This is Greece

Artist: George Bitzas
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Website: agawamlibrary.org

This exhibit will feature beautiful pictures of the Acropolis of Athens, the oracle of Delphi, the Poseidon Temple on Cape Sounion, the Meterora monasteries, and pictures of the island of Lefkada and his hometown of Ioannina. Bitzas was an art teacher in West Springfield Junior and Senior High School and also worked as an interior designer for Stickley, Audi and Company.

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

Larry Rankin: To everything there is a season...

Artist: Larry Rankin
Start Date: October 3, 2024
End Date: November 2, 2024
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Larry Rankin's black-and-white photographs in "To everything there is a season..." include portraits of people and views of the natural world and human constructions--some enduring, some ephemeral. The absence of color enables abstraction and freedom to explore dimensions of time. Art Forum Online on October 17, 7:30pm. Preregister on website. Image: "End-Times".

Abundant in Drift

Artists: Maggie Nowinski
Start Date: September 20, 2024
End Date: December 6, 2024
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm, first Thur until 8pm
Address: 151 Presidents Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/24ada5

Abundant in Drift is part exhibition and part immersive installation; Nowinski will fill the museum's North Gallery space with works ranging from audio field recordings and drawings derived from microscope observations of specimens to imagined biological hybrids. Her largest creation, the "Impossible Plant" is informed by various herbarium, living plant, and vertebrate specimens housed on the UMass campus.

BREACH: LOGBOOK 24 | STACCATO

Artists: Courtney M. Leonard
Start Date: September 20, 2024
End Date: December 6, 2024
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm, first Thur until 8pm
Address: 151 Presidents Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/69d04b

Artist Courtney M. Leonard, a citizen of the Shinnecock Nation of Long Island, explores marine biology, Indigenous food sovereignty, migration, and human environmental impact through visual logbooks that investigate the multiple definitions of the term "breach."

Imaginary Homelands

Artists: Daisy Patton, Alicia Brown
Start Date: September 13, 2024
End Date: December 4, 2024
Location: Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass
Hours: Mon & Tue 1-7pm, Wed-Fri 1-5pm
Address: 180 Infirmary Way, Room 103
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/a2fe86

Patton's paintings echo the ornateness found in Iranian art & architecture to attempt to slowly dissolve the imposter syndrome she felt by not growing up with her Iranian family, with the hopes of restoring and building something that can never truly be complete, never what could have been. In Brown's work, her paintings of her family members demonstrate familial bonds and histories over time that have been preserved despite immigration and adaptation.

Contact: Anne Seuthe
anneseuthe@gmail.com
413-320-3686

Gucci Forever

Artist: Miles Warner
Start Date: September 9, 2024
End Date: December 10, 2024
Location: Hampden Gallery, UMass
Hours: Mon-Tues & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/49cdb3

Gucci Forever features an unlikely assortment of objects and stories, both miraculous and monumentally mundane, that showcase a contemporary quest for timelessness and the fountain of youth. Gucci Forever exhibits the multidimensional nature of timelessness and documents the infinite quest for an indefinable quality simply known as cool.

Amherst 1881: A Century Before Me

Artist: Ravneet Marwaha
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 29, 2024
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Photographer Ravneet Marwaha delicately intertwines history and art to showcase the beauty of Amherst's past. With a blend of photography, sculptural elements, and subtle surprises, this exhibition offers a heartfelt exploration of the town's rich heritage. All work is available for immediate purchase; 30% of sales is donated to Jones Library. The Mill District Local Art Gallery is donating both space and commission.

Contact: Shannon Borrell
Gallery@cowls.com
413-835-09666

Last Sequoia on Earth

Artists: Kerry St. Laurent, Adam Michael Kozak
Start Date: September 9, 2024
End Date: December 10, 2024
Location: Hampden Gallery Incubator Project Space, UMass Amherst
Hours: Mon-Tues & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/49cdb3

An immersive audiovisual experience created as a collaboration between an audio and visual artist that acts as both a sorrowful mourning of environmental collapse and a meditative celebration of nature's beauty.

CHANNELS

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 22, 2024
End Date: November 17, 2024
Location: AIRSpace Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11:30am-4:30pm
Address: 534 Main Street, 2nd floor
City/Town: Amherst
Website: airspacegallery.net

AIRSpace Gallery is pleased to announce its fall arts exhibition, CHANNELS, featuring artists Aldo Cipriani, S.T.Gately and Robert Markey. CHANNELS explores the concept of channeling, the process of allowing a flow of energy (spiritual connection) to pass through, landing on the canvas. S.T.Gately states "What binds these works is that they capture and detail the artists' emotions, as well as specific moments in time- the viewer is being led into the inner world of our thoughts and emotions."

Contact: Ani Rivera
info@airspacegallery.net
413-835-5072

Paintings

Artist: Gillian Haven
Start Date: June 9, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherstma.gov/art

An exhibition of landscape and nature paintings by local artist Gillian Haven is now on view at the Amherst Town Hall Gallery. The Gallery is on Amherst Town Hall's first and second floors.

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

Stories I Tell Myself

Artist: Diane Steingart
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: November 26, 2024
Location: Jewish Community of Amherst Hall Gallery
Hours: Tue & Thur 10am-3pm, Wed & Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: dianesteingart.com

With her latest exhibit, Diane Steingart continues to explore her artistic journey between the inner world of memories, feelings, and experiences and the outer manifestation of visual images. Diane's work touches on feelings of love, loss, fear, sadness, and joy. Both psychological and spiritual, her artwork can be either abstract or semi-representational. Her work has a dreamlike quality, and physical symbols such as houses, windows, and landscapes feature in the work.

Contact: Diane Steingart
ds@jwoodbridge.com

Part of an Impossible Task

Artist: Michael Rakowitz
Start Date: August 27, 2024
End Date: January 6, 2025
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2024/part-of-an-impossible-task

Work by celebrated Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz that examines how individuals and societies define power through cultural artifacts. The exhibition interrogates both history and its retelling by combining sculpture and works on paper from the gallery show The Monument, The Monster, and The Maquette (2023), and Rakowitz's "reappearances" of panels from the Northwest Palace of Nimrud (Kalhu) after their destruction by ISIS in 2015.

2024-2025 Burnett Gallery Artists

Artists: group show
Start Date: August 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library
Hours: during library hours
Address: 43 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/204/Burnett-Gallery

The Burnett Gallery is open and hosting an in-person sample of the virtual exhibits on the Jones website from August to December. Visit the current in-person exhibit at Burnett Gallery. Artists: Nancy Carroll, Ann Cloutier, Steve Eagle, Michael Gilbert, Stephen Gingold, Tatiana Harshbarger, Maureen Manning, Matthew Mattingly, Rebecca Reid, Lee Sproull, Roberta Warshaw.

Contact: Elisa Campbell
burnettcommittee@gmail.com

The Juncture: Ukrainian Artists in Search of Modernity and Identity

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 24, 2024
End Date: October 13, 2024
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: 41 Quadrangle Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead

"The Juncture" focuses on Alexander Archipenko, Vasyl Yermilov, & Oleksandr Bohomazov, three of Ukraine's most prominent Modernist artists, as well as how the complex sociopolitical dynamics of their time and burgeoning global art movements shaped their work. Frequently understood within the canon of Russian art history, this exhibition is a fascinating step towards understanding these key artists within the framework of the Ukrainian struggle for independence. Organized by Konstantin Akinsha.

Elusive Prize: Wonder, Wing & Transmutation

Artist: Brandon Graving
Start Date: May 4, 2024
End Date: October 15, 2024
Location: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm
Address: 650 East Pleasant Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/renaissance/event/graving2024

Brandon Graving is a sculptor and printmaker who often works on a very large scale in mediums that include bronze, neon, paper, resins, steel and wood. She is the owner and master printmaker at Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop which holds one of the largest platen presses in the world. Her work has been exhibited widely in museums, public, and private collections around the world.

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu
413-577-3600

Woodland, Farm, and Field

Artist: Peggy Grose, Jim Murphy
Date: October 12 & 13, 10am-5pm
Location: Elmer's Store
Address: 396 Main Street
City/Town: Ashfield

An exhibition and sale of paintings by locals Peggy Grose and Jim Murphy during the Ashfield Fall Festival. This will appeal to art lovers, art collectors and the merely curious. Come by and take a look. Image: "Eleanor Clark's Barn" by Peggy Grose.

Contact: Jim Murphy
jim.murphy.art@gmail.com
413-628-4463

Fall Solo Exhibition

Artist: Anna Jacke
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Clapp Memorial Library
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-6pm, Sat 9:30am-2pm
Address: 19 S. Main Street
City/Town: Belchertown
Website: annajackeart.com

Belchertown Artist Anna Jacke has a new solo exhibit of fall-themed artwork at the Clapp Memorial Library. Anna will be showing watercolor artwork created in California, Oregon and Massachusetts. Her painting Harvest Delight was featured in the Artistic Touch 6, a hardcover book of national award-winning watercolor art and will be part of the exhibit. Many pieces are for sale directly from the artist.

Contact: studio@annajackeart.com

For the Love of Animals

Artist: Sarah Marquesen
Start Date: August 2, 2024
End Date: February 9, 2025
Location: Chicopee Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 449 Front Street
City/Town: Chicopee
Website: sarahmarqart.com

For many of us, our first love was an animal. Perhaps it was a furry member of the family or the first time we saw a horse run in a pasture. In this exhibition, Sarah Marquesen tries to capture the personality and soul of both domestic and wild animals. She hopes her paintings help you connect to the animals we see outside our door and those from around the world.

Contact: Sarah Marquesen
sarahmarquesen@yahoo.com
413-313-3223

limn•inal

Artist: Donnabelle Casis
Start Date: August 24, 2024
End Date: November 2, 2024
Location: Von Auersperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm
Address: 7 Boyden Lane
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: deerfield.edu/academics/von-auersperg-gallery

limn•inal: relating to a depiction of that which is in between. An exhibition of new paintings and a kinetic sculpture by Filipina-American artist Donnabelle Casis, at the Hess Center for the Arts, von Auersperg Gallery at Deerfield Academy. Open to the Public.

Contact: Lydia Hemphill
lhemphill@deerfield.edu
413-774-1480

Monster Arts Project 5: Secret Garden

Artists: 30+ Local Artists
Start Date: October 5, 2024
End Date: November 3, 2024
Location: Eastworks, Suite 026
Hours: Fri 3-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-3pm
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/MonsterArtsProject

Eastworks brings you Sloan Tomlinson and Athan Vennell's Monster Arts Project 5, Secret Garden. Come be transported into a space metamorphosed into another world, featuring 30+ local artist's take on the mythical, imaginary, and monstrous creatures that reside in the cultures and minds of all humanity. Events continue through the month, culminating with Eastworks Open Studios Nov 2nd & 3rd.

Contact: Sloan Tomlinson
monsterartsproject@gmail.com

Pass The Butter

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 5, 2024
End Date: October 26, 2024
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

A Feast for the senses and a subtle nod to Judy Chicago's dinner party tablescape, celebrating the togetherness and abundance a table brings in the form of art. Featuring 20+ New England artists in the media of ceramic, fiber, floral, food and fine artistry.

Contact: Rachel Ciecko
rachelciecko@gmail.com
413-529-9265

In each other we trust

Artist: Jeff Kasper
Start Date: October 5, 2024
End Date: October 28, 2024
Location: ECA Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com

Jeff Kasper’s work asks driving questions around how we relate to one another, what responsibilities we have in those relationships, and how they're formed and codified. Kasper’s immersive installation underscores relationships of mutuality as an aspiration and necessity. Panel conversation Oct 28: exploring the ideas of In each other we trust--relationships, organizing, and sustainability in the arts.

Intertwined

Artist: Doreen LaScola
Start Date: October 3, 2024
End Date: October 27, 2024
Location: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur & Sat-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 2-7pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Oxbow artist Doreen LaScola invites guest Michael LaScola to share work that illustrates the strong familial connection to creativity that can run in families. Independent of each other, certain tendencies arose in their art making with a focus on texture and abstraction.

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

Northeast / Southwest

Artist: Kate Follett
Start Date: October 3, 2024
End Date: October 27, 2024
Location: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur & Sat-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 2-7pm
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Northeast / Southwest pairs images of the American West and New England, finding connections across our nation through art. Each carefully matched pair of paintings uncovers commonality across vastly different landscapes through color, composition, or subject matter. A science writer by day, the artist identifies patterns of geology, meteorology, and biology that unify a diverse continent under a single artistic vision.

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

Wild Clay

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 4, 2024
End Date: November 4, 2024
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-7pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 136
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/fiftyarrowgallery

An exhibit exploring the organic nature of clay as a medium. This show delves into clay's roots in the earth, the natural processes inherent in clay work, and how ceramic transforms into functional pottery. The exhibit is co-curated by Michael Medeiros of Poesia Pottery and Easthampton Clay, and promises to be a captivating exploration of this timeless medium.

Contact: Jason Montgomery
jasonm@50arrowgallery.com
860-214-6214

Into the New

Artists: The Art Band
Date: viewable by appt until November
Location: The Color Collaborative
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Studio 228
City/Town: Easthampton

The second annual exhibition produced by The Art Band, featuring multi-media works by Hani Rosenbaum, Maddie McDougall, Ryan Murray, Mi Belitsky, Sharona Color, and Rachel Bond. INTO THE NEW creates a fresh portal into a world where play is honored, experimentation is the fodder for discovery, and risk-taking is the foundation for all creativity. The work can also be viewed during Eastworks Open Studios, November 2nd & 3rd, 10am-5pm.

Contact: maddiemcdougall413@gmail.com

Mystic Skies and Abstracts

Artist: Amy Dawn Kotel
Start Date: September 6, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Reception Date: October 17, 6-8pm
Location: Easthampton Media
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: amydawnkotelart.com

Whimsical colorful circle skies over natural landscapes and vibrant, joyous abstracts fill the walls of Easthampton Media. Come see what lies underneath everything we think we see.

Contact: Amy Kotel
adkzab@gmail.com
413-923-2554

Joyride: A Journey Through Color

Artist: Ann Cloutier
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Location: Zen Frog
Hours: Tue-Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 9am-2pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence

Come see the colorful paintings of Ann Cloutier up at the Zen Frog Cafe for the month of October!

Contact: zenfrogart@gmail.com

Looky Here 3rd Annual Gala: Art Opening

Start Date: October 16, 2024
End Date: December 14, 2024
Reception Date: October 16, 8-10pm
Location: The People's Pint
Hours: Mon-Thur 4-9pm, Fri & Sat 11am-9pm
Address: 24 Federal Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: LookyHereGreenfield.com

ART OPENING / BEER RELEASE / TRIVIA! - On October 16th at 8pm we will hang a portion of our available artworks at the People's Pint and host a celebration of our new "Looky Beer" collaboration with the restaurant. Join us for TRVIA with prizes!! Plus, every pour of "Looky Beer," earns Looky Here $1!

Contact: Hannah Brookman
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

When You are Here

Artist: Clare Churchill Seder
Start Date: October 9, 2024
End Date: December 6, 2024
Reception Date: October 25, 5-8pm
Location: Looky Here
Hours: Wed-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 12-3pm
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: LookyHereGreenfield.com

Paintings by Clare Churchill Seder. Gallery closing - 12/6 5-8pm (last chance to see these amazing paintings!)

Contact: Hannah Brookman
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

The Art of Recovery

Artists: Recover Project
Start Date: September 2024
End Date: October 2024
Location: The LAVA Center
Hours: Mon & Tue 11am-2pm, Thur & Fri 5-8pm, Sat 11am–2pm
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/recover-project

The LAVA Center is excited to host the Recover Project's second annual art show, on display in September and October as part of National Recovery Month.

It's Never Too Late To Create

Artist: Tim Gorts
Start Date: September 6, 2024
End Date: October 11, 2024
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/its-never-too-late-to-create

Art and creating was never in Tim's field of view. It wasn't something he even entertained as a child. It wasn't until he was 41 and needed a way to save a cherished family heirloom that he had his first encounter creating something from nothing. This exhibit has been curated so you can walk along through Tim's creative journey from that first creation until today.

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

The Great Holyoke Brick Race

Date: Saturday, October 19, 12-3pm
Location: Paper City Studios
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: holyokeart.com/brick-race

The Great Holyoke Brick Race is an exciting annual event where participants design, build, and race creative, custom-made cars down Race Street. The cars, built from various materials, are gravity-powered and compete for speed, creativity, and engineering awards. A highlight of Holyoke's cultural calendar, the race brings together families, artists, engineers, and the community for a fun-filled day of competition and innovation, celebrating the city's industrial heritage.

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

Holyoke Mural Fest Tours

Date: October 17, October 20, November 2
Location: various locations, downtown Holyoke
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: forms.gle/FEFuWFs8Le7Wm32r8

Join Nueva Esperanza for an exciting exploration of the vibrant murals that bring color and life to Holyoke! We are thrilled to offer free unique mural tours, each with its own special theme, highlighting the artistic expressions that brighten our community. Tours typically last between 60-90 minutes. Bus tours have 50 seats available, so make sure to reserve your spot. See website for detailed information on dates, times, and pick-up/drop-off locations.

Contact: Kayla Rodriguez
kayla@nuevaofholyoke.org
413-437-7666

Luke Morrison, Corey Presha & Karlene Jean Kanter

Artist: Luke Morrison, Corey Presha, Karlene Jean Kanter
Start Date: October 12, 2024
End Date: November 10, 2024
Reception Date: October 12, 5-7pm
Location: Pulp
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

Luke Morrison is a visual artist living and working in Providence, RI. His paintings explore observed and imagined social dynamics. is a self taught painter and artist living and working in Nyack, New York. Karlene Jean Kantner is a ceramic artist whose work celebrates the expanding relationship between her body, landscape and gardens.

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

Semi-Edible

Artist: Tara Gorman
Start Date: October 12, 2024
End Date: November 10, 2024
Reception Date: October 12, 5-7pm
Location: Pulp, front room
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, or by appt
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

Tara Gorman is a keen observer and storyteller. She stages and photographs scenes with food and nature and railroad miniatures creating fantastical, mythical, and mysterious images. Gorman lives and works in Western MA.

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

Human Erratics

Artists: Marie Lynn Haas, Tori Lawrence
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: October 18, 2024
Location: Taber Art Gallery, HCC Library Lobby
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-5pm
Address: Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Avenue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: sites.google.com/hcc.edu/taberartgallery/home

Human Erratics is a series of movement-driven digital and analog films and photographic works created by Marie Lynn Haas and Tori Lawrence. Their site-specific, environmentally attuned projects emerge through partnership with the natural world and the spaces we create, inhabit, and neglect across its terrain. These works explore personal and collective turmoil and reveal how chronic illness and the cycles of life and death are woven into the fabric of ecological change.

Contact: rrushing@hcc.edu

River Studios Sculpture Trail

Artist: Andrew DeVries
Start Date: May 17, 2024
End Date: October 27, 2024
Location: River Studios
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm or by appt
Address: 36 East River Road
City/Town: Huntington
Website: andrewdevries.com

Art and nature aficionados can wind their way through a wildflower meadow and shaded groves, dotted with 40 large bronze sculptures, as River Studios begins a new season of its Sculpture Trail. Poetry by a variety of writers complement the artworks, located along the middle branch of the Westfield River, adding to the contemplative experience. While there is no fee to walk the sculpture trail, we graciously accept donations for trail upkeep and care of the sculptures.

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

Trees and Mills

Artist: Frank A. Waugh
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 29, 2024
Location: Leverett Library
Hours: Tue 3-8pm, Wed 10am-3pm, Thur 1-6pm, Sat 10am-3pm
Address: 75 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettlibrary.org

An exhibit of drawings and etchings curated by Annaliese Bischoff. Frank A. Waugh (1869-1943) an influential writer and advocate for horticulture, landscape design, and conservation, took up etching late in life to illustrate a planned book on tree portraits. Annaliese Bischoff shares both Waugh's tree and local mill portraits in this exhibit. For more background about Waugh's life, see "The Man Who Loved Trees" by Annaliese Bischoff, bit.ly/497RvcF

Contact: Annaliese Bischoff
abischof@umass.edu
413-256-5996

Sawmill River Arts' Open House Fundraiser

Date: October 19, 11am-5pm
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Address: 440 Greenfield Road
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Join the Sawmill River Arts Collective gallery for sweet treats and some serious art bargains! The profits from the Open House's Silent Auction and Seconds Sale will fund Sawmill's new scholarship for guest artists, helping to promote a distinct array of artists within the cooperative gallery. Catch the Open House on October 19th at Sawmill River Arts, located at the Montague Mill complex.

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

Salted Snail Studio at Sawmill River Arts

Artist: Jasper Alexander
Start Date: September 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Sawmill River Arts Collective
Hours: Thur-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 440 Greenfield Road
City/Town: Montague
Website: sawmillriverarts.com

Sawmill River Arts will host Salted Snail Studio as our guest artist from September through October. The work of Jasper Alexander, a queer printmaker & various-media-dabbler, Salted Snail features beasts, tall tales, earthly critters personified, internal dialogs and the mundanity of magic - inspired by folk tales, urban legends, stories told over dim light, and the gentle sort of magic interwoven into all of our hum-drum lives.

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

Paintings

Artist: Meaghan Schwelm
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Reception Date: October 23, 6-7pm
Location: Montague Center Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 2-7pm, Fri 10am-1pm
Address: 17 Center Street
City/Town: Montague
Website: meaghanschwelmart.com

Meaghan Schwelm is an artist and library director living in Western MA. Through her artwork she explores the everyday and familiar, wonderful and strange in nature. Her work has been exhibited in Boston, Western MA, Cork and Galway Ireland. She received her BFA from Montserrat College of Art and MFA from Burren College of Art/National University of Ireland, Galway.

Contact: Meaghan Schwelm
meaghaneschwelm@gmail.com
413-923-4620

Out of Context: Reimagining the Figure

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 4, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Reception Date: October 11, 5-8pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts, Split-Level Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: artlink.click/26987b

This group comprises members of the resident Center for the Arts Drawing Group who meet up on Wednesday mornings to create and connect. Together, they are presenting a show of their works. The gallery of figure drawings is a captivating display of the human form captured through the eyes of talented artists.

Arts Night Out at 33 Hawley

Date: October 11, 5-8pm
Location: 33 Hawley / Northampton Arts Trust Building
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/events/category/oct-arts-night-out-at-33-hawley

Join us for a reception with refreshments and live music by Kass & Ben! Exhibits include "In Light of Time" in the Barn Door Gallery and "Out of Context: Reimagining the Figure" in the Split Level Gallery. Families and kids of all ages can head downstairs to Eli's Room 5-7pm for our first ever Young Artists Studio. Arts Night Out is always a great chance to talk to folks from NCFA, A.P.E., and NOM, mingle with artists, and meet new friends!

Arts Night Out Northampton

Date: Friday, October 11, 5-8pm
Location: various locations downtown
City/Town: Northampton
Website: artsnightout.live

Be a part of Northampton's evolving arts scene. Explore local and visiting artists' work at downtown venues on the 2nd Friday of every month. See website for full list of locations and events.

Contact: artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com

October Second Friday at Smith College Museum of Art

Date: Friday, October 11, 4-7pm
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bit.ly/3MLb6Xo

Join us for an evening of fun at the October Second Friday! 4-7pm: enjoy hands-on art-making for all ages, inspired by artwork on view. Artist Younes Rahmoun invites you to reflect on the present by creating a multimedia "postcard to your future self." Receive it back in January! Explore the third-floor gallery and see a Diego Rivera self-portrait with a personal note. 4-8pm: enjoy four floors of art. SCMA is free and open to all. Plan your visit today!

As the Sun Fades

Artist: Katy Staddon
Start Date: October 2, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: River Valley Co-op
Hours: 7 days, 8am-10pm
Address: 330 N King Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: rivervalley.coop/event-details/art-in-the-cafe-october-2024

Katy Staddon is a classically trained scenic artist who graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts in 2007. While her formal training taught her to paint large-scale works, she discovered her true passion lay in exploring surrealism using dream-like scenes and symbolic imagery from her spiritual practices. She enjoys creating details that prefer to be processed by the unconscious mind. You can follow her on Instagram @greyladyashes or contact her via email at greyladyashes@gmail.com

Contact: Reka Peterson
rpeterson@rivervalley.coop
413-584-2665

Formerly Known as Prints: Zea Mays Printmaking Biennial Exhibition

Artists: Zea Mays Printmaking members
Start Date: October 11, 2024
End Date: November 3, 2024
Reception Date: Saturday, October 19, 2-5pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

The Florence-based printmaking studio's eighth biennial exhibition at A.P.E. The theme of the exhibition is transformative works, specifically focusing on pieces where prints have been used to create something else. Works that will be presented include handmade papers, books and textiles, sculpture, collages, even an animated video – all with hand-pulled prints as the starting point.

In Light of Time

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 5, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Reception Date: October 11, 5-8pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts, Barn Door Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: facebook.com/share/ThLiZvhK818uae8S

A three-person exhibition of sculpture, prints, drawings and paintings by three long-time residents of the Connecticut River Valley: Laura Radwell, Mary Ann Kelly, Carolyn Webb. The conversation between pieces is an expression of gratitude for the valley's natural resources and a celebration of the ongoing spiritual allure and inspiration.

Contact: Laura Radwell
radwell@icloud.com
413-320-8134

Oil Paintings

Artist: Colleen Ahern
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: November 11, 2024
Location: Woodstar Cafe
Hours: Mon-Sun 7am-6pm
Address: Masonic Street
City/Town: Northampton

Fine art oil paintings.

Contact: Colleen Ahern
calabonnevie@gmail.com

Universal Access

Artist: Christos Palames
Start Date: October 9, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, October 11, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Museum Wing
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

Christos Palames has had a prominent role in the rise of the disability rights movement since the 1970s. Paralyzed in a college wrestling match in 1967, Palames life twisted into many shapes until, through his experience with dismissive prejudice, he found the path of resistance & advocacy, founder of the STAVROS Center for Independent Living. He used photography & storytelling to record the folk history of the disability rights movement; since 2020, he now uses expressive drawing to speak out.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Wild Yonder

Artist: Amy Johnquest
Start Date: October 11, 2024
End Date: November 5, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, October 11, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, the Bumpus Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

An immersive installation of super-static paper airplanes. It is an exercise in releasing my art history to the ethers, making art out of art, and letting go. Each airplane was once a painting or drawing that I saved because it contained some strong connection or sentiment at some time important to me over my 65 years. Each plane is transforming, launching itself into the unknown. They fly like lead balloons to continue their journey elsewhere. Halloween Dance Party: October 31st.

Contact: 413-588-4337

the Non-Moment

Artist: Matt Cohen
Start Date: October 3, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Reception Date: Friday, October 11, 5-8pm
Location: NEVAmuseum, Gallery 1,2 & 3
Hours: Wed-Sat 2-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

Matt Cohen, a Vermont artist, entered painting with Minimalist values and has evolved to Expressionist inner narratives in large paintings that feature collage images embedded in paint and dangerous wire extrusions on the surface. During this exhibit, he suggests mindfulness to three things: the out-of-time experience, the sense of process history of each work, and the intrusion of memory. Experience three galleries filled with large paintings.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Action: A History of Florence

Start Date: October 2, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery/

Preparatory drawings for community mural. The design team: Suzanne Dudley, Althea Keaton, Nancy Meagher, Deborah Sacon, and Rochelle Shicoff. Image: mural detail, A History of Florence.

New and Recent Paintings

Artist: Scott Prior
Start Date: September 11, 2024
End Date: October 19, 2024
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 and recent oil paintings by Scott Prior.

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

Novel Botanical

Artist: Malaika Ross
Start Date: September 13, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Location: Hope & Feathers Framing
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 238 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com

New original works by Malaika Ross. Ross' paintings are an expression of actual and imagined experiences with soil and the botanical world of western Massachusetts. These botanical paintings are the creative foundation for fictional habitats informed by afrofuturism, climate change and accelerated plant evolution.

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

Martha McCormick

Artist: Martha McCormick
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
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

Martha McCormick is an artist and art instructor who works from photographs. She uses permanent black marker to render the values and designs, incorporating lyrics and images that relate to the musicians. Her musician drawings are for sale: morningsidearts@gmail.com. Reception: Friday, September 13, in conjunction with Northampton Arts Night Out.

Contact: Nancy Yesu
nyesu@northamptonma.gov
413-587-1228

Confluence

Artist: Amanda Maciuba
Start Date: September 5, 2024
End Date: October 17, 2024
Location: Oresman Gallery, Hillyer (Brown Fine Arts Center)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: smith.edu/academics/programs-courses/academic-programs/art

Maciuba's work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. This series of prints, artist's books, and installations are inspired by the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City that considers how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return throughout the U.S.

Contact: Nicole Longhi
nlonghi@smith.edu
413-585-3103

Here, Now

Artist: Younes Rahmoun
Start Date: August 30, 2024
End Date: July 13, 2025
Location: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
Address: 22 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/yr

The first North American exhibition devoted to the art of Younes Rahmoun, one of Morocco's leading contemporary artists. Over the last 25 years, Rahmoun has found inspiration in a profound connection to his here and now. He transforms simple shapes, materials and gestures from his daily life into sculptures and installations. For Rahmoun, creating art provides a way to be present with himself and with the world around him.

Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA

Start Date: July 28, 2023
End Date: TBA Fall 2024
Location: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
Address: 22 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/figuration-and-abstraction-asian-art-scma

In art, "figuration" refers to the depiction of shapes found in reality, whereas "abstraction" simplifies subjects into form, color, and line. In modern western art, these two concepts are often understood as contrasting, but throughout history and in places such as Asia, these categories were not separate. For the works on view in this exhibition, realistic representation may not have always been the goal. The exhibition also includes Asian artists who have engaged with the modernist discourse of figuration versus abstraction.

Food for Thought: Celebrating Farms and Farmers

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: September 20, 2024
End Date: November 3, 2024
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Hours: Fri-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

We will be running a food/personal care drive for The Northfield Food Pantry during this exhibit. Thanks for considering donating an item of non-perishable food or personal care item when you visit the gallery.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Visual/Verbal

Artists: Women of Words (WOW)
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 30, 2024
Location: Palmer Public Library
Hours: Mon 10am-5pm, Tue-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-2pm
Address: 1455 N Main Street
City/Town: Palmer
Website: womenofwords.myportfolio.com

Marianne Connolly, Laura Holland, Sue Katz, Nancy Meagher, Rochelle Shicoff, Janet W. Winston, who have been meeting monthly since 2019 to share their writing, display work that involves visual images and the written word. Calling themselves Women of Words (WOW), they have collaborated on previous group projects, such as online readings, exhibits, and the creation of a 12-panel accordion book.

Three Perspectives in Watercolor

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: October 31, 2024
Location: Ramsdell Room at the Pelham Library
Hours: Mon 2-7pm, Tue & Thur 2:30-7pm, Wed 1-7pm, Fri 10am-12pm, Sun 10am-2pm
Address: 2 South Valley Road
City/Town: Pelham
Website: pelham-library.net

Three friends and watercolor artists, Bonnie Miller, Valerie Steinberg, and Gwen Whelan, have gathered a collection of watercolor paintings to show diversity in materials, subject matter and technique.

Contact: Gwen Whelan
gwendwhelan@gmail.com
413-687-5697

Autumn Glory

Artists: group show
Start Date: October 2, 2024
End Date: October 28, 2024
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: shelburneartscoop.com

The colors of Autumn in all their glory are expressed in paintings, photographs, prints, book arts, sculpture, collage, mixed media, glass, wearable and decorative fiber and jewelry.

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

The New Herbarium

Artist: Madge Evers
Start Date: September 4, 2024
End Date: October 28, 2024
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: 7 days, 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: salmonfallsgallery.com

The New Herbarium series reimagines the centuries-old process of collecting and preserving plants for science and art using mushroom spores. Evers references photosynthesis and the ancient collaboration in mycorrhiza to explore our entangled dependence on an ever-changing environment and the increasingly chaotic results of our desire to shape the natural world. Also in the gallery are works by painter Margaret Lloyd.

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

Wings of the Wind

Artist: Margaret Lloyd
Start Date: September 7, 2024
End Date: November 3, 2024
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: 7 days, 11am-5pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: salmonfallsgallery.com

"Wings of the Wind" features oil paintings by Margaret Lloyd. In her art, she is searching for and forging the places that finally emerge--wild expanses of water, wind, and land--the ancient world, loved places, internal landscapes. She is driven to create tension, energy, and passion. At times the paintings dwell more in the realm of abstraction than realism--yet they strive to be as organic and palpable as the world we live in.

Contact: Margaret Lloyd
mglynnelloyd@gmail.com
413-221-5853

Gilded Echoes: The Tiffany Influence in Josh Simpson's Glasswork

Artists: Josh Simpson
Start Date: October 5, 2024
End Date: February 23, 2025
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/gilded-echoes-the-tiffany-influence-in-josh-simpsons-glasswork

Josh Simpson, one of the most innovative figures to emerge from the studio glass movement, found early inspiration in the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). Simpson, a Shelburne Falls artist, was captivated by the iridescent qualities of Tiffany & Company's renowned Favrile glass. As a young glassmaker, he sought to replicate these exquisite glowing qualities, achieving luminous results. Gilded Echoes places the works of these two great American glassmakers in dialogue, examining Tiffany's influence on Simpson and their shared creative impulses.

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

Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women

Artist: Julie Lapping Rivera
Start Date: April 27, 2024
End Date: February 23, 2025
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Museums
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/look-again-portraits-of-daring-women-by-julie-lapping-rivera

An homage to exceptional, pioneering women working across centuries. In a series of hand-carved, woodcut and collage prints, Leverett-based artist Julie Lapping Rivera highlights the lives and achievements of women who defied the status quo. Rivera's portraits invite the viewer to consider who is included, and omitted, from narratives of history today.

Wax, Water and String

Artist: Pam Allan
Start Date: October 1, 2024
End Date: January 31, 2025
Reception Date: October 20
Location: The Rendezvous
Hours: Sun-Thur 11:30am-11pm, Sat & Sun 11:30am-1pm
Address: 78 3rd Street
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: thevoo.net

30 encaustic pieces, all recent, 10 watercolors, culled from sketchbooks over the years, and 5 embroidered samplers, examples of pandemic lockdown patience.

Contact: Pam Allan
ipamallan@gmail.com
413-325-1164

Ware It's At!

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 21, 2024
End Date: October 27, 2024
Location: ArtWorks Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-5pm
Address: 69 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

An exhibition celebrating the people, places and things that are uniquely Ware, MA! Includes a display of works of the late Elizabeth Howe Lincoln.

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

6th Annual Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition

Artists: group show
Start Date: September 28, 2024
End Date: October 13, 2024
Location: Grand Hall Gallery
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-4pm
Address: 13 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Workshop13's 6th annual exhibition of traditional realism.

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

Wilbraham Art League at West Springfield Library

Artists: Wilbraham Art League
Start Date: October 4, 2024
End Date: October 29, 2024
Reception Date: October 9, 5-7pm
Location: West Springfield Library
Hours: Mon-Wed 9am-9pm, Thur-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 13 Main Street
City/Town: West Springfield
Website: wilbrahamartleague.org

Paintings on display will be in a range of styles and sizes. Most are available for purchase. The League has members from area towns, who work in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, graphite, and other media. They have held shows in numerous local venues with many of their members winning awards for their work. The Wilbraham Art League (WAL) was founded in 2007.

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

The Road to Dana

Artist: Ron Michaud
Start Date: September 3, 2024
End Date: November 15, 2024
Location: Jasper Rand Art Gallery at Westfield Athenaeum
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: westath.org

Michaud's current paintings explore the ideas and themes of color and vision through the evocative landscapes associated with the lost town of Dana in Central Massachusetts.

Exorcism = Liberation: a participatory public art intervention

Artist: Yanira Castro / a canary torsi & a team of collaborators
Start Date: September 15, 2024
End Date: November 1, 2024
Location: A.P.E Gallery, UMass Fine Arts Center, Holyoke Public Library, and more locations
City/Town: Nonotuck, Nipmuc, Pocumtuc Lands / Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton
Website: apearts.org/exorcism--liberation.html

A public art project that investigates our relationship to land, self-determination, migration, and climate disaster. Through collective citywide experiences in New York City, Chicago, and the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, we invite the American public to imagine alternative futures through the lens of Puerto Rican culture and the U.S.' ongoing colonial history. See website for more info about the project and a full schedule of local events.

Contact: Kathy Couch
kathycouch@apearts.org
413-586-5553

Ashfield Fall Festival

Date: October 12 & 13, 10am-5pm
Location: town common and various locations (see map for details)
City/Town: Ashfield
Website: ashfieldfallfestival.org

A weekend of art, food, entertainment, and games benefitting the Ashfield Scholarship Fund.

413 Indie Toy Fest

Date: Saturday, October 12, 12-4pm
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/events/category/413-independent-toy-fest

There's a new festival in town! From the folks who brought you Stars & Skulls Crafty Craft Fair, 413 Indie Toy Fest is a new show focused on folks who make their own toys. This show will feature vendors from all over the Northeast bringing small batch action figures, robots, monsters, and more. Admission is free.

Fabric, Fashion & Fiber Creative Reuse Festival

Date: October 12 & 13
Location: Swanson's Fabrics
Address: 320 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: swansonsfabrics.com/fx4

This celebration of community and abundance will feature live music, food by Patch Burger, a clothing pop up by Buckingham Rabbits vintage, and a community art market. Free workshops include flower arranging, mending and clothing repair and fabric dye techniques. The highlight of the weekend is a Sunday musical performance by Poverlla 6-7pm followed by the Trash Rich Fashion Show hosted by Monte Belmonte and Richie Richardson. Tickets to the fashion show are $10 and can be purchased on the website.

Paradise City Arts Festival

Date: October 12-14
Location: Three County Fairgrounds
Address: 54 Old Ferry Road, off Route 9
City/Town: Northampton
Website: festivals.paradisecityarts.com/shows/northampton-october-show

Paradise City Arts hosts its 30th anniversary fall festival in Northampton. As New England's premier and most celebrated shows of contemporary fine and decorative arts, these events draw thousands of attendees of art buyers, designers, and enthusiasts seeking to connect with 220+ artists & makers from across the country. Offering a weekend of live music, local eats, and a calendar of activities for the whole family to enjoy!

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

Open Studios with Casting Demonstrations

Date: Saturday, 1-4pm, October 12
Location: River Studios
Address: 42 East River Road
City/Town: Huntington
Website: andrewdevries.com

Award-winning master sculptor Andrew DeVries will demonstrate the ancient process of lost wax bronze casting at four Saturday afternoon Open Studios. Recognized worldwide for his depiction of ballet dancers, he is among a handful of artists in the US who not only create and design, but actually cast their own works in bronze. Events are limited to 12 people by reservation. Tickets are $25 per person and available online. The nonrefundable fee is dedicated to Sculpture Trail upkeep.

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

Northampton Sunday Block Party: Halloween Market

Date: Sunday, October 13, 11am-5pm
Location: Main Street between Center Street and Cracker Barrel Alley
City/Town: Northampton
Website: facebook.com/share/CrJbebaFsQULc1Z6

A family friendly outdoor market showcasing a collaboration between Spill the Tea Sis and a diverse group of local businesses. This initiative brings together both established and emerging artists, small businesses, and visitors of all ages. The Sunday Block Parties will transform Main Street between Center Street and Cracker Barrel Alley into a hub of artistic creativity and celebration, offering an array of carefully curated merchandise, programs, and arts displays.

Contact: hello@spilltheteasisapothecary.com

2025 Mentoring Program for Early Career Artists

Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Arts Mentors (VAM)
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artsmentors.org/mentorship

VAM is currently accepting registrations for mentors and mentees! We match 10 - 15 mentor/mentee pairs a year on a rolling basis. Commitment: Mentors and mentees connect online or in person once every two weeks for a six month period. Full details and registration form on website.

Contact: admin@artsmentors.org
508-439-2069

ECA Gallery Annual Open Call

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Deadline: October 30
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Easrthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com/resources/call-for-artists

Apply to exhibit your artwork at ECA Gallery! Applications will be reviewed in weeks that follow and artists will be selected to exhibit their work during the 2025 calendar year. Applications are reviewed by a panel of ECA Coordinating Committee members and additional representatives from the greater visual arts community. All applicants will receive notification in December 2024. We support and encourage 1-person, 2-person, and group shows in our gallery. Full details and application on website.

Winter Exquisite: A Zine and Diorama Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: Forbes Library
Deadline: October 31
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.libcal.com/event/13175251

This all-day Zine and Diorama Festival intends to summon and celebrate Winter. We invite the cold, the wind, the snow: and YOU! Forbes Library's Zine Club seeks: Zine makers and book-artists to table their wares, as well as to contribute a page to a ltd-edition Winter-themed zine artifact; diorama-makers to build 2'x2' Winterscapes that will be exhibited for the month of February and be a highlight of the festival. Go to the website to learn more and apply!

Contact: zineclub@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011

Temporary Mural for Kathleen McCartney Hall at Smith College

Sponsoring Group Name: Smith College
Deadline: November 1
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bit.ly/Smith_KMH_Mural

Smith College announces a co-sponsored search for an artist to work with a small team of students to create a temporary mural for the main stairwell of Kathleen McCartney Hall, a new campus building for the Wurtele Center for Leadership and Lazarus Center for Career Development. We seek an artist whose work will inspire the Smith community to think critically and expansively about leadership and careers/work, and who will incorporate inclusive practices in the project. See RFQ for more info.

Contact: Erin Cohn
ecohn@smith.edu

11th Annual Art is a Gift at Big Red Frame

Sponsoring Group Name: Big Red Frame
Deadline: October 31
Submission/Entry Fees: $10 / $20
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

CALLING ALL ART MAKERS! ART is a GIFT, a convenient one stop Holiday Marketplace located in two galleries of Old Town Hall. Open from Small Business Saturday through the Holidays. All Media considered, please keep wall art sizes to 16 x 20 or less. Only applications via our application form our website will be considered. Space is limited, participants selected with the objective of offering quality and diversity to our shoppers. Half table: $10. Full table or wall: $20.

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

Northampton Open Media Production Grants

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Open Media
Deadline: October 13
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: artlink.click/77e65a

Northampton Open Media Production Grants support multimedia arts creators in the greater community of Northampton. By easing the financial burden of production we aim to empower people in our region to tell stories and craft experiences that may not otherwise be possible. This grant's purpose is to achieve a specific objective and enhance an artistic skill and talent of the grantee. Up to $2000 per project. Full details on website.

Monthly exhibits at Lathrop Community Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Lathrop Communities
Deadline: October 30
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Eastampton

Lathrop Community Gallery is pleased to invite artist proposals for our gallery for the 2025 calendar year. We can exhibit only 2-D work. We have 54 linear feet of space with a height limit of 44 inches, and provide help with installation and signage. First time exhibitors, individuals and groups are all welcome.

Contact: Jane Antonsen
jmantonsen@yahoo.com
321-243-9155

Forward: Community Art Exhibit at Artspace

Sponsoring Group Name: Artspace Community Arts Center
Deadline: December 2
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org/call-for-art-forward

Forward: An exploration of evolution, change, and movement; imagining the endless possibilities that lie ahead. We are looking for artwork that captures the essence of the word "Forward", in all of its forms. Whether you are a poet or a painter, a musician or a sculptor; all creative art mediums are encouraged to apply. This is a free call for art; there is no fee to submit your artwork for consideration. Exhibition Dates: January 17 - February 28, 2025.

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

Hosmer Gallery Call for Artists

Sponsoring Group Name: The Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Deadline: October 30
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/Ytyx9NijYWkGGwJ4A

Forbes Library is excited to invite exhibit proposals for the Hosmer Gallery! We offer an inclusive space that builds community and belonging. Artists living and working in western Massachusetts (Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin and Berkshire counties) are eligible to apply. First-time exhibitors, individuals and groups are welcome. We value diversity and inclusivity in our gallery exhibitions. We'll be planning exhibits for June 2025 through April 2026.

Contact: Pamela Acosta
gallery@forbeslibrary.org

First National Bank Rotating Art Prints Program

Sponsoring Group Name: Greenfield Redevelopment Authority (GRA)
Deadline: October 14
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: greenfield-ma.gov/gra

A new rotating art prints program for the two exterior windows of the First National Bank building, located at 5-9 Bank Row. The GRA will select art that will be on display for one month each and will rotate for at least six months. Art must be submitted digitally and of appropriate scope to be printed and placed in the approximately 40" x 60" windows. The GRA will provide a stipend of $50 for each piece of art selected. The GRA will be responsible for all print and installation costs. Full details on website.

Contact: Christian LaPlante
Christian.laplante@greenfield-ma.gov

MCC Local Cultural Council Grants

Sponsoring Group Name: Mass Cultural Council (MCC)
Deadline: October 16
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: various cities & towns
Website: massculturalcouncil.org/communities/local-cultural-council-program/application-process

Mass Cultural Council funds and manages a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) across the state, representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards money based on individual community cultural needs, assessed and set by LCC members. Applicants apply directly to local councils. Full details on website.

LAYERS: Call for Entries

Sponsoring Group Name: The Artists at Indian Orchard Mills
Deadline: December 6
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Springfield
Website: Facebook.com/IndianOrchardMills

The Artists of Indian Orchard Mills present an investigation of "LAYERS". Artists of all experience levels are encouraged to submit. Any and all media welcome. Reception with refreshments will be held on January 18th, 2025 at the Dane Gallery at the Mills. Exhibit will continue until February 15th, with the Gallery open Friday and Saturday afternoons. Complete details on Event page. No cost to submit. $15 for up to 3 accepted pieces. Direct questions to IOMills.submissions@gmail.com

Contact: Ellen
IOMills.submissions@gmail.com

Belchertown Transfer Station Container Murals

Sponsoring Group Name: Belchertown Creative Economy & Clapp Memorial Library
Deadline: October 11
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Belchertown
Website: belchertown.org/513/Municipal-Arts-Program

The Town of Belchertown invites artists to submit mural design applications for the Transfer Station containers on the theme of sustainability. Learn more and apply by visiting the website. The Transfer Station Container Mural project is jointly organized by the Belchertown Creative Economy Committee, Clapp Memorial Library, and Department of Public Works for the Town of Belchertown.

Contact: E. Maude Haak-Frendscho
econdev@belchertown.org

Outdoor Public Art Memorial

Sponsoring Group Name: Payette Architects
Deadline: November 6
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: artsake.massculturalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Holyoke-Veterans-Home-Memorial_Open-Call-Public-Art-RFP.pdf

Payette Architects, on behalf of the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Holyoke (MVH), invites artists, designers, architects, landscape architects, students and/or other design professionals to submit conceptual proposals for the design, fabrication, and installation of an outdoor public art memorial to complement the MVH in Holyoke, MA.

Contact: Scott Parker
sparker@payette.com

Sunderland Public Library's Lane Family Reading Room Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Sunderland Public Library
Deadline: December 31
Submission/Entry Fee: none
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: sunderlandpubliclibrary.org/gallery

The Sunderland Public Library offers bi-monthly art exhibits in the library's Lane Family Reading Room. These exhibits feature local artists displaying works of a variety of mediums. The Lane Family Reading Room Gallery offers approximately 37 linear feet of wall space and adjacent open shelves. The Trustees of the Sunderland Public Library are continually seeking applications from artists to display their work in the gallery. Work that shows diverse mediums and viewpoints are encouraged.

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

Cut Loose: Battleground - Collage art inspired by Barbara Kruger with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Saturday, October 12, 10am-12pm
Fee: $45
Location: Big Red Frame
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-12-Cut-Loose-Battleground-Collage-Workshop-Inspired-by-Barbara-Kruger-@-Big-Red-Frame-p690566226

Prepare for a visual showdown at Cut Loose: Battleground, inspired by the powerful and provocative work of Barbara Kruger. This workshop invites you to explore Kruger’s distinctive style—bold, graphic, and unflinching—as you create collages that challenge and question the messages we encounter in the media.

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

Dream Home: Ghostly Glam with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Saturday, October 19, 10am-1pm
Fee: $50
Location: Meetinghouse Architecture
Address: 35 North Main Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-19-Dream-Home-Ghostly-Glam-@-Meetinghouse-Architecture-p679447725

Make stylish and spooky Halloween collage crafts with a midcentury twist, perfect for adding a touch of eerie elegance to your home. Come mingle, relax, and craft midcentury-inspired collage art for your home.

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

Drawing Portraits & Faces with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: October 12, 9:30am-4:30pm
Fee: $115 / material rental options available
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/oneday-workshops

Learn the secrets to drawing Portraits & Faces. Open to beginner and advanced students alike, this workshop will walk you through the process of drawing faces from a photo. We will begin my learning how to map out proportions and face-type to capture the likeness of your subject; we will study the planes of the face as we explore form and shading; finally, we will gain an introduction to facial anatomy to gain some insight into the structure of the human face and features.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Young Artists Studio at Northampton Center for the Arts

Date & Time: Friday, October 11, 5-7pm
Fee: free
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/family/category/young-artists-studio

Join Smith College Teaching Artists during Arts Night Out for an evening of engaging activities for young visual artists of all ages. Kiddos have the option to choose from four different studio stations - Experiment with Watercolor, Make your own Mola: Folk Art from Panama, the Tinker Station, and Comic Strips - and can spend time exploring any or all four areas! Teaching Artists will facilitate and support participants throughout the event. This drop in program is FREE, and all materials and snacks will be provided!

Collage Chronicles: Putting the Pieces Together with Heather Geoffrey

Date & Time: Sundays, October 13, 1-3pm
Fee: $35
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Join artist Heather Geoffrey for Thematic Triumph: Advanced Techniques and Concept Development, of our "Collage Chronicles: Putting the Pieces Together" series. It is not necessary to have taken the previous sessions to sign up for this one, making it easy to jump in at any point. This workshop focuses on creating thematic collages, developing concepts, and exploring advanced techniques. We'll also delve into the art of storytelling through collage. Age 12+

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

Transfer Gelli Printing with Mikey Bernet

Date & Time: Sunday, October 20, 1-3pm
Fee: $35 per adult or parent/child pair
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Take a colorful journey through the printmaking process using a Gelli Plate. Join Mikey Bernet to explore printmaking with this modern tool that is flexible and yet sturdy enough to create layers of textured color. Gel printing is an affordable way to create monoprints without having to go to a printmaking shop or purchasing an expensive press, allowing you to create prints at your kitchen table! Ages 8+ with an adult.

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

Stashcraft Sessions & Jewelry Making with Cait Young

Date & Time: Saturday, October 10, 12-2pm; or Wednesday, October 23, 4:30-6:30pm
Fee: $15 / $10 student
Location: Make-It Springfield
Address: 286 Bridge Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: eventbrite.com/e/1021921042347

Have a stash? Bring it along? No stash? We' e got you covered with plenty of materials and tools for this relaxing crafting session using assorted beads, loose material and findings to make RECLAIMED JEWELRY, KEYCHAINS and GIFTS! We will cover all the essential tools and materials for creating your own hand-made jewelry and keychains with craft wire, findings, and glass beads. Beginners welcome! No previous experience required! Supplies included. Instructor: jewelry artist Cait Young.

Contact: marla@makeitspringfield.org

Analogue Art with Donald Clark

Date & Time: 3rd Wednesdays, October - January
Fee: $10
Location: Make-It Springfield
Address: 286 Bridge Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: eventbrite.com/e/1027187073187

De-stress, express and process through a meditative collage process. Donald Clark, a well-known local collage artist, writer, and teacher, leads this ongoing monthly collage meet-up. All you need is your imagination to explore your thoughts and creativity with papers of all kinds, other interesting 2D materials, scissors, and glue. Each session will begin with a prompt to inspire an opening creation. No experience is necessary, only your interest in exploring your creative side in real time.

Contact: marla@makeitspringfield.org

Multi-media Illustration with Sergio Martinez

Date & Time: Fridays, 4:30-6:30pm, November 1-22
Fee: $80
Location: Make-It Springfield
Address: 286 Bridge Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: eventbrite.com/e/1036285015377

Explore the unique properties of mixed media: Week 1, acrylic ink and paint, Week 2, watercolor; Week 3, chalk, Week 4, colored pencils. We'll dive into techniques used by old masters as inspiration to develop your own forms and narratives. Discover how these materials can enhance your artistic practice and help you create art that resonates with character and story. All levels welcome. Follow the registration link to view the full course curriculum. Instructor: Sergio Martinez, @_bella.noche_

Contact: marla@makeitspringfield.org

Whole Children and Milestones Art Class

Date & Time: Fridays 4-5pm & Saturdays 12:45-1:45pm, October 8 - December 7
Fee: starting at $95 for 10 sessions
Location: Inclusive Community Center
Address: 11 Village Hill Road
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wholechildren.org

This class is for people of all abilities! We do a little bit of everything in this class -- drawing, painting, fiber arts, collage and more! This class is for everyone with an interest in exploring the visual arts, whether you're an accomplished artist or someone looking to discover your creative side. Students 13 years or older can enroll. The fee covers 10 class sessions.

Contact: Dominik Stallings
dominik.stallings@pathlightgroup.org
413-585-8010

Amanda Barrow's Monotype & Gel Plate Printing Workshops

Date & Time: Monotype: Saturday, November 9 / Gel Plate: Sunday, November 10
Fee: $145 for Monotype class / $115 for Gel Plate class / $250 for both
Location: Amanda Barrow Printmaking Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, #244
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: artlink.click/59de01

Take these classes separately or experience a Printmaking Power Combo! Monotype & Gel Plate prints = one-of-a-kind prints! Paint on a sheet of plastic, place paper over it, & run it through my printing press, or on top of the Gel Plate. Come have fun & play w/ AKUA soy-based inks, brushes, & different papers to create original prints. All materials included, share ink, make friends; take home a Gel Plate & 7 prints with each class! No Experience Necessary! Next Workshop: Dec 7 & 8

Contact: Amanda Barrow
bridge.arts.1@gmail.com

We are each other's magnitude at 50 Arrow Gallery

Date & Time: October 10, 5:30-7:30pm & October 12, 3-5pm & 5:30-7:30pm
Fee: free
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/share/5GjbHgma36CAYNPB

You're invited to bring your grief, your rage, your joy, and whatever you're holding to these free, QTBIPOC-centered offerings. All are welcome! Oct 10th, 5:30-7:30pm: Visual Arts + Poetry Workshop. Oct 12th, 3-5pm: Workshop; 6-7:30pm: Open Mic + Reading with Ebbie + Julissa. As a practice of community care, we require well-fitted, high-filtration masks (KN-95 or higher). (extra masks will be provided). Space is limited, so RSVP by Oct 8th! Email blkglittermagic@gmail.com or DM @blkglittermagic.

Contact: blkglittermagic@gmail.com

8 Kiln Glass Projects with Julie Sawyer

Date & Time: Fridays, 9-11:30am: October 11, 25; November 1, 8, 22; December 13, 22
Fee: per class: $60 member / $50 non-member / + materials
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Create a variety of kiln glass products with Julie while learning the basics and building your skills over time! Buy any 3 workshops and save 10%. Feel free to call, email, or text Julie Sawyer. kilnglassworkshopswithjulie.com

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

Create a Visual Photographic Palette

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-8pm, October 23 - February 26
Fee: $275 with early registration
Location: Robert Floyd Gallery and Learning Center
Address: 2 East Street (@ RT 10/College Hwy)
City/Town: Southampton
Website: floydgallery.com

We designed this workshop for serious photographers who enjoy capturing photos, seeking feedback, appreciating observing others' progress and wanting to discuss and critique photographic techniques. We meet once a month, allowing you enough time between sessions to prepare and share your work. You may choose to showcase either old or new work, with the option of having a theme or varying their work each month. We limit enrollment to six participants. In-person and Zoom participation.

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

Exploring Color with Brian Kiernan

Date & Time: Thursdays 10am-12:30pm, October 17 - November 21
Fee: $235
Location: Studio 341, Indian Orchard Mills
Address: 34 Front Street
City/Town: Indian Orchard
Website: eventbrite.com/e/1025451532137

Develop a deeper understanding of the properties of color through fun, addictive projects. With a variety of materials, learn to mix color, identify properties which affect color and explore interaction between colors and how they change according to their surroundings. Learn how to replicate color accurately from life and bend it to reflect your own personal interpretation. This class is a great introduction to color for the beginner as well as for those looking to improve their own artwork.

Contact: Laura Geryk
Laurageryk@comcast.net
413-348-7871

Watercolor Still Life with Deborah Padden

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm, October 15 - November 19
Fee: $180 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

This 6-week course is for both beginners and those with some painting experience and focuses on developing your skills through the captivating medium of watercolor as you explore the art of still life. All materials included.

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

On/Off the Wheel with Nayda A. Cuevas

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6-9pm, October 22 - December 17
Fee: $350 / 10% member discount
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

In this beginner-friendly pottery course, students will learn the basics of throwing, surface design, and glazing techniques to make artistic, functional, and sculptural pieces. This is also suitable for intermediate students who want to work independently but need some instruction and constructive feedback. Fee includes 6 hrs of open studio time per week, 25 lbs of clay, glazing, and firing. Ages: 16 to adult.

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

Youth Ceramics: Training Wheels with Nayda A. Cuevas

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 4-6pm, October 29 - December 17
Fee: $240 / 10% member discount / sliding scale pricing and sibling discounts available
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

In this fun and supportive atmosphere, students ages 10 yrs and up will learn to work on the potter's wheel to make a variety of functional and sculptural projects. Students will learn a combination of hand building and wheel throwing projects. All materials and clay firing included. Ages: 10+

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

Block Printing on Textiles with Kady Woods

Date & Time: Sunday, October 20, 10am-1pm
Fee: $25
Location: Greenfield Community College
Address: 1 College Drive
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: engage.gcc.mass.edu/workshops/block-printing-on-textiles

Block printing with rubber is a great way to customize your clothes, curtains, tote bags, etc. In this class, you will start by designing on paper, learn how to transfer the essence of the design to the block, and then be given instruction on how to carve the block! Once the block is carved, we will use it to print on various textiles using specialty ink. There will be some items to choose from to print on, but you're welcome to bring your own!

Landscape Watercolor Painting: Value and Texture, Developing Your Composition with Tina Stevens

Date & Time: Saturday, October 19, 9am-1pm
Fee: $35
Location: Greenfield Community College
Address: 1 College Drive
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: engage.gcc.mass.edu/workshops/landscape-watercolor-painting-value-and-texture-developing-your-composition

We will delve deeper into the composition of your paintings by examining space, shapes, edges, values, and texture. There will be short demos, some practice painting, and you will work on a painting of your own. Watercolor materials will be provided, or you are free to bring your own materials. Do bring photos of landscapes you enjoy (no sunset photos please) and you can paint from the image of your choice. This workshop is appropriate both for beginners and more advanced painters.

Rectangles & Rounds Jewlery Workshop with Liz Brandenburg

Date & Time: Saturday, October 26, 1-4pm
Fee: $45 member / $50 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery and Gift Shop
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

String your own statement necklace with wire wrapped pendant. Wire Wrap Your Own Pendant Various Gemstone & Glass Beads.

Contact: Liz Brandenburg
lizmd819@yahoo.com

Making Ground: Dialogues

Date & Time: September - November
Fee: free (registration required)
Location: A.P.E. / Workroom at 33 Hawley
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org/making-ground---dialogues.html

A series of learning engagements centered around collective study and reparative relationships to place. All offerings are FREE, but registration is required. OFFERING 2: Christa Donner; Toward a Multisensory Deep Map. October 13. OFFERING 3: Gina Siepel; Tree Withness, October 27. OFFERING 4: Yanira Castro; What is your first memory of dirt: Communal Meal and Art Activation, November 1.

Contact: Meredith Bove
meredithbove@apearts.org

Watercolor Big and Bold (intro) with Deborah Rubin

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm, October 22 - November 19 (no class Nov 12)
Fee: $200-275 sliding scale plus supplies
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org

Students will learn basic techniques, materials, and aesthetics to create three paintings. You will have exercises in color mixing, compositions, and lots more, with guidance from the instructor.

Contact: Kelly Silliman
programs@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Watercolor Big and Bold (int/adv) with Deborah Rubin

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-9pm, October 23 - November 20
Fee: $200-275 sliding scale plus supplies
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org

Learn about techniques, like wet on wet, dry brush, and glazing while creating three or four paintings. You'll have many decisions to make to propel you forward and get you out of your comfort zone.

Contact: Kelly Silliman
programs@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

Cut Loose: 2001: Space Odyssey @ Galaxy with Michael Sjostedt

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 9, 6-8pm
Fee: $50
Location: Galaxy
Address: 60 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: michaelsjostedt.com/shop/October-9-Cut-Loose-2001-Space-Odyssey-@-Galaxy-p690538998

Join us for an out-of-this-world Cut Loose Collage Workshop! Inspired by the mod space vibes of 2001: Space Odyssey, you'll orbit into relaxation, launch your creativity into the stratosphere, and craft stellar collage art--all in a laid-back, welcoming environment.

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

Weekly Classical Drawing Class with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: Fridays, 10am-12pm; OR Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
Fee: $160 / 4-week class
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/weekly-classes

Our weekly classes run in continuous sessions of 4 weeks, with breaks for holidays or make up classes. Join at the start of any 4-week session. Open to all levels, new students will learn the step-by-step process of Pencil Drawing by working on a beginner-friendly project the first time they enroll in the class. After this, any returning students are welcome to choose their own subject matter, and work at their own pace applying the methods they've learned to the project of their choice.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

Weekly Classical Oil Painting Class with Eliza Moser

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm; OR Thursdays, 6-8:30pm
Fee: $200 / 4-week class
Location: Eliza Moser Fine Art - Studio & Gallery
Address: 21 College Street, Suite #9
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: elizamoser.com/weekly-classes

Learn the foundations of classical oil painting! Our weekly classes run in continuous sessions of 4 weeks, with breaks for holidays & make up classes. Open to all levels, new students will learn the step-by-step process of Oil Painting by working on a beginner-friendly project the first time they enroll in the class. After this, any returning students are welcome to choose their own subject matter, and work at their own pace applying the methods they've learned to the project of their choice.

Contact: Eliza Moser
elizamoserfineart@gmail.com
413-204-4797

The Sunday Figure Drawing Group Artspace Community Arts Center

Date & Time: 9:30am-12:30pm, October 13 & 27
Fee: $25
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

Now welcoming drop-ins! Fees are collected by Alan Hopkins at the door (cash or check). Please bring your own drawing materials, however, session fees cover the cost of the space and hiring a professional live model Note: this is a self-guided figure drawing open studio, no teaching or guidance is provided, this is geared towards intermediate and advanced artists! Also note that this is an adult-only figure drawing studio, as models may be nude during these sessions.

Contact: Alan Hopkins
alandhopkins@comcast.net

Collage Club at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: November 5, 5:30-7:30pm
Fee: $2-$10 sliding scale
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/collage-club

RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints and collected odds and ends. We figured it was time we give our collage fanatics a special program just for you! All ages are invited to join, we ask that ages under 12 are supervised by an adult. Ages 12-17 can attend solo with written or phone call permission from a guardian. We supply all materials, but feel free to bring your own project if you'd like!

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

Rock & Roll and Stage Photography with John Robison and Rick Colson

Date & Time: November 2, 12:45-3pm
Fee: $25 suggested donation / free for members of the Parlor Room Collective & under eighteens
Location: The Iron Horse
Address: 18 Center Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/workshop/rock-roll-and-stage-photography

Learn to take better photos at concerts, plays and other stage events! Techniques for capturing high quality performance images at concert/stage venues under complex stage lighting. Join John Robison, assisted by Rick Colson, for this two-hour workshop. A Human Scale Art Space pop-up event. Full details on website.

Contact: info@humanscaleartspace.org
413-206-1855

Polaroid 20x24 Instant Film Workshop with John Reuter

Date & Time: October 26, 9am-6pm
Fee: $500
Location: Nafis Azad Studio
City/Town: Whately
Website: humanscaleartspace.org/workshop/polaroid-20x24-instant-images

An all-day workshop offering a unique opportunity to learn about the legendary 20x24 instant process. Includes two hours of studio shooting time with a subject of your choice, a technical supervisor to help operate the camera, and two sheets of 20x24 instant film. The workshop will be run by the legendary Polaroid instant photography expert and mentor, John Reuter. A Human Scale Art Space pop-up event. Full details on website.

Contact: info@humanscaleartspace.org
413-206-1855

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: October 19, 10am-4pm
Fee: $100
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

Christine Kenneally is now offering Mosaics workshops in her new home studio in Conway. (former studio was in the Paragon Building in Easthampton.) Join in the fun and make a beautiful and lasting work of art for your garden or walkway in just one day in this popular class. Learn the principles of mosaic composition and design, and connect with your own personal imagery and ideas. Work with hand tools to cut glass and found objects, assemble your design, and cast it in concrete.

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

Photo Screen Printing at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 10am-5pm
Fee: $280 + $40 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/photo-screen-printing-2

Learn how to transform your photos and drawings into multilayered screen prints! This workshop combines technical and artistic instruction in our state-of-the-art screen printing studio. Learn image manipulation on and off the computer and the ins and outs of the darkroom. As you become comfortable preparing positives and exposing screens, we will focus on composing layered images, printing technique, and color mixing. All experience levels welcome! No computer experience necessary.

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

Introduction to Photopolymer Printmaking at Zea Mays Printmaking

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 10am-5pm
Fee: $320 + $40 materials fee
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/introduction-to-photopolymer-2

Photopolymer prints are not just about photographs! This process is so versatile that it can accommodate nearly any type of imagery, yielding prints with beautiful, rich blacks, delicate tones, and sensitively translated textures. In this 2-day workshop, students will learn how to create and print a plate using their own photo-based digital imagery. Experimentation and a sense of adventure is encouraged as you learn how to alter the original image digitally or by hand. Beginners welcome.

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

Woodland Wonders: A Mixed Media Series with Heather Geoffrey

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 1-3pm, Oct 22, Nov 19
Fee: $35/class
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com

Spend Tuesday afternoons in the enchanting world of mixed media art with Springfield artist, Heather Geoffrey. This 5-part series explores the delightful blend of decoupage, collage, and paint on wooden canvases. Great for beginners and experienced artists! Each class offers a unique project. Ages 12+

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

Drop-In Public Studio at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: first Saturdays, 4:30-7pm
Fee: suggested donation $10-$15/hr per person
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/drop-in-studio

The time is yours! Drop In Public Studio is supervised by RCA studio assistants and instructors. There is no set theme or project for drop-in studio hours, but our staff will always be there to share new techniques, equipment, and ideas with you! Come to hang out in community, use any of RCA's supplies, and create independently! Drop-In Studio takes place on the first Saturday of every month during Easthampton's Art Walk.

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

Beginning Stained Glass at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: October 12, 1-5:30pm
Fee: $125
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

Create a beautiful sun catcher or ornaments to grace your home or give as gifts. We will cover the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass art. The perfect class for students with no experience or intermediate students with some experience who may want a refresher course. All levels welcome. Glass and supplies are included in the tuition and the use of all tools. Same class offered October 13.

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

Amherst Plein Air Society

Date & Time: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, 9am-1pm, until October 31
Fee: $45 annual dues
Location: Amherst area
City/Town: Amherst
Website: facebook.com/Amherst-Plein-Air-Society-392391357552048

APAS artists paint en plein air together three days a week from 9am-1pm at different beautiful locations in the Valley. All media, ages, and levels of experience are warmly welcome. We are a friendly, supportive group of artists who learn from and help each other grow in our work. To come try a paint-out to see if APAS is a good fit for you, email Susanne.

Contact: Susanne Personette
susannepersonette@gmail.com
413-835-5229

Queer And Trans Art Group at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: every other Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm
Fee: donations appreciated but not required
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/qtag

Open to anyone who identifies as queer, trans, or gender-expansive. This is a bi-weekly program happens every other Wednesday at 7pm with our fabulous facilitator Mi! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.

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

Daily and Hourly Space Rentals at Thanks I Made It

Date(s) Available: open
Location: Thanks I Made It
Address: 1 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: thanksimade.it

Space available for individuals or instructors. Our tables are for rent by the hour or day, think of it as a coffee shop with larger tables so you can spread out and work on your projects. Renting a space comes with access to flat files and basic art making tools. Our workshops are taught by a variety of community professionals. If you are a local professional artist looking to teach, but don't have the space, reach out. Access to website and instagram postings. Seating for 12.

Contact: Lisa Hersey
heythanksimade.it@gmail.com
413-204-2431

Resilient Futures Fundraising Campaign

Goal: $20,000
End Date: January 1, 2025
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: patronicity.com/project/resilient_futures_fundraising_campaign

Resilient Community Arts started in 2021 as an inclusive arts space for people of all ages and backgrounds to create art and connect with community. We need to raise $20,000 by January 1st to continue offering accessible arts programming into 2025. Our mission is to sustain collective efforts for social progress and equity through affordable arts programming. Since our founding, we have served over 4,000 people across Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin county, offering on average 100 programs annually.

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

Call for Volunteers for New England Visionary Artists Museum

Date: ongoing
Location: New England Visionary Artists Museum
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: neva-museum.org

NEVAmuseum, home to the Anchor House of Artists, a people-driven, non-profit art venue, seeks volunteer help: Docents, Media assistants, Archivists, and Research assistants. We prefer candidates who can make six-month renewable commitments. Contact to arrange a tour and interview.

Contact: Michael Tillyer
Vision@NEVA-museum.org
413-588-4337

Looky Here's 3rd Annual Gala (plus a Call for Art!)

Goal: $50,000
End Date: December 14
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: 32auctions.com/lookyhere2024gala

This year's annual fundraising gala will be a Victorian Saloon at The People's Pint! A selection of donated art will hang for 2 months and will be auctioned to help us reach our goal of $50,000 by the end of 2024. Bidding begins on October 16th, and closes at 10:30pm on the night of our Gala at the People's Pint, December 14th, 2024. In the meantime, we are seeking donations to help us reach this month's goal of $10,000! Please donate to Looky Here!

Contact: Hannah Brookman
lookyheregreenfield@gmail.com
413-512-1158

Make-it Springfield 2024 Appeal: Support our Teens

Goal: open
End Date: December 31
City/Town: Springfield
Website: makeitspringfield.org/teen-appeal2024

Help us reach our goal to provide transportation services for teens who will spend time creating and inventing at Make-it Springfield. Providing transportation addresses a key barrier to high-quality, out-of-school resources for youth. Our ability to provide transportation removes this barrier for the teens in our community who tell us that transportation issues restrict their ability to access our space.

Contact: info@makeitspringfield.org