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| It's Showtime, It's Polltime | | Ready. Set. Show! Late fall is a busy time for artists and art lovers. Many of us are fresh from a lazy summer and somewhat productive early autumn. Now it's time to put those freshly created pieces up for sale and smile anxiously as people stop to peer at the work and the price tag. For gift givers, now's the time to find that perfect decorative element for their own home or to give as gifts. The clocks have been turned back and we've gotten our first deluge of chilly rain, so the psychology is unmistakable....the holidays are verrrry near. So slip on those jackets and come see this week's offerings of art, including a Wednesday opening of new works by Sherid Adams at Westfield State College, Friday's Arts Night Out in Northampton and Saturday's always-ecle
ctic Art Walk Easthampton.
Oh, and if you have been to an Art Walk Easthampton event, please take a moment to answer some online survey questions. There are only 9 questions and at the end of it you'll get three coupons for use at local businesses. It will help illustrate the connection between the arts and the economy and help local artists and small businesses. Click Here to take survey
See you out and about! |
Easthampton Exhibits/Events
Art Walk Easthampton Exhibits and Events
Printable walk map available at www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org |
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Artist: Kate Fontaine
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Mt.Tom's Homemade Ice Cream
Address: 34 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| I have been painting on a variety of materials in acrylic paint since I was twelve years old, including rocks and canvas. I like to mix organic images with surreal images to try to get my feelings composed into a single piece, including all of the colorful and dark aspects of life. |
Contact: Kate
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Artist: Carol King
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Unlike Northampton's Hill & Dale, Easthampton's 'Hill & Dale' is alive and well, full of life and nature with work by three local artists . Carol King's contribution to this exhibition are her intimate pastel portraits of birds. |
Contact: Nashawannuck Gallery
413 529 9393 |
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Artist: Ruth West
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Unlike Northampton's Hill & Dale, Easthampton's 'Hill & Dale' is alive and well. Featured in this exhibit is Ruth West, an internationally known artist, who was the first computer artist in residency at Monet's Giverny gardens. Ruth will be presenting her inventive new bathtub series in a rural landscape or as she fondly describes, 'Mary on the half shell.' |
Contact: Nashawannuck Gallery
413 529 9393 |
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Artist: Chris Nelson
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Another of the 'Hill & Dale' artists is Chris Nelson who is inspired by creatures great and small that inhabit the Pioneer Valley. Since retiring from UMass as a labor relations attorney, she focuses full time on painting and photographing. especially the sheep that graze in her meadow. She has been active on the Leverett Conservation Committee where I work to preserve the habitat of the animals I love'
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Contact: Nashawannuck Gallery
413 529 9393 |
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Artist: Norma Kostek
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Mary Ann's Dance and More
Address: 56 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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I truly enjoy doing my crafts and hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Special orders are available.
10% of sales made will be donated to Project Linus. I will continue to do this fundraising for Project Linus through the end of November. |
Contact: Norma Kostek
sales@normasnotions.com |
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Artist: Opel
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 6:30 to 7:30
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Mary Ann's Dance and More
Address: 56 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Opel is a new band from the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Since adding organ and saxophone to the band, Opel's new sound has been described as "reminiscent of 60's psychodelic rock with a touch of R&B flavor". A 13 track album, "Strange Encounters," is set to be released in the Fall of 2007. |
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Contact: www.opelmusic.org |
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Artist: Bad Apples
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 6 pm
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Pirate's Den Restaurant
Address: 58 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| The Bad Apples are a 3 piece jazz/soul/blues band from New Haven, CT playing a unique of what has been called a 'classic sound'-play magazine. |
Contact: Bad Apples
www.thebadapplesarebitter.com |
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Artist: Juergen Roth
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Pirate's Den Restaurant
Address: 58 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Juergen Roth was born and raised near Cologne, Germany. In 1988, he moved to Berlin West and following the fall of the Berlin Wall and in 1989 he enjoyed exploring the reunited city and the lost natural environment surrounding it.
After a number of visits to New York City, Juergen had his own exhibition of New York photographs in Berlin.
Since 2001 he has been living in Brookline, Massachusetts with his wife Helen and daughter Nina. Juergen has been participated in many local events and shows. His work has been published in books and magazines. Juergen finds inspiration at the nearby Wildlife Sanctuary Hall's Pond, as well as, in the beautiful landscapes of New Englands' National Parks and Forests.
Juergen has always regarded nature as the ultimate inspiration.
Please drop into The Pirate's Den to enjoy his stunning landscape showcased within. Look for the Yellow Gate on Cottage Street! |
Contact: Juergen Roth www.juergenrothphotography.com
hansjuergenroth@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Jessica Stroetzel
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Pick Your Flick Video
Address: 74 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Jessica uses many different types of photographic style for her work. Digital, 35mm film, graphic design, black & white etc.
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Contact: Pick Your Flick
pickyourflickvideo@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Marcia Reed
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Valley Art Supplies
Address: 76 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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In my earliest recollections I have always wanted to paint. I saw myself as a painter foremost to anything else. This sounds so clichè. I have read other artists statements and many say the same thing. As I reached a landmark birthday in 2005, I realized my aspirations are still the same as they were when I was young. My painting has lead me into many directions, and journeys, and it has enriched my life.
The challenge I find in my own landscape painting is learning to see and interpret my own feelings and profound appreciation for nature. I constantly struggle to transcend the material and go beyond the painted surface image.
It is important that my landscapes in oils and watercolors convey a sense of place. Nature is my influence but then it becomes something more. I don't want my work to capture the exactness of nature or my brush marks to be predictable. I have been told for years that I have an unnatural landscape palette. Color is important to me, but I also am intrigued by the absence of color as in my nocturnal moonscapes. I want to embrace a mood for the piece, and challenge the viewer to look deeper. In the process of painting on location or in my studio I strive for the balance of when to intervene and when to leave well enough alone.
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Contact: Edward or Juliette
info@valleyartsupplies.com 413 527 0763 |
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Artist: Carien Schippers
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: ReMax Hill and Valley
Address: 78 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Carien Schippers has been photographing professionally since 1976. She has an AAS degree from SUNY Cobleskill in Animal Husbandry and a two year certificate from the New England School of Photography. For many years she was primarily an event and farm photographer, more recently she has been developing an extensive stock archive of equine images for publication as well as a fine art print site at horsedrivephotos.com. As a lifetime student of the horse she excels in capturing the spirit and beauty of the equine and is in constant pursuit of finding fresh, unique and creative perspectives of her subject. She is a keen observer and able to capture the subtle nuances of horse and herd behavior, giving her a highly recognizable style of work that has been widely published in a variety of magazines, calendars, books and catalogs.
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Contact: Carien Schippers
info@imagequine.com |
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Artist: Group Show
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: New England Felting Supply
Address: 84 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| One of a kind hats, bags, scarfs, jewelry and art wear is now available in our new fiber art gallery. Stop by New England Felting Supply and get started on your holiday shopping while supporting some of our favorite felt artists - Diane Christian, Marianne DuBois, Gar DuBois, Carol Ingram, and Spiral Works Studio. |
Contact: Rory Valentine & Chris White
www.feltingsupply.com |
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Artist: Bob Ferrier and Joe Lacreta
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Luthiers Co op
Address: 108 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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If you Google the names of this months performers you find out that they were 2 of the 'Names' performing at a recent guitar summit. Hearing them perform and we think you'll agree-- they are peak performers of Jazz Guitar.
If you stop in to Lucchesi Vintage Instruments during the Art Walk, you will witness these 'Dignitaries of Jazz' performing together amidst the beautiful Vintage Instruments. |
Contact: Lucchesi Vintage Instruments
info@lucchesivintageinstruments.com |
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Artist: Marlene Rye
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts
Address: 43 Main St, STE 4
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Join us at Easthampton City Arts new office at the Historic Town Hall on Main Street for our very first event!
Intimate Immensities -- paintings by Marlene Rye.
Travel in your mind back to a time as a child when you were in the "wilderness": backyard, vacant lot, roadside, field, or forest. Remember how the world looked as you crawled through the grass, each individual blade becoming a towering tree, rocks transformed into mountains. Visualize looking through the brambles and thickets of your backyard and feeling the enormity of that space juxtaposed with the closeness of the surrounding branches. See a field, feel the openness of the air and the closeness of the warm ground beneath, expanding and contracting the space at the same time. These sensations are at the heart of my work.
Painting shown: Forest Coronation, 54" x 50", oil on canvas 2005 |
Contact: Marlene Rye
info@easthamptoncityarts.com |
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Artist: Mark Stein
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Elusie Gallery
Address: 43 Main St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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CLOSING RECEPTION
'These pictures are inspired by the farming that takes place all around my home in Hatfield, MA and by the Back Beach of Provincetown, MA. It is my close relationship with these places that is most important to me, their physical attributes essential but secondary' Mark Stein
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Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
413-529-9265 |
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Artist: Jacquie Gouveia
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: The Taylor Agency
Address: 87 Main St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Contemporary painter, Jacquie Gouveia, charges her paintings with lustrous colors and boundless energy. Drawing inspiration from both nature and music, her paintings capture your attention and invite you in to explore, enjoy and experience.
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Contact: Jacquie Gouveia
508-866-5562 |
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Artist: Twyla ReardonArthen
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 5pm-??
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Back on the Rack
Address: 121 Main St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Featuring Non-Objective works that explore relationships between the man-made & inherent creations of nature. PLUS!A fun time & several additional examples of my work from the studio. |
Contact: Twyla ReardonArthen
twyla.reardon@gmail.com |
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Artist: Aric Bieganek
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Back on the Rack
Address: 121 Main St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Born and raised in Central Minnesota, Aric Bieganek grew up infused
with the belief that music can both tell stories and inspire personal
and social change. His perspective and his songs - from the
introspectively placid to the passionately outspoken - all embody
this belief, just as they have since he was a little boy playing his
first plastic guitar. Although Aric has traveled as far east as Japan,
as far north as Iceland, and across the United States in his trusty
Ford, his connection to his roots is evident in all the poetry and
fervor of his songwriting. |
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Artist: Bridget O'Haire and Tatiana Shannon
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| An informal showing of two talented students' work: drawings, prints and paintings showing the beginnings of personal style in these two budding artists. Born in Amsterdam, raised in Ireland, California, and the Pioneer Valley, Bridget O'Haire is a senior at Northampton High School, and has been interviewing local artists for her show, 'Artists Talk' on CATV, CH. 15. Tatiana Shannon was raised partly in Rome, has recently moved to Florence (Mass.), and is a Freshman at Holyoke Community College, where she has her own radio show. |
Contact: Christina Svane
csvane@comcast.net |
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Artist: Bill O'Haire
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 7 pm
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Bill O'Haire will be playing from his extensive repetoire of guitar music.
Oly Shannon, a talented young guitarist and student at the Bill O'Haire
Guitar Studio, will also perform.
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Artist: Lori St Pierre
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: D.art Galley
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Lori St Pierre, Unusual hand built slab pottery. Come see and purchase her beautiful work, featured in Massachusetts Preview Magazine.
d.Art Gallery will be hosting their reception for 'Art of The Harvest' a collection of works of art in celebration of the harvest season. Refreshments will be served.
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Contact: d.Art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com |
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Artist: Angelic Studio Glass
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: D.art Galley
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Beautiful and affordable blown glass by Angelic Studio Glass
d.Art Gallery will be hosting their reception for 'Art of The Harvest' a collection of works of art in celebration of the harvest season. Refreshments will be served.
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Contact: d.Art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com |
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Artist: Adam Mulcahy
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: D.art Galley
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Fun and affordable sculptural assemblage by Adam Mulcahy.
d.Art Gallery will be hosting their reception for 'Art of The Harvest' a collection of works of art in celebration of the harvest season. Refreshments will be served. |
Contact: d.Art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com |
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Artist: Verde
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: D.art Galley
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Unique paintings by artist Verde.
d.Art Gallery will be hosting their reception for 'Art of The Harvest' a collection of works of art in celebration of the harvest season. Refreshments will be served.
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Contact: d.art@da
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Artist: Odd Dolls
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: D.art Galley
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Unique one of a kind hand made artist dolls by odd dolls.
d.Art Gallery will be hosting their reception for 'Art of The Harvest' a collection of works of art in celebration of the harvest season. Refreshments will be served. |
Contact: d.art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com |
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Artist: Luke Cavagnac
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 6-9pm
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Invisible Fountain
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 206
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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----FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!----
a new show of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac
celebrating the 4th anniversary of THE INVISIBLE FOUNTAIN GALLERY
wine & food & lots of stuff to see complete show dates: 11/10/07 through 2/8/08
The Invisible Fountain is where Cavagnac paints and displays his 'Art'. You'll find approximately 1,000 different paintings on display on any given day.
ART FOR ALL & ALL FOR ART |
Contact: Luke Cavagnac
413.527.9300 info@invisiblefountain.com |
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Artist: Carol Ostberg
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Carol Ostberg Studio
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 234
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Color and pattern blanket large and small pieces. Side tables, boxes, frames and mirrors, all have colorful personalities. I give new life to old furniture and unique character to new items. Each piece is hand painted and one of a kind. There are new mixed media holiday ornaments. Colorful gifts for yourself and for others. |
Contact: Carol Ostberg
(413) 585-0107 |
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Artist: Justin Brown and Lisa Orsted
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Grey Gardens Studio
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 256
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Come by Grey Gardens Studio on the second floor of Eastworks for new work including textile wall constructions and assemblages exploring culture and self. New works by mixed media artist Justin Brown and painter Lisa Orsted, accompanied by the lively jazz performance of the Carol Abbe Smith Ensemble. |
Contact: Justin Brown
justin.m.brown@hotmail.com |
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Artist: Carol Abbe Smith Ensemble
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 6-7:30 music
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Grey Gardens Studio
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 256
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Come enjoy the high energy performance of Carol Abbe Smith and her band ensemble, along with new visual art works. The second floor of Eastworks will be alive with Jazz standards and bebop. |
Contact: Carol Abbe Smith
cabbe@netzero.net |
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Artist: Tani Anaya
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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I am a local artist, working on art out of my home in Shutesbury, while my children sleep. I am inspired by bold colors, contrast and clean lines.
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Contact: Tani
tanianaya@verizon.net |
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Artist: Jennifer Gutterman Almeida
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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These works represent the past three years of taking as many pictures as possible when the opportunities arose. As an artist I have expressed my inner eye in a variety of media - Oils, Watercolors, Ink, Pencil, clay, animation, 3D modeling, wood, graphic design, etc.
Many of these photos were taken with the intention of using them as photo references for large scale Oil paintings. The evolved into so much more and became expression in their own right. Then the reference photos became snapshots of interesting things - then a compulsion to capture the dynamic and the interesting.
Color and black & white, all digital images and all digitally processed and printed. From Key West to Mystic, CT, from New Orleans to New York City, from Hadley to Ft. Myers, these photos are only this step in the journey that is always evolving. And that is why I enjoyed it so much. |
Contact: Jen
jgutterman@gmail.com |
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Artist: Eric Mauro
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Eric Mauro paints contemporary landscapes, seascapes and interiors using some of the traditional techniques of the Dutch 'Old Masters'.
He uses radical perspective to paint large subjects such as battleships and seaside amusement piers. He is a recent graduate of Mass. College of Art, and lives in Brighton with his wife and children. |
Contact: Eric
emcartoon2@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Viviana Puello
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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'I reflect with my art the colors of a universe in constant motion'
Viviana Puello grew up on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia and studied amongst the bohemian community of her small seaside village. When the political situation became intolerable, she immigrated to New York City, where she could paint, uninhibited from the social and political stigmas of traditional society. Puello's large abstract oil paintings are full of life with vibrant colors influenced by her passionate Latin background.
Viviana Puello states, "I'm living my dream and it is real. Those who saw me growing up and know my passion for art now see me with different eyes. I leave a piece of my soul in every painting. A thirsty soul always looking for answers. A dreamer who wants to change the world."
Puello has been actively exhibiting in New York City, Quebec and Saratoga Springs and was a blue ribbon recipient at the 2006 Saratoga Art's Center. |
Contact: Viviana
artecalientestudio@hotmail.com |
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Artist: Marjorie Tauer
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Marjorie Tauer is a local Easthampton artist. She paints with the Easthampton Art Guild and with the Deerfield Valley Painting group. She teaches watercolor at the Easthampton Lathrop Community. She also manages the gallery at the Lathrop Community with an art committee. Her paintings have hung in the Eluise Gallery, Arts and Flowers, and the Goodlander Gallery and in many homes in the valley.
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Contact: Marj
mtauer70@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Orionstar
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 6-7pm
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| This music is primarily folk with ambient and Middle Eastern influences |
Contact: Frank
fcable@gmail.com |
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Artist: Randall Bessette
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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In my Quantiference work, I use an emotion that I cannot understand or handle, and using a visual language of pseudo-math and symbols, create something beautiful that can perhaps give me insight into the original feeling. I do not expect people to look at my work and understand what I am feeling. I rely on my artistic skills to create something that is visually appealing and compelling to the point where understanding the meaning is secondary. The art becomes an independent object of the emotions behind it.
My pleasure in creating these pieces comes from working with that tension between maintaining the imagery and creating a work that is pleasing or exciting to anyone who sees it.
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Contact: Randall
Randall@serveyourfunction.com |
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Artist: Cara Taylor
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Cara Taylor has been designing and crocheting handbags out of recycled plastic for several years now. Friends and family (and strangers) from all over the country collect and send plastic bags which she then cuts up and 'loops' into yarn. A common material, harmful to the environment in countless ways, is transformed (or trash-formed) into an object that is fashionable and durable for everyday use. Each bag is one-of-a-kind. |
Contact: Cara
cara@carataylor.com |
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Artist: Mark Gagnon
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| I am an abstract artist from Ludlow, Ma working in acrylics and pen and ink. I Love to experiment with color and texture, and the goal of my work is to challenge the mind and stimulate the eye. I was recently accepted as an alternate in the painting category for the Paradise City Arts Festival in May 2008. |
Contact: Mark
msgisgoodforyou@hotmail.com |
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Artist: Mary-Anne DiBlasio
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Looking for a unique gift for the Holidays for that special someone, or maybe even that special gift for yourself? Visit Simple Pleasures of Mind Body & Spirit at the Marketplace during the November Artwalk and designer Mary-Anne DiBlasio guarantees you will find the perfect piece of jewelry to fit your style and personality. If you don't? She will custom make the piece you are looking for in time for the Holiday!
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Contact: Mary-Anne
mdiblasio@westernmasswellness.com |
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Artist: Barbara Widmann
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Equine Art by Barbara Widmann
Horse paintings that flow with color and life; inspire energy, power, illustrate beauty, and the elegance of horses are evident in Barbara's art. Mixing painting with a love for horses, Barbara reveals the special personality and spirit of each individual horse. Growing up around horses she developed a strong sense of the anatomy, personality, and spirit of the horse. Barbara has an illustration degree from The Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design in Denver, Colorado, and a graphic design degree from Sage College in Albany, New York. Currently, Barbara's art can be seen on the cover of Washington Thoroughbred 2007 Summer Yearling Edition magazine and at Union Gables in Saratoga, New York. Galleries that have shown her art include Departure Gallery at the Albany International Airport, Gallery at the Kentucky Derby, Horsing Around in West Sand Lake, New York, and Artwell Gallery in Torrington, Connecticut. Barbara also donates her equine art to support local horse re
scues. |
Contact: Barbara
befree2create@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Thom May
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Hi my name is Thom and if you come by to see me I will high-five
you so hard.
medium: graphite and blood!
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Contact: Thom
Smapdy / dooky3000@gmail.com |
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Artist: Zhem Behr
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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'Zhem's artwork is primarily land and water scapes, taken from the New
England countryside and coastline. I would consider Zhem a nature
artist. Some of his most inspiring works are of the coast of Maine,
images based in three media, in realistic colour, startling outlines,
and framed into wood he cut and hewed by hand, keeping in mind
conservation and sustainable forestry practices. Zhem works in pen and
ink with coloured pencil overlay; papercuttings; and pastel. He takes
a photograph or direct image and presents it using the three different
media. Zhem also has collected native northern red cedar to make
frames for his artworks, further demonstrating his committment to
preserving nature and the environments he draws from. Zhem is a unique
artist who works with nature in all it's beauty.'
- Ulan Roth |
Contact: Zhem
zhem@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Martina Robinson
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Marketplace at Eastworks
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, 1st Floor
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Martina Robinson is a proud pro-choice, anti-selection (advocates who are opposed to abortion merely on the basis of the likely presence of certain disabilities, gender- most often female-, or sexual orientations within the fetus) feminist, as well an artist, activist, and academic, who lives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. In 2006, she ran for Lt Governor of her state, along with Grace Ross, on the Green-Rainbow ticket. The pair garnered 43,032 votes according to the Boston Globe.
A poet since the sixth grade, and a creative writer long before, the Set on Freedom series, now at six volumes is her first collection of gathered poetry.
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Contact: Martina
martina_robinson@hotmail.com |
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Artist: Hannah Richards
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton
Address: 41 Union St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Hannah Richards received her B.A. in Studio Art: Printmaking from Smith College, where she also completed a Kahn Institute Post-baccalaureate fellowship; an interdisciplinary exploration of Form and Function. These prints are carborundum collagraphs, an intaglio printmaking technique that involves building up the surface of a metal plate, rather than incising it, to produce an image. This process results in a deep embossing of the paper's surface, printed on an Intaglio press. Because of the delicacy of the plates, this method yields a monoprint, rather than an edition, as many intaglio methods produce. These prints explore the visual texture and abstract beauty of microscopic forms and organic materials, emphasizing the relationships between forms in nature, which seem to echo at all levels of scale. This body of work deals with the fluidity and interface between two- and three-dimensional textures, as evident in the surface of these prints.
Hannah also works as a birth doula, and finds that each of these two fields often enrich her experience of the other. She lives in Northampton with her husband, Max and daughter, Sina. |
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Artist: Michael MacTavish
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Manhan Cafe
Address: 72 Union St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Michael MacTavish is a Contemporary Impressionist painter with a love for bold color and energetic knife and brush strokes. Realism is the map into MacTavish's painting, a voyage of abstract delights and lively surface textures.
Michael paints enthusiastically from the heart, completing each work while the paint is still wet, a method known as "alla prima."
"I love to paint outside. The changing weather and light encourages a spontaneous and fresh approach to the work. Observing nature directly builds a deep understanding of the visual world."
"I also love to paint in the studio. Often I will develop a painting done outdoors into a larger work done in the studio. I'll scan paintings completed outdoors and photographs into my computer, make adjustments and paint from the monitor. I can change the values, colors and shapes to be more like how I remember them, or how I wish them to be."
"Doug's (Manhan Cafe) coffee has had a significant influence in the energy found in some of my paintings. If I didn't have a cup of his coffee in one hand, I would most likely paint with both hands."
Painting full time in New England (spring, summer & fall) and the Southwest (winter), Michael shares a home and studio in both areas with his wife, Denise. You can find print reproductions of some of MacTavish's paintings at the Manhan Cafe from November 1st to the 28th. |
Contact: Manhan Cafe
manhancafe@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Silas Kopf
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Silas Kopf Studio
Address: 84 Union St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: http://www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Silas Kopf has been making furniture since 1973. He is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in architecture. He was an apprentice to Wendell Castle for two years.
In 1988 he was the recipient of a Craftsman's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Subsequently he studied traditional marquetry technique at the Ecole Boulle in Paris.
His work is in museums and private collections around the world. Drop into his unique studio, a converted firehouse, to see the step-by-step process used to create these unique marquetry works.
Image shown: "Bees and Tulips." Marquetry bees were cut in a stack in the traditional French method. The tulips were cut using the double bevel method. 54" x 20" x 35"h |
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Contact: 413/527-0284 |
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| Realism In The Light Of New England |
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Event: Realism in the Light of New England
Start Date: Saturday November 3rd, 2007
End Date: Thursday November 29th, 2007
Location Name: Lathrop Community Gallery
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Fee: Free |
The Lathrop Community Gallery is pleased to present a collection of oil paintings by Jane Barrientos for the month of November. Her favorite genre is Still Life, including floral and Trompe L'Oeil. Her objective is to make the objects appear more lively than photographs. To achieve this, Jane experiments with sunlight and artificial light in her work. Many of her paintings use the objects in the still life to portray a moment in time or an idyllic setting. Jane, the current president of the Holyoke Art League, is the winner of numerous awards. She paints, publishes, and teaches oil painting, design, color theory and drawing.
The gallery is open daily for your viewing pleasure. |
Contact: Jane Barrientos
413-736-8882
janetrompe@comcast.net |
| Still Life Paintings By Elizabeth Stone |
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Event: Artwalk Easthampton
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 2:00 PM
End Date: Friday November 30th, 2007
Location Name: KW Home
Address: 82 1/2 Cottage Street
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ehstoneart.com
Fee: free |
Elizabeth Stone's still life paintings will be on exhibit at KW Home in Easthampton for the month of November. Her pastel and oil paintings of fruits and vegetables often represent human emotions and relationships for example, a series called Autobiography in Tropical Fruit. Her most recent series of small oil paintings are of produce from the Northampton Farmers' Market painted in a chiascuro style which gives them a mysterious presence.
Come sip a glass of wine and nibble cheese with the artist at KWHome on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 2-4pm. |
Contact: Elizabeth Stone
413 584-3123
ehstoneart@gmail.com |
| Denis Luzuriaga Paintings |
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Event: Anonymous Portraits
Start Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
Reception: Saturday November 10th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
Location Name: Eastworks, 2nd floor (above Blue Moon)
Address: 116 Pleasant Street, #252
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.denisluzuriaga.com
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Saturday, November 10, 5 to 8pm.
A new show of paintings called "Anonymous Portraits" will open at "STUDIO 252" in the Eastworks building in Easthampton.
The paintings by Denis Luzuriaga are portraits of mostly random images culled from the internet. By having the ability to exactly select the kind of personality, and by freeing himself of the constraints associated with achieving a "true likeness", Luzuriaga is able to create images which enhance and sometimes exaggerate certain features of the subject. |
Contact: Denis Luzuriaga
917 304 7997
dl@artbureau.com |
| Paintings By Deborah Rubin On Display At The Grubbs Gallery |
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Artist: Deborah Rubin
Event: Big Paintings by Deborah Rubin on display at the Grubbs Gallery
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
End Date: Friday November 30th, 2007
Location Name: The Williston Northampton School in the Grubbs Gallery of the Reed Campus Center
Address: 19 Payson Avenue
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.williston.com
Fee: 0 |
The Williston Northampton School presents Deborah Rubin's Big Paintings, on exhibit at the Grubbs Gallery November 1-30, 2007. An artist's reception will be held in the gallery on November 4, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Deborah Rubin has been pushing the boundaries of photo-realism and hyper-realism since the mid 1970s with an eye on nature and architecture. She paints in watercolor, acrylic, and gouache. Born in Chicago in 1948, Rubin holds a BFA from the University of Illinois. She currently lives in Western Massachusetts.
"My work can be highly realistic, with every detail present, but at the same time the close-ups of the natural world become almost abstract in their patterns. The more I look at paint, the more I know, and the more intimate I become with the subject. This 'looking' is the most important and interesting process in my work. It is the art of seeing, and I carry it wherever I go," says Rubin.
Her work has shown nationally in many group and solo shows. She has shown extensively throughout Western Massachusetts including at R. Michelson Galleries of Northampton and Amherst.
The exhibit is free and open to the public and takes place in the Grubbs Gallery of the Reed Campus Center at The Williston Northampton School. Gallery directions and open hours are available online at http://www.williston.com. For more information, please call (413) 529-3000. |
Contact: Burns Maxey
413-529-3207
bmaxey@williston.com |
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Florence Exhibits/Events
| 15th Anual Arts & Industry Open Studio And Holiday Sale |
Artist: Arts & Industry Building
Event: Arts & Industry Open Studio & Holiday Sale
Start Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 11th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Tuesday October 23rd, 2007
Location Name: Arts & Industry Building
Address: 221 Pine Street
City, ST: Florence, MA
Fee: free |
| More than 55 artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public for this classic arts event. Artists exhibit paintings, fine art prints, sculpture, mosaics, and assemblages; crafters show woven textiles, hand painted clothing, fused glasssware, jewelry, judaica, turned wooden bowls, painted furniture, clothing & accessories, and hooked rugs; small creative businesses have concrete countertops, custom picture framing, live orchids to rent, classes in Pilates, yoga, children's art, and writing workshops, and more... Gourmet food and live entertaninment too. The Arts & Industry building is a vibrant hub of creativity in Northampton and this week-end you can meet the artists, see their work, learn about their creative processes and buy direct from the makers. |
Contact: Kate jenkins
(413) 586-8397
kate@thejenkins.org |
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Holyoke Exhibits/Events
| Open Studios At Open Square For The Holiday Season |
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Artist: Artists at Open Square
Event: Open Studios at Open Square for the Holiday Season
Start Date: Friday November 16th, 2007
Reception: Saturday November 17th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Open Square
Address: 4 Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.artistsatopensquare.com
Fee: none |
The Artists at Open Square will be hosting an arts exhibition, demonstrations, performances, and sale during the weekend of November 16 through November 18. This event will take place at the Open Square mill complex, located between Dwight and Lyman Streets in the historic canal district of Holyoke, MA.
The resident artists studios will be open to the public throughout the weekend, with an opening reception Friday, November 16 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM and will continue on Saturday, November 17 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, with demonstrations and ballet performances, and on Sunday, November 18 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Featured works include drawings, paintings, photos, prints, sculptures, ceramics, cards, clothing, and accessories. Commissions, classes, and workshops will also be available. This event is part of an on-going effort to support the talents of regional New England artists and performers, to emphasize the value of the arts to the area, and to showcase the historic canal district as a vibrant arts community.
The participating Artists at Open Square include; Bronwen Hodgkinson; (cdeVision), Sue Bennett (Private Label), Joe Costin, Keith Fisher, Rose and Charles Flachs (Massachusetts Academy of Ballet), Gaddier, Stacy Geryk, Gary Hallgren, Sean Halliday, John Kaminski (Studio Incognito), Betty Korostynski, Paul Leveille, Jill MacFarlane, Dean Nimmer, Michael Powers, and Ira Yellen (First Experience Studio).
The Artisan's Cafe will be open Fri. |
Contact: Sue Bennett
413-532-1922
private.label@comcast.net |
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Northampton Exhibits/Events
| "I Just Wanted To Be Frank About The Whole Weird Phenomenon" |
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Artist: Johanna Walker
Event: Anatomy of a Yell
Start Date: Friday November 9th, 2007
End Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
Location Name: APE Thorne's
Address: 150 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.zanyangels.com/performanceartfestival2007
Fee: $12 general/$10 students |
When a trusted mentor asked, "What are you obsessed with?" Johanna Walker was embarrassed to admit that "it wasn't ending the war or saving the planet or revealing the truth of some moment in history. It was really just that old thing about finding my Dreamguy."
The Zany Angels Performance Art Festival will showcase Walker's highly physical, compassionate, evocative result of mining that obsession. "Anatomy of a Yell: one woman's search for true love and the pineapples she devours along the way," is a one-woman romp through the crazy landscape of internet dating, empowered single-hood, and deflecting the agenda of an older generation. Onstage, Walker embodies the men she dated and interviewed, flirts with her laptop, argues with her Mom over coffee, explores an Alice-in-Wonderland mystery room, attacks a papaya with a very big knife, and dances with her suitcase in frenzied preparation for a hot date.
Walker built the piece in collaboration with International Theater Collective's Lizi Watt, who describes working with solo performers as "making an incision into the performer and then helping them yank out their own guts." Leigh Fondakowski, head writer for Tectonic Theater Company's Pulitzer Prize winning play, "The Laramie Project," provided dramaturgical support.
With stories of sexy emails and images from her childhood bedroom, giggles, guffaws, cheers and tears came from the nearly sold out audiences at the Boulder International Fringe Festival this August. |
Contact: Johanna Walker
413-695-8450
joeymoey3@mac.com |
| Katharine Weber And Alan Weisman On Writers Voice |
Artist: Katharine Weber, Alan Weisman
Event: Writers Voice on Valley Free Radio WXOJ 103.3 FM
Start Date: Thursday November 8th, 2007
Reception: Thursday November 8th, 2007 @ 8:00 AM
End Date: Thursday November 8th, 2007
Location Name: WXOJ 103.3FM
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.writersvoice.net
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This Week: Webers TRIANGLE and Weismans THE WORLD WITHOUT US
Katharine Weber talks about her novel, TRIANGLE which blends fact and fiction to tell the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Moving between 1911 and 2001, it treats the themes of family, stories and secrets. We also air an interview with Alan Weisman about his acclaimed book THE WORLD WITHOUT US. Imagining the world without humans. |
Contact: Michael Pollitt
774-5153
pollitt.m@gmail.com |
| Painter Anne Neely To Give Lecture At Oxbow Gallery |
Artist: Anne Neely
Event: the Oxbow Gallery Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Start Date: Thursday November 15th, 2007
Reception: Thursday November 15th, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
End Date: Thursday November 15th, 2007
Location Name: the Oxbow Gallery
Address: 275 Pleasant St.
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Fee: free |
Anne Neelys work has been the subject of over seventeen solo gallery and museum exhibitions in Boston, New England, NewYork and San Francisco. Neely has participated in numerous group shows both here and abroad. Her work has been reviewed in Art News, The NewYork Times, Art New England and The Boston Globe. Neely is represented in private and museum collections including the Whitney Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the DeCordova Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. She lives in Jonesport, Maine and Milton MA and teaches at Milton Academy where she holds the Lamont Teaching Chair in the Humanities.
This lecture series was funded by the Northampton Arts Council and is free and open to the public. The series will continue in 2008 with lectures by Pat Lasch on February 6th, Cristi Rinklin on March 20th and James McGarrell on May 1st.
Directions to the gallery: From the Mass Pike, take Rt. 91 N to exit 18. At the end of the exit ramp, turn left (at the light) onto Rt. 5 N which turns into Pleasant St. The gallery is .8 mile on your left next to Ye Ol Watering Hole. There is limited parking in front of the gallery and also further along on the right at the Union Station Spaghetti Freddys parking lot.
For information, call The Oxbow Gallery at 413-586-6300
or Fran Kidder at 413-537-5574. |
Contact: Frances Kidder
413-537-5574
franceskidder@verizon.net |
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South Hadley Exhibits/Events
| Full Scale Family Musical Directed By Easthampton's Matt Meers |
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Artist: Black Cat Theater
Event: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Start Date: Wednesday November 7th, 2007
End Date: Thursday October 11th, 2007
Location Name: South Hadley High School Auditorium
Address: Rt. 116
City, ST: South Hadley, MA
Website: www.blackcattheater.com
Fee: $10 / $8 |
The Black Cat Theater is celebrating its 22nd year of offering outstanding theater productions at an affordable cost to the Community. With an all volunteer cast, under the direction of Matt Meers of Easthampton, BCT's production last fall of South Pacific had a great cast of players with a mix of new faces as well as several area favorites.
The cast consists of over 50 adults and children from the surrounding area and an outstanding six piece band. This family favorites has something for everyone! |
Contact: Dawn Larder
(413) 563-6023
matteasthamp@yahoo.com |
| Resurrection - A Choral Benefit For The Ma Alzheimer's Association |
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Artist: Pioneer Valley Benefit Chorus
Event: Resurrection - A choral benefit for the MA Alzheimer's Association
Start Date: Sunday November 11th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 11th, 2007 @ 4:00 PM
End Date: Sunday November 11th, 2007
Location Name: Abbey Chapel
Address: 50 College St
City, ST: South Hadley, MA
Website: http://resurrection.choralcalendar.org/
Fee: Donation Accepted |
| In this second annual choral benefit for the MA Alzheimer's Association, E. Wayne Abercrombie, conductor emeritus at the Univeristy of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Kimberly Dunn, conductor of choral ensembles at Mount Holyoke College lead a choir of talented singers from the community and the five colleges. Program includes Totentanz: Motet for All Saints' Sunday by Hugo Distler, Selig sind die Toten by Heinrich Schütz and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 by J.S. Bach. A free-will donation will be accepted at the door. |
Contact: Brit Albritton
brit@camelopardalis.org |
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Southampton Exhibits/Events
| Unique Visions On The Road... |
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Artist: Marty Klein
Event: "Green World Visions" Photo Exhibit
Start Date: Tuesday October 16th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 18th, 2007 @ 1:00 PM
End Date: Tuesday November 20th, 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 |
The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery is pleased to present Marty Klein's new photo exhibit. Marty creates his one of a kind images by placing plants, fruits and vegetables obtained in the green world outside on a flat bed scanner. He then spends hours arranging and working with the materials to create his widely collected works of art. Sometimes he eats his subjects after the process. These images have never been accused of being "cookie cutter" images.
Mr. Klein presents us with a collected a body of artworks that entertain, tease and mystify his viewers' imaginations. One always sees something uniquely different each and every time one views his images.
Robert Floyd Photo Gallery and Learning Center
Hours: Open: TU, SA, SU; 1 - 6 pm
Also, open by appointment/chance. Please call... |
Contact: Robert Floyd
413-529-2635
floydphoto@charter.net |
| Artist Gallery Talk Series Continues With Marty Klein At The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery... |
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Artist: Marty Klein
Event: Artist Gallery Talks
Start Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 18th, 2007 @ 3:00 PM
End Date: Sunday May 25th, 2008
Location Name: Robert Floyd Photo Gallery and Learning Center
Address: 2 East Street @ College Highway (Rt. 10)
City, ST: Southampton, MA
Website: www.robertfloydphoto.com
Fee: FREE. Resfreshments served. |
| The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery and Learning Center continues its every other Sunday Artist Gallery talks. This has been a jewel of an experience so far. Artists tell their stories. Every Photo artist has a story that is unique to them. Gallery Visitors enjoy these talks and less than half of the audiences are actually photographers themselves. They start at 3 pm ish... |
Contact: Robert Floyd
413-529-2635
floydphoto@charter.net |
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Springfield Exhibits/Events
| Art Gallery At Western New England College To Feature The Work Of Jeff Mack |
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Artist: Jeff Mack
Event: Jeff Mack's Animal House
Start Date: Sunday November 4th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 11th, 2007 @ 1:00 PM
End Date: Thursday November 29th, 2007
Location Name: Western New England College Art Gallery
Address: 1215 Wilbraham Road
City, ST: Springfield, MA
Fee: 0 |
The Western New England College Arts Enrichment Committee will host Jeff Macks Animal House from Sunday, November 4 through Thursday, November 29 at the Western New England College Art Gallery in the Campus Center. An opening reception will take place on Sunday, November 11 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Mack will also offer insights into his work during a special gallery talk on Tuesday November 13, at 7:00 p.m. General art gallery hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday. All events are free and open to the public.
A resident of Easthampton, Mack began to develop his skills as a child by drawing monsters and writing horror stories in his spare time. He studied fine art at SUNY Oswego, Syracuse University, and Scuola Lorenzo De Medici in Florence, Italy. After spending five years as a muralist, he took a major leap in his career path and began illustrating childrens books in 2001. Since then he has illustrated thirteen childrens books, including James Howes Ready-To-Read Bunnicula Series (Simon and Schuster, 2004-2007) and Eve Buntings Hurry! Hurry! (Harcourt, 2007). In addition to his illustration work, Mack has exhibited paintings and drawings around New York State and western Massachusetts, including the 2000 and 2002 Everson Museum of Art Biennials. |
Contact: Patricia Jenks
413-782-1203
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Westfield Exhibits/Events
| Environmental Palatte, Modern Dynamism |
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Artist: Sherid Adams
Event: Arno Marris Gallery, Westifeld State College
Start Date: Wednesday November 7th, 2007
Reception: Wednesday November 7th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Saturday December 8th, 2007
Location Name: Arno Marris Gallery
Address: Scannlon Road
City, ST: Westfield, MA
Fee: Free |
In order to re-route the path of modern art, the artist has developed a system. He uses a book of 1296 images, ideas, and concepts, in order to bring total chance into the configurations. A roulette wheel is then employed to choose objects, which are called tonal values. Size, placement, and intensity are chosen by the wheel. The artist is left only with the task of accurately rendering the choices. Environmental Palatte is an invention, a device which produces a totally unique image each time it is used. It would continue to do this for the next hundred years if the artist continued each day to use it. These claims could be proven in a court of law, if necessary.
The significant value of this process is that the images are sometimes amusing, sometimes startling and consistantly unique. The artist had done extensive exploration into its functions and there is no end in sight.
Sherid Adams |
Contact: Sherid Adams
413-584-5327
online@lobesomen.com |
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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 |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
| The Brick House Gallery Offers Artists Opportunities |
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Sponsoring Group Name: The Brick House Community Resource Center
Show Name: The Brick House Gallery
Submission Due Date: Friday November 30th, 2007
Submission Fees: 0.00
Website: www.thebrickhouseinc.org
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
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The Brick House Community Resource Center is putting out a call for local artists, craftspeople, musicians, & authors! The fourth annual Brick House Gallery, a consignment art sale featuring quality art & crafts from local artisans & craftspeople, CDs from local musicians, & books from local authors will be presented at The Brick House on Saturday & Sunday, December 1st & 2nd 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
As a stop on the Arts & Icicles Turners Falls Open Studio & Downtown Walking Tour, this gift-buying venue offers a wonderful opportunity for local artisans to have their work seen, heard, & purchased by local residents as well as visitors; & purchasers have the opportunity to buy quality art at affordable prices. The emphasis of this gallery is on items that are priced $5 to $50, but all artwork is welcome.
The Brick House will retain 35% of all sales, which will be used in support of its community-based programs, & artists will receive 65%. The sale will be overseen by The Brick House staff & members of the Third Street Village Arts Advisory Group, which is made up of local artists, craftspeople, & other art-involved community members. Participating artists & craftspeople are asked to drop off their marked inventory on either November 29th or 30th, or at some other pre-arranged time. If you have any questions about this event, or would like to receive an application & inventory sheet, please call Karen Stinchfield at The Brick House at 413-863-9576. |
Contact: Karen Stinchfield
413-863-9576
ladyinthemoonlitlake@yahoo.com |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Eastmont Art Fund
Show Name: 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibit Fundraiser
Submission Due Date: Tuesday January 15th, 2008
Submission Fees: $20
Website: www.eastmontgallery.net
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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The Eastmont Art Fund is inviting artists to submit artwork for its 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibit Fundraiser.
Proceeds will benefit the 2008 Family Gathering, a community-building project of the Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC). This income will help fund Western MA based artists to teach cultural workshops at this 4-day retreat.
Eligibility: Two-dimensional art created by artists working/living in the Pioneer Valley.
Theme: "Art as Witness: Capturing Community Values"
Criteria for jury deliberation will include, but may not be limited to: artistic merit, creativity, originality, and relationship to the above theme. Art should depict Artist's own vision of "Community Values" and may, or may not reflect the ones embraced by the RFC.
Subject matters may represent, but are not limited to: social or political events or people - a preserved landscape - historical buildings, monuments or events - community gatherings or places... Artwork can also represent the absence or disrespect of values, and their consequences.
The winning artwork will become part of The Eastmont Art Fund's collection. The original work will be auctioned and a limited edition giclee print will be published.
All original work and L/E prints will be for sale during the exhibition-fundraiser held at the Elusie Gallery 2/16 - 3/22, 2008.
Commission to artists on art (30%) and print (20%) sales.
For application forms or more information: 413-529-9265 or artfund@eastmontgallery.net. |
Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
413-529-9265
info@eastmontgallery.net |
| Valley Advocate Seeks Art Submissions |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Valley Advocate
Show Name: Your Art Here
Submission Due Date: Monday December 31st, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.valleyadvocate.com
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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| The Valley Advocate seeks to support local artists by providing exposure in its weekly issue. To have your art featured in "Your Art Here," e-mail a high-resolution (300 dpi JPG or TIF at least 5"x7") to editor@valleyadvocate.com. Include information about yourself and your work. |
Contact: Editor
editor@valleyadvocate.com |
| An Artist's Response To Wild Life/wildlife |
Sponsoring Group Name: Mount Ida College
Show Name: An artist's response to Wild life/Wildlife
Submission Due Date: Friday November 30th, 2007
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.mountida.edu
City, ST: Newton Centre, MA
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How is your wild life interpreted? Life as a human condition: its structure, wildness, rawness and crudeness or wildlife of the natural world: its order and disorder, incivility and savageness. How does the artist express the essence of Wild Life / Wildlife as a paradox, the perfect and the imperfect, order and disorder? Does the word wildlife still hold its original meaning or has human interaction destroyed what is wild?
The exhibition will be curated by Professor and artist John Tricomi and Associate Professor, Gallery Director and artist Kathleen Driscoll.
Dates for the run of the exhibition are March 25 - May 4, 2008 with a reception and artist's talk on April 3.
Media can be anything. We will look at up to 10 images from each artist. Please send a list of works with the submission in detail including; title, date, medium, and dimensions. Also, please include your name, address, telephone/cell and email address. We will contact you by email by December 14, 2007.
Slides and digital images should be clearly marked with your name and the name of the piece along with the corresponding number on the list of works. For slides include a red dot in the lower left corner to help us orient your images. Send the requested materials no later than Nov. 30, 2007 (post mark) with a SASE for return.
Send entries to: mail or email - Kathleen Driscoll, Gallery Director
Mount Ida College, 777 Dedham Street, Newton Centre, MA 02459
kdriscoll@mountida.edu |
Contact: Kathleen Driscoll
617 928 4654
kdriscoll@mountida.edu |
| Studio Assistant Wanted: Clay,molds, Casting, Etc. |
Sponsoring Group Name: Cynthia Consentino
Show Name: Studio Assistant Wanted: clay,molds, casting, etc.
Submission Due Date: Thursday October 25th, 2007
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
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| Ceramic sculptor looking for someone to work one day a week in clay studio to help make molds, slip cast pieces and assemble sculptures. Mold experience preferred, but will train someone if they have clay experience. Please call or email. |
Contact: Cynthia Consentino
413-584-2803
cnconsentino7@hotmail.com |
| Experiencing The War In Iraq |
Sponsoring Group Name: ReconnectUS.org
Show Name: EXPERIENCING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Submission Due Date: Saturday January 12th, 2008
Submission Fees: None
Website: www.reconnectus.org
City, ST: Fall River, MA
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This multi-media art exhibition, curated by artists, will bring together diverse expressions of the War in Iraq, opening in several venues in Pawtucket and Providence, from March 5 to March 30, 2008. It will then travel to Fall River in April and to Boston in May.
In these times of extreme political division and inadequate or biased media coverage, the exhibition will engage the American public in a broad-based dialogue that promotes awareness, understanding, and healing. Through the universal language of art, the exhibition seeks to give a human face to
the complex conflict in Iraq and to engage those who have unconsciously cocooned themselves from the fearsome reality of the war. We ask the questions: What does it mean to experience this war firsthand, in combat, or as an Iraqi
civilian? What does it mean to experience it from a distance, or on television? How can we in America reconnect to the reality of war? Are there shared visions of peace despite cultural and religious differences? The work will be selected
purely on artistic merit and look to include as many perspectives as possible, beyond politics.
The call goes out to both soldiers and civilians for video, audio, photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and the written word. The show will open simultaneously in the Arts Exchange (Pawtucket Armory), Machines With Magnets, Blackstone Valley Visitors Center, AS220 and the Cable Car Cinema, in Pawtucket and Providence, RI. |
Contact: Jeff Carpenter
info@reconnectUS.org |
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Classes
| The Rock And Roll School Of Drawing With Lea Donnan (ages 9-17) |
Class Name: The Rock and Roll School of Drawing with Lea Donnan (Ages 9-17)
Class Time: 3:30 PM
Start Date: Tuesday November 6th, 2007
End Date: Tuesday December 11th, 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,
Website: www.nohoarts.org
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Tues afternoons for 6 weeks, Nov 6 - Dec 11, 3:30-5:30 pm,
This mark making class for young adults focuses on unleashing energetic and gestural drawing through music. Using traditional and experimental drawing materials, explore the sepia tones of Led Zeppelin, the delicate marks of Mozart and the white and black slashes of The White Stripes. Use charcoal, glitter, oil pastels and more to release color and movement on paper through the body. Explore mood and materials with electronica, pop, and rock and roll. $125 plus $20 materials |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Guitar Expressions |
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Class Name: Guitar Studies
Class Time: 4:00 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 |
| Biomechanics For Musicians Workshop |
Class Name: Biomechanics for Musicians Workshop
Class Time: 9:00 AM
Start Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
End Date: Saturday November 10th, 2007
Fee: $30
Organization: Northampton Community Music Center
Location Name: Northampton Community Music Center
Address: 139 South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.ncmc.net
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| Dr. John Wallman, an accomplished pianist and Doctor of Chiropractic, will present his workshop "Biomechanics for Musicians" at the Northampton Community Music Center. Dr. Wallman will instruct participants on strategies to avoid and recover from common injuries and arthritis, as well as individual exercises relevant to certain instruments. Prior registration (by phone) is required. |
Contact: Lita Robinson
413-585-0001
lita@ncmc.net |
| Introduction To Bookbinding With Madison Cripps |
Class Name: Introduction to Bookbinding with Madison Cripps
Class Time: 10:00 AM
Start Date: Sunday December 2nd, 2007
End Date: Sunday December 2nd, 2007
Fee: $75 + Materials ($30 - $50)
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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| This intensive workshop is designed specifically for the beginner who wants to learn how to bind a traditional hardcover book. The class will cover the basic methods and practical skills of the book arts, with everything from stitching to archival practices and glue application. Open a page to the world of book making with all the possibilities of preserving the written word for gifts, photo albums and journals. An opportunity to expand on what you learn will follow in January when a series of open-bind sessions will be offered for those with experience. $75 plus materials $30-$50 |
Contact: Penny Burke
413 584 7327
psburke@gmail.com |
| Point And Shoot Digital Made Easier... |
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Class Name: Digital Point-and-Shoot Nature Photography: An Introduction
Class Time: 7:00 PM
Start Date: Friday October 26th, 2007
End Date: Friday December 14th, 2007
Fee: $120.00 m/ $135.00 nm for 6 two hour classes: 10/26; 11/2,9,16,30; 12/7,14
Organization: Co-Sponsors: MA Audubon and Robert Floyd Photo Gallery & Learning Center
Location Name: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton, MA
Address: 127 Combs Road
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Arcadia/index.php
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Your new point - and - shoot camera has more controls than you can learn by yourself. This course is designed to help you make better nature photos. Learn the fundamentals of digital photography with nature as your subject matter. We will start with the basics of digital point-and-shoot cameras and then focus on the creative aspects of photography. Your camera's various controls and menu selections will be explored step-by-step.
Learn the the aspects of digital cameras,including the zoom lens, viewfinder, focus control, ISO, aperture and shutter controls, resolution, and batteries The course also covers loading and working with digital camera software on a computer,downloading images, printing, and sharing on the Internet.
Adobe Photoshop Elements will be used to demonstrate methods of color correction and some basic image enhancement. Please bring your camera and its Owner's Manual to all sessions.You will be invited to practice at home with fun and creative
assignments and perhaps a field trip. Bring in your new images for an informal critique with warmth and respect.
This is a fun course and the highlights are the critiquing sessions and learning more about your cameras! |
Contact: Nancy or Chuck, co-registrars
413-584-3009 X812
floydphoto@charter.net |
| Learn How To Use Your Sewing Machine |
Class Name: LuckyStitches - Sewing Machine 101 - Make a Messenger Bag
Class Time: 10:00 AM
Start Date: Saturday November 3rd, 2007
End Date: Saturday November 17th, 2007
Fee: $165
Organization: LuckyStitches
Location Name: Brassworks Building
Address: 132 Main Street, Rte 9
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.LuckyStitches.com
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Sewing Machine 101 (Intensive) - Make a Messenger Bag
Skill Level - Beginner
$165
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. Well talk about the parts of your machine, what they do, how to maintain you machine, then well practice sewing by stitching up a messenger bag.
LuckyStitches is a sewing lounge. Learn more at www.LuckyStitches.com.
Read about this class on the blog: www.zannestars.com |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
| Make Patterns From Your Clothes |
Class Name: LuckyStitches - Make Patterns From Your Clothes
Class Time: 9:00 AM
Start Date: Sunday November 11th, 2007
End Date: Sunday November 11th, 2007
Fee: $55
Organization: LuckyStitches
Location Name: LuckyStitches - Brassworks Building
Address: 132 Main Street, Rte 9
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.LuckyStitches.com
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Make Patterns From Your Clothes
Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
$55 includes pattern paper
Session A - Sunday, Nov 11, 9AM-12PM
Have a pair of pants, a skirt , a dress - something that you love to wear and want to make more? Learn how to make a pattern from your existing garment (then go home and make it!)
Supplies needed: Pencil, Notebook, Clear 2″ Flexible ruler, Pins, Eraser, Magic Tape |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
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