Two collaborative art projects by Now.For.Art on view in Northampton this Saturday.
The Steam Roller Printmaking Workshop (Now.For.Art in conjunction with Zea Mays Printmaking and C3) starts at 10am outside between the parking garage and Thornes Market. Fifteen artists will be making mega-prints, up to 4×8′ using a steam roller as printing press. Even if you’re [...]
Artist Rick Beaupre is organizing an art show and silent auction to benefit victims of the recent arson fires is Northampton. From Rick:
On January 31st 2010, William Baczek Fine Arts will be hosting a silent auction of 50-75 pieces of artwork donated to benefit the victims of the Northampton fires. This will be a one [...]
Try to catch some of these large events this weekend in western MA:
Amherst Art Walk, Thursday 5-8
Northampton Arts Night Out, Friday 4-9
Easthampton Art Walk, Saturday 5-8
Flywheel Flea Market, Sunday 10-3
Treat yourself to seeing a heap o’ local art for free, and pop in on some opening receptions. Check out The Valley Arts Newsletter and Valley [...]
Friday night in Northampton is Arts Night Out, and Smith College’s “Second Friday” – admission to the museum is free. At 5.30, artist Lesley Dill gives a free talk about her latest work, currently on exhibit.
Easthampton has a day full of events on Saturday. The Bear Fest kicks off this weekend with the unveiling of [...]
Lots of big art events this weekend…
Pulp Science Fiction: Spring Open Studios and Installation Event at Paper City Studios: Friday 6-9pm at Paper City Studios in Holyoke.
Arts Night Out in Northampton: Friday 5-8pm downtown Northampton.
Flywheel Record Fair: Saturday 10am-3:30pm. Fundraiser 10am-3pm at their new space in Easthampton’s Old Town Hall.
Art Walk Easthampton: Saturday 5-8pm.
In Baltimore on Sunday, and made my regular pilgrimage to Hampden. One of my fave places in the city is Atomic Books in Hampden, the coolest indie bookstore you’ll ever visit, full of crafty things, zines, comic books, fringe novels, Japanese toys… aaahhhh it’s heaven. I popped in yesterday and stumbled into the FOUND “Denim [...]
PACE (Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton) is a gem in downtown Easthampton. They have regular open-mike comedy and jam nights, jazz twice a month, music performances, a small cafe, as well as some superb shows. Their current space is small, so larger theater productions take place at the Academy of Music in Northampton.
May 1-10, PACE [...]
Valley Art Share is a new online arts community for the Pioneer Valley. It’s a joint project of Commonwealth Center for Change (C3) and the Northampton Center for the Arts, and is maintained by the tireless Julia Handschuh. Huge props to them all for creating this and helping to make our fabulous arts community more [...]
Ran upstairs to the 4th floor gallery at Open Square to see this small show before it comes down this evening. Very cool pieces by David Poppie and Roger Sayre.
A note on the wall read, “Re-mixed Media” is a travelling show that originated at the University of Wisconsin: Oshkosh and was curated by Prof. Andrew [...]
Popped in to the opening reception of “Out of Print” Saturday evening, at Zea Mays in Florence (in the Arts & Industry Building). The show features the work of local artists Doris Madsen and Lillianna Pereira. Really lovely work. Both re-use, re-purpose and collage paper and printed items in their work for this show.
Lilly’s work [...]
