The Northampton High School Improv troupe, Funktionlust, will perform their unpredictable show combining family-friendly hilarity and spontaneous story-making.

Funktionlust is now in its 19th year at NHS. The Funks have been entertaining audiences at Northampton’s First Night, Smith College, Lathrop Community, Historic Northampton, and Happier Valley!

They are spontaneous, creative and funny.

Jo has been making space for new projects and new ideas by cleaning out her studio. She will be selling past work at a discounted price. You can see some of her new (much larger) work as well.

I call this series Luminous Latitudes because all of these images were made in the tropics where the light can be very intense and the foliage and landscapes quite different from our New England environment.

All of the images in this show are infrared photographs. I always found infrared photography to be an intriguing and sometimes quirky medium to work with. Unlike traditional black and white or color photography, infrared photography only records a portion of the light spectrum that is actually invisible to our eyes, because of this, it has its own aesthetic.

This selection of photographs is a bit different from what I have exhibited in the past. They were made with a digital camera whose sensor was converted to only record infrared light. I then digitally manipulated the raw images in Photoshop to render a color palette that is of my own choosing.

Please join the Northampton Center for the Arts, A.P.E. Ltd., and Northampton Open Media at 33 Hawley for an opening reception with refreshments, live music and local art…

The Northampton Center for the Arts presents Nexus: The Ties That Bind in the Barn Door Gallery. Each year, the January exhibit features artwork from Curatorial Committee members or artists of their choosing. Join us in celebrating this year's dynamic nexus of the local arts community as these creative minds unite, showcasing their work and reinforcing the spirit of collaboration and support within the local art scene. Don’t miss the chance to experience the vibrant expressions of our community!

A.P.E. Ltd. presents Remember to Remember, which brings together the works of Emine Cichowski, Muriel “Monik” Johnson, and many artists from The Care Center. Spanning multiple mediums, the exhibition offers a dynamic lens into dreams, memory, and daring expression.

Join us for a very exciting Arts Night Out at Forbes Library!

The Hosmer Gallery on the second floor will showcase photography and paper arts by Mandana Marsh, Eileen Claveloux, and Margaret Humbert-Droz & the Reading Room on the first floor will host the first Manna Community Kitchen Art Show!

Let's celebrate the incredible artistic talents within our community!

Most often I work in acrylics but I also sketch with pencil, charcoal, and oil pencils.
I began to take drawing, color theory and painting classes in 2017 at the Hill Institute a year after I retired. Since then I have had individual art classes with Whitney Robbins almost weekly in Greenfield.

When I wrote poems I would use metaphors as a way to start writing.
Since I have been painting I feel compelled by color and very often peoples faces and the story they tell.

As in my work, in cities, and on buses etc. I am always drawn to people, curious about their histories, their stories and how they represent themselves in words, language, clothes and in every other way.

The NHS Jazz Band has three smaller Jazz Combos which feature young student improvisers. Our students get to work with a variety of amazing professional Jazz musicians throughout the year thanks to the Elliot Ross Jazz in School Foundation and the Northampton Jazz Festival.

We're so happy to host singer-songwriter Scott Meyers again in our shop for Northampton Arts Night Out. He’ll be playing songs from his three studio albums as well as a few covers.

Scott’s third studio album, Pirates on the Moon, was released in April 2021, recorded at home and right through the heart of the pandemic.

Some time before, in 2009, Scott released his debut album Old Radio, featuring such fan-favorites as "Side of the Road,” “15 Minute Movie,” and “A Song is a Song.”

It was followed by Mysteries of the Night - EP (2014), a four-song, spare acoustic lullaby for his two kids.

Raised in Los Angeles, and by way of San Francisco, Boston and NYC, Scott has since settled with his family, and their dog Sally, right here in Northampton.

Jo has invited some of her favorite artisans to participate in a Holiday Market. Come see the beautiful crafts, jewelry, pottery, furniture and art and give your loved one a one of a kind gift this season!

Who will be there…

Jen Dieringer of Reclaimed Crafts

Jen Dieringer of Reclaimed crafts is a Northampton-based maker who repurposes vintage + salvaged objects -- sourced at flea markets, tag sales and roadside free piles -- into functional art. https://www.reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.com/.

Annie Bowe-Jewelry

Annie Bowe is a southern Maine artist who has studied and experimented with many forms of art. She recently fell in love with making jewelry for its quick, tangible and meditative process. Sharing her love for jewelry and seeing her pieces worn on her loved ones has sparked a lot of inspiration and joy. Often spending hours hunting for the most unique or vibrant gemstone beads, Annie is excited to continue spreading the joy and helping others discover their own personal styles with pieces that look good on everyone. And a fun tidbit - Annie is Jo Smith’s niece! Follow along on Instagram @anniebowesart https://www.instagram.com/anniebowesart?igsh=bGJieTIwanFsbXVv

Maya Machin-Pottery

Maya is a well known local potter who lives and works in Ashfield, MA. Her beautiful pottery has been loved by many for years. Jo is thrilled to host Maya at the show in December. https://www.mayamachinpottery.com/

Connie Gemmer-Uphostered Furniture and Fiber Art

Connie Gemmer’s creative palette is her home and her garden where she gets wrapped up in bold colors of cotton and linen, rich silks, intricate tapestries and the many textures of her garden. Her love for these flowers and fibers has inspired her to knit and sew her own designs and create pieces which warm up a home or delightfully punctuate a room. Recently, she has been finding beautiful yet discarded furniture which she transforms. For this show, she is using custom made fabric from her sister’s (Jo Smith) paintings.

Kevin Monaghan explores the poetic potential of "point of view" and of relationships. It includes theater-like manipulated imagery, landscape and portraiture.

Live Music @ Unitarian Society Portico

5:00PM - On That Note

5:30PM - Green Street Brew

6:00PM - UMass Duly Noted

6:30PM - Smith College Vibes

7:00PM - UMass Doo Wop Shop

7:30PM - Amherst College Sabrinas

Live Music @ First Churches

6:00PM - Valley Rock Voices

Out on Main Street

5PM - 8PM - Hilltown Sled Dogs

6PM - 8PM - SHOW Circus Performance

5PM - 8PM - Hot Chocolate brought to you by UMassFive College Federal Credit Union

5PM - 8PM - Marshmallow Roasting

5PM - 8PM - Santa & Friends in the Union Station Trolley

5PM - 8PM - Goodies brought to you by Pie Bar

5PM - 8PM - Holiday greenery brought to you by Flowerworks Farm

6:30PM - 7:30PM - Magician George the Great brought to you by ASSEMBLE Made + Curated

Join us for a festive evening celebrating the holidays in vintage style with a spotlight on all of our local makers.

Come meet artist Diane Danthony and discover her works featuring photographs of local New Orleanian culture and music.

Please join the Northampton Center for the Arts, A.P.E. Ltd., and Northampton Open Media at 33 Hawley for an opening reception with refreshments, live music, and art!

The Northampton Center for the Arts presents Wallflower Wawa in the Barn Door Gallery:

Paintings and wall sculptures by Nickolas Roblee-Strauss and Jacqueline Strauss explore the melodramas of less obvious party guests. Through the use of color, pattern, and a playful reinvention of form, this exhibit invites us to celebrate and encourages us to examine the perimeter, revealing the blossoms that emerge from the walls.

The Quabbin Art Association, in partnership with the Northampton Center for the Arts, presents New Voices, New Perspectives in the Split Level Gallery.

This exhibition features 20 emerging artists from nine universities and colleges in the Connecticut River Valley area who are pursuing careers in the visual arts. Come and see the talented artists gathered by QAA in this new initiative, designed to create opportunities for these emerging creatives!

GREATBOXERS:

George Spencer’s depictions of boxers belong to an old tradition of painting fighters in action. However, the aestitics in Greatboxers is the stillness of readiness or aftermath. In these frontal portraits, upward-facing gloves dominate the picture space, simultaneously shielding the body and occupying the most central and significant area of the canvas. Gloves, faces, body fill the paintings with an ambiguity that could indicate triumph or defeat. The lines of paint, dripping in long verticalities and downward trajectory, are reminiscent of traces of blood or sweat. The excess of paint and the volatility of brushstrokes reveal a superfluity of movement but also a stillness containing the fighter’s readiness for combat or retreat. The frame confines these dialectic forces of life, beauty, death and form. - Rawi| Hage

Block prints, painted illustrations and repurposed materials, Grrrl Gangs are supportive pals who are into destigmatizing mental health struggles, celebrating vulnerability, and looking cute.

Kim Carlino’s art is based in geometric abstraction and rooted in the historical language of 20th-century abstraction exploring issues of color, form, flatness, and pattern while juxtaposing abstracted forms from nature and the environment around us to create works that find harmony in the tension of contrasting elements. It is adaptable and improvisational, as it explores optical playfulness and spatial dimensionality through color, fluid organic forms, and geometric patterning.

Jo Smith Gallery will feature Northampton-based artist Maren Brown’s egg tempera series, Tribute.

Brown’s Tribute Series pays homage to her mother and former wife, both of whom died within an 18-month period. The series also celebrates the joy of finding love again after these losses. This is the first time the series will be on display.

Cynthia returns to Northampton with a new collection of large ship paintings and drawings, now augmented with industrial accoutrements. Architectural facades will also be on display.

New York City-based artist Doug Argue's new body of work, Fire for Fire - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning is now on view.

Doug Argue’s forty-year painting career has culminated in a well-known and recognizable body of work that ranges from pure abstraction to representation. Argue’s work reflects his poetic interest in the relationship between infinity and the individual, creating an expansive vision, shaped by his travels, readings, and connections with creatives worldwide. He captures the constant flux and shifting of life. His oeuvre includes creating larger-than-life paintings, these expressionist images, exploring his interests in time, space, the environment, and the nature of perception, stands apart from the abstract or conceptual art of many of his contemporaries.

Join us afor our first ever pop-up store event! Artist Materials available from AD Marker, Borden & Riley, Clearprint, Grumbacher, Higgins, Indigo Art Papers, Koh-I-Noor, Kuretake, Molotow, Pelikan, Weber, Martin Universal Design & Zieler.

Discover unique, gift-worthy local art supplies at incredible discounts. Experience our product lounge where you can try before you buy. In addition, local artists will be present to showcase and sell their creations, including:

• Brett Kelley https://www.instagram.com/bkartworks/

• Amanda Snape https://www.instagram.com/arsnape_illustration/

• Melissa Stratton Pandina https://www.instagram.com/deshriastudio/

• Sophie Theroux https://www.instagram.com/sophietherouxartist/

*Chartpak accepts cash and major credit cards, though payment options for individual artists may differ. Promotional items available at a discount online and in person the day of the event.*

Please help us welcome Edo and Rosario of Momo Glassworks for a Truck Show - The Glass Canvas.

2 Artists, 2 Techniques: Edo and Rosario met while traveling in Spain and have been creatively collaborating ever since. Inspired by their abundant travels together, they labored long and hard to develop and perfect their glass fusion technique. Each piece is hand painted, with metal and mineral inclusions, and kiln fired to create tiny masterpieces.

“The process became a kind of mixed media collage, with glass as canvas, the kiln as vessel, and heat as maker of worlds.”

Momo will be with us in the store with us for a trunk show and will be available to talk about their process and their artistic journey so far.

Curated by Patricia Everett, Variations in Monochrome: Limiting the Palette features 12 artists who create works with a restrained palette.

Operating within the confines of restricted color, these artists present their work using a wide range of hues, materials, and sensibilities. Monochromatic work encourages a closer kind of looking, an acute attention to nuance and difference.

Eric Payne:

I was born and lived in Northern California until my parents moved to Western Mass when I was 14. I’ve been here ever since with a few years here and there back west.

I have always been involved with art and music and come from a family that participated and encouraged both.

I started painting seriously when I was in my thirties and have continued this passion. Though I have never taken art classes I have been greatly inspired and taught by my sister Emily Payne and my sister in law Kate Blakeslee, not to mention countless friends along the way.

Over the last 6 years I have taken four cross-country motorcycle trips in and around the month of September. I have been greatly inspired by these trips and the landscapes I’ve been through especially Montana, Nebraska and Nevada.

Nancy Meagher:

I have vivid memories of being three years old and discovering how to make purple using a red and a blue crayon. In third grade I entered a town art fair in Winchester, MA and won third prize. Having my photo taken wearing my red silk- prize ribbon helped me to understand myself. I spent hours in my basement studio working quietly as a child.

I’ve created art all my life, and now that I’m retired, I have been working full-time on a variety of art and writing projects. The story of “Millicent and the Day it Rained Buttons” was the fruition of six years of hard work.

By Horn, Hoof, and Crown: An Introduction to Satanism, Luciferianism, and the Left Hand Path.

In this lecture, Shea Bilé will provide a glimpse into the multifaceted realm of the Satanism, Lucifierianism, and the Left Hand Path, elucidating on the diverse tapestry of spiritual traditions and ideologies they have engendered. This discourse will delve into the historical roots of religious Satanism and the Left Hand Path and unravel its present-day manifestations - often misunderstood systems of belief and ritual practices. We will explore the myriad perspectives of Satanic traditions such as the Temple of Set, the Church of Satan, The Satanic Temple, Anti-Cosmic Satanism, Gnostic Satanism/Luciferianism, and others; furthermore, Shea Bilé will shed light on his own personal religious work and praxis, offering a unique insight into a self-styled and independent Satanic path of devotion. These traditions, each in its own way, are built upon the foundational principles of radical freedom and religious transgression - a black flame that sets alight the heart of the Left Hand Path.

Shea Bilé is an author, lecturer, musician, performance artist, and podcast host. A researcher and devotee of esoteric practice for nearly 25 years, his committed adherence to subversive forms of spiritual expression has served as a vital foundation for his work. He has delivered lectures and workshops internationally, with a focus on Left Hand Path occultism and religious heterodoxy, and has served as both a visiting professor and a guest lecturer at various universities. His writings have appeared in numerous print and digital publications, his most recent treatise being, "Friedrich Nietzsche and the Left Hand Path," a book of occult philosophy published by Atramentous Press in 2023. His forthcoming work, "Hymns of the Red Dragon," a daemonic hymnal, is to be published by Theion Publishing.

Please join the Northampton Center for the Arts, A.P.E. Ltd., and Northampton Open Media at 33 Hawley for an opening reception with refreshments and live music featuring the following works:

The Northampton Center for the Arts presents Pliable Entanglements in the Barn Door Gallery. This exhibition, featuring the works of Eva Barajas, María Sparrow, and Ross Momaney, invites viewers to reflect on their past, present, and future while recognizing the flexible connections that bind us to the lives around us. The exhibit encourages us to appreciate the subtle and invisible ties that unite us all, emphasizing the idea that our observations and interactions continuously shape and connect us in profound ways.

Stay for an Artist Talk at 7:30 pm in the Barn Door Gallery!

We’re excited to present two exhibits in the Split Level Gallery this month! Everyday/Every Day can be seen on the Mezzanine level, and features the works of Deb Lohmeyer, Joyce Lak, and Nancy Lowry. During the global pandemic, these artists started a peer-to-peer group sharing a "photo a day" project to stay connected. They took and shared daily photos on Instagram, which improved their photography skills and helped them notice and appreciate the beauty in everyday life. Whether in their hometown or exploring new places, the project encouraged them to pay closer attention to the wonders around them.

Continue to the lower level of the Split Level Gallery to see Home, Freedom, Beauty by Adeyemi Adebayo. The work explores the themes of home, beauty, and freedom through the lens of solitude, disposition, and the longing for home. The work focuses on the human disposition in different states and across time, emphasizing the quiet, contemplative, yet revealing nature of people as they navigate through life, leisure, and struggles for freedom.

A joint exhibit by Amy Crawley, Ben James, & Anching Lin 林安慶. Exploring diverse forms of portraiture through photography & mixed media.