The Williston Northampton School in Easthampton has a series of lectures with prominent photographers in April. They are free and open to the public:
April 3: John Willis
April 10: Lori Grinker
April 15: Sean Kernan
Williston frequently has free lectures by prominent artists and writers. Last year we attended the talk by Augusten Burroughs, which was part of their 2007 [...]
We just learned about this upcoming event in this morning’s Arts Newsletter Experiment:
We are pleased to announce the first annual Easthampton “Paint Out” to be held May 8 – 10, 2008. The event is sponsored by Easthampton Savings Bank, Nashawannuck Gallery and Art Walk Easthampton
The two-day event that culminates in a gallery show and judging at [...]
We heard this morning on NPR about the plight of The Mount in Lenox. This beautiful, historic and important property is due to be foreclosed on April 24th. They are trying to raise money so that does not happen, and are taking contribution pledges.
From the website:
The Mount has secured a pledge of matching funds, which [...]
We were thinking about the old Guild Studio School, which we miss – we were so hopeful that it would evolve into a degree-granting art school (wouldn’t that have been fabulous?). It was so sad that it closed in 2005, but there are still some great places in the area for art classes in everything from painting [...]
