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This Week's Newsletter: April 29, 2025

 

The Valley Arts Newsletter
April 29, 2025
Issue #869

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Featured Listings:

Confluence

Artist: Paula Hite
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Reception Date: May 1, 5-7pm
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

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

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

 

STCC Spring 2025 Student Art Exhibition

Artists: group show
Start Date: April 22, 2025
End Date: May 3, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 11am-1pm
Location: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College
Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30-4:30pm, Tue & Thu 1-5pm, Fri 12:30-3:30pm
Address: 1 Armory, Building 28 (Pearl Street Gate)
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.edu/campus-life/arts-culture/amyhcarberrygallery

Each semester, the STCC Fine Arts program faculty selects works to showcase their students' best creations. From colorful paintings and designs to intricate charcoal drawings, wall-sized 3D sculptures, traditional gelatin silver photographs, and many other outstanding projects, all the artwork represents the culmination of a semester's efforts. Fine art courses are open to everyone regardless of academic major or career goals. May 3rd, 11am-1pm: end-of-semester celebration for student artists.

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

 

Hands All Around Quilt Show

Artist: Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild
Date: May 3 & 4, 10am-4pm each day
Location: Robert Crown Center, Hampshire College
Address: Rt. 116
City/Town: Amherst
Website: handsacrossthevalley.org

The Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild will present its biennial quilt show May 3 & 4 (10 am–4pm) at Hampshire College. More than 200 quilts. Styles from traditional to avant-garde/modern, realistic to abstract. Free demos, including intro to quilting for beginners & advanced quilting techniques. Raffles, textile-related vendors, sale of small-scale quilts. Quilt appraisals. Mini-exhibit from New England Quilt Museum: "From Lobstah to Green Monstah: What's Best About New England".

Contact: Emily Weir
handsacrossthevalleyquilters@gmail.com
413-586-4076

 

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Agawam Exhibits/Events

Ruth Sanderson

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

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

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

 

Amherst Exhibits/Events

RE-IMAGINED

Artist: Kate Jenkins
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Reception Date: May 8, 5-7pm
Location: Jewish Community of Amherst
Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst

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

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

 

Multiverse at Hampden Gallery

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 18, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Hampden Gallery
Hours: Mon-Tue & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/b36b90

Multiverse focuses on the recognition, conscious or subconscious, and interpretation of the concept of the multiverse in contemporary visual art. Featuring digital art from Europe and the Americas, juxtaposed with analog works by artists from the northeastern United States, Multiverse’s curator D. Dominick Lombardi gives visitors the opportunity to see and discuss previously unimagined possibilities.

 

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

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

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

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

 

Painting His Parents' Lives

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

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

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

 

Confluence

Artist: Paula Hite
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Reception Date: May 1, 5-7pm
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

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

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

 

Hands All Around Quilt Show

Artist: Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild
Date: May 3 & 4, 10am-4pm each day
Location: Robert Crown Center, Hampshire College
Address: Rt. 116
City/Town: Amherst
Website: handsacrossthevalley.org

The Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild will present its biennial quilt show May 3 & 4 (10 am–4pm) at Hampshire College. More than 200 quilts. Styles from traditional to avant-garde/modern, realistic to abstract. Free demos, including intro to quilting for beginners & advanced quilting techniques. Raffles, textile-related vendors, sale of small-scale quilts. Quilt appraisals. Mini-exhibit from New England Quilt Museum: "From Lobstah to Green Monstah: What's Best About New England".

Contact: Emily Weir
handsacrossthevalleyquilters@gmail.com
413-586-4076

 

Pink and Orange

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

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

Contact: gallerya3@gmail.com

 

Spring Art Exhibit at The Mill District Local Art Gallery

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

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

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

 

(OFF)BALANCE: Art in the Age of Human Impact

Start Date: March 27, 2025
End Date: May 9, 2025
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm; first Thurs of each month open until 8pm
Address: Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umassfineartscenter.org/augusta

Annual Eva Fierst Student Curatorial Exhibition. This year, graduate students Adeyemi Adebayo, Bo Kim, and Eva Barajas have curated a powerful exhibition highlighting the ways in which human involvement in the environment is both essential and disruptive. April 22, 3-5pm: drawing workshop.

 

Your Ghost Haunts My Shores

Artist: Eva Lin Fahey
Start Date: April 4, 2025
End Date: May 9, 2025
Location: Augusta Savage Gallery
Hours: Mon & Tue 1-7pm, Wed- Fri 1-5pm
Address: New Africa House, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umassfineartscenter.org/augusta

Florence-based artist Eva Lin Fahey will present paintings and mixed media works that explore themes of motherhood, intergenerational ties, and the East Asian diaspora.

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

 

Metamorphosis: Mutable Origins

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

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

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

 

Paintings

Artist: Elayna Sturm
Start Date: March 4, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherstma.gov/art

Paintings by Elayna Sturm. Elayna's mediums range from murals, visual art, creative writing, and fiber arts to education and coaching. A self-described hopefully curious person, Elayna blends the divine and the mundane to expose overarching patterns in a visual storytelling of interconnectedness.

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

 

Needle Felting New England

Artist: Chris Pellerin
Start Date: March 3, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Greenfield Savings Bank
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm, Sat 9am-12pm
Address: 6 University Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: greenfieldsavings.com/branches/amherst---university-drive

Fiber artist Christine Pellerin (Dunroamin Farm Design) will exhibit new work inspired by the New England landscape. Chris works with barbed needles and wisps of wool fiber to "paint" classic New England scenery, some depicting Maine lighthouses, fall foliage, and views of Highland Lake in Stoddard, NH.

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

 

Is anything the matter?

Artist: Laylah Ali
Start Date: February 14, 2025
End Date: May 9, 2025
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: 151 Presidents Drive / UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/e24f53

Includes more than one hundred drawings by Laylah Ali dating from 1993 to 2020. Though the drawings range in format -- including ink, colored pencil, soluble crayon, colored marker, and mixed media works -- each piece explores Ali's ongoing interest in the amalgam of race, power, gendering, human frailty, and murky politics. Artist talk: April 9, 6pm, Old Chapel.

 

High Five / Take Five

Start Date: February 14, 2025
End Date: May 9, 2025
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: 151 Presidents Drive / UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/a9e5e7

This dynamic interactive exhibition invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and engage with five remarkable art works from the museum's permanent collection. Included in the show is Gymnasium Chases, a series of photographs by Christian Boltanski acquired by UMass students through our annual Collecting 101 course, along with compelling works by Sanford Biggers, Shirazeh Houshiary, Richard Yarde, and Allora & Calzadilla.

 

Re/Presenting: Art Beyond the Color Line

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

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

 

Easthampton Exhibits/Events

Easthampton Art Walk

Date: Saturday, May 3, 4-7pm
Location: various locations
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptoncityarts.com/events/category/art-walk

First Saturday Art Walks feature exhibitions, live performances, fun + free interactive activities for the whole family.

 

Secrets...

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Reception Date: May 3, 4-7pm
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

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

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

 

Look At Yourself

Artist: Luke Cavagnac
Date: May 3, 4-8pm
Location: The Invisible Fountain
Address: 116 Pleasant Street #206
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: invisiblefountain.com

Paintings by Luke Cavagnac. Opening/Party: SATURDAY, MAY 3rd, 4-8pm. Look around. Look at the walls. Look at the paintings. Look at yourself. The Invisible Fountain is where painter Luke Cavagnac creates and displays his work. 1000 different paintings on display everyday. ART FOR ALL & ALL FOR ART *shop online at invisiblefountain.etsy.com

Contact: Luke
lukecavagnac@gmail.com
413-404-7346

 

Urbana

Artist: Jenny Tibbetts
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: June 3, 2025
Reception Date: May 3, 4-7pm
Location: ECA Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: jennytibbetts.com

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

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

 

Print Day in May at Printed Mass

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2-7pm
Location: Printed Mass
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 160
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: printedmass.com

Get ready for Print Day in May! Come hang out with us on Saturday, May 3rd, in Suite 160! Watch live demos, shop prints from local artists and more! Don't miss out on this vibrant celebration of printmaking!

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

 

Body and Soul

Artist: Frances Kidder
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 4-7pm
Location: The Oxbow Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

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

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

 

Una Familia

Artist: Jeffrey Gillis
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 4-7pm
Location: The Oxbow Gallery, back gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

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

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

 

Inside / Out

Artist: Aric Russom
Start Date: April 2, 2025
End Date: May 5, 2025
Location: Grubbs Gallery at Williston Northampton School
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 40 Park Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: williston.com/visual-and-performing-arts/grubbs-gallery

Featuring a selection of printmaking from the last 8 years, exploring the built environment and how we experience and occupy space.

 

Visions of Western Massachusetts

Artist: Sophie Theroux
Start Date: April 4, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Lathrop Community
Hours: 9am-5pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City/Town: Easthampton

Sophie Theroux was born and raised in Western Massachusetts. She has been continuously painting its natural beauty since she began painting. Years of exploring the woods and marveling at the beauty of its natural environment have been expressed in her work. It is her hope that her paintings help to further the viewer's appreciation for the beauty of the world.

Contact: Marcia Jestaedt
marciajestaedt@verizon.net
301-693-0427

 

Broke Open

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

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

Contact: info@50arrowgallery.com

 

Relections

Artist: Lucinda Arnold
Start Date: March 1, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Easthampton Media
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 102
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonmedia.org

My paintings reflect a yearning to connect to the soul and follow an imaginative path amongst color, flow, and texture. They become a reflection of our current state of mind as shapes and meanings change over time. I tend to approach my acrylic work with randomness and then I rework it until I feel we've come to an understanding; each a conversation or even a friendship over several years. My work contains remnants of play, exploration, reflection, and desire. -Lucinda Arnold

Contact: Jeff Mastroianni
director@easthamptonmedia.org
413-203-1360

 

Florence Exhibits/Events

Literary Monsters

Artists: Shadow, Sound, Spectacle
Date: Friday, May 10, 7-9pm
Location: Drawing Board Brewing Company
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: jessmartin-music.com/event-details/shadow-sound-spectacle-drawing-board-brewing-1

Shadow, Sound, Spectacle: Literary Monsters is a collaborative performance project led by singer-songwriter Jess Martin, puppeteer Amy West, and musician/visual artist Abby Hanna. They’re reimagining iconic gothic figures--Frankenstein’s creature, Poe’s raven, the Headless Horseman--as symbols of resistance, transformation, and queer identity. The result is immersive storytelling that blends music, shadow puppetry, and performance.

Contact: Jess Martin
jessrmartin13@gmail.com
413-588-1688

 

Microcosmic

Artist: Andrew Golibersuch
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Reception Date: May 8, 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Sip 413
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat & Sun 8am-4pm
Address: 90 Maple Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com

A show of vibrant colorful drawings and wood engravings. Up for the month of May, Andrew will be giving an artist's talk at 7pm on Thursday, May 8th, during our monthly "Artists Hangout" event.

Contact: Elayna Sturm
elayna@sip413.com

 

Resilient; A Queer Experience

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

"Resilient; A Queer Experience" focuses on the joys & small beauties of everyday life.

Contact: Elayna Sturm
elayna@sip413.com

 

Gill Exhibits/Events

Tribute To Northfield Mount Hermon & Japanese PopArt

Artist: Kimiko Donohoe
Start Date: April 28, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Reception Date: May 2, 6:30-8pm
Location: Rhodes Art Center at Northfield Mount Hermon
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm
Address: 19 Purple Road
City/Town: Gill
Website: kimikodonohoe.com

she would like the viewers to experience the dramatic colors of Ukiyo-e, and Japanese culture with a sense of humor. Ukiyo-e has shaped her view of thinking about abstract paintings into her own unique designs and palette.

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

 

Greenfield Exhibits/Events

Solo Exhibition

Artist: Lydia M Kinney
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: June 13, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 9, 5-8pm
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

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

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

 

The Overlap: a GCC Student Group Exhibition

Artists: Greenfield Community College’s Visual Arts Seminar
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: June 13, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 9, 5-8pm
Location: Artspace Community Arts Center
Hours: see website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.org

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

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

 

A World Below

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

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

 

Portraits in RED: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Artist: Nayana LaFond
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: July 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 2, 6-7:30pm
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/humanities/nayana-lafond

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

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

 

Artwork

Artist: Steve Howe
Start Date: May 3, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 11am-2pm
Location: The LAVA Center
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/exhibits/steven-howe

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

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

 

Hadley Exhibits/Events

Peaceful Encounters

Artists: Nancy Meagher, Rochelle Shicoff
Start Date: May 5, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 9, 6-8pm
Location: Hadley Senior Center
Address: 46 Middle Street
City/Town: Hadley

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

Contact: Rochelle Shicoff
trees55pondfish77@gmail.com

 

Hatfield Exhibits/Events

2025 Spring Group Exhibit

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

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

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

 

Holyoke Exhibits/Events

Knock! Knock!

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

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

Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org

 

For You

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

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

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

 

Very Very Small Paintings

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

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

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

 

2025 HCC Student Art Exhibition

Start Date: April 17, 2025
End Date: May 1, 2025
Location: Taber Art Gallery at Holyoke Community College
Address: 303 Homestead Avenue
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: hcc.edu/about/taber-art-gallery

Each year the Visual Art Department of HCC presents student artwork from the array of Visual Art courses.

 

Prison Reimagined

Start Date: April 15, 2025
End Date: TBA
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org

An exhibit of artwork and writing by incarcerated artists critiquing the US Justice System. Prison Reimagined features a series of portraits of U.S. presidents and writing pieces that touch on people's experiences within the prison system. The opening reception is free and open to the public, and online registration is encouraged. Additional events relative to the exhibit are to be announced. Come and engage with this powerful, unique exhibit of artwork.

Contact: Emily Munsell
munselle@holyoke.org

 

Leverett Exhibits/Events

The Perennials

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 4, 2025
End Date: TBA
Reception Date: May 4, 3-5pm
Location: The Barnes Gallery at Leverett Crafts & Arts
Hours: Sat & Sun 1-5pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettcraftsandarts.org

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

 

Monson Exhibits/Events

MAC 31st Annual Spring Art Exhibition & Sale

Start Date: May 10, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Reception Date: May 10, 1-4pm
Location: Monson's House of Art
Hours: Sat & Sun 12-5pm
Address: 200 Main Street
City/Town: Monson
Website: monsonartscouncil.org/spring-exhibition-and-sale-2025

This year's show will feature over 120 works of fine art displayed in both the House of Art and Monson's Memorial Hall. Cash prizes totaling $4,500 will be awarded at the opening reception on May 10th in the categories of Painting, Photography, Multidimensional Art, and Graphic Arts/Mixed Media. Admission is free to the public.

Contact: Jessica Lister
jessica@monsonartscouncil.org

 

Northampton Exhibits/Events

Two Printmakers / Two Approaches

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

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

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

 

Premiering Potters Series

Artist: Kate Sprankle
Start Date: May 9, 2025
End Date: May 11, 2025
Reception Date: May 9, 5-8pm
Location: PINCH
Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thur-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 179 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: pinchgoods.com

Kate Sprankle's work will be on display and available for purchase May 9th-11th. Kate herself will be at the shop for Arts Night Out, May 9th, 5-8pm. "Water speaks to my soul, evoking movement, change, and the flow of life. Throwing clay on the pottery wheel, water helps glide my hands over the mound of clay, shaping a tall cylinder or belly of a bowl. I like to capture the fluid nature of water in my work, by applying thick slips by brush or hand."

Contact: Kellie Rainvillle
info@pinchgoods.com
413-586-4509

 

River Valley Radical Futures

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 2, 2025
End Date: May 25, 2025
Reception Date: May 9, 5-8pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

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

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

 

Julie Beck, Larry Preston & Scott Prior

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

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

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

 

Sustenance

Artist: Susan Valentine
Start Date: April 9, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: River Valley Co-op
Hours: 8am-10pm daily
Address: 330 N King Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: rivervalley.coop/event-details/art-in-the-cafe-april-2025-05

I often wonder: If the natural wonders of this world come to an end and I am one of the few left to help raise it from the ashes… How much of it would I be able to recall fully enough to recreate? My work represents the world around me in a pretty realistic way. Although I am currently working on human portraiture, The Sustenance Series, represented here, is one in which I enjoy portraying individual foods as the main character in the portraits. See more at my website: susanvalentine.art

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

 

Eco-anxiety /Global Warming (2018-2023)

Artist: Jane Goldman
Start Date: April 25, 2025
End Date: July 29, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 9, 5-7pm
Location: Alumnae House Gallery at Smith College
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-3:30pmpm
Address: 33 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: janegoldmanart.com

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

Contact: 413-585-2066

 

Zine Libraries of Western Mass and Beyond

Start Date: April 2, 2025
End Date: April 29, 2025
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Forbes Library, in conjunction with its resident zine club, is excited to launch a newly cataloged and circulating zine collection. To commemorate the occasion, Zine Club has invited several area libraries to exhibit a representative sampling of their own flourishing collections. Zines from University of Connecticut, Westfield State University, Flywheel Collective, Hampshire College, Greenfield Public Library, and the Vermont Center for Cartoon Studies will be on display.

Contact: 413-587-1013

 

Sulafa Roumaya-Elia

Artist: Sulafa Roumaya-Elia
Start Date: April 1, 2025
End Date: May 30, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 9, 5-7pm
Location: Northampton Senior Center Hallway Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Address: 67 Conz Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2221/Artist-of-the-Month

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

 

A Ten Year Anniversary Retrospective

Artist: Leonard Nimoy
Start Date: March 26, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-6pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: rmichelson.com/artists/leonard-nimoy/leonard-nimoy-ten-year-anniversary-retrospective

This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Leonard Nimoy, featuring his iconic series including Shekhina and The Full Body Project, alongside personal items and unseen contact sheets. Black and White images were shot with film and hand printed by Nimoy in his darkroom. Color images are digital and the printing was personally supervised by Nimoy. All photographs are signed and numbered.

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

 

Triophany [3 Phases of Concept}

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

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

Contact: 413-588-4337

 

Bits and Places: Journeys Through Collage

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

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

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

 

Portraits of My People

Artist: Mark Guglielmo
Start Date: April 2, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Barn Door Gallery at the Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: Wed-Sat 11am-7pm
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/barn-door-gallery

An exhibition of life-size collage portraits honoring my ancestors.

Contact: Joie Gonzalez
gallery@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327

 

Collage Art Show

Artist: Joyce Rosenfeld
Start Date: April 1, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Pinch
Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thur-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 179 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: pinchgoods.com

Pinch will be showing a collection of original, one of a kind, handmade collages from local artist Joyce Rosenfeld for the month of April.

Contact: Kellie Rainvillle
info@pinchgoods.com
413-586-4509

 

Antipathy

Artist: Logan Ryland Dandridge
Start Date: March 27, 2025
End Date: May 8, 2025
Location: Oresman Gallery, Smith College
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: Hillyer Hall, 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: sites.smith.edu/art-oresman-gallery/portfolio/logan-dandridge

Logan Ryland Dandridge, a time-based artist from VA, examines the poetics of sacred music, mythology, and the surreal. His works features a reimagining of Appalachian forests and bodies of water as sites of ancestral communion and merged interviews of Nina Simone, Etta James, and Toni Morrison into a single stream of consciousness. What emerges is a collision between logic and being, wonder and utility, speculation and revolution.

Contact: artdept@smith.edu

 

Moments of realization and the complexities of Being

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

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

 

Vivian Bresnitz

Artist: Vivian Bresnitz
Start Date: March 3, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025
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

Vivian Bresnitz is a professional photographer and Massage & Neuromuscular Therapist who used the time and space of the 2020 pandemic to photograph the beauty, emotion and endless candid moments around her. Included in the show are photos from her trip to El Camino, Spain.

Contact: Nancy Yesu
Nyesu@northamptonma.gov
413 587-1313

 

Temporarily Ours

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

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

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

 

Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA

Artists: group show
Start Date: July 28, 2023
End Date: Summer 2025
Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm, second Fridays 11am-8pm
Address: 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/art/exhibitions/figuration-and-abstraction-asian-art-scma

In art, "figuration" refers to the depiction of shapes found in reality--such as animals, plants, and human bodies– whereas "abstraction" simplifies subjects into form, color, and line. In modern western art, these two concepts are often understood as contrasting, but throughout history and in places such as Asia, these categories were not separate. For the works on view in this exhibition, realistic representation may not have always been the goal.

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

 

Here, Now

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

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

 

Northfield Exhibits/Events

STEAM Art & Science

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

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

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

 

Shelburne Falls Exhibits/Events

Copper Etchings in Bloom

Artist: Bobbi Angell
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 29, 2025
Reception Date: May 10, 2-4pm
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: every day 11am-5pm
Address: I Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com

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

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

 

Moments in Time

Artist: Fabio Deponte
Start Date: April 30, 2025
End Date: June 9, 2025
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Mon & Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls

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

Contact: Flo Rosenstock
sac01370@gmail.com

 

Dreams from My World

Artist: Trina Sears Sternstein
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 29, 2025
Reception Date: May 10, 2-4pm
Location: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: every day 11am-5pm
Address: I Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: SalmonFallsGallery.com

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

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

 

Springfield Exhibits/Events

STCC Spring 2025 Student Art Exhibition

Artists: group show
Start Date: April 22, 2025
End Date: May 3, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 11am-1pm
Location: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College
Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30-4:30pm, Tue & Thu 1-5pm, Fri 12:30-3:30pm
Address: 1 Armory, Building 28 (Pearl Street Gate)
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.edu/campus-life/arts-culture/amyhcarberrygallery

Each semester, the STCC Fine Arts program faculty selects works to showcase their students' best creations. From colorful paintings and designs to intricate charcoal drawings, wall-sized 3D sculptures, traditional gelatin silver photographs, and many other outstanding projects, all the artwork represents the culmination of a semester's efforts. Fine art courses are open to everyone regardless of academic major or career goals. May 3rd, 11am-1pm: end-of-semester celebration for student artists.

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

 

Portraits in RED: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Painting Project

Artist: Nayana LaFond
Start Date: March 15, 2025
End Date: September 7, 2025
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Museums
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/portraits-in-red-missing-murdered-indigenous-peoples-project/

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

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

 

Cultural Fusion: A Neon Installation Show

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

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

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

 

QAA Group Art Exhibit

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: March 6, 2025
End Date: April 29, 2025
Location: Baystate Medical Center, Daly Building
Address: 2 Medical Center Drive
City/Town: Springfield
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

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

Contact: info@quabbinartassociation.com

 

Turners Falls Exhibits/Events

ART=WORK

Artists: group show
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: June 6, 2025
Reception Date: Friday, May 2, 5-8pm
Location: Waterway Arts
Hours: Thur & Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Address: 102 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: instagram.com/waterway_arts

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

Contact: waterwayarts24@gmail.com

 

Where We Are, Together

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

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

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

 

Ware Exhibits/Events

4th Annual Celebrating the Figure

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

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

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

 

Westfield Exhibits/Events

Paintings

Artist: Kim Carlino
Start Date: March 10, 2025
End Date: May 3, 2025
Location: Westfield Athenaeum Art Gallery
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-8pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield

Carlino's work utilizes eco-geometric abstraction in order to explore themes of place, poetics and experience. She uses abstraction to synthesize daily experiences into visual renderings of relationships of color and form. She comments that "I look for ways to evoke the world around me in purely sensorial ways with no direct translation of these forms..." Her work is bold, dynamic, colorful, and yet inspires deep contemplation.

 

Westhampton Exhibits/Events

Valerie Mcquillan

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

Contact: 413-527-5386

 

Craft & Maker Fairs / Open Studios / Pop-ups / Festivals

2nd Annual Spring Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market

Date: Saturday, May 10, 11am-6pm
Location: Florence Civic Center
Address: 90 Park Street
City/Town: Florence
Website: yet-another-queer-pop-up-market.mailchimpsites.com

Featuring more than 90 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC makers, beverage & food vendors, & community partners, and activities including free yoga with Fran Astino and art with Resilient Community Arts. Our market will focus on fundraising efforts for two local farms - Foxtrot Farm and They Keep Bees who have been deeply impacted by the loss of federal funding and who are also organizing and building support for other farmers in the region. All makers and patrons are invited to donate to this mutual fund.

Contact: M Rudder
yetanotherqueerpopupmarket@gmail.com
413-387-2684

 

5th Annual Easthampton Clay Spring Pottery Sale

Date: Saturday, May 10, 10am-4pm
Location: Easthampton Municipal Building
Address: 50 Payson Avenue
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/share/1AXWG3WmFX

Join us for the 5th annual Easthampton Clay Spring Pottery Sale! Just across from the beautiful Easthampton water front, over 30 local artists will be vending handmade ceramics. This event draws thousands to the great downtown area of Easthampton each spring, just in time for Mother's Day! Come hungry for food trucks, we'll be joined by local legends Myers Catering, Crooked Stick Pops, and more!

Contact: Annabelneff@gmail.com

 

Easthampton Skate Club Makers Market

Date: Saturday, May 3, 3-7pm
Location: Easthampton Skate Club
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 030
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: instagram.com/easthamptonskateclub

15 vendors: paintings, photography, crafts, vintage, ceramics, skateboards, tie dye, stained glass, and more.

 

Northampton Sunday Block Party: Mothers Day Market

Date: Sunday, May 11, 11am-5pm
Location: downtown
Address: 109-241 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: facebook.com/share/166skToLzT

The Sunday Block Parties 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. Local artists, makers, farmers & growers, divination readers, businesses & organizations participate in the market. It will be a fun atmosphere with kid's activities in between the shops & live music all day long!

Contact: hello@spilltheteasisapothecary.com

 

ArtiCulture Westfield 2025

Date: Friday, May 2, 6-8pm & Saturday, May 3, 10am-4pm
Location: Amelia Park Arena
Address: 21 South Broad Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: artworkswestfield.com

Featuring 70+ artists in the Amelia Park Arena exhibition hall, ArtiCulture is our annual celebration of artistic expression by local and regional visual artists, along with live music and local authors. Our 8th annual ArtiCulture experience, we provide platforms for new and emerging artists to share their talent with the community alongside experienced and professional Pioneer Valley artists. Bringing creators and community together to engage, inform, empower, inspire, educate and entertain!

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

 

Get Inky! Print Day Open Studio

Date: Saturday, May 3, 12-4pm
Location: Print Shop
Address: 62 Main Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: printshopholyoke.org

Celebrate Print Day in May with us at the Print Shop! "Get Inky!" is a free open studio event for all ages, featuring live printmaking demos, hands-on activities, studio tours, and artist meet-and-greets. Whether you're a seasoned printmaker or just curious about ink and paper, it's a great chance to explore Holyoke's community printmaking studio and try something new. Print Day in May is a global celebration of printmaking that takes place annually on the first Saturday in May. #printdayinmay

Contact: Jeffrey Bianchine
jeff@printshopholyoke.org
413-335-2845

 

ReMake Festival at LaunchSpace

Date: Saturday, May 3, 1-4pm
Location: LaunchSpace
Address: 131 West Main Street, Suite 342
City/Town: Orange
Website: launchspace-orange.com

Meet our Makers and learn repair tips, tools, and techniques throughout the day! Visit our Ask a Maker table with your question and we'll put our best maker minds to your project. Explore and Create: Community Building Project, Interactive demos in all our studios, Make and takes for all ages, Fashion Show with our Engage24 Textile Apprentices, Photo booth, and so much more! Check out our Engage and Maker Member vendors in the gallery! Silent auction to benefit the Access to Arts Scholarship Fund.

Contact: info@launchspace-orange.com

 

Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities

Seeking Submissions for Soft Focus Zine

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

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

Contact: softfocuszine@gmail.com

 

BIPOC Artist Membership at Zea Mays Printmaking

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

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

 

ArtsEZ 2025 Grant

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

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

 

Bridge of Flowers Art Show & Sale

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

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

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

 

Sell your work at Sip 413

Sponsoring Group Name: Sip 413
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Florence
Website: sip413.com/retail

Sip 413 is a coffee shop and retail goods store owned and operated entirely by queer folk --and we are looking to bring on more consigners into our retail area! We are looking for local artists, and small businesses that make gifts and home goods-- if you are interested or know someone who would be, please fill out our "sell with us" form located at the bottom of the retail page of our website. Priority applications are due May 1st, with acceptance on a rolling basis after the deadline, thank you!

Contact: Elayna Sturm
elayna@sip413.com

 

Haydenville Artisan Show

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

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

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

 

Fall 2025/Spring 2026 Student Union Art Gallery Call for Artists

Sponsoring Group Name: Student Union Art Gallery at UMass Amherst
Deadline: May 5, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/student-life/student-union/art-gallery

SUAG is seeking artists and curators for the Fall 2025- Spring 2026 season! All artists in all media are welcome! SUAG strives to serve as a site of connection, engagement, and discourse through art for the campus and greater community. Application link on website.

Contact: Alex Cox
suagdirector-sa@umass.edu
502-645-8960

 

Openings for artists/crafters at Shelburne Arts Co-op

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

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

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

 

52nd Annual Mattoon Street Arts Festival

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

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

Contact: Freya Bromwich
reachfreya@gmail.com

 

Reflecting on the Past / Dreaming the Future

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

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

Contact: Sally Curcio
sallycurcio@umass.edu

 

Friends of Children 1st Artisan Market

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

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

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

 

7th Annual Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition

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

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

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

 

Northampton Senior Center Galleries

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

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

Contact: Jeanne Henry Hoose
nscartspace@gmail.com

 

Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library Virtual Shows

Sponsoring Group Name: Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library
Deadline: May 9, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/galleryapplication

The Burnett Gallery of the Jones Library invites artists to apply to exhibit in VIRTUAL monthly art shows beginning August 2025 and ending July 2026. Exhibits will include 12 images, artists' statements, and contact information. Interested local artists may apply as individuals or groups via the website. Images of artwork created in two or three-dimensional mediums and sculpture and craft are welcome.

Contact: burnettgallerycommittee@gmail.com

 

New Artists Wanted for the Artery

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

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

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

 

Call for New Members for Gallery A3

Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery A3
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Openings for full & half-time members in contemporary cooperative art gallery. Submit images that show your best recent work and current development. We look for artists with a cohesive body of work that is clearly developed, evokes thought and emotion, and shows proficiency of materials. We seek artists with exhibition experience. We welcome artists who enjoy challenges and benefits of working in a member-run cooperative gallery. Full info on website.

 

A Touch of Whimsy at Fiddleheads Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Deadline: May 9, 2025
Submission/Entry Fees: none
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Call for Artwork. A Touch of Whimsy: art that makes you smile. Naïve / Fanciful / Humorous / Curious / Folk. May 23 - July 13. Reception TBA. Fiddleheads Gallery, 105 Main Street, Northfield. Contact Marge by May 9th.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

 

Mini Pop-Up Markets at CitySpace

Sponsoring Group Name: CitySpace
Deadline: rolling
Submission/Entry Fees: sliding scale $10-$30 if accepted
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: cityspaceeasthampton.org/popup

CitySpace is hosting a series of mini makers markets each first Saturday during the CitySpace Bluegrass and Art Walk Easthampton. Only a few spots available per event! Apply for May & June!

 

Vending For You Program / 2025 Art Market Season

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

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

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

 

Out of Many at WORK_SPACE

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

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

 

$1,000 Evolution Grant from Art Fluent

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

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

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

 

Artist in Residence at Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies

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

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

Contact: Liz Fox
efox@umass.edu

 

2025 Mentoring Program for Early Career Artists

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

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

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

 

Classes / Workshops / Seminars / Meet Ups

Making Ground: Dialogues - a creative, collective learning series

Date & Time: May 4, May 18, and July 6
Fee: free / registration required
Location: multiple locations
City/Town: Northampton
Website: https://www.apearts.org/making-ground---dialogues.html

This series will focus on local histories and ecologies with three gatherings led by artists whose creative practices intersect with grief and loss, embodied and communal practice, social exchange, and interspecies investigations. MAY 4: javiera benavente, "Lay Down and Listen". MAY 18: Sara Smith, "Where we go, we will have been". JULY 6: Meg Foley, "Communion". A.P.E. will also host collectively-led study groups on each Tuesday directly following the offering from 6-8pm. Full details on website.

Contact: Meredith Bove
meredithbove@apearts.org

 

Mark Making to Landscapes Pastels Workshop with Rebecca Clark

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

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

Contact: 413-625-9833

 

Figure Drawing at Looky Here

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

BYO materials! Easel and drawing horses provided. Figure Drawing at Looky Here is an uninstructed drawing session with a nude model. $15 per session, running 6-8pm on every other Thursday evening.

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

 

Classical Painting Techniques Workshops with Barbara Johnson

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Contact: Arielle Jessop
arielle@ariellejessop.com

 

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

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

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

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

 

Etching at Red Horse Press

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

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

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

 

Summer at Artspace - Youth & Teen Art Programs

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

The Mill River Marginalized Artists Collective Community Resource Night

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

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

 

Floral Wycinanki with Laura Geryk

Date & Time: Sunday, May 4, 1-3:30pm
Fee: $30
Location: The Mill District Local Art Gallery
Address: 91 Cowls Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: generalstorelocalgallery.com/events

Come try wycinanki--a beautiful traditional Polish folk craft of paper cutting! Join Laura Geryk at The Local Art Gallery to explore a floral pattern - perfect for Mother's Day. Invite your mother figure to join you at this class or gift it to a loved one. A great activity for all levels--suitable for both returning snippers and newbies! All materials provided. Ages 8+ with adult accompaniment due to use of sharp instruments.

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

 

Rooted Resilience Community Dialogue Circles

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

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

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

 

Painting with Acrylics with Deborah Padden

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6-8:30pm, April 29 - May 20
Fee: $120 / 10% member discount
Location: Workshop13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of acrylic landscape painting! This class will guide you through the fundamentals of landscape composition, color theory, and brush techniques. All materials included.

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

 

Still Life Social Club at Looky Here

Date & Time: Thursday, May 1, 6-8pm
Fee: $10
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

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

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

 

Make a Marionette with a British Control at Looky Here

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-8pm, May 7 - June 18
Fee: $225 / all materials included
Location: Looky Here
Address: 28 Chapman Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: lookyheregreenfield.com

Vermont based painter and puppet-maker, Julia Zanes will teach this marionette building class using skills and designs handed down from Mrs. Barbara Richards of "The Small World Theater" in Hopkinton NH. This "British Control" style of marionette is easier to make and control and leaves much elbow room for personal vision while still making a marionette that can "imitate life".

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

 

Cut Loose: Dream Home with Michael Sjostedt

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

Bookbinding Workshops at Antler Editions

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

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

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

 

Four Needle Coptic Stitch at Antler Editions

Date & Time: Saturday, May 3, 10am-2pm
Fee: $150
Location: Antler Editions
Address: 1 Cottage Street, Studio 512
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: antlereditions.com/workshops/four-needle-coptic-stitch

In this beginner to intermediate bookbinding workshop we will create lay flat journals with flexible paper covers that are sewn with a four needle coptic stitch. That's right, four needles at once! This may be intimidating to beginners, but is a simple structure once you get going. Basic bookbinding or sewing skills & strong hand stills are a must for this class. Materials & tools provided to make one journal in class, & materials to make another at home. Class limited to 4 students.

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

 

Decorative Paper Journals at Antler Editions

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

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

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

 

Sculpting and Drawing the Skull with Steve Saxenian

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

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

Contact: stephensaxenian@gmail.com

 

Sewing Classes at Grove House Sewing Studio

Date & Time: begins May 5
Fee: $240 for 6-week series
Location: Grove House Sewing Studio
Address: Brushworks Arts and Industry Building, 221 Pine Street, #116
City/Town: Florence
Website: grovehousesewingstudio.com

Everyone is welcome to come learn to sew or advance your sewing skills in the fun and supportive Grove House Sewing Studio. Starting May 5th, Beginner and Skill-Building classes will be offered as well as Friday Open Sew. If you are interested in designing your own class or having a more personalized experience, reach out for one-on-one sessions.

Contact: Rachael
GroveHouseSewingStudio@gmail.com

 

Use of Technology in Photography with Glenn Woods

Date & Time: April 29, 7pm
Fee: free / donations accepted
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Glenn Woods, IT Managing Specialist at Clinical Support Options (CSO), will discuss how technology has changed photography, and will touch on technology and painting.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

 

Spring II registration open at Easthampton Clay

Date & Time: May 5 - June 29
Fee: varies
Location: Easthampton Clay
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 241
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonclay.com/classes

Whether you're new to Easthampton Clay or you're a lifelong student, we're so excited to see you this spring. Next session we're bringing back some of our student favorites, like Ceramic Jewelry Making, Handbuilding II: Sculpture, Wheel II: Set the Table, and more! We will also have a variety of beginner and advanced wheel and handbuilding classes to choose from. As always, there will be something for everyone next term.

 

Illustrating Picture Books: An Introduction with Ruth Sanderson

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

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

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

 

Writing Picture Books with Ruth Sanderson

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

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

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

 

Color Exploration & Resin Layered Painting on Glass with Scout Cuomo

Date & Time: May 1-4
Fee: $560 + supplies
Location: Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
Address: 5 Clary Road
City/Town: Williamsburg
Website: canvas.snowfarm.org/classes/2861

Discover the art of resin painting in this immersive course and explore color theory, composition, and the unique process of creating depth in paintings using resin. Experiment with this distinctive form of three-dimensional painting, and layering techniques that brings artwork to life. Through guided instruction, students will learn how color interacts within layered compositions and how to apply resin to create striking visual effects. All levels welcome.

Contact: info@snowfarm.org
413-268-3101

 

Designing Murals with Photoshop & Procreate with Eric Okdeh

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

Thrown & Altered Weekend Workshop with Tiffany Hilton

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

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

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

 

Teapot Workshop with Tiffany Hilton

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

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

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

 

Create Paper Orbs with Marsha Leavitt

Date & Time: Saturday, May 3, 10am-12pm
Fee: $15 DVAA member / $20 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

There are many names for these orbs - spiraling globes, triskele globes or we call them paper orbs. Learn to make these from different kinds of papers. They look complicated but are actually very easy. Ages 10 and up! No experience necessary! Register online to reserve your spot.

Contact: Marsha Leavitt
marsha3072@gmail.com

 

Everlasting Mother's Day Workshop with Adria

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 6, 6pm
Fee: $50 DVAA member / $60 non-member
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

Sola Wood Floral Arrangements for Mother's Day. Call or text Adria to sign up.

Contact: Adria
802-338-0258

 

The Seahorse: How to Pastel Paint with Gregory John Maichack

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

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

 

Handmade Papermakers' Show and Tell Group

Date & Time: last Wednesdays of the month, 6:30pm
Fee: none
Location: Forbes Library, Watson Room
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton

If you make artisanal hand made paper for artistic use, bring something you are working on for comments, discussion, admiration, compassionate critique. This is a chance to meet with others who pursue this craft, to hear what others are working on, to report triumphs or express frustrations, share techniques and ideas. No commitment is required, attendance is on a drop in basis. Sponsored by Whiteleaf Paper of Florence.

Contact: Donna Lilborn
whiteleafpaper@comcast.net
413-320-0049

 

Introduction to the Art of Drawing with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Wednesdays, April 30 - May 6, 6-8:30pm
Fee: $395
Location: Barbara Johnson Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, #036
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: barbarajohnson.com

Explore the basic language and principles of drawing-the foundation of art explorations. Experience a series of exercises and materials designed to build the perceptual skills used in the "art of seeing". Gain confidence with graphite and charcoal pencils and become familiar with the different surfaces available in paper, and their effects. Explore Old Master drawings with each exercise to build perceptual skills. All levels are welcome.

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

Drop-in-and-Draw with Kemah Wilson

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

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

Contact: Kemah
noiles21@yahoo.com

 

Luminous (Glass on Glass) Mosaics with Christine Kenneally

Date & Time: Thursdays, 5-8:30pm, May 8 - June 12
Fee: $435 / including materials and dinner
Location: Rainbow Hill Studio
Address: 801 North Poland Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: christinekenneally.net

This method of making mosaics celebrates the way light shines through glass, casting colorful reflections around the room. The outcome is similar to stained glass, yet it's a much more forgiving process. Your pieces will have a hand cut look. You'll use a clear silicone glue to adhere to your glass substrate. On the final night, we'll use grout to fill in the joints, as in other styles of mosaic. You'll create 2-3 small mosaics to hang in the window during this series. Let the light shine!

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

 

Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones - one day classes with Christine Kenneally

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

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

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

 

Wistariahurst Kids Art Classes with Joycelin Raho

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

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

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

 

Intermediate Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

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

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

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

 

Beginning Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: May 10, 1-5:30pm
Fee: $125
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

Create a beautiful sun catcher or 2-4 ornaments to grace your home or give as gifts. In this class we will cover all of the skills and techniques to build a unique piece(s) of stained glass art using the copper foil technique. This is a perfect class for students with no experience as well as intermediate students with some experience who may want a refresher course. All levels welcome. All glass and supplies included in the tuition as is use of all tools. More dates for same class: May 17 & 31.

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

 

Zine Club with Translate Gender at Resilient Community Arts

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

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

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

 

Drop-In Public Studio at Resilient Community Arts

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

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

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

 

Queer And Trans Art Group at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm (2nd & 4th Wednesdays)
Fee: donations appreciated but not required
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Ste #238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/p/qtag

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

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

 

Art Crowdfunding / Fundraising / Crowdsourcing / Volunteer Help

Help Artspace build a community clay studio in Greenfield

Goal: $100,000
End Date: April 30, 2025
Location: Greenfield
Website: zeffy.com/en-US/fundraising/187ffaa5-b3b6-4232-a243-906b128766c8

In 2023, Artspace Greenfield received support from the Mass Cultural Council/Mass Development and several private funders to explore the creation of a community clay studio in Greenfield. This fall Artspace is raising $100,000 to build a community ceramics studio at our Mill Street location. Artspace has received a very generous pledge from a private funder to match all individual donations to the clay studio up to $30,000!

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

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