| November 22, 2011
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Advertise on The Valley Arts Newsletter The Valley Arts Newsletter (formerly known as "The Arts Newsletter Experiment") is an email newsletter published on Tuesdays with news about art shows and events, calls for artists and opportunities, art class announcements, and studio availabilities. The information is submitted by our readers and is focused on the visual arts in the Pioneer Valley area. Submissions are accepted via the online submission form. Final inclusion is up to the editors. © 2008-2011 The Valley Arts Newsletter. Privacy Policy Unsubscribe  | | Amherst Exhibits/Events  | | Open Studios at Main Street Studios Artists: Janet Winston, Ruth Elcan, Isabella Halsted, Janna Essig, Mary Kersell, Linn Bower, Edith Allison, Lynn Peterfreund, Christine Labich, and Bill Walker
Date: December 1-4: Thurs-Fri 5-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm
Location Name: Main Street Studios
Address: 16 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.christinelabich.com Artist working in printmaking, pastel, oil, watercolor, acrylic and wood open their studios. Small works available for holiday gifts. Always lively conversation! Janet Winston, Lynn Peterfreund, and Bill Walker only open Saturday and Sunday. All others open Thursday-Sunday. Contact: Christine Labich
clabich@verizon.net
413-259-3784 | back to top   | | November at Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce Artist: Louise Lavine
Start Date: November 3, 2011
End Date: November 26, 2011
Location Name: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Address: 28 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstarea.com Paintings by Louise Lavine includes still lives, portraits, and landscapes in oil. Landscapes are from Durham, NC, Maine, and Amherst. Contact: info@amherstarea.com | back to top  | | The Nature of Color Artist: Marcia Gordenstein
Start Date: November 8, 2011
End Date: November 30, 2011
Location Name: Laughing Dog Bicycles Art Space
Hours: M-F 11-6; Sat 10-5; Sun 10-3
Address: 9 South Pleasant Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.laughingdogbicycles.com Marcia Gordenstein is a painter and fiber artist residing in Longmeadow, MA. Her art explores color relationships through imaginative landscapes and stylized shapes inspired by nature. Contact: Ann Tweedy
nntwe@gmail.com | back to top  | | The Valley Watercolor Artists Group Artists: The Valley Watercolor Artists Group
Start Date: November 3, 2011
End Date: November 29, 2011
Location Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6, Thur 10-8, Sat 10-4
Address: 319 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com 21 artists from Lou Currin's watercolor class. Collectively referred to as The Valley Watercolor Artists Group, each artist chooses their own creative path while meeting regularly in class for group critiques and instruction from Currin. The focus of the class is on individual development in conceptual and technical elements of watercolor painting. The collected works of group show will reflect a diverse range of themes, styles and techniques. Contact: Michelle Raboin
michelle@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197 | back to top  | | November at Gallery A3 Artist: Constance Hamilton, Keith Hollingworth
Start Date: November 3, 2011
End Date: November 26, 2011
Location Name: allery A3
Hours: W-Su 1-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.Gallery A3.com In her recent painting sand drawings, Constance Hamilton engages with the fluidity and imperfection of forms drawn from the human figure and with a sense of the perfection of specific geometric forms. Keith Hollingworth combines painting with found objects. He establishes a play between two and three dimensions and between the abstract and the recognizable. Contact: Tom Morton
tommortonart@aol.com
413-256-4250 | back to top  | | Black to Black Artist: Aldo Tambellini
Start Date: November 9, 2011
End Date: December 9, 2011
Location Name: Herter Art Gallery
Hours: M-F 11-4, Sun 1-4
Address: UMass Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA The exhibition includes a broad sampling of Tambellini's painting and related work over a period of more than three decades, covering the essential course of his long-standing and obsessive engagement with Black, which for him is, simply, the source and destination of everything; it is a spiritual and cosmic – and cosmogonic. Contact: Trevor Richardson
413-545-0976 | back to top  | | Vessels Real and Imagined: Recent Work by Frank Ozereko Artist: Frank Ozereko
Start Date: November 9, 2011
End Date: December 9, 2011
Location Name: Herter Art Gallery
Hours: M-F 11-4, Sun 1-4
Address: UMass Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA An exhibition that explores the theme of the "vessel" through both prints and porcelain hand-built objects, thus demonstrating how two bodies of work that are each individually distinctive can influence and relate to each other. Contact: Trevor Richardson
413-545-0976 | back to top  | | Homage to Walter Kamys: Founder of the UMCA Collection Start Date: November 2, 2011
End Date: December 11, 2011
Location Name: UMCA
Address: UMass Amherst
City, ST: Amherst, MA The exhibition celebrates Kamys' early vision for a UMass teaching collection. Kamys, a Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts and the Director of the Art Acquisitions, accumulated more than 600 works of drawings, prints, and works on paper that represent the foundation of the permanent collection of the UMCA. Contact: ltuominen@admin.umass.edu | back to top  | | Inside the Box: Paintings and Assemblages Artist: Bobbie Salthouse
Start Date: November 2, 2011
End Date: November 29, 2011
Location Name: Burnett Gallery, Jones Library
Hours: Sun 1–4:30, Mon 1–5, Tues & Thu 9–9, Wed & Fri-Sat 9–5 (closed Nov 24-25)
Address: 43 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.artid.com/bsalthouse South Hadley artist Bobbie Salthouse presents intimate, jewel-like, abstract paintings & assemblages inspired by nature. The work, an exploration of what can be done inside the square, a shape that is so elemental and grounded, is is informed by her interest in revealing, and being inspired by, the unexpected. Salthouse invites you to share her process of discovery and through looking, open vistas of color; evoke feelings and moods; and spark your imagination. Contact: Bobbie Salthouse
bobbie@salthousedesign.com
413-533-3602 | back to top  | | Landscape Exhibition Artist: Phoebe Hazzard
Start Date: October 6, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Location Name: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: 8:30-4:30
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstma.gov Landscapes in oil and watercolor by Phoebe Hazzard. Subjects range from local subjects to images from her travels in Central America. As Hazzard describes her process, "I seek out elements that attract me, like the shadows of laundry hung out to dry, the shiny surface of a large leaf, or the juxtaposition of a series of rooflines, and build my compositions around them." Contact: Phoebe Hazzard
phoebehazzard@gmail.com
860-803-0572 | back to top  | | KIMSOOJA Artist: Kimsooja
Start Date: September 21, 2011
End Date: December 11, 2011
Location Name: The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA)
Hours: Tue-Fri 11-4:30, Sat-Sun 2-5
Address: UMass
City, ST: Amherst, MA Kimsooja's work combines performance, video, and installation, addressing issues of the displaced self. Kimsooja brings together a conceptual and structural investigation of performance through immobility that inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor. This exhibition includes five of her major works. Contact: ltuominen@admin.umass.edu | back to top  | | Fine Art Scanography from Nature Artist: Marty Klein
Start Date: September 3, 2011
End Date: December 28, 2011
Location Name: Science and Engineering Library
Hours: Mon-Thur: 8am-11pm, Fri: 8am-5pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 1-11pm
Address: Floor 2, Lederle Lowrise, UMass
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.martykleinart.com Since 2006, Marty Klein has been creating limited edition, archival prints in the photographic medium known as scanography. Over the past five years, his art has been featured in many local and regional exhibits. Most of the subjects portrayed - plants, flowers, mushrooms, etc. are either locally grown or foraged by the artist. The compositions, which look like a hybrid of photography and illustration, portray both familiar and less seen details from the natural world. Contact: Madeleine Charney
mcharney@library.umass.edu
413-577-0784 | back to top Ashfield Exhibits/Events  | | Fruits flowers & Vessels Artist: Kimberly Sebrey
Start Date: December 1, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Reception Date: Sunday, December 4, 3-5pm
Location Name: Elmer's Store
Address: Main Street
City, ST: Ashfield, MA Current oil still life paintings. Contact: Kim Sebrey
413-625-9615 | back to top Chicopee Exhibits/Events  | | A Reason to Remember Artists: The Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, & Memory Studies at UMass
Start Date: November 8, 2011
End Date: November 22, 2011
Location Name: Elms College, Borgia Gallery
Hours: Daily, 8:30-4:30 (closed Veterans Day)
Address: Mary Dooley College Center (2nd Floor), 291 Springfield Street
City, ST: Chicopee, MA This is a multimedia exhibition based on personal stories of five Jewish families who lived in the small village of Roth, Germany between 1933-1942. The opening reception will include speakers Deborah Roth-Howe and Rabbi Robert Sternberg. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Elms College Division of Humanities & Fine Arts, The Institute for Theology and Pastoral Studies at Elms College and The Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, & Memory Studies at UMass. Contact: Geri Brunell
brunellg@elms.edu
413-265-2312 | back to top Colrain Exhibits/Events  | | Pyramids of Hope Artist: Pacifico A. Palumbo
Start Date: April 1, 2011
End Date: January 2013
Location Name: Mike & Tony's Pizzeria & Gallery at Green Emporium
Hours: Illuminated after dark daily
Address: 4 Main Road
City, ST: Colrain, MA
Website: www.greenemporium.com Neon Artist Palumbo has created 2 Pyramids Called: "2012 Pyramids Of Hope" as an installation. One stands outside his restaurant Mike & Tony's Pizzeria at Green Emporium in Colrain, the other large one is located on the site of the old Colrain Inn which is around the corner from the restaurant. The pyramids are in response to the Mayan Calendar which marks December 21st 2012 as "The End Of The World". In a world that we live in today we need a lot of HOPE. Contact: info@greenemporium.com | back to top Easthampton Exhibits/Events  | | Cottage Street Studios Open Studio Days Start Date: December 2-4: Fri 12-5, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5
Location Name: Cottage Street Studios
Address: One Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.CottageStreetStudios.com Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cottage Street Open Studios Winter Holiday sale! Over 50 artisans opening their studios offering the finest in art, fine craft, jewelry, textile design, glass, furniture, and more. Come hungry: Southeast Asian cuisine by Pengyew Chin will be featured in the 4th floor hallway cafe. Contact: Annie Steiner
info@cottagestreetstudios.com
413-658-8406 | back to top  | | New Work by Sam Pliska Artist: Sam Pliska
Start Date: November 17, 2011
End Date: January 10, 2012
Location Name: Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce Gallery
Hours: M-F 8:30-4
Address: 33 Union Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com Although a photographer at heart, Pliska has embarked on new work that uses acrylic, spray paint, wood, wax, ink, alcohol ink, and found objects. The artist explores the concept of beauty and how it can be perceived from different viewpoints. Her abstract paintings are more internalized while her found object sculptures reflect upon kitsch with the use of toys, religious emblems, and more. Contact: Burns Maxey
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top  | | NSH.Reclaimed Artist: Elizabeth Denny
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: December 7, 2011
Location Name: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: see website
Address: 43 Main Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.eastmontgallery.net Sculptures created with cast-off materials such as broken glass, bottles, farm equipment, rusty tools, and paper, metal, and plastic items / three-dimensional stained glass windows out of bottles and jars from an abandoned dump in Easthampton combined with tumbled glass from the Mill River in Northampton / photographs of derelict buildings. Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
info@eastmontgallery.net
413-529-9265 | back to top  | | Cottage Street Studios Preview Artists: Cottage Street Studios Artists
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: December 3, 2011
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts+ Gallery
Hours: Tues-Sat 12-6 (Saturday 5-8 for Art Walk)
Address: 43 Main Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com In this annual exhibit at the ECA+ Gallery, Cottage Street Studio Artists exemplify a growing number of renowned artists and crafters whose annual sales in December have become a traditional destination point for art viewers and shoppers in the pioneer valley and beyond. This exhibit in the ECA+ Gallery will give a preview to some of the participating artists and creative businesses. Contact: Burns Maxey
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top  | | Brick by Brick Artist: Barbara Johnson
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: December 8, 2011
Reception Date: The Nash Gallery
Hours: Sun 10-2, Tue-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-4 (5-8 for Art Walk)
Address: 40 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.nashgalleryart.com This body of Johnson's work reflects her continued fascination with the industrial landscape of Easthampton. Paintings based on the architecture of the mills -those transformed and those left behind in the transition- lining the Main streets and the light illuminating their facades and filtering down through the alley ways between them. Contact: nashgalleryart@yahoo.com
413-529-9393 | back to top  | | Nature Through the Eyes of a Child Artist: Marlene Rye
Start Date: November 1, 2011
End Date: November 30, 2011
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.lathrop.kendal.org Rye's work looks at nature through the eyes of a child. Contact: Sarah Gauger
sgauger@lathrop.kendal.org
413-586-0006 | back to top  | | Portraits and Figurative Sculptures by Members of Go Figure Sculpture Studios Start Date: November 3, 2011
End Date: December 30, 2011
Location Name: The Grubbs Gallery, The Williston Northampton School
Hours: M-F 8:30-5
Address: Reed Campus Center, 40 Park Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.williston.com/grubbsgallery Participating artists: Esthela Bergeron, Harriette Block, Elizabeth Caine, LeaAnn Cogswell, Cynthia Consentino, Viki Gable, Betty Gerich, Lee Hutt, Betsy Koscher, Christina Mastrangelo, and Lauren Mills. Contact: Traci Wolfe
info@williston.com
413-529-3311 | back to top  | | Somethings About Windows Artist: Barry De Jasu
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: December 24, 2011
Location Name: Renew Studios
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.renewpilates.com Windows hang onto walls where they act as proscenium arches letting us observe stages outside and in. Often a window is itself an object. 16 archival inkjet prints. Contact: Nicole Kutcher
413-282-8361 | back to top
 | | Paintless is Pointless Artist: Luke J. Cavagnac
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: February 2012
Location Name: The Invisible Fountain
Address: 116 Pleasant Street Suite #206
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.invisiblefountain.com Why is that wall blank? Wouldn't it look better with a painting on it? Would you read a book with plain white pages? Listen to a song with no sound? What would be the point? Come and help us answer these and many other questions. Celebrate the 8th birthday of The Fountain. Contact: Luke J. Cavagnac
luke@invisiblefountain.com
413-527-9300 | back to top Hardwick Exhibits/Events  | | Mind Motion Artists: Rochelle Shicoff, Denise Riggs, Kim Carlino
Start Date: October 8, 2011
End Date: January 20, 2012
Location Name: Spaces Gallery at the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill
Hours: 3:30-5:30 M-F
Address: 242 Old Petersham Road
City, ST: Hardwick, MA
Website: www.centerateaglehill.org Thoughts become the gateway to dreams, reflections, and surfaces. Their journey is elegantly told in this exhibit. Contact: Pat Bock
pat@thecenterateaglehill.org
413-477-6000 | back to top Holyoke Exhibits/Events  | | OCCUPY: an impromptu peoples art show Artists: group show
Start Date: November 15, 2011
End Date: December 8, 2011
Reception Date: November 17, 5:30-7:30pm
Location Name: Taber Gallery, Holyoke Community College
Hours: Mon-Thur 10-6
Address: 303 Homstead Avenue
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: thetaberartgallery.blogspot.com Artists express their thoughts on the 99% Occupy Wall Street movement Contact: Amy Johnquest
ajohnquest@hcc.edu
413-552-2614 | back to top  | | Artists Interpret Wistariahurst Museum Artists: David Barclay, Claire Zellar Barclay, Torsten Zenas Burns, Jeffrey Byrnes, Molly Cantor, Peter Dellert, Lori Divine-Hudson, Alan Gilburg, Carol Guthrie, Lee Hutt, Dane Johnson, Veronika Kruta, Margaret Loyd, Denis Luzuriaga, Jeff Margolin, Dean Nimmer, David Poppie, Laura Radwell, Sarah Brown Roux, Roger Sayre and Gregory Stone.
Start Date: November 5, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Location Name: Wistariahurst Museum
Hours: Sat-Mon 12-4
Address: 38 Cabot Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.wistariahurst.org An in-house exhibition from a variety of artists with a wide range of talent based on or inspired by the beautiful design details and artistic features that exist throughout the historic house and gardens. The show integrates modern works of arts expressed in a rich variety of media throughout the historical space. Admission to the gallery $3. Contact: Marjorie Latham
lathamm@ci.holyoke.ma.us
413-322-5660 | back to top  | | Ballet Dancers: Urban Portrait Series Artist: Ron McKinney
Start Date: October 21, 2011
End Date: November 28, 2011
Location Name: Open Square, Mill 4, 4th Floor Gallery
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.opensquare.com Showcases photographs of students from the Massachusetts Academy of Ballet choreographed in outdoor locations throughout Holyoke's Heritage State Park as well as dancers from the Houston Ballet and other national dance companies. Contact: Ron McKinney
ron@ronmckinneyphotography.com
312-613-0674 | back to top Northampton Exhibits/Events  | | November at the Oxbow Gallery Artists: Nancy Howard Smith, Barbara Hadden
Start Date: December 1, 2011
End Date: December 24, 2011
Reception Date: December 9, 5-8pm
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org Flowers, Land and Cityscapes in Watercolor and Acrylic by Nancy Howard Smith. Barbara Hadden in the Back Gallery. Contact: 413-586-6300 | back to top  | | Live Edge: a popup store & gallery Artists: Jeff Derose and Christophe Brunski
Start Date: December 1, 2011
End Date: December 14, 2011
Location Name: Whoo Space
Hours: 10-6 or later
Address: 11 Market Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA Local artists and crafters Jeff Derose and Christophe Brunski are back for two weeks for Live Edge - a popup store & gallery hosted by the Whoo Space. The holiday lineup features several guest artisans with an extensive selection of gift items, including gourmet chocolates, photographs, prints, silkscreen T-shirts, accessories, books, reclaimed wood furniture, and more - and enjoy an on-going projection of video works by Jeff Derose while you're here. Contact: Christophe Brunski
liveedgestore@gmail.com
413-695-1982 | back to top  | | Winter 2011 at William Baczek Fine Arts Artists: Gallery Artists
Start Date: November 1, 2011
End Date: January 31, 2012
Location Name: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: T-W 10-5; Th-Sat 10-8; Sun 12-5
Address: 36 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.wbfinearts.com Introducing new artist Gina Kamentsky's kinetic wall sculptures. Also, new work by gallery artists Nanny Vonnegut, Eric Wert, Ali Moshiri, Joshua Smith, Travis Louie and others. Contact: William Baczek
info@wbfinearts.com
413-587-9880 | back to top  | | The Trailside Gallery Artist: Mark Bouthilette
Start Date: November 6, 2011
End Date: December 3, 2011
Location Name: The Trailside Gallery
Hours: M-F 9-5, Sat 11-4
Address: 14 Strong Avenue
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.thetrailsidegallery.net "They say animals don't worry, you know animals are hairy, they have untroubled lives, they think everything is nice, they like to laugh at people, they're setting a bad example" David Byrne "Animals" I think we all, at one time or another, have wondered what animals are thinking, but the real question is what thoughts do we project onto them. This body of work speaks through insinuation. All the animals seem to have expressions of disinterest or aloofness to pave the way for our own judgment. Contact: Jessica Ryan
jessica@trailsiderealty.com
413-478-3137 | back to top  | | Fragments, Threads and Other Stories Artists: Anne Krauss, Lisa Foster, Susie Reiss
Start Date: December 3, 2011
End Date: December 30, 2011
Reception Date: December 3, 2-4:30pm
Location Name: Forbes Library, Hosmer Gallery
Hours: Mon & Wed 9-9; Tues & Thur 1-5; Fri & Sat 9-5
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org Although their art forms and techniques may differ, a common thread uniting this selection of works by Foster, Reiss, and Krauss is their interest in a multi-layered creative process and relationship to textile sensibility. Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-587-1011 | back to top  | | Handmade in the Valley Artist: Merideth Berthiaume, Woodburned Angel
Start Date: November 1, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Location Name: Valley Hands
Hours: Thur-Sat 12-6pm
Address: 342 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.valleyhands.com Merideth has been woodburning 'for a lifetime'. She has been well known locally since the 1980's, working with various techniques and in different mediums. Most recently she is focusing on pyrography, and she has created beautiful custom designs in several prominent homes and businesses. This artist burns deeply into any natural wood surface requested; coffee tables, cabinetry, doors...you name it, she'll turn it into a beautiful showpiece! Contact: Dorene Pennell
dorene@valleyhands.com
413-335-9235 | back to top  | | Claudine Mussuto Artist: Claudine Mussuto
Start Date: November 7, 2011
End Date: December 19, 2011
Location Name: Sam's Pizzeria and Cafe
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat 11am-3am
Address: 235 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: claudinemussuto.smugmug.com I tend to understand ideas through color, text, and the repetitive exploration of certain forms, astrological and mythological signs and symbols, and geometric shapes and patterns. I see a relationship between my art and such ancient sacred texts as Egyptian papyri and Mayan codices. Contact: Claudine Mussuto
claudine_trudi@yahoo.com
914-941-2071 | back to top  | | Goldmine: A Handmade Pop-Up Shop Artists: Over 20 artists from Western Mass and beyond
Start Date: November 23, 2011
End Date: November 28, 2011
Location Name: The Whoo Space
Hours: 10am-8pm daily (Closed Thanksgiving Day)
Address: 1 Market Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.goldminepopup.com A week-long pop-up shop featuring a curated selection of handmade items from over 20 artists and designers. It was created by local artists Ashley Brown Durand and Anna Slezak to encourage the giving of unique handmade gifts this holiday season. Contact: Ashley Brown Durand
goldmine.popup@gmail.com
603-568-7087 | back to top  | | New England Images Artist: Walter Cudnohufsky
Start Date: November 1, 2011
End Date: November 30, 2011
Location Name: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Lower gallery (main Entry)
Hours: Business Hours
Address: 30 Locust Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com A collection of recent paintings that capture the many moods of the New England landscape! Contact: Walt@wcala.com
413-628-4600 | back to top  | | Bad A**: Fabric Arts Group Show Artists: Ali Diamond, Cindy Steiler, Jen Musatto, Jennifer Strunge, Johnny Murder, Lana Crooks, Leah Moses, Liane Shih, Nina Alexander, Penny Nickels, William Schaff
Start Date: November 11, 2011
End Date: December 6, 2011
Location Name: FOE
Hours: Mon-Wed 11-7, Thur-Sat 11-8, Sun 12-5
Address: 28 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.shopfoe.com Handmade fabric art has been enjoying a renaissance. The contemporary DIY movement, Etsy, Sublime Stitching, Handmade Nation (book + documentary), Mr. X Stitch and indie craft fairs everywhere have helped create a vibrant making community. Artists are utilizing fabric and thread to create 2D and plush works from cute to adult subject matter. FOE Gallery is proud to host 11 artists local to national for a group show of fabric fabulousness. Contact: Jim Shea
infoe@shopfoe.com
413-586-2320 | back to top  | | A Flight of Angels Artist: Rebecca Guay
Start Date: November 19, 2011
End Date: December 1, 2011
Location Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.RMichelson.com Rebecca is best known for her painted graphic novels and DC comics, and her illustrations for the very popular game Magic: The Gathering. Her most recent publication, a graphic novel, Flight of Angels, tells the story of an angel fallen to earth, found by "fauns, fairies, hags and hobgoblins". As they "debate what to do with him, each tells a different story of who they imagine this celestial creature to be..." Contact: Richard Michelson
RM@RMichelson.com
413-586-3964 | back to top
 | | Consider the Cup Artists: 60 ceramic artists
Start Date: November 11, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2011
Location Name: Artisan Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6; Thurs-Sat 10-9; Sun 12-5
Address: 162 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.theartisangallery.com Fifth annual ceramic cup and mug invitational. This exciting exhibition will survey a wide range of contemporary, functional cup and mug styles featuring the work of 60 accomplished craftspeople from across the country selected by Exhibition Coordinator Chuck Stern. This year's show will feature more regional potters than ever before. Contact: Patty Arbour
theartisangallery@yahoo.com
413-586-1942 | back to top  | | Rock Paper Scissors Artist: Nate Duval
Start Date: November 11, 2011
End Date: December 9, 2011
Location Name: UNITE
Address: 202 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: rockpaperscissorsshow.wordpress.com Expect to see a wide array of Nate's silkscreen poster catalogue on display, a number of limited-edition hand-printed art prints, out-of-print pieces taken from his personal archive and a number of monoprints (one of a kind "test print" pieces) as well. Nate will also be debuting a number of original hand-cut, fine art collage pieces at the opening. | back to top
 | | LIFE Class: An Exhibition by the NCFA Figure Drawing Salon Artists: the Figure Drawing Salon who meets at the Northampton Center for the Arts, curated by Susan Halls and Susan Gelotte
Start Date: November 9, 2011
End Date: December 2, 2011
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Hours: 11-4
Address: 17 New South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org A juried exhibition of charcoal, graphite and watercolor paintings and drawings . The work has been produced by the Figure Drawing Salon, who gathers weekly to draw directly from the nude figure. The Salon offers a relaxed atmosphere for the members to practice their work un-criticized. Susan Halls, the groups lead organizer, wants the show to display the diversity and artistic range of its members as well each individual's unique "way of seeing and interpreting." Contact: Penny Burke
ncfa@nohoarts.org
413-584-7327 | back to top
 | | Woodcuts by Three Printmakers Artists: Lyell Castonguay, Michele Klemaszewski, Linda Mahoney
Start Date: November 3, 2011
End Date: November 29, 2011
Location Name: Forbes Library, Hosmer Gallery
Address: 20 West Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org Contact: Faith Kaufmann
fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
413-87-1011 | back to top
 | | Charles Miller Painting Retrospective Artist: Charles Miller
Start Date: November 9, 2011
End Date: December 4, 2011
Location Name: A.P.E. Gallery
Hours: Tue-Sat 12-5pm, Fri 12-8 pm
Address: 126 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.apearts.org Charles Miller will be celebrating his 80th birthday with a retrospective of paintings that represent his work since locating to Northampton in the mid 70's. Throughout his career, Miller's work has focused mainly on man's inhumanity to man. Since 1998 his paintings have been an exploration of deep space. Contact: 413-586-5553 | back to top
 | | Eric Wert 2011 Artist: Eric Wert
Start Date: November 2, 2011
End Date: December 3, 2011
Location Name: William Baczek Fine Arts
Hours: T-W 10-5; Th-Sat 10-8; Sun 12-5
Address: 36 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.wbfinearts.com In Eric Wert's third solo exhibition at William Baczek Fine Arts, the artist will exhibit eleven new still life oil paintings in sizes from miniature to monumental. Eric Wert takes the notion of the traditional still life painting and literally turns it upside down with his subjects of spilled bouquets, torn fruits and complex patterned fabrics. Contact: William Baczek
info@wbfinearts.com
413-587-9880 | back to top  | | November at the Oxbow Gallery Artist: Arnold Skolnick, Marjorie Portnow
Start Date: November 4, 2011
End Date: November 27, 2011
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org Skolnick bases his imagery on the real world, using semi-abstract forms to capture the essences of nature, many of exotic floral world of Florida. In the Back Room: Marjorie Portnow's small landscape paintings are from the Massachusett's coastline as well as from Italy. Contact: 413-586-6300 | back to top Shelburne Falls Exhibits/Events  | | Bizarre Bazaar at The Art Garden Artists: local artist-vendors
Date: Friday, November 25, 4:30-10pm (during Moonlight Magic)
Location Name: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street (in the same building as the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum)
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org Ride the trolley for free to The Art Garden during Shelburne Falls' Moonlight Magic night. The town will be lit with luminarias, and The Art Garden will host local/regional artist-vendors selling a variety of gift items: jewelry, accessories, art cards, ceramics, etc, etc. Free refreshments! Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782 | back to top  | | Double Vision Artists: Jen Luck, Deborah Bazer
Start Date: November 22, 2011
End Date: December 10, 2011
Reception Date: Saturday, December 3, 2-5pm
Location Name: Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Hours: Tues-Thur & Sun 11-5; Fri-Sat 11-8
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.ShelburneArtsCoop.com Cut Paper Design by Jen Luck and Ceramic Art by Deborah Bazer. Contact: Sally Chaffee
info@ShelburneArtsCoop.com
413-625-9324 | back to top Springfield Exhibits/Events Art in the Atrium Artist: Joshua Oliveira
Start Date: November 12, 2011
End Date: December 1, 2011
Location Name: Classical High School, Art for the Soul Gallery
Address: 235 State Street
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.wix.com/artdef/joshua-olivera-art#! Known as the "Live Artist" for painting live in front of audiences, Oliveira's style relies heavily on the imagination while taking elements of Cubism, Dallism, Iconography, Urban Realism and fusing them into the realm of abstraction, creating an art form unique to the history of art. Contact: Rosemary Tracy Woods
artforthesoulgallery@gmail.com
413-231-4598 | back to top  | | The Fine Art of Book Illustration Artist: Nicholas McNally
Start Date: November 13, 2011
End Date: December 20, 2011
Location Name: Western New England University Art Gallery
Hours: M-Sa 9am-8pm, Su 11am-8pm
Address: St. Germain Campus Center, 1215 Wilbraham Road
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: pneumapictures.blogspot.com While McNally draws and paints solely from his imagination, he is able to give his work a sense of realistic form, light, and atmosphere by using the techniques that he learned during his many years of training as a realist painter. McNally's subject matter is inspired by classical literature, and he strives to raise book illustration to a level of Fine Art. Lecture Date: Thursday, November 17, 7pm. Contact: Nicholas McNally
ntmcnally@gmail.com
413-782-1567 | back to top Turners Falls Exhibits/Events  | | Scenes of Turners Falls Artists: Ariel Jones and Nina Rossi
End Date: December 2011
Location Name: Nina's Nook
Address: 125A Avenue A
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.ninasnook.com Paintings, Photography, mixed media depicting architecture and people of Turners Falls by artist/photographer Ariel Jones and artist Nina Rossi. Using a variety of materials, techniques, and perspectives, two artists celebrate life and times of the village. Opportunity to share and record your own impressions and/or memories of present and past experiences of the town by participating in the "Omnium Gatherums" story collection project, also at Nina's Nook. Contact: Nina Rossi
naban@verizon.net
413-834-8800 | back to top Williamsburg Exhibits/Events Open Studio at The Phoenix Art Studio Artist: Eliza Cooney
End Date: November 26-27, December 3-4 & 10-11; 1-5pm
Location Name: The Phoenix Art Studio
Address: 2 Eastern Avenue
City, ST: Williamsburg, MA Contact: Eliza Cooney
elizacooney@verizon.net
413-268-7108 | back to top Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities  | | "Together We Are..." The Art of Community Sponsoring Group Name: The Art Garden
Submission Due Date: December 7, 2011
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org What does community mean to you? Who is your community? How does living in your/this community affect you? All work that reflects on the theme of community (poetry, prose, drawing, painting, photography, mixed-media, etc.) will be included (some size restrictions may apply...call if you have a large piece.) December 10: Opening Celebration! 5pm-8pm (Performances welcome. Call for details.) Exhibit can be viewed through January 28th, Mon- Saturdays, 1-5pm. Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782 | back to top Valley Photo Center's Winter Open Submission Show Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Photo Center
Submission Due Date: November 26, 2011
Submission Fees: $25 for two framed images. Additional images $10 each. Students: $15 for two submissions.
City, ST: Springfield, MA The images should be a minimum of 8x10 in 11x14 frames. They can be dropped off at Hunt's Camera on Rte. 9 in Hadley, In A Flash Photo in Springfield at the corner of Breckwood Blvd. and Wilbraham Road, and at the Valley Photo Center, Downtown Springfield on the second floor of Tower Square. A public reception will be held on December 8. Special awards will be presented to top images. Call Keith Sikes with any questions. Contact: Keith Sikes
1-800-824-6548 | back to top FAPL 2nd Open Juried Photography Show Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library (FAPL)
Submission Due Date: January 14-28, 2012
Submission Fees: $25 preregistration per entry by January 14; $30 after.
City, ST: Agawam, MA
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm One Entry per Category Allowed. All images must be original and made by the photographer. Categories: Creative, Nature, Photojournalism, Pictorial. Download a prospectus/entry form at the website. Show Dates: February 1-29, 2012. Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net
413-789-4814 | back to top 2012 Napkin Show Sponsoring Group Name: Selections Gallery at Eastworks
Submission Due Date: January 14, 2012
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Easthampton, MA Bring your paper napkin sketches (up to 50 per artist) that you may acquire while having a coffee or beer or cocktail or pickle or whatever. Size should not exceed 6" x 6". Artist's from outside the Pioneer Valley are welcome but need to have a representative to send their napkins to. There will be music and beer. The napkins will sell for $2 - $1 for the artist, $1 for the event. This is for fun and spirit! Please pass this on to all your artist friends. Hang time 2-5:30pm; Show 7-9:30pm. Contact: Kevin MacDonald
aftermidight50@gmail.com
860-992-5832 | back to top Borgia Gallery Sponsoring Group Name: Elms College; Division of Humanities & Fine Arts
Submission Due Date: December 31, 2011
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Chicopee, MA
Website: www.elms.edu Call to local artists to exhibit in our Borgia Gallery (approximately 1200 square feet) during the 2012-13 academic year. Submissions will be accepted for all media, but we are especially looking for 3D work at this time. There is no fee to use the space nor can we compensate artist. We will provide some promotional materials and a modest reception. Submit your resume and several images to Ms. Brunell for review. Contact: Geri Brunell
brunellg@elms.edu
413-594-2761 | back to top 2012 Fashion 4 U: Call to fashion-related artists Sponsoring Group Name: Holyoke Girl Scouts
Submission Due Date: January 14, 2012
Submission Fees:
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=276850052337517 The theme is fashion. We are looking for artists who would like to sell fashion-related items (clothing, jewelry, accessories, etc.) as part of our vendor fair, and designers who might be interested in giving short workshops about their art and their business. The event will also include activity tables and a fashion show. We are raising money for 8 Girl Scouts to represent Holyoke at the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting in Washington DC in June. Contact: jennylilac@gmail.com
413-552-3363 | back to top  | | Gallery A3 Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery A3
Submission Due Date: December 14, 2011
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.gallerya3.com Gallery A3, an innovative contemporary art Gallery, is seeking new members. The gallery has operated as a cooperative for almost ten years in downtown Amherst, producing exceptional monthly exhibitions, and participating in the town's monthly artwalks. For more information and to contact us, go to www.GalleryA3.com, or phone or email. Contact: gallerya3@gmail.com
413-256-4250 | back to top  | | Easthampton 2012 Bear Fest Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+ and Easthampton Bear Fest Committee
Submission Due Date: February 13, 2012
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptonbearfest.com Artists are invited to submit designs for the Easthampton Bear Fest--a public art project in which life-size fiberglass bears are creatively transformed by artists and will be highly visible throughout the downtown area of Easthampton from June – September 2012. Artists receive a commission and percentage of final selling price of the sculpture. Contact: Burns Maxey
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top Small Works Show at Hope & Feathers Sponsoring Group Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Submission Due Date: November 29, 2011
Submission Fees: Commission rates apply, please see PDF application form
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com Small works show, submit work up to 16" x 16", commission rates apply. download pdf submission form here (http://freepdfhosting.com/9c82099d90.pdf) for more details and guidelines. Contact: Michelle Raboin
michelle@hopeandfeathersframing.com
413-835-0197 | back to top  | | Triple S: Sensual>Sexual>Smut Sponsoring Group Name: Nina's Nook
Submission Due Date: December 23, 2011
Submission Fees: $10
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website: www.ninasnook.com Painting, Photography, Fiber, mixed media (not to exceed 20x20 inches) and tabletop sized Sculpture welcome, as well as small functional/craft items that are erotic in nature (excluding clothing or food items). Mail jpeg images on disc to Nina's Nook , or email to naban@verizon.net with Triple S in subject line. Please mail/email contact info, brief artists statement relating to the submissions, dimensions and prices of work submitted for jurying, and a $10 check made out to Nina's Nook. Contact: Nina Rossi
naban@verizon.net
413-834-8800 | back to top  | | 3rd Annual Small Works Show Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: November 25, 2011
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com Easthampton City Arts+ hosts its 3rd Annual Small Works Show--an exhibit that aims to benefit patrons and artists, the ECA+ Small Works exhibit is offering a cash and carry format for what is looking to be an amazing salon style show! The exhibit will run from December 8, 2011 – January 3, 2012. It's easy to apply! Find out more information here: www. easthamptoncityarts.blogspot.com/2011/09/fill-walls-eca-presents-salon.html Contact: Burns Maxey
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top  | | Call to Artists for 2012 Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: December 1, 2011
Submission Fees: free
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com Seeking artists/artisans to apply for exhibition for the 2012 exhibition season. The ECA+ Gallery is located in the Historic Town in Easthampton, home to other arts businesses and organizations. A wide-array of artists have exhibited their work in the ECA+ gallery representing a diverse range of medias and stylistic considerations. All are encouraged to apply. For more information download a 2012 Prospectus: www.easthamptoncityarts.com/downloads/Prospectus_gallery2012.pdf Contact: Burns Maxey
info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top  | | Join the new Artist Co-op at Tower Square City, ST: Springfield, MA Calling all artists! Want to own a piece of your own art gallery? Open to artist of all mediums. Space limited to 20 artists/shares. Contact: Tracy Woods
artistsquaregroupgallery@gmail.com
413-231-4598 | back to top Plein Air Meet Up Group Sponsoring Group Name: Plein Air Meet Up Group
City, ST: Various locations, MA Plein Air Group meets at a variety of locations in the Pioneer Valley. Day, location and site determined weekly. Please check us out on our Facebook site, "Artists working with Artists" for more info and weekly updates or contact Val at valeriebassett@comcast.net and Beth at bfischersg@yahoo.com to be added to our mailing list. Contact: valeriebassett@comcast.net | back to top Open Call for Submissions Sponsoring Group Name: Laughing Dog Bicycles
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.laughingdogbicycles.com Call for Artists. We have a new front space on South Pleasant Street (next to Collective Copies) with incredible display potential. Perfect for artists. We'd like to offer monthly installations. No charge for display; no commissions asked. Artist must take care of hanging art and managing any openings. Prospective artists just need to send samples of their work. Contact: Ann Tweedy
anntwe@gmail.com
413-367-9231 | back to top  | | Visiting Artists Wanted Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Hands
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: $25
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.valleyhands.com This year's focus in on inviting local artists to visit for a day. Set up your 'table', share your creative process, demonstrate your art/craft, and sell your wares! Check your calendars and pick a date - we're open Thursday, Friday and Saturdays 12noon - 6pm. The cost is only $25/day plus 25% commission on any sales. Use this opportunity to demonstrate, have a showing, meet and interact with the public, get feedback and bring your art journey to the next level. Contact: Dorene Pennell
dorene@valleyhands.com
413-335-9235 | back to top  | | Call to Artists: Salon 241 Sponsoring Group Name: Salon 241
Submission Due Date: ongoing
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.salon241.com Salon 241 is looking for artists who would like to display their work in their very busy downtown salon. Please email your website and/or 4-6 jpgs of your work to us for consideration. Please be advised that our preference is to display artwork on the walls of our salon as we have very limited floor space for sculptural work. Artists take 100% of the proceeds of any sales of work that result from displaying in our space. Contact: Brynn
salon241@gmail.com | back to top  | | Easthampton City Arts+ Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: Open and ongoing
Submission Fees: Voluntary Annual Personal Investment
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com ECA has merged with the Easthampton Cultural Council and Art Walk Easthampton to form ECA+. This new partnership enhances shared goals, including creating a strong cultural identity for the community. We welcome members from Southampton, Westhampton and Easthampton. Artisans including fine artists, craftspeople, dancers, writers, poets, etc and arts related businesses & organizations are invited to review membership requirements and apply via the ECA website. Visit the website for further details. Contact: Info@easthamptoncityarts.com
413-527-8278 | back to top Community Art Walls at ACTV Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Community Television
Submission Due Date: Monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.ACTVamherst.com Amherst Community Television invites artists to showcase their work on our Community Art Walls. ACTV is the perfect hub to provide artists the opportunity to exhibit for one-month cycles, coinciding with Art Walk Amherst and featuring Artist Talks on local channel 12 as well as on the web at www.ACTVamherst.com. Artists will also have access to Amherst Community Television's beautiful studio space to host their own Open House. Please contact Wendy Bloomenthal for a studio tour and to discuss artist participation. Contact: Community@ACTVamherst.com
413-259-3306 | back to top Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce Art Wall / Amherst Art Walk Sponsoring Group Name: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Submission Due Date: monthly
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.amherstarea.com The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce seeks artists for its Art Wall. The Chamber participates in the monthly Art Walk Amherst. We are looking for painters, photographers, weavers, etc. who have work that can be hung on a wall. Please call or email the Chamber for an application for an exhibit. Contact: Joan Temkin
joan@amherstarea.com
413-253-0700 | back to top  | | Art Walk Easthampton Sponsoring Group Name: Art Walk Easthampton
Submission Due Date: open
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.artwalkeasthampton.org Art Walk Easthampton invites artists to submit their resumes and proposals to www.artwalkeasthampton.org for participation in Art Walks. There are no entry fees or participation fees. Both established and emerging talents are welcome. There are opportunities for indoor exhibitions and shows as well as for sidewalk/outdoor performances. All opportunities are non-paid. Proposals for visual, music or performance art are made available to Art Walk Easthampton venues for their independent consideration. Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashawannuck@yahoo.com
413-529-9393 | back to top Classes & Workshops  | | Nuno Spiral Scarf with Chris White Date & Time: November 26, 2 Sessions: 9am-12pm & 1-4pm
Fee: $50
Class Location: New England Felting Supply
Address: 84 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.feltingsupply.com Learn a fast technique that will allow you to turn out a dressy scarf in only 2-3 hours. The nuno spiral scarf takes only a 3' x 3' area and you can make a few at a time to give as gifts for the holidays. Using dyed habotai silks and beautiful merino/tencel roving blends, we'll create dramatic spirals and colorful swirls — true art-to-wear! Beginner Friendly. Contact: sales@feltingsupply.com
413-527-1188 | back to top  | | Fine Art Classes for adults and children Date & Time: Ongoing. After school, Saturdays, and Thursday eves.
Fee: $65 kids / $70 adults for 4 week session
Class Location: The Art Studio
Address: 14 Center Street
City, ST: Chicopee, MA
Website: www.art-studio.org Students are instructed in the art elements with an emphasis on individual creativity and expression. Because I provide all the materials for the kids classes, students have the opportunity to become aquainted with a wide variety of media and technique. Classes meet once a week for 1 1/2 hours and are offered in a continuing 4 week series. Adult Classes: Foundation course in the fine arts of drawing and painting. Classes limited to 10 students - Individual instruction/no class projects. Contact: Ellen Sullivan Farley
ellen@art-studio.org
413-592-2010 | back to top  | | Reclaimed crafts workshop: table runners and napkin rings Date & Time: December 11, 10am-1pm
Fee: $55
Organization: reclaimed crafts
Class Location: Arts & industry building
Address: Pine Street
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.blogspot.com Skip a trip to the mall this holiday season! Create beautiful table runners and matching napkin rings from reclaimed burlap coffee bags from Indigo Coffee, vintage fabric from the 50's, 60's and 70's, and recycled buttons. We provide all the materials, instruction, and a fun, mellow vibe. No sewing involved! Contact: Jen Dieringer
jendieringer@gmail.com
413-587-8915 | back to top
 | | Reclaimed crafts workshop: bud vases Date & Time: December 6, 6-9pm
Fee: $55
Organization: reclaimed crafts
Class Location: sticks and bricks
Address: Market Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.blogspot.com Skip a trip to the mall this holiday season! Create beautiful, funky bud vases from reclaimed bottles and vintage croquet sticks. We provide all the materials, instruction, and a fun, mellow vibe. Contact: Jen Dieringer
jendieringer@gmail.com
413-587-8915 | back to top  | | Coffee Lift Ground Etching with Anita S. Hunt Date & Time: December 3-4, 10am-5pm
Fee: $250 members of zea mays printmaking, $280 non-members
Organization: Zea Mays Printmaking
Class Location: Arts and Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street, #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com/workshops Coffee Lift is a similar process to the traditional sugar-lift method, but substitutes non-toxic materials and yes, coffee, to create positive painterly marks that are subsequently etched into the copper plate. Using the exciting BIG (Baldwin's Ink Ground) and acrylic aquatint, we will experiment with step etches, open bite, multiple lifts and subtractive mark making to develop painterly etchings. Contact: Liz Chalfin
liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584-1783 | back to top Sculpture and mold-making class Date & Time: Ongoing. Wed eves 7-9pm, Fri 5-7pm, and Sat 10am-12pm
Fee: $320 for 8 weeks
Class Location: Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA Students will touch on the history of the relief and then move to a process in clay. Upon completion of the relief students will learn how to create a mold followed by a casting in plaster and then learn how to create a bronze patina. All supplies are included, except the cost of the mold as this varies depending on the size and thickness of the project. Contact: Rosemary Barrett
firelight_studios@sbcglobal.net
860-671-1023 | back to top Art For A Change Date & Time: 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month, 6-9pm (potluck at 6)
Fee: by donation, suggested: $15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Class Location: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street (same building as the Trolley Museum)
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org For artists who want to make art about social and environmental issues and activists who want to express a message more creatively. This series of interdisciplinary Open Studio workshops will focus on making art about issues that affect the common good. Whether making a poster, banner, installation, or performance piece (and whether working alone or with others), The Art Garden will provide the space, materials, and feedback (from each other) to help support your work. Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782 | back to top  | | Watercolor Workshops Date & Time: October 2011 - June 2012
Fee: contact for more info
Class Location: Belding Library - rear entrance
Address: Ashfield Center
City, ST: Ashfield, MA
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com Monthly - full days - Saturday or Sunday. Beginner to skilled - Single classes fine. Contact: Walter Cudnohufsky
Walt@wcala.com | back to top Fall Classes at the Museum School Class Location: Springfield Museums
Address: 21 Edwards Street
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org Registration for fall 2011 Museum School has begun! We offer a variety of art studio courses for children and adults at the Springfield Museums. For complete course descriptions, fees and to register, call 413-263-6800, ext. 377 or 382, or log on to www.springfieldmuseums.org. Secure on-line registration is available. Contact: Rebecca L. Irwin
rirwin@springfieldmuseums.org
413-263-6800 | back to top  | | Painting with Acrylics and Intro to Mixed Media Date & Time: "Painting with Acrylics" meets Thursdays 10am-noon, "Mixed Media" meets Thursdays 1-3pm
Fee: $30/week, 4 weeks for $100
Class Location: The Art Garden
Address: 14 Depot Street (same building as the Trolley Museum)
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Website: www.theartgarden.org Painting with Acrylics: Participants will learn about color and develop a vocabulary of painting techniques while also expanding their ability to express their own stories, ideas, emotions, and/or responses to a subject [of their own choosing]. More details on website. Intro to Mixed Media: Participants will explore a variety of mixed-media techniques including collage, paint, assemblage, etc. Contact: Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
csartgarden@gmail.com
413-625-2782 | back to top Jewelry Making; Silver, Fine Metals, Found Objects and Recycled Materials Date & Time: Ongoing
Fee: contact for private & semi-private rates
Class Location: adk design Studio
Address: Arts & Industry Building / 221 Pine Street
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.alyssadeekrauss.com Learn how to make your own necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and brooches, or maybe small sculptures. Create one-of-a-kind personal pieces or designs geared for reproduction. Gain skills and techniques for designing, forming, fabricating, soldering, stone setting, polishing and custom finishing. Hoping to turn around some income from it? Learn valuable small business how-to's as well. All ages and skill levels. Contact: alyssa dee krauss
adk@alyssadeekrauss.com
413-582-1406 | back to top  | | Private Book Arts Instruction with Daniel Kelm Fee: varies according to your customized program
Class Location: Garage Annex School for Book Arts
Address: One Cottage Street, Room 5-03
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.GarageAnnexSchool.com Garage Annex School for Book Arts provides private study programs for beginning to advanced students who require formal instruction. We customize the curriculum according to your needs and experience. (Some students come for a couple days, others for a couple years.) Private study takes place with Daniel Kelm. Equally adept in traditional and innovative bookbinding, Kelm has extensive teaching experience. Please phone or email to discuss your interests. Contact: Daniel Kelm
daniel.kelm@mac.com
413-527-8044 | back to top
 | | Full Color Oil Painting, Private Instruction with Marcia R Wise Date & Time: On-going: time to be determined between us
Fee: $75 per class, 2 hours each
Class Location: Artist's Studio
City, ST: Deerfield, MA
Website: www.marciarwise.com The emphasis is on using bold color fearlessly, and through its use the student will learn and experience the many elements of painting, such as perspective, value, & light effects in the language of the Impressionists. Students will primarily use palette knives to work on color rather than focusing on details which can come later. Brushes will also be used. Class structure is based on each individual students ability, interests and goals. Contact: Marcia R Wise
mewise498@comcast.net
413-773-3101 | back to top  | | Private Painting & Drawing Lessons Date & Time: to be arranged
Fee: $55/hour
Class Location: Eastworks Building
Address: 116 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.christinamastrangelo.com Weekly individual painting or drawing sessions, your choice of day/time of the week. Adjusted curriculum to suit individual goals. Contact: Christina Mastrangelo
mastrangelo.fineart@gmail.com
413-221-3364 | back to top  | | Individual art instruction with Paula Gottlieb Fee: $65-85 per hour, sliding scale
Class Location: Paula Gottlieb Studio
Address: 237 Stage Road
City, ST: Cummington, MA
Website: www.paulagottlieb.com Individual sessions in all levels of Drawing, Watercolor, Water Soluble Oils. Contact: Paula Gottlieb
paula@paulagottlieb.com
413-634-0066 | back to top  | | Decorative Painting (Applied Arts) Date & Time: Tuesdays 9-12am and 5-9pm, ongoing classes
Fee: 12 hour pass ($132) + $24 materials; 36 hour pass ($360) + $72 materials; 60 hour pass ($540) + $120 materials
Class Location: Vitek Kruta Studio
Address: 52 Fairfield Avenue
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.vitekkruta.com Marbling, graining, faux finish, stenciling, gold leaf, decorative painting, basic training in drawing, perspective, and much more. See website for more info: www.vitekkruta.com/ARTCLASSES%20INFO.html Contact: Vitek Kruta
info@vitekkruta.com
413-539-0385 | back to top  | | Oil Painting Classes for mixed level students Date: Thursdays 6-7:30pm
Fee: Fee is shared by group (range is $10-$15) per class
Address: 7 Ladyslipper Lane
City, ST: Northampton, MA Ongoing class held Thursdays 6-7:30pm. Ages Teen-Adult (14+). Instructor is Val Bassett, BFA, MSM. Private and alternative day/times are available. Please contact Val for more info. Contact: valeriebassett@comcast.net
413-563-3538 | back to top  | | Open Figure Drawing Session on Tuesday evenings Date: Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
Fee: $15.00 per session
Organization: Go Figure Sculpture Studios
Class Location: The Canal Gallery Building
Address: 380 Dwight Street
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.gofiguresculpturestudios.com Draw independently from the live model. We supply the figure model, easels and studio space. You provide paper, supplies, talent and enthusiasm. Instruction is available if requested. Contact Esthela Bergeron or Lee Hutt, esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net or leehutt@mac.com Contact: Esthela Bergeron
esthela@carouselstudiosinc.net
413-532-7280 | back to top  | | Painting and/or Drawing from Life Class Time: to be arranged between us
Date: ongoing
Fee: $65. private one hour, $150. three hours, semi-private
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.lornaritz.com Individual Instruction/group critique sessions in a completely supportive atmosphere by professional painter and arts educator of 30+ years Contact: Lorna Ritz
lenajenny3@yahoo.com | back to top Studio / Artist Space Available Florence: Seeking artists to share studio City, ST: Florence, MA Seeking artists who are interested in sharing studio space in the center of Florence. Private studio space also available. Please email for more info. Contact: bassettpainting@gmail.com | back to top Florence: Studio Space at Arts and Industry Building Location name: Arts and Industry Building
Date available: February 1, 2012
Address: 221 Pine Street, #320
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com Zea Mays Printmaking is moving to our new home in Florence as of February 1st. We're looking to sublet our current fantastic space. 2,700+ Sq. Ft. Third floor, great natural light and river views. Large open studio including gallery area with track lighting. Utilities included, two sinks, trash on premises. Large, bright workspace with adjacent room with double french doors and separate entrance, gallery space and office with private entrance. To see photos, visit www.zeamaysprintmaking.com Contact: Liz
liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
413-584–1783 | back to top  | | Holyoke: Studio Space at Open Square Location name: Open Square
Dates available: immediately
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.opensquare.com The arts and creative businesses are an integral part of the atmosphere at Open Square. We offer a limited number of incredible, work-only studios for artists and small businesses in the creative fields at substantially reduced rates. Perfect for artists, artisans, graphic designers and small architecture firms. Please visit our website for more photos and information on each available studio. Contact: Michelle St.Jacques
michelle@opensquare.com
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