May 05 Sunday
Becky will allow you to experiment while building skill and confidence in your handling of the medium. For beginners and those with drawing experience, the session will include drawing exercises and opportunities to create artwork to take home. In a very short time span we will touch on some of the most important aspects of mastering pastels. We will begin by learning about our materials, then mark making, moving on to shadow and light, and end with a still life. Several types of paper, all pastels and necessary tools are provided. These workshops are always fun and we all learn from each other. If you have no art experience, or if you're an experienced artist who wants to learn more then this workshop is for you!
In “Recycled Art/Art Recycled” the members of the Canton Artists’ Guild imaginatively explore diverse aspects of the meaning of recycling. Some have made art from recycled materials or created art that reflects the idea of recycling. Other artists have taken a previous piece of work and transformed it into something entirely new. Come see these intriguing takes on recycling in prints, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, collages and fiber art. In upstairs galleries are two solo shows. “Mind & Nature” features drawings and paintings in which Harriet Caldwell explores the functioning of the human and animal mind. The incredibly intelligent ravens are a particular focus. Caldwell has a BFA from Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, where she taught for 18 years. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in many states. She has received multiple awards for her work, including a 2012 Fellowship from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, a 1996 Painting Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, a grant from the Puffin Foundation and a Millay Resident Fellowship. Caldwell’s work has been included in “Tu non uccidere” [Thou Shall Not Kill] published in Bologna, Italy (2008) and in Poetica Magazine, Holocaust Edition (2014). “Pandora’s Box” series, the second solo show, features abstract and whimsical sculpture of Stephen Klema. Klema describes these as an exploration of “the processes of accretion and loss—one desire to contain against the other desire to expand; the polarization of forces echoing the constant push and pull from order to chaos and back again.” His sculpture is fabricated using abutting, overlapping and interlocking stained and painted elements intricately assembled to yield a coherent and evocative work. Klema received his MFA from the Hartford Art School, and his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. He is a highly accomplished artist who has had indoor and outdoor sculpture in juried exhibits across the nation, with permanent installations in New York, Ohio, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Within our region Klema’s indoor sculptures have been shown at the Becket Arts Center, Five Points Gallery, Silvermine Galleries, the Mattatuck Museum, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Limner Gallery, Kehler Liddell Gallery, and Real Art Ways. An opening reception is on Saturday, April 20 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The public is warmly invited to attend this free reception.
The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) presents the annual Circus Springboard show, featuring America’s next generation of circus artists. Circus Springboard tours New England theaters connecting rural audiences to inspiring aerialists and acrobats through the powerful storytelling of theatrical circus.
The performers are soon-to-be graduates of NECCA’s 3-year professional training program and this show is the culmination of their study and development as performers and artists. This show is devised with a guest director and each year reflects the artistic collaboration of the director and performers. Stay tuned for this year’s show content closer to the performance date!
Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for seniors(65+), and $18 for adults, plus $1.00 preservation fees.Additional $2.00 convenience charge for tickets purchased in person or over the phone.
We close out our 2024 season with five remarkable dramatic shorts. Visually stunning, masterfully performed, and deeply affecting, these films explore a wide range of the human experience. Three of these films are Massachusetts-made, one is student-made, and all of them are not to be missed. This screening will be followed by a talkback with attending filmmakers, and includes the films (not necessarily in this order):A Momentary Stop, directed by Brittany Severance & Amelia McCarthy *Nowhere to Go, directed by Aaron Murray VazquezOrder My Steps, directed by Augusta PalmerTrauma Bond, directed by Jaina Cipriano *Will-O’-the-Wisp, directed by Emily Gelinas *
*Writer/Directors plan to attend the talkback and represent their film
May 06 Monday
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/
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.