Hampden Gallery: Blast from the Past

Start Date: March 1, 2026
End Date: April 19, 2026
Location: Hampden Gallery
Hours: Sun-Fri 5-10pm
Address: UMass Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/hampden-gallery

In celebration of the Fine Arts Center's fiftieth anniversary season, Hampden Gallery: Blast from the Past presents archival photos documenting Hampden Gallery's history since its founding. The photographs are featured as part of the gallery's Open-Air Projection to Invite Conversation after-hours outdoor video program. The exhibition is curated by UMass student Aine Carey.

Déjà vu: The Cycles That Haunt Us

Start Date: February 8, 2026
End Date: May 8, 2026
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm, first Thursdays 11am-8pm
Address: UMass Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/deja-vu

Marking two decades of the program, the show traces recurring cycles of thought and social commentary that echo through previous exhibitions. Enduring sociopolitical concerns persist in the themes of the program's earliest exhibitions to its most recent. Co-curated by Suzanne Bagia (MFA, English) and Caelen Trujillo (MA, art history).

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

Large Paintings of a Small World, Small Paintings of a Large World

Artist: Christine Copeland
Start Date: February 12, 2026
End Date: May 29, 2026
Location: Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Hours: Mon- Fri 9am-4pm
Address: 845 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: bcc-studios.com/paintings.html

In this exhibit, we look at scale. When we look closely at a very small life form - a hummingbird moth, a bee, a tadpole - our experience is focused and immediate. We dive deeply into a world that is, in many ways, foreign to us, and we make it large. On the other hand, how do we imagine an immense space by viewing a small 6" x 9" painting? And yet we do. We translate that small image into a huge space in our imaginations and we remember our response to expansiveness.

Contact: Christine Copeland
christinecopeland16@gmail.com
413-834-1020

9th Annual Black Art Matters Festival

Start Date: March 3, 2026
End Date: May 3, 2026
Location: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/events/BAM-Fest

The Black Art Matters Festival affirms and celebrates Black student artists and creators. Zoe Akoto (Class of 2021) started the Black Art Matters Festival in 2018 when she noticed that the creative work of Black students was rarely seen on campus. Over the past seven years, the annual Festival has blossomed further under the care of student artists and organizers. The Festival highlights an expansive range of creative practices including all visual media as well as spoken word, dance, and music.

Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu

ROMANUM

Artist: Ron Maggio
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Mixed media works in ROMANUM by Ron Maggio are inspired by the wall paintings (or frescos) from houses and villas of Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Boscoreale, dating from the second century B.C. and the first century A.D. The artist works within classical sensibilities of architectural space and color and incorporates the rich color palette employed by Roman fresco painters.

Contact: Ron Maggio
rmaggio@springfieldcollege.edu
413-783-0642

Resilient Roots: Pollinators, Weeds, & the Art of Repair

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 28, 2026
End Date: August 28, 2026
Location: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Address: 650 East Pleasant Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/renaissance/events/opening-reception-resilient-roots-pollinators-weeds-and-art-repair

This exhibit explores the connections between the earth's most persistent plants and the creatures that sustain them. Highlighting the vital role of pollinators in nurturing ecosystems, while celebrating the resilience of weeds that have adapted across centuries, Resilient Roots invites visitors to consider how insights from the early modern world--its plant lore, ecological observations, and land management practices--can inspire new ways to repair the fragile environments that sustain us all.Artists: Missy Dunaway, Aliza Fassler, Bo Kim, and Suzette Marie Martin.

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu

Hallucinations

Artist: Lisa Iglesias
Start Date: February 23, 2026
End Date: March 20, 2026
Location: Eli Marsh Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/art/EliMarsh

Hallucinations brings together three new, interrelated series by Lisa Iglesias that frame perception as layered, contingent, and in motion. Composed of acrylic paint on paper, translucent materials, and repeated relief prints of domestic objects, the works unfold through veils, screens, and patterned surfaces that shift as the viewer moves.

Contact: finearts@amherst.edu

Revolutionary Movements

Artist: Kwame Brathwaite
Start Date: February 17, 2026
End Date: July 5, 2026
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/mm/753784

A progenitor of the Black is Beautiful movement, Brathwaite created photos which made the beauty and power of his subjects undeniable. Revolutionary Movements centers Brathwaite's activism and underlines his enduring attention to the liberated body; subjects range from singing, marching, and modeling to dancing, boxing, and children playing. This exhibition is curated in collaboration with the artist's son and daughter-in-law.

Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu

Dæmonomania

Artist: Anthony Discenza
Start Date: February 6, 2026
End Date: March 21, 2026
Location: Hampshire College Art Gallery
Address: Harold F. Johnson Library, ground floor
City/Town: Amherst
Website: hampshirecollege.gallery/anthony-discenza

Encompassing a diverse range of appropriated materials--from a one-ton pallet of anthracite to synthetic clones of Judy Garland's voice--Anthony Discenza's Dæmonomania focuses on how operative metaphors drawn from occult and supernatural belief inform our relationship to technology. Across these divergent media, the exhibition contemplates the complex entanglements of mass consumption, resource exploitation, thermodynamic expenditure, and wish fulfillment that mark our contemporary moment.

Contact: gallery@hampshire.edu

Land of the Free

Artist: Camille Turner
Start Date: February 6, 2026
End Date: May 8, 2026
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm, first Thursdays 11am-8pm
Address: UMass Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/exhibitions/land-of-the-free

A new exhibition by Canadian interdisciplinary artist and scholar Camille Turner, whose work investigates local histories of transatlantic slavery and their enduring legacies. Artist Talk: April 16, 5:30pm

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

Gallery A3 @ GoBerry 'n Cream

Artists: Gallery A3 artists
Start Date: January 30, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: GoBerry 'n Cream
Address: 28 Amity Street Suite 1E
City/Town: Amherst
Website: goberryncream.com

In Pink and Peach, Gallery A3 artists celebrate warm tones in the cold winter months. Image: Commence, acrylic on canvas by Kim White

Fragile Connections

Artist: Sally Prasch
Start Date: January 29, 2026
End Date: May 8, 2026
Reception Date: April 23, 5pm
Location: Hampden Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri & Sunday 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: UMass Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website: hampdengallery.org

A series of innovative works, from vivid neon-lit sculptures that underscore the urgency of the climate crisis to delicately engraved glass forms bearing thought-provoking texts about environmental issues. Internationally recognized for her blend of technical skill and intuitive creativity, Prasch is UMass's scientific glassblower. When she's not working in the campus glass laboratory, Prasch produces stunning glass sculptures in her home studio. Reception and artist talk: April 23.

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

Mabel Loomis Todd Exhibit to benefit Emily Dickinson Museum

Start Date: January 12, 2026
End Date: April 27, 2026
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10am-6pm
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

New images of Mabel Loomis Todd through a rarely seen collection of her paintings created for a book of her father's poetry published over a century ago, entitled "A Sunset Idyl and Other Poems" by E. J. Loomis. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of post card prints of her paintings exhibited at The Mill District Local Art Gallery benefit Emily Dickinson Museum. The Local Art Gallery is donating space and sales commission to support this cause.

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

Adventures of the Quantum Soup Surfer

Artist: JooYoung Choi
Start Date: January 27, 2026
End Date: July 5, 2026
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive, Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/mm/753778

Through her multimodal work, colorful Houston-based artist JooYoung Choi taps into alternate personas and an imaginative realm called the Cosmic Womb that combines social issues and themes of fantasy, autobiography, and healing. In this exhibition, former sidekick Nina Blue (aka the Quantum Soup Surfer) comes to the fore in a compelling new arc of self-discovery, drawing on Choi's own adoption to the US as a child. Features painting, collage, soft sculpture, and music video compilation.

Contact: Charlotte Murtishaw
cmurtishaw@amherst.edu

The Political Uses of Madness

Artist: Tammy Nguyen
Start Date: October 17, 2025
End Date: May 8, 2026
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/political-uses-of-madness-2526

The exhibition is part of the museum's ongoing Dialogue with a Collection exhibition series, an annual program in which a contemporary artist is invited to engage with the museum's permanent collection. For this exhibition, Nguyen has created a new series of circular paintings in response to documents from the Ellsberg Papers housed in UMass Libraries collections in addition to specimens from the UMass Herbarium. Feb 19, 5:30-7pm, Artist talk.

QAA Artists on View

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: January 5, 2026
End Date: March 27, 2026
Location: North Brookfield Savings Bank
Address: 4 Daniel Shays Highway
City/Town: Belchertown
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

A rotating exhibition series at North Brookfield Savings Bank featuring work by QAA member artists. Exhibits will change every three months. The opening group show highlights artists Terrence Kiernan, Susan Pecora, and Deborah Sacon. On view through March during regular business hours. QAA is grateful to North Brookfield Savings Bank for its support of local artists and commitment to enriching the community through the arts.

Contact: Info@quabbinartassociation.com

PFLAG East Longmeadow Community Art Festival

Artists: local LGBTQ+ artists
Date: March 29, 11am-4pm
Location: Norcross Center
Address: 89 Maple Street
City/Town: East Longmeadow
Website: pflageastlongmeadow.org

Be Inspired! View and purchase art from local LGBTQ+ artists displayed at the historic Norcross Center. Be Creative! Try hands-on art activities for all ages including painting, clay work and more! Be an Ally! Support PFLAG East Longmeadow so we can continue our work supporting LGBTQ+ kids, friends and parents.

Contact: Erin Chrusciel
pflagel413@gmail.com
413-348-0505

Inside Out: New Paintings 2026

Artist: Elizabeth Meyersohn
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: March 29, 2026
Location: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Meyersohn will be exhibiting a collection of recent oil paintings. The work on display will focus on veiled windows and views with moons and branches. Through this show, Meyersohn continues to explore the emotional impact of perceiving nature.

Contact: Elizabeth Meyersohn
emeyersohn@gmail.com

Tension

Artist: Catherine Swift
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: March 29, 2026
Location: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Swift has always been an artist, but developed an acute interest in painting over the past 20 years. She describes it as a critical form of expression, which she uses to communicate experiences, thoughts, and feelings. The basic tenet of her work is an "internal landscape" which she presents through shape, color, texture, and abstract images.

Contact: Catherine Swift
swiftgillis@comcast.net

Gentle Moments of Life

Artist: Lu Fei
Start Date: March 4, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Reception Date: March 28, 2-4pm
Location: Lathrop Community, Inc.
Hours: 7 days / 9am-5pm
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City/Town: Easthampton

My art is a profound meditation on the fleeting, gentle moments of life. Using the ancient language of line drawing, I delicately render the everyday objects that are worthy of being cherished forever. My brush doesn't just record a shape of things; it captures the silent yet powerful emotional memories they hold. I am sensitive to every gift that life offers, connecting moments of daily life, that are shaped by love and memories such as my daughter's toys, my husband's gloves.

Contact: Marcia Jestaedt
marciajestaedt@gmail.com
301-693-0427

The Five Tantric Mandalas

Artist: John Darby
Start Date: March 7, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website for hours
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

Space, Luminosity and the Spirit Deities. The Five Mandalas, whimsically expressing the 5 energies where enlightenment and neurosis are found in the same place based on Tantric Buddhist principles. Space, luminosity: abstract expressions on the play between energetic and spacious energies. Spirit deities: "Deities" as images/visualizations that bring a human like form that points to and helps us engage with the energies happening around us.

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

Chromaticism

Artist: Rebecca Schrader
Start Date: March 7, 2026
End Date: March 26, 2026
Location: ECA Gallery
Hours: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
Address: Tue & Thur 12-2pm, Wed 12-3pm
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com

Chromaticism is a solo painting exhibition featuring abstract color-fields and gestural mindscapes, as well as live original music on cello+electronics.

Contact:

Wildlife Posing

Artist: Marty Espinola
Start Date: January 28, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: E•Media
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonmedia.org/create/gallery

E•Media Artist in Residence: Marty Espinola, Wildlife Posing, photo exhibit (no AI).

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

A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern

Start Date: January 29, 2026
End Date: April 12, 2026
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-2pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 136
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: slaverynorth.com/event/kenneth-scott

A collection of rare twentieth-century portraits, snapshots, and vernacular photographs of black people in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. This exhibition celebrates the profound impact of photographic self-representation for black communities by remembering the deep roots of black populations in an overlooked region of the diaspora. Curated by Kenneth Scott.

Why I Dream In Color

Artist: Susan M. Kolls
Start Date: March 1, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: Sip 413
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm Sat & Sun 8am-4pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com/gallery

Why I Dream In Color by Susan M. Kolls is based on a poem she wrote based on 10 random words.

Contact: Autumn Guntor
galleryandretail@sip413.com

52nd Annual Franklin County Teen Art Show

Artists: Teens from across Franklin County
Start Date: March 6, 2026
End Date: April 24, 2026
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

This group exhibit showcases work from teen artists across the valley, including students from Franklin County Technical School, Academy at Charlemont, Northfield Mount Hermon, Pioneer Valley Regional School, Four Rivers, and even teens in our After School Art Program (ASAP) and Teen Clay! Photo shown is from our 2025 Teen Show: Charlotte Caputo, Stoneleigh Burnham School, Grade 11, Title: Dinner Time.

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

Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind

Artists: Student-Artists from the Academy at Charlemont
Start Date: March 7, 2026
End Date: March 30, 2026
Location: LAVA Center
Hours: Mon 11am-2pm, Thur 11am-2pm & 5-8pm, Fri 5-8pm, Sat 11am-2pm
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/charlemont

This exhibition consists of independently developed works by high school artists at the Academy at Charlemont. Each artist chose the medium and meanings they wanted to explore, yielding artworks that range from aesthetic experimentation to political allegory to absurd comedy.

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

TREES!

Artist: Geoff Bluh
Start Date: February 5, 2026
End Date: April 30, 2026
Reception Date: April 30, 5-8pm
Location: LAVA Center
Hours: Mon 11am-2pm, Thur 11am-2pm & 5-8pm, Fri 5-8pm, Sat 11am-2pm
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/humanities/trees

The exhibit celebrates native trees in our City: why they are a treasured resource, and where and how we can grow more of them. The exhibit will feature several projects that show the commitment that the City and its citizens have made to native tree propagation. Closing reception: April 30th.

Eve Christoph's Gallery of Work

Artist: Eve Christoph
Start Date: January 13, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: Greenfield Community Television
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Address: 393 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: gctv.org

Christoph's colorful, larger-than-life paintings celebrate the natural world and the divine feminine.

Contact: Bella Levavi
bellalevavi@gctv.org
413-774-4288

Flora, Fauna & Figures

Artist: Julie Kumble
Start Date: December 3, 2025
End Date: May 1, 2026
Location: Hope & Olive Restaurant
Hours: Fri 11:30am-2pm & 5-8:30pm, Sat 5-8:30pm, Sun 10am-1pm & 5-8pm, Wed 5-8pm, Thur 11:30am-2pm & 5-8pm
Address: 44 Hope Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: juliekumble.com

Impressions of interior spaces, dreamy underwaters, bright florals and light-filled landscapes in a beautiful restaurant.

Contact: Julie Kumble
juliekumble@gmail.com
413-531-6105

Art Exhibit at the Hadley Senior Center

Artist: Jan Kees Saltet
Start Date: March 2, 2026
End Date: April 30, 2026
Location: Hadley Senior Center
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
Address: 46 Middle Street
City/Town: Hadley
Website: friendsofhadleycoa.org

Exhibit of the works of Jan Kees Saltet. Jan grew up in the Netherlands. He showed a natural talent for line but worked hard to hone and practice his work in colors. He worked as a Waldorf teacher and says he learned much from his students especially about color perspective. Jan often is inspired in his work by nature.

Contact: Rosemarie Rosen
rvrosen@aol.com
413-586-4023

The Art of Presence

Artist: Hadassah Fiorini
Start Date: January 3, 2026
End Date: March 24, 2026
Location: Barstow's Dairy Store & Bakery
Hours: Mon-Fri 6am-3pm, Sat & Sun 8am-3pm
Address: 172 Hockanum Road
City/Town: Hadley
Website: barstowslongviewfarm.com/the-art-of-presence

This collection reflects on presence and represents places and people who have touched my life in recent times. My work includes acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media collage. All pieces are available for purchase. Thank you for supporting local art!

Contact: Hadassah Fiorini
hadassahfiorini@gmail.com
413-250-4789

Liberty and Labor

Artist: women and nonbinary artists in Western MA
Start Date: March 10, 2026
End Date: April 7, 2026
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10am-2pm, Tue 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org

Wistariahurst Museum is celebrating the Annual Women's History Month juried art showcase. This year, the theme is women's labor and community building efforts. Historically, Women's labor has been undervalued and overlooked. "Liberty and Labor" highlights the hard work and dedication of women throughout history. Featured artists: Jankaleishka Burgos Cruz, Amy Crawley, Campbell Lackey, and Nancy Myrdal Carroll. There are also several other artists who have been awarded honorable mentions.

Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org
413-322-5660

Local Vision

Artists: group show
Start Date: January 24, 2026
End Date: March 27, 2026
Location: Paper City Clothing Co
Hours: Tue-Thur 12-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm
Address: 144 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: papercityclothingcompany.com

Curated by Maricela Garcia, the show brings together three distinct but complementary practices from artists Robin Griffith, Ryan Murray, and the curator Garcia. Each artist presents a body of work created within the past five years.

Storefront Gallery Project

Artist: ten local artists
Start Date: July 30, 2025
End Date: Spring 2026
Location: near 289 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com/storefrontart

Works by local artists: Lora Barrett, Peter O Zierlein, Caoin O'Durgy, Kahli Hernandez, Gabriela Sepulveda Ortiz,Destiny Santiago, Robert Markey, Jankaleishka Burgos Cruz, Natasha Colon Ortiz, Christopher Sullivan, Ann Cloutier and Rchard Swiatlowski. The art will be on display near the ARTery art marketplace at 289 High Street until Spring 2026.

Contact: Kathy McKean
Kathy@holyokeart.com
413-420-8303

Fire an Ice

Artist: Roger Kellman
Start Date: March 4, 2026
End Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Longmeadow Adult Center
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat 9am-1pm
Address: 211 Maple Road
City/Town: Longmeadow
Website: abstractartsquad.com

A solo show featuring abstract art by Roger Kellman. Roger is a member of four area art groups, including the Abstract Art Squad, and has exhibited in numerous local shows. This show will feature sixteen large abstracts. All painted on raw stretched canvas with soft backgrounds and bright highlights. Half are done in warm colors and half in cool colors - Fire and Ice. Some of the paintings are hung in classrooms that may be in use. Call 413-565-4150 to confirm access.

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

Matthew Cowles

Artist: Matthew Cowles
Start Date: March 2, 2026
End Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Storrs Library
Address: 693 Longmeadow Street
City/Town: Longmeadow
Website: longmeadowlibrary.org

In this collection of work I am drawing upon the physicality of nature, specifically flowers and landscape, and to present them in an almost tactile manner. Working with thickly applied oils I scrape, reapply, and layer again to create an image that captures the structures of flowers and landscapes in various settings. Utilizing only a palette knife I create gestures large and small to represent and express how I view a floral still life as well as the land around us.

Contact: Matthew Cowles
mattcowles18@gmail.com
413-262-7384

Forgotten Brew Trunk Show & Tea Tasting

Artist: Sam Friedland
Date: March 21, 11am-5pm
Location: Sawmill River Arts
Address: 440 Greenfield Road
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Please join us for a one-day trunk show where Sam Friedland will be showcasing their pottery in the spirit that best suits it: by brewing and serving tea to you. Sam Friedland is a tea drinker, experimental musician, and the potter behind Forgotten Brew. They view their ceramic drinkware as instruments: the work isn’t finished until we are all drinking tea together, activating the objects with the collaborative and improvisational music of community.

Contact: SaltedSnailStudio@gmail.com

Neighborly

Artists: Members of the Sawmill River Arts Collective
Start Date: March 1, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Hours: Thur-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 440 Greenfield Road
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

When given an empty wall, artists fill it. When given a need, neighbors take care. Join Sawmill River Arts this March for Neighborly, an impromptu group show. 100% of the proceeds of this show will be donated to LUCE, a Massachusetts-centered grassroots organization for immigrant justice, and RAICES, a nonprofit providing legal services for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking people and families. The pieces in this show are varied in theme but united in purpose: supporting our neighbors.

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

Learning How to Desire: Miller Lecture with Artist Finnegan Shannon

Date: March 26, 5pm
Location: Alumnae House, Smith College
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/calendar/2026-miller-lecture-art-finnegan-shannon

Rooted in SCMA's exhibition "Don't mind if I do," artist Finnegan Shannon will give a talk titled "Learning How to Desire," about where fantasy lives in their practice. Conversation to follow with curator Lauren Leving, moderated by SCMA Curator of Contemporary Art Emma Chubb. Public reception at the Smith College Museum of Art. This event is free and open to all. Reserved seating available for SCMA Friends by March 24. Photo credit of Finnegan Shannon by Marissa Alper.

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

Robert Sweeney Solo Exhibition

Artist: Robert Sweeney
Start Date: March 18, 2026
End Date: April 25, 2026
Reception Date: March 21, 4-6pm
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com

A solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Robert Sweeney.

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

Christopher Gilbert

Artist: Christopher Gilbert
Start Date: March 2, 2026
End Date: April 30, 2026
Reception Date: Friday, April 10, 5-8pm
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

Christopher Gilbert's background using water color, oils, pastels, collage, graphite, charcoal supports his work capturing moments. For this collection he creates fine art with Dry Erase sheets/boards.

Lasting Impressions

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 3, 2026
End Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Forbes Library, Hosmer Gallery
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Celebrating the Possibilities of Printmaking. Artwork by: Judith Wolf, Susan Byrne, Kate Jenkins, and Mal Petty.

Contact: 413-587-1013

Intuition Exchange

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 6, 2026
End Date: March 29, 2026
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 1-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

Curated by Northampton artist Virginia Sandman. Sandman invited Marianne Connolly, Barbara Hadden and Debra Olin, whom she knew from Boston's art community in the 1980s. Out of touch for decades, Sandman noticed an aesthetic coincidence among herself and these women. Through online searches and renewed connections, the show grew from a notion to what is on exhibit today. Curated by Virginia Sandman. Art Forum Online: March 18, 7:30pm.

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

...we were always beautiful...

Artist: Rebecca Alexandra Herskovitz
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Split Level Gallery, Courtyard Level, Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

A series of paintings and drawings created within the past five years. Using ink and acrylic on paper, wood, and canvas, Rebecca enacts a simple yet startling truth: each mark that is made leads to the next. Through abstraction, geometry, color fields, and linear elements, Rebecca actively engages with the knowledge that what has been created can never fully be erased.

Contact: Rebecca Herskovitz
whereveryouarestudios@gmail.com
617-877-3911

Dissolving Thoughts

Artist: Karen Iglehart
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Split Level Gallery, Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

Oil Paintings on Canvas by Karen Iglehart. "DISSOLVING THOUGHTS" derives from the Buddhist practice of letting thoughts go. Iglehart says, "Thoughts are always emerging... sometimes predictable and sometimes random and surprising. This body of work seeks to represent the space where thoughts arise and dissolve and float around in the back of our awareness."

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

Still, Here: As the Water Shifts

Artist: Logan Kirkpatrick
Start Date: March 3, 2026
End Date: April 30, 2026
Location: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, West Gallery
Hours: 9am-6pm daily
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: logankirkpatrickart.com

This exhibition presents over a dozen paintings by Logan Kirkpatrick, an artist living with multiple chronic and rare illnesses, whose work reflects on resilience, inner strength, and the quiet moments of hope that can emerge during prolonged medical and emotional uncertainty. Her paintings explore aloneness not as isolation, but as a space for rest, reflection, and healing.

Contact: studio@logankirkpatrickart.com

HEADSPACE TWO

Artist: Connor O'Rourke
Start Date: March 4, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-5:30pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

Headspace is an immersive installation featuring over 150 large-scale, mixed-media, dimensional illustrations and sculptures. These "heads" are made of recycled cardboard, paint, hot glue, crafting scraps, and trash! This space is meant to be a reminder of just how good it feels to make art for yourself & what it really means to share that feeling with others. On Saturday afternoon, March 21, O'Rourke offers an awesome public open studio session at the gallery. Materials provided. Bring ideas.

13th Annual Small Works Show

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 13, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
Location: Hope & Feathers
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 238 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com

Affordable 6x6" & 5x7" small art works from many of your favorite artists, all cash and carry!

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

Everything falls to time / Everything falls in place

Artist: Shabez Jamal
Start Date: January 26, 2026
End Date: March 20, 2026
Location: Graham Hall and Oresman Gallery, Hillyer (Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: sites.smith.edu/art-oresman-gallery/portfolio/shabez-jamal

This immersive installation examines the connection between the Black build environment and space/time. It draws on the complex histories of Black cities and townships established after U.S. slavery, as well as the rich history of religious syncretism that developed alongside this migration. This work offers a new understanding of illegibility and of place, time, and space as crucial tools for subverting systems of power. Free and open to the public.

Contact: artdept@smith.edu

The Life That the Artist Within Her Saved

Artist: Genevieve Mae Burnett
Start Date: February 13, 2026
End Date: April 25, 2026
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2:30-5pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-musuem.org

Genevieve Mae Burnett (1945–2015) lived the life that the artist within her saved. A self-taught master and descendant of the Jones Library Burnett Gallery's founder, William Burnett of Amherst, she recorded the "unseen" from psychiatric wards to city streets. Through 2,000+ paintings and 10,000 journal pages, she defied disability with raw courage. She has left a legacy of profound resilience that now resides at NEVAmuseum--from haunting asylum interiors to the spirited Mike the Cat series.

Don't mind if I do

Artist: Finnegan Shannon
Start Date: January 30, 2026
End Date: June 28, 2026
Location: SCMA
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm, second Fridays until 8pm
Address: Smith College, Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/dmiid

Find a comfortable seat and see the Smith College Museum of Art a little differently. "Don't mind if I do" is a new exhibition by Finnegan Shannon that invites curiosity, comfort, and participation. Touch is encouraged. And yes, we really don't mind if you do. Please note that in solidarity with the artists and other visitors, masks are required and provided in this exhibition space.

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

Earth Meets Sky, Imagined Landscapes

Artist: Holley Flagg '62
Start Date: February 2, 2026
End Date: August 3, 2026
Reception Date: March 20, 5-7pm
Location: Smith College Alumnae House Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: holleyflaggart.com

Color and light are my passion. I am drawn to watercolor, and acrylics because of their translucency and unpredictability. I may begin with an idea but my painting often sends me to a different place. A wash of watercolor, a splash of acrylic shifts the direction of the piece, leading to something other than I first intended. Ultimately, my work is an exploration, an adventure: We plan, we guide, but often the best moments arrive by chance. Embrace the unexpected!

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

AgathaO

Artist: AgathaO (Pleun Bouricius)
Start Date: February 2, 2026
End Date: March 31, 2026
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

Born and raised in the Netherlands, AgathaO's digital photographs showcase a fascination with the minutiae of nature, often with water's reflections.

Crafting Worlds: Japanese Decorative Arts from the 18th through 21st Centuries

Start Date: October 17, 2025
End Date: August 23, 2026
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 120 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bit.ly/47tuumU

This installation explores how artisans in Japan utilized materials and handcrafted techniques to forge social relationships and engage with the world around them. It features lacquerware, ceramics, bamboo baskets, and metalwork from the eighteenth- through twenty-first centuries, when Japan shifted from a feudal society to a modern nation. For centuries, artisans worked collaboratively in workshops and passed down their knowledge from generation to generation.

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

A City in Flux: Reflecting on Venice

Start Date: September 19, 2025
End Date: March 22, 2026
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

6th Annual Photography Exhibit

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 14, 2026
End Date: March 29, 2026
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Fri-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Artists Living in New England. Phone & Professional Cameras, B&W and Color. No AI Generated or Enhanced. Prizes awarded.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Mohawk Trail Regional School District Student Art Exhibit

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 5, 2026
End Date: April 26, 2026
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com

Local students of the 5th and 6th grades from the Mohawk Trail Regional School District schools of Buckland Shelburne Elementary, Hawlemont Regional Elementary, Colrain Central School and Sanderson Academy are participating in a Student Art Exhibit at Salmon Falls Gallery. The show will feature a wide range of works from paintings and charcoal drawings to 3D sculptures. Participating students are sharing their love of art and being creative, as well as showing support for their schools and the arts.

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

Longing for Green

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 25, 2026
End Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls

With optimism and confidence that spring will supplant this daunting winter eventually, artwork can lift our spirits while we wait for the return of green. This exhibits includes paintings, prints, photographs, collages, sculpture, decorative and wearable fiber art and more to celebrate spring's anticipated and verdant arrival.

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

MIC & MRKT VOL.2

Date: Friday, March 27, 6-10pm
Location: Art for the Soul Gallery
Address: 1500 Main Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com

On Friday, March 27th we're opening doors yet again to the creative community of Western MA to come fill the halls of Tower Square with local talent and businesses. Held within The Studio by AFTS Gallery, a creative multi-use space located in the heart of Downtown Springfield. Come join us for a night of creativity, networking and to share the love of local art with over 15+ vendors and performers spanning across rap, r&b, poetry, and more!

Contact: info@artforthesoulgallery.com
413-301-6314

QAA Group Art Exhibit

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: March 18, 2026
End Date: May 13, 2026
Location: Baystate Medical Center
Address: 2 Medical Center Drive
City/Town: Springfield
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

The Quabbin Art Association of Belchertown has a new group exhibit at Baystate Medical Center's Daly Building. The exhibit features a variety of watercolor, oil, acrylic, dry media and photography by local artists throughout the Pioneer Valley. Many pieces are for sale and can be viewed during hospital hours. For more information, visit our website.

Contact: Info@quabbinartassociation.com

Where We At: Awake and Alive

Artists: Where We At Black Women Artists Collective
Start Date: February 17, 2026
End Date: April 10, 2026
Location: Amy H Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC
Hours: Mon & Wed & Fri 1-5pm, Tue & Thur 10am-5pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, B28
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry

The story of "Where We At" begins in 1971, a time marked by revolution, shifting politics, and a growing assertion of Black cultural identity. Three young women--Kay Brown, Dindga McCannon, and Faith Ringgold--living in Harlem as artists, mothers, sisters, and teachers--formed a collective in response. More than five decades on, the "Where We At--Awake & Alive" celebrates the enduring legacy of this extraordinary collective of Black women artists at STCC's Carberry Gallery through April 10.

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

INhairITANCE

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 1, 2026
End Date: May 17, 2026
Location: AFTS Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat 12-4pm
Address: 1500 Main Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com

A group exhibition that expands the global conversation around hair--not with a single narrative but instead offering a layered, collaborative exploration of personal adornment as it intersects with belief systems, gender, colonial histories, and cultural resistance. INhairITANCE invites viewers to consider hair not merely as an aesthetic choice, but as a living archive--one shaped by ancestry, survival, ritual, power, and self-definition.

Contact: info@aftsgallery.com

One Foot in Two Places

Artist: Olwen O'Herlihy Dowling
Start Date: January 31, 2026
End Date: October 4, 2026
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Collins Print Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: Springfield Museums, 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/one-foot-in-two-places-monotype-prints-and-etchings-by-olwen-oherlihy-dowling

Monotype prints and etchings. Atmospheric and meditative, "One Foot in Two Places" showcases landscapes and details from natural environments, creating parallels between the artist's mother country in Ireland and chosen homeland in the United States. Originally an immigrant from Dublin, Olwen O'Herlihy Dowling pays homage to time spent in Connemara, County Galway and North Chester, MA, evoking the experience of being caught between two worlds and finding refuge in both. Artist Lecture: June 18, 12:15pm

Contact: info@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800

Inner Workings

Artist: Diane Steingart
Start Date: March 3, 2026
End Date: April 30, 2026
Reception Date: April 24, 5-7pm
Location: Sunderland Public Library
Hours: Mon 10am-8pm, Tue & Wed 1-8pm, Thur 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 20 School Street
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: sunderlandpubliclibrary.org

Diane Steingart is a mixed-media artist and painter, whose work explores the inner world of feelings, memories, and dreams. Her work is both psychological and spiritual, and can be both abstract and semi-representational. Join the artist for a reception of this incredible exhibit on Friday, April 24, in the gallery.

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

Maps of River History

Artist: Joe Kopera
Start Date: February 5, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-5:30pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

Come see the secret histories of your favorite rivers! Geologist and cartographer Joe Kopera has studied the New England landscape for over 25 years. View the land like a geologist: Joe Kopera's artistic maps reveal the hidden details in the topography of rivers and their floodplains, clues to the past 15,000 years of their work shaping the land on which we live.

Contact: Joe Kopera
joe@joemaps.com

WINTER

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 7, 2026
End Date: April 4, 2026
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: , Ware
Website: workshop13.org

A celebration of winter through the eyes of local and regional artists. Juried by Susan Tilton Pecora.

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

Agawam Community Artists and Artisans featured at Majestic Theater

Artists: Agawam Community Artists and Artisans
Start Date: March 1, 2026
End Date: April 5, 2026
Location: Majestic Theater
Address: 131 Elm Street
City/Town: West Springfield
Website: agawamarts.com

The art represents the collective talents of many local artists, including our artists from Connecticut. The display showcases original art in mediums such as watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and oil. The collection is diverse, the subjects ranging from vivid florals, realistic woodland and beach art. The art is on display in the café. All of the art is for sale by contacting the staff of the Majestic, who will hold your piece until the close of the show, on Sunday, April 5.

Contact: Ceil Rossi
tocarefree2@hotmail.com

Handmade Paper Possibilities

Artist: Jan Ruby-Crystal
Start Date: February 5, 2026
End Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Westhampton Public Library
Hours: Mon 2-8pm, Tue & Wed 9am-12pm & 1-5pm, Thu 2-8pm, Sat 10a -1pm
Address: 1 North Road
City/Town: Westhampton
Website: westhamptonma.gov/special-pages/library

Handmade Paper Possibilities will feature artworks made from handmade paper using traditional and non traditional techniques. The artwork ranges from flat designs to dimensional forms using a variety of materials from dyes to paint, incorporating natural, handmade and manufactured materials.

Contact: Meaghan Schwelm
westhampton@cwmars.org
413-527-5386

UMass HFA Days Student Art Sale and Open Studios

Date: March 27, 12-4pm
Location: UMass Studio Arts Building
Address: 110 Thatcher Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/art/events/student-art-sale-and-open-studios

This special event offers the opportunity to support emerging artists while shopping for original, affordable artwork across a wide range of media. Browse art prints, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, tote bags, t-shirts, stickers, functional pottery, and many fun, unexpected treasures. The sale not only showcases the incredible range of student work but also provides hands-on entrepreneurship experience--students keep 100% of their profits, with no selling or setup fees.

Contact: Kimberly Medeiros
kimberly.medeiros@umass.edu
413-577-2487

3D Design & Printing for Teens

Sponsoring Group Name: Make-It Springfield
Deadline: March 24
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: eventbrite.com/e/3d-design-printing-for-teens-applications-open-tickets-1984631672758

Make-It Springfield is launching our Tech Education Program, Pathways to Digital Fabrication, and we want teens to apply! Six teens will be selected for the first class, 3D DESIGN & PRINTING, starting in April, and all applicants will be invited to participate in future tech education opportunities.

LandEscape

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Gallery
Deadline: May 28
Submission/Entry Fees: $25 for one piece / $35 for up to three pieces
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/landescape-call-for-art

This exhibition aims to expand or even reimagine the traditional landscape as a personal sanctuary and urges creators to consider moving beyond mere geographical representation. Juror: Shona Macdonald. Show dates: June 27 to August 2, Saturdays & Sundays, 1-4pm. Opening reception: June 27, 3-5pm.

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

Fun Sized: A Tiny Public Art Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: Bright Matter Studio
Deadline: April 15
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: funsizedartfest.com

Bright Matter Studio is seeking proposals for miniature scaled public art works for FUN SIZED. Fun Sized is a public art festival happening September 26 & 27th, 2026, in downtown Northampton. Please check out the website for more information about types of work considered, scale (12in and under), artist honorariums, and event details.

Contact: Kim Carlino
kimcarlino@gmail.com
413-695-3514

Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market

Sponsoring Group Name: HYPHAE
Deadline: March 29
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Florence
Website: bit.ly/4aIW1m4

Our third annual Spring Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market will be on Saturday, May 23, 12-6pm. We are excited to partner with Look Park to host this community event of 70+ makers. We’ll be at the Garden House, both indoors and outdoors under the tent and on the patio. Our goal is to have at least 50% BIPOC artisans and vendors, and at least 50% newcomer status. Sliding scale fees and a variety of space options! See website for details and application.

ValleyCreates Capacity Building Grant

Sponsoring Group Name: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Deadline: April 20, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties
Website: communityfoundation.org/nonprofits/valleycreates/capacity-grant-2023

Are you an individual artist new to #ValleyCreates? Do you live or have studio space in Hampden, Hampshire, or Franklin County? This capacity-building and sustainability initiative could be for you. The program pairs a $2,500 grant with coaching, workshops, business/career building, personal financial literacy resources, and artist community-building. After being accepted into the program, grantees complete a brief onboarding call to learn more about the resources available to them.

Contact: Steph Reyes
sreyes@communityfoundation.org
413-732-2858

Public Art: The Union Street Pathway to the Mills

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts (ECA) and the ECA Public Art Subcommittee
Deadline: March 25, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com/resources/open-call-for-public-art

Easthampton City Arts (ECA) and the ECA Public Art Subcommittee are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for its public art initiative, The Union Street Pathway to the Mills, which will feature a public mosaic sculpture. All project details and application information can be found on the website.

Contact: Pasqualina Azzarello
pazzarello@easthamptonma.gov

PFLAG East Longmeadow Community Art Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: PFLAG East Longmeadow
Deadline: March 20, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: East Longmeadow
Website: pflageastlongmeadow.org

Call for Artists! Display and sell your work at PFLAG East Longmeadow's Community Art Festival Sunday, March 29, 11am-4pm. We are looking for a wide range of media to show in the Main House/Carriage House at the Norcross Center in East Longmeadow. Acrylic, pottery, photography, textiles, multimedia, watercolor, pastel, sculpture, graphics, collage, jewelry, etc.

Contact: Erin Chrusciel
pflagel413@gmail.com
413-348-0505

Affordable Weaving Equipment Rentals

Sponsoring Group Name: Hawksong Weaving
Deadline: May 30, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: $5-$150, depending on equipment chosen
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hawksongweaving.myshopify.com/pages/loom-rentals

Hawksong Weaving Loom Rentals are available for rent in Western Massachusetts for use in home settings. While weaving guilds and workspaces are available, they aren't inherently accessible for everyone. Renting equipment allows you to work in the comfort and safety of your own home, without the prohibitive cost of purchase before you know if particular loom style works for you and your needs. Equipment is rented at a 1/10th of the cost of average retail prices for financial accessibility.

Contact: Took Storm
hawksongweaving@gmail.com

Friends of Children 2nd Annual Artisan Market

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of Children, Inc
Deadline: May 4, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: $10
City/Town: Florence
Website: friendsofchildreninc.org/event/2nd-annual-artisan-market

Friends of Children, Inc. is holding its' 2nd Annual Juried Artisan Market at the Garden House, Look Park, Sunday, November 15th. With over 600 shoppers attending last year, we are looking for a wide variety of exhibitors to join us! Applications are due Monday, May 4th, with a decision returned by June 30th. There is a $10 application fee. Friends of Children is a nonprofit advocating for children and young adults impacted by the child welfare system.

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

Please Touch: A group show of participatory art

Sponsoring Group Name: Waterway Arts
Deadline: March 20, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town:Turners/Great Falls
Website: forms.gle/SMMx9eEzcn8CJLdu7

"Please Touch" challenges the artist to create an experience; something that folks can engage with over the course of the exhibit. We are accepting 2D and 3D proposals. Pieces could be installed on the wall, a table top, pedestal, floor or suspended from the ceiling. We also seek one artist to create a piece specifically designed for kids to interact/participate with. The theme of the show is connection. More details on website application.

Contact: Kiah Tinkham
waterwayarts24@gmail.com

Soft Focus Zine - Issue 02

Sponsoring Group Name: Soft Focus Zine
Deadline: May 1, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Pioneer Valley
Website: softfocuszine.wixsite.com/softfocus/submit

Soft Focus, a print zine about movies, is seeking submissions for its second issue! 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 02 is Tearjerkers. For more information and to stay up to date on our goings-on, please follow our instagram @softfocus_zine

Contact: softfocuszine@gmail.com

Artist tables available for nature inspired local artists

Sponsoring Group Name: American Ornithological Society
Deadline: July 19
Submission/Entry Fees: $150 for two days
City/Town: Amherst
Website: meeting.americanornithology.org

The American Ornithologist Society will hold its annual meeting at UMass Amherst August 3rd-7th. We are offering table opportunities for nature inspired local artists to come to the meeting and showcase and sell their art. Table pricing will be $150 for two whole days (3 and 4, or 5 and 6). The meeting usually has at least 700-800 attendees, and sessions begin at 8am-8pm. Any artist can participate, but please we expect artists to sell primarily their handmade or self designed art work.

Contact: Ramona Fletcher
rfletcher@americanornithology.org

Femme Locale: Charmed

Sponsoring Group Name: Femme Locale
Deadline: April 15
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: femmelocale.com

Charmed marks the third year of Femme Locale --and the third time's a charm. This year we have prizes! This exhibit invites local women artists to explore charm as magic, strategy, power, or survival. In a world designed by and for men. How do we shape outcomes, assert control, or bend reality through skill, wit, allure, or force? Exhibit is May - June at the MD Local Gallery and prize winners exhibition for July+ at 50 Arrow Gallery. Open to a broad definition of women & non-binary people.

Contact: Christine Texiera
femmelocaleart@gmail.com
978-413-8757

Pride Month Art Show at Sip413

Sponsoring Group Name: Sip413
Deadline: April 1
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Florence
Website: artlink.click/f68ff1

The theme of this show is food & community through the lens of LGBTQ+ experiences. Some things to consider are sharing food with chosen family, networks of care and mutual aid focusing on food security, labor dynamics within our food systems, reclaiming abundance and joy through nourishment, or any theme or experience you associate with food. Find more details in the application form or email galleryandretail@sip413.com!

Contact: Autumn Guntor
galleryandretail@sip413.com

Northampton Youth Cinema Festival (NYCF)

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Arts Council & Northampton Open Media
Deadline: April 1 / final call: April 21
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: filmfreeway.com/NYCF

After a successful student-led relaunch three years ago, the Northampton Youth Cinema Festival (NYCF) continues to serve as a vital platform for filmmakers aged 21 and younger to bring their visions to the big screen. Are you a filmmaker with a story to tell? We are looking for original works across all genres: Narrative, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental. Principal creators must be 21 or younger. Full details on website.

STEAM ART & SCIENCE at Fiddleheads Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Deadline: March 20
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Call to Artists. STEAM ART & SCIENCE: Science /Technology /Engineering /Art /Math. An art exhibition inspired by and incorporating the sciences with special scheduled events, demos, and fun activities during the exhibit. Keep checking our website/FB for updates. Mathematical Patterns, Engineering, Architecture, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Science Fiction, etc. APRIL 3 - MAY 17 at Fiddleheads Gallery, Northfield.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail

Collaborative Print Residency (Summer 2026) at Print Shop Makerspace

Sponsoring Group Name: Holyoke Art
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com/collaborative-print-residency

Holyoke Art invites artists to apply for the Collaborative Print Residency at its Print Shop Makerspace, a paid summer opportunity focused on collaboration and contemporary print-based work. Two artists will be paired to develop a shared project using digital, photographic, and production tools. Each artist receives a $300 stipend, and all materials are provided. Open to artists working in visual art, design, photography, writing, and interdisciplinary practices. Applications due March 31, 2026.

Contact: Jeff Bianchine
jeff@printshopholyoke.org
413-420-8303

Haydenville Artisan Fair

Sponsoring Group Name: Haydenville Congregational Church
Deadline: June 10
Submission/Entry Fees: $35 plus one donated item
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: forms.gle/6EK6gbRmoyHpekhp7

Come browse the beautiful wares of our local artisans at the annual Haydenville Artisan Show! Includes a wide array of mediums: woodcraft, fiber arts, jewelry, photography, painting, and much much more! Then come inside the church to get something to eat and check out our Collectibles sale - there's something for everyone! Proceeds to benefit the Haydenville Congregational Church and Trans Relocation Support. June 13, 10am-4pm, and June 14, 11:30-4pm. Rain or Shine.

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

Artist in Residence 2027

Sponsoring Group Name: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Deadline: May 29
Submission/Entry Fees:
City/Town: Amherst
Website: renaissanceoftheearth.com/residencies

The Kinney Center invites artists to submit proposals for residency. Aided by the Center's rare book collection, artists will explore how their process intersects with Renaissance (1490-1750) thought to produce work that generates new perspectives on the relationship between the early modern world and our own. To apply, please send the following to Dr. Liz Fox by May 29th: 1-2 page letter (describing the project & programming), CV/resume, 2 references, Work samples or portfolio, Contact Name.

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu
413-320-8041

Articulture Westfield 2026

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Westfield
Deadline: April 11, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Westfield
Website: artworkswestfield.com/events/articulture

Call for new, emerging, experienced & professional artists! Articulture Westfield, our annual community art and cultural experience featuring local, regional and New England artists & authors at the Amelia Park Arena. Cash prizes awarded! Accepted media: Painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Also accepted is Artisan quality glass, wood, clay and metalwork. We have capacity to host over 75 exhibitors in one of the largest fine art shows in the Pioneer Valley!

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

N.S.F.Washington at Big Red Frame

Sponsoring Group Name: Big Red Frame
Deadline: June 20, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

Second Call for N.S.F.W., this W stands for Washington. For this exhibit, we will be seeking art that the current administration may consider subversive, or critical of their policies, or reflecting values that do not align with their vision of our society: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion / immigration /gender and sexual identities / freedom of the press, to name just a few of the possible topics. Size limit: 60 United Inches. To apply, visit the Elusie Gallery page of our website.

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

Ashfield Lighted Boat Parade

Sponsoring Group Name: Town of Ashfield
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Ashfield
Website: ashfield.org/publicart

Ashfield is holding a Lighted Boat Parade on September 12, 2026, and you are invited to enter even if you don't own your own boat. Twelve winning designs will receive $1,000 grants to build your floating creations, with more prizes for the best boats at the parade. Key design concepts are Light It Up; Make It Special; and Keep It Safe. Applications are due by March 31. This opportunity is supported by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).

Contact: Alexis Fedorjaczenko
publicart@ashfield.org
413-628-4441

Programming & Springfield Civic Pop-Up Space Call for Art

Sponsoring Group Name: Springfield Cultural Partnership
Deadline: open
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: form.jotform.com/252964426286063

Artists, nonprofits, small businesses, educators, and community groups are invited to propose programming that brings people together in downtown Springfield. Workshops, performances, conversations, installations, demos, meetups, and civic engagement activities are all welcome. Submit your program idea to help shape this shared space for creativity and connection. We are also seeking Western MA artists to participate in our monthly themed curations. Applications are now open, with Springfield artists given priority. Each month 16 spots are available.

Application for 2026 gallery shows at Lathrop Community

Sponsoring Group Name: Lathrop Community
Deadline: June 30, 2026
Submission/Entry Fees: $none
City/Town: Easthampton

Lathrop Community Gallery welcomes applications for its 2026 calendar year shows. We have no entry fees, and no commissions are taken. We can exhibit only 2-D work. Our gallery has 54 linear feet of space with a height limit of 44 inches. Work must be ready to hang. The shows are up for 1 month and we provide help with hanging.

Contact: Jane Antonsen
jmantonsen@yahoo.com

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.

Meditative Watercolors & Mixed-Media at Fiddleheads Gallery

Date & Time: Sunday, April 19, 1-3pm
Fee: $70 DVAA members / $80 non-members / $30 materials fee
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

This mixed-media watercolor workshop invites breath awareness and playful mark-making using unexpected tools rather than traditional brushes. With watercolor, ink, liquid charcoal, salt, oil pastel, and other materials, participants build layered abstract pieces, emphasizing curiosity and process over perfection. Observe pigments bloom and interact, respond intuitively, and embrace experimentation, suitable for all levels. Inspired by April’s unfolding, it invites patient trust and wonder.

Contact: Sarah Gay
sarahgayoneill@gmail.com
617-645-0440

Stars in Your Eyes: Making Paper Stars with Marsha Leavitt

Date & Time: Friday, April 10, 10am-12pm
Fee: $15 DVAA members / $20 non-members
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Let’s make paper stars together! There are several different stars that you can make. We will start with the easiest and make as many as we have time for. Most are a form of modular origami. We will cut, fold, assemble, and sometimes glue to create these beautiful stars that make lovely hanging decorations, as well as enhance your gift wrapping. You will be able to select from a variety of papers. All materials are provided.

Contact: Marsha Leavitt
marsha3072@gmail.com

Mosaics Inspired by Nature with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm, May 6 - June 17
Fee: $444
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

In this six week class, be inspired by the original artist, mother nature! Compose a landscape from a photo or your imagination. The focus will be on the way you arrange tesserae to depict textures, elements and patterns. Part of the fun is choosing the materials- glass, stone, ceramic tile, patterned china, found objects, etc. Finished works will be roughly 11" x 14". Great for beginners, or those with experience who want to build skills.

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

Mosaics for Beginners with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm, May 5 - June 9
Fee: $444
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Come explore the fascinating world of mosaics. Learn the skills of composing and designing your artwork, choosing and cutting different materials, and experience different ways of assembling a mosaic. During this 6 week workshop, you’ll make two mosaics, using two different methods. Get a broad experience in this ancient art form, build skills, learn about yourself through identifying your preferences, and meet other great people in a fun, relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Mosaics will be 6" x 6".

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

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Saturday April 11, 10am-4pm
Fee: $168
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

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

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

Art for the Common Good: A statewide convening on arts, health, and wellbeing

Date & Time: Friday, April 10, 8:30am-4:30pm
Fee: free / registration required
Location: Student Union
Address: UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/health-and-wellbeing/statewide-convening-arts-health-and-wellbeing-2026

This dynamic convening will bring together artists, healthcare practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders from across the commonwealth. Together, we’ll explore how the arts are transforming the way we think about healing, strengthening communities, and advancing wellbeing. Through engaging conversations, fresh research, and real-world stories, we’ll spark new partnerships and practical pathways that bridge creativity and care.

Pencil, Paper, Draw with Roc Goudreau

Date & Time: Thursdays, 5-7pm, March 26 - April 16
Fee: $125 / 10% discount for members
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! Ages 15 to adult. All materials included.

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

Hand Building and Techniques with Nayda A. Cuevas

Date & Time: Mondays, 6-9pm, March 30 - April 27
Fee: $210 / 10% discount for members
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 171 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Discover the art of handbuilding in this welcoming, technique rich ceramics class designed for all skill levels. Ages 6 to adult. All materials included.

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

Paper Lithography with Joyce Silverstone

Date & Time: Sunday, April 12, 10am-5pm
Fee: $175 + $20 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/paper-lithography

Paper Lithography is also known as Gum Arabic Transfer, and is one of the most direct lithography methods using either photographic or drawn imagery. This workshop will teach how to make a printing plate from a photo copier and print that plate onto paper, enabling the artist to quickly add photos or drawings to an image. The ephemeral nature of this process adds an element of surprise! Bring in your high contrast copies of photos or drawings to practice the fundamentals of paper lithography.

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

Safekeeping: Enclosures for Books and Prints at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: April 17-19: Friday, 2-5pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm
Fee: $425 + $30 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/safekeeping-enclosures-for-books-and-prints

This weekend intensive workshop will cover all aspects of creating customized enclosures for prints, drawing, editions, and artists’ books. Participants will be guided through how to measure and cut binder’s board, paper, and bookcloth to develop the necessary techniques to adapt these structures for any book or collection of prints. We will discuss choices for archival preservation of art works as well as how these forms can act as an extension of a visual book’s overall concept or design.

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

Anatomy and the Art of Figure Drawing Part 1 with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-8:30pm, April 1 - May 6
Fee: $425
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Studio #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: BarbaraJohnson.com

Learn the skeletal and muscular structures influencing the surface forms on the live model at every meeting. Part 1 Focus: the Torso, Arms, and Legs. By analyzing Master Drawings and exploring a variety of techniques and exercises you will build your knowledge of the human form and greatly improve your figure drawing.

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

Introduction to the Art of Drawing Part 2 with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Saturdays, 9:30am-12pm, April 4 - May 9
Fee: $395
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Studio #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: BarbaraJohnson.com

This workshop continues the basic form-building skills covered in Part I, with more in-depth deciphering of the mark and the language of drawing. Artists explore new approaches to the concept of drawing through the elements of space, scale, surface, mark making, and composition.-using both new and traditional tools and paper surfaces. Looking at Contemporary drawings together with historic examples.

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

The Anatomy of Landscape Drawing with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Sundays, 10am-5pm, April 19 & 26
Fee: $395
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Studio #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: BarbaraJohnson.com

Learn the Building Blocks of Landscape Drawing: Plants, trees, clouds, land formations and their structure. Using a variety of drawing materials, you will explore texture and aerial perspective, how to effectively use the placement of the horizon in your drawings, and study many compositional devices that artists have used to convey depth and feeling for their chosen subject

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

Painting Skill Builder at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: Sundays, 6-8pm, April 27 - May 18
Fee: $150
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, studio #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: hisawyer.com/resilient-community-arts/schedules/activity-set/1827182

Take in a luscious western mass spring by building new painting skills over four weeks! Each session we will use water-soluble oil paints to focus on a different painting technique, helping you build confidence to take your painting practice outdoors.

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

Sewing Classes: make/mend/alter clothing and more

Date & Time: 6-week workshops begin week of April 16th
Fee: $240 for 6-week series
Location: Grove House Sewing Studio
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: GroveHouseSewingStudio.com

Grove House Sewing Studio offers small, supportive, and fun, sewing classes that are both cathartic and challenging all at once. Teaching and learning is paced for each student's needs and interests. In beginner classes folks can choose among a variety of project options. In the skills classes folks can take off on an adventure of their choice! Visit the website to learn more about date/time options for late spring and summer. And if you just can't wait, let's do private lessons!

Mosaic Stepping Stone Class with Judy Vazquez

Date & Time: Sunday, March 29, 1-4pm
Fee: $35
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Create something that will be enjoyed for years to come. Join Judy Vazquez at The Local Art Gallery to make a Mosaic Stepping Stone. Learn how a mosaic piece can evolve - there are no mistakes, only opportunities in this medium! Participants will leave the class with a finished piece for outside or indoor beauty. $35, all materials included. Ages 6+ with adult.

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

Art 101: Embroider with Elizabeth Buck

Date & Time: Sunday, March 22, 1-4pm
Fee: $50 / 10% discount for members
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Try something new or get back into creating with Art 101. Come learn a handful of basic stitches and learn about western embroidery and Sashiko embroidery! All materials included.

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

Inherited Threads: Ties that Bind with Ayisha Miller

Date & Time: Saturday, March 21, 1-3pm
Fee: $70 DVAA members / $80 non-members
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

A guided wearable-art workshop blending reuse and storytelling. Participants transform reclaimed neckties into jewelry while exploring memory, inheritance, identity, and connection. Ayisha Kishili Miller, a Hartford mixed-media artist, exhibits regionally, teaches in CT and MA, and her artwork is featured in the book "Still They Persist-Protest Art from the 2017 Women's March on Washington." $30 materials fee.

Contact: Ayisha Miller
ayishakishili@gmail.com
475-296-2424

Block Printing on Textiles with Kady Woods

Date & Time: March 21, 10am-1pm
Fee: $30
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/event-details/march-21-block-printing-on-textiles

Block printing with rubber blocks is a fun and accessible way to customize clothing, tote bags, and other textiles. In this class, we'll begin by sketching a design on paper, then walk through how to transfer that design onto a carving block. You'll receive instruction on carving techniques, followed by printing using textile-specific inks. Take the block home so you can continue printing on your own! For ages 14+, open to all level artists with no experience necessary.

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

Botanical Block Printing with Pascale Jarvis

Date & Time: June 5-7
Fee: $445 + $50 supply fee
Location: Snow Farm
Address: 5 Clary Road
City/Town: Williamsburg
Website: canvas.snowfarm.org/classes/3125

Discover block printing with a focus on botanical imagery. Intended for any enthusiast eager to explore how attention to detail shifts how we engage with the natural world, we'll practice sketching & carving botanicals on a linoleum block, running test prints, and printing by hand on fabric. We'll tackle concepts like color theory, composition, and utilizing negative and positive space. Bandanas will be provided, though students are welcome to bring in their own textiles. All levels welcome.

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

Intermediate Watercolor Painting Series with Gretchen Holesovsky

Date & Time: Tuesdays 10:30pm-12:30pm, March 24 - April 14; OR June 2-23
Fee: $100 / $122 materials
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com/events

Join Belchertown artist Gretchen Holesovsky for a series of four intermediate watercolor classes. An exploration of styles and expression will enhance your creative muse no matter how you choose to create. This series is jammed packed with information and has homework. Great for individuals who took Gretchen's beginning watercolor series as well as intermediate artists who want to deepen their understanding of painting with watercolor. Ages 14+ Ticket a week before first class.

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

Sewing 1: Learn to Use Your Sewing Machine at Paper City Fabrics

Date & Time: Saturday, March 28, 12-4pm
Fee: $80
Location: Classroom @ Paper City Fabrics
Address: 330 High Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: papercityfabrics.com/products/sewing-1-learn-to-use-your-sewing-machine

Learn the basics of machine sewing in this 4-hour workshop. Students will learn sewing machine safety, how to set up their sewing machine, complete basic stitches, and make a small bag. Students are encouraged to bring their sewing machine to get comfortable using their specific model. If a student doesn't have a sewing machine or isn't able to bring it, Paper City Fabrics has a select number of studio machines available to reserve on a first come, first served basis.

Contact: Jeff Cattel
info@papercityfabrics.com
413-322-9419

The Big Print at Red Horse Press

Date & Time: April 11 & 12, 10am-4pm, both days
Fee: $350
Location: Red Horse Press
Address: 7 Mountain Street
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: redhorsepressprintmaking.com

Working on 18"x24" linoleum, we will create and print large scale images. Students will learn carving technique, tool sharpening, inking, creating a gradient, and use of the press. All materials included limited to 4 participants.

Contact: Shoshana DeAtley
shanadeatley@icloud.com
413-221-5775

Three-dimensional Wall Sculptures with Gayla Berry

Date & Time: March 28, 1:30-2:30pm
Fee: $35 / materials included
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/three-dimensional-wall-sculptures

This workshop is a shared art-making experience for people with developmental disabilities (ages 10+) and a caregiver. Emphasis is on the process of making art, rather than any particular outcome. This workshop is a safe + supportive space that is open to emerging artists just discovering their creativity to experienced artists looking to explore new ideas. Limited to 8 individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregiver. Pre-registration required.

Contact: Gayla Berry
gaylasueberry@gmail.com

Registration open at The Handle Factory Community Clay

Date & Time: classes begin March 25
Fee: varies
Location: The Handle Factory
Address: 49 Conway Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: studio.mollycantor.com/product-category/classes

Registration open now for Spring adult clay classes beginning March 25th. See website for information and registration. EBT and WIC cardholders receive 50% discounts on classes.

Contact: molly@mollycantor.com

Sculpting the Reclining Figure with Stephen Saxenian

Date & Time: March 21 & 22, 10am-5pm
Fee: $275
Location: Stephen Saxenian Studio
Address: 79 Teawaddle Hill Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: stephensaxenian.com/event-details/sculpting-the-reclining-figure

Join us for this immersive two-day figure sculpting workshop in which we will work in clay to create a reclining figure from a live model. Through lectures, demonstrations, and practice students will learn how to analyze a pose, make observations, understand essential anatomy, establish proportions, and capture gesture. The spirit of this workshop will encourage the sharing of ideas and appreciating the process of sculpting from life. Beginners as well as experienced sculptors are welcome.

Contact: Stacey Lennard
staceylennard@gmail.com
413-687-1713

Spring Clay Classes at Artspace

Date & Time: classes run March 1 - April 18
Fee: varies / financial aid is available
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/classes-events-workshops

Spring is on its way, and so are our 1st Semester Spring Clay Classes. Ceramics classes at Artspace provide art education for all ages and experience levels. Whether that's taking your first whirl at the pottery wheel, refining your existing talents, or taking a class alongside your child... we have a little something for everyone. Learn more on the website.

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

Playing with Poetry & Paint with Dabble

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 29, 5:30-6:30pm
Fee: free
Location: The Intersection
Address: 1500 Main Street
City/Town: Springfield

Join Dabble for a poetry and paint workshop at The Intersection. We will play with words and images as we share poetry prompts for each participant to create their own written piece. Then we will guide you through the process of making a watercolor in response to someone else's work. Each participant will leave with an original poem and an original painting. No experience necessary, just a willingness to explore.

Contact: dabbleartmarket@gmail.com

Spring 2026 Arts Management Classes

Date & Time: all classes are asynchronous / 100% on your own schedule
Fee: credit: $2160 + $85 registration fee / noncredit: $925 + $85 registration fee
Location: online via Arts Extension Service, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/arts-extension-service/academics/online-classes

In times of change, creativity leads the way. UMass Arts Extension Service's Spring 2026 online courses equip you with tools to adapt and make an impact. Explore topics such as Arts Fundraising and Arts Marketing, designed to strengthen your ability to build sustainable organizations and advance your career in the arts. AES courses are flexible, affordable, and led by arts professionals who understand the creative landscape. Your next step in arts leadership begins here.

Contact: aes@acad.umass.edu

BIPOC Critique Group at Augusta Savage Gallery

Date & Time: March 24, 5-7pm (meets twice monthly until May 5, 2026)
Fee: none
Location: Augusta Savage Gallery
Address: New Africa House, 180 Infirmary Way, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: arts.umass.edu/visual-arts/events/bipoc-critique-group-2526

A supportive, intellectually rigorous space for BIPOC visual artists to share their work and engage in meaningful dialogue. With the insights of ally scholars and community members, we foster cultural, intellectual, and contextual conversations that honor the depth and complexity of BIPOC experiences. The group meets twice monthly through the end of the academic year. See website for upcoming dates.

Contact: Elana Casey
elanacasey@umass.edu

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

Clay It Forward at Artspace Greenfield

Goal: $10,000
Date: April 12, 11-4pm
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/clay-it-forward

Please join us at Artspace Greenfield on Sunday, April 12th, for a little shake-up of our typical Spring fundraiser! This year, you can meet us AT ARTSPACE for a day of clay activities and fundraising for our financial aid program! Did you know that over 30% of Artspace students receive financial aid? That is a benefit to the community of roughly $10,000 a year. Can you help us support this program and keep art education affordable for our students?

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

Doodle-a-thon for Art is for Everybody Fund

Dates: April 12 & 25
City/Town: Florence, Springfield, Easthampton
Website: givebutter.com/doodle-a-thon-2026

The Art is for Everybody Fund helps youth from low-income homes attend programs at Resilient Community Arts, but we can only offer this scholarship through fundraising at our annual Doodle-a-thon! Free and open to all, bring the whole fam to help us support and celebrate youth artists in need and make a donation today because art IS for everybody! April 12th, South Church UCC in Springfield; April 25th, Eastworks in Easthampton. Full details and donation link on website.

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

Call for Volunteer Team at New England Visionary Artists Museum

End Date: April 30
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org/volunteer.html

A work of the heart for decades, the New England Visionary Artists Museum (NEVAmuseum) offers space for artists to reimagine the role of art. The museum's groundbreaking work has 5 main purposes: subsidizing artists living with neurodivergent conditions, conserving & researching visionary art, giving artists the freedom to self-stage exhibitions, celebrating new music & performance, & providing art education to income-sensitive citizens. Please contact us via our web form at the link.

Help Bring Balance of Becoming to the Ludlow River Walk

Goal: $10,000
End Date: May 5
City/Town: Ludlow
Website: hercworx.com/help-bring-balance-of-becoming-to-the-ludlow-river-walk

Balance of Becoming is a proposed 10–12 foot outdoor sculpture designed specifically for the Ludlow River Walk. Built from reclaimed steel, the piece explores balance, growth, and connection through repeating circular forms. After strong community interest, a private donor has offered to match contributions up to $5,000. This crowdfunding effort aims to create a permanent, accessible work of public art for Ludlow's shared riverfront space.

Contact: Donald R Longley
donald@hercworx.com
325-829-6577

Flo Fest - the return of a The return of a Florence Community Celebration

Goal: $25,000
End Date: June 1
City/Town: Florence
Website: westernmassflofest.wixsite.com/event

Inspired and guided by the legacy of Florence Night Out, Flo Fest is a brand new community-powered celebration in the heart of Florence. Launching September 19, 2026, at the heart of Florence, Flo Fest activates Main Street into a vibrant, walkable festival filled with live music, interactive art, activities for all ages, and the best eats, treats, and small businesses. Please help see Flo Fest come to fruition!

Contact: Chloe Torri
westernmassflofest@gmail.com
630-202-9130