I was looking through a year-old copy of Art in America, and noticed a tiny little obituary for Charles Parkhurst hidden in the back of the magazine. I was sad that a man so important to 20th century art history didn’t merit a larger mention.
Parkhurst was an art historian who held many distinguished positions throughout [...]
Fine arts programs being cut at schools across Western Mass: As school committees across Western Massachusetts face severe budget cuts, fine arts programs are being cut one-by-one.
It is tragic that the arts are usually the first things to be cut from public school curriculum, especially in an area like the Pioneer Valley, where so much [...]
Friday night in Northampton is Arts Night Out, and Smith College’s “Second Friday” – admission to the museum is free. At 5.30, artist Lesley Dill gives a free talk about her latest work, currently on exhibit.
Easthampton has a day full of events on Saturday. The Bear Fest kicks off this weekend with the unveiling of [...]
Lots of big art events this weekend…
Pulp Science Fiction: Spring Open Studios and Installation Event at Paper City Studios: Friday 6-9pm at Paper City Studios in Holyoke.
Arts Night Out in Northampton: Friday 5-8pm downtown Northampton.
Flywheel Record Fair: Saturday 10am-3:30pm. Fundraiser 10am-3pm at their new space in Easthampton’s Old Town Hall.
Art Walk Easthampton: Saturday 5-8pm.
In Baltimore on Sunday, and made my regular pilgrimage to Hampden. One of my fave places in the city is Atomic Books in Hampden, the coolest indie bookstore you’ll ever visit, full of crafty things, zines, comic books, fringe novels, Japanese toys… aaahhhh it’s heaven. I popped in yesterday and stumbled into the FOUND “Denim [...]
PACE (Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton) is a gem in downtown Easthampton. They have regular open-mike comedy and jam nights, jazz twice a month, music performances, a small cafe, as well as some superb shows. Their current space is small, so larger theater productions take place at the Academy of Music in Northampton.
May 1-10, PACE [...]
Valley Art Share is a new online arts community for the Pioneer Valley. It’s a joint project of Commonwealth Center for Change (C3) and the Northampton Center for the Arts, and is maintained by the tireless Julia Handschuh. Huge props to them all for creating this and helping to make our fabulous arts community more [...]
Ran upstairs to the 4th floor gallery at Open Square to see this small show before it comes down this evening. Very cool pieces by David Poppie and Roger Sayre.
A note on the wall read, “Re-mixed Media” is a travelling show that originated at the University of Wisconsin: Oshkosh and was curated by Prof. Andrew [...]
Popped in to the opening reception of “Out of Print” Saturday evening, at Zea Mays in Florence (in the Arts & Industry Building). The show features the work of local artists Doris Madsen and Lillianna Pereira. Really lovely work. Both re-use, re-purpose and collage paper and printed items in their work for this show.
Lilly’s work [...]
“Pioneer Women” is a group show at the Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn showing work by women artists from the Pioneer Valley. From the press release:
More than 20 women who have settled upon the fertile ground of the Pioneer Valley (Connecticut River Valley) have created new artworks that will premiere in New York City at [...]
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