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Date: November 6th 2007

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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
Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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'

Contact: Nashawannuck Gallery
413 529 9393

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: www.opelmusic.org

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
Jessica uses many different types of photographic style for her work. Digital, 35mm film, graphic design, black & white etc.

Contact: Pick Your Flick
pickyourflickvideo@yahoo.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Edward or Juliette
info@valleyartsupplies.com 413 527 0763

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Carien Schippers
info@imagequine.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
413-529-9265

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Jacquie Gouveia
508-866-5562

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.




Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: d.Art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: d.Art Gallery 413-563-8114
d.art@daniphotography.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: d.art@da

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
----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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Tani
tanianaya@verizon.net

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
'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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Marj
mtauer70@yahoo.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
This music is primarily folk with ambient and Middle Eastern influences
Contact: Frank
fcable@gmail.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Randall
Randall@serveyourfunction.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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!
Contact: Mary-Anne
mdiblasio@westernmasswellness.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
Hi my name is Thom and if you come by to see me I will high-five
you so hard.

medium: graphite and blood!
Contact: Thom
Smapdy / dooky3000@gmail.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
'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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.
Contact: Martina
martina_robinson@hotmail.com

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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.

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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

Art Walk Easthampton 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
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
Contact: 413/527-0284


Realism In The Light Of New England
Realism in the Light of New England 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
Artwalk Easthampton 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
Anonymous Portraits 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
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
Big Paintings by Deborah Rubin on display at the Grubbs Gallery 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
Open Studios at Open Square for the Holiday Season 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"
Anatomy of a Yell 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
This Week: Weber’s TRIANGLE and Weisman’s 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 Neely’s 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 Freddy’s 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
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 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
Resurrection - A choral benefit for the MA Alzheimer's Association 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...
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...
Artist Gallery Talks 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
Jeff Mack's Animal House 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 Mack’s 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 children’s books in 2001. Since then he has illustrated thirteen children’s books, including James Howe’s Ready-To-Read Bunnicula Series (Simon and Schuster, 2004-2007) and Eve Bunting’s 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
Arno Marris Gallery, Westifeld State College 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
On-going monthly art walk 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
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
Open Call for Artists - $3000 Mural Competition in Easthampton 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
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 awarde