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The Valley Arts Newsletter is an email newsletter published on Tuesdays with news about art shows and events, calls for artists and opportunities, art class announcements, and studio availabilities. The information is submitted by our readers and is focused on the visual arts in the Pioneer Valley area. See the Submissions page for details about submitting your listing.
This Week's Newsletter: September 20, 2016
The Valley Arts Newsletter
September 20, 2016
Issue #420
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Exhibits / Events:Exhibits / Events by Town / City >
- Agawam
- Amherst
- Deerfield
- Easthampton
- Florence
- Greenfield
- Hadley
- Holyoke
- Leverett
- Monson
- Northampton
- Northfield
- Shelburne
- Shelburne Falls
- Springfield
- Turners Falls
- Westfield
- Wilbraham
In This Issue:In This Issue >
- Aaron Becker
- About Face
- Alan Izatt
- All Roads Lead from Springfield
- Amaru Pareja
- Anastasia Keck
- Andy Rothschild
- Anna VA Polesany
- Anything Goes!
- Artifacts Inspire
- Artwork and Crafts
- Cathy Lawlor
- Celebrate Fiber Arts
- Charles Shaw
- Christine Labich
- Cobra: Contemporary Legacy
- Cyndy Sperry
- Dawn Nolan Lombardi
- Denise Beaudet
- Diana Mara Henry
- Easthampton Art Guild (EAG)
- Elizabeth Slade
- Eric Avery: AIDS Work
- Evelyn Pye
- Fafnir Adamites
- Florence ArtSalon
- Found Object Art
- Frank Ward
- Gary Niswonger
- Gregory Chilenski
- Hispanic/Latinex Heritage
- Holyoke Renaissance: Rising from the Ashes
- Human Animals: The Art of Cobra
- James Gehrt
- Jim Gambaro
- Jim Murphy
- Joan Davis
- Juli Kirk
- Kathy Lehndorff
- Ken, Glenn and Morgan Show
- Kerry Stone
- Kit Langdon
- Landscape Exhibition 2016
- Landscape Studies
- Leonard Nimoy
- Martha Braun
- National Parks Centennial Exhibit: A Century of Service
- Neil Brigham
- Paul Yandoli
- Portrayals: Selected Works by Chuck Close and Nafis Azad
- Print Works 2016
- Q Holmes
- Ravishing Rags
- Rebecca Muller
- Re-WAVE-ing
- Robert Strong Woodward
- Sandy Tobin
- Sheryl Jaffe
- Spot 22: Grandiose Opening
- Summer 2016
- Suzette Alsop Jones
- Tango: Contemporary Art of Argentina
- Ted Trobaugh
- The Lure of Italy
- The Sky and Earth
- The Unity of Opposites
- Whitney C. Robbins
- Words & Pictures
- Youth Artists
Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities:Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities >
- 2016 NEPR Art Mug
- 8th Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library
- Easthampton City Arts+
- Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships
- Northampton holiday pop up shop
- Paint Out in the Hilltowns
- The 4th Annual CHEAP ART SHOW
- The Burnett Gallery
Classes & Workshops:Classes & Workshops >
- Amanda's Monotype Printmaking Workshop
- Artist Workshops with Lorna Ritz
- Felted Owls with Rachel Gerowe
- Figure Drawing Fridays
- Greeting Card workshops
- Holiday Note Cards Workshop
- Introduction to the Art of Drawing
- Introduction to the Public Art Process Workshop (Easthampton)
- Introduction to the Public Art Process Workshop (Holyoke)
- Large Scale Woodcut Workshop
- More with Watercolor
- Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones
- Mosaic Tables
- Oil Painting with Debra Dunphy
- Sew With Me: Open Sew at Big Top Quilts
- Stained Glass 101 Workshop
- Table Top Treasure: A quilted table runner class
- Textural Decor: Printed Nuno Pillows with Eva Camacho
- Travel Watercolor Sketching with Deborah Rubin
- Try a wheel throwing class
- Watercolor Workshops with Walter Cudnohufsky
Studio / Artist Space Available:Studio / Artist Space Available >
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Featured Listings:
Celebrate Fiber Arts
Date: September 30 - October 2
Location Name: Memorial Hall, House of Art, Unitarian Church
Hours: Fri 5-8pm, Sat 1-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Monson
Website: www.MonsonArtsCouncil.com
This is a special show celebrating fiber artists in our region with an art exhibition plus a sales shop by the exhibiting artists. Vendors from as far away as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island include pattern makers, quilt supplies, much more! Juried Prizes in Felting, Quilting & Weaving, plus 20 Vendors, Special Exhibit of quilts by local Quilts of Valor group, Vicki Prior with Antique Button Maker from Keep Homestead Museum. No Admission Charge. Homemade Food Unitarian Church.
Contact: Maureen Solomon
Spot 22: Grandiose Opening
Date: Friday, September 23, 5-8pm
Location Name: Spot 22
Address: 22 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.facebook.com/events/690710491080536
A unique shared gallery and studio space merging "BannerQueen" the art and design of Amy Johnquest with vintage photo dealer Stacy Waldman of "House of Mirth Photos." The Holyoke Hummus food truck (hand painted by Johnquest) will be parked in front for the dinner crowd.
Contact: Amy "BannerQueen" Johnquest
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Agawam Exhibits/Events
Alan Izatt
Artist: Alan Izatt
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: The Agawam Public Library
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-9pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Address: 750 Cooper Street
City/Town: Agawam
Mr. Izatt's work consists of mostly landscapes in oil and acrylic painted from photographs. "I have a strong interest in photography, for which I find to be a great tool in capturing subject matter for ideas for paintings", states Mr. Izatt. The exhibit will also feature still life compositions, florals, animal portraits and seascapes. Mr. Izatt's artwork has been exhibited locally in area libraries and community and senior centers, most recently, the Jones Library in Amherst.
Contact: Cher Collins
Amherst Exhibits/Events
Color and Line
Artist: Ted Trobaugh
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 28, 2016
Reception Date: October 6, 5-8pm
Location Name: Amherst Town Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-close
Address: 4 Boltwood Avenue
City/Town: Amherst
Exhibit of photographs by composer Ted Trobaugh. The bold works explore both man-made and natural environments.
Contact: Ted Trobaugh
Through the Photographer's Eyes
Artist: Diana Mara Henry
Start Date: August 19, 2016
End Date: January 13, 2017
Location Name: W.E.B. Du Bois Library, UMass
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Address: 154 Hicks Road
City/Town: Amherst
Website: library.umass.edu/news/exhibits/through-the-photographers-eyes-the-diana-mara-henry-collection-20th-century-photographer/
On both the Lower Level and in Special Collections and University Archives, on Floor 25, at Du Bois Library. The exhibit features photographs taken by Henry along with an array of related materials: speeches, brochures, and her personal notes-collected over the years, which document the political and cultural scene of the second half of the 20th Century.
Contact: Danielle Kovacs
Human Animals: The Art of Cobra
Start Date: September 15, 2016
End Date: November 20, 2016
Location Name: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: Fine Arts Center, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online/
CoBrA, an interdisciplinary and trans-national European avant-garde movement named after its home cities -- Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam -- caused a revolution in modern art in just three years (1948–51) of creative activity that continues to influence artists working today. The exhibition presents the history of Cobra through paintings, sculpture, prints, and primary documents by artists such as Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Constant, and Corneille.
Contact: Eva Fierst
Portrayals: Selected Works by Chuck Close and Nafis Azad
Artists: Chuck Close, Nafis Azad
Start Date: September 14, 2016
End Date: October 14, 2016
Location Name: Herter Art Gallery
Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm
Address: UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Each artist was tasked with the challenge of choosing twenty-five portraits from each other's oeuvre. The selection process was made all the more interesting by the knowledge that Azad is presently working as a studio assistant to his older and internationally renowned mentor. Taken together, the constellation of portrait-images presented by both artists remind us why the portrait in photographic practice has always been a complex and contemplative act.
Contact: Trevor Richardson
Cobra: Contemporary Legacy
Start Date: September 15, 2016
End Date: November 20, 2016
Location Name: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: Fine Arts Center, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online/
Traces the impact and legacy of Cobra through the present day with a selection of contemporary work by artists such as Albert Oehlen (German), Jacqueline de Jong (Dutch), Tal R (Danish), Axel Heil (German), Nicole Eisenman (American), and Herbert Gentry (American). The relationship between the works in these two exhibitions will underscore the urgency of the reexamination of the Cobra movement's groundbreaking experiments and ideas and their influence on the work of contemporary artists.
Contact: Eva Fierst
About Face
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 12, 2016
End Date: September 28, 2016
Location Name: Augusta Savage Gallery
Hours: Mon-Tue 1-7pm, Wed-Fri 1-5pm
Address: 103 New Africa House, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
An eclectic mix of portraiture from a range of stylistically different artists. What they have in common are their unique skill sets and their devoted attention to faces. Featured artists include: Donald Boudreaux, Donna Cota, Colleen Kiely, Michael Lewis, Lorna Ritz, Susan Wexler.
Contact: 413-545-5177
The Weight of Air
Artist: James Gehrt
Start Date: September 11, 2016
End Date: October 6, 2016
Location Name: Hampden Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 1-6pm, Sun 2-5pm
Address: 131 Southwest Circle, UMass
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.fineartscenter.com/hampden
A cross-disciplinary, multi-media exhibition by photographer, videographer, and imaging specialist James Gehrt.
Contact: Sally Curcio
Recent Works
Artist: Anastasia Keck
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Burnett Gallery
Hours: Mon 1-5pm, Tue & Thur 9am-9pm, Wed & Sat 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4:30pm
Address: 43 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.anastasiakeck.com
Keck will be exhibiting 2D mixed media pieces that combine digital photography, printmaking, and painting. She starts with objects and moments from her past and transforms their original form through layers of projectors, Photoshop, and paint. She is interested in how any one object or moment in time has an infinite amount of possible meanings and significance and can be woven into a story or a visual field to create a variety of meanings and truths that expand and transform their original story.
Contact: Anastasia Keck
The Weight of Things
Artist: Rebecca Muller
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 1, 2016
Location Name: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 1-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.gallerya3.com
A mixed-media exploration by Rebecca Muller. Artists in Conversation, an informal discussion with the exhibiting artist, takes place on Thursday, September 15, 7:30pm. Rebecca Muller combines materials such as eroded metal, rod, wood, mesh and thread to explore the impact of force upon matter. Force, real or implied, leaves a residue: heavy, burdensome, loaded or biased, potent and powerful. In this exhibit, small and large constructions tread lightly in the space.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Portrait and Landscape Drawings
Artist: Gregory Chilenski
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Amherst Chamber of Commerce Art Gallery
Hours: M-F 9am-4pm
Address: 28 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Gregory Chilenski, a landscape and portrait painter of 20 years, has been looking at people as a therapist for over 30 years, so it is timely for him to now to concentrate on portraiture, showing peoples' inner selves through looking and listening at the same time. He states: "Color gets me free of words. Standing at the easel, in front of a sitter or a landscape, with oil crayons sometimes as big as a flashlight, I make light happen through how colors ignite each other."
Contact: Kim Alli
RETURN: Illustrations by Aaron Becker
Artist: Aaron Becker
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 1, 2016
Location Name: Hope & Feathers Framing and Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 10-6, Thur 10-8, Sat 10-4
Address: 319 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.hopeandfeathersframing.com
RETURN to the world of JOURNEY, with an exhibit celebrating the artwork behind the award-winning wordless picture book trilogy by local author and illustrator, Aaron Becker. RETURN just debuted at #1 on the NYT Best Seller list. The show will include original artwork, sketches, and giclée prints from the series.
Contact: Bronwen Hodgkinson
Block Prints
Artist: Neil Brigham
Start Date: August 4, 2016
End Date: October 27, 2016
Location Name: Jewish Community of Amherst
Address: Tue-Thur 10am-4pm, Fri & Sun 10am-2pm
Address: 742 Main Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.neilbrigham.com
Illustrator and Printmaker, Neil Brigham, presents, Block Prints, a selection of his linocut block prints. After earning a Masters of Art in Illustration from Syracuse University, Neil has divided his art-making time between freelance illustration projects and printmaking. He is faculty and a member of Zea Mays Printmaking Studio in Florence. Neil's block prints can be found in the collection of the Boston Athenaeum.
Contact: Neil Brigham
Artifacts Inspire
Artists: Fiber Artists of Western Massachusetts
Start Date: April 29, 2016
End Date: September 25, 2016
Location Name: Amherst Historical Society
Hours: Fri-Sun 12-4pm
Address: 67 Amity Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.amhersthistory.org
In May the Amherst Historical Society & Museum invited the nine member Fiber Artists of Western MA to tour the collection and create pieces that reflected their curiosity about and fascination with the museum's historic artifacts. We are pleased to present Artifacts Inspire, an exhibition of the works created by Nina Compagnon, Sally Dillon, Rebecca Fricke, Martha May, Martha G. Robinson, Flo Rosenstock, Debby Slavitt, Margaret Stancer, and Nancy Young. Support was provided Peoples Bank.
Contact: Marianne Curling
Deerfield Exhibits/Events
Artist: Fafnir Adamites
Start Date: September 18, 2016
End Date: October 29, 2016
Location Name: Deerfield Academy, von Auersperg Art Gallery
Hours: M-F 8:30am-4pm
Address: Deerfield Academy
City/Town: Deerfield
Website: www.deerfield.edu/arts/facilities-and-equipment/von-auersperg-art-gallery/
Exhibit featuring large-scale paper sculptures by Turners Falls artist Fafnir Adamites.
Contact: Fafnir Adamites
Farmers' Castles
Artist: Robert Strong Woodward
Start Date: September 3, 2016
End Date: October 30, 2016
Location Name: Memorial Hall Museum, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-4:30pm
Address: 8 Memorial Street
City/Town: Deerfield
"New England barns are another of Mr. Woodward's loves," observed a reviewer in 1928. "He does them time and time again, from different angles and in different lights… Sometime he hopes to have a show of nothing but barns, if only he can collect enough pictures."
Easthampton Exhibits/Events
Spot 22: Grandiose Opening
Date: Friday, September 23, 5-8pm
Location Name: Spot 22
Address: 22 Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.facebook.com/events/690710491080536
A unique shared gallery and studio space merging "BannerQueen" the art and design of Amy Johnquest with vintage photo dealer Stacy Waldman of "House of Mirth Photos." The Holyoke Hummus food truck (hand painted by Johnquest) will be parked in front for the dinner crowd.
Contact: Amy "BannerQueen" Johnquest
Artists: Esther S White, Jamie Williams
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 27, 2016
Location Name: ECA+ Gallery, Old Town Hall
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.org
"Unbound" presents the fiber-based creations of White and Williams side-by-side. White transforms blank lengths of fabric into tangibly complex textile works. Williams creates embroidered hooped canvases using a highly-focused and deliberate process, simultaneously reflecting on themes of anxiety and uncertainty.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Birds at Arcadia
Artist: Suzette Alsop Jones
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary
Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-4pm, Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-1pm
Address: 127 Combs Road
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.massaudubon.org/arcadia
This exhibit by Suzette Alsop Jones is free for all. Her website is: www.suzettealsopjones.com. Please go to her website to see many very beautiful paintings. "For me, painting is about trying to capture the energy of living things, whether it's the movement in afternoon clouds coming up over mountains, the miraculous opening of a lily bud or the way a bird angles its wings to ride the wind. That underlying flow of energy is what I feel and look for when I lay out a composition."
Contact: Ed Kaler
Youth Artists
Artists: Youth Artists
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Emily Williston Memorial Library
Hours: Mon 10am-8pm, Tue-Wed 9am-8pm, Thur-Sat 9am-1pm
Address: 9 Park Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.ewmlibrary.org
This summer's group of highly creative artists took part in weekly "art exercises" involving: bleeding tissue paper (like watercolor), and beautifying the boxes in the book sale area. Their exercises culminated in canvases which are display. The artists of these masterpieces range in age from 4 years to 13 years old. None of them have had any formal art training.
Contact: Nora Blake
Moods & Circumstances
Artist: Juli Kirk
Start Date: September 10, 2016
End Date: October 1, 2016
Location Name: The Elusie Gallery
Hours: See website
Address: 43 Main Street @ Old Town Hall
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.BigRedFrame.com
Juli Kirk is a classically-trained artist who prefers to work from her imagination. The results are both Impressionistic and Expressionistic—the former where the play of changing light on realistic shapes and visible brush strokes stimulate the viewer's imagination and the latter where moods and feelings are evoked. Mostly known for depictions of horses, hounds and other hunting related scenes, Juli Kirk's other source of inspiration is the more intimate settings of domestic scenes.
Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche
Basho's Pond: Lotus, Frogs and the spirit of transformation
Artist: Sheryl Jaffe
Start Date: September 4, 2016
End Date: October 22, 2016
Location Name: MILL 180 PARK
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 180 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.mill180park.com
Basho's haiku inspires this colorful, provocative art installation. Out of the serene summer twilight of the old pond comes the kerplunk of the frog's splash. We can be transformed by this kerplunk. These handmade paperworks are all made of plant fibers transformed, they continue to absorb the moisture in the air, ambient light and the mood of the viewer. Please come and experience these woodcuts, monotypes, sculptural forms, pulp paintings, ink drawings and Sheryl Jaffe's textural paperworks.
Contact: Sheryl Jaffe
Women of Mali
Artist: Joan Davis
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Reception Date: Sunday, September 25, 3:30pm
Location Name: Lathrop Community Art Gallery
Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Address: 100 Bassett Brook Drive
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: lathrop.kendal.org
A friend and I took an extraordinary trip to Mali in the winter of 2010. We were captivated by the women we met -- by their indefatigable industry, their wonderfully colorful dress and their unfailingly cheerful welcome of strangers. Using photographs taken on this trip, I have tried to capture this amazing African spirit, present not only in Mali but in other African venues we have visited.
Contact: Deborah Peavey
The Joys of Summer
Artists: Easthampton Art Guild (EAG)
Start Date: August 2, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Easthampton City Hall
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Address: 50 Payson Avenue
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.com
Enjoy the images of "The Joys of Summer" in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel and mixed media painted by the members of the EAG. Participating EAG members are Elizabeth Chase, Terry Faivre, Eleanor Herman, Debra Hughes, Nancy Nickerson, Lois, Peirent, Nancy Perry, Joanne O'Leary, Marjorie Tauer and Betty Schaffer.
Contact: Elizabeth Chase
Florence Exhibits/Events
Florence ArtSalon
Artists: David Brewster, Jake Meginsky, Jennifer Polins, Joe Smith, Judith Bowerman, Tommy Elder
Date: Thursday, September 22, 6:30pm
Location Name: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.theartsalon.com
A dynamic social evening of engaging presentations by established and emerging artists in the Pioneer Valley. The ArtSalon provides an opportunity for artists and designers of all mediums to present their work and ideas in a format called Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) of 20 slides x 20 seconds each. This program is supported in part by an Arts Angels Grant from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts and Fierst, Kane and Bloomberg.
Contact: Fafnir Adamites
Greenfield Exhibits/Events
Live and Die in Dixie
Artist: Charles Shaw
Start Date: September 26, 2016
End Date: October 21, 2016
Reception Date: September 30, 5-7pm
Location Name: Artspace Greenfield
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-2:30pm & 4-6pm
Address: 15 Mill Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: www.artspacegreenfield.com
Brand new works which will make you think!
Contact: email@example.com
Andy's Assemblages
Artist: Andy Rothschild
Start Date: July 2016
End Date: September 23, 2016
Reception Date: September 23, 5-7pm
Location Name: Greenfield Community College Down Town Center
Address: 270 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: gcc.mass.edu
What I create at any one time is governed by my interest and what materials I have on hand. I continue to appreciate that my friends bring me rusty, discarded metal, broken household items, and other stuff that they want to rid themselves of. Sales from this show will benefit the GCC Foundation and the Wally and Juanita Nelson Scholarship Fund.
Contact: Diana Roberts
Deerfield, February 1704: Contact, Conflict, & Combat
Artist: Jim Murphy
Start Date: August 30, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: The Greenfield Gallery
Address: 231 Main Street
City/Town: Greenfield
Website: www.facebook.com/events/1742970569278329/
A fresh look at the historic events that took place in Deerfield, Massachusetts in February of 1704. Additional events related to the show are being planned throughout the month; please check back for details.
Contact: Rachael or Kate
Hadley Exhibits/Events
The Sky and Earth
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 28, 2016
Location Name: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm
Address: 300 Westgate Center Drive
City/Town: Hadley
For this exhibition, four artists, Janet Walerstein Winston, Rochelle Shicoff, Julie Lapping Rivera, and Larry Rankin have each expressed a relationship to nature in their own chosen art form: printmaking, painting, mixed media, and photography.
Contact: Larry Rankin
Holyoke Exhibits/Events
Holyoke Renaissance: Rising from the Ashes
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 10, 2016
End Date: October 29, 2016
Location Name: Wistariahurst
Hours: Tue-Thur 10am-2pm, Sat 12-4pm
Address: 238 Cabot Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: www.Wistariahurst.org
Three area artists will showcase architecture as art when they present their work in a joint exhibition celebrating the renaissance of the City of Holyoke. The exhibit by artists Debra Dunphy, Nancy Howard, and Kristine Villeneuve-Topor, will feature various views of the old industrial city of Holyoke and its architectural designs.
Contact: Kate Preissler
HeyLook HoLyoke
Artist: Frank Ward
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: The Taber Art Gallery
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-5pm
Address: Holyoke Community College
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: thetaberartgallery.blogspot.com
46 Years of Photographing Holyoke.
Contact: 413-552-2614
Leverett Exhibits/Events
Surface: Texture & Transparency
Artist: Martha Braun
Start Date: October 1, 2016
End Date: October 31, 2016
Reception Date: October 9, 4-6pm
Location Name: The Barnes Gallery at Leverett Crafts and Arts
Hours: Fri-Sun 1-5pm
Address: 13 Montague Road
City/Town: Leverett
Website: www.barnesgallery.org
Abstract paintings that explore the beauty and meaning of surface quality, color, and materials.
Contact: 413-992-5554
Monson Exhibits/Events
Celebrate Fiber Arts
Date: September 30 - October 2
Location Name: Memorial Hall, House of Art, Unitarian Church
Hours: Fri 5-8pm, Sat 1-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Monson
Website: www.MonsonArtsCouncil.com
This is a special show celebrating fiber artists in our region with an art exhibition plus a sales shop by the exhibiting artists. Vendors from as far away as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island include pattern makers, quilt supplies, much more! Juried Prizes in Felting, Quilting & Weaving, plus 20 Vendors, Special Exhibit of quilts by local Quilts of Valor group, Vicki Prior with Antique Button Maker from Keep Homestead Museum. No Admission Charge. Homemade Food Unitarian Church.
Contact: Maureen Solomon
Northampton Exhibits/Events
Print Works 2016
Date: Sunday, October 2, 10am-6pm
Location Name: A.P.E Gallery and behind Thornes Marketplace
Address: downtown
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.northamptonprintandbookfair.com/printworks
A daylong festival celebrating the art of prints, books, and zines. Featuring prints and publications for sale, live printmaking demonstrations, and the opportunity to talk with artists and printmakers. Northampton Print & Book Fair: at the A.P.E. Gallery at 126 Main Street, 12-6pm. BIG INK: in the municipal parking lot behind Thornes Marketplace, 10am-5pm. Print Fair North: under the big tent in the plaza between Thornes Marketplace and the parking garage, 10am-5pm.
Contact: Esther S White
The Unity of Opposites
Artists: group show
Start Date: October 1, 2016
End Date: October 30, 2016
Reception Date: Friday, October 14, 5-8pm
Location Name: A.P.E Gallery
Address: 126 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com
A collaborative exhibition of hand pulled prints. Remember playing the game Telephone when you were young? One person whispers a statement to the person next to them, then that person whispers it to their neighbor and on and on around the circle with the last person speaking the now radically changed statement aloud. Our exhibition is a visual riff on this childhood game, exposing real world issues about communication and interpretation in our contemporary culture.
Contact: Liz Chalfin
Landscape Exhibition 2016
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 7, 2016
End Date: October 8, 2016
Location Name: William Baczek Fine Arts
Address: 36 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.wbfinearts.com
Stanley Bielen, Marc Civitarese, Jeff Gola, Andrew Haines, Mallory Lake, Rick Pas, Scott Prior, Robert Sweeney, Jamie Young
Contact: 413-587-9880
The Lure of Italy: Travel books and manuscripts from the Gundersheimer Collection
Start Date: August 20, 2016
End Date: December 20, 2016
Reception Date: Thursday, October 6, 4:30pm
Location Name: Book Arts Gallery
Hours: Sun-Sat, 10am-10pm
Address: Neilson Library, Smith College
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.smith.edu/libraries/info/news/lure-of-italy
Features 50 books & manuscripts about travel to Italy from the 18th-20th century, given to Smith College in 2014 by Werner L. Gundersheimer, director emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Features illustrations by a number of different artists from the 18th through the 20th century, all focused on travel to Italy. Dr. Gundersheimer will present an illustrated talk, "Italia Mia: How English and American Travelers Made Italy Their Own," on October 6 at 4:30pm, followed by a reception.
Contact: Barbara Blumenthal
Artists: John Landino, Mike Tillyer, Ben Westbrock
Start Date: September 9, 2016
End Date: September 23, 2016
Location Name: Anchor House of Artists Front Gallery
Hours: Tue-Thur & Sat 1-6pm
Address: 518 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.facebook.com/anchorhouseartists
Contact: Mike Tillyer
Utopia to Paradise?
Artist: Anna VA Polesany
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: October 7, 2016
Location Name: Historic Northampton
Hours: Wed-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-5
Address: 46 Bridge Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.historicnorthampton.org
Anna VA Polesny blends the old with the new by exploring a variety of leathers and leather working techniques and miniature locally-found objects and decorative materials. Art garments and wall hangings tell the continuing story of Northampton influenced by geography and history.
Contact: Stan Sherer
Chalk Pastels
Artist: Elizabeth Slade
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org
Northampton artist Elizabeth Slade creates landscapes and seascapes in chalk pastels, inspired by time spent in Martha's Vineyard and living here in the Valley.
Contact: Faith Kaufmann
Artist: Paul Yandoli
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org
Paul Yandoli earned his Bachelors degree from Rutgers University, and studied fine art and commercial photography at the Art Institute of Boston (now a part of Lesley College in Cambridge). He has been photographing now for more than 35 years. He worked in advertising photography for seven years in Boston. Since moving to the Pioneer Valley in 1991, he has earned his living in Human Services. Following that change, however, he has remained active photographing and exhibiting his personal work.
Contact: Faith Kaufmann
Camera Obscura
Artist: Amaru Pareja
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library
Address: 20 West Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.forbeslibrary.org
Both the camera obscura and the city of Rome have a wonderfully rich and ancient history. Their earliest histories date back over two thousand years and within a few hundred years of one another. In August of 2015, I photographed the most iconic buildings of Rome (and Florence) with a custom built camera obscura tent. The camera obscura technique is one that projects images of the outside world into a darkened room - in this case a portable tent.
Contact: Faith Kaufmann
Unseen, 50 Never Before Exhibited Photographs
Artist: Leonard Nimoy
Start Date: September 5, 2016
End Date: October 25, 2016
Location Name: R. Michelson Galleries
Hours: M-W 10-6, Th-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
Address: 132 Main Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.RMichelson.com
In Leonard Nimoy's honor, and in conjunction with the many 50th anniversary celebrations of Star Trek, we have decided to display 50 previously printed and signed, but never before exhibited, photographs.
Contact: Elana Chernick-Kritz
Soft Focus: Recent Photography
Artist: Jim Gambaro
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, North Gallery
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.jimgambarophotography.com
The artist has been doing photography for as long as he can remember. Through various career changes, including a stint as a press photographer, photography remained a wet, smelly tedious black and white darkroom adventure. Then along came digital photography. The works in this collection reflect the love he has for the photographic image, whether realistic or abstract.
Contact: Jim Gambaro
Portraits and Places
Artist: Kit Langdon
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, West Gallery
Hours: 8am-8pm
Address: 30 Locust Street
City/Town: Northampton
The exhibit is a collection of pastel paintings. The show is a cross section of work created in California, New Mexico and Northampton. The portraits are of children here in Northampton. The landscapes and buildings are mainly from the other places the artist has experienced. The artist attended the College of the Redwoods and the College of the Arts and Crafts, both in California.
Contact: Kit Langdon
Begging the Question
Artist: Gary Niswonger
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 25, 2016
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org
Gary Niswonger's new paintings, oil on panel are explorations of color, mark and imagined form. The exhibition's title, "Begging the Question,"leaves any conclusion open.
Contact: 413-586-6300
Backyard: Real and Imagined
Artist: Cyndy Sperry
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 25, 2016
Location Name: Oxbow Gallery, Back Room
Hours: Thur-Sun 12-5pm
Address: 275 Pleasant Street
City/Town: Northampton
Website: www.oxbowgallery.org
Cyndy Sperry will present new works in charcoal, oil, collage, and wax as she merges life as an artist looking at nature with recent observations of her 84 year old mother, Diantha Sperry, who currently claims that she is "forgetting everything."
Contact: 413-586-6300
Eric Avery: AIDS Work
Start Date: August 12, 2016
End Date: December 11, 2016
Location Name: Smith College Museum of Art
Address: 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
City/Town: Northampton
Includes more than 30 prints and books by Dr. Eric Avery acquired by Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) and the Mortimer Rare Book Room in 2014. This group represents a cohesive and important body of work that documents three decades in the life of the major public health crisis of AIDS (Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome). As an artist, physician, and gay man, Avery was at the center of the crisis both personally and professionally.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Paintings from the Gallery
Artist: Dawn Nolan Lombardi
Start Date: August 1, 2016
End Date: October 31, 2016
Location Name: 22 Atwood Drive, 2nd floor waiting area
Hours: 8am-5pm
Address: 22 Atwood Drive
City/Town: Northampton
The artist prefers working live (en plein air) and enjoys capturing main events onto her canvas. She is highly decorated having won many awards. Dawn has designed the Governor of CT's Holiday cards and ornaments as well as holiday painting for The White House. Her exhibit will feature local scenes along with surrounding gardens.
Contact: Dawn Nolan Lombardi
Northfield Exhibits/Events
Artist: Whitney C. Robbins
Start Date: September 16, 2016
End Date: October 15, 2016
Location Name: The Rhodes Arts Center Gallery, The Northfields Mount Hermon School
Hours: weekdays 10-7, weekends 11-5
Address: One Lamplighter Way
City/Town: Northfield
Website: www.nmhschool.org
akin: There is an energy, a wisdom, and a sense of wonder gained in our often silent and soulful connections with other living beings. We are fundamentally related. Whether I am watching my puppy leap in the long grass, tending my pumpkin patch, picking blackberries, or watching a bear amble along the tree line, the beauty and mystery I feel arrest me in time and space. Capturing this reverence in my art work is humbling. I am a life-long artist.
Contact: Whitney C. Robbins
Shelburne Exhibits/Events
Ken, Glenn and Morgan Show
Artists: group show
Start Date: June 1, 2016
End Date: October 31, 2016
Location Name: Little Big House Gallery
Hours: by appt
Address: 323 Patten Road
City/Town: Shelburne
Ken Ridler was a primitive painter who inspired his son Glenn to paint. Glenn has an MFA in painting and has made art his life's work. Glenn put a pencil in his daughter Morgan's hand when she was two years old. This show is a collection of paintings by all three creative members of the Ridler family.
Contact: 413-625-6697
Shelburne Falls Exhibits/Events
Anything Goes!
Artists: group show
Start Date: August 31, 2016
End Date: September 26, 2016
Location Name: Shelburne Arts Cooperative
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-5pm, Fri-Sat 11am-8pm
Address: 26 Bridge Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.ShelburneArtsCoop.com
A group show by artists at the Shelburne Arts Cooperative.
Contact: 413-625-9324
Flower Power
Artist: Kerry Stone
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 30, 2016
Reception Date: Sunday, October 2, 4-6pm
Location Name: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-5pm, Thur-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.SalmonFallsGallery.com
The exuberant color and brush strokes of Warwick painter Kerry Stone bring the garden right onto the walls of Salmon Falls Gallery this September and October. Her exhibit is titled "Flower Power" and Kerry really brings it! Her paintings can be quite large, inviting you to metaphorically step right into the scene. As the artist states, "Flowers add tremendous beauty, color, fascination and grace to our everyday lives."
Contact: Donna Gates
Birds & Circles
Artist: Q Holmes
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: October 30, 2016
Reception Date: Saturday, September 24, 4-6pm
Location Name: Salmon Falls Gallery
Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-5pm, Thur-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Address: 1 Ashfield Street
City/Town: Shelburne Falls
Website: www.SalmonFallsGallery.com
Paintings by Ashfield artist Q Holmes. Reception September 24, 4-6pm, Artist's talk entitled: "Hamburger vs. Dumpling" at 4pm. Music by Philipe and Peter, playing from the Great American Songbook.
Contact: Donna Gates
Springfield Exhibits/Events
Words & Pictures
Artists: Richard Cowles, erin seibert cowles
Start Date: August 28, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Art Gallery, Western New England University
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
Address: St. Germain Campus Ctr, 1215 Wilbraham Road
City/Town: Springfield
Photographic prints by Richard Cowles paired with poetry composed by erin seibert cowles.
Contact: Richard Cowles
All Roads Lead from Springfield
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 6, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Valley Photo Center
Address: Tower Square, 1500 Main Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: sps.photoclubservices.com
Twenty members of the Springfield Photographic Society will exhibit approximately 80 photographs, most of which are for sale.
Contact: Amy S. Dane
Tango: Contemporary Art of Argentina
Artists: group show
Start Date: July 26, 2016
End Date: September 25, 2016
Location Name: Art for the Soul Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12-3pm
Address: Tower Square, 1500 Main Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.art4thesoul.org
Join us as we celebrate Tango: Contemporary Art of Argentina.
Contact: 413-301-6314
National Parks Centennial Exhibit: A Century of Service
Start Date: May 26, 2016
End Date: January 31, 2017
Location Name: Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Hours: Wed-Sun 9am-5pm
Address: One Armory Square
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.nps.gov/spar
This exhibit, dedicated to the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service, will highlight the compelling connection Springfield Armory has with other NPS sites through the history of firearms and the park's unique museum collection. During the nine month run of the centennial exhibit, Springfield Armory NHS curator Alex Mackenzie will display artifacts never before seen by the public.
Contact: Joanne M. Gangi-Wellman
Turners Falls Exhibits/Events
Ravishing Rags
Start Date: September 15, 2016
End Date: October 2, 2016
Location Name: Nina's Nook
Hours: Thur-Sat 12-5pm
Address: 125A Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Inspired by the expansion of the Lost and Found Fashion Show, which is holding a larger event at the Shea Theater this year on September 24, a carefully curated selection of vintage fashions will be available at Nina's Nook, including shoes, boots, hats, scarves, and jewelry. The Nook will be also open during and after the Lost and Found Fashion Show on September 24 which runs from 5 to 10pm, and at various surprise additional hours, check the Facebook page.
Contact: 413-834-8800
Quiet Waters
Artist: Cathy Lawlor
Start Date: September 3, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: Great Falls Discovery Center
Hours: 7days, 10am-6pm
Address: 2 Avenue A
City/Town: Turners Falls
Website: cathylawlorphotography.zenfolio.com
Cathy Lawlor of Amherst has been focusing on the natural beauty of Lake Wyola for over 10 years. She paddles in her kayak gaining a different perspective of the sights, sounds, and landscape around us. The heart of her work on "Wyola' a Native American word meaning "Quiet Waters" captures the birds, marshes, lily pads, early mornings and sunsets as well as the change of the seasons.
Contact: Cathy Lawlor
cathylawlor@ comcast.net
Westfield Exhibits/Events
Artwork and Crafts
Artists: group show
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2016
Location Name: Jasper Rand Art Museum
Hours: Mon-Thur 8:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat 8:30am-5pm
Address: The Westfield Athenaeum
City/Town: Westfield
Website: www.westath.org
Artwork and crafts done by the library staff. The exhibit includes paintings, decorative arts, theorem paintings, Nantucket baskets, knitting, scrapbooking and quilting.
Hispanic/Latinex Heritage
Artists: Carlos Alvarez, Lyle Kleinhans
Start Date: September 7, 2016
End Date: October 22, 2016
Reception Date: September 21, 4:30-6:30pm
Location Name: Arno Maris Gallery
Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, Sat 11am-3pm
Address: Ely Campus Center, Westfield State University
City/Town: Westfield
Website: www.westfield.ma.edu/galleries
Featuring "Protecting the Wounds" the mixed media prints and paintings of Carlos Alvarez, and Faces of Perplexion oil paintings by Lyle Kleinhans.
Wilbraham Exhibits/Events
Kathy Lehndorff, Artmaker (1947-2015)
Artist: Kathy Lehndorff
Start Date: September 1, 2016
End Date: September 29, 2016
Location Name: The Brooks Room, Wilbraham Public Library
Hours: Mon-Wed 9am-8pm, Thur-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-2pm
Address: 25 Crane Park Drive
City/Town: Wilbraham
Website: www.wilbrahamlibrary.org
Selected mixed-media work by the late artist Kathy Lehndorff of Hampden and Holyoke will be on display the month of September. Kathy passed away in October from Huntington's Disease. She was an active member of the Valley art community.
Contact: Peter Lehndorff
Calls to Artists / Artist Opportunities
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships
Sponsoring Group Name: The Massachusetts Cultural Council
Submission Due Date: October 3
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Statewide
Website: www.massculturalcouncil.org/applications/fellows_guidelines.asp
The Massachusetts Cultural Council is currently accepting Artist Fellowship applications for Crafts, Dramatic Writing, and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres, Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants for Massachusetts artists in recognition of artistic excellence. Fellowship awards are currently $12,000. Finalist awards are $1,000. Read the guidelines on website to learn more. Questions, contact Kelly Bennett.
Contact: Kelly Bennett
Northampton holiday pop up shop
Sponsoring Group Name: Making it ...local
Submission Due Date: October 15
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Northampton
This is an exceptional opportunity for local makers, artists, artisans. The shop is located in the center of Northampton inside a bustling marketplace. Publicity, marketing & support all provided. The shop will be open from early November through early January. This is truly a remarkable opportunity. This will be a juried & curated shop featuring limited artists in each medium, so get in touch soon.
Contact: David
2016 NEPR Art Mug
Sponsoring Group Name: New England Public Radio
Submission Due Date: September 20
Submission Fees: free
City/Town: Springfield
Website: www.nepr.net/artmug/
New England Public Radio is seeking submissions from local artists for our 11th Annual Art Mug! We're looking for a unique design created exclusively for New England Public Radio that reflects your interpretation or appreciation of the station, our programming, or even our home in western New England. Just think, many of the 160,000+ weekly listeners may be drinking coffee from your design while listening to Morning Edition each morning.
Contact: Burns Maxey
Paint Out in the Hilltowns
Sponsoring Group Name: The Trustees
Submission Due Date: October 1
Submission Fees: $5 Trustees Members, $10 Nonmembers
City/Town: Cummington
Website: www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/pioneer-valley/event-28657.html
Plein air painters are invited to paint the scenic landscapes of the hilltowns at 3 of The Trustees' hilltown properties: The William Cullen Bryant Homestead (Cummington), Notchview (Windsor), and The Chesterfield Gorge (Chesterfield). All work produced by registered participants of the paint out will be on display in an evening art show at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead for all to come and see. Paint Out is 1-3:30pm. Evening art show opens at 6pm.
Contact: Andrea Caluori
The 4th Annual CHEAP ART SHOW
Sponsoring Group Name: Creative Community Connections (C3) of Deerfield
Submission Due Date: October 15
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: South Deerfield
A one-day show that celebrates financial accessibility to art. Feel free to bring originals, or you could bring small works, seconds, mistakes, copies, or work that has been hanging around your studio forever and you would like to move out. We always get a great turn out and the art sells fast. Sunday, November 6, 2-5pm, at the Polish American Club, South Deerfield. Music and Refreshments, Cash Bar. All art priced $15 and under. Artists: please email for details and to sign up. No fee. Space is limited.
Contact: Erika Higgins Ross
8th Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library
Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due Date: October 29
Submission Fees: $25 per entry before October 15; $30 after
City/Town: Agawam
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends
Five Categories: Acrylics, Oils, Watercolors, Pastels, Other Media (pencil drawing, charcoals, pen and inks, block prints, collage, encaustics). Show Dates: November 1-25, 2016. Awards: Total $1,250 – Best in Show ($250) and 1st ($100), 2nd ($60), 3rd ($40) in each Category plus Honorable Mentions for a total of 26 awards. The Art Show is to benefit the Agawam Public Library and to help recognize and encourage artists. Download Prospectus / Entry form on website.
Contact: Bob Kadis
The Burnett Gallery
Sponsoring Group Name: The Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library
Submission Due Date: October 15
Submission Fees: none
City/Town: Amherst
Website: www.joneslibrary.org/205/Application-to-Exhibit
The Burnett Gallery monthly exhibits display the work of community artists and crafts people, who exhibit a variety of media, styles, and viewpoints, and levels of artistic experience. Burnett Gallery openings are a stop on Amherst's First Thursday Art Walk. An application to exhibit in the Burnett Gallery is available on the Jones Library website and may be submitted by individuals or groups from Amherst and surrounding towns.
Contact: Arthur Mange
Easthampton City Arts+
Sponsoring Group Name: Easthampton City Arts+
Submission Due Date: ongoing
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.easthamptoncityarts.org
Join Easthampton's largest network of creative people. Stay connected and enjoy ECA+ creative opportunities! ECA+ welcomes members who live or work in Southampton, Westhampton and Easthampton. Members including visual artists, craftspeople, dancers, writers, performers, musicians etc. and creative businesses & organizations are invited to apply via the ECA+ website. Visit the easthamptoncityarts.com/apply for further information.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Classes & Workshops
Introduction to the Art of Drawing
Date & Time: Mondays, 9:30am-12pm, September 30 - November 4
Fee: $345
Organization: Barbara Johnson Studio
Class Location: Cottage Street Studios
Address: One Cottage Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.BarbaraJohnsonWorkshops.com
Explore the basic language and principles of drawing- the foundation of art explorations. Experience a series of exercises and materials designed to build the perceptual skills used in the "art of seeing". Gain confidence with graphite and charcoal pencils and become familiar with the different surfaces available in paper, and their effects. Examples from the history of drawing show the possibilities inherent in each of the exercises explored.
Contact: Barbara Johnson
Watercolor Workshops with Walter Cudnohufsky
Date & Time: Monthly from October 2016 to June 2017
Fee: $110 with discounts for multiple classes, seniors.
Class Location: Belding Memorial Library
Address: Main Street
City/Town: Ashfield
Website: www.cudnohufsky.com
Eleventh year! Full day (9am-5:30pm) Saturday or Sunday watercolor workshops. All skill levels welcome! All materials provided! Different subjects each class. Take one class or several. Pre-registration required. For details: email@example.com, 413 628 4600 ext. #11; www.cudnohufsky.com; facebook.com/Cudnohufsky-Watercolors-303525633011766
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Try a wheel throwing class
Date & Time: Thursdays, 6-8pm, ongoing
Fee: $35
Class Location: CyclePottery
Address: 225 Nonotuck Street, Unit A
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.cyclepottery.com
Studio potters, Andrew Quient, Raya Khedker and Kathryn Roszko will offer a chance for teens and adults to try out a wheel throwing class, Thursdays, 6-8pm for $35.
Contact: Kathryn Roszko
Sew With Me: Open Sew at Big Top Quilts
Date & Time: Friday, September 30, 6-10pm; Sunday, October 23, 9am-1pm; Friday, November 4, 6-10pm; Sunday, December 18, 9am-1pm
Fee: $10/person
Class Location: Big Top Quilts
Address: 62 Briggs Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.bigtopquilts.com
One of the many things people enjoy about classes is the social aspect and enthusiastic support of sewing together. Here's your opportunity to come Sewcialize at the Big Top Quilts in our Open Sew! This is not a class, but a true social sewing or stitching lounge, where you'll socialize and learn from each other rather than from an instructor. Bring your machine, your basic sewing supplies and your project of choice! The studio provides irons & iron boards, design wall space and assorted snacks.
Contact: Audrey Hyvonen
Table Top Treasure: A quilted table runner class
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 28, 9am-12:30pm
Fee: $50
Class Location: Big Top Quilts
Address: 62 Briggs Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.bigtopquilts.com
Protect your table and provide a sweet runner for serving or seasonal décor. In this class, we'll introduce the "Learning Curve Ruler" and create a table topper out of solid or printed cotton fabrics. We'll cover the basic concepts, measuring, safe cutting, ruler application and pattern construction. Plan to bring your working sewing machine, basic sewing supplies and materials from the list that will be emailed to you once registered.
Contact: Audrey Hyvonen
Stained Glass 101 Workshop
Date & Time: September 25, 12-4pm
Fee: $100
Class Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: 19 Chapin Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com
Create a beautiful sun catcher, a small panel, or a few ornaments to grace your home or give as gifts. In this class we will cover all of the skills and techniques to build a unique piece of stained glass art. All glass and supplies are included in the tuition as is the use of all tools. Other dates for the same class: Sunday, October 16, 12-4pm, and Sunday, November 6, 12-4pm.
Contact: Heather McLean
Textural Decor: Printed Nuno Pillows with Eva Camacho
Date & Time: November 19-20, 8:30am-4:30pm
Fee: $150-$275 plus materials
Class Location: New England Felting Supply
Address: 122 Pleasant Street, Ste 104
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.feltingsupply.com/product/printed-nuno-pillows/
In this two day workshop students will learn how to create a elegant felted pillow cover (16×16) while applying different textural and printing techniques. During the first day, students will learn how to design the surface of the silk with paints and inks by printing, stamping, rubbing and stenciling. Students will then be able to make a small sample at the end of the day to learn how to place all the layers to create the textural surface design.
Contact: Trish Cataldo
Date & Time: 10am-3pm, Saturday, October 23
Fee: Suggested donation $50-$90
Organization: Khandroling Paper Cooperative
Class Location: Tsegyalgar East Yellow schoolhouse
Address: 18 Schoolhouse Road
City/Town: Conway
Website: khandrolingpapers.blogspot.com/2016/08/korean-american-artist-kichung-lizee-to.html
Eastern calligraphy is a type of meditation and also a discipline in centering--starting from the correct postural alignment of the spine, to preparing calligraphic ink, holding the brush correctly as an extension of the arm, and executing the brush stroke in oneness. Learn how to sense your internal energy through Qi-Gong and Tai Chi exercises and apply this awareness to free-flowing calligraphic art. Big Brush will be a continuation of our One Stroke class only on a large scale.
Contact: Jacqueline Gens
Greeting Card workshops
Date & Time: Thursday evenings: Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8, 5:45-7:45pm
Class Location: Westfield Athenaeum
Address: 6 Elm Street
City/Town: Westfield
Website: www.westath.org
All materials and instruction are provided and all skill levels are welcome at this adult program. Pre registration is required as seating is limited. To register or for more information, please call Donna at 262-4934.
Contact: Donna
Felted Owls with Rachel Gerowe
Date & Time: Sunday, October 30, 10am-4:30pm
Fee: $95 plus materials
Class Location: New England Felting Supply
Address: 122 Pleasant Street, Ste 104
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.feltingsupply.com/product/needle-felted-owls/
Whoooo can resist this soft, fluffy owl? Learn to create your own life-like owl using soft pelsull locks and needle felting techniques with Rachel Gerowe of Redbarn Originals. You will begin by making a body base and adding details of the face before developing your own unique owl with a variety of shades of soft pelsull locks. Needle felting is an easy-to- learn technique to shape and sculpt wool fibers. Come and see what you can create with a needle, some wool and a little imagination!
Contact: Trish Cataldo
More with Watercolor
Date & Time: Tuesdays 9-11am, September 20 - October 25
Fee: $150
Class Location: IsArt
Address: 277 Main Street, Room #209
City/Town: Northampton
Take the basics of watercolor and bump them up a notch. Have fun with color and composition in this class that includes demonstrations and lots of individualized attention.
Contact: Brooke Schnabel
Travel Watercolor Sketching with Deborah Rubin
Date & Time: 9am-4pm, September 24-25
Fee: $145 plus supplies
Class Location: Workshop 13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: www.workshop13.org
Contact: 413-253-7922
Holiday Note Cards Workshop
Date & Time: 9am-4pm, November 5-6
Fee: $145 plus $5 materials fee
Class Location: Workshop 13
Address: 13 Church Street
City/Town: Ware
Website: www.workshop13.org
Contact: 413-253-7922
Large Scale Woodcut Workshop
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 18 – November 8, 6-9pm
Fee: $275 non-members $245 Zea Mays' members; $45 materials fee including block, ink and paper
Class Location: Zea Mays Printmaking
Address: 320 Riverside Drive
City/Town: Florence
Website: www.zeamaysprintmaking.com/large-scale-woodcut/
Create your own larger than life woodcut and expand your scale in this big bonanza! Castonguay will guide students through the process of drawing, carving, and printing a 24″ x 48″ image. Learn what drawing materials work best, quick image transfer methods, and tricks to create specific textures using chisels and gouges. Let the woods chips fly as Castonguay demonstrates how to achieve a dynamic composition, define form, and create a light/dark contrast. All skill levels welcome.
Contact: Liz Chalfin
Introduction to the Public Art Process Workshop (Easthampton)
Date & Time: September 21, 5:30-8pm
Fee: Free; pre-registration required
Organization: UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service
Class Location: Flywheel Arts Collective
Address: 43 Main Street
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: www.umass.edu/aes/introduction-public-art-process-workshops-fall-2016
Public Art projects, whether free-standing artworks or community-engagement projects, are excellent opportunities for Pioneer Valley artists to expand their vision, be paid to make art, build their portfolio, and have their work seen by a diverse audience within our region and beyond. Open to artists of all mediums, participants in this workshop will receive an overview of the unique issues, skills needed, and steps required to create a competitive public art project application.
Contact: email@example.com
Introduction to the Public Art Process Workshop (Holyoke)
Date & Time: September 28, 5:30-8pm
Fee: Free; pre-registration required
Organization: UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service
Class Location: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
Address: 100 Bigelow Street
City/Town: Holyoke
Website: www.umass.edu/aes/introduction-public-art-process-workshops-fall-2016
Public Art projects, whether free-standing artworks or community-engagement projects, are excellent opportunities for Pioneer Valley artists to expand their vision, be paid to make art, build their portfolio, and have their work seen by a diverse audience within our region and beyond. Open to artists of all mediums, participants in this workshop will receive an overview of the unique issues, skills needed, and steps required to create a competitive public art project application.
Contact: email@example.com
Artist Workshops with Lorna Ritz
Date & Time: ongoing
Class Location: Valley View Studio and Gallery
City/Town: Pelham
Website: www.lornaritz.com
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In this 8-week class, you'll make a mosaic table! Starting with the basics, learn techniques for designing your mosaic, choosing colors, cutting glass, creating patterns, laying the pieces, and putting it all together using the indirect method. These tables are 22" x 22", an ideal size to be used as end tables in a living room, or on a patio. All materials provided. Open to all levels, this is sure to be a fun experience with an exciting result. Class will be kept small for individual instruction.
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Peck on someone your own size! African Grey parrot saves owner from mugger who pushed her to the ground by squawking and flapping until he fled
- Rachel Mancino, 25, was attacked while taking pet parrot for walk in the park
- Wunsy, the African Grey parrot, startled the suspect by flapping its wings
- Police say broad daylight assault in north London park was 'random attack'
- Ms Mancino often takes the pet parrot and her parakeet Swablu to the park
- She describes Wunsy as her 'best friend' and is 'so shocked' by incident
A pet parrot scared off an attacker who grabbed a woman by the neck in a London park by squawking and flapping its wings at the suspect.
Wunsy, an African Grey bird, has been hailed a hero after startling the suspect who threw 25-year-old Rachel Mancino to the ground with both hands during the daylight attack in Sunny Hill Park, north London.
Now Ms Mancino has praised the bird - who is her 'best friend' - for helping her escape the attacker after the nine-month-old pet started squawking and hitting the suspect in the face with its wings causing him to do a runner.
Wunsy, an African Grey bird, was being taken for a walk - and flight - in Sunny Hill Park, north London, on Friday when his owner Rachel Mancino, 25, pictured, was attacked
Police said the suspect grabbed Ms Mancino by the shoulders and pushed her to the ground with both hands in the broad daylight attack which occurred as she was leaving the park in Hendon
Ms Mancino had taken her beloved pet to stretch its wings at the park in Hendon on Friday when the incident occurred.
She had spotted a man walking behind her when he suddenly ran up behind her, grabbed her by the neck and pushed her to the ground.
Wunsy, who had been perched on her owner's shoulder at the time, began screeching and flapping its wings at the attacker.
The bird's loud protestations startled the suspect, who escaped towards Great North Road.
Ms Mancino, a part-time violin teacher of Hendon, north London and her pet parrot were unharmed during the assault but the victim quickly reported the incident to police.
She said: 'I saw him walking behind me in my peripheral vision and didn't take any notice, but then he changed direction.
'He came up the path and grabbed me round the neck. He just jumped on me and he was pushing me down.
'Initially I thought he was trying to steal my bird or kill it.
'My heart was thumping. It was so scary. I was just so shocked - it happened so fast.'
But Wunsy, a nine-month-old African Grey parrot which are known for their loyalty, was looking after her owner's back.
Ms Mancino said: 'She turned around to keep an eye on this guy but she doesn't have the skills yet to tell me to run. She's too young.
'She started flapping round. I'm pretty sure she slapped him in the face. He just took off straight away and kept looking back over his shoulder.
PC Chris Cutmore, from Colindale Police Station, said: 'This was a random attack on a woman walking out of a park'
The bird started flapping its wings and squawking at the mugger who was attacking Ms Mancino and its loud protestations startled the suspect, who escaped towards Great North Road
'I am just so happy that me and my bird are alive.
'We're best friends. She's such a cheeky bird and is always interested in everything.'
However, she said the attack has left her nervous about going back to the park.
'Afterwards I just kept thinking, what it he had a knife? I don't want to even think about it,' she said.
'I have no idea why he attacked me. Obviously he wanted something. Maybe it was to just scare me or to rape and kill me.'
Ms Mancino said she was inspired to buy the bird, which can cost up to £1,000, after her family looked after one for friends.
'I fell in love with them,' she said. 'They are smart and very loyal.
'They generally get attached to one person. It's only been about eight months and it's only going to grow. She's going to run after them next time.'
She frequently takes Wunsy, as well as her parakeet Swablu, to the park to get some exercise and lets them them fly about while they are attached to her wrist with a cord.
'Birds shouldn't be shut in a cage. It's horrible - a bird's meant to fly,' she said.
Rachel Mancino, a part-time violin teacher, of Hendon, north London and her pet parrot Wunsy were unharmed during the assault but the victim quickly reported the incident to police
Rachel Mancino, 25, of Hendon, north London, frequently takes Wunsy, pictured, as well as her parakeet Swablu, to Sunny Hill Park to get some exercise letting them fly about while attached to her wrist with a cord
PC Chris Cutmore, from Colindale Police Station, said officers are keen to locate the man who carried out the daylight assault.
He said: 'This was a random attack on a woman walking out of a park.
'Although the parrot Wunsy came to her rescue, we are obviously very keen to trace the suspect and prevent him from attacking anybody else.
'I would encourage anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who has seen the man in the local area to call police.'
The suspect has been described as a white male, aged between 25 and 35 years, with short blonde hair.
He was wearing beige trousers and a dark black rucksack at the time.
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
African Grey parrots are intelligent birds and are predominately grey and black-billed (file picture)
The African Grey Parrot is a medium-sized, predominantly grey, black-billed parrot.
There are two general types of the African Grey Parrot – the Congo African Grey and the Timneh African Grey.
The African Grey is one of the most popular parrot species kept as a pet in the United Kingdom.
They are said to be the fourth most popular pet choice behind dogs, cats and fish.
Prices for an African Grey cost from around £400 up to £750.
The species originates in the lowlands of western and central Africa from northern Angola to Guinea.
An adult weighs around 400g and measures 33cm in length, with an average wingspan of 46-52cm.
The African Grey, which is a sensitive bird that can be frightened easily, has a life span of around 60 years.
It likes routine and even a small change in the bird's surroundings can alarm it and lead to plucking and squawking.
The Grey is an intelligent bird and is one of the top talkers among parrot species. It is able to repeat words and phrases it has heard just a few times and can have full talking ability from as young as one.
As with most parrots, it entirely depends on each bird as to whether it can and should be taken outside for a fly around.
Exposure to natural sunlight is important to the long-term health of all parrots, however, some birds may have a phobia of being outside and therefore owners are warned to make a decision on taking their parrot outside depending on its personality and behaviour.
Experts suggest all parrots should have a restraint – either a cage, carrier or harness – when they are taken outside into public spaces.
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Complaint: Williams plumbing was called to fix a sewer issue. Technician failed to properly connect all drains caused backup ruined possessions. I called Williams Plumbing out to fix our sewer pipe on Wednesday April 16th 2014. The tech came out and repaired the pipe, however the next day, we noticed that water was backing up into a drain in our garage. When we called the technician who fixed our pipe, he assured us that this is a problem that sometimes happens and that another plumber would come out to fix the drain on Thursday. On Thursday, I took off half a day of work to wait on the plumber -- they were supposed to be at my house between 12noon and 3pm. At 3pm no-one had showed, so I called the office and spoke with the secretary. She apologized and then told me that someone was going to be to our house by 5pm that day. I waited another 2 hours -- and no-one showed. I called back -- ***** then laughed at me and thought it was "so" funny that they confused me with another one of their customers and that's why they didn't come out. She told me that they were going to send their after-hours technician out at no additional charge to me. She told me if I hadn't heard from him by 7pm, that I should call the after-hours number. I didn't hear from ****** so, I called the after-hours number and spoke to *******, who then told me that ****** would call me right back. He did not. I never heard from ******. I dropped it and decided to call back the next day. On Friday, I called back and spoke to ***. She told me that we were absolutely going to get serviced on Friday and that someone would call me. After an hour, I still hadn't heard from them, so I called back. *** again assured me that I would hear from someone soon. I never did -- instead they called my husband about 15 minutes from arriving at my house and said they were on their way. That did not give me or my husband enough time to get there. By the time one of us showed up, the technician had left a note, that told us to call back, and he would be "right back". We called the tech back, but he didn't come right back. He didn't show up until almost 5pm. At that time, it was discovered that it was not an issue where a snake was needed. It was a much bigger issue. The original tech that came out to replace the sewer pipe, failed to hook all drains up to the new line, thus creating a backup into our garage. Since no-one showed up until 5pm, all the supply houses were closed and they advised that they were not going to be able to service us until Monday. This resulted in us having to cancel all plans at our house over the Easter weekend because of the issue. When I called this morning and spoke to ***** about my frustration, she blew me off and told me that it wasn't her problem. When I asked to speak to her supervisor, she told me he wasn't there and that he would call me back. He still hasn't called. Right now, my family is out $1965, not to mention the damages done to our personal items, due to their incompetence in hooking up our drain. I would absolutely NOT recommend Williams plumbing to anyone. I want all of my money back and then some so that I can pay for the property that has been damaged in my garage, the time that I've had to spend away from work, and the run around that I've received from this poor company.
Desired Settlement: I want the cost of the job returned to me. Their poor workmanship created damage to 2 of my guitars that retail at nearly $1500. A Persian Rug, and other various items. Between my husband, my mother-in-law and myself, we have lost $500 in wages that can't be made up. This is completely unacceptable.
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Complaint: Defective work performed resulting in frozen lines and damages. BUYER BEWARE when dealing with Williams Plumbing In December, 2011 we had Williams re-pipe our entire home, including entire house plus 2 outside faucets. On January 1, 2014 a pipe leading to one of the outside faucets froze since it had been improperly installed. This caused the pipe to break; it put a hole in the wall, violently sprayed water into the back of the piano, over tables and walls and soaked the carpeting in about 1/3 of the room. We called Williams Plumbing to fix the broken pipe. The cost of this service call was $540.00. At that time, we discovered that the reason it had broken was that it had been erroneously angled which caused the water to remain in the line rather than drain out. The service tech who came to make the repair stated on the invoice: "Diagnosis/sill cock at NW side of house had frozen split/conclusion - sill cock had back fall and couldn't drain properly". We have a photo showing the improper angle. Since the Williams' employee didn't have the necessary parts and since we now knew that it was Williams Plumbing that did this defective work, I had another contractor complete the work. His charge was $177.00. I contacted Williams Plumbing by letter dated January 31, 2014, advising them that I was requesting reimbursement of their bill of $540.00, the other contractor's bill in the amount of $177.00, as well as replacement of the carpeting in the amount of $1,883.00, making a total of $2,600.00. **** (last name unknown) of Williams Plumbing contacted me on February 7, 2014 and said they had questions because the contract didn't show that they installed hose bibs. He talked to his plumber and he claims he doesn't remember doing it. (It was my understanding when the work was done, that it was done by a relative of the owner.) **** of Williams Plumbing acknowledges from the photo that the work was done incorrectly. However, he claimed they did not do the work. Proposal of 12/26/12 says sill cocks were to be included. Proposal was accepted by my signature on that date. On February 7, 2014, I sent a copy of the Proposal to Williams Plumbing showing sill cocks were to be included since they said they did not have a copy To show that substandard work is likely the norm for Williams Plumbing, his plumbers had to come back the day after the work was "completed" because the lines to our inside sinks and tubs froze due to the fact that they put the lines on top of rather than under the insulation in the attic. On February 11, 2014, **** contacted me and said that since it has been more than a year since the work was done, that they were refusing to reimburse us for any of our losses. Since this is their latest reason for refusal to help defray our expenses, it appears to me that since they now have the Proposal, they accept the fact that they did the work. It is my contention that there should not be a time limit on shoddy/defective workmanship. Likely this did not freeze during the 2012-13 winter due to the mild weather. There was no hose attached to the faucet, and a sill cock bra had been on the faucets all winter. I, as a homeowner, took every precaution possible to prevent freezing, just as I did before the house was re-piped. However, I had no idea that their work was inferior and that it had been installed improperly until the line broke and caused the damage above mentioned. **** further stated, and this is a quote: "We are in business to make money". Apparently doing reputable work and satisfying customers is not a priority. He said they receive lots of claims w/people trying to get money, thereby questioning my honesty as well as, I suspect the honesty and integrity of other homeowners who have been victimized by Williams Plumbing. Again: BUYER BEWARE.
Desired Settlement: Refund of their bill of 1/1/14 in amount of $540.00; reimbursement of bill of $177.00 to properly install new sill cock; reimbursement of carpeting cost of $1,883.00 making total of $2,600.00
Business Response: Initial Business Response /* (1000, 8, 2014/03/07) */ I regret to hear that Mr. ******** is not satisfied with the service provided by Williams Plumbing in December of 2012. I spoke in length with our technician as well as my service manager regarding this claim. Many factors can cause a sillcock pipe to freeze, the most common being a hose left attached to the sillcock over a sub freezing temperature night. We strongly state that this specific situation is not the fault of Williams Plumbing for multiple reasons: 1.)We have no record of doing the work-no invoice, nor payment for claimed services, therefore IF the work was completed by Williams Plumbing it was done at NO cost and therefore was never warrantied, 2.)If we did the work the claim is outside the 30 day warranty, 3.) If we did the work it survived thru many subfreezing temperature nights. Our service manager states that he has previously spoke with Mr. ******** and explained that our service has a 30 day limited warranty. He additionally explained to Mr. ******** that according to the signed proposal any work done to the silcocks would be an additional cost to the repipe. We do not have record of our technician doing or charging for the additional work. It has been over a year, and an entire cold winter since the claimed service was provided. The work that Mr. ******** claims was completed and was done faulty was sufficient for well over a year, and well beyond our service guarantee; therefore we cannot offer any compensation for the unfortunate situation of his pipe freezing in January of 2014. I have attached the proposal & service ticket signed by Mr. ********. Please note on the invoice the statement in the section starting with "LIMITED WARRANTY:" that states that our work is warranted for 30 days; please also note the section above the signature line that states that all work was performed to satisfaction. ************ Office Manager William Plumbing & Drain Service, Inc. Initial Consumer Rebuttal /* (3000, 10, 2014/03/10) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) This is in response to Williams Plumbing & Drain allegations: The reason for the freezing is NOT in question. It is confirmed by photos taken - one of which has been sent to both Williams Plumbing and the Better Business Bureau - as well as the statement on the invoice of January 1, 2014 that the sill cock was installed improperly, thereby unable to drain, causing it to freeze. As far as no record of the work, this is the same claim Williams initially made to me until I sent them a copy of their Proposal for work to be done, which **** of Williams claimed they did not have. Then they claimed no responsibility because they said it was over warranty and no longer disputed the fact that they did the work. If they failed to charge me for this work, they should look to their accounting department. I ordered a complete re-piping of the house, including the sill cocks. I ordered, expected and paid for a turn-key job. While it is true the sill cocks are not mentioned on the invoice, neither does it expressly mention how many sinks were involved, how many tubs were to be included, how many feet of pipe were to be used or how many fittings were to be used, etc. Failure to mention the sill cocks is not a reason to claim this work was not done by them. As far as the pipes "surviving thru 'may' subfreezing temperature nights", this was basically only true of this past few months. (Note that this break occurred on January 1st, 2014) Last winter's temperatures were very mild; this winter has experienced not just a few but many consecutive days and nights of freezing temperatures. I, as a homeowner, did my best to protect those sill cocks by not leaving hoses connected and covering them with insulated sill cock bras. As far as the proposal and service ticket signed by me, I trusted Williams Plumbing to do a proper job and did not feel it necessary to hire another plumber to inspect their work. I believe that most customers of any "reputable" business would sign a similar document. Defective work is defective work. I definitely feel that the statement made to me by ****: "We are in business to make money", sums up the motto of Williams Plumbing. Again I reiterate, Buyer Beware!
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Artist: Delirious?
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Discipline is the bullet in my gun.
Freedom is the thing that keeps it fun.
I'm trying hard to shed my other skin.
And wash away the hurt that lies within.
When sadness feels so strong,
And hope does not belong.
All you need is love,
A little love, to get us through.
All you need is love,
Just a little love, to get us through.
Regulate the info in my herd.
Keep me hanging from this tiny thread.
Without a prayer, I am going down.
Beneath the waves where men are lost and found.
When happiness is gone,
And hope does not belong.
Loving You is the only way.
Living You is my everyday.
When sadness feels so strong,
And hope does not belong.
Everything we lose and find,
Is hidden in the sinking sand.
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