| January 3, 2017
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 | | Featured Listings:  | | NEW DATE: Abstract Painting 101 Workshop Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, March 11-12, 10am-4pm
Fee: $285 + $65 materials fee
Organization: Kim Carlino Art Studio
Class Location: Eastworks, Suite 250
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.eventbrite.com/e/abstract-painting-101-tickets-29333489256 Curious about Abstraction? Want to try new materials? Want to be creative? Join me for a two-day workshop where we will explore nontraditional surfaces such as yupo, tyvek, acetate and more. We will learn about trends in abstraction while experimenting with watercolor, high flow acrylics, spray paint, and various other mediums. Please email with any questions. The materials fee covers all materials costs that will be provided. Limit 8 participants. www.kimcarlino.com Contact: Kim Carlino
kimcarlino@gmail.com
413-695-3514 |   | | The Horse Show Artist: Bella Halsted
Start Date: December 9, 2016
End Date: January 12, 2017
Location Name: Clayton & Canby Dental Office
Address: 243 King Street, Suite 112
City/Town: Northampton Horses, real and fantastic, oil on paper, watercolor. Image: "Mother & Child", oil on paper, 30x22". Contact: Bella Halsted
bella@crocker.com | Agawam Exhibits/Events  | | Richard Nowak Artist: Richard Nowak
Start Date: January 3, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: Agawam Public Library
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Website: richnowakfineart.blogspot.com Paintings in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor. In a realistic style with an impressionistic flair! Landscapes, Seascapes and Floral Garden Scenes. Contact: nowakfineart@gmail.com | back to top Amherst Exhibits/Events  | | Amherst Arts Night Plus Date: Thursday, January 5, 5-8pm
Location Name: various locations
Address: downtown
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.amherstartwalk.com Art Walk is now Arts Night Plus! A free cultural event held monthly throughout downtown. Any month might include exhibitions of visual art, poetry readings, musical performances, lectures. Arts Night Plus brings people into businesses, showcases contemporary art and culture, promotes scores of area artists, and brings cultural enrichment to residents and visitors. Check online for monthly show listings and information on artists and venues. Contact: info@amherstartwalk.com | back to top  | | Valerie Gilman & Elaina Kennedy Artists: Valerie Gilman, Elaina Kennedy
Start Date: January 5, 2017
End Date: January 28, 2017
Reception Date: Thursday, January 5, 5-8pm
Location Name: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 1-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.gallerya3.com A two-person show featuring the gallery's newest members, Valerie Gilman and Elaina Kennedy. Valerie Gilman is a sculptor who works in a variety of media including clay, bronze and steel. Elaina Kennedy's abstract paintings and monoprints are complex compositions layering colors, lines and shapes. An Art Forum is held on Thursday, January 19 at 7pm, and is an opportunity to talk about the current exhibit with the artists. Contact: gallerya3@gmail.com
413-256-4250 | back to top  | | 6th Annual Small Works Show Artists: 100+ local artists
Start Date: November 28, 2016
End Date: January 14, 2017
Reception Date: Thursday, January 5, 5-8pm
Location Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 10-6, Thur 10-8, Sat 10-4
Address: 319 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com Featuring 100+ works by local artists--from photographs to paintings, illustrations to sculptures, the show features works in all mediums. All works cash-and-carry! A reception and free art raffle will follow on Thursday, January 5th, 5-8pm. Join us for a chance to win one of the small works, winner's choice! Contact: Bronwen Hodgkinson
bronwen@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197 | back to top  | | Balka's Lower East Side Start Date: October 23, 2016
End Date: March 13, 2017
Location Name: Yiddish Book Center
Hours: Sun-Fri 10am-4pm
Address: 1021 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.yiddishbookcenter.org A multi-artist exhibit that focuses on the experiences of Eastern European Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, with works on paper by artists including Saul Raskin, William Sharp, Raphael Soyer, and Joseph Hirsch. Contact: programs@yiddishbookcenter.org
413-256-4900 | back to top  | | A Retrospective of a Life in Sculpture and Painting Artist: Miriam Berg
Start Date: October 27, 2016
End Date: February 20, 2017
Location Name: Applewood at Amherst
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, or by appt
Address: One Spencer Drive
City/Town: Amherst At 89, Miriam Berg has had a long life creating sculptures from various stones -- African Wonderstone, White Italian Alabaster, Soapstone and others. Her sculptures are reflections of very personal subjects; centered on themes of the family-mothers and children, lovers and people. She will also show some paintings in oil and acrylic. Miriam began painting seven years ago when sculpting became too difficult. Contact: Christine Sulborski
CSulborski@loomiscommunities.org
413-588-5312 | back to top  | | Through the Photographer's Eyes Artist: Diana Mara Henry
Start Date: August 19, 2016
End Date: January 13, 2017
Location Name: W.E.B. Du Bois Library, UMass
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 154 Hicks Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: library.umass.edu/news/exhibits/through-the-photographers-eyes-the-diana-mara-henry-collection-20th-century-photographer/ On both the Lower Level and in Special Collections and University Archives, on Floor 25, at Du Bois Library. The exhibit features photographs taken by Henry along with an array of related materials: speeches, brochures, and her personal notes-collected over the years, which document the political and cultural scene of the second half of the 20th Century. Contact: Danielle Kovacs
dkovacs@library.umass.edu
413-545-2784 | back to top Chicopee Exhibits/Events Annual Fall Student Art Exhibition Artists: Art Students at Elms College
Start Date: November 30, 2016
End Date: January 21, 2017
Location Name: Borgia Gallery, Elms College
Address: 291 Springfield Street
City/Town: Chicopee
Website: www.elms.edu A showcase of work by current students in Intro to Art, Printmaking, Drawing and Painting, plus, for the first time, research posters by Art History students. Contact: 413-594-2761 | back to top Easthampton Exhibits/Events  | | Anna Ashe-Simmer Artist: Anna Ashe-Simmer
Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Reception Date: January 12, 5-7pm
Location Name: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Nature Center
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-4pm, Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-12pm
Address: 127 Combs Road
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.massaudubon.org/arcadia Anna Ashe-Simmer grew up in the Pioneer valley, where she spent many winters collecting plants buried deep beneath the snow. She now lives in Turners Falls, and still goes on long walks looking for interesting things to bring home and draw. The sample of her work shown here is entitled "Color and Life in Winter". Contact: Ed Kaler
ekaler@massaudubon.org
413-584-3009 | back to top Annual Lathrop Artists Show Artists: Lathrop artists from Northampton and Easthampton
Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Reception Date: Sunday, January 8, 3:30pm
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: lathrop.kendal.org Featuring art work from Lathrop artists from Northampton and Easthampton campuses. Contact: Kathy Maloney
kmaloney@lathrop.kendal.org
413-586-0006 | back to top Ghosts Who Now Dance Artists: Sandy Alpert, Arthur Griffin
Start Date: December 11, 2016
End Date: January 15, 2017
Location Name: The Griffin Museum at Colson Gallery
Address: Eastworks, Ste. 246, 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.colsongallery.com Sandy Alpert's photographs resemble detached figures, ghostly shadows within shadows that represent her own ghosts from the past. These beautiful figures created by negative space and light are visually similar to the long shadows dancing across the frames captured by our very own founder, Arthur Griffin. Contact: Rick Colson
rick@colsongallery.com | back to top  | | THIRTEEN YEARS OF SOMETHING Artist: Luke J. Cavagnac
Start Date: November 12, 2016
End Date: February 10, 2017
Location Name: The Invisible Fountain
Hours: Mon-Fri & sometimes on weekends
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite #206
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.invisiblefountain.com 1 painter, 2 windows, 3 words, 4 walls, 5 senses, 6 thousand paintings on the horizon, 7 lucky seven, 8 can be lazy, 9 innings, 10 fingers, 11 is the month, 12 is the day, 13 years and counting... Contact: 413-896-8073 | back to top Greenfield Exhibits/Events  | | Whispers Artist: Alice Thomas
Start Date: January 6, 2017
End Date: March 28, 2017
Reception Date: January 6, 6-8pm
Location Name: GCTV
Address: 393 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield This series of work discusses the endangered and extinct species of nature. The manner of brush stroke, color, and title all lend information to the viewer for identification and sense of progression on the spectrum of endangerment. Come! Meet Alice Thomas January 6, 6-8pm at the site while she is available for discussion and a bit of 'nosh'. | back to top  | | ARTSTU Artists: group show
Start Date: December 8, 2016
End Date: January 11, 2017
Location Name: Artspace Greenfield
Hours: M-F 12-2:30pm & 4-6pm, and by appt
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: www.artspacegreenfield.com An Exhibition Of Works By Local Artists Affiliated With Greenfield Community College. Closed December 21-January 2. Contact: info@artspacegreenfield.com
413-772-6811 | back to top Northampton Exhibits/Events Free Second Friday at Smith College Museum of Art Date: Friday, January 13, 4-8pm
Location Name: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: Smith College
City/Town: Northampton 4-6 pm Hands On! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Design Your Own Benches. Create a model of your own stylish seat, inspired by artist-designed benches located throughout the museum! 6-6:30 pm Open Eyes Join a guided conversation exploring a work of art in the exhibition. | back to top  | | Destination Europe & USA Artist: Deborah O'Neill
Start Date: January 2, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Reception Date: Thursday, January 5, 4:30-6:30pm
Location Name: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Locust Gallery
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton A creative blend of art and travel; New England scenes, and a selection of photographs from European countries including the Greek Islands, Venice (Italy), Switzerland, Ireland and beyond. The exhibit will also include a few of her signature "Photo Paintings" which combine "center photos with painted mats" to create two-dimensional illusions. Contact: Deborah O'Neill
doarts@aol.com
413-559-8062 | back to top  | | Paintings and Drawings Artist: Miriam Wells
Start Date: January 4, 2017
End Date: January 30, 2017
Reception Date: Saturday, January 14, 1-4pm
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 9am-9pm, Tue & Thur 1-5pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org Miriam is an artist, carpenter, and historian living in Turners Falls. Her work features two main themes: labor, and the urban landscape. She paints men at work, and people at play in post-industrial landscapes. Her carpenter coworkers have been a source of inspiration, as have the abandoned mills of Franklin County. Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011 | back to top  | | Bird Sculptures Artist: Janice Doppler
Start Date: January 4, 2017
End Date: January 30, 2017
Reception Date: Saturday, January 14, 1-4pm
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 9am-9pm, Tue & Thur 1-5pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org "Creating a bird that looks like it might fly away requires skilled craftsmanship spread through dozens of hours paying intense attention to detail, and an artist's awareness of line, shape, texture, and color. Expressing a moment in the life of a bird is an art that starts with imagining the shape of the bird and how it will be mounted before I pick up a piece of wood." Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011 | back to top  | | Close to Home Artist: Patricia Dorr Parker
Start Date: January 4, 2017
End Date: January 30, 2017
Reception Date: Saturday, January 14, 1-4pm
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Hours: Mon & Wed 9am-9pm, Tue & Thur 1-5pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org An exploration of Patricia's discoveries made during her frequent walks here in and around the Pioneer Valley. She finds the beauty of frequenting the local woods and terrain over and over again invites one to notice more and more. One is able to develop a deep sense of connection and belonging to place. By closely observing familiar surroundings in a curious way she reveals the ordinary in a new light. Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011 | back to top  | | Uplands Artists: Elizabeth Lehman, Will Sillin
Start Date: January 5, 2017
End Date: January 29, 2017
Reception Date: Friday, January 13, 5-8pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org This two-person show of plein air and studio oil paintings by Elizabeth Lehman and Will Sillin explores meadows, rivers, cascades, deserts, and mountain passes close to home in Western Massachusetts and far afield. Contact: 413-586-6300 | back to top New Work Artist: Deborra Stewart-Pettengill
Start Date: January 5, 2017
End Date: January 29, 2017
Reception Date: Friday, January 13, 5-8pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery, Back Room
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org An exploration of organic structure and pattern is combined with a focus on repetition and abstraction. Contact: 413-586-6300 | back to top  | | We Should Have Had Artists: group show
Start Date: December 12, 2016
End Date: February 9, 2017
Location Name: Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall
Address: Smith College
City/Town: Northampton The Senior Studio Art majors are presenting a collective art show. | back to top  | | Lit: studies in ephemeral funk and electrical outlets Artist: Kandy Littrell
Start Date: December 5, 2016
End Date: January 28, 2017
Location Name: Oresman Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College
Address: 22 Elm Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/art Take a trip back to when "housewives" made lamps from wine bottles and pickle jars. Bring some hallucinogens and hoarding instincts, and you'll arrive at Lit. Littrell's illuminated works are obsessed interpretations of the wine-bottle lamp. These electrified objects are made of, as the artist says, "a lot of stuff." Littrell's original fabric, wallpaper, and drawings catch the glow of her "lanterns," and underscore deeply personal, humor-tinged meditations on nostalgia, compulsion, and delight. Contact: Rebecca Davis
rdavis@smith.edu
413-585-3102 | back to top  | | #chasinglight Artists: group show
Start Date: December 9, 2016
End Date: January 9, 2017
Location Name: City Hall Gallery
Hours: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
Address: 212 Main Street, Second Floor Hall
City/Town: Northampton This is the fourth installation of what has become a traveling exhibit to highlight our area's Instagram users. It is a collection of photos from the @igers413 community, who were given the theme #chasinglight. All photos were taken within the 413, with each photographer portraying their own unique interpretation(s) of the theme. Contributors shot with a variety of cameras, ranging from an iPhone to a traditional film camera; and their love of capturing images has brought them together for this show. Contact: Brian Foote
413-587-1069 | back to top  | | Driving Home Artist: Sarah Holbrook
Start Date: December 13, 2016
End Date: January 4, 2017
Location Name: A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sun 12-5pm, Fri 12-8pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.apearts.org Sarah Holbrook is a local photographer. Holbrook worked solely with handmade cameras in the 1990's and now works with both pinhole and digital cameras. She has spent most of her life photographing in New England. Currently she travels to Greenland, Iceland and arctic destinations when possible, photographing the grandeur and fragility of the polar regions. She incorporates movement and low light in her work, with snow, ice, night and water as her inspirations. | back to top  | | Abundance Artist: Cathy Lawlor
Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, North Gallery
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton Photographer Cathy Lawlor focuses primarily on nature and landscape photography. She spends many hours in her kayak grateful for the rich abundance of sights, sounds, landscape and life that surround us. The heart of her work is on the water capturing birds, marsh life, lily pads, early mornings and sunsets as well as the change of the seasons. Contact: Cathy Lawlor
cathylawlor@comcast.net
413-548-9198 | back to top | | The Horse Show Artist: Bella Halsted
Start Date: December 9, 2016
End Date: January 12, 2017
Location Name: Clayton & Canby Dental Office
Address: 243 King Street, Suite 112
City/Town: Northampton Horses, real and fantastic, oil on paper, watercolor. Image: "Mother & Child", oil on paper, 30x22". Contact: Bella Halsted
bella@crocker.com | back to top  | | POP holiday shop Start Date: November 18, 2016
End Date: January 11, 2017
Location Name: Thornes Marketplace (lower level)
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.facebook.com/popartisanscollective POP artisan collective is a group of makers who have come together for the holidays to bring you locally made art and craft. By buying local you are helping to support your artisan neighbors. Buying local is fair trade at is finest. Please come and visit. Contact: cristine
revisions2@verizon.net
413-339-4260 | back to top  | | 27th Annual Children's Illustration Celebration Artists: children's illustrators
Start Date: November 6, 2016
End Date: January 15, 2017
Reception Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: M-W 10-6, Th-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.RMichelson.com R. Michelson Galleries invites you to join us for the 27th Annual Children's Illustration Celebration. Come meet some of your favorite Illustrators and Authors as we celebrate, not only this year's exhibition, but also the 40th Anniversary of the Gallery! Contact: Elana Chernick-Kritz
Elana@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964 | back to top  | | Four Senior Artists Artists: group show
Start Date: December 1, 2016
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: 22 Atwood Drive, 2nd Floor Waiting Are
Hours: 8am-5pm
City/Town: Northampton Ranging in age from 78 to 88, four women residents work together weekly as a studio group at the Northampton Lathrop community. Joan Davis, Nancy First, Sheila Lyford and Judy Van Heyst each brings a lifetime of art experience to share and to help each other grow, each in her own unique way. Contact: Sheila Lyford
selyford@gmail.com
413-584-2908 | back to top Shelburne Falls Exhibits/Events  | | Wintery Mix Artists: group show
Start Date: November 23, 2016
End Date: January 23, 2017
Location Name: Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-5pm, Fri-Sat 11am-8pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.ShelburneArtsCoop.com A Holiday Group Show by artists at the Shelburne Arts Cooperative. In December, a Holiday Sale on Special Items and Music by Uncle Hal on Saturday afternoons. Contact: 413-625-9324 | back to top Southampton Exhibits/Events Treasures from the Vault Start Date: January 8, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Reception Date: January 8
Location Name: Robert Floyd Photo Gallery & Learning Center
Address: 2 East Street
City/Town: Southampton
Website: www.robertfloydphoto.com This exhibit and sale will include unseen and favorite artwork collected through The Gallery's 15-year history. Exhibit include historic, contemporary, and eclectic artwork, many limited editions and one of a kind prints. Artist Gallery Conversations: January 8, 15, 22, and 29. Refreshments. Contact: floyd@robertfloydphoto.com
413-529-2635 | back to top Springfield Exhibits/Events  | | Alternative Realities Artist: Dean Nimmer
Start Date: December 6, 2016
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: Art For The Soul Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat by appt
Address: Towersquare, 1500 Main Street, 2nd Floor
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.art4thesoul.org Local artist, Dean Nimmer will be exhibiting his abstract art and sculpture pieces. His books will also be available. Artistic Director Billy Myers. Contact: RT Woods
artforthesoulgallery@gmail.com
413-231-4598 | back to top  | | Turtle Power! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Samurai Heroes Start Date: November 8, 2016
End Date: May 14, 2017
Location Name: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield Museums
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/turtle-power/ A unique and imaginative exhibit that brings together original graphic novel art from the collection of local TMNT enthusiast Elias Derby and the Museums' own world-famous collection of Japanese arms, armor, and pristine ukiyo-e prints. Featuring a Saturday morning cartoon area and samurai-inspired activities. Contact: Matt Longhi
mlonghi@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800 | back to top  | | Cats in Hats Illustrations from the Western Massachusetts Illustrators' Guild Artists: over 40 artists from Western Mass and the region
Start Date: October 4, 2016
End Date: April 30, 2017
Location Name: Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Museums
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org/exhibitions/cats-in-hats/ Cats in Hats includes works inspired by Dr. Seuss' famous children's book in celebration of the forthcoming museum in his honor. Over 40 of the region's best-known illustrators are featured, including Diane deGroat, Ruth Sanderson, and Jane Yolen, among others. Also includes an interactive space featuring a "Cat Walk" scavenger hunt, a "Cat Paw-trait" wall/selfie photo booth, and a "Cat-Toons" cartoon station area. Contact: Matt Longhi
mlonghi@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800 | back to top  | | National Parks Centennial Exhibit: A Century of Service Start Date: May 26, 2016
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Hours: Wed-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: One Armory Square
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.nps.gov/spar This exhibit, dedicated to the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service, will highlight the compelling connection Springfield Armory has with other NPS sites through the history of firearms and the park's unique museum collection. During the nine month run of the centennial exhibit, Springfield Armory NHS curator Alex Mackenzie will display artifacts never before seen by the public. Contact: Joanne M. Gangi-Wellman
Joannem_Gangi@nps.gov
413-734-8551 | back to top Turners Falls Exhibits/Events River Rooms Artist: Alice Thomas
Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: February 28, 2017
Location Name: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: Wed-Sun 10am-4pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls The work is constructed of acrylic on canvases and papers. These 'rooms' below the 'skin' or surface of the water, is part of a larger discussion on the river's health and status. The 'rooms' contain what we cannot see from the surface, such as waste-of any kind (chemical, run-off, trash, etc.) and is hidden for our view: seeped down to the bottom; locked away in 'rooms' just as we hide 'things' below our surfaces/skins. Contact: Alice Thomas
alicethomasmail@gmail.com | back to top Williamsburg Exhibits/Events  | | Northern Light Artist: Anne-Marie Taylor
Start Date: January 3, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2017
Reception Date: Saturday, January, 2-4pm
Location Name: Neil Hammer Gallery at the Meekins Library
Hours: Tue 12-5pm, Wed 10am-8pm, Thurs 3-6pm, Sat 10am-2pm
Address: 2 Williams Street
City/Town: Williamsburg
Website: www.facebook.com/AnneMarieTaylorArt An exhibit of recent still lifes in oil by Anne-Marie Taylor celebrating the power of indirect light to infuse the everyday fruits of the kitchen and the garden with dramatic luminosity in the tradition of the American Impressionists. Contact: Anne-Marie Taylor
amtaylorart@verizon.net | back to top Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities Hosmer Art Gallery Sponsoring Group Name: The Hosmer Art Gallery
Submission Due Date: February 5
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org Western Massachusetts artists in all media are eligible! Artists may apply to exhibit their work in the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library next year. Exhibits will take place between July 2017 and July 2018. The Hosmer Art Gallery is designed to provide opportunities for local artists to show their work to the public. More information and application available on the website. Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011 | back to top  | | Small Works Art Exhibit and Sale Sponsoring Group Name: Sawmill River Arts Gallery
Submission Due Date: January 14–28
Submission Fees: $5 per entry (maximum of two)
City/Town: Montague
Website: www.sawmillriverarts.com This is an open (non-juried) show of original two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. Maximum dimensions are 6" x 6". (For important details, see guidelines on registration form on website). At least one artwork from each artist will be exhibited. Due to space limitations, we can accept only the first 100 total pieces submitted. Contact: Joan Levy
jllevy@comcast.net
413-256-0175 | back to top  | | Winter Gala Celebration Sponsoring Group Name: Scantic River Artisans
Submission Due Date: January 18-20, 9am-3pm
Submission Fees: $25 annual to be included in all 4 seasonal shows
City/Town: Hampden
Website: www.scanticriverartisans.com A celebration of the group's new permanent home at 104 Allen St. A beautiful setting with over 300 feet of exhibit space. Open to all artisans. The Gala is a one day event on January 21st from 1-5. However, the exhibit space will be open from 9-3 mon-fri after the 21st with the exhibiting gallery opportunity changed every 6 weeks or by appointment. Pieces must be marked with Title, Price, Medium, Artist and Contact Information. One award will be given on day of Gala for "Peoples Choice" of $100. Contact: Nan Hurlburt
nanhurlburt50@gmail.com
413-205-7985 | back to top Nasty Women Art Exhibit Sponsoring Group Name: Leverett Arts & Crafts
Submission Due Date: January 31
Submission Fees: FREE
City/Town: Leverett Calling all Nasty Women Artists! We are looking for submissions of artwork for a group exhibit at the Leverett Arts and Crafts Barnes Gallery. This is a group exhibition that serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats by the President-elect to roll back women's rights, individual rights, and abortion rights. This is a fundraiser and all proceeds will go to the Abortion Rights Fund of Western MA. Please contact Nancy Paglia for more information. Contact: Nancy Paglia
npaglia62@gmail.com
413-687-2125 | back to top  | | 7th Open Juried Photography Show at the Agawam Public Library Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due Date: January 28, 2017
Submission Fees: $25 per entry before January 14; $30 after
City/Town: Agawam
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends Multiple Entries per Category Allowed. Categories: Creative, Nature, Photojournalism, Pictorial. All images must be original and made by the photographer. Show dates: January 30 - February 24, 2017. Awards: Total $1,340 -- Best in Show ($300) and 1st ($120), 2nd ($80), 3rd ($60) in each Category plus 8 Honorable Mentions for a total of 21 awards. Download Prospectus / Entry form on website. Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net
413-789-1550 | back to top  | | Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: ongoing
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.org Join Easthampton's largest network of creative people. Stay connected and enjoy ECA+ creative opportunities! ECA+ weate. Visit the easthamptoncityarts.com/apply for further information. Contact: arts@easthampton.org
413-529-1425 | back to top Classes & Workshops  | | Creating on the Wheel: Beginner and Beyond Date & Time: Tuesdays, 10am-12:15pm, January 17 - March 7
Fee: $300
Organization: Tiffany Hilton Pottery
Class Location: Arts & Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street, studio 352
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.tiffanyhilton.com/classes/ Try the potter's wheel for the first time or tackle a form you haven't tried yet. This is a very accommodating class with lots of demonstrations, individual instruction and opportunities to focus on your specific goals. The emphasis of the class will be on functional pottery using high-fired stoneware and glazes. Class session offers time to explore bowls, mugs, plates and other forms based on student's experience. Beginners welcome. Class limited to 5 students. Contact: Tiffany Hilton
high_fired@hotmail.com
413-824-6506 | back to top  | | Two Day Teapot Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, 10am-4pm, February 18-19
Fee: $200, includes materials
Organization: Tiffany Hilton Pottery
Class Location: Arts & Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street, studio 352
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.tiffanyhilton.com/classes/ In this two day workshop we will give our full attention to making this complex form; throwing the body, fitting various styles of lids, hand-building or throwing spouts, pulling handles and discussing the positioning of all of these parts and their effect on form and function. Numerous demonstrations and images will encourage and inspire you. Some wheel experience required. We will each make several teapots using Cone 6-10 stoneware. Contact: Tiffany Hilton
high_fired@hotmail.com
413-824-6506 | back to top  | | Amanda's Monotype Printmaking Workshop Date & Time: 9.30am-3:30pm, Saturday, February 4
Fee: $165 including materials
Organization: Cottage Street Arts School
Class Location: Amanda Barrow Arts
Address: One Cottage Street, studio #4-15
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.amandabarrow.net Monotype prints are one-of-a-kind prints, all unique! Imagine painting on a sheet of plastic, placing paper over it, then running it through my printing press. Voila, the image comes out on the paper in reverse to how you painted it! Come have fun and play with AKUA water-based inks, brushes, and different papers to create your one-of-a-kind prints. No experience necessary; 3 students maximum per workshop means personal attention. Please see website for more info, next workshop Wednesday, March 1. Contact: Amanda Barrow
bridge_arts@yahoo.com | back to top  | | Open Figure Drawing Class Date & Time: Wednesdays, 9:45am-12:45pm, starts December 7 (ongoing)
Fee: $15 cash drop in fee. Sign up for the month in advance = $10 a session (no refunds if you miss a week)
Organization: Easthampton Figure Drawing Club
Class Location: Eastworks, Room 122
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.eastworks.com Sessions are untaught, come and do your own thing! Model is nude, poses are mixed length. Bring your own art materials. Open to everyone over 18. Contact: Susan Halls
susan@susanhalls.com
413-529-1164 | back to top  | | Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones Date & Time: January 9 - March 28, 5-9pm (each evening is a separate class - see website for dates)
Fee: $75 per evening (includes all materials)
Organization: Christine Kenneally Mosaics
Class Location: Paragon Building
Address: 150 Pleasant Street, Suite 236
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.christinekenneallymosaics.com Learn how to use glass and cement to make your own mosaic stepping stone for your garden or walkway in this popular and exciting class! We'll discuss the patterns used in mosaics and see some examples of this art form that has been around for centuries. Learn how to cut glass and use the Indirect Method for creating a mosaic that will be a conversation piece in any garden! Students will make one stepping stone each evening, which can be picked up the following week. Contact: Christine Kenneally
christine@christinekenneallymosaics.com
413-244-2384 | back to top  | | Mosaic Tables Date & Time: Wednesdays, 6-9pm, January 11 - March 1
Fee: $485 (includes all materials, including table)
Organization: Christine Kenneally Mosaics
Class Location: Paragon Building
Address: 150 Pleasant Street, Suite 236
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.christinekenneallymosaics.com In this popular 8 week class, you'll make a mosaic table! Starting with the basics, learn techniques for designing your mosaic, choosing colors, cutting glass, creating patterns, laying the pieces, and putting it all together using the indirect method. These tables are an ideal size to be used as end tables in a living room, or on a patio. All materials provided. Open to all levels, this is a fun experience with an exciting result. Class will be kept small for individual instruction. Contact: Christine Kenneally
christine@christinekenneallymosaics.com
413-244-2384 | back to top  | | Artist Workshops with Lorna Ritz Date & Time: ongoing
Class Location: Valley View Studio + Gallery
City/Town: Pelham
Website: www.lornaritz.com Technical and Aesthetic Instruction: A critical approach to your painting and drawing. A year long series of six weekly three hour classes, both landscape and figure. Lorna encourages artists to ask questions on paper or canvas with curiosity, rather than stating only what the eye perceptually sees. The eye, instead, moves around and not just on the object being drawn or painted, so that movement is created through color relationships. questions: lenajenny3@yahoo.com Contact: gchilenski@gmail.com
207-975-2659 | back to top  | | The Art of Weaving Date & Time: January 14-15, 1-5pm
Fee: $95 includes materials
Class Location: Studio 338
Address: Arts & Industry Building, 221 Pine Street, #338
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.paulaveleta.com Have you been looking for a place to try your hand at weaving? Then this class is for you! This class offers you an opportunity to learn the basics of weaving on a rigid heddle loom. You will learn how to put a warp on the loom and what you can do once you've got the loom set up. Materials are included in the cost of the class. Classes are limited to 4 students and pre-registration is required. Contact Paula Veleta to register. Contact: Paula Veleta
paulaerk@comcast.net
413-320-0808 | back to top  | | Stained Glass Workshop Date & Time: Sunday, January 22, 12-4pm
Fee: $100
Class Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: 19 Chapin Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com Create a beautiful sun catcher, a small panel, or a few 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 of stained glass art. 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 are welcome. All glass and supplies are included in the tuition as is the use of all tools. Next class: Feb 12. Contact: Heather McLean
HeatherMcLean22@gmail.com
413-559-1010 | back to top  | | Mixed level oil painting City/Town: Florence Mixed level oil painting instruction with artist Valerie Bassett in Florence. Private and small group instruction available. Contact: Valerie Bassett
Bassettpainting@Gmail.com
413-563-3538 | back to top | | NEW DATE: Abstract Painting 101 Workshop Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, March 11-12, 10am-4pm
Fee: $285 + $65 materials fee
Organization: Kim Carlino Art Studio
Class Location: Eastworks, Suite 250
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.eventbrite.com/e/abstract-painting-101-tickets-29333489256 Curious about Abstraction? Want to try new materials? Want to be creative? Join me for a two-day workshop where we will explore nontraditional surfaces such as yupo, tyvek, acetate and more. We will learn about trends in abstraction while experimenting with watercolor, high flow acrylics, spray paint, and various other mediums. Please email with any questions. The materials fee covers all materials costs that will be provided. Limit 8 participants. www.kimcarlino.com Contact: Kim Carlino
kimcarlino@gmail.com
413-695-3514 | back to top  | | Figure Drawing Fridays Date & Time: Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm (doors open at 6 - come early if you want an easel)
Fee: $15/ $10 for students
Class Location: Studio One at Norseman Commons (follow the signs)
Address: 71 Bradford Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.facebook.com/figuredrawingfridays Open Figure Drawing group in Northampton. We provide the model, some easels, music, conversation and snacks. We are an easy-going group and we enjoy the social/ community aspect of these sessions as much as the actual drawing. Bring your own materials and BYOB if you want. There is NO INSTRUCTOR at these sessions but Emma the studio pup will be there. She's not much for drawing but she really enjoys snacks. RSVP: requested as space is limited. RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/Figure-Drawing-Fridays/ Contact: gundy
ehoartguy@gmail.com | back to top  | | Try a wheel throwing class Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-8pm, ongoing
Fee: $35
Class Location: CyclePottery
Address: 225 Nonotuck Street, Unit A
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.cyclepottery.com Studio potters, Andrew Quient, Raya Khedker and Kathryn Roszko will offer a chance for teens and adults to try out a wheel throwing class, Thursdays, 6-8pm for $35. Contact: Kathryn Roszko
Kathryn@CyclePottery.com
413-219-9594 | back to top  | | Watercolor Workshops with Walter Cudnohufsky Date & Time: Monthly from October 2016 to June 2017
Fee: $110 with discounts for multiple classes, seniors.
Class Location: Belding Memorial Library
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Ashfield
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com Eleventh year! Full day (9am-5:30pm) Saturday or Sunday watercolor workshops. All skill levels welcome! All materials provided! Different subjects each class. Take one class or several. Pre-registration required. For details: walt@wcala.com, 413 628 4600 ext. #11; www.cudnohufsky.com; facebook.com/Cudnohufsky-Watercolors-303525633011766 Contact: walt@wcala.com
413-628-4600 | back to top Studio / Artist Space Available  | | Easthampton: Studio share at One Cottage Street Date available: January 1
Location: One Cottage Street
Address: 1 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton 700 sq. ft. 4th floor- Eastern exposure, view of Mt. Tom. Bright, sunny, quiet, clean. 4 large windows. Studio is empty, freshly painted. Available: Jan 1, 2017 $495/mo. total. All utilities included. Contact: SW Berry
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