It was a perfect day for Lynn Latimer’s opening reception on April 13th, at the Grubbs Gallery on the campus of The Williston Northampton School, and we weren’t going to miss it. The sky was cloudless and the sun was intense, creating an ideal atmosphere for looking at Lynn’s work.
If you don’t know Lynn Latimer, an Easthampton [...]
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 [...]
January 30, 2008 – 12:25 pm
In response to our previous post (see below) about the numerous local historical museums, a reader posted a comment about the Pioneer Valley History Network. He wrote:
The Pioneer Valley History Network is a new organization that helps link these historical museums and sites. They have a listserv … and soon will have a website. It can be a [...]
January 25, 2008 – 12:21 pm
MassMOCA has a YouTube page where they post videos of events and exhibitions. This such a fabulous idea for a museum.
They’ve really embraced online technology: a nicely-designed website, a blog, live webcams, podcasts, and now a YouTube page. We wonder what’s next: MySpace, or Facebook?
If you haven’t been to MassMOCA, we highly recommend a visit. [...]
January 22, 2008 – 1:03 pm
There’s quite a lively discussion going on about the proposed mural on the Masslive Easthampton Forum (see threads 4319 - 4324). Surprisingly, many posters aren’t happy about it. Some excerpts:
The particular graphic design seems more suited to be shown on a smaller scale–perhaps on the cover of a brochure for Easthampton. These large jumbled letters will be mostly meaningless [...]
January 19, 2008 – 5:07 pm
Easthampton City Arts has announced Tom Pappalardo the winner of the call for submissions for their mural project on Cottage Street in the city’s downtown. Painting will start this Spring.
There’s already one mural on Cottage Street, on the side of Off The Map Tattoo - an awesome fantasy sea-monster scene, and another on Union Street, on the [...]
January 9, 2008 – 8:31 pm
The Warhol Foundation announced a few months back a massive gift of more than 28,000 Warhol photographs to be distributed among college and university museums across the country. Local beneficiaries are the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the University Gallery at UMASS, and the Smith College Art Museum. The gifts are scheduled to arrive sometime [...]
December 7, 2007 – 5:10 pm
The Eastmont Art Fund is inviting artists to submit artwork for its 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibit Fundraiser. Application deadline: 18 January 2008.
Proceeds will benefit the 2008 Family Gathering, a community-building project of the Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC). Specifically, this income will help fund Western MA based artists to teach cultural workshops such as [...]
October 22, 2007 – 10:10 am
Easthampton City Arts has recently launched a blog to keep members updated on their activities. The blog also features periodic interviews with members.
The most recent interview is with Trace Meek, an artist and musician based at One Cottage Street.
When asked, “Why are you an artist?” Meek replies,
For me, art is more spiritual practice than career. I love [...]
