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The Pioneer Valley has always been fertile ground. This week's offering has a bountiful harvest of art and music events, including a multi-day SEEDS festival in Plainfield. Scroll down to find your fun: |
Amherst Exhibits/Events
| Rotating Crops (2) A Fresh Batch Of Locally-grown Art |
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Artist: Marianne Connolly, Constance Hamilton, Keith Hollingworth, Guru Karam Khalsa, Rebecca Muller, Larry Smith, Jozan Treston
Event: Rotating Crops (2)
Start Date: Thursday August 7th, 2008
Reception: Thursday August 7th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Sunday August 31st, 2008
Location Name: Gallery A3
Address: 28 Amity St
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: galleryA3.com
Fee: free |
| Rotating Crops is a summer of homegrown art at Gallery A3 offering a rotation of exciting, accessible and affordable art. The second of the two group shows opens August 7 featuring all new art by seven local artists. August’s exhibitors are Marianne Connolly, Constance Hamilton, Keith Hollingworth, Guru Karam Khalsa, Rebecca Muller, Larry Smith, and Jozan Treston. |
Contact: Tom Morton
253 2783
tommortonart@aol.com |
| Wünderarts To Open First Anniversary Exhibition: Gift - On View Aug 2 - Sept 7 |
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Event: GIFT and year one done celebration
Start Date: Saturday August 2nd, 2008
Reception: Saturday August 2nd, 2008 @ 6:00 PM
End Date: Sunday September 7th, 2008
Location Name: wünderarts
Address: 383 main street
City, ST: amherst, MA
Website: www.wunderarts.com
Fee: free |
wünderarts is pleased to announce the August 2 opening of GIFT, an exhibition featuring paintings by Susannah Auferoth and Hillary Milens, marking the gallery's first anniversary and sponsored in part by The Valley Advocate.
UMASS Fine Arts Program graduate Susannah Auferoth works in her Hatfield studio creating paintings on paper and wood panel that explore color, form, and meaning. While their horizontal orientation and bands of color evoke more traditional land or waterscapes, the inclusion of repeated images or figures in Auferoth’s paintings adds a layer of complexity and mystery while increasing the inherent abstraction of the works.
Hillary Milens, also a graduate of UMASS’ Fine Arts program, began experimenting with drawing and painting after concentrating mainly in sculpture while at UMASS. An exploration of surface, texture, and color, her paintings are made by building up and breaking down the surface of wood by applying layers of paint, scraping into it and marking the surface with various tools and techniques. An interest in repetition, organic form and the meditative process are present in the paintings.
Works by Italian artist Alberto Mancini based on his concurrent exhibition of Emily Dickinson-inspired paintings at Amherst College, will be on view in the rear of wünderarts for the duration of GIFT. For more information, please visit www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org.
Image: Susannah Auferoth, Squeezing the Orange of Pleasure, oil on panel, 2008 |
Contact: Tony Maroulis
413-256-6600
tony@wunderarts.com |
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Artist: Alberto Mancini
Event: I'll tell you how the Sun rose
Start Date: Saturday August 2nd, 2008
Reception: Saturday August 2nd, 2008 @ 4:30 PM
End Date: Sunday August 10th, 2008
Location Name: Eli Marsh Gallery
Address: 105 Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org
Fee: free |
I’ll tell you how the Sun rose, an exhibition by Italian artist Alberto Mancini, will be on view at the Eli Marsh Gallery at Amherst College. The exhibit, sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum, includes 29 paintings inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and is on view in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS).
More a conversation with the poet than a systematic interpretation, Mancini’s exhibition has no central thesis, but rather serves as a series of visual rejoinders to Dickinson’s interest in the endless flux of human perception. The artist’s fascination with transfiguration derives in part from a personal encounter with rebirth that took place in 1990, when a cerebral hemorrhage left him in a coma for six weeks and resulted in partial paralysis that lingered for two years. Fighting back from memory loss so profound that for a time he didn't know his name, he witnessed first-hand the way worlds materialize unexpectedly, flooding darkness with light.
Now in his late 40s, Mancini lives in the small village of Atina, between Naples and Rome, where his family has lived for more than 400 years; he also spends part of the year in Easthampton, Mass. His paintings have been exhibited throughout Italy, in Saudi Arabia and Florida and most recently in a solo exhibition at The Morrison Gallery in Kent, Conn. He was the youngest recipient of the Golden Lion Medal, the highest honor awarded by the Ministry of Art and Culture in Venice. |
Contact: Donna Abelli and Tony Maroulis
413-542-8161 and 413-256-
dmabelli@emilydickinsonmuseum.org |
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Easthampton Exhibits/Events
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Artist: Jill Waldon
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Mt.Tom's Homemade Ice Cream
Address: 34 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| This show will be a collection of Jill's favorite images of New England lighthouses. |
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Artist: Jim Gambaro
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Nashawannuck Gallery
Address: 40 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Photographs by award winning nature photographer Jim Gambaro will be on exhibit at the Nashawannuck Gallery, August 5 through 23. The digital prints will include recent work from Antarctica , Costa Rica and winter scenes from Yellowstone National Park .
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Contact: Marlies Stoddard
nashawannuck@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Interactive Comedy Magic
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Mary Ann's Dance and More
Address: 56 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Interactive Comedy Magic - Bringing Magic Back! At 5pm, come see Jonas Toutant's Interactive Comedy Magic Show. (Space is limited so come early for the best seating!) Magic is a timeless form of entertainment that transports you to a world of imagination, fun and laughter, providing you with a welcome absence from the mundane concerns of the world. Jonas will take you to a world of mirth you'll remember forever! |
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Artist: Chris Mullen
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Valley Art Supplies
Address: 76 Cottage St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Selected works of Chris Mullen. |
Contact: Juliette Mooers
info@valleyartsupplies.com 413-527-0763 |
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Artist: David Poppie
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Easthampton City Arts
Address: 43 Main St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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David's recent work involves reclaiming disposable objects in mass to create two and three dimensional works. Pieces can involve tea bags, matchbook strikes, plastic cutlery, etc. These items are generally disregarded and ignored by the everyday person. Through the gathering of the discards of contemporary culture, he asks the viewer to reconsider the function and value of these objects. He also reassigns their value by re-contextualizing them by creating a piece of art from them. Besides utilizing the formal issues that interest him, based in the Minimalist school, he also is making a commentary on the disposable nature of contemporary culture.
'Sound Bites'
Matchstrike pads
12' x 12' |
Contact: Easthampton City Arts
info@easthamptoncityarts.com |
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Artist: VISUAL VOICES
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Elusie Gallery
Address: 43 Main St.
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Artwork from eighteen artists without formal training who use vibrant color to express their emotions and interests and demonstrate that ART IS FOR EVERYONE. The artists in “Visual Voices” paint together in three different groups in Northampton and Springfield, facilitated by Lucy Mueller Young, Co-Director of The Art Therapy Studio. |
Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
info@eastmontgallery.net |
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Artist: Christina Svane
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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Since it's my birthday, I gave myself the present of the pressure of mounting a retrospective of my artwork, including lots of new paintings and drawings, and sharing some of the stories connected to the pictures, via words or movement or song, in the concert.
Because of all those stories, I call the show 'Storytellers'. The work ranges from oil to graphite, pastel, ceramic tile, and painted wood.
It's a pretty wild assemblage of styles and approaches, but then, so's my life. |
Contact: Christina Svane
csvane@comcast.net |
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Artist: Stephen Katz, Bill O'Haire, Christina Svane, etc.
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 8 pm
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Blue Guitar Gallery
Address: 186 Northampton St
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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| Grand Opening of our expanded Performance Space, next door to the gallery! Cellist innovator Stephen Katz performs, and joins guitarist Bill O'Haire for a set of blues, jazz and beyond. Christie Svane shares stories connected to the artwork through movment, word and song. Emily Edwards sings, along with other guest vocalists. And the new space is unveiled! |
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Artist: Luke Cavagnac
Event: Art Walk Easthampton
Event Time: 7-10pm
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Location Name: Invisible Fountain
Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 206
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
Website: www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
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'ROAD READY,' a new show of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac.
Please come to the Opening/Party on SATURDAY AUG 9th, 2008
7 to 10 p.m.
116 Pleasant Street Suite #206
Eastworks Building
The gallery is the raceway. The food is the fuel. The wine is the lubricant. The paintings are the burning rubber. The crowd goes WILD!
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@invisiblefountain.com
413.527.9300 info@invisiblefountain.com |
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Florence Exhibits/Events
| 'right Brain' Conversations With Author Jill Bolte Taylor & Biofeedback Pioneer Les Fehmi |
Event: Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon on Radio
Start Date: Thursday July 31st, 2008
Reception: Thursday July 31st, 2008 @ 8:00 AM
End Date: Thursday July 31st, 2008
Location Name: 93.3FM WXOJ FM Valley Free Radio
City, ST: Florence, MA
Website: www.writersvoice.net
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This week in The New Yorker, Jonah Lehrer reports on where in the brain insights come from. It’s the right brain. When brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that devastated her left brain, she was catapulted into a fully right brain experience:a boundless sense of peace, the dissolution of boundaries, and a clearer channel to insight. Bolte Taylor says her experience led her to bridge the gap between spirituality and science. We talk to her about her memoir, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST’S PERSONAL JOURNEY.
And biofeedback pioneer Les Fehmi talks about simple techniques for accessing the right brain’s power of “open-focus†that can heal mind and body and open up the channels of insight. His book is THE OPEN-FOCUS BRAIN. |
Contact: Michael Pollitt
413 774-5153
pollitt.m@gmail.com |
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Indian Orchard Exhibits/Events
| The Econoline Kings |
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Artist: The Econoline Kings
Event: FIRST FRIDAYS Monthly Series*
Start Date: Friday August 1st, 2008
Reception: Friday August 1st, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
End Date: Friday August 1st, 2008
Location Name: Gallery 137
Address: 137 Main Street
City, ST: Indian Orchard, MA
Website: www.gallery137.org
Fee: $5 suggested donation |
The Econoline Kings make original music that's informed by influences from Carl Perkins to Tom Waits and Willie Nelson. With other influences ranging from the number 7 to Julius Caesar, this obviously humorous trio performs rockabilly stylings from right here in the greater Springfield area.
Guitarist/singer James Heflin was born in Texas and grew up in the Deep South, so he's responsible for showing up with the heat and humidity. Heflin brings his experience playing Gypsy jazz in Wood Green Empire to The Econoline Kings, making for a deep-fried sound with an unusual brand of twang. The rest of the Econoline Kings, Greg Silveira on bass and Josh Martin on drums, hail from eastern Massachusetts. They are accomplished songwriters, and regularly play their compositions as an acoustic duo under the name Martin & Silveira. In 2002, they won the WRSI singer/songwriter contest, and recorded the album Appomattox. |
Contact: Heidi Coutu
413-543-6994
info@gallery137.org |
| National Night Out In Indian Orchard |
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Artist: Soft Spoken Prophet
Event: National Night Out SPECIAL COMMUNITY EVENT in Indian Orchard!
Start Date: Tuesday August 5th, 2008
End Date: Tuesday August 5th, 2008
Location Name: Gallery 137
Address: 137 Main Street
City, ST: Indian Orchard,
Website: www.gallery137.org
Fee: Free |
| A family event held in conjunction with the downtown Indian Orchard's National Night Out event, sponsored in part by the Indian Orchard Citizen's Council, the Indian Orchard Main Street Partnership, and the Indian Orchard Citizen's Council. Come visit Gallery 137, view our Member's Show exhibit, enjoy a performance by Soft Spoken Prophet - a community member who performs an eclectic combination of spoken word, gospel, and Neo soul at Gallery 137, and enjoy festivities for the entire family. Festivities begin at 5:30, while performance begins at 7:30. |
Contact: Heidi Coutu
413-543-6994
info@gallery137.org |
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Northampton Exhibits/Events
| Storefront Art Workspace At Thornes Marketplace |
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Event: Storefront ART
Start Date: Monday July 21st, 2008
End Date: Thursday August 21st, 2008
Location Name: Thornes Marketplace
Address: 150 Main St
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.commonwealthcenter.org
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Starting Monday July 21st, the former Details storefront on the ground floor of Thornes Marketplace will be transformed into the first Storefront ART workSPACE, featuring local artists Madison J. Cripps, Mat Matera & Dana Wilde.
Marionettes of wood and cloth with eccentric personalities and strange appendages manifest from Madison's world of Strings Attached. "For me, the most powerful moment is not when my painting looks like what I see, but when what I see looks like my painting" says Mat Matera whose work captures the details of Northampton. Dana Wilde brings a sensitivity to color and personal experience in her intuitive spirit drawings and large scale improvisational murals.
Thornes Market has stepped forward to partner with Commonwealth Center for Change’s Storefront ART program to provide local artists with temporary studio, exhibition and gathering space. Following its hugely successful launch last month at A.P.E.’s new Window Gallery, the partnership with Thornes represents a big leap forward for Storefront ART. Not only that, it’s an exciting milestone for local artists, who will benefit from low cost studio and exhibition space, and for the people of Northampton, who have responded so enthusiastically to the potential for a more energetic, interesting downtown that Storefront ART promises.
Now Thornes in not only a great place to shop, it also provides a unique opportunity to see artists at work. Come visit the artists and watch as their work develops! |
Contact: Julia Handschuh
413.522.1319
julia@commonwealthcenter.org |
| Renowned Ceramic Artist Aysha Peltz Exhibit At The Artisan Gallery |
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Artist: Aysha Peltz
Event: Stolen Moments/Recent Work
Start Date: Friday August 1st, 2008
Reception: Friday August 1st, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Sunday September 14th, 2008
Location Name: Artisan Gallery
Address: 162 Main Street
City, ST: Northampton, MA
Website: www.theartisangallery.com
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The Artisan Gallery is pleased and proud to announce the opening of an exhibit of the recent work of Aysha Peltz: “Stolen Moments/Recent Work”. Ms. Peltz is a ceramic artist of prodigious talents. She and her work have been often featured, won multiple awards, and are represented in numerous collections including the prestigious Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art,
Alfred, N.Y., and the Jindezhen Ceramics Institute, Jindezhen, China. This exciting and compelling exhibit should not be missed.
Aysha comments on her work:
I seek to make pots that appear to grow from the process naturally and comfortably, that capture the essence of wet porcelain. “Stolen Moments” refers to my long held belief that by immersing myself in the ceramic process, the subtleties of porcelain are revealed. It also characterizes my studio life during the past two years. As a new mother, I have been adjusting to the abbreviated time that I now have in my studio. That time is now very focused and condensed. Time for research and development is too often a luxury. I move my work forward by focusing and clarifying ideas and forms already familiar to me.
I want my pots to be pleasing to look at while provoking memories of the viewer’s experience. The plateau on a platter, the soft flesh on a vase, the hills and valleys on a jar; my hope is that the pots convey layers that can take the viewers to their own imaginary space. |
Contact: Chuck Stern
413-586-1942
chkster23@yahoo.com |
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Artist: Valley Free Radio
Event: Valley Free Radio Birthday Party POSTPONED
Start Date: Saturday August 9th, 2008
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
End Date: Saturday August 9th, 2008
Location Name: LOOK PARK
Address: 300 North Main Street
City, ST: NORTHAMPTON, MA
Website: www.valleyfreeradio.org
Fee: FREE |
| STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THANKS. |
Contact: valley freeradio
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Plainfield Exhibits/Events
| Making Sustainable Spaces For Dance, Panel Discussion |
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Artist: John Jasperse
Event: Making Sustainable Spaces for Dance, Panel Discussion/ SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival
Start Date: Tuesday July 29th, 2008
Reception: Tuesday July 29th, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Tuesday July 29th, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, MA
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: Donation |
| Come on by, have a cup a tea and sit in on intriguing and innovative discussion. Interact with permaculturalists, contemporary dance makers and dancers who find inspiration and direction from the natural environment. Very unique panel line-up, with Wayne Ashley, John Jasperse, and Jonah Bokaer (Center for Performance Research, NYC), Suprapto Suryodarmo (Lemah Putih, Indonesia); Andrew Faust (The Center for Bioregional Living, NYC), and Alicia Marvan (Guapamacátaro, Mexico). |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
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Event: SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival Film Series
Start Date: Wednesday July 30th, 2008
Reception: Wednesday July 30th, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Wednesday July 30th, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, MA
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: $5 |
Join us at Earthdance, for projected films in our dance barn.
These films have been hand picked by Olive Bierigna of The BodyCartography Project. Tea and popcorn will be available as light refreshments.
Come a little early to park and orient yourself. If you haven't been to Earthdance before, set aside some time to take a walk and see the grounds. Call in advance (2 days) if you would like to eat dinner ($10). Movie viewing is a suggested donation of $5.
OTHER PARTS OF AMERICA
Selected Films (May be subject to change):
El Fuego 2.5 min, 2008
light heat motion, 2 min , 2008
Becky Edmunds, UK
Entreterritorios
Marila Veloso and The BodyCartography Project
20 min, 2008
entreterritorios.blogspot.com/
Brazil/ USA
Cartoneros
By Ernesto Livon- Grosman
http://www.cartonerosdoc.com/Cartoneros.html
Argentina
http://www.callofthehummingbird.com/ |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
| Complicities With Racism And Advancing Antiracism In The 21st Century: Is Barack Obama Right? |
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Start Date: Thursday July 31st, 2008
Reception: Thursday July 31st, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Thursday July 31st, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, MA
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: Donation |
SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival Panel Discussion.
With Dr. Enoch Page, Associate Professor of Anthropology Department, UMASS. A presentation: 'There is racism in the valley'; and a discussion, 'Is there racism in the hilltowns?'
Allow time for parking and orienting yourselve(s) to the ground. Call in advance (2 days) if you would like to eat dinner at Earthdance, meals are $10. Grounds are open for trail walking, saunaing before and after talk. |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
| Kalaruci / Seeds Festival Performance |
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Artist: Suprapto Suryodarmo
Event: SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival Performance
Start Date: Friday August 1st, 2008
Reception: Friday August 1st, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Friday August 1st, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, MA
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: $5 |
SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival Performance: Kalaruci is innertime, the oneness of earth moon sun. Kala is time; ruci is the holy little one in our selves.
Performed by Suprapto Suryodarmo (from Indonesia).
Since 1970, Suprapto Suryodarmo has studied free movement, Vipassana and Sumarah (Javanese meditation techniques). In 1986, Suprapto established his own school called Padepokan Lemah Putih , centered in his uniquely landscaped garden in Mojosongo, Java, Indonesia. Suryodarmo initiated a worldwide network of artists and presenting organizations; serves for Dharma Nature Time; Yayasan (Foundation) Teja Samudragiri and Yayasan Dharma Samuan Tiga (Bali). He continues to present workshops and performances in Europe, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, and recently in the U.S., Mexico and India.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzAJh12jNXQ&feature=related |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
| Land Mass / Seeds Festival Performance |
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Artist: Daniel Lepkoff
Event: SEEDS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
Start Date: Saturday August 2nd, 2008
Reception: Saturday August 2nd, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Saturday August 2nd, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, MA
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: $5 |
A film, sound, and dance piece - created and performed by Daniel Lepkoff. Know nature intimately. Opportunities to interact with performer before and after event.
Allow time for parking and orienting yourself to our farmhouse facilities.
Please call ahead if you would like to eat dinner at Earthdance, (2 days in advance, dinner is $10.) Grounds and sauna are available before and after the performance. |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
| Sci Art |
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Artist: Melinda Buckwalter
Event: SEEDS FESTIVAL PANEL DISCUSSION
Start Date: Tuesday August 5th, 2008
Reception: Tuesday August 5th, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Tuesday August 5th, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield,
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: BY DONATION |
| The nature of artistic and scientific collaborations. Facilitated by Melinda Buckwalter (MA). With Susan Sgorbati (Professor, VT), Olive Bieringa (The BodyCartography Project, MN), Bryce Beverlin (Physicist, MN), Tamara Ashley (Dance and technology instigator, U.K.), and Bruce Hooke (geology aficionado and sustainable design-builder, RI). |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
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Artist: Emmanuelle Pepin
Event: La Foret des Signes / SEEDS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
Start Date: Saturday August 9th, 2008
Reception: Saturday August 9th, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
End Date: Saturday August 9th, 2008
Location Name: Earthdance
Address: 252 Prospect Street
City, ST: Plainfield, NY
Website: www.earthdance.net/seeds
Fee: $5 |
SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) Festival Performance: La Foret des Signes. Performed by Olivier Besson and Emanuelle Pepin. Noir woodland, strife + sensuality.
Arrive early for parking and orientation. Call ahead to reserve space at Earthdance for dinner (2 days notice required, dinner is $10). Grounds and Sauna are available before and after the performance. |
Contact: Melle Dragon
413.634.5678
melle@earthdance.net |
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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: Wednesday December 31st, 2008
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 |
| Short Story Fiction Submissions Accepted |
Sponsoring Group Name: WXOJ LP FM
Show Name: SHORT STORY FICTION SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED
Submission Due Date: Wednesday December 31st, 2008
Submission Fees: none
Website: Lit1033.com
City, ST: Northampton, MA
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At 1:00 PM every Tuesday, on WXOJ LP, 103.3 (Valley Free Radio), Lit103.3 airs the reading of one or two short stories. If a story is selected for airing it will also be available in print and podcast form on the show's website at http://www.lit1033.com. Each show consists of one or two stories with a total word count of 6,000-9,000 words.
If you would like to submit a story for consideration, email it to lit103.3@comcast.net. DO NOT SEND IT AS AN ATTACHMENT, rather,include it in the body of your email, together with any biographical or other relevant information you'd like read before/after the broadcast.
Because the reading is over the public airwaves FCC guidelines apply. Like Norman Mailer in The Naked and the Dead, the reader can fug around with words to a certain extent, but if the overall sexual content is too explicit it won't work. The explicit original story will be available on the website.
Direct questions and submissions to Alan Vogel at lit103.3@comcast.net
Contact: Alan Vogel
lit103.3@comcast.net |
Contact: Alan Vogel
agvogel@comcast.net |
| Call To Artists For 5th Annual "Westfield Arts On The Green" |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Tea Pot Gallery LLC
Show Name: "Westfield Arts on the Green"
Submission Due Date: Saturday August 16th, 2008
Submission Fees: free
Website: www.teapot_gallery.com
City, ST: Westfield, MA
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5th Annual "Westfield Arts on the Green" August 30th, August 31st, September 1st
We are looking for Artists to join our family of Artists on the Green
in Westfield, Labor Day Weekend! A great CommUnity Event.
3 days of Art, Music and Fine Food
For an application:
Stop by the Tea Pot Gallery
22 Elm Street, Westfield
or by Email: GETGER@COMCAST.NET
sponsored in part by United Bank, Easthampton Savings Bank, Westfield Bank
and many local business' |
Contact: Gerald Eugene Tracy
413-562-6966
izingting@comcast.net |
| The Portfolio Project |
Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts
Show Name: The Portfolio Project
Submission Due Date: Tuesday September 23rd, 2008
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.blogspot.com
City, ST: Easthampton, MA
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Easthampton City Arts is developing an Easthampton Artists Portfolio Reference Library and Resource Center, which will contain portfolio books of ECA members (both artists & arts related businesses!). To get your free binder and materials to create your Portfolio Book please either email at info@easthamptoncityarts.com or give a call at (413)527-8278 (UART).
For more information please see www.EasthamptonCityArts.blogspot.com!
If you know an artist, craftsperson, writer, poet, performance artist, videographer, etc., living or working in Easthampton who is not an ECA member yet, have them visit the ECA website to see the requirements and sign up! Arts Related Businesses are eligible for membership as well!
Deadline: We'd like to have your portfolio back soon, but you have the Summer to complete it.
We are asking that all Portfolios be returned to Easthampton City Arts by the week of September 22, 2008….in time for us to include them in the Artists' Book Appreciation Party on Thursday, October 2, at 6:30 p.m.
Please come and join your fellow artists in checking out these amazing books, and for some great music and food.
Funds for the creation of the reference library have been awarded to Easthampton City Arts by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. |
Contact: Briana Taylor
413-527-8278
info@easthamptoncityarts.com |
| Our Environment Photo Show With $1300 In Awards |
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Sponsoring Group Name: The Center for Fine Art Photography
Show Name: Our Environment; the Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Submission Due Date: Monday August 18th, 2008
Submission Fees: $35 for three images
Website: www.c4fap.org
City, ST: Fort Collins, CO
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The Center for Fine Art Photography call for entries for Our Environment; the Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Deadline August 18, 2008
$1300 in Awards
Our Environment; the Good, Bad and the Ugly, will tell a story of the human foot print left on this earth. This exhibition is for those who consider themselves nature conversationalists and just photographers with a conscience. It’s time to go green. The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. Information and online submissions at The Center for Fine Art Photography www.c4fap.org or email questions to cfe@c4fap.org . |
Contact: Bill Guy
970 224 1010
cfe@c4fap.org |
| Ongoing Video Art Installations At The Paradise City Tavern |
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Sponsoring Group Name: Spoleto Family of Restaurants
Show Name: Video Art at the Paradise City Tavern
Submission Due Date: Saturday August 30th, 2008
Submission Fees: none
Website: spoletorestaurants.com
City, ST: Northampton, MA
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The Paradise City Tavern is seeking video artists and animators who would like to have their work displayed on several large screen TVs inside the new Paradise City Tavern (formerly the Del Raye Bar and Grill) at 1 Bridge Street in Northampton.
The preference is for shorter works that can be looped with other artists however, longer pieces will be considered.
Duration of exhibition will depend on the amount of submissions and number accepted. It is expected that work will change every quarter.
Please provide a link online where your work can be viewed or please email for an address where DVDs can be sent. |
Contact: Michael Kusek
please email
michael@michaelkusek.com |
| Call For Entry For 2008 Fine Art Photography Portfolio Show |
Sponsoring Group Name: The Center for Fine Art Photography
Show Name: 2008 Fine Art Photography Portfolio Show
Submission Due Date: Friday July 25th, 2008
Submission Fees: $85 for 12 images ($65 for members)
Website: www.c4fap.org
City, ST: Fort Collins, CO
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Fifteen photographer's portfolios to be featured in Artists' Showcase. The Center for Fine Art Photography's new print publication.
Additional awards include:
Cover photo in Artists' ShowCase
Portfolio exhibition in the Center's gallery
Online gallery exhibition of the 15 selected portfolios for two years
Inclusion in the Center's Annual Collection CD that goes to publishers, collectors, designers, and brokers
The Deadline for submissions is July 25, 2008. For more information or a prospective about this and other call for entries please visit the Center's website at www.c4fap.org . |
Contact: Bill Guy
970 224 1010
cfe@c4fap.org |
| Be Part Of Art Party! |
Sponsoring Group Name: Gallery 137
Show Name: ART PARTY 2009!
Submission Due Date: Monday January 12th, 2009
Submission Fees: Free
Website: www.gallery137.org
City, ST: Indian Orchard, MA
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Create and donate a 9” x 12” original artwork in any medium for Art Party 2008, a fundraiser for Gallery 137. All pieces will be on display in Gallery 137. Each guest of Art Party 2008 will take home an original artwork at the end of the evening. All participating artists will be mentioned in promotional materials, ads and on gallery137.org.
All artwork must be original, signed and ready to hang. 9” x 12” canvases are available at Gallery 137 for participating artists. You may use your own canvas or substrate, (overall finished size must be exactly 9” x 12”, landscape or portrait) but all pieces must be ready to hang upon delivery to Gallery 137. To become part of Art Party, please visit http://gallery137.org/future_4.html and return the form by mail to Gallery 137. Be sure to read our FAQ on submissions for the exhibit.
Participating artists will benefit from having their work on display and will be included in all advertising and promotional materials (including the website) for Gallery 137. You will be supporting our efforts to establish a vibrant art district in Springfield (the only one in the region). You will be meeting a community of artists from all over New England who are working at the grass roots level to make a true art scene come alive. You will be affiliated with Gallery 137 and its patrons who will attend the Art Party. |
Contact: Heidi Coutu
413-543-6994
info@gallery137.org |
| Lumen Eclipse Is Seeking 1-minute Film Submissions |
Sponsoring Group Name: Lumen Eclipse
Show Name: Le:60 LUMEN ECLIPSE'S 1ST ANNUAL 1-MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
Submission Due Date: Friday August 15th, 2008
Submission Fees: $10 per film
Website: www.le60.org
City, ST: Cambridge, MA
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Le:60 LUMEN ECLIPSE'S 1ST ANNUAL 1-MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
Send us your best minutes, the minute you surprise yourself with. If your minute glimmers like a fish just under the surface of the water, we want to spear that bad boy. Not to exceed sixty seconds, your films, will compete to be the first screened at this perennial event.
As ever, Lumen Eclipse's mission to bring film and video to a public arena is steadfast. Selections will be screened outdoors under the stars, setting submissions free from dark theatres and computer screens.
Friday, September 27, 2008
6:00 10:00 PM
Palmer Street, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
JURORS:
CECI MOSS Editor, Rhizome at the New Museum
EMILY DOE Associate Editor/Producer, Wholphin DVD
JUSTIN HARDER Director, MTV, VH1, Coke, NIKE and more
RUTH LINGFORD - Professor of the Practice of Animation, Harvard University, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
DAN HIRSCH - Concert Program Manager, The Museum of Fine Arts & Non-Event, Co-curator
NED HINKLE - Creative Director, Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
Selections will be juried in early September. Deadline for submissions/uploads is midnight on August 15th. Get a complete set of guidelines online at www.le60.org |
Contact: Kate
Kate@lumeneclipse.com |
| Call To Artists! The Brick House To Host Silent Art Auction |
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Sponsoring Group Name: The Brick House Community Resource Center
Show Name: The Brick House Silent Art Auction
Submission Due Date: Sunday July 27th, 2008
Submission Fees: 0.00
Website: www.thebrickhouseinc.org
City, ST: Turners Falls, MA
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The Brick House Community Resource Center at 24 Third Street, Turners Falls will again be hosting a Silent Art Auction during the Arts & Leaves Turners Falls Open Studio and Downtown Walking Tour, on October 4th and 5th, 2008, from 10:00 to 5:00. The non-profit organization is seeking donations of quality handmade art and craft work, in a wide variety of mediums, sizes, and price ranges.
All donated items will be displayed through The Brick House website during the month prior to the event, with information identifying the artist and/or business, details of the piece, retail price, and starting bid. Artists will also receive donor paperwork that can be used for tax purposes.
The auction, which will take place over the two-day Arts & Leaves event, will begin with a preview on the evening of October 3rd, where initials bids will be welcomed. The weekend will continue with the items on display at The Brick House, and bidding will close at 5:00 on Sunday, October 5th.
The Brick House Community Resource Center is a non-profit organization that supports the well being of individuals, families, and communities in Montague and Gill, through collaboration on economic development, youth development, leadership development, and education. Proceeds from this auction will be used to continue this work. Please feel free to visit www.thebrickhouseinc.org to get better acquainted with The Brick House and its mission. If you would like to donate a piece of art or craft work to The Brick House, please contact |
Contact: Karen Stinchfield
413-863-9576
kstinchfield@thebrickhouseinc.org |
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| Lightroom..save Time...save Money...and Enjoy This Stae-of-the-art Image Enhancing Software... |
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Class Name: Adobe Lightroom...for Photographers...a Photoshop Workshop
Class Time: 7:00 PM
Start Date: Sunday July 27th, 2008
End Date: Sunday August 10th, 2008
Fee: $195 at the door:;Only $150 with early registration for 3 two hour sessions
Organization: Robert Floyd Photo Gallery and Learning Center
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
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Sunday, July 27, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday, Aug 3, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, FREE one hour review 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sunday, Aug 10, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm FREE one hour review 9:30 am - 10:30 am
* Lightroom is the new image processing and cataloging program.
* Lightroom can be used alone without owning and installing Photoshop. It's much less expensive!
* Lightroom is designed exclusively for photographers by photographers.
* Lightroom allows us to spend less time indoors in front of our monitors and more time outside with our camera.
* Lightroom is our one stop shop for everything we need to do...now!
* Lightroom's biggest impact is it's very elegant design.
* Lightroom allows us to work quickly and efficiently with lots and lots of files.
* Lightroom gives us control in developing that exceeds our expectations.
* Lightroom - Ease the learning curve and be productive quickly.
* Lightroom permits us to streamline our work flow, from importing images from our camera to exportation to print and/or the web.
* Learn how to precisely edit image files fast - as much as 4 times faster than in Photoshop.
* Learn what characteristics distinguish a great image from a photography professional with over 25 years experience.
* Learn how to make powerful corrections to color and exposure.
Register now at floydphoto@charter.net |
Contact: Robert Floyd
413-529-2635
floydphoto@charter.net |
| Registration Still Open! |
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Class Name: Art Classes for Teens!
Start Date: Monday July 28th, 2008
End Date: Friday August 15th, 2008
Fee: $150
Organization: Amherst Community Arts Center
Location Name: Amherst Community Arts Center
Address: 534 Main Street
City, ST: Amherst, MA
Website: www.AmherstArts.org
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Bored teenages at home!? Send them to ACAC for a week long art class! Registration is still open for the following classes:
Week of July 28-Aug 1:
Photo I: Pinhole Camera Photography
Ready, Set, Draw!
The Art of Puppetry
Week of Aug 4-8:
Cold Metal Jewelry Fabrication
Making Artist Books
Week of Aug 11-15:
Photo II: Manual in the Digital Age with a Holga Pinhole Camera
For more info, please visit our website or give us a call.
And don't forget: Art! It's not just for kids! ACAC offers awesome classes for adults too! Registration for fall 2008 classes opens at the end of August. |
Contact: Hillary Milens
hm.acac@gmail.com |
| Belly Dance For All Women |
Class Name: Belly Dance for All Women!
Class Time: 11:15 AM
Start Date: Saturday August 2nd, 2008
End Date: Saturday August 23rd, 2008
Fee: $40
Organization: SmartMoves Pilates Studio
Location Name: Arts and Indusrty Building
Address: 221 Pine St.
City, ST: Florence, MA
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This 4-week session is an opportunity for All women of any age or ability to learn a new skill; Belly Dance "A Beautiful and Natural Ancient Art Form."
Wear clothes can easily move in and long flowing skirts are encouraged!
No prior experience needed. Enjoy Fun and Fitness through the Art of Belly Dance; learning the sounds and rythyms of traditonal Middle Eastern Belly Dance music.
A large, bright, mirrored studio with wonderful wood floors, air conditioning and ceilng fans!
Come to this four week session to experience this | |
