There was a bit of spontaneous performance art in downtown Northampton yesterday recorded by fab local blogger, In the Valley. Happenings like this are one of the reasons we love this area so much.
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Anyone have any idea who the performers are?
The Williston Northampton School in Easthampton has a series of lectures with prominent photographers in April. They are free and open to the public:
April 3: John Willis
April 10: Lori Grinker
April 15: Sean Kernan
Williston frequently has free lectures by prominent artists and writers. Last year we attended the talk by Augusten Burroughs, which was part of their 2007 [...]
We just learned about this upcoming event in this morning’s Arts Newsletter Experiment:
We are pleased to announce the first annual Easthampton “Paint Out” to be held May 8 – 10, 2008. The event is sponsored by Easthampton Savings Bank, Nashawannuck Gallery and Art Walk Easthampton
The two-day event that culminates in a gallery show and judging at [...]
From Dean Nimmer:
I’m having a fantastic MOVING SALE of my artwork during the week of January 21 to 26. The RECEPTION for this sale will be on SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th from 2pm to 6pm at the Open Square studio building in Holyoke. This sale will feature my 1000 DRAWINGS series, the quirky drawings and sculptures [...]
Two evenings chock full o’ art:
Friday night, 5-8pm: Northampton’s Art’s Night Out. Download & print the map.
Saturday night, 5-8pm: Easthampton’s Art Walk. View & print the map.
Some art events we’re looking forward to this weekend:
Easthampton Art Walk: Saturday 5pm-8pm
Handsmithing 101, Holiday Arts Market at Eastworks: Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm
Art at the Jeff, Art & Craft Sale: Amherst Common, Saturday 10am-3.30pm
Small Works Show, Opening Reception, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library: Saturday 2-4pm
We started the evening off at the old Town Hall building. Easthampton City Arts celebrated the opening of their new office and feature an exhibit of paintings by Marlene Rye. Rye paints large colorful abstract landscapes. The quiet complexity in her work is mesmerizing.
Across the hall at the Elusie Gallery are photographs by Mark Stein, [...]
An extra shout-out to some of the interesting artists we saw at the Eastworks Marketplace during the Art Walk.
Many artists set up on the first floor, the “Marketplace”. It’s a good deal – a post on Craigslist alerted area artists to set up free in Eastworks during ArtWalk. A fantastic opportunity for area artists, especially students [...]
This was a truly amazing Art Walk. First of all, the map is now 11 x 17, folded in half and listing over 40 events in three hours! That’s a lot to do in such a short amount of time. We started the night out at the Eastworks building on Pleasant Street. First thing inside the main entrance, [...]
It was a hot humid night, but we were thankful the rain held off for the evening. There’s alot to see in just three hours. We grabbed a map and off we went…
We started at The Blue Guitar Gallery on Northampton St. Not within walking distance of other ArtWalk venues, but worth the trip. It’s [...]
