Stampressionism

Artist: Claudia Bermudez
Start Date: August 3, 2010
End Date: August 27, 2010
Reception Date: August 5, 5-8pm
Location Name: The Burnett Gallery at Jones Library
Hours: Mon 1-5pm; Tue/Thu 9am-8pm; Wed/Fri/Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 43 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.joneslibrary.org/burnett

I use postage stamps to create Mixed Media Art. My inspiration comes from the design of the stamps themselves as well as from other abstract (geometric) artwork. In the first case, I use an M.C. Escher-like way of using one design to create a new pattern by shifting and/or rotating it to fill an area. In the second case, I create a draft of an abstract painting and then decide which stamps I use to realize this work.

Contact: info@joneslibrary.org
413-259-3090

BP Oil Spill

Artist: Ramiro Davaro-Comas
Start Date: July 1, 2010
End Date: August 30, 2010
Location Name: Mango Mango
Hours: 11am-9pm
Address: 61 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.trucostudios.com

My name is Ramiro Davaro-Comas and I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have moved back and forth to the states three times before finally settling in Central Massachusetts. I am greatly influenced by my travels, politics, and the media’s portrayal of human interaction. My work is a direct statement of what is happening in the world today. I will be donating 50% or more of the profits to the Gulf Restoration Network, based In New Orleans, LA.

Contact: Ramiro Davaro-Comas
ramirodavaro@gmail.com
508-243-8308

In Dialogue

Artists: Evelyn Pye, Elizabeth Lehman & Kathleen Dunn Jacobs, Rebecca Muller & Harriet Diamond, Tim Trelease & Frank Gregory, Tom Morton & Bruce Fowler, Keith Hollingworth & Francie Riddle, Olivia Bernard, Ellen Grobman & Lynn Peterfreund
Start Date: July 1, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: Gallery A3
Hours: 1-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.GalleryA3.com

Gallery A3 artist-members will be showing new work with invited guest-artists for the purposes of generating dialogue between the artwork, the artists, and those who attend the exhibition. Art is a three-way game, and all are invited to join in the process.

Contact: Tom Morton
tommortonart@aol.com
413-256-4250

Nature in Relief

Artist: Neil Brigham
Start Date: June 3, 2010
End Date: September 17, 2010
Location Name: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: M-F 8-4:30
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.neilbrigham.com

This body of work represents images inspired by nature and its mystery, magic and hidden spirit. As our environment faces increasing threats, Neil Brigham has focused on creating images that celebrate the beauty of our surroundings with unique depictions of landscapes and their natural inhabitants. The majority of the pieces are relief prints created by carving linoleum or wood blocks.

Contact: Neil Brigham
neilbrigham@yahoo.com
413-253-4235

Zea Mays Printmaking in the Loo

Artists: Liz Chalfin, Lilliana Pereira, Sarah Creighton, Annie Bissett
Start Date: May 13, 2010
End Date: September 5, 2010
Reception Date: August 12
Location Name: The Dream Away Lodge
Hours: Wed-Sun 5pm-midnight
Address: 1342 County Road
City, ST: Becket, MA
Website: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118178688213920

A series of exhibitions featuring prints by member artists organized by Daniel Osman, Dreamaway Lodge - Becket, and Leslie Ferrin, Ferrin Gallery - Pittsfield. All opening receptions take place on 2nd Thursdays at Dream Away Lodge with a themed artist's dinner. $18 pp (reservations appreciated). Sarah Creighton: July 8 - August 8. Annie Bissett: August 12 - September 5. Concurrent group show at The Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield May 13-Sept 5.

Contact: Liz Chalfin
liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Project Elements Easthampton: Water

Artist: Burns Maxey
Start Date: July 10, 2010
End Date: August 10, 2010
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.projectelementseasthampton.com

Easthampton City Arts gallery will feature clues, collages, photographs, and objects about the waterways and history of Easthampton form *Water: Project Elements Easthampton*. This will be a surreal introduction into dreams, natural disasters, and creative minds that have influenced Easthampton in small and large ways. This exhibition is in conjunction with a multimedia installation being shown at 1 Cottage Street Rm. 1-06.

Contact: Burns Maxey
projectelementseasthampton@gmail.com
413-552-7559

Reflections

Artist: Denise Riggs
Start Date: July 10, 2010
End Date: August 10, 2010
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-4
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.nashawannuckgallery.com

Reflections have been a favorite subject for years, they facinate me. They bring out the best of contemporary photography. Multiple layers of information captured on a two dimentional medium. Seeing behind, in front of and through the reflective surface creates a puzzle of sorts for the viewer to solve. Reflections are ruminations for life.

Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashawannuck@yahoo.com
413-529-9393

Project Elements Easthampton: Water

Artist: Burns Maxey
Start Date: July 10, 2010
End Date: August 10, 2010
Location Name: The Space
Hours: Sun & Mon 3-8pm, Thurs 5:30-8pm
Address: 1 Cottage Street Room 1_06
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.projectelementseasthampton.com

Water: Project Elements Easthampton features a multimedia installation that explores dreams, history, and the waterways of Easthampton in a surreal setting of audio, video, and sculpture. Water is the second installment of Project Elements Easthampton, following Earth that was shown in the fall of 2009. This project was created by Burns Maxey with collaborators including local artists and citizens with audio by Timecard. See www.projectelementseasthampton.com/directions.html for directions and hours.

Contact: Burns Maxey
projectelementseasthampton@gmail.com
413-552-7559

Explorations on Paper

Artist: Diane Nevinsmith
Start Date: July 3, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am–4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: lathrop.kendal.org

Painting and travel are twin passions in my life. The discovery of new scenery draws me to travel and challenges me to capture its essence in a painting. The study involved in creating a painting is what makes a place or thing more memorable to me. To Photograph a scene takes but a moment, but to paint it for hours truly makes it an experience. Some people explore on foot. Whether local or exotic, I use a paintbrush to learn a landscape.

Contact: Sarah Gauger
sgauger@lathrop.kendal.org
413-586-0006

Benjamin Fedosky: Recent Work: Painting, Sculpture, Drawing

Artist: Benjamin Fedosky
Start Date: June 6, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: The Elusie Fine Art Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street, Old Town Hall
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.eastmontgallery.net

Working primarily with the sculpted human figure and painted landscape, his work seeks to evoke the emotional and psychological nature of the subject while conveying its very essence. Over the past ten years, FEDOSKY has participated in various exhibitions throughout the US and Canada, and his work is held in selected private collections.

Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
info@eastmontgallery.net
413-529-9265

CAVAGNAC WAS HERE

Artist: Luke J. Cavagnac
Start Date: May 8, 2010
End Date: August 2010
Location Name: The Invisible Fountain
Hours: T&T 1-7, W&F 1-6, M 1-4
Address: 116 Pleasant Street Suite #206, Eastworks Building
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.invisiblefountain.com

A new show of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac. I just wanna be noticed. Please. I'm right here. Come on. (This show runs until my next event in August 2010). The Invisible Fountain is where Cavagnac paints and displays his "Art". You'll find approximately 1,000 different paintings on display on any given day.

Contact: luke@invisiblefountain.com
413-527-9300

Nature Photography and Oil Paintings

Artist: Patricia Czepiel Hayes
Start Date: July 1, 2010
End Date: August 31, 2010
Reception Date: Friday, July 30, 5-7pm
Location Name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Hours: M-F 8am-4:30pm
Address: 300 Westgate Center Drive
City, ST: Hadley, MA
Website: www.hadleydesignworks.net

The photographs and oil paintings in this exhibition are inspired by subjects in nature, most of which are growing within 25 feet of the artist's home in Hadley. Common plants and trees are transformed into beautiful abstractions as the artist searches for compositions that satisfy her interest in line, form, detail and color.

Contact: Patricia Czepiel Hayes
ph@hadleydesignworks.net
413-539-1377

Pioneer Women & Wonderland

Artists: 40 artists from the Pioneer Valley, the Berkshires, and NYC
Start Date: June 19, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Reception Date: July 31, 5-7 pm
Location Name: Paper City Gallery and Project Space
Hours: Sat-Sun, 1-4pm
Address: 80 Race Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: pioneerwomenart.wordpress.com

Terry Rooney has curated two ambitious shows that include her traveling "Pioneer Women" exhibit and a "Wonderland" show of work by other artists from the Valley, the Berkshires, and NYC. On four floors of a renovated historic building there will be sculpture you can touch, steel angels, installation artwork, neon lights, and huge dancing dresses.

Contact: Terry Rooney
terryrooneyart@gmail.com
413-253-2708

Eyes on Reality - Still Life, Figure, and Landscape

Artist: Dana Levin
Start Date: June 5, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Sat-Mon 12-4pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.wistariahurst.org

The paintings selected for this exhibit span many years of the artist's development and consist of figure work, still life, and landscape. These are not "snapshots" of everyday life; they are orchestrated images and compositions for the viewer's contemplation.

Contact: Marjorie Latham
lathamm@ci.holyoke.ma.us
413-322-5660

o.t.t.a.s. (orienting to time and space)

Artist: Claudine Mussuto
Start Date: April 1, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: Western Mass Recovery Learning Community
Hours: Tu 10-4, We 12-8, Th 12-4, Fr 12-4
Address: 187 High Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.westernmassrlc.org

As part of its Tell Tale Art Series, Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community presents orienting to time and space, mixed media works on paper by Montague-based artist, Claudine Mussuto.

Contact: Oryx Cohen
oryx@westernmassrlc.org
413-539-5941

Leonard Nimoy: A Retrospective

Artist: Leonard Nimoy
Start Date: July 29, 2010
End Date: October 31, 2010
Reception Date: Thursday, July 29, 6-8pm
Location Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.RMichelson.com

An exhibit in conjunction with MASS MoCA. Featuring work from Secret Selves, The Full Body Project, Shekhina, The Black and White Series, and Self Portraits.

Contact: Richard Michelson
RM@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964

Horizons: A Mixed Media Show

Artist: Ben Westbrock
Start Date: August 3, 2010
End Date: August 30, 2010
Reception Date: Wednesday, August 4, 5-7pm
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon 9-9; Tues 1-5; Wed 9-9; Thur 1-5; Fri 9-5; closed Sat until Sept 4; closed Sun and holidays
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

Ben feels he is exploring the edges of his life in a variety of media at present. He has done many ceramic pieces, both wall reliefs and vase-like forms. He continues to explore line and color in a series of drawings and paintings which move beyond the limits of an edge. Ben wants to feel that he is not in control of what he is doing so that the results of his work move beyond the horizons that he can see. The pieces in this show are about this process.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1013

Photography and Sculpture by Students of the Care Center

Artists: Students of the Care Center
Start Date: August 3, 2010
End Date: August 30, 2010
Reception Date: Wednesday, August 4, 5-7pm
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon 9-9; Tues 1-5; Wed 9-9; Thur 1-5; Fri 9-5; closed Sat until Sept 4; closed Sun and holidays
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

The Care Center is a GED prep school for teen mothers in Holyoke, MA. Based on a traditional prep school model, our internationally recognized non profit provides transportation, counseling, nursing, childcare, and a dynamic education to pregnant and parenting teens.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1013

Meet the Family

Artist: Jennifer Hill
Start Date: July 26, 2010
End Date: August 29, 2010
Reception Date: August 13, 5-8pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: 12-5 Thurs–Sun
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA

In this exhibition, Jennifer Hill chronicles the connections of a creative family who lives in El Paso, Texas. Dan, her partner, is a photographer interested in natural and man-made landscapes. Jennifer puts together this show with a collection of drawings, photographs and oil paintings.

Contact: 413-586-6300

Along The Airline...

Artist: Stan Malcolm
Start Date: July 7, 2010
End Date: August 6, 2010
Location Name: The Trailside Gallery
Address: 14 Strong Avenue
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.thetrailsidegallery.net

The Air Line was once a railroad renowned for its relatively straight course from Boston to New York. Today the rail bed has been converted to a Connecticut linear park and hiking trail.Stan Malcolm has been documenting the trail for over eight years. Stan's nature photography taken on or near the Air Line Trail will be on display. To preview Stan's work, visit www.performance-vision.com/airline

Contact: Jessica Lapinski
Jrlapinski@comcast.net
413-478-3137

Photography by Eugenie Wu and Howell Lee

Artists: Eugenie Wu and Howell Lee
Start Date: July 2, 2010
End Date: July 30, 2010
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon 9-9; Tues 1-5; Wed 9-9; Thur 1-5; Fri & Sat 9-5; closed Sundays and holidays
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org

"Journey to the Icy Continent: Antarctica" & "Rafting Through the Yukon and Alaska: The Tatsenshini and Alsek Rivers." Antarctica and Alaska conjure up images of rugged extremes. Our imagination and television prepare us to some extent for what to expect but what remains lost in many translations is the scale and sheer raw beauty of these lands when seen in person.

Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1013

HERE

Artists: Sarah Bliss, Candace Bradbury-Carlin, Sally Curcio, Karen Dolmanisth, Elizabeth Duffy, Taiga Ermansons, Anita Licis-Ribak, Theresa Rock
Start Date: July 7, 2010
End Date: August 7, 2010
Location Name: A.P.E. Window Gallery
Hours: Sun-Thur 12-5pm, Fri-Sat 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.apearts.org

HERE is a collaboration between eight women artists with strong connections to the Pioneer Valley. They explore concepts of HERE as place, presence, and the immediate. The show includes sculpture, installation, photography, performance, video, painting and drawing.

Contact: Lisa Thompson
lisathompson@apearts.org
413-586-5333

Unconscious Dance

Artist: Laura Reinhard
Start Date: April 2010
End Date: October 2010
Location Name: E. John Gare Garage / Open Air Art Gallery
Address: 85 Hampton Avenue
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.LauraReinhard.com

Laura Reinhard is a sculptor living in Florence, MA. Her abstract figurative sculptures, created from copper tubing, evoke the emergent energy of nature. Inspired by pods, seeds, and other forms of sprouting life, her work is not a recreation of these forms.

Contact: William
william@dancenorthampton.com
413-586-3164

Birth

Artist: William G Duffy Jr
Start Date: April 2010
End Date: October 2010
Location Name: E. John Gare Garage / Open Air Art Gallery
Address: 85 Hampton Avenue
City, ST: Northampton, MA

"Birth" ... A stone sculpture with subjective undertones.

Contact: William
william@dancenorthampton.com
413-586-3164

(In)decent exposure

Artist: Julie Ayotte
Start Date: June 1, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2010
Location Name: Bowen Resource Center of the Wester Mass Recovery Learning Community (RLC)
Hours: T/Th/F 9-3 & Sat 11-3
Address: 340 Main Street
City, ST: Springfield, MA

Mixed media works on canvas by Springfield artist Julie Ayotte. Presented by the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community as part of its Tell Tale Art Series.

Contact: Oryx Cohen
oryx@westernmassrlc.org
413-539-5941

Dragonflies of the Connecticut River Watershed

Artist: Glenn Corbiere
Start Date: August 1, 2010
End Date: August 31, 2010
Reception Date: Sunday, August 8, 1-3pm
Location Name: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Daily, 10am–4pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.greatfallsma.org

Local artist Glenn Corbiere has put together this new, eye-catching and informative exhibit on the Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Connecticut River Watershed. He has spent much of the last 10 years photographing the Insect Order Odonata. You will be astounded at the beauty and diversity of these insects!

DVAA Summer Show

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: June 30, 2010
End Date: August 28, 2010
Location Name: Gallery 38 (Next to the Discovery Center)
Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat 1-6pm
Address: 38 Avenue A
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.deerfieldvalleyart.com

“Summer Fun”, a member show of the Deerfield Valley Art Association is being held at the Gallery 38 (next to the Discovery Center) from June 30 – August 28. Show hours are Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 1-6pm. Free.

Eastern Lights: Susan Urban and Artisans of the Boleslawiec Tradition

Artist: Susan Urban
Start Date: June 29, 2010
End Date: August 14, 2010
Location Name: Westfield State Downtown Gallery II
Hours: Tues, Weds, Fri, 2-5pm; Thurs 2-7pm; Sat 1-5pm
Address: 108 Elm Street
City, ST: Westfield, MA
Website: www.mastersfestival.com

Eastern Lights: Susan Urban and Artisans of the Boleslawiec Tradition on display in association with Stanley Park and Jania’s Gallery, South Hadley. The exhibit is part of the eight-week Masters Festival of the Arts, June 22 through August 14, at Westfield State College.

Contact: Craig Phelon
413-572-5523

Jasmina Danowski: North, South, East and West of the Pecos

Artist: Jasmina Danowski
Start Date: July 10, 2010
End Date: August 14, 2010
Location Name: Westfield State Downtown Gallery
Hours: Tues, Weds, Fri, 2-5pm; Thurs 2-7pm; Sat 1-5pm
Address: 105 Elm Street
City, ST: Westfield, MA
Website: www.mastersfestival.com

Jasmina Danowski: North, South, East and West of the Pecos, paintings from Spanierman Modern Gallery in New York. The exhibit is part of the eight-week Masters Festival of the Arts, June 22 through August 14, at Westfield State College.

Contact: Craig Phelon
413-572-5523

American Works on Paper: 1800 to the Present

Start Date: June 26, 2010
End Date: August 14, 2010
Location Name: Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College
Hours: Tues-Sat, 2-5pm
Address: Ely Campus Center
City, ST: Westfield, MA
Website: www.mastersfestival.com

Westfield State partners with New York's Spanierman Gallery to bring works of major American artists for summer show. It features watercolors, pastels and drawings by such American master painters as Willem de Kooning, Gershon Benjamin, Dan Christensen, George Luks and Sears Gallagher. The exhibit is part of the eight-week Masters Festival of the Arts, June 22 through August 14, at Westfield State College.

Contact: Craig Phelon
413-572-5523

Call to Artists: Salon 241

Sponsoring Group Name: Salon 241
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.salon241.com

Salon 241 is looking for artists who would like to display their work in their very busy downtown salon. Please email your website and/or 4-6 jpgs of your work to us for consideration. Please be advised that our preference is to display artwork on the walls of our salon as we have very limited floor space for sculptural work. Artists take 100% of the proceeds of any sales of work that result from displaying in our space.

Contact: Brynn
salon241@gmail.com

Call to Artists: Turners Falls Producer's Series

Sponsoring Group Name: Turners Falls RiverCulture
Submission Due Date: July 15 and August 30
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.turnersfallsriverculture.org/news/55/110/

We want to pay you to make art in downtown Turners Falls. You submit a proposal for the participatory/public art you want to make/do and if you're selected, we will give you money to make that art happen. Criteria: - inventiveness/beauty/aha-ness, use of location in a new/reimagined/creative way, likelihood you can pull it off, participatory nature/reach, use of the money, submitted by deadline.

Contact: Lisa Davol
riverculture@montague-ma.gov
413-230-9910

Call to Artists: Greater Easthampton Studio Tour Celebrating American Craft Week

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Submission Due Date: August 31, 2010
Submission Fees: $25 to $100 map listing fees
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

In celebration of American Craft Week (ACW) ECA is producing and promoting a one day citywide “Studio Tour.” Saturday, October 2, from 10-5. We are calling all types of artists, performers, and craftspeople to participate; show your studios at work, have a sale, a booth at Old Town Hall or on the Streets of Greater Easthampton. We will be producing a map listing all the participants and their locations and hours. For further info please see the ECA website.

Contact: Briana Taylor
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Call to Artists: In-Between

Sponsoring Group Name: The Gallery at Worcester State College
Submission Due Date: July 30, 2010
Submission Fees: 3 works for $25 and $5 per additional work
City, ST: Worcester, MA
Website: www.worcester.edu/gallery

Since Robert Rauschenberg's Combines in the 1950's, artists have delighted in blurring the boundaries between media. We welcome art that reflects working in-between media or conceptually working in-between spaces, time, or identity.

Contact: Catherine Wilcox-Titus
wilcoxtitus@worcester.edu
508-929-8651

Call to Artists: Paradise City Chalk Art Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Submission Due Date: July 30, 2010
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

The Northampton Center for the Arts is seeking artists to participate in the first annual Paradise City Chalk Art Festival scheduled from 8am to 8pm on "Arts Night Out" Friday, September 10, 2010. Eight applicants will be invited to render their work in chalk on 5'x5' cement canvases located throughout downtown Northampton. Each selected artist will receive a $100 stipend. Further details and an application form are posted at www.nohoarts.org.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Call for Artists: Smile

Sponsoring Group Name: spaces Gallery, the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill
Show Name: Smile
Submission Due Date: August 2, 2010
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Hardwick, MA
Website: www.centerateaglehill.org

What makes us smile? What brings on the laughter? If you use humor in your art, this season is for you! Exhibits are being arranged for the 2010-2011 school year. Works in all media will be considered. Please call or email for submission requirements.

Contact: Pat Bock
pbock@ehs1.org
413-477-6000

Pioneer Valley Artists / Curators

Sponsoring Group Name: Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum
Submission Due Date: September 2010
City, ST: Hadley, MA
Website: www.pphmuseum.org

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum is interested in exhibiting the work of Pioneer Valley artists at the Corn Barn. The Corn Barn is a nice alternative space in Hadley. Good exposure for your artwork. Wednesday Folk Concerts and Saturday Perfect Spot of Tea bring in a number of people who will see the artwork. This is also an excellent opportunity to curate an art exhibit. The Corn Barn venue can incorporate poetry and dance. Exhibit can be up from @ May 15, 2010 thru Oct. 15, 2010. Contact John Romanski at Artist152@charter.net if interested or have any questions.

Contact: John Romanski
Artist152@charter.net

Call to Artists: The 2010 Art Exhibit to benefit Autism Speaks

Submission Due Date: September 1, 2010
Submission Fees: $40
City, ST: West Springfield, MA
Website: www.crystalchilds.com

An art show is going to be taking place on November 19, 2010 from 6pm-10pm at the all-new Balise Lexus (to be built). This is an amazing opportunity for us as artists. This will be an elegant event and hopefully like no other art exhibit you or anyone else has been to! More information on website.

Contact: Crystal Childs
crystaljchilds@gmail.com
413-233-6941

Easthampton City Arts

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Submission Due Date: Open and ongoing
Submission Fees: Annual, Voluntary.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com

Easthampton City Arts (ECA) has opened membership to include the towns of Southampton & Westhampton. The decision was made after ECA Coordinating Committee surveyed current members, with an overwhelming majority saying yes. Members of ECA can include fine artists, craftspeople, dancers, writers, choreographers, poets, etc, as well as arts related businesses and organizations. Artisans in Southampton & Westhampton are invited to review membership requirements and apply via the ECA website.

Contact: Briana Taylor
Info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278

Friends of the Agawam Public Library 2nd Open Juried Art Show

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due Date: September 28, 2010
Submission Fees: $25. One Entry per artist. Original Art only.
City, ST: Agawam, MA
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm

Download prospectus/entry form from website. Media Categories include acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, and other media (pencil drawing, charcoals, pen and inks, block prints, collage, encaustics). Total of $2,650 in awards. 5% contribution from artist for art sold. Art may be marked NFS. Original Art Only. Maximum frame size 20"x24". Wired for hanging with frame. No saw-tooth/clip hangers. Jury selections will be based on the review of the original artworks, rather than on slides or jpegs.

Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net
413-789-4814

Open Call for Visual Artists in the Dynamite Space

Sponsoring Group Name: C3 and Thornes Marketplace
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.valleyartshare.com

C3 seeks visual artists to make use of the Dynamite Space in Thornes Marketplace in Northampton! Painters, sculptors, filmmakers, photographers, installation artists, and everyone in between! The Dynamite Space is a deliciously raw, open basement space with brick walls, wood floors and huge windows. Anything that would visually enhance the space and involve the community is welcome in the space! C3 offers assistance with publicity and curation. All proposals must be approved by C3 and Thornes Marketplace. All shows must be installed along the wall of the space, as the farmer's market and dance rehearsals also take place in the space. See website for information on how to apply.

Contact: Perry Huntoon
perry@commonwealthcenter.org
413-585-0373

Community Art Walls at ACTV

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Community Television
Submission Due Date: Monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.ACTVamherst.com

Amherst Community Television invites artists to showcase their work on our Community Art Walls. ACTV is the perfect hub to provide artists the opportunity to exhibit for one-month cycles, coinciding with Art Walk Amherst and featuring Artist Talks on local channel 12 as well as on the web at www.ACTVamherst.com. Artists will also have access to Amherst Community Television's beautiful studio space to host their own Open House. Please contact Wendy Bloomenthal for a studio tour and to discuss artist participation.

Contact: Community@ACTVamherst.com
413-259-3306

Call for Sculpture

Sponsoring Group Name: E. John Gare Garage - Open Air Art Gallery
City, ST: Northampton, MA

The open Air Art Gallery is instinctively being developed with a Public Sculpture Garden theme in mind. Space is available for free standing sculptures as well as "Garage attached" pieces. A canopied edifice will allow for mixed/multi media exhibits on the nights of the Spring/Summer/Fall Second Friday Art Walk.

Contact:William G. Duffy, Jr.
413-586-3164
william@dancenorthampton.com

Looking for Artists to demonstrate their art during Northampton's Arts Night Out

Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Hands
Submission Due Date: ongoing for the 2nd Friday of each month
Submission Fees: $40
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.valleyhands.com

The 2nd Friday of each month we're looking for 3-4 artists to demonstrate, exhibit and sell their art during Northampon's Arts Night Out. The cost is only $40 for the evening 4-8pm. Register early for listing in our promotional mailings. Join us for a new life adventure. A great opportunity to step out of your comfort zone, learn to share your story and welcome feedback, enjoy community with other artist and a chance to focus on your art in a creative atmosphere.

Contact: Dorene Pennell
dorene@valleyhands.com
413-335-9235

Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce Art Wall / Amherst Art Walk

Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Submission Due Date: monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstarea.com

The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce seeks artists for its Art Wall. The Chamber participates in the monthly Art Walk Amherst. We are looking for painters, photographers, weavers, etc. who have work that can be hung on a wall. Please call or email the Chamber for an application for an exhibit.

Contact: Joan Temkin
joan@amherstarea.com
413-253-0700

Gallery A3 Seeks New Members

Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery A3
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.gallerya3.com

Gallery A3, a cooperative, contemporary fine art gallery located in the Amherst Cinema complex, invites applications from local artists. For an application, visit us at 28 Amity Street or www.gallerya3.com, call 413.256.4250, or email mtc@crocker.com. Applications are juried the second Wednesday of each month.

Contact: Marianne Connolly
413-253-3572
mtc@crocker.com

Art Walk Easthampton 2010

Sponsoring Group Name: Art Walk Easthampton
Submission Due Date: open
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.artwalkeasthampton.org

Art Walk Easthampton invites artists to submit their resumes and proposals to www.artwalkeasthampton.org for participation in 2010 Art Walks. There are no entry fees or participation fees. Both established and emerging talents are welcome. There are opportunities for indoor exhibitions and shows as well as for sidewalk/outdoor performances. All opportunities are non-paid.

Proposals for visual, music or performance art are made available to Art Walk Easthampton venues for their independent consideration.

Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashawannuck@yahoo.com
413-529-9393

Collage Camp - a weekend of soul journaling

Class Time: 5pm
Start Date: August 13
End Date: August 15
Fee: $200
Class Location: Temenos Retreat Center
Address: Mt Mineral Road
City, ST: Shutesbury, MA
Website: www.christinetexiera.com/collage

Located in the beautiful woods of Western Massachusetts, this rustic retreat will charge your artistic leanings with new techniques. By asking thoughtful questions we'll use collage books to engage the subconscious to free the spirit and creativity.

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

Intuitive Prints with Meredith Broberg

Class Time: 10am-5pm
Start Date: August 13
End Date: August 15
Fee: $375
Organization: Zea Mays Printmaking
Class Location: Arts & Industries Building
Address: 221 Pine Street, Studio #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com

This workshop is a chance to play with color and mark-making to create rich and layered prints. We'll use plastic plates in place of traditional materials and bypass some of the technical complexities that can slow down image development in traditional printmaking. Our emphasis will be on exploring the interplay between intention and intuitive response, and between control and serendipity. No prior printmaking experience is required.

Contact: Liz or Meredith
liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Weaving Rags Into Riches

Dates: August 8-14
Fee: see website
Class Location: Snow Farm
Address: 5 Clary Road
City, ST: Williamsburg, MA
Website: www.snowfarm.org

Recycle old clothes and household textiles, or dip into your stash of sewing fabrics. Weaving with strips of cloth instead of yarn, you'll create rag rugs, table mats, or fabric for tote bags. Students will learn or review the weaving basics of designing a project, reading a weaving draft, winding a warp, and threading a four harness floor loom. The instructor will share many tips and techniques specific to rag weaving, from cutting the fabric strips to maintaining even selvages.

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

Plein Air Watercolor Classes with Walter Cudnohufsky

Date & Time: August 7, 9am-5pm
Fee: $85 -seniors and teenagers $75
Class Location: Ashfield and Deerfield

These classes are for painters who have done some watercolor painting. They will focus on drawing from life, composition, values and lively rendering of the selected subjects. Each painter will conclude with a matted painting. Group critique will be a part of the day as well as demonstrations. Specific meeting place to be determined. Reply by email if possible. All painting materials supplies provided. Bring stool and appropriate clothing, water, food.

Contact: Walter
Walt@wcala.com
413-628-4759

Still Life Pastel Workshop with Jane Lund

Date & Time: Sunday evening, August 8, 4-7pm plus Monday-Friday, August 9-13, 10am-4pm
Fee: $425 plus materials provided upon registration
Class Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org

Jane's "intensives" are legendary, not just for the art that is produced but for the bonding and mutual inspiration that come from working together as a group. There is always a provocative theme to the subject matter. This summer, it's PLASTIC, PAPER, GLASS AND CLAY. In this week-long workshop, students will explore the artful nature of plastic, paper, glass and clay, capturing the unique characteristics of each in the versatile medium of pastel.

Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Summer 2010 Workshops at Zea Mays Printmaking

Organization: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 221 Pine St. #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com

Summer 2010 Workshops now open. We are offering a host of printmaking workshops for all levels, from the absolute beginner, to the seasoned artist. Visit our website at to discover the workshop for you! Etching, monotype, relief printmaking and more!

Contact: liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783

Garage Annex School July 2010 Workshops

Organization: Garage Annex School for Book Arts (GAS)
Address: One Cottage Street #5, Room 5-03
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.garageannexschool.com

GAS is offering a concentration of workshops during July, and is pleased to announce convenient housing available right around the corner! Daniel Kelm is teaching The Leather Intensive as well as Leather Onlay & Inlay. Julie Chen, The Secrets of the Magic Tablet; Julia Miller, The Glazier Codex; Martin Antonetti, The History of the Book for Book Artists; Pamela Spitzmueller, Coptic Cover Decoration Prior to the 11th Century; Shawn Sheehy, Animated Pop-Up Structures; and Eric Alstrom, Board Reattachment Using Japanese Papers. .

Contact: Greta D. Sibley
greta@garageannexschool.com
413-529-0070

Open Figure Drawing Session on Tuesday evenings

Date: Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
Fee: $15.00 per session
Organization: Go Figure Sculpture Studios
Class Location: The Canal Gallery Building
Address: 380 Dwight Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.gofiguresculpturestudios.com

Draw independently from the live model. We supply the figure model, easels and studio space. You provide paper, supplies, talent and enthusiasm. Instruction is available if requested. Contact Esthela Bergeron or Lee Hutt, esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net or leehutt@mac.com

Contact: Esthela Bergeron
esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net
413-532-7280

Painting and/or Drawing from Life

Class Time: to be arranged between us
Date: ongoing
Fee: $65. private one hour, $150. three hours, semi-private
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.lornaritz.com

Individual Instruction/group critique sessions in a completely supportive atmosphere by professional painter and arts educator of 30+ years

Contact: Lorna Ritz
lenajenny3@yahoo.com

Holyoke: Studio Space at Open Square

Location name: Open Square
Dates available: immediately
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.opensquare.com

The arts and creative businesses are an integral part of the atmosphere at Open Square. We offer a limited number of incredible, work-only studios for artists and small businesses in the creative fields at substantially reduced rates. Perfect for artists, artisans, graphic designers and small architecture firms. Please visit our website for more photos and information on each available studio.

Contact: Michelle St.Jacques
michelle@opensquare.com
413-532-5057 x205