Arts Night Out: Friday, October 14, 2022

Arts Night Out (ANO) is Friday, October 14, 2022 from 5-8pm throughout downtown Northampton, MA. Plan an artsy evening by browsing event details below! 

Rachel Jenkins, Charles Miller, Jonathan Stark, Christopher McKeever (1956-2017) 
Anchor House of Artists, 518 Pleasant Street 

Rachel Jenkins Oil Portrait

Rachel Jenkin's "ANY BODY: poems, portraits, and poses" presents, challenging expressionistic portraiture interspersed among her poetry mounted on the wall. Also mounted is a video she made as a self-portrait, exploring her relationship with great art looping on a screen in the gallery.

​In adjoining Gallery One, Two, and Three, Jonathan Stark displays a grouping of his newest and largest continuous live compositions, which are sleek and oddly captivating, and Charles Miller has the eleventh installment of art from his seventy-year career. Finally, the Djata Bumpus gallery supports a memorial exhibition of Christopher McKeever (1956-2017).

Exhibition On View: October 7-29, 2022
Opening Reception: 6-8:30pm 

David Aipperspach, Natessa Amin, River Kim, Lena Schmid, Stephen Proski, Curated by AJ Rombach: SHADOW WORK
A.P.E. Gallery Ltd, 126 Main Street

SHADOW WORK examines painting's potential to trace the cognitive and unconscious thought of maker and viewer. What does a symbol communicate? How do paintings act as bridges between subjective and collective experience? How do art objects encapsulate ontological mystery? Natessa Amin and Lena Schmid’s work relies on systems of invented symbolism that become catalogs of dreams, events, and desires. River Kim bridges Amin and Schmid’s abstraction into an embodied expression of fur and latex, large enough to dress a monster. David Aipperspach illustrates the dilemma of embodiment, perception and subjectivity. Stephen Proski's oversized braille monument, and collection of playful yet darkly titled symbols, punctuates this dilemma in a gesture purposefully alienating. SHADOW WORK aims to create an environment in which the unconscious be permitted to (consciously) surface.

Exhibition On View: October 14- November 6, 2022
Opening Reception: October 14, 2022, 5-8pm 

Kathy Couch, Katherine Sanderson and Joey Trazo Schmitz: Felt Absence of a Presence: an installation gathering space celebrating Peter B. Schmitz
A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater at 33 Hawley Street

This installation is a part of Moving Through, a weekend of events honoring dance/theatre artist Peter B. Schmitz, celebrating his creativity and impact on the artistic community. Felt Absence of a Presence will be a meditative space to reflect, read, dance, sit, tell stories and be present with the space–alone or with others–in memory of Peter B. Schmitz.

Event Time(s): Friday, October 14, 12-7pm & Saturday, October 15, 2-4pm
Free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations required. 

Allie Martineau: Blooming From Secret Gardens
The Bloomery Art Gallery & Meeting Place, 17 New South Street (Main Street Entrance)

Experience the world of local artist and illustrator, Allie Martineau, in their first solo show exploring queerness, flora, and fauna through multi-media; comics, watercolor paintings, digital work, and more. Opening Reception features live music by Elvis Giordano (@juicebox.bandit).

Exhibition On View: October 14 - November 18, 2022
Opening Reception: October 14, 2022, 5-8pm

​Donabelle Casis: Tintillation: An Exploration in Color
CLICK Workspace, 9 1/2 Market Street 

Donnabelle Casis is a Filipina-American artist working in Western Massachusetts. She is fascinated by visual perception and how meaning is derived from what we see. Casis looks for hidden geometries that may connect discrete perspectives to form a greater whole. Her current works explore the relationship of personal identity to visual systems of signification in both ancient and modern cultures. Donnabelle draws from various sources, including Filipino tribal tattoos and textiles, facial recognition software, cosmology, and the philosophy of metaphysics. Filipino tribal imagery is tied to storytelling, marks of accomplishment, and societal roles. Facial recognition software maps physical characteristics which determine one’s visual identity. Her interest in the tangible universe and what transcends experience helps her understand her place in the world and beyond.

Exhibition On View: October 14, 2022 - January 6, 2022. 
Opening Reception: October 14, 2022, 6-8pm 

Kristin Borntrager: Back home in New England
Coldwell Banker Community Realtors, 518 Main Street

A mixture of watercolor, pastel, acrylic and even mixed media art pieces from local artist Kristin Borntrager. These pieces mainly show her love for all things New England – architecture, 4 seasons, and water. We hope you enjoy.

Artist Reception: October 14, 2022, 5-8pm

Jo Smith & Reclaimed Crafts: The Valley Reclaimed
Jo Smith Studio Gallery, 9 Market Street

This month Jo Smith Gallery will host Reclaimed Crafts. Come see this amazing functional art made from salvaged materials. Jen and Jo have been friends for decades and their work plays off one another as Reclaimed Crafts brings new life the objects found within the barns Jo paints. This show is fun and brilliantly explores the history and experience of our beautiful Pioneer Valley.

Opening Reception: October 14, 2022, 5:30-8:30pm 

Art with Heart
Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley Street

The Garden: A Center for Grieving Children and Teens, a program of Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice, proudly presents Art with Heart. In this unique program, local artists work with grieving kids ages 5-18 from across Western Mass to create artwork. The Garden believes in reinforcing the connection between the head, heart, and hand to help people express their feelings around grief. The artwork made in this program serves as a “container” for one’s feelings that arise.

Exhibition On View: October 6-25, 2022
Opening Reception: Refreshments and live music by Mowie Freeman on Friday 10/14 from 5-8pm!

Carolyn Hicks
Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz Street

Artist Statement: I'm inspired by the changing nature of the landscape—the play of light and shadow at different times of the day, fleeting moments that echo my own mood, shapes and colors in juxtaposition to each other, compositional challenges. Sometimes I have no idea why something inspired me but it is most often in the domain of landscape and by working on the image I discover why I was drawn to it. I'm also moved by objects or scenes that have passed their prime yet radiate a beauty impervious to the ravages of decay and aging. A dried leaf, a spalted tree in decline, a grown-in, seemingly untravelled path through fields or woods, an abandoned building, all contain and imply the mystery of the cycle of life.

Opening Reception: October 14, 2022, 5-7pm 

Neil Waldman: Where I Live II: New Work by Neil Waldman
R. Michelson Galleries, 132 Main Street

Join R. Michelson Galleries for an exhibition of new work by Neil Waldman on Friday, October 14th, from 6-8pm.

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