tatiana Trunova and Maria Michurina were both born and raised in Russia. Sean Sawicki is local all the way. Born of the land and valley. Brantner DeAtley lives in Haydenville, MA with donkeys and dogs and bears and frogs, and Henry Murphy is in PA.
Contact: pulpholyoke@gmail.com
Under a Water Sign
Artist: Jill Kovalchik
Start Date: September 4, 2025
End Date: September 27, 2025
Location: The Artery
Hours: Thur-Sat 11am-5pm
Address: 289 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: facebook.com/events/758974693442914
Join us for an exhibition of work by featured artist Jill Kovalchik--a skilled visual artist, designer, and scenic painter with a background in theatre, film, and trade shows. Her bold, expressive pieces span portraiture, landscapes, plein air works, and large-scale murals.
Contact: Rachel Rushing
rachel@holyokeart.com
Milestone: 25 Years of the Taber Art Gallery
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: October 23, 2025
Location: Taber Art Gallery at HCC
Address: 303 Homestead Avenue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: hcc.edu/taber
A celebration of the Taber Art Gallery's 25th Anniversary, and features work from the HCC Visual Art faculty and staff, past and present.
Contact: Rachel Rushing
rrushing@hcc.edu
Blooms
Artist: Lora McNeece Barrett
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: September 25, 2025
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org
Wistariahurst Museum's great hall will be filled with florals as we welcome in "Blooms", an art exhibit by painter Lora McNeece Barrett. This exhibit will feature 99 vibrant paintings of flowers of varying sizes. An avid gardener, Lora Barrett maintains her gardens as a reference and muse for her highly colored paintings, pushing the vibrancy of the flowers to the limit. Artist Talk: Tuesday, September 9th, 5:30-6:30pm; Lora will discuss the making of "Blooms".
Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org
413-322-5660
Creating COA Artists
Artists: artists from Holyoke Senior Center & Council on Aging
Start Date: August 21, 2025
End Date: September 23, 2025
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org
This exhibition features artists involved in Holyoke's Senior Center and Council on Aging. Participating artists have anywhere from months to decades of experience, and this exhibition celebrates artists at all stages. This diverse selection of artwork shows both a range of experience and mediums, coming together to form a truly unique exhibit.
Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org
413-322-5660
Storefront Gallery Project
Artist: ten local artists
Start Date: July 30, 2025
End Date: February 28, 2026
Location: near 289 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com/storefrontart
The work of 10 local artists will be on display on storefront windows along High Street near the ARTery art marketplace at 289 High Street.
Contact: Kathy McKean
Kathy@holyokeart.com
413-420-8303
Leverett Exhibits/Events
Paintings and Sculptures
Artists: Susan Valentine, Sue Kassirer
Start Date: September 5, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Location: Leverett Crafts & Arts
Hours: Fri-Sun 3-6pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: suekassirerclay.com
Join us for Susan Valentine's annual exhibit. Susan is delighted to include clay sculpture, Sue Kassirer to complement her works on the walls. This will be an exceptional show of two of Leverett's finest artists showing new works as well as beautiful, less recent works.
Contact: Susan Valentine
susanpvalentine@gmail.com
413-695-7617
Northampton Exhibits/Events
Arts Night Out Northampton
Date: Friday, September 12, 5-8pm
Location: various locations downtown
City/Town: Northampton
Arts Night Out is Northampton's monthly downtown celebration of creativity & community, every second Friday 5-8pm. Stroll through vibrant galleries, explore pop-up performances, catch live music, & discover local artists, makers, and businesses bringing the streets to life. From fine art openings to jazz in restaurants and unexpected street performers, every month offers something fresh and inspiring. Arts Night Out is the perfect way to kick off your weekend in downtown Northampton.
Contact: Andrea Monson
andrea@nohodna.org
413-207-7480
September Arts Night Out at 33 Hawley
Date: Friday, September 12, 5-8pm
Location: Northampton Arts Trust Building
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/events/category/sep-arts-night-out-at-33-hawley-2025
Join the Northampton Center for the Arts, A.P.E. Ltd., and Northampton Open Media at 33 Hawley for an opening reception, refreshments, and live music during Arts Night Out! Experience a circus that transcends mere spectacle; watch as the performers jump through hoops and put on a show that may not be as joyous and straightforward as it appears from the audience's perspective. RECORDS: Memory as Protest offers a powerful collection of work exploring memory as a form of protest. Live music by Hazel Basil.
Watercolors
Artist: Barbara Ween
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: December 12, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 6-8pm
Location: Click Workspace
Address: 9 1/2 Market Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: barbaraween.com
Watercolors by Barbara Ween will be on display at Click Workspace as part of Northampton's Arts Night Out series on Fridays, Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 14 and Dec 12 from 6-8pm, or by appointment. The opening on Friday Sept 12 will include a live jazz ensemble with Barbara Ween on vocals, Jim Argiro on piano, and Jason Schwartz on bass.
Contact: Jim Sadler
jsadlerdesign@gmail.com
413-768-7964
September Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of Art
Date: Friday, September 12, 4-8pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/calendar/september-12-second-friday
Stop by SCMA 4-8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8pm. All ages welcome. 4-7pm: Participate in Hands-on Art Making! Enjoy light refreshments! 4-8pm: Explore four floors of art!
Contact: scmagen@smith.edu
Midnights
Artist: Greg Saulmon
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: September 29, 2025
Location: Forbes Library Hosmer Gallery
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery
Shot over several years in the hours of 12 to 2 am, “Midnights” explores the moments that reveal themselves when many of us are asleep. What can the camera see that the human eye cannot? What can you witness when you’re willing to stay up late? Blending a number of photographic disciplines and techniques, the collection invites you on a journey from city streets to woodlands and grasslands as it contemplates the human and natural worlds and lingers on subjects as small as a spider or as large as a galaxy.
Contact: 413-587-1013
Crush on the Community
Artist: Loran Diehl Saito
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: September 29, 2025
Location: Forbes Library Hosmer Gallery
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started Crush on the Community – Western MA as an expression of my love for–and the separation I felt from–our wonderful community. I adopted a secret identity (Crush Northampton) and invited people to share their own private crushes. I made ink and watercolor images of the crushes and posted them online.
Contact: 413-587-1013
Quality Photos
Artist: Ryan Stratton
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: September 29, 2025
Location: Forbes Library Hosmer Gallery
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery
An exhibition of the self-portrait test photostrips produced from the analog photobooth Stratton maintains in downtown Northampton. This vintage machine requires regular maintenance and ensuring that quality photos are produced is an ongoing task. This exhibition displays several hundred photostrips from a four year period, encompassing global photographic paper supply shortages, technical issues and adaptations, and the often mundane problem of sitting down for a test and deciding how to pose.
Contact: 413-587-1013
A City in Flux: Reflecting on Venice
Start Date: September 19, 2025
End Date: March 22, 2026
Reception Date: Friday, September 19, 5-7pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bit.ly/4oTi7aL
This installation celebrates the enduring but ever-changing allure of Venice in art. Curated by undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, it draws from the Five Colleges' vast collections of historic and contemporary drawings, photographs, prints, and paintings. Image: Dwight William Tryon, American (1849–1925), Venice, 1879, oil on linen mounted on panel, Bequest of Dwight W. Tryon.
Contact: scmagen@smith.edu
My Mind in Bloom
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: October 5, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org
My Mind In Bloom invites viewers to consider how identity is shaped, not as something fixed, but as something always unfolding. Through the work of four Iranian artists Nina Nabizadeh, Cima Khademi, Yasamin Zamanieh, and Leila Rahnamaabadi, the exhibition explores what we carry with us: objects, memories, and emotions that take root and grow, even in unfamiliar soil. It is a human need to make sense of where we come from and where we are going.
Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org
Ride it Out
Artist: Rachel Jenkins
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: October 31, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, September 12, 6-8pm
Location: Northampton Bicycle Shop
Address: 319 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: racheljenkins.art
I began to put paint to canvas and draw on paper eight years ago. Prior to that I worked as a clinical psychologist for 40 years. I have been a mother for 100 years and a poet for most of my life. My previous "canvases" were sartorial. Now I am prompted by a glimpse, an image, an impulse and then I begin with pencil on paper, chalk and then my brush into paint. Now the art hangs on walls. People and their stories have always compelled me but now it is faces that tell the story.
Rooftops & Roses
Artist: Jane Timken '64
Start Date: September 9, 2025
End Date: January 21, 2026
Reception Date: November 6, 5-7pm
Location: Smith College Alumnae House Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: janetimken.com
Utilizing available materials, whether they be roses from the garden or views of rooftops from her window, the artist creates collages with old watercolors for the roses, and employs pan pastels on charcoal sketches of the rooftops. As Jasper Johns is famously quoted: "It's simple. You take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something."
Contact: Jonelle Dennis
jdennis@smith.edu
413-585-2066
Premiering Potters Series with a darling deer pottery
Artist: a darling deer pottery (vivian gay)
Start Date: September 12, 2025
End Date: September 14, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: PINCH
Hours: Fri & Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 179 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: pinchgoods.com
Pinch's Premiering Potters series continues this September with the work of vivian gay aka a darling deer pottery. vivian's work will be on display and available for purchase September 12th-14th at Pinch. vivian will be in the store on Arts Night Out, September 12th from 5-8pm for an opening reception. AND - it's Northampton's special JAZZ Arts Night Out! We'll be featuring musicians Robby Roiter and Wes Brown.
Contact: Kellie Rainville
info@pinchgoods.com
413-586-4509
Steven Daiber
Artist: Steven Daiber
Start Date: September 10, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 2
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org
Daiber's artistic practice centers on paper, ink, & the book as a medium. He responds to global events and environmental themes, drawing inspiration from the forest and guided by a sense of wonder rooted in childhood, yet mindful of life's transience--such as amphibians crossing the road toward their wetland habitats. In gallery 1, Daiber and Jacqueline Hayden exhibit a project from a collaboration with Cuban artists.
Contact: 413-588-4337
Jacqueline Hayden
Artist: Jacqueline Hayden
Start Date: September 10, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 3
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org
Jacqueline Hayden's photography is shaped by her early experience as a care worker. Her lens seeks out the beauty in aging and approaches the question of what comes after with genuine curiosity. In gallery 1, Daiber and Jacqueline Hayden exhibit a project from a collaboration with Cuban artists.
Contact: 413-588-4337
Deborah Sklar's brief walk
Artist: Deborah Sklar
Start Date: September 10, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: NEVA-museum.org
Deborah Sklar's (1964-2014) bold, unselfconscious approach to painting brings her love for color, dancing, and human concourse, as well as her despair for human pain and failure, into equal balance in her oeuvre, entrusted to the NEVAmuseum archives. Her self-taught career was cut short when she suddenly passed at age 50.
Contact: 413-588-4337
RECORDS: Memory as Protest
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: September 28, 2025
Reception Date: September 12, 5-8pm
Location: Split Level Gallery
Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org
A powerful collection of work exploring memory as a form of protest. Artists include: Simone Alter-Muri, Matthew Best, Jacob Clayton, Binda Colebrook, Clarajames Daly, Eva Fahey, Ken Gagne, Eliza Gelinas, Ula Grabski, Haley Jenner, Boram Kim, Hallie Krause, Amina Meckel-Sam, Michael Medeiros, Zoe Mikic, Tana Oshima, Anna Parisi, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui, Mugi Salaverry-Takei, Sam Staas, Garrett Sanders, Chloe Torri.
Contact: Sophie Gill
sophiegill@apearts.org
New Works
Artist: Lewis Bryden
Start Date: August 8, 2025
End Date: September 15, 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/artists/lewis-bryden/new-work-2025
Lewis Bryden shares his latest work in this 2025 exhibition, as he takes us on a journey through the seasons of New England. Bryden's paintings capture the simultaneous energetic and serene landscape as he paints a moment in time, even down to a slight breeze on the air.
Contact: events@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964
Jeff Gola and Charlie Hunter at William Baczek Fine Arts
Artists: Jeff Gola, Charlie Hunter
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: October 18, 2025
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com
Jeff Gola will be exhibiting a new body of work in egg tempera paintings and Charlie Hunter will be showing oil and acrylic paintings.
Contact: William Baczek
info@wbfinearts.com
413-587-9880
Paul Bloomfield
Artist: Paul Bloomfield
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: October 31, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, October 10, 5-7pm
Location: Northampton Senior Center Bistro Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Address: 67 Conz Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2221/Artist-of-the-Month
Paul Bloomfield was drawn to focus on the heart as an object after a life altering event last year. In recovery, as a visual artist he was fortunate to have some methods to express how he felt. For these works he used Ink, paint, wood, cyanotype, encaustic wax, paint, and various collage materials.
Portraits of an Independent Africa
Artist: Michel Kameni
Start Date: August 29, 2025
End Date: January 4, 2026
Reception Date: Friday, September 19, 5-7pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bit.ly/45cs1we
This exhibition features portraits by the Cameroonian studio photographer Michel Kameni (c.1935–2020) made at Studio KM in Yaoundé. The 55 prints featured were made during the 1960s and 1970s in the years following Cameroon's independence. From its founding in 1963, Studio KM attracted a cross-section of society. As a photographer, Kameni was particularly good at depicting the aspirations of the people who entered his studio.
Rocks & Cliffs: a Retrospective
Artist: Sherry Poirrier
Start Date: July 1, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Location: Atwood Gallery, Atwood Health Center of Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Address: 22 Atwood Drive, 2nd floor waiting room
City/Town: Northampton
My inspiration for these works was the stunning panorama of New Mexico's high desert. There, I was drawn to the splendid scale and emphatic qualities of the rock formations I encountered. This exhibit brings together a retrospective of pastels and watercolors created en plein air over many years in northern New Mexico. I wanted to reveal their geological narrative, through their structure, their colors and their unique individuality.
Contact: Sherry Poirrier
sherrypoirrier1@gmail.com
413-770-2036
Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA
Artists: group show
Start Date: July 28, 2023
End Date: October 5, 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
Shelburne Falls Exhibits/Events
Harvest Colors
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: September 29, 2025
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
The vibrant colors of fall, harvest season, and the changes in weather and light, are colorfully depicted in paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media pieces, sculpture, and decorative and wearable fiber art.
Contact: Flo Rosenstock
sac01370@gmail.com
413-625-9324
Old and New
Artists: Robert Steinem, Matthew Steinem
Start Date: September 4, 2025
End Date: November 2, 2025
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: every day 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com
The exhibit showcases a father and son's shared love of painting. Robert Steinem's unique shirt paintings - a process that includes priming and stretching a shirt over birch plywood before sketching and painting the design - are featured alongside son Matthew Steinem's paintings, representative of his own personal creative journey influenced by his father.
Contact: Summer Litchfield
salmonfalls@megaplanet.com
413-625-9833
South Hadley Exhibits/Events
QAA Group Art Exhibit
Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Reception Date: September 11, 4:30-6:30pm
Location: South Hadley Senior Center
Address: 45 Dayton Street
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: quabbinartassociation.com
The Belchertown-based Quabbin Art Association (QAA) group exhibit features a variety of artworks, including watercolor, oil, acrylic, dry media and photography by local member artists throughout the CT River Valley of Western Massachusetts. Now in its 10th year, QAA provides education, support, and opportunity for local artists, and promotes community interest and appreciation in the visual arts. Join us on Thurs, Sept 11, 4:30-6:30pm for our Meet the Artists reception and Artisan Bazaar.
Contact: Lisa Goldberg
Lisagoldbergart@yahoo.com
413-237-5660
Springfield Exhibits/Events
We're Riding the Same Wave
Artist: Sunny Allis
Start Date: September 3, 2025
End Date: October 2, 2025
Reception Date: September 13, 1-3pm
Location: Amy H Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC
Hours: Mon-Wed 1-5pm, Thur 9:30am-1:30pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, B28
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry
We're Riding the Same Wave is a vibrant, participatory exhibition by artist Sunny Allis that invites visitors to rediscover the joy and resilience found in play. Through interactive environments and playful sculptural forms, visitors explore how transformation and queerness intersect to challenge fixed perspectives. Allis's work has been exhibited in major venues, including Museum of Fine Arts/Boston and Brooklyn Academy of Music, and internationally acclaimed animation festivals.
Contact: Sondra Peron
speron@stcc.edu
413-695-3196
Sunderland Exhibits/Events
Woodland Soundscape: An Interactive Art Exhibit
Artist: Ms. Green Jeanne
Start Date: September 2, 2025
End Date: October 31, 2025
Location: Sunderland Public Library
Hours: Mon 10am-8pm, Tue & Wed 1-8pm, Thur 10am-5pm (sensory friendly hours), Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 20 School Street
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: sunderlandpubliclibrary.org
The Woodland Soundscape series of canvas prints invites viewers to deepen their encounters with wildlife in New England forests. Luminous illustrations feature species with charismatic sounds, including: coyotes calling to each other, chipmunks responding to predators; barn owls calling, woodcock courtship sounds, hermit thrushes singing, and red tailed hawks calling. Explanatory info, including QR codes that link viewers to sound clips and animal ID apps will accompany the exhibit.
Contact: director@sunderlandpubliclibrary.org
413-665-2642
Turners Falls Exhibits/Events
The Towns of Franklin County
Artists: The Springfield Photographic Society
Start Date: August 1, 2025
End Date: September 30, 2025
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org
Find out what makes our Franklin County communities so special through the eyes of avid photographers! See photographs of each community in Franklin County by members of the Springfield Photographic Society. Founded in 1937, the club is made up of enthusiasts from photographic novices to professionals who have in common a love of their craft. Among their recent field trips were stops in Franklin County. To learn more visit: www.springfield-ps.com
Contact: Janel Nockleby
janel.nockleby@mass.gov
413-863-3221
Ware Exhibits/Events
Every Picture Tells a Story: the Art of Gary A. Lippincott
Artist: Gary A. Lippincott
Start Date: August 9, 2025
End Date: September 13, 2025
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org
A solo exhibition of works by the incredible fantasy artist and illustrator Gary A. Lippincott.
Contact: Marie Lauderdale
info@workshop13.org
413-277-6072
Westhampton Exhibits/Events
Jeanne Henry Hoose
Artist: Jeanne Henry Hoose
Start Date: August 4, 2025
End Date: September 29, 2025
Reception Date: Thursday, September 18, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Westhampton Public Library
Hours: Mon 2-8pm, Tue & Wed 9am-12pm & 1-5pm, Thur 2-8pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 1 North Road
City/Town: Westhampton
Website: instagram.com/jhhoose
Jeanne takes photos of the life and spaces around her and edits them to create the images she paints. At first using watercolor and gouache, she now paints almost exclusively in oils on primed watercolor paper.
Contact: Jeanne Henry Hoose
jeannehoose@gmail.com
Craft & Maker Fairs / Open Studios / Pop-ups / Festivals
QueerCore Fest 2025
Date: September 12 & 13
Location: CitySpace
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: events.humanitix.com/queercore-fest-2025
With the community ethos of a DIY basement punk show, QueerCore Fest celebrates and affirms our shared humanity with an incredible lineup of punk and hardcore bands centering BIPOC, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme artists. Including tabling by local 2slgbtqia+ organizations, a maker's market in partnership with Yet Another Queer Pop-up Market, and food trucks, creating a space for authentic connection, affirmation, and collective resistance as we come together to build the world we believe is possible.
ARTumn Equinox
Date: September 20, 9am-2pm
Location: The Marketplace at Gasoline Alley / The Urban Food Brood
Address: 250 Albany Street
City/Town: Springfield
Four local artists with four distinct styles are joining The Marketplace at Gasoline Alley to ring in the new season! Frames and unframed art will be on display and for sale. Breakfast/brunch/lunch or snacks (your choice!!) is available at the adjoining Urban Food Brood.
Contact: Glenn Yarnell
gryarjr@gmail.com
413-433-2008
RiverFest
Date: September 19 & 20
Location: Cummington Cultural District
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Cummington
Website: cummingtonculture.art/riverfest-2025
RiverFest is a free, all-ages, and participatory celebration of our local waterways. Throughout the festival, artists, humanists, and scientists share their practices as a frame for hands-on, experiential, and sensory experiences, including workshops, walks, guided movement, performances, and public artworks. Projects explore themes around the river, cultural and historic uses & meaning, climate change & the future, creative relationships with water and flow, and related habitat and ecosystems. (Rain date: September 21)
Contact: culturaldistrictcummington@gmail.com
Williamsburg Grange Fair
Date: Saturday, September 13, 10:30am-9pm
Location: Williamsburg Grange Hall
Address: 10 Main Street
City/Town: Williamsburg
Website: burgygrange225.weebly.com/grange-fair.html
There's fun for the whole family at the Williamsburg Grange Fair on September 13th from 10:30-6. Check out the agricultural, flower, sewing, needlecraft, children's craft and photography exhibits, peruse the craft fair on the lawn, take part in kid's activities and purchase lunch and baked goodies as well. The Fair culminates with an Auction at 6:45. To submit items for judging see the Premium list on our website.
Contact: Rebecca L Houlihan
b_houlihan@hotmail.com
413-588-1149
Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities
Pelham Cultural Council seeks funding proposals
Sponsoring Group Name: Pelham Cultural Council
Deadline: October 16, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Pelham
Website: massculturalcouncil.org
The Pelham Cultural Council encourages organizations, schools, and individuals to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the community. These grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Pelham or the Amherst-Pelham public schools--Including exhibits, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residencies, performances, workshops, and lectures. More info and application on website.
Contact: John Page
pelhamculture@gmail.com
413-658-4460
Lowbrow Craft Fair 2025
Sponsoring Group Name: Lowbrow Craft Fair
Deadline: October 1, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: facebook.com/lowbrowcraftfair
Applications for this year's Lowbrow Craft Fair (12-5pm on 12/13 at First Churches) are now open. The deadline to apply is 10/1. No late applications will be accepted. Lowbrow is a carefully curated fair. We are looking for handmade, quirky, punky, and unique things that people can buy directly from the person(s) who made, designed, or wrote them. We expect the artists and makers accepted to Lowbrow to be present during the duration of the event. More info & application link on our Facebook page.
Contact: lowbrowfair@gmail.com
Artists al FRENTA: South Holyoke
Sponsoring Group Name: Nueva Esperanza
Deadline: ongoing
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artlink.click/e5y
Show your art in our window! This rotating display features local artists and their work, connecting the community with creativity. It's a chance to share your story and brighten up the neighborhood. Get involved and be part of something visible and vibrant!
Visions of the Valley
Sponsoring Group Name: Resilient Community Arts
Deadline: September 12, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artlink.click/i1s
We invite people of all ages and abilities to submit artwork for display at the Holyoke Heritage State Park gallery! Share your creative vision celebrating the natural beauty of our Valley.
Contact: Maddie
maddie@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396
Wagers & Whispers: Place Your Bet On Community Art Contest
Sponsoring Group Name: Springfield Department of Health & Human Services & The GARI Project
Deadline: September 28, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: gariproject.org/wagers-and-whispers
Get creative to raise awareness about how gambling affects youth and young adults in Springfield. Share your thoughts, stories, and perspectives about gambling using your choice of creative art/expression! All submissions are valued and contribute to helping our community--together! Every story matters, even if you've never gambled. No art experience required - all levels welcome! Visit website to learn more about the contest.
Contact: Theresa Glenn
gariproject413@gmail.com
Easthampton 1st Annual T-Shirt Design Contest
Sponsoring Group Name: Printed Mass
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: printedmass.com/tshirt-contest-2025
Printed Mass is excited to announce the 1st Annual Easthampton T-Shirt Design Contest! The winning design will be printed and sold exclusively during Open Studios at Eastworks, happening on November 1st & 2nd. All ages and abilities are welcome to enter! Please check our site for timelines, Contest rules, and submissions.
Contact: Drew Romeo
printedmass@gmail.com
413-472-6017
Virtual Exhibits on the Jones Library website
Sponsoring Group Name: Burnett Gallery Committee
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/galleryapplication
The Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library invites artists to apply to exhibit in VIRTUAL monthly shows beginning January 2026 and ending December 2026. Exhibits will include 12 images, artists' statements, and contact information. Interested local artists may apply as individuals or groups via the website. Images of artwork created in two or three-dimensional mediums, sculpture, and craft are welcome.
Contact: Elisa Campbell
burnettgallerycommittee@gmail.com
Apply to Exhibit at ECA Gallery
Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com/resources/call-for-artists
The ECA Gallery is centrally located in a well-trafficked area in the heart of downtown. Approximately 150 square feet, the gallery is an intimate space that can accommodate a variety of mediums from 2- and 3-D work to video and installations. Exhibits include an artist's reception that coincides with ECA's monthly Art Walk event, which takes place on the First Saturday of each month. Full details and application form on website.
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.
GIVE ME FIVE
Sponsoring Group Name: Art Fluent
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: $35
City/Town: Boston
Website: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=15742
Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit a series of artwork to our online exhibit, GIVE ME FIVE. AF is turning 5, and we want your five! Five pieces. One vision. We're curating a lineup of mini collections, and yours could be one of them. Five pieces that reflect an intentional, cohesive series that showcases your unique style. Think of it as a mini solo show within a group celebration. Show us GIVE ME FIVE from your perspective.
Contact: Amy Matteson Neill
hello@art-fluent.com
508-419-1015
ARToberFEST 2025
Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Westfield
Deadline: September 13, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Westfield
Website: artworkswestfield.com/events/artoberfest
Call for new, emerging, experienced & professional artists! ARToberFEST, our annual outdoor fall art exhibition in the cozy urban confines of the Downtown Westfield Cultural District, is SEP 27, 10am to 4pm. Accepted media includes fine art painting, drawing, mixed media, collage, photography, sculpture, & printmaking. Also accepted are Artisan quality fine glass, wood, clay and Artisan quality jewelry, fiber art, metalwork and ceramics. We have capacity for 75 exhibitors. This is a juried show.
Contact: Bill Westerlind
info@artworkswestfield.com
413-335-6976
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!
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
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
Classes / Workshops / Demos / Seminars / Meet Ups
Figure Drawing at Looky Here
Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-8pm, September 11 & 25
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 over other Thursday evening. *Participates in Card to Culture
Contact: Sarah Wisby
sarahfran@mac.com
415-321-9691
Whimsical Felted Goldfish Workshop at Fiddleheads Gallery
Date & Time: Saturday, October 25, 12:30-4pm
Fee: $45 DVAA members / $50 nonmembers / + $5 for materials
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org
Learn basic wet felting techniques. All materials and supplies needed to make a single fish will be provided (choice of colors will be available), and you may take home the reusable wet felting mat and roller for use at home for an extra charge of $15 (cash or check). Please bring a large bowl or basin, plastic, dishwashing gloves, and 1 to 2 old bath towels. Minimum of 4 people for class to run. 10 yrs old and up, under 16 requires an adult to assist. Beginner friendly.
Contact: Chris Pellerin
cspellerin603@gmail.com
Learn to Hand Embroider at Amber Lane Cafe and Pub
Date & Time: September 28, 2-5pm
Fee: $40
Location: Amber Lane Cafe and Pub
Address: 1 Amber Lane
City/Town: Northampton
Whether you want to decorate existing clothes or make beautiful wall art, this class will teach you multiple embroidery stitches and provide a sampler for you to take home. No experience required, no supplies needed! Hoop, fabric, design, thread, and needles will be provided for each student.
Contact: Kathleen B
sewwithkathleen@gmail.com
How to Fit Paper Sewing Patterns at Easthampton Library Annex
Date & Time: October 4, 11am-2pm
Fee: free
Location: Easthampton Library Annex
Address: 52 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Learn how to read pattern sizing, measure yourself properly, and discover some basic pattern adjustment techniques. Bring 2 paper patterns, we'll use at least 1 per person in class. Or just come and learn!
Contact: Kathleen B
sewwithkathleen@gmail.com
Pencil, Paper, Draw with Roc Goudreau
Date & Time: Thursdays, September 18 - October 9, 5-7pm
Fee: $125 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org
In this 4 week course, professional artist and illustrator Roc Goudreau will share his secrets using pencil techniques, proportions, shading, and measurement to make your art come to life! All materials included. Ages: 15 to adult.
Contact: Mary Remington
remington@workshop13.org
413-277-6072
Improvisational Quilt Cards with Ed Johnetta Miller
Date & Time: Saturday, October 18, 12-3pm
Fee: $50 DVAA members / $60 nonmembers
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org
This is a beginner-friendly workshop! Join us for a fun and inspiring workshop with nationally acclaimed fiber artist, Ed Johnetta Miller! Materials are included. One of the most generous artists and instructors you'll ever meet, Ed Johnetta has dedicated her time and resources to teaching and organizing community projects. She offers classes and workshops for all ages. Please check out her website for her exhibitions, collections, and published articles and books: edjohnetta.com
Contact: Julie Root Sawyer
jrootsawyer@gmail.com
413-221-1695
Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" Reading and Color Theory Class at Looky Here
Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-8pm, September 10 - October 29
Fee: $165
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com
In this 8-week class, we will work through the color experiments presented by Josef Albers in his 1963 publication "Interaction of Color". Albers taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University's department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Students will need to have a copy of the text as well as color swatches to work with (color swatches from paint stores work best!).
Contact: Sarah Wisby
sarahfran@mac.com
415-321-9691
Collage Club at Looky Here
Date & Time: Saturday, September 27, 1-3pm
Fee: $10
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com
The Collage Club is where you can play, experiment, and learn the fundamentals of creating a collage! No experience is necessary to participate and open to all ages! All collage materials will be provided or you can bring your own. We will meet from 1-3 pm. Tickets for this event are $10 each class. Let's cut things up, glue them down, and create something beautiful! For Card to Culture Tickets, please email LookyHereGreenfield@gmail.com
Contact: Sarah Wisby
sarahfran@mac.com
415-321-9691
Shrinking the Studio at Resilient Community Arts
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6-8pm, September 16-30
Fee: $100 for all three days
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: hisawyer.com/resilient-community-arts/schedules/activity-set/1603270?source=camps
Artists will learn how to repurpose common household items, work with oven-bake clay and shrink plastic, and apply skills like weaving and tiny woodworking to miniature projects. Facilitators will bring new ideas as well as suggestions for accomplishing dream projects! With access to our studio shelves (stocked with mixed media!) and a group of enthusiastic collaborators, participants will leave the course with tiny things and a refreshing dose of crafty whimsy.
Contact: maddie@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396
Intermediate Watercolor with Melissa Pandina
Date & Time: October 21 - December 16, 6:15-9:15pm
Fee: $189 + materials
Location: Holyoke Community College
Address: 303 Homestead Aveue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: hcc.coursestorm.com/course/intermediate-watercolor-painting-arts-052-51-crn-363213?page=2
Continue your watercolor journey. In this class we will be expanding our technique repertoire. We will also be exploring more complex subject matter like fire, water and reflections. This is a great class to get you out of your comfort zone and bring your skills to the next level while having fun. All skill levels welcome. Instructor Melissa Pandina. Materials $25-$100 not included in tuition fee. Students will receive the list of material after registering to the class.
Contact: Melissa Pandina
deshria@gmail.com
413-552-8068
Introduction to Water Soluable Oils with Melissa Pandina
Date & Time: November 3 - December 22, 6:15-9:15pm
Fee: $189
Location: Holyoke Community College
Address: 303 Homestead Aveue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: hcc.coursestorm.com/course/introduction-to-water-soluble-oils-arts-076-51-crn-36707?page=2
Explore Water soluble oil painting with no fear. Best part? We will be walking through a step by step process to create successful paintings each time. Starting with underpaintings and ending in glazing. In the first class you will experiment with brush vs palette knife paintings. We will explore different techniques to get to your desired style. Best of all, we will be using water soluble products, so no toxic solvents.
Contact: Melissa Pandina
deshria@gmail.com
413-552-8068
Decorative Paper Covered Journals at Antler Editions
Date & Time: Saturday, September 27, 10am-2pm
Fee: $150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street
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. Students will leave class with three 4×6 paper journals.
Contact: Lisa Hersey
lisa@antlereditions.com
413-204-2431
One Signature Hard Covers at Antler Editions
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 7, 10am-2pm
Fee: $150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/one-signature-hard-covers
In this beginner class we will explore two hardcover structures using single signatures. Students will choose their book cloth, end sheets and thread from a variety of choices in studio. These structures are great for elevating your simple pamphlet stitch and adding some more rigidity to your small sketchbooks. This class is great for home crafters (gift season is upon us!), poets looking to self publish their work, and printmakers looking for another way to display their work.
Contact: Lisa Hersey
lisa@antlereditions.com
413-204-2431
Four Needle Coptic Stitch at Antler Editions
Date & Time: Saturday, October 18, 10am-2pm
Fee: $150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/four-needle-coptic-stitch
In this beginner to intermediate bookbinding workshop we will create lay flat journals with flexible Japanese paper covers that are sewn with a four needle coptic stitch. That's right! Four sewing needles at once! This may be intimidating to beginners, but is a simple structure once you get going. Basic bookbinding or sewing skills, and strong hand stills are a must for this class.
Contact: Lisa Hersey
lisa@antlereditions.com
413-204-2431
Painting in Oils with Roc Goudreau
Date & Time: Wednesdays, September 17 - October 22, 4-6pm
Fee: $175 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org
Painting with oils is far easier than you might think and incredibly satisfying! Three different oil painting techniques, monochromatic, oil washes, and abstract realism will be taught with this hands-on approach. Beginner to Intermediate. All materials included. Ages 15 to adult.
Contact: Mary Remington
remington@workshop13.org
413-277-6072
Art in the Sun! Cyanotype Printing with Jennifer Ablard
Date & Time: Sunday, September 14, 1-4pm
Fee: $50 per adult / $80 for adult and child
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com
Create cyanotype prints and a canvas bag at The Local Art Gallery with Jennifer Ablard. Rain or shine! Spend an afternoon playing in the sun and water making cyanotypes (aka sunprints) in this hands-on workshop. Participants will learn the basics of making cyanotypes using plant materials or other interesting, shaped objects. Ages: 8+ with adult.
Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966
Why Paint? with Rosemary Barrett
Date & Time: 6 weeks starting September 16: Tuesdays 1-4pm; or Wednesdays 1-4pm; or Thursdays 1-4pm or 6-9pm
Fee: $400
Location: 174 Sargent Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: rbarrettstudios.com
Painting puts us in touch with our core thru color, texture and the experience of a medium and techniques. Beginner though advanced welcomed.
Contact: Rosemary A Barrett
rbarrettstudios@gmail.com
860-671-1023
Gelli Plate Monoprinting with Paige Quinn-Vasic
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm, September 9-30
Fee: $150-250 + $20 materials fee
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/art-classes/category/gelli-plate-printing
Gelli Printing is a one-off monoprinting technique that uses the petroleum surface of the plate to temporarily hold acrylic paint while its surface is manipulated with any combination of stamps, images, or tools. Full details and registration info on website.
Contact: programs@nohoarts.org
Sip 'n Spin Date Night at ClayWorks
Date & Time: Friday, September 12, 7-9:30pm
Fee: $130 per couple / 10% member discount
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org
Do something different for date night! You and your date will love sipping bubbly and learning the basics of wheel throwing pottery. All materials included. Ages 18+
Contact: Mary Remington
remington@workshop13.org
413-277-6072
Collage Club at Resilient Community Arts
Date & Time: first Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm
Fee: sliding scale
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: hisawyer.com/resilient-community-arts/schedules/activity-set/1464789
RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints and collected odds and ends. We figured it was time we give our collage fanatics a special program just for you! Pre-Registration is not required but appreciated! All ages are invited to join, but we ask that kids under 12 are supervised by an adult. Ages 12-17 can attend solo with written or phone call permission from a guardian. We supply all materials, but feel free to bring your own project if you'd like!
Contact: info@resilientcommunityarts.org
413-342-0396
ASAP - After School Art Program at Artspace
Date & Time: Thursdays, 2:15-5:15pm, September 4 - June 18
Fee: $95 for 4-week block
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/asap-teens
Register for 4 week blocks! *$95/block when you use code BACK2SCHOOL! Effective until October 1st* Drop by after school, doors are open 2:15-5:15pm, and work on your creative art practice among peers with the mentorship of a professional artist & educator, Chloe Torri. We will have a new, optional project each week for you to join in on if you like OR you can bring your own projects, sketchbook, or inspiration. ALL art materials are provided!
Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811
Artful Awakening - Art Journaling with Cindy Ferrer
Date & Time: Saturday, September 13, 11am-12:30pm
Fee: $15
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/september-13-artful-awakening
Recommended for ages 16+, open to all level artists with no experience necessary. Bring a sketch book and your favorite art supplies, we will provide oil pastels, chalk pastels, water color paint, paper, and of course, guidance through introspective art making. This class is held on the second floor (if you have considerations in regards to 2nd floor access, please email us ASAP)
Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811
Visible Mending with Heidi Weeks of Plum
Date & Time: Friday, September 26, 5-7:30pm
Fee: $15
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/september-26-visible-mending
Learn the art of visible mending--a creative and sustainable way to repair your favorite garments. This is slow stitching as meditation and self-expression, all while keeping clothing out of the landfill. No sewing experience necessary--just bring something in need of mending and a willingness to stitch outside the lines.
Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.org
413-772-6811
Beginning Pottery on the Wheel with Lucien Koonce
Date & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30-8pm, September 30 - November 6
Fee: $335
Location: Lucien Koonce Ceramics Studio
Address: 12 Kingsley Avenue
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: lucienkoonce.com
For those interested in learning how to make pottery on the wheel for the first time, or those that have very limited experience. Classes are for six weeks at my studio in Haydenville. See website to learn more and to register.
Contact: Lucien Koonce
lmkoonce@mindspring.com
413-320-6381
Introductory Drawing with David Dickinson
Date & Time: Thursdays, 10:30am-12pm, September 11 - October 2
Fee: $100 / supplies included
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com
If you have been craving an in-depth class to learn drawing basics, this is the class for YOU! Students will learn via lectures, demonstrations, and homework. Join accomplished artist and instructor, David Dickinson, at The Local Art Gallery Thursday mornings this fall for an Introductory Drawing Class. Deadline to sign up: September 1st. Limited seating. Ages: 14+
Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-0966
Linocut Portrait with Chine Colle Printmaking Workshop at Fiddleheads Gallery
Date & Time: Friday, October 10 & 17, 9-11:30am
Fee: $70 DVAA members / $80 nonmembers / + $50 for materials
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org
A beginner-friendly workshop! Bring reference images for your initial drawing. 10/10: Create your linocut portrait by preparing & testing your EZ-Cut block. 10/17: Create your Chine Collé details by creating several gelli prints on tissue paper and applying them to original print. There is an additional $50 fee for the materials due on the day of the workshop.
Contact: Julie Root Sawyer
jrootsawyer@gmail.com
413-221-1695
Harvesting Nature's Colors: Discovering Plant Pigments at Zea Mays Printmaking
Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14, 10am-5pm
Fee: $350 + $30 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/harvesting-natures-colors-discovering-plant-pigments
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of plant-based color during this hands-on, two-day workshop. Learn how to ethically forage and prepare plant materials to create your own sustainable inks and paints. Discover how to transform gathered leaves, flowers, and roots into a unique, personal color palette. Throughout the workshop, you'll also explore how working with plant pigments can deepen your understanding of ecological issues, including biodiversity and climate change.
Contact: Kaye Carroll
kaye@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783
Sliding Scale Workshops at Make-It Springfield
Location: Make-It Springfield
Address: 286 Bridge Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: makeitspringfield.org/events
Make-It Springfield offers sliding scale workshops designed to make creativity accessible for all. Rooted in inclusion and collaboration, these hands-on sessions welcome participants of all backgrounds and skill levels to explore art, culture, and technology in a supportive, community-driven environment.
Contact: info@makeitspringfield.org
413-455-0663
Fall Clay Classes at the Handle Factory
Date & Time: classes start week of September 16
Fee: varies per class
Location: The Handle Factory
Address: 49 Conway Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: handlefactory.com
Fall day and evening classes for adults. Be creative and learn something new in our spacious, peaceful, light-filled studio. Info and registration on the website.
Etching at Red Horse Press
Date & Time: Saturdays 10am-12 pm & 12-2pm
Fee: $40 per class
Location: Red Horse Press
Address: 7 Mountain Street
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com
Etching is a process in which the drawn line is incised using a corrosive into which a metal plate has been submerged. We use ferric chloride, a corrosive salt, to etch into copper plates. This structured class is suitable for all levels, from beginner to advanced. Pay by the class and create your own schedule. The option of back to back classes on Saturdays allows for a longer stretch for those who prefer to extend their studio time.
Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shanadeatley@icloud.com
413-221-5775
Block Print at Red Horse Press
Date & Time: Wednesdays 6-8pm & Fridays 10am-12pm
Fee: $40 per class
Location: Red Horse Press
Address: 7 Mountain Street
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com
This class is suitable for all levels. Join our fun, informative class, where we cover everything from carving technique, to image transfer, to using the press, and so much more. Class size limited to 4 to allow for plenty of individual attention. Students who attend multiple classes will learn three main block printing techniques; single block, reduction, and multiple block.Pay by the class and create your own schedule.
Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shanadeatley@icloud.com
413-221-5775
Mixed Media Printmaking at Red Horse Press
Date & Time: Thursdays 4-7pm & Fridays 12:30-2:30pm
Fee: $60 per class
Location: Red Horse Press
Address: 7 Mountain Street
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com
For the returning student, this 3 hour class is ideal for those who have taken at least 3 Etching or Block Print classes at Red Horse Press. Using what you have learned in Etching or Block Print classes, Mixed Media allows you to delve more deeply into the many ways to create a print. Combine etching and block print, create a monoprint, make a woodcut, learn the art of chine colle, master the subtleties of aquatint or mezzotint... the possibilities are endless!
Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shanadeatley@icloud.com
413-221-5775
Sewing Classes at Grove House Sewing Studio
Date & Time: Fall classes begin the week of September 8
Fee: $240 for 6-week series
Location: Grove House Sewing Studio
Address: Brushworks Arts and Industry Building, #116, 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: grovehousesewingstudio.com
Grove House Sewing Studio is a place of laughter, creativity, color, curiosity, and the willingness to try new things amongst kind and lovely people. Whether you are brand new to sewing or you are looking for technical support for your more complex projects, the small classes at Grove House Sewing Studio will be a perfect place for you to work on your craft. If you are looking for a personalized experience, private sessions are always available.
Contact: Rachael
GroveHouseSewingStudio@gmail.com
Fall Classes Registration now open at Northampton Center for the Arts
Fee: varies
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/schedule-of-classes-workshops-and-other-programs
The sun is blazing but fall will be here before you know it! Check out the new class listings and stay tuned for more to come!
Contact: ncfa@nohoarts.org
Sip & Sketch Weekly Adult Drawing Class at The Artery
Date & Time: Thursdays, 5-6:30pm
Fee: $25
Location: The Artery
Address: 289 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Join this weekly drawing class for adults! No experience is necessary, so all skill levels are welcome. We'll go over good tools and materials to use, different ways to draw from life, and try fun exercises to help us relax and have fun.$25 per class. All materials are included in the registration price. Price is prorated weekly according to how many session remain. This class is for 21+ and is BYO favorite wine or other beverage.
Contact: Rachel Rushing
rachel@holyokeart.com
Intermediate Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Date & Time: September 24, 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: September 20, 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.
Contact: Heather McLean
Info@DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com
413-559-1010
Lost Wax Bronze Casting Demonstrations at River Studios
Date & Time: Saturday, 1-4pm, 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
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
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
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
Studio / Artist Space Available / Seeking Artist Space
Monthly Memberships at Pivot Pottery
Date(s) Available: September 2025
Location: Pivot Pottery
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: pivotpottery.com
Monthly membership opportunities available at Pivot Pottery for those looking to work independently in a spacious, sunny, clean, community clay studio. See website for membership options which can include private mentorship with owner, Tiffany Hilton. The studio is well equipped with wheels, slab-roller, hand tools, glazes, resource library, and HEPA air filter. Maximum 28 members.
Contact: Tiffany Hilton
high_fired@hotmail.com
413-824-6506
Studio Share at Paragon
Date(s) Available: September 1 or October 1
Location: Paragon
Address: 150 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
$285/month for 600 sq ft studio share in Easthampton. Tall ceilings, wood floors, big windows, good walls, sink in space. Rent includes electric and heat. No dust-producing practices. This space is split evenly with one painter.
Contact: Lena
schmid.lena@gmail.com
Art Crowdfunding / Fundraising / Crowdsourcing / Volunteer Help
Abracadabra Film Lab
Goal: $15,000
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: kickstarter.com/projects/abracadabrafilmlab/abracadabra-film-lab
Abracadabra is going to be a brick and mortar Film Lab / Camera Store that also offers many other ways to experience photography. Over the past 10 years we've seen a huge shift where everything has moved online and we've lost so many physical spaces dedicated to art. At Abracadabra you can buy camera gear, have your film developed, hang out, chat, look at art, support photographers through buying their art prints, meet other photographers or learn about other cool photography experiences in the Valley.
