http://nohoarts.org/events Upcoming events at the Northampton Center for the Arts en-US Copyright 2006 and onwards Northampton Center for the Arts http://nohoarts.org/event/view/458 The first annual Northampton Chalk Art Festival is scheduled for “Arts Night Out” on Friday, September 10, 2010. Work will take place at six downtown locations from 8 am until 4 pm on the day of the event. The public is encouraged to watch the chalk art pieces develop and to view completed drawings in the evening while enjoying Northampton’s monthly gallery walk from 5-8pm. (Rain date for chalk art festival is Saturday, September 11.) The festival was conceived by former city councilor Bob Reckman after he became intrigued by similar events in other cities. The City of Northampton, the Northampton Business Improvement District and Chartpak Inc. made commitments to sponsor the event, while the Center for the Arts agreed to invite artist participation. Following an open call and a juried selection process, six applicants have been invited to render their work in chalk on 5’x5’ cement canvases located throughout downtown Northampton. Each artist receives a $100 stipend. In addition, cash prizes of $250, $150, and $100 will be awarded by a panel of judges for the top three creations The chalk art locations include: 4 Main Street at the corner of Strong Avenue; First Churches at Main and Center; 126 Main in front of the APE Gallery; the corner of Main and Old South; and the Academy of Music walkway. Along the route, viewers will have an opportunity to stop in at some 25 art spaces that participate in Arts Night Out. A detailed listing of exhibitions and opening receptions are available on the <a href="http://www.artsnightout.org"> Arts Night Out website</a> and are published in the monthly Arts Night Out brochures found at participating venues in early September. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/471 Join us on Arts Night Out, September 10th from 5 to 7pm as we celebrate the work of Noelle Horsfield, an exceptionally talented paper collage artist residing in Florence. Artist's Statement: "I create lovely cut paper collages using a wonderful palette of papers in a myriad of colors, textures, and patterns. Each collage is made up of hundreds of tiny bits of paper painstakingly cut and applied by hand, sometimes adding layer, after layer, in order to create a multifaceted, dimensional piece of art. As a result, my finished collages sometimes have an almost sculptural feel. As both a design challenge for myself, and a way to define my style of working, I pride myself in creating all aspects of my collages from cut paper, even tiny elements such as eyelashes and whiskers! The subject matter for my work ranges from whimsical collage portraits of historical figures to everyday events such as birthdays and time with family. However, above all else, I am interested in presenting my viewer with images that both celebrate our unique diversity and unite us in our humanity. I approach each new subject as an exciting opportunity to unite colors, patterns and textures with my own sense of wonder at the world, creating a meaningful piece of art that will delight and inspire my audience." http://nohoarts.org/event/view/460 Three paths collide outside the office of whacked out trauma counselor Cody Vilardi. He is treating Hatch, a war veteran struggling to piece together his bombed out life. Then there is 20% Jack. He's on the street, playing for quarters, obsessed with his failed career and his history as a mental patient. None of them is prepared for the ambush on T Street. Created and performed by Court Dorsey, Al Miller and John Sheldon, AMBUSH ON T STREET is a clash of autobiography, poetry, guitar screams, healing humor and manic raves, as the three characters seek deliverance from self-recrimination and a culture that puts power and superiority above the well-being of nature and human life. Advance sales ($15 per ticket payable by credit card) are available online through <a href=" http://zenpeacemakers.org/store2//index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_21"> Zen Peacemakers</a> until 4 pm ON THE DAY OF EACH PERFORMANCE. Advance tickets ($15 per ticket) are also available at the Center for the Arts office adjacent to the third floor ballroom from 11am until 4pm Tuesday through Friday only. Door sales ($20 per ticket) begin 2 hours before each performance at the Center for the Arts office. Please note that tickets purchased at the Center for the Arts, advance or at the door, are payable by cash or check. The Center does not accept credit card payments. The performance is made possible through the sponsorship of the Western Massachusetts EMDR Association, the Veterans Education Project, Amherst Writers & Artists, the Men’s Resource Center of Western Massachusetts, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, and Zen Peacemakers. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/461 Three paths collide outside the office of whacked out trauma counselor Cody Vilardi. He is treating Hatch, a war veteran struggling to piece together his bombed out life. Then there is 20% Jack. He's on the street, playing for quarters, obsessed with his failed career and his history as a mental patient. None of them is prepared for the ambush on T Street. Created and performed by Court Dorsey, Al Miller and John Sheldon, AMBUSH ON T STREET is a clash of autobiography, poetry, guitar screams, healing humor and manic raves, as the three characters seek deliverance from self-recrimination and a culture that puts power and superiority above the well-being of nature and human life. Advance sales ($15 per ticket payable by credit card) are available online through <a href=" http://zenpeacemakers.org/store2//index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_21"> Zen Peacemakers</a> until 4 pm ON THE DAY OF EACH PERFORMANCE. Advance tickets ($15 per ticket) are also available at the Center for the Arts office adjacent to the third floor ballroom from 11am until 4pm Tuesday through Friday only. Door sales ($20 per ticket) begin 2 hours before each performance at the Center for the Arts office. Please note that tickets purchased at the Center for the Arts, advance or at the door, are payable by cash or check. The Center does not accept credit card payments. The performance is made possible through the sponsorship of the Western Massachusetts EMDR Association, the Veterans Education Project, Amherst Writers & Artists, the Men’s Resource Center of Western Massachusetts, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, and Zen Peacemakers. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/462 Three paths collide outside the office of whacked out trauma counselor Cody Vilardi. He is treating Hatch, a war veteran struggling to piece together his bombed out life. Then there is 20% Jack. He's on the street, playing for quarters, obsessed with his failed career and his history as a mental patient. None of them is prepared for the ambush on T Street. Created and performed by Court Dorsey, Al Miller and John Sheldon, AMBUSH ON T STREET is a clash of autobiography, poetry, guitar screams, healing humor and manic raves, as the three characters seek deliverance from self-recrimination and a culture that puts power and superiority above the well-being of nature and human life. Advance sales ($15 per ticket payable by credit card) are available online through <a href=" http://zenpeacemakers.org/store2//index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_21"> Zen Peacemakers</a> until 4 pm ON THE DAY OF EACH PERFORMANCE. Advance tickets ($15 per ticket) are also available at the Center for the Arts office adjacent to the third floor ballroom from 11am until 4pm Tuesday through Friday only. Door sales ($20 per ticket) begin 2 hours before each performance at the Center for the Arts office. Please note that tickets purchased at the Center for the Arts, advance or at the door, are payable by cash or check. The Center does not accept credit card payments. The performance is made possible through the sponsorship of the Western Massachusetts EMDR Association, the Veterans Education Project, Amherst Writers & Artists, the Men’s Resource Center of Western Massachusetts, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, and Zen Peacemakers. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/475 Pre-Ballet and Ballet I classes for ages 4-8 are offered by Pioneer Valley Ballet and held on Thursday afternoons at the Center for the Arts. Fall sessions: 12 weeks, September 16-December 16, 2010 (except November 24, December 9) For details <a href="http://nohoarts.org/program"> click here</a> http://nohoarts.org/event/view/479 Taut and epic, mythic and intimate, Beth Henley’s Abundance asks what happens when manifest destiny, selfhood, and friendship become embroiled in a competitive love triangle complete with seductions, betrayals, and power plays. Two mail-order brides, Bess and Macon, meet when they come to the Wyoming territory in the late 1860s, looking for love and adventure. The two husbands are Jack, a brutish would-be gunslinger, and Will, a one-eyed pioneer of the American Dream. In Henley’s visionary, insightful, and contemporary take on the Old West, these four achingly human characters carve themselves and each other into parcels of contradiction without understanding the profound consequences of their actions. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/480 Taut and epic, mythic and intimate, Beth Henley’s Abundance asks what happens when manifest destiny, selfhood, and friendship become embroiled in a competitive love triangle complete with seductions, betrayals, and power plays. Two mail-order brides, Bess and Macon, meet when they come to the Wyoming territory in the late 1860s, looking for love and adventure. The two husbands are Jack, a brutish would-be gunslinger, and Will, a one-eyed pioneer of the American Dream. In Henley’s visionary, insightful, and contemporary take on the Old West, these four achingly human characters carve themselves and each other into parcels of contradiction without understanding the profound consequences of their actions. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/478 Taut and epic, mythic and intimate, Beth Henley’s Abundance asks what happens when manifest destiny, selfhood, and friendship become embroiled in a competitive love triangle complete with seductions, betrayals, and power plays. Two mail-order brides, Bess and Macon, meet when they come to the Wyoming territory in the late 1860s, looking for love and adventure. The two husbands are Jack, a brutish would-be gunslinger, and Will, a one-eyed pioneer of the American Dream. In Henley’s visionary, insightful, and contemporary take on the Old West, these four achingly human characters carve themselves and each other into parcels of contradiction without understanding the profound consequences of their actions. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/477 Private event from 10 am. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/484 THE VALLEY TEEN THEATER PROJECT is looking for one dozen teens to act, dance, sing, and/or play music to partake in creating original performance pieces. Please prepare something that shows your talents. Play an instrument, sing a song, deliver a monologue, read from original writing or perform a dance piece. Following auditions, rehearsals will be held on Monday evenings, October 11-December 20, 6-8pm. A final performance is scheduled for Friday, January 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm. The fee for the program is $250. The Valley Teen Theater Project is a company of one dozen dancers, actors, singers and musicians whose aim is to create original performance pieces derived from a collaborative and organic process with cooperating directors based on themes of human evolution and cultural development. Cooperating directors Richard Gifford and Ruthanne Paulson are forming the Valley Teen Theater Project, in cooperation with the Northampton Center for the Arts, to create and perform a piece exploring various forms of dance, drama and music through the vast ages and experiences of human culture and artistic expression. To RSVP for the auditions and for more information about the program <a href=mailto:Ruthannep@yahoo.com>email Ruthanne Paulson</a>. For details about the directors, Richard Gifford and Ruthanne Paulson,<a href="http://nohoarts.org/program/view/27"> click here</a> http://nohoarts.org/event/view/472 Join us on Arts Night Out, October 8th from 5 to 7pm as we welcome Holyoke painter Stephanie Gerolimatos to the Northampton Center for the Arts' East Gallery. Artist's Statement: "First and foremost, I love the materials I use. Whether it's paint, wax, twine, nails, eggshells, feathers, or plexiglass, each is chosen for a particular sensory response it provides. Sometimes the response is due to visual cues. Often, it is the tactile quality of the substance or object that appeals to me: plastic, flexible, rough, smooth, cold, hard, soft. These sensations elicit associations and memories. The reaction is personal, based on an individual's history. Familiarity has the power to make us feel. It can bring comfort as easily as it can cause pain. Nails are cold, hard and sharp. Their primary function is to hold things together, but they also puncture, tear and scratch. Notches cut into a surface signify the passing of time, ageing, damage, a record of occurrence. My connections will be different from yours. My internal dialogue while making art is fluid, always changing. Some ideas I keep coming back to are precarious balance, loss, rebuilding and the unification of contrary elements. In some ways my work tends to be autobiographical, though not overtly so. " http://nohoarts.org/event/view/483 5 sessions are on Thursday evenings, 6:30-9pm, October 14-November 18. (There is no class on November 4.) Have you always wanted to draw but don’t know how to begin? Are you convinced that you can’t be taught? In this class, the fundamentals of drawing will be learned in an atmosphere of encouragement and support. Each week the class will study an element of drawing including line, shape, negative space, value, shadows, blending, edges, composition and perspective, This course is based on the book “Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain” which emphasizes the importance of learning how to see in order to know how to draw. The fee is $215 plus materials list below. To register, please call the Center at (413) 584-7327 or <a href=mailto:ncfa@nohoarts.org>email us</a>. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact. Course fees are payable in advance by check to "NCFA" and can be mailed to the Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South Street, Northampton MA 01060. We do not accept credit cards. Materials for "No Fear of Drawing" 1 HB Pencil 1 #6 or #8 Graphite Stick 1 #6 or #8 Woodless Pencil 1 stick or pencil of Black Conte Pad of inexpensive sketch or drawing paper, at least 11”x17” (not newsprint) Kneaded eraser , any size Blending Stump Drawing Board These materials can be purchased at the Guild Art Centre, 102 Main Street, Northampton Mention you are taking class with Paula Gottlieb for 10% discount http://nohoarts.org/event/view/485 6 sessions are on Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9pm, October 19-November 30. (There is no class on November 2.) In this series of classes, we will create several finished paintings on paper and engage in a number of exercises and experiments. The sessions are designed for both beginners and those who want to acquire new techniques and skill. The emphasis is on "learning by doing," so expect to jump in with paint immediately. Learning about color and composition will be taught as the painting progresses. Students will also be invited to use pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, and pastel along with watercolor. The fee is $275 plus materials list provided at enrollment. Learn more about Deborah on her <a href="http://www.deborahrubin.com">website</a> To register, please call the Center at (413) 584-7327 or <a href=mailto:ncfa@nohoarts.org>email us</a>. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact. Course fees are payable in advance by check to "NCFA" and can be mailed to the Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South Street, Northampton MA 01060. We do not accept credit cards. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/481 SHOW Circus Studio presents an evening of frightful delights. Inspired of the art of burlesque, acrobatic and aerial performances include trapeze, hand-balancing, contortion, juggling, rolla-bolla, the exotic "trapizu" and the the Cube of Death. This event is for adults only. Come back for more details and ticket information. http://nohoarts.org/event/view/482 SHOW Circus Studio presents an evening of frightful delights. Inspired of the art of burlesque, acrobatic and aerial performances include trapeze, hand-balancing, contortion, juggling, rolla-bolla, the exotic "trapizu" and the the Cube of Death. This event is for adults only. Come back for more details and ticket information.