May 14 Tuesday
William Baczek Fine Arts, in Northampton, Massachusetts is proud to announce the opening of a group exhibition titled Masters of Realism. Ten of the most prominent realist painters from across the United States will be exhibiting work for the exhibition. Participating artists are Julie Beck, Matthew Cornell, Gregory Gillespie, Jeff Gola, Jane Lund, Rick Pas, Larry Preston, Scott Prior, Eric Wert, and Yin Yong Chun. The exhibition will be on display from Wednesday, May 1 through Saturday, June 15, 2024. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, May 4 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Reception: Friday May 10, 5-7 PM
We invite you to a special exhibit featuring a variety of pieces created by JFK Middle School 6th through 8th grade art students. Over 400 expressive works in ceramic, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and design will be showcased!
Mixed media artist Annaleah Moon Gregoire of Greenfield, Massachusetts makes sculptures that investigate and explore the boundaries between physicality, emotion, and technology.Gregoire references historical and contemporary medical and scientific documents to portray both the physical and emotional complexity that makes us human. Unpleasantly Beautiful illuminates the uncomfortable and honest pain of healing by deconstructing anatomy layer by layer, using etched glass to communicate these complex layers.In the artists own words: “By peeling back layers of flesh and bone, I am able to freely investigate the dualities of the interior and exterior as well as the grotesque and beautiful. I find beauty in looking at the remnants of transformation – what is present yet invisible, what rots over time, and what invokes a visceral reaction.”Gregoire earned a BFA in sculpture from the California College of Arts in 2021 and is currently involved with teaching art in both private and public settings. She also works as a freelance artist and runs a small apparel business featuring her illustrations.There will be an opening reception Saturday, May 4 from 2-4 pm. All are welcome.
Shelburne Falls, MA glass artist Jeremy Sinkus brings to the gallery a collection of glassworks showcasing the possibilities of the medium. Using a variety of techniques, flame working, metal fuming and deposition, cold working, welding, laminating and casting, the glass is manipulated into artworks reminiscent of geological forms in nature.Sinkus, long fascinated with the infinite geometric permutations of minerals, considers glassmaking the human expression of the geological process. Experimenting with hot glass, flame working, and later with cast glass, enables Sinkus to make more authentic mineral designs, allowing him to sculpt the glass more precisely. In his own words:“Cast glass has taught me patience and channels a version of a 100,000,000 year geological process. This body of work provided for my participation in an art form that would otherwise only be a geological event. My geological designs have reconnected me to the gem and mineral world.”The artist works in a Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts glassblowing studio, entirely powered by a waterfall on the adjacent Deerfield River. He has shown extensively in the US and abroad, and has been featured in many publications.There will be an opening reception Saturday, May 4 from 2-4pm, all are welcome.
Need a simple fix for your bike? Have a question about a more complicated bike issue? Join the Bikes For All mechanics and other cyclists for this free repair clinic at the Northampton Library. Celebrate Bike to Work Week by giving your ride some special love.
Bikes For All: https://fntrails.org/bikes-for-all/
In celebration of Preservation Month, The Landmark Trust USA is excited to bring noted scholar and vernacular architecture historian Thomas C. Hubka to Southern Vermont to speak on his seminal book on one of Northern New England’s most unique and distinct forms of architecture. The book, which received the Abbot Lowell Cummings Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum, has been in continuous publication for 40 years and has become a scholarly and popular standard for New England architecture history and cultural studies. It has been widely cited as a model for regional architectural studies combining architectural and social/historical study.
This engaging talk will highlight the four essential components of the stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders that stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life. It will feature numerous local examples as well as The Landmark Trust USA’s own Amos Brown House in Whitingham, VT.
Books will be available for purchase to be signed by the author with all proceeds supporting The Landmark Trust USA’s historic preservation work.
This program is supported in part by Vermont Humanities.
May 15 Wednesday
Going us for ongoing adult classes and season youth & teen classes at SCDT!
Check out our current offerings here:
Adult Classes: https://www.scdtnoho.com/adult-class-schedule.html
Youth Classes: https://www.scdtnoho.com/youth-class-schedule1.html
Our updated Spring season schedule will be out soon!
Explore the captivating worlds of mystery and wonder in this exhibition featuring highlights from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 illustrations by prominent artists working across genres and time periods. On display are cover art for award-winning novels and mysteries, children’s book illustrations inspired by classic tales, fantastical anthropomorphic drawings, and heart-stopping editorial images.
Exhibit Link: https://www.nrm.org/2023/12/mysteryandwonder/
March 9 Members Receptionhttps://www.nrm.org/2023/12/mysteryandwonder/RSVP https://tickets.nrm.org/