Clay Sculpture by Immer Cook | |
 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.
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