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| Holyoke To The Front | |
Holyoke steps to the arts forefront this weekend with its three-day Open Studios and Holiday Sale. It's part performance, part exhibition, part gift-foraging and all for fun at the Open Square, an artist complex tucked between Dwight and Lyman Streets, in the city's canal area. Twenty artists and performers are teaming up for a festive opening reception on Friday from 5 - 8 PM with events continuing on Saturday 11 AM - 4 PM and Sunday from Noon until 4 PM. It's one of this week's "Check it Out" opportunities.
This week in the Pioneer Valley there's a lot of variety in visual art, live music, artist lectures and even an environmental "Sew-a-bration;" so come and explore. |
Amherst Exhibits/Events
| Artist Exhibit |
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Artist: Keith Hollingworth, Stephen St. Francis Decky
Event: November at Gallery A3
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
End Date: Saturday December 1st, 2007
Location Name: Gallery A3
Address: 28 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.gallerya3.com
Fee: free |
Conversations with Artists: November 15 at 7:00
Keith Hollingworth's recent works are constructions using colored plexiglass, floresent light and found objects. Many of these works are titled as homages to art world luminaries. Keith writes in a recent statement, "Light pushes away the darkness. We need to stand in the light, it illuminates our lives. We need to lighten up."
Stephen St. Francis Decky has been creating a perpetually-unfolding group of characters on an ever-shifting landscape since he was a kid. The characters are born in drawings and paintings then brought out into the real world as hand-sewn dolls. The dolls are then placed on sets and photographed back into that other world. Stephen's images are still-lifes from stories that overlap and continue in many directions at once, in loops and cycles, from one terrain to another and then back again.
Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1-7:00 pm. |
Contact: Marianne Connolly
413-253-3572
mtc@crocker.com |
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Artist: Caitlin Waugh, Theresa Rock
Event: Of Earth and Sky: Flight
Start Date: Sunday December 2nd, 2007
Reception: Saturday December 8th, 2007 @ 2:00 PM
End Date: Sunday December 30th, 2007
Location Name: Burnett Gallery @ Jones Library
Address: 43 Amity Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.art2rock.com
Fee: none |
Theresa Rock is a painter in Pelham, MA. She enjoys the freedom painting gives her to develop and experiment with organic forms. This show "Of Earth and Sky" represents her work from the past two years. All of the paintings are extracted from natural elements and done with acrylic paint on canvas. The older works in the series have more concrete forms, while the most recent are a purer form of organic abstraction.
Caitlin Waugh is a graduate from Hampshire College. She has a studio in the Pioneer Valley and the focus of her work is stained galass. She will be displaying a flight of three-dimensional hanging glass landscapes. Small, simple, and geometric, these hanging pieces create dynamic spaces and backdrops across which tiny silouttes of birds fly. |
Contact: Tess Rock
413-256-3264
tess@art2rock.com |
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Easthampton Exhibits/Events
| Realism In The Light Of New England |
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Artist: Jane Barrientos
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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Artist: Elizabeth Stone
Event: Artwalk Easthampton
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
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. |
Contact: Elizabeth Stone
413 584-3123
ehstoneart@gmail.com |
| Deborah Rubin 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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Haydenville Exhibits/Events
| Florence Bag Share Launch Sew-a-bration |
Event: Florence Bag Share Launch Sew-a-bration
Start Date: Monday November 19th, 2007
Reception: Monday November 19th, 2007 @ 6:00 PM
End Date: Monday November 19th, 2007
Location Name: LuckyStitches::A Sewing Lounge
Address: 132 Main Street
City, ST: Haydenville, MA
Website: www.Luckystitches.com
Fee: FREE |
Monday, November 19, 2007, the Bag Share launches at three venues in Florence. Stop in at Cooper's Corner, Leather and Lace and Florence Hardware and see what happens when customers are offered the option of borrowing a bag that has been sewn by one of the many members of the community to promote the use of reusable bags instead of plastic or paper. Then at 6PM, travel on over to LuckyStitches in Haydenville and celebrate this Bag Share launch. All are welcome! It's a potluck event and along with your dish / beverage to share, bring a sewing machine to stitch up more bags to contribute to the cause. Fabric will be supplied (and donations are always welcome). If you don't have a machine, there are a few to borrow at LuckyStitches, or you can always help with the cutting, label making and more. Help is available for newbies that want to participate.
About the Bag Share:
Part of the Hilltown Sustainability Initiative www.ourworldbydesign.com and conceived by Leni Fried, the mission of the BagShare is to reduce and eventually eliminate the consumption of plastic and paper bags. Baskets of reusable fabric bags are found at registers at participating stores and shops, and consumers may grab a bag at check out to carry their purchases home. The bag is then returned to that location or another participating location for another to use. Community Bag Sews (Sewing Circles) are organized by volunteers, materials and machines are donated by individuals and local businesses. |
Contact: Zanne Blair
413.695.3092
zannestar@luckystitches.com |
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Holyoke Exhibits/Events
| Open Studios And Holiday Sale, Nov 16-18 |
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Artist: Jill MacFarlane, Paul Leveille, Betty Korostynski, John Kaminski, Sean Halliday, Gary Hallgren, Stacy Geryk, Gaddier, Massachusetts Academy of Ballet, Keith Fisher, Joe Costin, Sue Bennett, Dean Nimmer, Michael Powers, Ira Yellen, Bronwen Hodgkinson
Event: Open Studios and Holiday Sale at Open Square
Start Date: Friday November 16th, 2007
Reception: Friday November 16th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Open Square
Address: Open Square Way
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.artistsatopensquare.com
Fee: free |
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 in the historic canal district between Dwight and Lyman Streets in 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.
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).
In addition, The Three Berets exhibit will be available for viewing on the 4h Floor, featuring unique and zany art from Gary Hallgren, Dean Nimmer, and Luke Cavagnac.
The Artisan's Café will be open Friday evening from 5:00-8:00 PM. |
Contact: Bronwen Hodgkinson
bronwen@cdevision.com |
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Northampton Exhibits/Events
| 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, New York 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 |
| Work In Progress Continues To Progress Throughout Show At Oxbow Gallery. |
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Artist: Lydia Nettler
Event: Lydia Nettler Art Installation at Oxbow Gallery
Start Date: Thursday November 1st, 2007
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.oxbowgallery.com
Fee: free |
| Lydia Nettler has created a large scale installation that fills the space at the Oxbow Gallery in Northampton, MA. The exhibition, called Work in Progress will be up until Nov 18th. The Work is in Progress in several ways including that the artist will be continuing to work on the installation during the entire time it is up, developing it and exploring new materials. The style also is in progress from charcoal drawings to larger installation including three dimensional forms, and currently adding the color blue, cut outs, and more childlike experimentation. And finally the work progresses through stages of the artist's own history. The work is bold in scale and impact. |
Contact: Lydia Nettler
413 348-6232
lknettler@gmail.com |
| Acclaimed Local Duo To Perform |
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Artist: Jazer Giles Schwartz, Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh
Event: Klezmer Concert
Start Date: Saturday November 17th, 2007
Reception: Saturday November 17th, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
End Date: Saturday November 17th, 2007
Location Name: Northampton Community Music Center Recital Hall
Address: 139 South Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Fee: $10 adults/ $7 students |
On Saturday, November 17, 2007, local duo Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh, violin, and Jazer Giles Schwartz, accordion, will perform a program of pieces from the Jewish/Klezmer tradition influenced by Eastern European and Gypsy styles. The concert will be held in the Northampton Community Music Center’s Recital Hall, at 139 South Street, Northampton, and will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. Please call (413) 585-0001 for more information.
Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, and tours internationally with the acclaimed Klezmer Conservatory Band. Jazer Giles Shwartz is a graduate of Skidmore College, and performs frequently with Rusty Belle. |
Contact: Lita Robinson
(413) 585-0001
lita@ncmc.net |
| David M. Gross And Alana Newhouse On Writers Voice Radio |
Artist: Alana Newhouse, David M. Gross
Event: Writers Voice on Valley Free Radio
Start Date: Thursday November 15th, 2007
Reception: Thursday November 15th, 2007 @ 8:00 AM
End Date: Thursday November 15th, 2007
Location Name: Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP 103.3FM
City, ST: Northampton,
Website: www.writersvoice.net
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Continuing our focus on the Jewish Book Fair, we talk to two writers featured at the Fair about their new books:
David M. Gross on FAST COMPANY: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in Italy and Alana Newhouse on A LIVING LENS: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward. Tune into the show on air or on line to win a copy of A LIVING LENS. See below to find out how you can win a copy of A Living Lens.
FAST COMPANY is a funny, charming memoir of what happened when David M. Gross left his job as a young Manhattan, corporate finance lawyer to help turn failing sport motorcycle company Ducati around for its new owners. In our conversation, we talk about the Italian preference for quality over crass materialism, the tug-of-war between family and identity for gay Italians -- and very fast, very sexy motorcycles.
Also, Alana Newhouse is arts editor of the English-language edition of the venerable Jewish newspaper, The Forward. She edited A LIVING LENS, which collects photos of events and people around the world, Jewish and non-Jewish, found in the archives of the Forward from the past 100 years. She talks about this graphic, historical chronicle as well as about how The Forward changed journalism in America.
Win a copy of A Living Lens! Tune in on air or online (streaming or podcast) to answer the Contest Question, then email the answer to "writersvoice@wmua.org". We'll send the book to the first listener to submit the winning answer. |
Contact: Michael Pollitt
413 774-5153
pollitt.m@gmail.com |
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South Hadley Exhibits/Events
| HCS Presents Gabriel Faurè's Requiem In D Minor |
Artist: Hampshire Choral Society, Hampshire Young People's Chorus
Event: HCS presents Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor
Start Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Reception: Sunday November 18th, 2007 @ 3:00 PM
End Date: Sunday November 18th, 2007
Location Name: Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
Address: 50 College St.
City, ST: South Hadley, MA
Website: www.hampshirechoral.org
Fee: Tickets $10 general/$5 students and seniors |
Hampshire Choral Society, Allan Taylor, conductor, presents Faurè's Requiem. Featuring a 150 voice chorus and orchestra, Jack Tozzi, bass, and Jenn Tyo, soprano. With special guests the Hampshire Young People's Chorus, KC Conlan, conductor.
About Faurè's Requiem in D minor:
The 20th Century American Composer Aaron Copland once referred to Gabriel Faurè as the "French Brahms." Like Brahms, Faurè practiced a restrained Romanticism; his subtlety and appreciation of form were more akin to Baroque and Classical composers than the late Romantics. Faurè's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 is a perfect example - unlike the compositions of Wagner or Berlioz, it seldom asks musicians to rise above a mezzoforte. Fauré once emphatically wrote of it "altogether it is as GENTLE as I am myself!!"
This gentleness gives the entire work a rare combination of profundity and peacefulness. As Faurè also wrote, "It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience."
Faurè originally scored his Requiem for chamber orchestra. Unfortunately, this version was lost the 1980's, when John Rutter rediscovered Faurè's manuscript. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, this is the scoring that the Hampshire Choral Society will perform. |
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
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 |
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Artist: Sherid Adams
Event: Arno Marris Gallery, Westifeld State College
Start Date: Wednesday November 7th, 2007
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 |
| Call To Artists |
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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 |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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. We’ll talk about the parts of your machine, what they do, how to maintain you machine, then we’ll practice sewing by stitching up a messenger bag.
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 |
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Studio Space
| Paper City Studios, Llc |
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City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Now renting studios from 840sf to 1,100sf.
Great space good people.
Call or email for more information.
Bruce
413.563.9750
Contact Telephone: 413.563.9750
Contact Email: brucefowlerart@yahoo.com |
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