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UNWRAP THE CHEESE
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September 25th 2007
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| UNWRAP THE CHEESE |  | It was a beautiful and busy weekend. On Saturday we went to the Fall Festival and the Historical Society Tag Sale in Easthampton and then on to Deerfield for the Arts and Crafts Fair. Each event had people hoping to sell things. A guy with siding and kitchen cabinets. A woman with quilts. A metal sculptor who makes garden art. Hundreds of booths filled with all sorts of things, typically manned by one person. Different places, different products and different crowds.
And one uniting factor. The busy booths had someone who made eye contact, smiled and made low-key conversation. And the empty booths usually had someone with their face tucked into a book or a corner and looking bored. So which came first? The book or the boredom? I think it's the book.
It's hard to be an artist. The creation process can be intense and personal and sometimes exhausting. When you're finished with a piece, it's tempting to believe you're done. "Dream on, brother. Dream on."
The older I get the more I grudgingly accept that completing a piece is just the beginning. It you want to sell it, you'll need to remain engaged with it. And that means interacting, making that eye contact and being the friendly host at the reception even when you're very shy at heart. It can feel awkward and intimidating, and I worry that many of us become too reclusive for our own economic good and emotional well-being.
I see it at art walks, too. The artist retreating into the safe enclave of friends, ignoring the strangers who might become customers. Tucking one's head into a book, communicating that you don't want to be bothered. Even leaving the de rigueur cheese platter wrapped up in saran during the reception as though it too was an art project. Some skip all that and don't even show up to their show. Each of these things drive people away, which in turns reinforces the artist's perception that the public isn't appreciative.
Maybe they are. maybe they're not. But none of us will know unless we unwrap our cheese. Let's peel if off together.
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Easthampton Exhibits/Events
| Three Generations of Mills-Noland Artists |
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Artist: Genevieve Nolan, Dennis Nolan, Abbott Mills, Jody Mills, Lauren Mills, Courtney Mills
Event: Mills-Nolan Family Art Celebration
Start Date: Saturday September 29th, 2007
Reception: Saturday September 29th, 2007 @ 3:00 PM
End Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
Location Name: Lathrop Community Gallery
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Fee: Free |
The Lathrop Community welcomes this accomplished three-generation family with a reception from 3 to 4 on Saturday, September 29 to be followed by a Singing Recital from 4 to 4:30.
ABBOT MILLS worked as a Ladies Home Journal photographer as well as filmed national television documentaries, including stories of Simon and Garfunkel, and the Kennedy versus Wallace Crisis.
JODY MILLS, former pattern designer for Ladies Home Journal, is presently a soft-sculpture fabric artist and graphic artist.
LAUREN MILLS has been a children's book author and illustrator for more than 20 years. Her books include THE RAG COAT and FAIRY WINGS. She is currently sculpting and teaching at Brush Works in Florence.
DENNIS NOLAN, professor at the Hartford Art School, has illustrated over 30 books, several of which he wrote, including DINOSAUR DREAM and CASTLE BUILDER. He also illustrated SWORD IN THE STONE.
GENEVIEVE NOLAN, a senior at Hampshire Regional High School, enjoys singing, dancing, photography, and acting.
COURTNEY MILLS, a junior at St. Mary's Hall High School in San Antonio, is an accomplished figure skater as well as photographer. |
Contact: Abbot Mills
413-527-6787
abbotmills1@charter.net |
| Bill Regan and Walter Korzec Exhibit at Grubbs Gallery |
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Artist: Walter Korzec, Bill Regan
Event: Exhibit by Bill Regan and Walter Korzec
Start Date: Friday September 14th, 2007
End Date: Friday September 28th, 2007
Location Name: Grubbs Gallery, Reed Campus Center, Williston Northampton
Address: 19 Payson Avenue
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.williston.com
Fee: None |
The Williston Northampton School presents Bill Regan and Walter Korzec's Oil, Water, Metal and Wood, on exhibit at the Grubbs Gallery September 4–28.
Painter and photographer Bill Regan received his formal training at Goddard College, where he earned a master's in painting, and at Tufts University by completing a bachelor's degree in fine arts. Much of his artistic motivation, however, comes from the natural world as well as his "deep ambivalence about what the human presence brings to it."
Walter Korzec has been a printmaker, painter, and art educator for more than thirty years. His long career in education began as an art teacher in the Suffield (CT) school system and culminated as professor and program director of Visual Art Certification at Westfield State College. He received his master's in education from the college, and completed his B.A. at the University of Massachusetts.
The exhibit is free and open to the public during the academic year. It takes place in the Grubbs Gallery of the Reed Campus Center at The Williston Northampton School. More information at www.williston.com
Gallery Hours:
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Class Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon |
Contact: (413) 529-3000
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Florence Exhibits/Events
| Alan Snitow on water issues |
Artist: Alan Snitow, Joanne Sunshower
Event: Writers Voice
Start Date: Thursday September 27th, 2007
Reception: Thursday September 27th, 2007 @ 8:00 AM
End Date: Thursday September 27th, 2007
Location Name: Valley Free Radio 103.3FM
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.writersvoice.net
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A Forum-on-the-Air on Local/Corporate Control of Our Water on September 27 on WXOJ 103.3 FM.
Nestle Corporation is considering building a new bottling plant somewhere in Massachusetts. It could be sited on the Montague Plains and draw its water from that aquifer.
We spend the hour live with Alan Snitow, co-author of THIRST: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water. Snitow produced the film documentary, Thirst, which was aired by PBS.
Hear what local activist Joanne Sunshower and callers had to say during the show aired live last Friday on WMUA. |
Contact: Michael Pollitt
giunkmail@gmail.com |
| Ordinary Theater presents 'May Flowers': A World Premier Theater Event |
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Artist: The Ordinary Theater
Event: May Flowers
Start Date: Saturday September 29th, 2007
End Date: Sunday October 14th, 2007
Location Name: Artifacts 20th Century Gallery
Address: 28 N. Maple Street
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.ordinarytheater.com
Fee: $10.00 |
The Ordinary Theater, the experimental ensemble led by founder/Artistic Director Mitchell Polin and now celebrating its 9th Anniversary, makes its first appearance in Western Massachusetts since shifting their headquarters from New York City to Northampton with a World Premiere performance inspired by the writings of Haruki Murakami and the film work of David Lynch. The Ordinary Theater has performed work nationally and internationally and has gained renown for their re-mixes of classic plays and pieces of literature, cutting-edge multi-media spectacle, avant-garde musical scores, and original theater performances.
May Flowers is inspired by the writings of contemporary Japanese author Haruki Murakami, as well as the psychological film work of David Lynch. May Flowers adapts this lush, mysterious and sometimes terrifying material to the stage. Using the theatre’s signature structure of the theatrical re-mix which combines live and recorded video, a live music score, and texts ranging from the work of Murakami and Lynch to the screenplays of Jean-Luc Goddard, in May Flowers, the ensemble cast of the Ordinary Theater intensely explores the terror of a woman whose husband has gone missing in a surrealistic film noir landscape.
Performances: Sept. 29,30; Oct. 6,7,13,14.
All shows begin at 7 PM and seating is general admission. |
Contact: Mitchell Polin
646-425-7668
mitch@ordinarytheater.com |
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Greenfield Exhibits/Events
| Anita S. Hunt, Prints: A Selection of Recent Work |
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Artist: Anita S. Hunt
Event: Anita S. Hunt, Prints: A Selection of Recent Work
Start Date: Friday September 21st, 2007
Reception: Friday September 28th, 2007 @ 5:30 PM
End Date: Friday October 26th, 2007
Location Name: Geissler Gallery at the Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Address: 574 Bernardston Rd.
City, ST: Greenfield, MA
Website: www.anitahunt.com
Fee: Free |
| Colrain resident Anita Hunt exhibits 41 monotype and intaglio prints from 2005 -2007 which share a common thread. Inspired by frequent visits to her favorite local swamps and wetlands, these prints explore the abstract qualities of light and reflection on water. |
Contact: Anita Hunt
4136243067
batworth@valinet.com |
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Holyoke Exhibits/Events
| Three Berets Opening - Saturday, September 22 - 6pm to 9pm |
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Artist: Luke Cavagnac, Gary Hallgren, Dean Nimmer
Event: The Three Berets Show
Start Date: Saturday September 22nd, 2007
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Open Square, 4th floor gallery
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.opensquare.com
Fee: free |
ANNOUNCING THE THREE BERETS SHOW!!
NEWS FLASH! – The Three Berets will appear on the OPRAH and FRIENDS, XM 156 satellite radio program on Friday, October 19 airing at 7 a.m.
The lavish opening reception for The Three Berets will take place on Saturday, September 22 from 6pm to 9pm in the 4th floor gallery of the historic Open Square mill complex in downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. In addition, The Three Berets will play an unusual (weird) Performance Art piece during the opening followed by a solo concert featuring the original music of singer/song writer Charlie Braun.
This exhibition will be on display from September 22 to November 18, 2007.
Viewing hours for this exhibition are Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 5pm or at other times by appointment. For directions to Open Square go to www.opensquare.com
or Mapquest - 4 Open Square Way, Holyoke, MA 01040
The Three Berets are:
LUKE CAVAGNAC – as the king of lowbrow art, Luke has become well known throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond for his madcap and zany artworks. From his showroom/studio at “Eastworks” in Easthampton, Luke makes paintings that cover the spectrum from abstract to representational, fantastic to mundane, but regardless of subject matter, they share a lust for color and life and humor on a grand scale! He believes anyone who wants one of his paintings should buy one - so they are almost unreasonably inexpensive. He has painted literally thousands of paintings and intends to complete at least one or more for each day of the rest of his life.
www.invisiblefountain.com and www.claudiamalibu.com
GARY HALLGREN –started drawing tanker trucks at the age of three, progressed to airplanes by grade school and was making up his own cartoons shortly thereafter. Today, Gary’s cartoons grace the pages of some of the preeminent publications in the country including; The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week and New York magazine. He has also illustrated the best selling books, “YOU The Owner’s Manual”, “YOU The Smart Patient” and “YOU on a Diet.” Gary is also famous for his contributions to above and underground comics such as Mad Magazine, Marvel Comics, High Times, The Air Pirates Funnies, and Screw magazine.
www.artists@opensquare.com
DEAN NIMMER – is also a well known artist in this area as well as having exhibited his abstract paintings and 1000 drawing project across the US and abroad. Dean will be appearing in this show as his alter ego, “Unique Fredrique from the South of Holyoke.” Painting and sculpting in this new persona, Unique (Dean) creates a new world of bizarre characters, surreal landscapes and political satires that must be seen to be believed!
www.uniquefredrique.etsy.com and www.deannimmer.com
This will be a fun-filled evening that you don’t want to miss!
For more information call 413 533 4883 |
Contact: Dean Nimmer
413 533 4883
deandart@aol.com |
| Gifts of the Soul for Everyday People The Art of Fred Becker and Jean Morrison Becker |
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Artist: Fred Becker, Jean Morrison Becker
Event: Gifts of the Soul for Everyday People
Start Date: Monday September 24th, 2007
Reception: Thursday October 4th, 2007 @ 5:30 PM
End Date: Thursday October 18th, 2007
Location Name: The Taber Art Gallery at Holyoke Community College
Address: 303 Homestead Ave.
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Fee: Free |
A small retrospective of sorts, the art works in this show span from the 1930s through the 1980s. The late Fred Becker (husband of) Jean Morrison Becker were both accomplished artists. Fred Becker was a highly recognized artist known for his innovative images and printmaking techniques. Working in oils, color and line figure prominently in Jean Morrison Becker's paintings.
This exhibition is, in part, to celebrate a large donation of paintings and prints by these two important artists to Holyoke Community College from their daughter Carla Becker.
"Both of my parents had a strong belief that art should be available to the people so that they could appreciate and enjoy it in everyday situations. My father was part of the WPA in the 1930's which has been the only federally funded project in the US that supported artists. The artists were encouraged to make images based on everyday life. My father would spend his time engraving his view of New York in restaurants that let him sit for hours and work (much like people on their computers at coffee bars today). My mother believed art should be out in the public, not shut up in museums. If she had her way she would have had fine art on every billboard around the country." |
Contact: Amy Johnquest
(413) 552-2614
bannerqueen@gmail.com |
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Leverett Exhibits/Events
| Digital Diva: 20 years of making art on the Computer |
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Artist: Ruth West
Event: Digital Diva: 20 years of making art on the Computer
Start Date: Saturday September 1st, 2007
End Date: Monday October 29th, 2007
Location Name: Leverett Library
Address: 75 Montague Rd
City, ST: Leverett, MA
Website: www.ruthwest.com
Fee: free |
Leverett computer graphic artist Ruth West will present "Digital Diva: 20 Years of Making Art on the Computer" on September 19th at 7 PM at the Leverett Library. The presentation will include the challenges of making computer art and include examples of the artist's work over a 20-year career.
West was the first artist in residence with a computer at Monet's Garden at Giverny, France.
The talk is one of the Leverett Artists and Authors series, supported in part by a grant from the Leverett Cultural Council and sponsored by the Friends of the Leverett Library. |
Contact: genereal Info
413/548-9220
rwest@spfldcol.edu |
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Northampton Exhibits/Events
| The Oxbow Gallery Visiting Artist Lecture Series presents Richard Yarde |
Artist: Richard Yarde
Event: Richard Yarde to speak at The Oxbow Gallery
Start Date: Wednesday October 10th, 2007
Reception: Wednesday October 10th, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
End Date: Wednesday October 10th, 2007
Location Name: The Oxbow Gallery
Address: 275 Pleasant St.
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: oxbowgallery.com
Fee: free |
The Oxbow Gallery, 275 Pleasant St. Northampton, will kick off its second artist lecture series on Wednesday, October 10th at 7PM. This first lecture will be given by Richard Yarde who was was born in Boston and lives in Northampton, MA.
He is a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He received a B.F.A. Cum laude and an M.F.A. From Boston University. His many awards include the Commonwealth Award for Fine Art(2002) and an Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1995). Solo exhibitions include Richard Yarde: Recent Works on Paper, Fuller Art Museum, Brockton (2001); Mojo Hand, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, traveled to Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (1996-7); The Savoy Installation, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (1982). Recent group exhibitions include Pulse: Art, Healing, and Transformation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2003); The Time of Our Lives, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1999). Locating the Spirit in African American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This lecture series was funded by the Northampton Arts Council and is free and open to the public. |
Contact: Fran Kidder
413-537-5574
franceskidder@verizon.net |
| Katie Rosenblatt Chalk Pastel Drawings |
Artist: Katie Rosenblatt
Event: Katie Rosenblatt, Chalk Pastel Drawings
Start Date: Monday October 8th, 2007
Reception: Friday October 12th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Sunday November 4th, 2007
Location Name: A.P.E. Gallery
Address: 150 Main Street, Thornes Market, 3rd Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Fee: 0 |
| Abstract landscape drawings inspired by the metamorphosis of fall into winter. Katie Rosenblatt uses chalk pastels to depict the ever-changing beauty of nature in this series. She explores light, color, movement and emotion in these drawings with images ranging from simplistic to chaotic. Show reception: October 12th, 5-8pm |
Contact: 413.586.5553
katierose06413@yahoo.com |
| Wire Monkey Dance Takes to the Streets |
Artist: Wire Monkey Dance
Event: Wire Monkey Dance Takes to the Streets
Start Date: Sunday September 23rd, 2007
End Date: Saturday September 29th, 2007
Location Name: Downtown Northampton
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.wiremonkeydance.com
Fee: FREE |
| For the next three weekends Wire Monkey Dance takes to the streets of Northampton with riveting physical dance on scaffolding that investigates interdependency, vulnerability, and intimacy. You can happen upon these excerpts of their newest work, OPEN SECRET, or go online to www.wiremonkeydance.com for a complete listing of times and locations. |
Contact: Jennifer Pollins
(413) 587-0077
info@wiremonkeydance.com |
| Swimming Deer Pottery: The Artistry of Sequoia Miller |
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Artist: Sequoia Miller
Event: Swimming Deer Pottery: The Artistry of Sequoia Miller
Start Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
Reception: Saturday October 6th, 2007 @ 5:30 PM
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Artisan Gallery
Address: 162 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.theartisangallery.com
Fee: none |
The Process
I work alone in my studio on a wooden treadle wheel, crafted by Doug Gates in North Carolina. My studio is next to my house. Behind the studio I have a gas kiln where I fire nearly all of my work. I use a dark stoneware clay, and mix up traditional glazes akin to ones developed in Japan and China centuries ago.
I begin nearly every piece on my potters' wheel. I love making a wide variety of different forms: jars, teapots, and vases as well as cups and bowls. Each has a different type of complexity that engages a different part of my imagination.
My Approach
I love making pottery, and feel fortunate to be a potter. I produce each piece myself from start to finish. I make many pots, and every one is individual.
Each time I make a pot I try to endow it with its own life. This life comes from an active balance of the form's tradition, its use, how I made it the previous time, memories of ones I've seen in the past, ideas I've had but never tried, etc. When I make a group of cups, I recall what I was thinking about in the last series of cups, what I liked and didn't like about them, and what I'd like to try. It’s like this with all of my pots. Some forms change quickly and others slowly, but all are in a state of fluidity. My hope as a studio potter is to make the best work I can - and to find out over time what exactly that means.
-Sequoia Miller |
Contact: Chuck Stern
413-586-1942
chkster23@yahoo.com |
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Southampton Exhibits/Events
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Artist: Elaine Mishkind
Start Date: Saturday September 8th, 2007
End Date: Tuesday October 9th, 2007
Location Name: Robert Floyd Photo Gallery
Address: 2 East Street @ College Highway (Rt. 10)
City, ST: Southampton, MA
Website: www.robertfloydphoto.com
Fee: Free |
Robert Floyd Photo Gallery is pleased to host the color photography exhibit featuring the natural environment that has received great response from many newspapers articles and visitors to August's Northampton exhibit.
Ms. Mishkind presents 21 refreshing images in her second public exhibit. Her images include people in natural settings, striking landscapes, critters and flowers with a different point of view. Elaine draws her explosive passion for photography from her life as an accomplished violinist, having performed in hundreds of live concerts throughout all New England and beyond.
Elaine Mishkind, of Amherst, drives through the countryside searching for subjects, stops the car and studies her subject's each and every nuance in different lighting, wind and against varying backgrounds. She continually explores different angles and approaches. What separates her from other photographers is her unique talent in playing the image over and over again until she is at one with her subject. Her background for perfection and her joy in expressing her subject's uniqueness create a emotional life style immersed in photography.
"Elaine continues to create non-cookie cutter images each time she ventures out into our world with her camera. To her they are not simply two-dimensional images, but life itself. Her joy is contagious and one is hard pressed to locate as free a creative spirit in photography today," states Robert Floyd. The proof is in this exhibit and the best part of this adventure is there are other images as strong that weren't "invited to the dance." Elaine has achieved her mission, connecting with her subject's delicate strength. |
Contact: Robert Floyd
413-529-2635
floydphoto@charter.net |
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Turners Falls Exhibits/Events
| Arts and Leaves Turners Falls Open Studio & Downtown Walking Tour..... Come Early and Stay Late! |
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Artist: Jack Nelson, David Weiner, Ericka Almeida, Jessica Fafnir Adamites, Madison Cripps, Bridget Bresnahan, Derrick Zellmann, Michael Yamashita
Event: Arts & Leaves Turners Falls Open Studio and Downtown Walking Tour
Start Date: Saturday September 29th, 2007
Reception: Saturday September 29th, 2007 @ 10:00 AM
End Date: Sunday September 30th, 2007
Location Name: Downtown Turners Falls
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
Website:
www.thebrickhouseinc.org
Fee: 0.00 |
Arts & Leaves offers tour favorites Jack Nelson, Great Lighting, and Peterman's Baskets & Bowls, along with some new attractions, including two TF artists who will be borrowing downtown space, lampwork bead maker Ericka Almeida & knitted rug designer Jessica Fafnir Adamites. Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography will have a new exhibit -- National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita, and puppeteer Madison Cripps will be offering puppet making workshops for all ages.
The Brick House will be offering the public the opportunity to purchase locally made, quality art and craft work through its Silent Art Auction and walkers can view the site of the future 3-D Collaborative Sculpture Park as well as enjoy the four public art installations and wandering musicians.
There's new food in town too! The 2nd Street Bakery will be opening its doors just in time for this event and displaying the work of artists Derrick Zellmann and Bridget Bresnahan. The Rendezvous will be serving up its full delectable menu after 3:00, but visitors can stop in for a look all day. Even the bathrooms are works of art! Avenue A Cafe, formerly Cup O' Joe, offers breakfast all day long as well as sandwiches & wraps. There’s something to satisfy everyone's palate!
Brochures are available at locations throughout the area or go to www.thebrickhouseinc.org and download the brochure. Then, come spend your day and evening in the lovely village of Turners Falls! "Come early and stay late!" |
Contact: Karen Stinchfield
413-863-9576
karen@thebrickhouseinc.org |
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Call for Artists
| Open Call for Visual, Music, Performance Artists |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Art Walk Easthampton
Show Name: On-going monthly art walk
Submission Due Date: Monday December 31st, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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Art Walk Easthampton has an open call for visual, music and performance artists who would like to showcase their talents during the monthly Art Walk. Each of the venues that participate in the Walk independently select the artist or performer to feature. Visual shows typically last 3-4 weeks while performance and music are for the evening of the event.
You can submit an "Artist Proposal" online by visiting www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org and following the "Call for Artists" link at the bottom of the page. Once you have subscribed to the newsletter and confirmed your subscription, you can submit your proposal.
The process is a 3-page form with a series of questions: types of venues interested in, available dates, number of pieces proposed or length of performance, etc. Your answers form the proposal which is then made available to each of the venues. The venues make the selections. Your proposal is available to them for up to one year.
There are no fees to submit or participate. All Art Walk-related events are non-paid opportunities. |
Contact: Michael
michael@crawfordhanus.com |
| Montague Cultural Council Grants |
Show Name: Montague Cultural Council
Submission Due Date: Monday October 15th, 2007
Website: www.mass-culture.org
City, ST: Montague, MA
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The Montage Cultural Council is seeking grant proposals for community oriented arts, humanities, and interpretive science projects due October 15. The priorities for applicants include: Community-wide events such as concerts, festivals, and plays.
Twelve copies of each grant application, typed and signed, plus one copy of relevant support materials, though multiple copies are appreciated, must be postmarked by Monday, October 15, 2007. Send completed application packets to Montague Cultural Council, Montague Town Hall, One Avenue A, Montague, MA 01351-9558. Forms and detailed guidelines are available at www.mass-culture.org. Contact Lisa Enzer, Chair, 413-367-2658. |
Contact: Lisa Enzer
413-367-2658
enzer@earthlink.net |
| Grant Opportunities in Greenfield |
Sponsoring Group Name: Greenfield Local Cultural Council
Show Name: Grant Opportunities
Submission Due Date: Monday October 15th, 2007
Website: www.mass-culture.org
City, ST: Greenfield, MA
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Greenfield Local Cultural Council(GLCC)
Seeks Funding Proposals
Proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities and interpretive science projects are due October 15th.
Grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Greenfield, including exhibits, festivals, performances in schools, workshops and lectures. GLCC will also entertain funding proposals from schools and youth groups through the PASS Program, a ticket subsidy program for school-aged children.
Questions? Please attend our informational meeting on September 18th, 5:30pm at the Greenfield Business Association, 395 Main Street.
For applications and guidelines, go to
www.mass-culture.org/lcc_public_about.asp |
Contact: Sam Pettengill
spettengill@comcast.net |
| Call for Artists for 2008-2009 Season |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Hosmer Art Gallery, Forbes Library
Show Name: Annual Call for Artists
Submission Due Date: Wednesday October 31st, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org/events/gallery.shtml
City, ST: Northampton, MA
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The Hosmer Art Gallery in Forbes Library is designed to provide opportunities for local artists to show their work to the public. Exhibits include a wide range of media and content reflecting the diversity of the Pioneer Valley community. The gallery is curated and scheduled by the Arts & Music Librarian.
Art exhibits featuring the work of local artists have been part of Forbes Library's cultural mission for over 100 years. The Hosmer Gallery has versatile display panels and museum-quality lighting to accommodate a variety of art formats.
Artists' portfolios (slides, photographs, or original work) are reviewed on an annual basis. Applications will then be available at the library and online. Criteria for review include technical and artistic quality, a coherent theme, and contribution to an interesting and varied program for the year. Artists living and working in the greater Northampton area are eligible to apply. First-time exhibitors are welcome. |
Contact: 587-1013
gallery@forbeslibrary.org |
| Easthampton Cultural Council Seeks Proposals |
Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton Cultural Council
Submission Due Date: Monday October 15th, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.mass-culture.org
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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The Easthampton Cultural Council is seeking proposals for next year's funding cycle. In addition to the array of art and cultural activities supported by the Council, we also are seeking proposals that emphasize the following theme:
Easthampton Intersections: Farmlands & Factories
A remarkable number of opportunities exist in Easthampton due to its distinctive past as both an agricultural center and an industrial town. Through the evolution of these spaces, including local farms, conservation land, converted rail trails, downtown civic and commercial spaces, working and converted industrial buildings, citizens of Easthampton have an insight into many facets of New England’s history and future that can be explored through the arts and other cultural events.
The Easthampton Cultural Council encourages collaborations across the many individuals and organizations working within the community. The postmark deadline for grant applications is October 15, 2007.
For further information, visit http://www.massculturalcouncil.org |
Contact: Stephanie Gibbs
eculturalcouncil@aol.com |
| FY2009 Funding Guidelines Now Available for YouthReach |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Massachusetts Cultural Council
Show Name: YouthReach Initiative
Submission Due Date: Wednesday February 6th, 2008
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.massculturalcouncil.org/applications/yrapp.html
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The YouthReach Initiative provides funding to programs that integrate substantive out-of-school arts, humanities and science opportunities into a collaborative community response to the needs of youth at risk.
Guidelines, application forms, and the schedule of information and training sessions are available online.
YouthReach supports innovative programs that:
-- Provide young people with in-depth arts, humanities, or interpretive science experiences that create opportunities to interact directly with practicing artists, humanists and scientists, and to develop techniques or skills for creative inquiry.
-- Demonstrate a clear understanding of young people in need.
-- Demonstrate a clear ability to infuse arts, humanities, or science learning programs with the principles of youth development. See Key Characteristics of Youth Development Programs.
-- Marshal the resources of the community and foster substantive collaboration between cultural organizations and other community institutions addressing young people in need.
The primary applicant for a YouthReach project must be a nonprofit cultural organization or an organization having a strong programming history in the proposal's primary discipline. The next two-year application deadline is February 6, 2008. However, it is never too early to begin laying the groundwork for community-based cultural partnerships.
(Artwork by David Chan) |
Contact: H. Mark Smith, YouthReach Program Manager
mark.smith@state.ma.us |
| Hadley Cultural Council Seeks Funding Proposals |
Sponsoring Group Name: Hadley Cultural Council
Show Name: Cultural Council 2008 Funding Proposals
Submission Due Date: Monday October 15th, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.mass-culture.org/lcc_public.asp.
City, ST: Hadley, MA
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| The Hadley Cultural Council has set an October 15 deadline for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the community in 2008. According to Council chair Robie Grant, these grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Hadley -- including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies or performances in schools, workshops and lectures. The Hadley Cultural Council will also entertain funding proposals from schools and youth groups through the PASS Program, a ticket subsidy program for school-aged children. This year, the Hadley Cultural Council will distribute about $4000.00 in grants. Contact Robie Grant, Hadley Cultural Council Chair, at 413-586-4267, or hadleyculturalcouncil@yahoo.com for specific guidelines and information. Application forms and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available on the web. |
Contact: Robie Grant
586-4267
hadleyculturalcouncil@yahoo.com |
| Call for Artists at Gallery A3 |
Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery A3
Show Name: Call for Artists
Submission Due Date: Monday October 8th, 2007
Submission Fees: free
Website: www.gallerya3.com
City, ST: Amherst, MA
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Gallery A3 Seeking New Members Applications juried monthly. Next deadline is 10/8.
Gallery A3 shows contemporary art by Valley artists. Since it opened in 2002, the gallery’s been an alternative venue for innovative art in a wide range of media and styles. The gallery is a cooperative gallery run by its members who share business and aesthetic decisions and form a supportive community for making and exhibiting art. The gallery has an exhibition space in the downtown Amherst Cinema building and holds its opening receptions in conjunction with the Amherst Art Walk.
Artists working in all media are invited to apply. You'll be asked to provide:
A completed application form
10-15 images (slide or cd) of your current work
A numbered slide list
Two recent original works (not too large)
Resume or artist's statement
Applications are available at Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street in Amherst.
Hours are Wednesday – Sunday, 1-7 p.m. For more information, call 413/256-4250 or email mtc@crocker.com. |
Contact: Marianne Connolly
413/256-4250
mtc@crocker.com |
| Open Call for Artists - $3000 Mural Competition in Easthampton |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Show Name: Open Call for Artists - $3000 Mural Competition in Easthampton
Submission Due Date: Wednesday December 12th, 2007
Submission Fees: none
Website: www.EasthamptonCityArts.org
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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Mural will be in the City of Easthampton on a downtown brick wall.
Easthampton City Arts invites artists and/or arts groups to submit a proposal for a mural to be created at 71-77 Cottage Street on the brick wall facing the public parking lot. Funds for the creation of this mural have been awarded Easthampton City Arts by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Local businesses may also help support this project.
What
Design and produce a painted mural with a minimum size of 500 square feet on the brick wall facing the public parking lot at 71-77 Cottage Street and appropriately treat and/or seal the mural for outdoor longevity of a minimum of 10 years. The brick wall will be cleaned and primed by Easthampton City Arts prior to the execution of the mural. The wall is approximately 1,000 square feet.
NOTE: The upper windows may not be painted over. The left bottom window (which is boarded up) is not part of the mural; it will remain advertising space for the adjoining business. The other three boarded up windows may be included in the mural. However, it is possible that they may be transformed into actual windows over the next few years; therefore, any artwork needs to be self-contained with the overall mural able to stand alone if these three sections are replaced with windows.
Content/Theme
The mural should be highly colorful and visible to pedestrians and traffic coming down Cottage Street from the mountain side of Route 141. The theme of the mural is open. The artwork should enhance the building and surrounding environment as well as represent the artistic vitality of Easthampton.
Who
Individual artists, muralists, and art groups who live or work in the Pioneer Valley are encouraged to apply.
Ownership of Image
Easthampton City Arts will jointly own the copyright of the image along with the artist.
Payment
Easthampton City Arts will pay an artist stipend of $3,000, which includes material costs. $500 of the stipend for supplies will be paid upon signed contract; the remainder will be paid upon completion of the mural.
Timeline
All proposals must be received by 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.
Notification of results of submissions on Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
Mural, including all sealing, is to be completed by Friday, June 20, 2008.
How
Submit in one package to: Easthampton City Arts, c/o Ellen Koteen, 50 Payson Avenue, Easthampton, MA 01027. (Faxed or email submissions will not be accepted.)
1. A color drawing to scale of your proposed imagery for the mural including text that details materials and weatherproofing that you will be using.
2. Resume(s) and contact information (Artist groups: identify one project manager). Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address and website address if you have a website.
3. Examples of previous work: photos, slides or high-quality color printer outputs (no disc file images).
4. Background information about your art work and/or your group not included above.
5. One page proposal statement about your design (describe design elements) that includes research you may have done on the characteristics of the neighborhood or the city and any input you may have received from local groups or individuals.
6. Self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials (or they will not be returned!).
Selection
Proposals will be reviewed and chosen by a Jury Committee consisting of members of the Easthampton City Arts Coordinating Committee, the owner(s) of the building, and 2 other artists. The Jury Committee will consider each submission without knowing the name of the individual or group who made the submission.
Easthampton City Arts reserves the right to reject any proposal which, in its judgment, fails to meet the requirements of this Call to Artists or which is incomplete, conditional, or obscure; or which contains irregularities; or in which errors occur; or if determined to be in the best interest of Easthampton City Arts to do so. Easthampton City Arts reserves the right to waive minor discrepancies or permit a proposer to clarify such discrepancies and so conduct discussions with all qualified proposers in any manner necessary to serve the best interests of Easthampton City Arts. Easthampton City Arts may wish to discuss with the artist some revision of the proposed mural before design selection occurs and/or before design is executed.
Artists will be required to enter into a contract with the City of Easthampton to ensure that the project is completed on schedule according to budget and according to the chosen proposal.
Please note: There may be a few local qualified artists willing to assist in the painting process if requested by the artist.
For more information about Easthampton City Arts, see its website at www.easthamptoncityarts.com. For questions about this Call to Artists, email Briana Taylor, Community Outreach Coordinator for Easthampton City Arts, at info@easthamptoncityarts.com.
Issued on September 20, 2007 |
Contact: Briana Taylor
eastcityarts@gmail.com |
| WFCR's Second Annual Art Mug |
Show Name: WFCR 2nd Annual Art Mug Competition
Submission Due Date: Friday October 5th, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.wfcr.org
City, ST: Amherst, MA
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WFCR-FM is seeking submissions for the station's 2nd Annual Art Mug. The mug will be made available to WFCR's contributing listeners during on-air fund drives from October 2007 - June 2008. Artists are invited to submit designs by October 5th.
Specifications
WFCR conducts on-air fund drives over a twelve month period - October, March and May. Seasonal subjects or locations specific to western New England and/or public radio are very desirable.
The printing space is 4 1/8 inches high and 8 5/8 inches wide. The image will wrap around the mug so the design should be pleasing for both left handed and right handed drinkers.
The art will be affixed from a paper decal and then kiln-fired to the preserve color. This is a 4-color sublimation process.
Keep it simple! We will be describing the image for listeners as eloquently as we can to conjure a clear picture in their minds. A complicated concept will result in a verbal muddle on the air!
A caption such as "Designed for WFCR by...2007" in the artist's hand is very desirable. It can run along the side of the image or be incorporated into the design.
We request the design be exclusive for WFCR and that we retain the original art for the permanent collection.
The deadline is October 5, 2007. The design will be decided in-house. You can mail your submission to Christopher Daly - 88.5FM/WFCR - Hampshire House - 131 County Cir - Amherst, MA 01003-9257. Artwork can be sent via email to csdaly@wfcr.org |
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Contact: csdaly@wfcr.org |
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Classes
| Going with the Flow, A Weekend Workshop with Dean Nimmer |
Class Name: Going with the Flow, A Weekend Workshop with Dean Nimmer
Class Time: 9:00 AM
Start Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
End Date: Sunday October 7th, 2007
Fee: $125.00
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Sat, Oct 6, 9am-3pm and Sun, Oct 7, 10am-4pm
This is an intensive workshop devoted to rejuvenating your creative abilities and rekindling your passions to make art. We will use different exercises and techniques that have been developed through 35 years of teaching to help artists work more spontaneously and free from inhibition. This hands-on workshop is for those at all levels of artistic experience and technical ability with special attention to each participant's goals and progress. If you haven't made art for awhile or have developed the dreaded malaise of "artists block," this may be just what you need to get back into what you love to do! $125 (single workshop day:$75) |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Mosaic Workshop in Smalti with Robert Markey |
Class Name: Mosaic Workshop in Smalti with Robert Markey
Class Time: 9:00 AM
Start Date: Sunday October 21st, 2007
End Date: Sunday October 21st, 2007
Fee: $140.00
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Sun, Oct 21, 9am-3pm
Smalti is one of the oldest and most original materials of mosaic art. This thick, exquisite glass tile holds light the way no other material can. It is manufactured at the Orsoni family factory in Venice, Italy using the same ancient techniques and traditions passed down through the generations. The colors of smalti are rich and offer the artists many possibilities to achieve dynamic mosaic works of art. In this one day intensive workshop we will explore this beautiful traditional material by teaching students how to cut and set smalti. Each student will create a 6"x6" framed mosaic framed panel. Design, color and composition will also be covered. The class includes tools, handouts, and a beautiful selection of Orsoni Italian smalti. This workshop is suitable for beginners and more experienced mosaicists who have never worked with smalti. $140 includes materials |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Apron Making Workshop with Cassandra Holden |
Class Name: Apron Making Workshop with Cassandra Holden
Class Time: 10:00 AM
Start Date: Sunday November 4th, 2007
End Date: Sunday November 4th, 2007
Fee: $90 plus material
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Sun, Nov 4 10am-4pm
Create a unique gift for a friend or special treat for yourself. Using a variety of sewing techniques we will construct a vintage inspired apron. Playful fabrics, trims, unique buttons and more can be used to embellish in imaginative ways. All skill levels are welcome. Basic sewing techniques will be reviewed including simple and flat felled seam construction, hem finishes, gathering, and bias binding. Sample patterns will be provided or create a style all your own. Let your imagination go wild. |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Watercolor with Nava Grunfeld |
Class Name: Watercolor with Nava Grunfeld
Class Time: 6:30 PM
Start Date: Monday November 5th, 2007
End Date: Monday December 10th, 2007
Fee: $295.00
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Mon evenings for 6 weeks, Nov 5-Dec 10, 6:30-9:30pm
This watercolor class is designed for all levels: serious beginners, intermediate students and experienced artists working in other mediums but with little or no knowledge of watercolor. Students will work on mastering new aspects of watercolor including color, technique, and composition. Emphasis will be on enhancing your skills, unleashing creativity and moving you to the next level. $295 plus materials listed at www.navagrunfeld.com |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Pastel Still-Life Weekend with Jane Lund |
Class Name: Pastel Still-Life Weekend with Jane Lund
Class Time: 9:00 AM
Start Date: Friday November 16th, 2007
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Fee: $195.00
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Friday, Nov 16, 3-7pm, Saturday and Sunday, Nov 17 and 18, 9am-4pm
Over the weekend, we will explore various pastel techniques, methods of preparation, and approaches to composition and drawing. We will learn more about the versatile and beautiful medium of soft pastels as we work from unexpected (surprise!) still-life matter. Join us as we gain inspiration and knowledge from each other in a low-key and productive environment. $195 plus materials |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Drawing as Rhythm, Language and Composition with Karen Dolmanisth |
Class Name: Drawing as Rhythm, Language and Composition with Karen Dolmanisth
Class Time: 6:30 PM
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
End Date: Thursday December 13th, 2007
Fee: $280.00
Organization: Northampton Center for the Arts
Location Name: Northampton Center for the Arts
Address: 17 New South Street Third Floor
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Thurs evenings for 6 weeks, Nov 1-Dec 13, 6:30-9:30pm (No class Nov 22)
"From the breath, to the heart, to the line" (Charles Olson): a workshop devoted to developing personal language through visual forms with works on paper. A series of guided drawing exercises and experiments exploring the varied and limitless potential uses of basic drawing principles: line, value, shape, volume, composition, repetition, texture, weight, space, figure/ground relationship. point of view. $280 plus materials |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Guitar Expressions |
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Class Name: Guitar Studies
Class Time: 3:00 PM
Start Date: Tuesday September 25th, 2007
End Date: Tuesday June 3rd, 2008
Organization: Karl Rausch
Location Name: The Holmes Studio
Address: 43 Parsons Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: holmesdance.com
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Study guitar with Karl Rausch: jazz, blues, folk, rock and more. All levels, beginner to advanced, and all ages can learn songs and build a repertoire of music to perform.
These private lessons will help you become more expressive on the guitar. Improve your technique and avoid bad habits in a fun, supportive learning environment. Develop your reading skills and ear training, too.
More advanced students will explore improvisation and how scales relate to guitar solos. You'll also learn chord development to gain a greater understanding of harmony and theory.
Karl Rausch has played guitar for more than 40 years. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Karl has 10+ years teaching experience. He is a patient and non-judgemental musical coach. An active performer, Karl has multiple recordings as soloist, leader and side man. He currently plays throughout New England with the Clay Jazz Band.
Call the Holmes Studio today for more information or to schedule your guitar lessons with Karl. |
Contact: MaryAnne or Brooks Holmes
(413) 527-5300
krausch2@verizon.net |
| Solve the Mystery of Sewing Patterns |
Class Name: Sewing Patterns 101
Class Time: 10:00 AM
Start Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
End Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
Fee: $35
Organization: LuckyStitches
Location Name: Brassworks Building
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.luckystitches.com
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Session A Saturday, October 6 10am-1pm
Confused? Don’t know where to start? What do all those lines and markings mean anyway? Come for a little 101 and get help deciphering those sewing patterns so you can get SEWING!!! Stuck on a pattern? Bring it with you and learn how to work through it.
LuckyStitches, a sewing lounge, is located just minutes west of Northampton on Rte 9. |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
| Learn How to Hem Class |
Class Name: Hem Your Own - Skip a Trip to the Tailor
Class Time: 2:00 PM
Start Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
End Date: Saturday October 6th, 2007
Fee: $65
Organization: LuckyStitches
Location Name: Brassworks Building
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.luckystitches.com
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Session A Saturday, October 6 2pm-5pm
Stop trying to buy pants or a skirt that’s just the right length. Bring pants or a skirt that needs to be hemmed, and learn how to hem, while saving a trip to the tailor’s. |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
| Learn How To Use Your Sewing Machine - Make a Messenger Bag |
Class Name: Sewing Machine 101 (intensive) - Learn How To Use Your Sewing Machine and Make a Messenger Bag
Class Time: 6:00 PM
Start Date: Tuesday October 9th, 2007
End Date: Tuesday October 30th, 2007
Fee: $165
Organization: LuckyStitches
Location Name: Brassworks Building
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.luckystitches.com
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Sewing Machine 101 (Intensive)
Session A - Tuesdays, Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 6PM-9PM
Session B - Saturdays, Nov 3, 10, 17 10AM-1PM
Do you have a new machine or one gathering dust in the closet? Now is the TIME! Just in time for the holidays to help you make some of your gifts, and make some things for you. We’ll talk about the parts of your machine, what they do, how to maintain you machine, then we’ll practice sewing by stitching up a messenger bag.
Supplies needed: Sewing Machine, Sewing Kit, other materials TBA
LuckyStitches, a sewing lounge, is located just a few minutes west of Northampton on Rte 9. Be sure to visit www.LuckyStitches.com to sign up for the announcement list and get the lastes info on classes and events. |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
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Studio Space
| Studio Available |
City, ST: Shelburne Falls, MA
Approx 21' x 27'
Great Light! 5 Big windows!
Bridge St, Shelburne Falls
$500/month
Contact Telephone: 413.625.6177
Contact Email: schaktman@comcast.net |
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