Jazzy Arts Night Out: August 12, 2022

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. 

Plan an art- and jazz-filled evening in downtown Northampton by browsing event details below. 

Contact artsnightoutnorthampton@gmail.com with any questions.

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. ​

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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?’.

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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. 

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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!

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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.