Youth Art Month at Agawam Public Library

Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Website: agawamlibrary.org

Agawam students from the elementary schools, Doering and Junior High School have their artwork displayed throughout both levels of the library for the month of March as we celebrate Youth Art Month. A variety of drawings, paintings and mixed media artwork from the elementary schools and Doering will be featured on the Gallery Walls and cases on the upper level. Artwork from the Junior High students will be exhibited on the lower level.

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

Masculine Identities: Filling in the Blanks at UMCA

Start Date: March 23, 2023
End Date: May 14, 2023
Reception Date: Thursday, March 23, 4:30-6:30pm
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm, first Thursdays until 8pm
Address: 151 Presidents Drive / UMass Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website: fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online/Article/Masculine

Spring 2023 Eva Fierst Student Curatorial Exhibition. Lawrence Gianangeli and Samit Sinha are this year's Eva Fierst Student Curators. Their exhibition brings together a selection of artworks that depict maleness in both expected and unexpected ways, to expand on and question the definition of masculinity. Featured works include a newly acquired print by Kehinde Wiley, and works by Andy Warhol, Nicole Eisenman, Carlos Villa, and many more.

The Way of Gaia

Artist: Martin Bridge
Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: Hope & Feathers Framing
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Thur 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm
Address: 319 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: hopeandfeathersframing.com/the-way-of-gaia

A collection of paintings and prose that speaks to humanity's relationship to the planet through the lenses of ecology, evolution, and the environment.

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

The pond-dwellers or Contra-corriente

Artist: Pamela M. Acosta Hernández
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Burnett Gallery at Jones Library
Address: 43 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: joneslibrary.org/inpersonburnett

Pamela Acosta is a Mexican artist from the borderlands along the Rio Grande Valley. She draws on dreams of flourishing inner lives and creates visual narratives about a myriad of beings, quests and the symbiotic relationships formed between beings and their environments, exploring how we construct, transform and are transmuted by our surroundings. Her work is characterized by figurative narratives explored through visual poetry and magical realism.

Contact: Pamela M. Acosta Hernández
pamacostahdz@gmail.com

Black Art Matters Festival at Mead Art Museum

Start Date: March 7, 2023
End Date: June 25, 2023
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/f7d450

A visual arts showcase for the sixth annual Black Art Matters Festival, a student-led celebration that highlights the work and artistic achievement of Amherst's Black students. After a year away due to building repairs, the exhibition will return to the Mead galleries in tandem with a live event highlighting student musicians, poets, dancers and other performing artists. Image: Ayo Eniola (Class of 2024), that from which we all emerge, 2021. Oil painting.

"Untitled" (Blue Placebo)

Artist: Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Start Date: January 31, 2023
End Date: July 9, 2023
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2023/-untitled-blue-placebo

"Untitled" (Blue Placebo) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, born in Cuba, 1957–1996) is one of twenty candy works he produced between 1990 and 1993. The artist left flexible installation guidelines, and the artwork remains in flux throughout, as visitors are permitted to take one sweet (in this case, enclosed in blue wrappers). During the course of its time at the Mead, "Untitled" (Blue Placebo) will change locations three times, with updates to be posted to the Mead website and social media.

Millicent and the Day it Rained Buttons, a Mill River Fish Tale

Artist: Nancy Meagher
Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: Greenfield Savings Bank
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 9am-12pm (mask policy)
Address: 6 University Drive
City/Town: Amherst

Nancy Meagher exhibits illustrations from her local historical fiction storybook titled, "Millicent and the Day it Rained Buttons, a Mill River Fish Tale." Image: Leeds Silk Mill, pencil and watercolor, by Nancy Meagher.

Scupltures in Wood

Artist: GK Khalsa
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: April 1, 2023
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

GK Khalsa exhibits three-dimensional work utilizing various types of wood. Some pieces are carved, some are painted, and some incorporate river stones, stained glass, driftwood, and other materials. All celebrate inherent forms he sees emerging from the natural material. Image: sculptural detail: Ukraine, wood.

Contact: GK Khalsa
413-230-1187

God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin

Start Date: February 24, 2023
End Date: July 9, 2023
Location: Mead Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, Thur 9am-10pm
Address: Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/ebbff7

A special presentation of the Hilton Als-curated God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin will explore the life of James Baldwin through his relationships, his work and the possibilities his writing inspired, with additional attention to the time Baldwin spent living and teaching in Amherst. This group exhibition includes loaned artworks by renowned artists such as Richard Avedon and Kara Walker, as well as archival material and artworks from the Mead's collection.

Mythic Migration

Artist: Holly S. Murray
Start Date: February 20, 2023
End Date: May 10, 2023
Location: Hampden Gallery: Main Gallery and North Gallery
Hours: Mon-Tue & Thur-Fri 1-5pm, Wed 1-7pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/35719e

Bluebirds assist keystone animals and plants in a mythic migration out of the minefields of global chaos, creating an allegory of our time. The bluebirds are imbued with power, wisdom and knowledge of the ages, helping guide these species to safety along with their nests/shields.

The Letters Dance

Artist: Randi Stein
Start Date: February 3, 2023
End Date: April 2, 2023
Location: Hall Gallery at The Jewish Community of Amherst
Hours: Wed & Fri 10am-6pm, Tue & Thur 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: randistein.com

Randi Stein's love of the Hebrew language and her curiosity about the role of the aleph-bet in Creation led her to an artistic exploration of the Hebrew letters. The moving, sinuous forms of these letters, primarily in the context of prayer, are imbedded in collages of cut paper, pastel, and ink. Randi invites to you to dance with these images, and to contact her if you would like an accompanied walk through.

Contact: Anne Burton
annestudio@comcast.net
413-230-1041

60 Years of Collecting at UMCA

Start Date: February 7, 2023
End Date: May 14, 2023
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm, first Thursdays until 8pm
Address: Fine Arts Center, 151 Presidents Drive
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/447698

The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) celebrates the 60th anniversary of its permanent art collection, begun in 1962, with this special exhibition of 115 artists whose works are drawn from more than 3,600 prints, drawings, photographs, and multiples — from masters of mid- and late 20th-century art to work by the leading artists of our time. Join us to explore our university's remarkable, and sometimes hidden, visual arts resource.

Contact: 413-545-3672

Artist's Choice: Gallery A3 at GoBerry 'n Cream

Artists: members of Gallery A3
Start Date: February 1, 2023
End Date: March 28, 2023
Location: GoBerry 'n Cream
Hours: see website
Address: 28 Amity Street 1E
City/Town: Amherst
Website: goberryncream.com

Gallery A3 artists display work at GoBerry 'n Cream with the theme: Artist's Choice. Image by Paula Hite, "Field of Flax", acrylic on paper on wood.

Contact: 413-230-3163

Architectural Ghosts

Start Date: January 31, 2023
End Date: June 25, 2023
Location: Mead Art Museum
Address: Amherst College
City/Town: Amherst
Website: amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2022/architectural-ghosts

The aim of this exhibition is to bring together objects from antiquity to the 21st century that examine what it means to be in ruin, as both a material state and a theoretical concept, each with ethical and political features. As we reflect on these objects and try to imagine their original sites, or imagine different, even utopian, constructions, "Architectural Ghosts" also invites a critical look at Western institutional history, including art collecting, as part of a system of power and privilege.

Contact: 413-230-3163

Portraits in Red: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

Artist: Nayana LaFond
Start Date: January 30, 2023
End Date: May 12, 2023
Location: Augusta Savage Gallery
Address: 80 Infirmary Way
City/Town: Amherst
Website: artlink.click/cb4a1c

Striking portraits of Indigenous women and girls raise awareness and bring healing to victims and their loved ones. Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 8, 6pm.

Doodle-a-thon Fundraiser for Resilient Community Arts

Date: March 25, 11am-3pm
Location: Cottage Street Boardwalk
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/doodleathon

Join us out on the Cottage Street boardwalk to help us raise $3,000 for the Art is For Everybody Scholarship Fund. Enjoy LIVE music from local talent including Carrie Ferguson and The Grumpytime Club. Peruse our MAKER'S MARKET filled with artwork and crafts made by professional local artists and our RCA students! Enter to win over a DOZEN raffle prizes! And most importantly... OVER 30 feet of Doodling Space! The event is free to attend, but be sure to get advanced workshop tickets on the website.

Contact: info@resilientcommunityarts.org

Gabrilla Ballard

Artist: Gabrilla Ballard
Start Date: March 9, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: ECA Gallery
Hours: Wed & Fri 12-2pm
Address: 43 Main Street / Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: gabrillaballard.com

Gabrilla Ballard is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, mother and social worker. She creates at the intersections of culture, ecological awareness, community and. She will be presenting the abstract work she has created in her recent Art Workspace Easthampton (AWE) Studio Residency, as well as a series of other works.

Contact: 413-529-1425

Close to Home

Artist: Maggie Hodges
Start Date: March 21, 2023
End Date: April 13, 2023
Reception Date: April 8, 1:30-3:30pm
Location: Grubbs Gallery at the Williston Northampton School
Hours: Mon-Tue & Thur-Fri 8:30am-3pm
Address: 40 Park Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: maggiehodgesart.com

35 landscape paintings capturing the beauty in nature and especially in and around the Pioneer Valley are on display at the Grubbs Gallery in the Williston Northampton School's Reed campus building, first floor. Maggie is a graduate of Williston which is where she excelled at art. Many of the paintings on exhibit began outdoors at local locations which is often referred to as plein air painting. All paintings are for sale.

Contact: Maggie Hodges
maggie@maggiehodgesart.com
413-253-9074

Brushstrokes

Artist: Jessica Bernardara
Start Date: March 9, 2023
End Date: April 8, 2023
Location: The Elusie Gallery
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: bigredframe.com/gallery

A bright and colorful exhibit of recent work by Westfield artist Jessica Bernardara, sure to bring joy and colors to your late-winter blues.

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

Who Are You?

Artist: Anthony Melting Tallow
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: 50 Arrow Gallery
Hours: Tues-Thur 2-5pm, Fri 11am-5pm, and by appt
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 244
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: facebook.com/fiftyarrowgallery

Anthony Melting Tallow is a member of the Siksikaitsitapi Blackfoot Nation and has been based in Chicopee since 2005. Through his multimedia expressions, he explores, expands definitions, crosses expectations, and preserves his cultural heritage. "Who Are You?" is a powerful representation of his work. The pieces challenges viewers to question their own identity and consider their place in the world.

Contact: Jason Montgomery
jasonm@attackbearpress.com

Mt. Toby

Artist: Kate Spencer
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: March 26, 2023
Location: The Oxbow Gallery, front gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Kate Spencer, Montague artist, presents Mt. Toby, a series of large oil paintings of the mountain located in Leverett and Sunderland. Originally from Montana, Spencer paints vast landscapes with open brush strokes and brilliant colors. The Sunderland Caves, the Roaring Brook Water Fall and the Mt. Toby Fire Tower at the top of the mountain will be accompanied by a painting of a great egret overlooking Cranberry Pond. She captures the essence and spirit of nature in her vibrant brush.

Contact: theoxbowgallery@gmail.com

Recent Works

Artist: Stephanie Vignone
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: March 26, 2023
Location: The Oxbow Gallery, back gallery
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: oxbowartgallery.com

Stephanie Vignone has been painting landscapes in oils and pastel for the past 20 years. Her subject matter ranges from the Western United States to the New England coast-- this show centers on Mt. Toby and the surrounding area. Serendipitously, the accompanying exhibit of Kate Spencer's work also features Mt. Toby and the two combine to form a visual paean of the mountain. Wildflower Talk with Botanist Peter Grima: March 26, 1-4pm.

Contact: theoxbowgallery@gmail.com

Street Art and Beyond

Artist: Richard Bulda
Start Date: December 28, 2022
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: CFE Farmstead at Mill 180
Hours: Thur-Fri 5-9:30pm
Address: 180 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: cfefarmstead.com

Graffiti show featuring artists from NY, Montreal, Las Vegas, and Venice Beach. Showcases colorful pieces plus unique element of school buses painted by students and used in a demolition derby. Exciting and intriguing addition to the exhibition.

Contact: Richard Bulda
richardbulda@gmail.com
413-527-2698

Atmosphere: Selections from the Flat File

Artist: Zea Mays Printmaking members
Start Date: March 7, 2023
End Date: April 11, 2023
Location: The Sanford Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays and Sundays of the month 11am-5pm, and by appt
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/atmosphere-selections-from-the-flat-file

A print show curated by Lynn Peterfreund and Margo Temple, featuring selections from the 2023 Flat File.

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

Ten Little Nigger Girls

Artist: Imo Nse Imeh
Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: April 7, 2023
Location: South Gallery at Greenfield Community College
Hours: Mon-Thur 7am-9pm, Fri 7am-5pm, Sat 8am-6pm
Address: One College Drive
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: gcc.mass.edu/art/exhibit/imo-nse-imeh

As a response to and revision of a 1907 children's book, Imeh's series of drawings features contemporary black girls in various states of danger, in the present-day. With each drawing, he seeks to examine the language, history and realities of ongoing racial subjugation in America, the invisibility of young black people and the misfortune of how we collectively decide the degree to which we ought to place value on the lives of black children. Artist talk: March 22, 12pm.

Contact: Joan O'Beirne
obeirnej@gcc.mass.edu

Painting with Fabric

Artist: Sandra Rosenberg
Start Date: March 5, 2023
End Date: March 26, 2023
Location: Artspace Gallery
Hours: check website
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artspacegreenfield.com/gallery-painting-with-fabric

Features two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork created through a collaging of fabric and found materials. Sandra Rosenberg approaches the imagery with the hand of a painter, crafting a harmonious flow of color and pattern.

Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.com

Joseph Ackerman: Photography

Artist: Joseph Ackerman
Start Date: March 4, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Reception Date: Friday, March 31, 5-8pm
Location: The LAVA Center
Hours: Mon & Wed 11am-2pm, Thur 5-8pm, Sat 12-3pm
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/art/joseph-ackerman-photography

Joe enjoys immersing himself in nature, photographing whatever moves him. Closing reception March 31st during Greenfield Arts Walk.

No Somos Máquinas (We Are Not Machines)

Start Date: March 4, 2023
End Date: April 29, 2023
Location: The LAVA Center
Hours: Mon & Wed 11am-2pm, Thur 5-8pm, Sat 12-3pm
Address: 324 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: thelavacenter.org/art/no-somos-maquinas

Through the words and portraits of farmworkers in Western Massachusetts, the "No Somos Máquinas" exhibit explores the broken immigration system, the exclusion of farmworkers from basic labor protections, and the conditions that have compelled them to rise up. This fully bilingual exhibit sheds light on the experiences of local farmworkers in Western Massachusetts. It consists of portraits, interpretive panels, a timeline of farmworker organizing, and audio of oral history excerpts.

Restored WPA Victory Theatre Murals at Wistariahurst Museum

Start Date: March 10, 2023
End Date: March 10, 2024
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: mifafestival.org/event-details/victory-theatre-mural-exhibition

For the first time since 2010, see a newly restored section of the historic Victory Theatre murals completed by conservators EverGreene Architectural Arts at Wistariahurst Museum in a year long exhibition. The Victory murals were painted in 1942 by artist Vincent Maragliotti as part of the increasingly renowned WPA (Works Project Administration) program. The MIFA/ Wistariahurst mural exhibition will include information on Maragliotti, the restoration process, and the WPA.

Contact: info@mifafestival.org
413-540-0200

The Body/The Self

Artist: group show
Start Date: March 13, 2023
End Date: April 11, 2023
Location: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Mon 10:30am-12:30pm, Tues 4:30-6:30pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: wistariahurst.org

Works by artists who identify as female and non-binary in a celebratory show for Women's History Month in March. The Body/The Self, asks artists to grapple with the relationship between the body and the self. The physical body is often policed or politicized, especially for women and those who don't subscribe to any binary concept of gender. The artworks engage the relationship between the physical and the conceptual body and self. Gallery artists panel discussion: March 21, 5:30pm.

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

Homeland

Artist: Babel Khan
Start Date: February 25, 2023
End Date: March 26, 2023
Location: PULP
Hours: Fri-Sun 11am-4pm
Address: 80 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: pulpholyoke.com

A solo exhibition of work by Babel Khan (born Vincent Johnson). Babel Khan is a visionary artist who studies the world and predicts the future. His distinct visual and written language explores his fictitious Babylon Canton. It is his Homeland. His state of mind. Inflation, War, the Rise and Fall of Nations, Globalization, the Military Industrial Complex, Financial Institutions, Prophecy and The Apocalypse, Political, Economic, Social/Cultural concepts are all woven into his 'artwork'.

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

Over Under and through the Warp: The Art of Tapestry Weaving

Artists: TWINE / Tapestry Weavers in New England
Start Date: April 1, 2023
End Date: April 30, 2023
Reception Date: April 2, 1-4pm
Location: Barnes Gallery at the Leverett Crafts and Arts Center
Hours: Sat-Sun & Wed 1-5pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: leverettcraftsandarts.org

Featuring recent works by established tapestry weavers and newcomers to the fiber arts, the show emphasizes the versatility and adaptability of this age-old medium for a modern audience.

Contact: Linda Rhynard
lrhynard@yahoo.com
401-258-7577

Big Ink at A.P.E. Gallery

Date: April 1 & 2, 11am-4pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: bigink.org/calendar

Come watch the Big Tuna, a giant portable print press, reel off large-scale woodblock prints carved by local artists. A group of artists started carving monumental woodblocks in February using traditional Japanese chisels. BIG INK Director Lyell Castonguay has been guiding them through the process via online instruction. Saturday's artists: Samantha Durfee, Iwalani Kaluhiokalani, Molly Paul, Kate Ricketson, Richard Deon, and Nancy Doniger. Sunday's artists: Alison Friedlin, Jessica McKeon, Heather Kasunick, Kevin Cross, Peter Cangialosi, and Dara Herman-Zierlein.

Contact: 207-576-9356

Miller Lecture: Dr. Nicole Fleetwood on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Date: March 29, 5:30pm
Location: Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
Address: Smith College
City/Town: Northampton
Website: scma.smith.edu/calendar/miller-lecture-dr-nicole-fleetwood-art-age-mass-incarceration

Celebrated writer, cultural theorist, curator, and art critic Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood will discuss her project, Marking Time, which explores the impact of US incarceration on contemporary visual art. This project highlights artists who have been incarcerated alongside artists whose art examines US institutions and systems of confinement. Join us for the lecture on campus or via livestream. Register for livestream on the website.

Monoprint Collage at Hosmer Gallery

Artists: Betsy Feick, Kate Jenkins, Lynn Peterfreund, Rich Turnbull
Start Date: April 1, 2023
End Date: April 29, 2023
Reception Date: April 1, 3:30-5:30pm
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Monoprints are one-of-a-kind prints, sometimes made in series, usually but not always on paper, and often showing an immediacy of thought and gesture. In this collection, the artists have further increased the power and visual appeal of the print with cutting, tearing, pasting, layering, combining and sometimes making drawn or painted additions. Subjects for this exhibit range from real to abstract to whimsical. All four printmakers are affiliated with Zea Mays Printmaking in Northampton.

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

Currents

Artists: Lee Thomson, Sophie Chambers
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: March 28, 2023
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 33 Hawley Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: nohoarts.org/events/category/exhibit-reception-currents

This exhibit is two in one! Currents and Coastlines, with artwork by Lee Thomson, can be seen on the mezzanine level, and Cutting Currents, with artwork by Sophie Chambers, can be seen on the ground floor level of 33 Hawley.

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

Order and Chaos

Artists: Nan Salky, Helen Murphy
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Anchor House of Artists, Gallery One and Gallery Two
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

Neatly organized in adjacent showrooms this mother/daughter duo show very different artworks. Nan Salky, retired from 35 years as a psychotherapist, presents expressive, occultist-like imagery, beasts of the woods in active pencil, & swirling paint, on raw wooden panels while her daughter Helen Murphy, a full-time nurse at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, presents formal, tightly organized abstract designs on paper. Varied in their paths to image making, they share fastidiousness in their execution.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Absence and Fondness

Artist: Mary Dunn
Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Anchor House of Artists, Gallery Three
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

Mary Dunn, a poet, artist, & spiritual speaker, was part of the Anchor House of Artists at its 1997 inception. Here, in this art center's early years she spent afternoons silently producing innocent flower watercolors, indigenous mask renderings & mandalas that were slightly off kilter but served their meditative ends. In 2010, Mary died of pancreatic cancer, discovered only weeks before. Her poems & art at her apartment were disposed of but rescued by a friend who gifted them fondly to us.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Sanctuary

Artist: Leilah M. Cohen
Start Date: March 7, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Anchor House of Artists, the New England Visionary Artists Museum Wing
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

That art is only incidental to the artist who created it is this venue's spirit. Case in point: before her tragic death, Leilah lived naturally. She farmed, journaled & drew. She danced, movement was part of her being. Now, her mother shares with others who knew her & those who never met her the creative traces of her short life & seeks to provide a deeper understanding and awareness to the community on the difficult topic of suicide, & how that leaves those of us who lose our loved ones.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Glass Factory

Artist: Yaning Xing
Start Date: March 10, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Anchor House of Artists, the Bumpus Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

Yaning Xing, MFA candidate in Umass Amherst, works across the mediums of painting, drawing, and installation. Born in China's Shiyan, Hubei, formerly a booming factory town, her work offers a window into the lives of those conscripted by Chinese modernity, communities like her own whose ways of life have been forever changed by the relentless logic of capitalist restructuring. Shown here, a swing made of a window and handmade glass chain. Large prints with social relevance in this exhibit too.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Ascending and Descending Worlds

Artist: Margaret Lloyd
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Margaret Lloyd is both a visual artist and a poet. She is a Welsh immigrant and received a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, England. All of the oil paintings in the exhibition are concerned with the creation of "place." Some evoke the mountains, sea, and sky of Wales; others were inspired by the landscapes and seascapes of Homer's Odyssey--the ancient world. All of these paintings reflect an internal state.

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

Paintings

Artist: Lydia Kinney
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Lydia Kinney is a painter based in Greenfield. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2014 with a BFA in Painting, and was the recipient of department honors and the 2013 Rob Moore award. Lydia shows regionally throughout New England, often in the Pioneer Valley.

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

Paintings

Artist: Kate Marion Lapierre
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date:Hosmer Gallery at March 30, 2023
Location: Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forbeslibrary.org/gallery

Kate Marion Lapierre creates colorful abstract paintings and has sold her work locally and internationally through online galleries. Her paintings can be complete abstraction or expressionist landscapes and florals. Because this show is in March, Kate will be displaying more of her paintings with Spring colors and themes. Important to her work is how the basic elements of color and movement intermix to create the abstract image. She is continually inspired by both contemporary and past modern artists.

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

After Archives at A.P.E. Gallery

Artists: Alexis Callender, Sarah Stefana Smith, Wendel White
Start Date: March 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: apearts.org

After Archives brings together the work of three artists -- Alexis Callender, Sarah Stefana Smith, and Wendel White -- who engage archival practices, content, and forms to examine, unearth, interrogate, and reimagine aspects of African American history and experience. Curated by Amy Halliday.

Contact: Mollye Maxner
mollyemaxner@apearts.org

Group Art Exhibit

Artists: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: January 3, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Cooley Dickinson Atwood Gallery - 2nd Floor
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Address: 22 Atwood Drive
City/Town: Northampton
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

The Quabbin Art Association has an ongoing group exhibit at the Cooley-Dickinson Atwood Gallery. Works of more than a dozen talented members are on exhibit including watercolor, oil, acrylic, pencil, mixed media, assemblage and photography. All pieces are for sale directly from the artists.

Into the Glasshouse

Artist: group show
Start Date: January 27, 2023
End Date: June 8, 2023
Location: Church Gallery at the Lyman Plant House & Botanic Garden, Smith College
Hours: 9am-4pm every day except holidays
Address: 16 College Lane
City/Town: Northampton
Website: sites.smith.edu/into-the-glasshouse

A reflection, conversation and collaboration between Smith students in Susan Montgomery's Studio Art Foundations and Drawing I classes and the Lyman Plant House through sculpture and drawing.

Contact: Susan Montgomery
smontgomery@smith.edu

Landscapes of the Connecticut River Valley

Artist: Robert Sweeney
Start Date: February 14, 2023
End Date: April 1, 2023
Location: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: wbfinearts.com

William Baczek Fine Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Robert Sweeney.

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

Tasseomania

Artist: Ellen Babcock
Start Date: February 9, 2023
End Date: March 23, 2023
Location: Oresman Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: Smith College, 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: sites.smith.edu/art-oresman-gallery

This collection of paintings began in the New Mexico desert in the late 1980s, "always beginning with a loosely controlled gesture with watery paint, an event that births colors, shapes, and paper undulations that then become the context for coaxing out a pencil drawing that is often visible only upon close inspection.

Contact: Rebecca Davis
artdept@smith.edu
413-585-3100

Spirits We Are

Artist: Vincent Frano
Start Date: February 5, 2023
End Date: March 30, 2023
Location: Anchor House of Artists, the New England Visionary Artists Museum Wing
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

Vincent Frano presents painted plaques and banners using handmade paints applied in a careful & prayerful approach to image making. They use mediums prepared with glass tools, combining powdered minerals in binders of solution of egg white, clove oil, and wine. Inks are also made from foraged materials. They describe their images as autobiographical works on identity & reclaiming humanity in a world that labels difference as madness.

Contact: 413-588-4337

Gregory Stone Repository Support

Artist: Gregory Stone
Date: ongoing
Location: Anchor House of Artists, the New England Visionary Artists Museum
Hours: Tue-Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street, Ground Floor
City/Town: Northampton
Website: anchorhouseartists.org

Gregory Stone (1947-2016) was a very talented painter & sculptor, much collected & selected for significant public sculpture & mural installations. His scenes of local cityscapes & regional beauty are much loved, as are his portraits of local people. The family is offering professionally-produced prints published by Stephen Petegorsky. In this exhibit selected works & the prints are available affordably to support the archive of his extensive portfolio stored here.

Contact: 413-588-4337

STEAM-y Art and Science

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: March 31, 2023
End Date: May 14, 2023
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Fri-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

An exhibit of art inspired by and incorporating the sciences. Special events, raffle, demos, and activities scheduled. See website for details. Photo: Sea Creature by Karma Kitaj.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Figuratively Speaking

Artists: Deerfield Valley Art Association
Start Date: February 24, 2023
End Date: March 26, 2023
Location: Fiddleheads Gallery
Hours: Fri-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: 105 Main Street
City/Town: Northfield
Website: deerfieldvalleyart.org

An exhibit of the human figure (clothed, semi-clothed, nude) in drawing, painting, fiber, sculpture, etc. Artwork in photo by Jeanne Sisson: Ostara Spring.

Contact: Marge Anderson
margedvaa@gmail.com

Through a Window

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 1, 2023
End Date: March 27, 2023
Location: Shelburne Arts Co-op
Hours: Wed-Mon 11am-5pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: shelburneartscoop.com

A variety of vistas--abstract and realistic, literal and symbolic--are depicted in paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media, collage, clay and fiber art.

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

Considering Indigeneity

Start Date: September 2, 2022
End Date: May 28, 2023
Location: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Front Gallery
Address: 50 College Street
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu/exhibition/considering-indigeneity

Throughout history, the conceptual boundaries of Indigeneity have been predominantly shaped, broadened, and constrained by settler colonialism, imperialism, and white supremacy. Rather than an authoritative or oversimplified display attempting to present all facets of Indigeneity, this exhibition attempts to reveal the complexities encountered in these objects, of the communities they represent, and the societal structures that brought them to the Museum.

Contact: artmuseum@mtholyoke.edu

The Rarest Black Woman on the Planet Earth

Artist: vanessa german
Start Date: September 21, 2022
End Date: May 28, 2023
Location: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Address: 50 College Street
City/Town: South Hadley
Website: artlink.click/43c7e4

german's response to the Skinner Museum, an early 20th-century cabinet of curiosities at Mount Holyoke. For the exhibition, german began with a question: "How do we decolonize a thing, a museum, a collection?" Her answer turned into an emancipatory endeavor: to touch every object in the Skinner collection. In this way, the artist felt that the story of the museum could be reanimated and retold.

Contact: artmuseum@mtholyoke.edu

New Group Art Exhibit

Artist: Quabbin Art Association
Start Date: March 7, 2023
End Date: May 7, 2023
Location: Baystate Medical Center, Daly Building
Address: 759 Chestnut Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: quabbinartassociation.com

The Quabbin Art Association of Belchertown has a new ongoing Group Exhibit at the Baystate Medical Center's Daly Building in Springfield. The exhibit features the works of more than a dozen artists in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pencil, mixed media collage and photography. Many pieces are for sale and can be viewed during regular hospital hours. Masks are required for all visitors. For more information, visit the website.

Contact: info@quabbinartassociation.com

The ArtSalon goes to Springfield

Date: Thursday, March 23, 6pm
Location: Stitzer Welcome Center at Springfield College
Address: 265 Alden Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: theartsalon.com

The ArtSalon provides an opportunity for artists and designers of all mediums to present their work and ideas in a format called Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha). Artists and organizations presenting: Xuan Pham, Kimani Worghs, Studio 234 of Indian Orchard, Gabriela Sepulvda, and Khamiko of Make-It Springfield. Doors open at 6pm, Presentations will begin at 6:30pm. Sliding scale donations for entry $5-10.

Contact: valleyartsalon@gmail.com

Nelson Stevens Community Celebration

Date: Sunday, March 26, 3-6pm
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/program/nelson-stevens-community-celebration

Join the greater Springfield community as we honor artist, educator, and onetime Springfield resident Nelson Stevens! Gather to view the special exhibition that spans more than 50 years of the artist's career and participate in a community drawing activity. Enjoy refreshments by Granny's Baking Table, Ziggy's Jerk Chicken Center, and Crave Food truck; and a cash bar by White Lion Brewing. RSVP appreciated, but not required.

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

Color Rapping

Artist: Nelson Stevens
Start Date: March 4, 2023
End Date: September 3, 2023
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/nelson-stevens-color-rapping

This exhibition, spanning more than 50 years of the artist's career, explores the political, cultural, and socioeconomic messages in Stevens's art and style of painting. An early member of AfriCOBRA, and a professor at Northern Illinois University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stevens spent decades alongside leading intellectuals of the Black Arts and Black Power movements. Community celebration: Sunday, March 26, 3-6pm.

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

40-Year Retrospective of Political Art

Artist: Dara Herman Zierlein
Start Date: March 7, 2023
End Date: April 14, 2023
Reception Date: April 1, 12:30-2:30pm
Location: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC)
Hours: Mon-Tue & Thu-Fri 11am-3pm, Wed 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-2pm
Address: 1 Armory Street, Building 28
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry

A longtime resident of the Pioneer Valley, Dara Herman Zierlein has created numerous political paintings, posters, sculptures, and illustrations since the late 80s. She has written books, been on panel discussions, presented lectures and exhibited her artwork internationally. Her published illustrations can be found in The Rumpus, Demeter Press, and The Nation, among many. Her first children's book, 'Don't Eat the Plastic,' focuses on the consequences of plastic pollution on our environment.

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

New/Now: Contemporary Art Acquisitions

Start Date: January 28, 2023
End Date: July 30, 2023
Location: D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/new-now-contemporary-art-acquisitions

Highlights works created between 1996 and 2020 that have been added to the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts' permanent collection in the last two years. The exceptional prints, paintings, and mixed media works speak to the varied experiences of their makers, reflect the current moment, and support the Museums' goal of diversifying the collection. Featured prominently are five works by artist, activist, and author Faith Ringgold.

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

Leonardo's Lab

Start Date: January 21, 2023
End Date: April 23, 2023
Location: Springfield Science Museum
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/leonardos-lab

This exhibition offers young artists and inventors a chance to immerse themselves in the mind of Leonardo DaVinci, the original 'Renaissance Man.' They will explore all the fascinating facets of his work across multiple disciplines in very hands-on ways, as they build, sketch, test and design via activities tied to his era and ideas.

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

Bigger Than Me

Artist: Ryan Murray
Start Date: December 18, 2022
End Date: April 30, 2023
Location: Art for the Soul Gallery, Tower Square
Address: 1500 Main Street, 2nd Floor
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artforthesoulgallery.com/post/bigger-than-me-a-solo-exhibit-by-ryan-murray

Through the unflinching medium of spray paint stenciling, Ryan Murray unearths and examines unsettling but important conversations about the stigma of mental illness, with the goal of normalizing the discussion and treatment of mental health in Black communities. Due to popular demand, this exhibit has been extended until April 30.

Art with Heart at Sunderland Public Library

Artists: group show
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: May 4, 2023
Location: Sunderland Public Library
Address: 20 School Street
City/Town: Sunderland
Website: cooleydickinson.org/programs-services/vna-hospice/the-garden/art-with-heart

The Garden: A Center for Grieving Children and Teens, a program of Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice, presents Art with Heart. Local artists worked with grieving kids ages 5-18 from across western MA to make the art.

Contact: Kelly Charest
klcharest@cooleydickinson.org
413-582-5330

Life is______: An exploration of Being Through the Eyes of Local Young People

Artists: Brick House Community Resource Center Youth
Start Date: March 25, 2023
End Date: April 26, 2023
Reception Date: March 25, 1-3pm
Location: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Tue 10am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: cooleydickinson.org/programs-services/vna-hospice/the-garden/art-with-heart

Created and curated by local Brick House youth, this exhibit in the Great Hall, through a variety of mediums, explores their perspectives and experiences living in modern-day rural America. This art show is inspired by Crossroads: Change in Rural America, which was on display February 5 through March 18 in the Great Hall.

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

Something Extraordinary: a Visual Review of 'Story' as Timeless

Artists: group show
Start Date: February 1, 2023
End Date: March 31, 2023
Location: Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Campus Center
Address: Westfield State University
City/Town: Westfield
Website: artlink.click/41f4d5

An exhibition that offers an introspective gaze into the lives, thoughts, and imaginings of eight visual artists, whose works embody the creative process of visual storytelling. Artists: Faustin Adeniran, Kimberly Becoat, Yeukai Chiroodza-Imeh, Omarthan Clarke, Kiayani Douglas, Tara Gorman, Kahli Hernandez, and JaJa Swinton. Curated by Dr. Imo Nse Imeh and Dr. Christina Swaidan.

Christine Hartman at Jasper Rand Gallery

Artist: Christine Hartman
Start Date: February 1, 2023
End Date: March 25, 2023
Location: Jasper Rand Gallery at the Westfield Athenaeum
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: westath.libcal.com/event/10061020

Hartman's paintings are, on first glance, depictions of ordinary subjects, still life arrangements and figures in interior scenes. Yet they are not simple recreations of the objects she chooses to depict but are reconstructions of a complex visual world.

Perseverence

Artist: Cyndy Chamberland
Start Date: March 2, 2023
End Date: April 29, 2023
Location: Westhampton Public Library
Hours: Mon & Thur 2-8pm, Tue-Wed 9am-12pm & 1-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm
Address: One North Road
City/Town: Westhampton
Website: westhampton-ma.com/westhampton-public-library

Selection of impressionist style paintings of landscapes, waterscapes and floral still-life by Easthampton artist Cyndy Chamberland. Retired I persevere to find purpose through painting. Physically disabled, I also persevere to meet and adapt to unique physical barriers such as not only disability related limitations but also environmental barriers in striving to navigate the landscape and great outdoors with a power wheelchair to seek inspiration for my paintings and paint outdoors.

Contact: Cyndy Chamberland
cyndy42256@gmail.com
413-588-1185

Race Street Bazaar at Gateway City Arts

Date: Sunday, March 26, 10am-2pm
Location: Gateway City Arts
Address: 92 Race Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: gatewaycityarts.com

Gateway City Arts presents the Race Street Bazaar! Open to the public every Sunday 10am-2pm in the large music hall. Our café will be open offering coffee, tea, soda, snacks and pastries for purchase. The Bazaar will feature used clothing/items, collectibles, housewares, records, books, toys, crafts, art & more!

Contact: hello@gatewaycityarts.com

2nd Annual Show Your Pride at ArtWorks Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Gallery
Deadline: May 25
Submission Fees: $25 for one piece / $35 for up to three pieces
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/2nd-annual-show-your-pride-call-for-artists

'Show Your Pride' is an exhibit designed to celebrate and showcase the art of LGBTQIA+ artists in honor of National Pride Month. The subject matter of the artwork does NOT have to be LGBTQIA+ themed, but we welcome work that expresses authentic viewpoints of LGBTQIA+ experiences, underscoring identity, lifestyle, and diversification. Show us what your Pride looks like!

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

Chair City Conceptual Forefront Art Festival

Sponsoring Group Name: City of Gardner
Deadline: April 15
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Gardner
Website: gardner-ma.gov/1328/Conceptual-Forefront-Art-Festival

Join us for the first ever arts festival in Gardner to display and sell your artwork or showcase your musical abilities for all in attendance. Date: May 6, 11am-4pm (rain date May 7) at Orpheum Park, downtown Gardner. Three ways to be involved: 1. Set up a table to showcase and sell your works. 2. If you are a musician or singer, perform during the event. 3. Teach a couple of art workshops (there will be creation stations set up for small groups throughout the event). Email to apply or for more info.

Contact: Sophie Dorow
sdorow@gardner-ma.gov

Visions of The Connecticut River

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center
Deadline: April 15
Submission Fees: small donations of money or time would be appreciated
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org

Call for art connected to the CT River and local nature. Show is up May 5th to June 30th, reception May 7th, 2-4pm. Wall art should be ready to hang. The event is also a fundraiser with performances. Artists can offer small donations or support during set up/ break down. Sales outside of reception are done between artist and buyer. Email 2 or 3 images of your work, along with name, email, phone number, medium and size of your pieces. Notification by April 20th.

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

Fall 2023 Paradise City Arts Festivals

Sponsoring Group Name: Paradise City Arts Festivals
Deadline: April 4
Submission Fees: $30 for one show / $20 for each additional show
City/Town: Northampton & Marlborough
Website: http://bit.ly/ApplyParadise

Apply online! Produced by artists, for artists, Paradise City presents New England's leading shows of handmade craft, painting and sculpture. Paradise City's events showcase fresh, innovative work in all media in airy indoor settings, with outdoor space available in Northampton for large-scale sculpture. Applications from new and emerging artists are encouraged. For over 25 years Paradise City has been known for setting new standards in show publicity and marketing, and for its user-friendly approach to artists.

Contact: Katherine Sanderson
artist@paradisecityarts.com
800-511-9725

7th Biennial Art in the Orchard

Sponsoring Group Name: Park Hill Orchard
Deadline: April 1
Submission Fees: $20
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: artintheorchard.org/art/call

For this year there are 30 positions for large, durable, outdoor sculptures to be selected from these entries, as decided by our jury. Each of the thirty selected artists will receive a $500 Honorarium. For 2023 we are expecting 30,000+ visitors. The call is open to everyone, novice or seasoned. We encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists to apply. We will try to sell your sculpture, taking a 20% commission. Full details and application on website.

Contact: support@artintheorchard.org
413-303-1603

Call for Paid Art Program Facilitators at Resilient Community Arts (RCA)

Sponsoring Group Name: Resilient Community Arts (RCA)
Deadline: December 31
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/collaborations

Resilient Community Arts (RCA) is built on the philosophy that when community members have a place to voice their experiences, to harness cultural power, and amplify their stories and what is important to them, we take steps forward together toward a more just and equitable world. We're looking to support local creatives and artisans in offering paid art-infused programs of all kinds to Western Massachusetts. If our philosophy aligns with your values, then let's get started on collaborating!

Grants for Murals in West Springfield and Chicopee

Sponsoring Group Name: Common Wealth Murals
Deadline: June 1 (rolling until all funds have been used)
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Springfield
Website: artlink.click/6ac5ba

Six non-profits, civic organizations, or small businesses located in Chicopee and West Springfield will be selected to receive matching funds. Grants provide a $1 to $1 match up to $5000. Application on website.

Contact: info@commonwealthmurals.org

Altered Reality at ArtWorks Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Gallery
Deadline: April 20
Submission Fees: $25 for one piece / $35 for up to three pieces
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/altered-reality-call-for-artists

Altered Reality -- what's your take on it? Open to all 2-D and 3-D mediums. At this time, we are unable to accept electronic media.

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

Pop-Ups in the Blue Room at CitySpace

Sponsoring Group Name: CitySpace
Deadline: rolling
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: cityspaceeasthampton.org/2023/01/10/calling-all-artists-makers

Our pop-ups are back! CitySpace invites artists and makers of all kinds to set-up a table of their work during Art Walks and select events in the accessible Blue Room in Easthampton Old Town Hall. Are you a printmaker, potter, photographer, craftsperson, zine-maker, or writer? Free to apply and participate to makers of all kinds. Table and Wifi provided. Apply for upcoming pop-ups in March-June. Rolling application. Sign up on website.

Contact: hello@cityspaceeasthampton.org
413-282-7705

Articulture Westfield 2023

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks of Westfield
Deadline: April 23
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Westfield
Website: bit.ly/40Ifnka

Call for new, emerging, experienced and professional visual artists for our 8th season. Articulture Westfield - Art. Literature. Live Music all under one roof on the same weekend. Accepted media: painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, collage, photography, printmaking, digital art, functional art, wood, glass, metal, fiber, clay, ceramics and scratch board. Display space 10'x10' at Amelia Park Arena. Opening Night May 5, 6-8pm; Main Show May 6, 10am-4pm. The Arts Are Alive In Westfield!

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

Summer 2023 Art Exhibits at Becket Arts Center

Sponsoring Group Name: Becket Arts Center
Deadline: March 31
Submission Fees: $20
City/Town: Becket
Website: becketartscenter.org/artists/art-exhibitions

Emerging and professional artists in all media including oils, pastels, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, photography, ceramics, sculpture and more are invited to apply. Work is reviewed through a blind jury process and selected for group shows of no more than 5 artists between June and October 2023 in our beautiful, accessible gallery in Becket. Cash prize of $300 awarded to the best submission, as determined by the reviewing jury, and BAC season poster will be the winning artist's work.

Contact: Jennifer Beatty
jenn@becketartscenter.org
413-623-6635

Tiny Art For All Gallery Project

Sponsoring Group Name: Tiny Art For All Gallery Project Committee
Deadline: April 6
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: forms.gle/ESay3u3hupLystUx6

The Tiny Art For All Gallery Project is a series of 5 small-scale, interactive Popup art galleries located along the bike path between Northampton and Florence. Each gallery will host one artist, exhibition or collaboration for 2 months each unless your project utilizes all 5 galleries. The mission of the Tiny Art for All Gallery Project is to provide new opportunities for anyone identifying as artist/maker and to place art directly into communities to engage and interact with.

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

2nd Annual Celebrating the Figure at ArtWorks Gallery

Sponsoring Group Name: ArtWorks Gallery
Deadline: March 23
Submission Fees: $25 for one piece / $35 for up to three pieces
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org/exhibitions/2nd-annual-celebrating-the-figure-call-for-artists

The 2nd Annual Celebrating the Figure will focus on the realistic interpretation of the human figure. Open to all forms of applied mediums, sculpture, and printmaking. We are not accepting photography or electronic media for this show.

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

E-Media Art Walk Events

Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton Media, Inc
Deadline: December 31
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonmedia.org

We're looking for artists who are interested in showing their work in our office gallery. We participate in the monthly Easthampton Art Walks, and have high visibility at our location in the Eastworks Building. Our Art Walk events include live performances in our studio space (we're also looking to book performers for these events as well).

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

Artist of the Month Solo Shows at Northampton Senior Center

Sponsoring Group Name: Northampton Senior Center
Deadline: March 31
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: northamptonma.gov/2493/Application-for-Artist-of-the-Month

Monthly solo shows June 2023 to May 2024. Priority given to artists living in or near Northampton, 55+ years of age. Minimum 12 pieces of ready to hang 2D work. Email photos, sizes and media used for 2-3 pieces with your name, town, and contact info. Artists are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the gallery space before applying. No commission but donation suggested to Friends of NSC. Jurors: Nanette Vonnegut, Betsy Stone and Paul Shoul. Selected artists notified by April 17.

Contact: nscartspace@gmail.com

4th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival 2023

Sponsoring Group Name: Plymouth Public Library Foundation
Deadline: May 1
Submission Fees: varies
City/Town: Plymouth
Website: pplfdn.org/4th-annual-arts-crafts-festival-2023

Juried fine arts & crafts festival on the Plymouth Public Library lawn, 132 South St, Plymouth, MA, 10am-4pm, September 9 & 10. Option to exhibit one or both days. We are calling for approximately 75 exhibitors to present their original and handcrafted canvas art, sculpture, woodwork, glass creations, art fabric, pottery, fashion, metalwork and more. Exhibitors will be juried to ensure a high level of creativity and professionalism. Full details on website.

Contact: Bill Petrillo
Bill.petrillo@comcast.net

Display your art at The LAVA Center

Sponsoring Group Name: The LAVA Center
Deadline: open
Submission Fees: no fee to apply
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: localaccess.org/gallery-space

We have two gallery spaces in our large, window-less space in downtown Greenfield. No windows means no sun damage, and lots of uninterrupted white space to better highlight your work. Both gallery spaces include a reception, generally on the first weekend of the month; regular public gallery hours throughout the month; marketing and promotions: a press release sent to local and regional news outlets and being featured on our website, in our email newsletter, and in social media. Full details on website.

Race Street Bazaar

Sponsoring Group Name: Gateway City Arts
Deadline: ongoing; registrations must be in a week in advance
Submission Fees: $25/day or prepay $20/week
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: https://forms.gle/oEmzj3Ryv51XEJuE7

Open to the public every Sunday 10am-2pm in the large music hall. Our café will be open offering coffee, tea, soda, snacks and pastries for purchase. The Bazaar will feature used clothing/items, collectibles, housewares, records, books, toys, crafts, art & more! VENDORS: tables cost $25/day or prepay 4 weeks for $20/week. Vendors can share a table or rent multiple tables. Application form on website.

Contact: hello@gatewaycityarts.com

ARTery

Sponsoring Group Name: City of Holyoke in collaboration with the Greater Holyoke Chamber, and Print Shop Inc
Deadline: rolling
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: forms.gle/UJrX4JAbj7gFreeL7

An art store and gallery at 289 High Street running throughout 2023 and featuring original and re-made works crafted by a diverse array of regional talent. Original artwork, handcrafted and/or up-cycled/refinished items, and locally produced artisan goods ONLY. Full details and registration form on website.

Contact: artery@holyokeart.com

Borgia Gallery at Elms College

Sponsoring Group Name: Elms College
Deadline: July 12, 2024
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Chicopee
Website: elms.edu/academics/humanities/borgia-gallery

The Borgia Gallery at Elms College in Chicopee is seeking artists and/or artist groups working in two-dimensional or small three-dimensional media to exhibit work. The gallery space is approximately 1200 square feet, and it is located in the Mary Dooley College Center. Exhibitions run from 4 to 6 weeks in length and the college provides printed marketing materials such as postcards and flyers. Interested parties should submit 10 digital images or website to kiernanb@elms.edu

Contact: Brian Kiernan
kiernanb@elms.edu

Saturday Salon at The LAVA Center

Sponsoring Group Name: The LAVA Center
Deadline: open
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: forms.gle/jNEhqYGk8gBRhL5v5

Seeking artists and vendors to display their work during our Saturday Salon. Artists of all stripes--visual artists, writers, musicians, vendors, filmmakers, etc.--are welcome to join us!

Contact: vanessa@localaccess.org

Intro to Botanical Cyanotypes with Madge Evers

Date & Time: Saturday, May 20; 10am-12pm morning session I, or 12:30-2:30pm afternoon session II
Fee: $40 per session
Location: Madge Evers' Studio
City/Town: Haydenville
Website: sporeplay.com/new-events-2

Join me in Haydenville to learn about magical and simple cyanotypes - a camera-less technique that results in graphic blue and white prints. In this alternative photographic process, we'll make photograms, using sunlight to create images of plants. Each participant will create two 4"x6" prints and one 9"x12" print; materials included, but participants encouraged to bring along their favorite flowers and leaves. This workshop will be outdoors. Register on website.

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

Classical Painting Techniques with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Tuesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm, April 4 - May 9
Fee: $475
Organization: Barbara Johnson Studio
Location: Cottage Street Studios
Address: One Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: barbarajohnson.com

Learn the essential ingredients of strong realism since the Rennaisance, mixing colors, temperature, care and function of materials, your own personal station for equipment provided. See website for full description.

Contact: Barbara Johnson
Barbarajohnson202@gmail.com
413-259-7727

Introduction to the Art of Drawing with Barbara Johnson

Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-8:30pm, April 6 - May 11
Fee: $385
Organization: Barbara Johnson Studio
Location: Cottage Street Studios
Address: One Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: barbarajohnson.com

Study Old Master drawings with each exercise to build perceptual skills

Contact: Barbara Johnson
Barbarajohnson202@gmail.com
413-259-7727

Wheel & Surface Sundays with Sophia Aussant

Date & Time: Sundays, 6-9pm, April 16 - June 11
Fee: $310 (8 classes + 6hrs of open studio time per week + 25lbs of clay)
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

In this beginner-friendly pottery course, students will learn to use the potter's wheel to make vessels, surface design, and glazing techniques to make functional and sculptural pieces. This is also suitable for intermediate students who want to work independently, but need some instruction and constructive feedback. Ages: 15 - adult.

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

On & Off the Wheel with Mary Remington

Date & Time: Mondays, 10am-1pm, March 27 - May 15
Fee: $310 (8 classes + 6hrs of open studio time per week + 25lbs of clay)
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

In this beginner-friendly pottery course, students will learn wheel throwing, hand-building, form, surface design, and glazing techniques to make functional and sculptural pieces. This is also suitable for intermediate students who want to work independently, but need some instruction and constructive feedback. Ages: 16 - adult.

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

Beginning Stained Glass at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: April 1, 10am-2:30pm
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 to grace your home or give as gifts. In this class we will cover all the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass art. The 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 materials and supplies are included in the tuition. Same class offered April 15.

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

Intermediate Stained Glass at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: April 4, 5:30-8:30pm
Fee: $75
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

We will cover all of the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass art using the copper foil technique. Students may choose any size and style of pattern, bring their own pattern or draw an original. Use of all tools included in the tuition. Glass, foil and solder will be available for purchase. This class is 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

Stained Glass Mosaic Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: April 2, 3-7:30pm
Fee: $100
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

In this class you will have the opportunity to design a beautiful stained glass mosaic art piece. The class will cover how to prepare a mosaic pattern, how to cut glass into various geometric shapes, how to arrange glass within a pattern, and how to grout the final product. All levels are welcome. All glass and supplies are included in the tuition as is the use of all tools.

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

Intro to Soldering with Ryan Nestor

Date & Time: March 26
Fee: $80-105
Location: Hive Makerspace
Address: 231 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: hivemakerspace.org/events

Learn the basics of soldering by building a primeval DIY synth circuit - the Atari Punk Console. In this 3 hour workshop, we'll give an introduction to components and integrated circuits, cover the basics of electronics tools and techniques, and set you loose to build your own deliciously bleepy synth instrument. All materials are provided.

Contact: Ryan Nestor
info@hivemakerspace.org
413-658-8037

Portrait Sculpting - Bas Relief with John Collins

Date & Time: Saturdays, March 25, 2-5pm & April 1, 2-5pm & May 6, 2-4pm
Fee: $125
Location: ClayWorks
Address: 71 Main Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: workshop13.org

In this 3-week class learn the foundations of realistic bas-relief (or 2D) portrait sculpting in water-based clay. Students make a sculpture of a portrait of their choosing from a photograph photocopy. The subject can be a self-portrait or spouse, a child, a grandchild or pet.

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

Public Studio at The Color Collaborative

Date & Time: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6-8pm
Fee: $20
Location: The Color Collaborative
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 228
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: sharonacolor.com/shop/tuesday-public-studio-nights

Work side-by-side with local artists on your own project. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants a big wide open space to work in amongst other local artists. Pre-registration encouraged but not required. $20/session (no one will be turned away for lack of funds). Bring your own materials, some basic materials provided. Adult program: ages 20+

Contact: Sharon Leshner
sharonacolor@gmail.com

Summer of Color Art Camp at Resilient Community Arts

Date & Time: June-August
Fee: early bird $375 until April 1st
Location: Resilient Community Arts
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 238
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: resilientcommunityarts.org/program-registration/youth-and-teen-programs

Join Resilient Community Arts and The Color Collaborative for four weeks of colorful fun! Each camp is one week long and focuses on an artistic theme. Camp is open for kids/teens ages 8-16 years. June 26-30: Art Explorers, elementary ages 8-11. July 10-14: Characters, Creatures and Comics, mixed ages 8-15. July 24-28: Mix it up - Teen Studio, teen ages 12-15. July 31 - Aug 4: Public Art Camp.

Contact: Sharon Leshner
sharonacolor@gmail.com
856-630-4041

Photo Screen Printing with Jenny Gover

Date & Time: Friday-Sunday, May 5-7, 10am-5pm
Fee: $440
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/photo-screen-printing-2

This intensive workshop will teach you to how to create screenprints using a versatile photographic exposure process. Participants will learn techniques for digital image preparation in Photoshop and then move on to making photo positives. This workshop will allow participants to experiment with multiple techniques in the darkroom and also give ample time for printing. All levels of screenprinting experience are welcome! No computer experience necessary.

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

Introduction to Photopolymer Printmaking with Nancy Diessner

Date & Time: Sat & Sun, April 29 & 30, 10am-5pm
Fee: $315
Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/event/introduction-to-photopolymer-printmaking-2

This workshop is open to beginners with no printmaking experience as well as experienced printmakers. It can also be taken as a re-fresher course for those familiar with the process. We'll be working with Toyobo Printight plates, a photopolymer plate that is very sensitive to photo-based tonal imagery as well as direct drawing. Bring images that you're interested in altering either digitally or through drawing and painting, and experience how versatile these plates can be!

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

Amanda's Monotype & Gel Plate Printmaking Workshops

Date & Time: Sunday, March 26, 1-4.15pm, AND Saturday, April 29, 10am-3pm
Fee: $125 for Sunday 3/26 Gel Plate class AND $140 for Saturday 4/29 Monotype class
Location: Amanda Barrow, Printmaking Studio
Address: One Cottage Street, studio #415
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: artlink.click/74j

Monotype & Gel Plate prints are one-of-a-kind prints. Come have fun and play with AKUA water-based inks, brushes, and different papers to create your one-of-a-kind prints. You take home 7 prints! All materials included in the fee. The Gel Plates are different then our plexi plates, and offer a depth of detail and dimensionality, which our other plates do not. No experience necessary; four students max per workshop means personal attention! Take both classes

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

CLAY, YOGA & ART and CLAY & ART in Shelburne Falls

Date & Time: July 5-7, July 10-14 , July 24-28, or August 7-11
Fee: varies (financial aid is available)
Location: The Art Garden, Shelburne Falls Yoga, and The Handle Factory Community Clay Studio
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: studio.mollycantor.com/product-category/classes

Participants will start the morning with clay classes in the Handle Factory, followed by mid-day movement at Shelburne Falls Yoga and mixed-media art-making at The Art Garden. Participants are escorted to each activity and eat their bag lunches at The Art Garden. Snacks are provided. Clay & Art is similar, just minus Yoga. July 5-7, ages 13-18; July 10-14, ages 6-9; July 24-28, ages 9-12; August 7-11, ages 7-12. See website for details.

Contact: csartgarden@gmail.com

Beginner Watercolor: Private or semi-private lessons

Date & Time: Mondays & Tuesdays
Fee: $25/hr individual; $45/hr groups of 3
Location: Arts & Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street
City/Town: Florence

Private or semi-private lessons starting at age 8. Artist quality paper and paint are free for the first 3 lessons. If you decide you would like to continue with watercolor lessons. I will assist you in choosing good quality materials. We will explore basic watercolor techniques for beginners: wet into wet, dry brush, negative painting, textures color theory, and more. Please call for more information.

Contact: Liz
Audubonarts@icloud.com
413-923-2809

Spiritual Imagination for Creatives

Date & Time: Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm, April 19 - June 14; OR Thursdays, 10-11:30am, April 20 - June 15
Fee: $135-225 sliding scale
Location: online via Art and Soul
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: artandsoulwm.org

This virtual community invites creatives of all mediums into the weaving of spiritual reflection and creative process. We will journey through 37 thoughtfully curated words, such as "Beauty," "Imagination," and "Transformation." These words are not specific to any one spiritual tradition but are core threads and practices of vital creative lives. Each week we'll gather for 30 minutes of shared reflection and a brief practice before moving into 60 minutes of personal creative exploration.

Contact: Susannah Crolius
artandsoul.wm@gmail.com
413-348-2385

Easthampton Clay & The Prindle School Summer Program for Kids

Date & Time: July 10-14 or July 17-21
Fee: $410
Location: Easthampton Clay & The Prindle School
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: easthamptonclay.com/summer-program-for-kids

4th annual summer pottery and performing arts adventure for children ages 8-16. Each week includes a half-day of performing arts and a half-day of pottery exploring projects from various traditions in visual and performing arts. Full details and registration on website.

The Most Important Things You Learn In Art School with Meg Bandarra

Date & Time: January - July
Fee: $35 for each mini-workshop
Location: Online via Zoom
City/Town: Northampton
Website: megbandarra.com/art-school-workshop

A prerecorded series of six mini-workshops teaching the most important skills I learned from my days in art school - perfect for anyone who feels like they missed out on some of the fundamental lessons you learn with a formal art education. Starting in January, each mini-workshop is available for two specific calendar months, and can be rewatched over and over during that time. The series has a natural progression, but each workshop can be taken individually. Visit the website for more details.

Contact: Meg Bandarra
megbandarra@gmail.com

Artist Space on Main Street

Date(s) available: now
Address: 409 Main Street, Suite 200
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gillenproperties.com

Contact: Pat
pat@gillenproperties.com
413-253-2529

Help Restore Women's History Mural

Goal: $24,000
End Date: September 30, 2023
City/Town: Northampton
Website: gofund.me/e60b2235

The iconic mural, History of Women in Northampton, 1600-1980, painted by the Hestia Art Collective in 1980 & restored in 2003, depicts 3 centuries of diverse women's history in the Valley. The mural brings back from obscurity women's contributions to community & culture. Unfortunately, the mural was damaged last year. We are raising funds for its repair. March is Women's History month; contributing to this project is a great way to honor women's history. Please help! Representation matters.

Contact: Rebecca Muller
rebmuller@comcast.net
413-427-0689

The Dreamweavers: A Survivor Art Exhibition

Goal: $6,000
End Date: May 31, 2023
City/Town: Northampton
Website: gofundme.com/f/dreamweavers-tales-fundraiser

Help bring the stories of queer & trans survivors of sexual & relationship violence to life through tarot-inspired artwork. Be part of cultivating community-led care networks. Inspire people to embark on journeys of self-discovery and healing. This fundraiser supports the dream project of local artist & survivor support worker Lachlan Thompson.

Contact: Lachlan Thompson
astralcherryart@gmail.com