Arts Night Out (ANO) is Friday, November 11, 2022 from 5-8pm throughout downtown Northampton, MA. Plan an artsy evening out by browsing event details below! 25 Years of Art Over Matter |
 | Arts Night Out is Friday, August 12, 2022 from 5-8pm. This month, we are collaborating with the Northampton Jazz Festival to bring you: Jazzy Arts Night Out! See live jazz at Pinch, Rebekah Brooks, Resinate, and The Roost. |
Worked: Artist Labor Relations
Curated by Grace Clark
A.P.E. Gallery | 126 Main Street
An exhibition of 7 innovative artists working in painting, printmaking, video, performance, sculpture, installation, social practice, and combined media.
Works by Adrienne Albro-Fisher and Chloe McLean
A.P.E. @ 33 Hawley | 33 Hawley Street
Painting by Adrienne Albro-Fisher
This show advances A.P.E.’s mission to support contemporary artists, particularly local students and developing artists.
Dani Schmidt: Illustrator, Painter, Printmaker
The Bloomery | 17 New South Street, Unit 205 - Suite D
Dani Schmidt is a queer illustrator, printmaker and mixed media artist based out of Subterranean Studios in Holyoke, MA. They live with their partner Bran, two rescue dogs Mona and Atticus, 3 guinea pigs and baby Dara! During their free time you can find them playing video games, digging in the garden, or going for long walks to forage for ink making supplies.
In their artwork, they have a heavy focus on organic life and nature as a consistent theme that is explored. They mainly work with ink and watercolors but they are always trying to incorporate mixed media into their process. Digital and physical collaging has been an important part of their process in the past 2 years, as well as telling a narrative with their visual work. They devote much time to their personal projects such as illustrations for books, fine art paintings, and printmaking projects. They graduated from the Institute of Art and Design at New England Collage in Manchester, NH in 2021. Their goal is to use their art as a function of storytelling; as one of the most time honored and important traditions of humanity.
Dani’s exhibition at The Bloomery will feature an expansive array of their visual works.
In their artwork, they have a heavy focus on organic life and nature as a consistent theme that is explored. They mainly work with ink and watercolors but they are always trying to incorporate mixed media into their process. Digital and physical collaging has been an important part of their process in the past 2 years, as well as telling a narrative with their visual work. They devote much time to their personal projects such as illustrations for books, fine art paintings, and printmaking projects. They graduated from the Institute of Art and Design at New England Collage in Manchester, NH in 2021. Their goal is to use their art as a function of storytelling; as one of the most time honored and important traditions of humanity.
Dani’s exhibition at The Bloomery will feature an expansive array of their visual works.
Paradise East Open Mic Night &
Making It On Main Street Exhibit
Historic Northampton | 46 Bridge Street
Share your talent: music, poetry, comedy, dance, name yours! Bring a blanket, a picnic, and your friends. Making it on Main Street exhibit: open & free.
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Jeff Wrench, Ryan Murray, Yoni Glogower:
Paintings and Textile Art
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library | 20 West Street
Painting by Ryan Murray
Paintings and textile art. Read artist statements below.
YONI GLOGOWER. I use textiles to consider new ways of interpreting my personal world. Family members, wildflowers, video game imagery, Hebrew, and found natural objects all make their way into my compositions using hand-dyed fabric, strategic piecing, applique and embroidery.
RYAN MURRAY. Through the unflinching medium of spray paint stenciling, I unearth and examine unsettling but important conversations about the stigma of mental illness, with the goal of normalizing the discussion and treatment of mental health in black communities.
JEFF WRENCH. In my paintings I try to balance realistic likeness vs. letting the paint be the center of attention with bold brush marks and colors and other surprises that the messiness of paint brings. Many of my paintings are on found surfaces like wallpaper or paint chips which I think, like faces themselves, are examples of beauty in the ordinary.
YONI GLOGOWER. I use textiles to consider new ways of interpreting my personal world. Family members, wildflowers, video game imagery, Hebrew, and found natural objects all make their way into my compositions using hand-dyed fabric, strategic piecing, applique and embroidery.
RYAN MURRAY. Through the unflinching medium of spray paint stenciling, I unearth and examine unsettling but important conversations about the stigma of mental illness, with the goal of normalizing the discussion and treatment of mental health in black communities.
JEFF WRENCH. In my paintings I try to balance realistic likeness vs. letting the paint be the center of attention with bold brush marks and colors and other surprises that the messiness of paint brings. Many of my paintings are on found surfaces like wallpaper or paint chips which I think, like faces themselves, are examples of beauty in the ordinary.
Jennifer Ablard
Northampton Senior Center | 67 Conz Street
Photography exhibition.
Artist Statement. I’ve been seeing the world through a camera my entire adult life. While I’ve focused on different subjects at different phases of my life, my work always reflects my love of the outdoors, nature, the abstract and even humor found in everyday life. I am also drawn to how the same location changes over time. I intend for my work to evoke questions of ‘where?’, ‘how?’ and ‘what?’.
Artist Statement. I’ve been seeing the world through a camera my entire adult life. While I’ve focused on different subjects at different phases of my life, my work always reflects my love of the outdoors, nature, the abstract and even humor found in everyday life. I am also drawn to how the same location changes over time. I intend for my work to evoke questions of ‘where?’, ‘how?’ and ‘what?’.
Jason Martin and Andre Bowser:
Outsider Arts Night Out
Phoenix Gallery at Phoenix Rising | 5 Old South Street
Painting by Andre Bowser
This month we feature local artist, Andre Bowser along with curator and fellow artist, Jason Martin.
Jazz & Jewelry Jamboree with Rachel Gunnard
Pinch | 179 Main Street
Join us for our first Arts Nights Out in quite some time! We'll be celebrating with Jazz, Jewelry by local artist Rachel Gunnard, and of course wine and cheese.
We're very excited to be hosting Rachel for Arts Night Out this month! Rachel was a registered architect in NYC and the effect of her architectural training can really be seen in her work. It's very structural and clean, beautiful work for everyday wear. She brings a subtle, natural grace to her jewelry while also making each piece unique and eye-catching.
Come grab a snack, sip a drink, listen to some jazz, and take a look at Rachel's work with us! We'll see you there!
We're very excited to be hosting Rachel for Arts Night Out this month! Rachel was a registered architect in NYC and the effect of her architectural training can really be seen in her work. It's very structural and clean, beautiful work for everyday wear. She brings a subtle, natural grace to her jewelry while also making each piece unique and eye-catching.
Come grab a snack, sip a drink, listen to some jazz, and take a look at Rachel's work with us! We'll see you there!
Spill The Tea Collective:
Healing by Sound & Song, a curated collection
Spill The Tea Sis Apothecary | 183 Main Street
A collection of paintings, signs and vintage artifacts all around the theme of healing through sound & song.
Join us for this year's Sidewalk Sales in Northampton, where many downtown businesses will be participating in this annual event! Sales and specials galore at over 35 shops, boutiques, restaurants, and non-profits! Check out the list below for all the participating locations, and stop by inside and outside along Main Street, Center Street, and Pleasant Street.
Don't miss "Sidewalk Jazz" on July 29! 2 ensembles are performing from 4-6 PM brought to you as a collaboration of Arts Night Out and the Northampton Jazz Festival in anticipation of JAZZY ARTS NIGHT OUT on Friday, August 12 from 5-8pm at locations downtown.
Crimson Canary
Latin duo, guitar and voice. They will perform outside on the grass at the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce.
Ellen Cogen on vocals & Bob Ferrier on guitar
They will perform in front of First Churches Northampton.
Don't miss "Sidewalk Jazz" on July 29! 2 ensembles are performing from 4-6 PM brought to you as a collaboration of Arts Night Out and the Northampton Jazz Festival in anticipation of JAZZY ARTS NIGHT OUT on Friday, August 12 from 5-8pm at locations downtown.
Crimson Canary
Latin duo, guitar and voice. They will perform outside on the grass at the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce.
Ellen Cogen on vocals & Bob Ferrier on guitar
They will perform in front of First Churches Northampton.
The next Arts Night Out is Friday, July 8, 2022 from 5-8pm. Plan an art-filled evening in downtown Northampton by browsing event details below!
Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with any questions.
Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with any questions.
Paradise East: Open Mic Night & Making It On Main Exhibit
Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street
Share your talent: music, poetry, comedy, dance, name yours! Bring a blanket, a picnic, and your friends. Making it on Main Street exhibit: open & free.
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Painting by Rodney Madison
Jason Martin and Rodney Madison: Outsider Art Exhibition
Phoenix Gallery at Phoenix Rising, 5 Old South Street
Jason Martin and a work in progress Outsider Art Exhibition featuring Local Artists Jason Martin and Rodney Madison.
Chicago-born in 1959, Madison began painting at 50. Self taught, his outsider art is featured in local galleries and businesses across western Massachusetts. His use of color in his abstract oil and acrylic paintings on canvases, doors, trays, tables or you name it, harkens Basquiat and Picasso.
Springfield-born, Martin is a self- taught artist, published poet and local musician. In his signature manic style, using acrylic and oil Martin's pallet explodes onto the canvas in figurative abstract expression.
Reception with complimentary beverages served from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
Chicago-born in 1959, Madison began painting at 50. Self taught, his outsider art is featured in local galleries and businesses across western Massachusetts. His use of color in his abstract oil and acrylic paintings on canvases, doors, trays, tables or you name it, harkens Basquiat and Picasso.
Springfield-born, Martin is a self- taught artist, published poet and local musician. In his signature manic style, using acrylic and oil Martin's pallet explodes onto the canvas in figurative abstract expression.
Reception with complimentary beverages served from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
Katherine McClelland and Springfield Photographic Society: Complicated History + The Towns of Berkshire County
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library, 20 West Street
New Ashford Schoolhouse - Towns of Berkshire County Complicated History is a multimedia project that uses art to reckon with personal, local, and national narratives about slavery, war and privilege. The Hinckley family has a long history of prominent Northampton residents and while researching her paternal family, Katherine McClelland found that there was more to the story than she knew. This collection of portraits, documents, and images explores the history of five of her direct ancestors and examines our complicated relationships to systems of oppression.
The Towns of Berkshire County is a photographic exhibit featuring one picture from each of the 32 towns in Berkshire County. The images have been provided by 27 members of the Springfield Photographic Society, capturing the uniqueness of the communities, and illustrating their history, culture, public spaces, and natural beauty. Each photographer chose one perspective that they felt was important to understanding their town.
No reception. On display during Arts Night Out on July 8th until 6pm and until July 29th. Talk by Katherine McClelland on July 13th at 7pm.
The Towns of Berkshire County is a photographic exhibit featuring one picture from each of the 32 towns in Berkshire County. The images have been provided by 27 members of the Springfield Photographic Society, capturing the uniqueness of the communities, and illustrating their history, culture, public spaces, and natural beauty. Each photographer chose one perspective that they felt was important to understanding their town.
No reception. On display during Arts Night Out on July 8th until 6pm and until July 29th. Talk by Katherine McClelland on July 13th at 7pm.
Olivia Brandwein and Sarah Miller-Bartley: Warp
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street
"Warp" is a community-engaged sculptural process in which the artists will create an installation in A.P.E.'s gallery space from July 4-10. The public is invited to work with physical properties of raw canvas by cutting, twisting, tying and unraveling. The pieces will be painted and paired with mass-produced second-hand objects. The final exhibit will blur the lines between "fine art" materials and mass-produced objects/trinkets.
For Art's Night Out, Brandwein and Miller-Bartley will be hosting open hours from 5-7pm in A.P.E.'s Main Street gallery for the public to view their works in progress.
For Art's Night Out, Brandwein and Miller-Bartley will be hosting open hours from 5-7pm in A.P.E.'s Main Street gallery for the public to view their works in progress.
Works by Anna Bayles Arthur and Victor Signore
A.P.E. @ Hawley, Mezzanine Level Gallery, 33 Hawley Street
In Search of Edge: New Small Works by Anna Bayles Arthur As the planet burns and floods and human beings extinguish each others’ lives in brutal and rapid succession, it is increasingly difficult to comprehend any utility in sitting in one’s studio with a box of paints and a jar of sharp pencils. And yet. We persist. There is no sense to be made of it, of any of it...only here is a profoundly human act that in its most basic sense, approximates prayer.
On the threshold of a silence bursting: New work by Victor Signore The new work in this show marks a return for me. A return home. Home to the creative process. Home to myself. To provide that missing outlet for the mounting thoughts, images, feelings, anxieties and amorphous, intangible senses that while, remain elusive as vapor, are too strong to ignore.
Artist Reception during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
On the threshold of a silence bursting: New work by Victor Signore The new work in this show marks a return for me. A return home. Home to the creative process. Home to myself. To provide that missing outlet for the mounting thoughts, images, feelings, anxieties and amorphous, intangible senses that while, remain elusive as vapor, are too strong to ignore.
Artist Reception during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
Renaissance Gyal: Live Performance by Lauren Horn, with Chantal Edward, Jasmine McPherson, and Loren Mildridge
A.P.E. @ Hawley, The Workroom, 33 Hawley Street
Renaissance Gyal is a choreographic work, set on a cast of four Black women, that explores the ways in which Black women have set a precedence for culture in America, while simultaneously being erased. In Renaissance Gyal the term Black is used heterogeneously. The Black women of Renaissance Gyal encompass the experiences of those of Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latina, Afro-American and African heritage who have come to live in America and it is their stories that are told throughout the piece. Renaissance Gyal is a reflection of how American Blackness is a melting pot of many different cultures that unite under the term of Blackness. Drawing upon our shared collective histories, we will explore the following questions in Renaissance Gyal: How is culture created? How is culture passed down generationally? How is culture brought over on a boat or a plane? What parts of our generational culture persist and what parts are lost?
$10 - $35 Sliding Scale. Tickets available at the door for performances on Friday, July 8th & Saturday, July 9th at 7pm.
$10 - $35 Sliding Scale. Tickets available at the door for performances on Friday, July 8th & Saturday, July 9th at 7pm.
Deborah Rubin: Endless Possibilities
R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street
R. Michelson Galleries is pleased to present Deborah Rubin: Endless Possibilities. Join us for the Opening Reception on July 15th, from 6-8 pm. The exhibition, which will run for the month of July, celebrates Deb’s photorealistic watercolors of both florals and architecture. Highlighted in the summer edition of Watercolor Artist Magazine, Deb’s meticulous renderings captivate the viewer with their spectacular color and brilliant use of light and texture.
Opening Reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th. On view until the end of July.
Opening Reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th. On view until the end of July.
David Rohn: Looking After 66 Years
Anchor House of Artists, 518 Pleasant Street
David Rohn (Chicago, b.1934) has had a painting career spanning 66 years. Born in Chicago & raised in Michigan, he took his career from New York City to Putney, VT where he taught at Windham College, returning to NYC after the college closed in 1976. He describes his method as defined by his joy of "looking at things," at how things are "compressed into tight engagement by the framing edge." David Rohn was this writer's painting instructor in the early nineteen seventies. This retrospective fills three showrooms with oil paintings and watercolors.
Public Reception from 5:30 - 8:30 pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
Public Reception from 5:30 - 8:30 pm during Arts Night Out on July 8th.
The next Arts Night Out (ANO) happens Friday, June 10, 2022 from 5-8pm. Plan your night out in downtown Northampton by browsing event details below.
Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with your questions.
Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with your questions.
Sunny Allis: Kinetic Book Art
Sunny Allis: Kinetic Book Art
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street
Interactive kinetic book art residency by local artist, Sunny Allis.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Residency continues June 6-12, 2022.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Residency continues June 6-12, 2022.
Paradise East: Open Mic Night & Making It On Main Exhibit
Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street
Bring a picnic, relax on the grounds, and enjoy an open mic night with music, poetry, readings, comedy, movement performed by you, your friends and neighbors on the main patio. Making it on Main Street exhibit: open & free.
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Performance time is 5 minutes.
5-6 pm: Children up to age 12
6-8 pm: All others
Jenny Hansell
Jenny Hansell
Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz Street
Using oil, Acrylics, gouache and watercolor, Jenny Hansell is inspired by light, air, color and form to paint portraits, figures and landscapes. She finds inspiration in studying the work of other artists past and present. She paints for the joy she finds in the process.
Opening reception from 5-7pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
Opening reception from 5-7pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
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Art and Music Magic with Hani Rosenbaum
Le BonNton (Thornes Marketplace - 2nd Level), 150 Main Street
Hani Rosenbaum (of Sodada, Old Flame) performs original, vocal-driven, blues-soaked, indie folk-rock songs. Their visual artwork draws upon mystical and musical influences, and explores the intersection of color and music theory. Hani’s artwork spans across a variety of mediums, from their signature colorful and textured abstract paintings, to illustration, and most recently a foray into copper plate etching and printmaking.
Opening reception and musical performances during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
Opening reception and musical performances during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
Maggie Nowinski
CLICK Workspace, 9 1/2 Market Street
Maggie Nowinski (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and teaching artist based in Western Massachusetts. Her current body of work is rooted in drawing and printmaking, though her artworks usually take the format of installation and combine traditional and unusual media, audio, and performative processes. Her work investigates somatic response to cultural pace, internal and external undercurrents and emotions through imagined specimen drawings that appear as abject biological-botanical resilient entities. Nowinski’s practice is embodied by an awareness of the conceptual and political inevitability of art making and an adoration for repetition, daily mark-making and walks in the woods. She often collaborates with other visual artists, sound artists and poets.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Show remains on view until September 3, 2022.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Show remains on view until September 3, 2022.
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In Other Wor(l)ds, Bitter Sweet Feast, & more
Artists: B.Z. Reply, Micha Archer, Max Strong, Charles Miller, Kevin Bouricius, and more
Anchor House of Artists, 518 Pleasant Street
All five showrooms full of art, Exploded Vision’s Bitter Sweet Feast, Miller’s Village Green, Bouricius’ Face of God + Denis Luzuriaga’s one minute film festival on Arts Night Out.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th.
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Bonnie Sennott and Stephanie Vignone
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library, 20 West Street
Stephanie Vignone: Landscape Paintings in Pastel and Oil Bonnie Sennott : Abstract Embroideries and Watercolors
Exhibitions on view from 5-6pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Opening reception is June 4th from 2-4pm.
Exhibitions on view from 5-6pm during Arts Night Out on June 10th. Opening reception is June 4th from 2-4pm.
The next Arts Night Out (ANO) happens Friday, May 13, 2022 from 5-8pm. Browse the listings below to plan your night in downtown Northampton! Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with questions.
Photogram by Bill Arnold from "Drawing with Light" at the Anchor House of Artists New England Visionary Artists Museum
Five Exhibitions Under One Roof
Individual show information is provided below.
Anchor House of Artists, 518 Pleasant Street
Robert Markey: Peace Song Art
Gallery One
Aptly titled for our times, Markey fills Gallery One with images that seek to inspire peace an almost hopeless task but one that is admirable all the same. Unassuming artworks weave through the space & are heightened with music the artist has prerecorded. Markey's signature claim is "The choice is, and always has been, between compassion and greed." Markey is known for his community projects and this exhibit is the same. Two other artists have been curated in by him in adjacent galleries.
Chief Beth Bazio: Like Lace: New Work
Gallery Two
Bezio currently resides in the beautiful hill towns of Western Massachusetts She went to a local college & continued training as a forensic artist at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. She has spent over thirty years in Law Enforcement and has served as the Chief of Police for many years. Her love of art has been there since she was a child. In this exhibit, she shows new, very carefully illustrated canvases that reveal images embedded in lace-like designs.
Emerald Glenn: A Peaceful Place
Gallery Three
Glenn was born in Northampton but has been a resident of Springfield for most of her life. Emerald has surrounded herself with the arts in multiple forms. She is an African American woman of many artistic talents from hairstylist to singer to self-taught artist to professional ballroom dance instructor. Vivid color combinations come naturally to her & are a signature quality of all her artworks: “The main purpose of my art is to transcend people to a natural, beautiful & peaceful place.”
Charles Miller: The Kurds: Installment 6 of a Revolving Exhibit
Ground Floor, The New England Visionary Artists Museum
The Kurds' plight in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a tragic mistake of history. Losing their independent state at the close of WWI they have been made to endure the persecution of racial & ethnic hatred. It came to Miller's attention in the 90s during the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Then the brutal treatment during those years forced them to flee as they had for years since their nationhood was dissolved. Miller captured this in paintings that incorporate sand and oil paint.
Bill Arnold: Drawing With Light
Ground Floor, The New England Visionary Artists Museum
Bill Arnold, whose work is included in the MOMA, Met, & Getty Museum collections, is showing fourteen, one-of-a-kind, 20” x 24,” sun-exposed, gold-toned photograms. Photograms predate camera technology. An object like a leaf is placed on a light-sensitive emulsion & exposed to sunlight. When the light hits the emulsion, it turns black. Where objects block light, the emulsion stays white. A must-see, the exhibit is extended until May 31.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on May 13th. Exhibitions remain on view in May.
Gallery One
Aptly titled for our times, Markey fills Gallery One with images that seek to inspire peace an almost hopeless task but one that is admirable all the same. Unassuming artworks weave through the space & are heightened with music the artist has prerecorded. Markey's signature claim is "The choice is, and always has been, between compassion and greed." Markey is known for his community projects and this exhibit is the same. Two other artists have been curated in by him in adjacent galleries.
Chief Beth Bazio: Like Lace: New Work
Gallery Two
Bezio currently resides in the beautiful hill towns of Western Massachusetts She went to a local college & continued training as a forensic artist at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. She has spent over thirty years in Law Enforcement and has served as the Chief of Police for many years. Her love of art has been there since she was a child. In this exhibit, she shows new, very carefully illustrated canvases that reveal images embedded in lace-like designs.
Emerald Glenn: A Peaceful Place
Gallery Three
Glenn was born in Northampton but has been a resident of Springfield for most of her life. Emerald has surrounded herself with the arts in multiple forms. She is an African American woman of many artistic talents from hairstylist to singer to self-taught artist to professional ballroom dance instructor. Vivid color combinations come naturally to her & are a signature quality of all her artworks: “The main purpose of my art is to transcend people to a natural, beautiful & peaceful place.”
Charles Miller: The Kurds: Installment 6 of a Revolving Exhibit
Ground Floor, The New England Visionary Artists Museum
The Kurds' plight in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a tragic mistake of history. Losing their independent state at the close of WWI they have been made to endure the persecution of racial & ethnic hatred. It came to Miller's attention in the 90s during the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Then the brutal treatment during those years forced them to flee as they had for years since their nationhood was dissolved. Miller captured this in paintings that incorporate sand and oil paint.
Bill Arnold: Drawing With Light
Ground Floor, The New England Visionary Artists Museum
Bill Arnold, whose work is included in the MOMA, Met, & Getty Museum collections, is showing fourteen, one-of-a-kind, 20” x 24,” sun-exposed, gold-toned photograms. Photograms predate camera technology. An object like a leaf is placed on a light-sensitive emulsion & exposed to sunlight. When the light hits the emulsion, it turns black. Where objects block light, the emulsion stays white. A must-see, the exhibit is extended until May 31.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on May 13th. Exhibitions remain on view in May.
Artwork from "Cellblock Visions" at A.P.E. Gallery
Cellblock Visions
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street
The artwork being exhibited at A.P.E. was created between 1983 and the present by incarcerated men and women across the country.
Exhibition on view May 7 - 29, 2022. No opening reception.
Exhibition on view May 7 - 29, 2022. No opening reception.
CHAP
Michael Sjostedt
ASSEMBLE, Thornes Marketplace - Lower Level
Chap continues Michael Sjostedt's curiosity around portrayals of masculinity in the media—and how he absorbs and plays back those messages in his art and life. This series is Michael's first cheeky, trashy, pop-centric take on the topic.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on May 13th.
Opening reception from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out on May 13th.
Mixed media collage from "Ripples In Time" at CB Community Realtors
Ripples In Time
Chelvanaya Gabriel & Ebbie Russell
Coldwell Banker Community Realtors, 112 Main Street
Ripples in Time: Transtemporal Transmissions via Chelvanaya Gabriel and Ebbie Russell. Paintings and mixed media collage.
Reception from 5-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Reception from 5-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Artwork by NHS Student on view at Hosmer Gallery
Northampton High School Student Art Exhibition and Senior Shows
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library, 20 West Street
The Northampton High School (NHS) Art Department presents 12 senior shows plus a showcase of student work, grades 9-12, from the following classes: Concepts in Art, Drawing and Painting, Ceramics 1, Ceramics 2, Honors Art, and Graphic Design, Printmaking and Book Arts. For the 12 senior shows, seniors will curate a small selection of their own work and mount it with an artist statement in one area of the gallery. These seniors are in the Honors Art program. Work will be all media: ceramics, sculptural, mixed media, drawing, painting, collage.
Opening reception featuring the NHS Jazz Project from 4-6pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Opening reception featuring the NHS Jazz Project from 4-6pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Artwork from The HEALERS Project at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley
The HEALERS Project
Carlos REC McBride, Erick Alvarez
Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley
Join us for the closing reception of the HEALERS Project, part of a larger body of work by Carlos REC McBride that has evolved over the past five years. Using photography, audio, and video, McBride has been documenting the challenges men of color face in the streets, in school, the workplace, and in the prison system. The HEALERS Project considers the mechanisms that evolve out of survival, that allow for men of color to navigate tangible experiences of microaggressions, racial battle fatigue, depression, and mental illness. This photo exhibit also introduces works from emerging artist Erick Alvarez, and is a snapshot of those personal narratives, cultural and social analysis and educational discourse, that offer a glimpse of what it means to HEAL.
Closing reception from 5-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Closing reception from 5-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Artwork by Kyra Anderson at the Northampton Senior Center
Kyra Anderson
Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz Street
Kyra Anderson is a self-taught artist who uses acrylic, collage, and digital media.
ARTIST STATEMENT: There are two quotes I return to time and again: Brené Brown's, "Unexpressed creativity is not benign" and Van Gogh's, "If you hear a voice within you saying you are not a painter, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
We're here to pay attention to the wisdom and creativity of our inner lives. As a coach, I remind others. As an artist, I remind myself.
Opening reception from 5-7pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
ARTIST STATEMENT: There are two quotes I return to time and again: Brené Brown's, "Unexpressed creativity is not benign" and Van Gogh's, "If you hear a voice within you saying you are not a painter, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
We're here to pay attention to the wisdom and creativity of our inner lives. As a coach, I remind others. As an artist, I remind myself.
Opening reception from 5-7pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Generations
Group Show
R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street
Whether it be by Nature, Nurture, or a combination of both, sometimes things run in the family. What is it like to grow up with a parent who is an artist? What is it like to have a child who is an artist?
While R. Michelson Galleries represents some artist partners, after 43 years we find ourselves also representing some of the children, whose work is sometimes similar to that of the prior generation, and sometimes much different. Join us to explore these artist families and see how far (or near) the apple falls from the tree.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
While R. Michelson Galleries represents some artist partners, after 43 years we find ourselves also representing some of the children, whose work is sometimes similar to that of the prior generation, and sometimes much different. Join us to explore these artist families and see how far (or near) the apple falls from the tree.
Opening reception from 6-8pm during ANO on Friday, May 13th.
Works by Eve Laplant (right) and Nan Fleming (left)
Louis Laplant and Nan Fleming: Collage - Departures and Adaptions
📍Anchor House of Artists, the New England Visionary Artists Museum
About the Exhibit:
Two artists whose new collages resonate in approach to image-making contrast radically in expression and meaning. In Laplant's emerging series, the works are based on free association, using vintage periodical and book images to create discrete worlds by merging image, color, and placement. She explains that this is a reversal from earlier works where text leads to image. In these, Laplant lets spare image lead to textual meaning. For Fleming, she explains that she employs color and pattern to achieve textures on paper. She is known for whimsical, humorous assemblage sculpture but here the intent is emotional expression. She tells that this work is much moodier and more thoughtful than her 3D work, reflecting both her sadness and hope for the world as it is.
Opening Reception from 6-8pm on Friday, April 8th. Exhibit on view until April 30th.
Two artists whose new collages resonate in approach to image-making contrast radically in expression and meaning. In Laplant's emerging series, the works are based on free association, using vintage periodical and book images to create discrete worlds by merging image, color, and placement. She explains that this is a reversal from earlier works where text leads to image. In these, Laplant lets spare image lead to textual meaning. For Fleming, she explains that she employs color and pattern to achieve textures on paper. She is known for whimsical, humorous assemblage sculpture but here the intent is emotional expression. She tells that this work is much moodier and more thoughtful than her 3D work, reflecting both her sadness and hope for the world as it is.
Opening Reception from 6-8pm on Friday, April 8th. Exhibit on view until April 30th.
Smith College Student Artists: "Wanna Come Over?"
📍A.P.E. Gallery
About the Exhibit:
Group installation piece at A.P.E. gallery led by art students at Smith College. Working in collaboration, the senior class students (both Art History and Studio Art majors) seek to recreate the space of a Smith dorm room.
Opening Reception from 5-8pm on Friday, April 8th. Exhibit on view until April 24th.
Group installation piece at A.P.E. gallery led by art students at Smith College. Working in collaboration, the senior class students (both Art History and Studio Art majors) seek to recreate the space of a Smith dorm room.
Opening Reception from 5-8pm on Friday, April 8th. Exhibit on view until April 24th.
Northampton High School Improv Troupe: FUNKTIONLUST - Take 8!
📍CLICK Workspace
About the Show:
The NHS Improv troupe, Funktionlust, will perform their unpredictable show combining family-friendly hilarity and spontaneous story-making. Funktionlust is now in its 17th year at NHS. The Funks have been entertaining audiences at Northampton’s First Night, Smith College, Lathrop Community, Historic Northampton, Northampton's "Sunday Afternoon Live," & monthly at the NHS Black Box theater! They are spontaneous, creative and funny.
Live Show starts at 6pm on Friday, April 8th.
The NHS Improv troupe, Funktionlust, will perform their unpredictable show combining family-friendly hilarity and spontaneous story-making. Funktionlust is now in its 17th year at NHS. The Funks have been entertaining audiences at Northampton’s First Night, Smith College, Lathrop Community, Historic Northampton, Northampton's "Sunday Afternoon Live," & monthly at the NHS Black Box theater! They are spontaneous, creative and funny.
Live Show starts at 6pm on Friday, April 8th.
Mixed media collage by Chelvanaya Gabriel & Ebbie Russell
Chelvanaya Gabriel & Ebbie Russell: Ripples in Time
📍Coldwell Banker Community Realtors
About the Exhibit:
Ripples in Time: Transtemporal Transmissions via Chelvanaya Gabriel and Ebbie Russell Paintings and mixed media collage.
Opening Reception from 5-8pm on Friday, April 8th.
Ripples in Time: Transtemporal Transmissions via Chelvanaya Gabriel and Ebbie Russell Paintings and mixed media collage.
Opening Reception from 5-8pm on Friday, April 8th.
Works by Jen Dieringer (upper left), Alison Johnson (lower left), and Mark Chester (right)
Rubber Stamp Portraits by Alison Johnson; "Thread" by Jen Dieringer; The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, Photographs of New Americans by Mark Chester
📍Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library
About the Artists:
Alison Johnson has worked in all types of medium including oils, acrylics and pastels. “After breaking my wrist, I found traditional forms of art difficult. These rubber stamp portraits were born out of necessity.”
Jen Dieringer is a Northampton-based maker who repurposes vintage, salvaged and reclaimed materials into functional art. This is her first foray into art entirely for art’s sake, but true to form, she uses salvaged materials in imaginative and unexpected ways. “Thread” pays homage to the utilitarian patchwork quilt.
Mark Chester’s photographs showcase Massachusetts’s newest citizens, who hail from 190 countries and territories around the globe. Viewers can share and celebrate the richness of the Bay State’s cultural heritage. The project supports the mission of Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (https://www.miracoalition.org/).
Show on view during Forbes Library open hours. Open on Arts Night Out until 6pm.
Alison Johnson has worked in all types of medium including oils, acrylics and pastels. “After breaking my wrist, I found traditional forms of art difficult. These rubber stamp portraits were born out of necessity.”
Jen Dieringer is a Northampton-based maker who repurposes vintage, salvaged and reclaimed materials into functional art. This is her first foray into art entirely for art’s sake, but true to form, she uses salvaged materials in imaginative and unexpected ways. “Thread” pays homage to the utilitarian patchwork quilt.
Mark Chester’s photographs showcase Massachusetts’s newest citizens, who hail from 190 countries and territories around the globe. Viewers can share and celebrate the richness of the Bay State’s cultural heritage. The project supports the mission of Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (https://www.miracoalition.org/).
Show on view during Forbes Library open hours. Open on Arts Night Out until 6pm.
Photography by Carlos REC McBride
Carlos REC McBride: The HEALERS Project
📍Northampton Center for the Arts
The HEALERS Project is part of a larger body of work by Carlos REC McBride that has evolved over the past five years. Using photography, audio, and video, McBride has been documenting the challenges men of color face in the streets, in school, the workplace, and in the prison system. The HEALERS Project considers the mechanisms that evolve out of survival, that allow for men of color to navigate tangible experiences of microaggressions, racial battle fatigue, depression, and mental illness. This photo exhibit also introduces works from emerging artists Eric Alvarez and Johny “MOYO” Torres - Cruz, and is a snapshot of those personal narratives, cultural and social analysis and educational discourse, that offer a glimpse of what it means to HEAL.
Please join us on Friday, April 8 from 5-8pm for an opening reception with refreshments, live music, and a chance to meet the artists!
Please join us on Friday, April 8 from 5-8pm for an opening reception with refreshments, live music, and a chance to meet the artists!
Photograph by Robert Young
Robert Young: Photography
📍Northampton Senior Center
About the Artist:
I am a photographer. I make traditional film transparencies, as well as High-resolution digital images. I am primarily self-taught but I have attended local workshops and have gained knowledge and experience from photographers/friends that I have been fortunate to know over the years. My love of nature and the outdoors allows me to see and explore different landscapes and life’s beautiful moments that I try to capture in my photography. The opportunity to travel has allowed me to explore other corners of the world, where I try to bring home the flavor of those venues in my photographs.
Opening Reception from 5-7pm on April 8th. Exhibit on view during the month of April.
I am a photographer. I make traditional film transparencies, as well as High-resolution digital images. I am primarily self-taught but I have attended local workshops and have gained knowledge and experience from photographers/friends that I have been fortunate to know over the years. My love of nature and the outdoors allows me to see and explore different landscapes and life’s beautiful moments that I try to capture in my photography. The opportunity to travel has allowed me to explore other corners of the world, where I try to bring home the flavor of those venues in my photographs.
Opening Reception from 5-7pm on April 8th. Exhibit on view during the month of April.
The Resilient Project: Portrait Reveal and Sidewalk Reception
📍Faces (window display)
 | About the Event: Come and be the first to see the portraits of resilience! There will be a free Sidewalk Reception to celebrate the reveal of the portraits of The Resilient Project, a project celebrating 17 female business owners in Florence, MA. Sidewalk reception outside of Faces with Live DJ set from 5-8pm on April 8th. |
Clay Sculpture by Immer Cook |
Oil Paintings by Susan Valentine
Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library, 20 West Street
 Clay sculpture by Immer Cook |  Oil painting by Susan Valentine |
IMMER MOWRY COOK Artist’s Statement
I grew up in and currently live in Easthampton, MA. An interest in modern and contact improvisational dance led me to pursue the study of dance in college. While there I found my way to ceramics and have been committed to the medium ever since. I have been creating work out of a shared community studio in Florence for the past few years. I use traditional hand-building techniques and occasional wheel thrown elements to create my sculptures. My work has generally always made reference to vessel forms, using the architecture of the vessel( foot, body, handle, spout), as a vehicle for self expression. One thread in my current body of work represents a departure from that focus. In this series I tried to develop a personal iconography which led me to a series of portraits and the incorporation of a pedestal element into my compositions.
SUSAN VALENTINE Artist’s Statement
I moved to Leverett from Boston in 1992. It was here that my heart found a home and my artistic nature began to find nurturance . Currently my focus is portraiture. Portraits of vegetables and fruits, that is. We all know their beauty. I’m just here to show you my personal relationship with that beauty. Does cooking take longer that way? Yes. Yes, it does.
Open during ANO until 6 pm on Friday, March 11th. On view March 2nd through 30th. No reception is being held.
I grew up in and currently live in Easthampton, MA. An interest in modern and contact improvisational dance led me to pursue the study of dance in college. While there I found my way to ceramics and have been committed to the medium ever since. I have been creating work out of a shared community studio in Florence for the past few years. I use traditional hand-building techniques and occasional wheel thrown elements to create my sculptures. My work has generally always made reference to vessel forms, using the architecture of the vessel( foot, body, handle, spout), as a vehicle for self expression. One thread in my current body of work represents a departure from that focus. In this series I tried to develop a personal iconography which led me to a series of portraits and the incorporation of a pedestal element into my compositions.
SUSAN VALENTINE Artist’s Statement
I moved to Leverett from Boston in 1992. It was here that my heart found a home and my artistic nature began to find nurturance . Currently my focus is portraiture. Portraits of vegetables and fruits, that is. We all know their beauty. I’m just here to show you my personal relationship with that beauty. Does cooking take longer that way? Yes. Yes, it does.
Open during ANO until 6 pm on Friday, March 11th. On view March 2nd through 30th. No reception is being held.
The Graffiti Element (Opening Reception)
Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street
Do not miss this incredible exhibit of artwork by local graffiti artists! Join us on Friday, March 11th for an opening reception with refreshments, live music by DJ Krefting, and an opportunity to meet some of the artists!
The Graffiti Element exhibit runs March 7th - 28th and supports two goals: to bring the art to people who would not normally see it and build a better appreciation for the art form, and to help support the artists by creating an opportunity for them to sell their artwork. The name of the exhibit comes is inspired by Graffiti as one of the four elements of Hip Hop, along with MCing (or rapping), B-boying (break dancing), and DJing.
Opening Reception from 5-8 pm during ANO on Friday, March 11th. Exhibit on view March 7th through 28th.
The Graffiti Element exhibit runs March 7th - 28th and supports two goals: to bring the art to people who would not normally see it and build a better appreciation for the art form, and to help support the artists by creating an opportunity for them to sell their artwork. The name of the exhibit comes is inspired by Graffiti as one of the four elements of Hip Hop, along with MCing (or rapping), B-boying (break dancing), and DJing.
Opening Reception from 5-8 pm during ANO on Friday, March 11th. Exhibit on view March 7th through 28th.
Nosegays & Negronis: Many Graces Farm & Design Grand Opening Reception
Many Graces at Thorne's Marketplace
Join us for a Grand Opening reception at the new Many Graces Farm & Design storefront in Thorne’s! Get to know your local speciality-cut flower farmers and the work of their incredible design studio. Featuring nationally renowned cocktail historian and writer Al Culliton who will be offering two special drinks, a non-alcoholic option and something for the kids!
Pre-order tickets include a nosegay bouquet from Many Graces, a drink, 10% off of an MG flower subscription, a promo code for a free month to Al’s Cocktail Club - a newsletter for the history-obsessed home bartender AND hors d'oeurve by Blue Door Gatherings. Cocktails will be served in a glass that you can use as a vase at home! Pre-order tickets are strongly encouraged as supplies will be limited!
Grand Opening Reception during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Pre-order tickets include a nosegay bouquet from Many Graces, a drink, 10% off of an MG flower subscription, a promo code for a free month to Al’s Cocktail Club - a newsletter for the history-obsessed home bartender AND hors d'oeurve by Blue Door Gatherings. Cocktails will be served in a glass that you can use as a vase at home! Pre-order tickets are strongly encouraged as supplies will be limited!
Grand Opening Reception during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Cellists of the Northampton Community Music Center
CLICK Workspace, 9 1/2 Market Street
Join us for an informal performance by advanced group classes of the Suzuki cello program at the Northampton Community Music Center. Enjoy cello chamber music and solo performances by students ranging in age from 8 to 15 years, many of whom have been playing together for a number of years. While attending a wide range of schools, these young cellists gather biweekly at NCMC to begin their foray into chamber music led by Anne Werry. We are delighted to welcome them back to CLICK. Please come and support these accomplished musicians.
The mission of the Northampton Community Music Center is to foster the love and pursuit of music through quality education, performances and activities that are accessible to all. Our podcast episodes are focused on the COMMUNITY aspect of all kinds of music, both local and not so local! Sponsored by Bob Belkin.
Musical Performance during ANO at 6 pm on Friday, March 11th.
The mission of the Northampton Community Music Center is to foster the love and pursuit of music through quality education, performances and activities that are accessible to all. Our podcast episodes are focused on the COMMUNITY aspect of all kinds of music, both local and not so local! Sponsored by Bob Belkin.
Musical Performance during ANO at 6 pm on Friday, March 11th.
Gravity + Other Thoughts by Mo Willems
R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street
“2021 was an odd year, numerically and culturally. As they have for the past few years, making abstraction has been a solace. Color, shape, and form can change, but their fundamentals are reassuringly eternal. Showing the Gravity works to a friend, I was told, ‘You’re trying to keep a lot of balls in the air.’ Aren’t we all?” – Mo Willems
All of Mo’s proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Exhibit open during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
All of Mo’s proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Exhibit open during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement Curated by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson
A.P.E. Ltd., 126 Main Street
Crossing Cultures is an art exhibition about family, memory, displacement and identity from the point of view of six visual artists with roots in five regions: Asia (India and Iran), South America (Peru), North America (Mexico), The Caribbean (Cuba and Haiti) and Europe (Germany).
Opening Reception with the Artists during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Opening Reception with the Artists during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Nature Photography by Steve Gillett & Fernando Molina
Coldwell Banker Community Realtors, 112 Main Street
View photographic works depicting ice formations and birds by Steve Gillett and Fernando Molina at Coldwell Banker Community Realtors in February.
Photographs will be on display during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Photographs will be on display during ANO from 5-8pm on Friday, March 11th.
Artist of the Month Exhibit: Kate Childs
Northampton Senior Center,
KATE CHILDS Artist Statement
I primarily paint with oils, although I also use acrylic and mixed media. I am self-taught. I have studied graphics, printmaking, watercolor, drawing and painting at various workshops at the Decordova Museum of Art School in the 90’s and continued my journey into the present. I have been painting in oils since 2001. I studied the concepts and techniques of oil painting at Greenfield Community College with Budge Hyde for two years. This gorgeous area in which we live inspires me to get started! Mainly the colors and textures of the natural world, river, marshes and oceans. Sometimes I paint from a picture I have taken, and other times the painting comes directly from imagination. I paint in my studio at One Cottage Street, Easthampton, where I have been located for many years. I hope that my paintings to give others the feeling of expansiveness, of relaxation and contemplation.
Opening Reception during ANO from 5-7pm on Friday, March 11th. On view March 1st through 31st.
I primarily paint with oils, although I also use acrylic and mixed media. I am self-taught. I have studied graphics, printmaking, watercolor, drawing and painting at various workshops at the Decordova Museum of Art School in the 90’s and continued my journey into the present. I have been painting in oils since 2001. I studied the concepts and techniques of oil painting at Greenfield Community College with Budge Hyde for two years. This gorgeous area in which we live inspires me to get started! Mainly the colors and textures of the natural world, river, marshes and oceans. Sometimes I paint from a picture I have taken, and other times the painting comes directly from imagination. I paint in my studio at One Cottage Street, Easthampton, where I have been located for many years. I hope that my paintings to give others the feeling of expansiveness, of relaxation and contemplation.
Opening Reception during ANO from 5-7pm on Friday, March 11th. On view March 1st through 31st.