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Featured Listings:

Beginning Stained Glass Workshop at Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio

Date & Time: February 23, 1-5:30pm
Fee: $125
Location: Dragonfly Stained Glass Studio
Address: Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, suite 229
City/Town: Easthampton
Website: DragonflyStainedGlassStudio.com

Create a beautiful sun catcher or 2-4 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(s) of stained glass art using the copper foil technique. This is a perfect class for students with no experience as well as intermediate students with some experience who may want a refresher course. All levels welcome. All glass and supplies included in the tuition as is use of all tools. More dates for same class: Mar 3, 8 & 23.

Contact: Heather McLean
[email protected]
413-559-1010

The World Famous Artoonist's Art Heist

Artist: Kahli Hernandez
Start Date: February 8, 2025
End Date: April 4, 2025
Location: Amy H Carberry Fine Arts Gallery at STCC
Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30-4:30pm, Tue & Thur 1-5pm, Fri 12:15-3:15pm
Address: 1 Armory Street
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.io/carberry

The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery at Springfield Technical Community College celebrates Black History Month with Springfield artist Kahli Hernandez's The World Famous Artoonist's Art Heist. This dynamic, interactive art exhibition is an escape room and an art exhibition with an imaginative street-style expression. Viewers will encounter puzzles to solve while attempting to avoid vigilant "security" and escape with some original Artoonist artwork if completed correctly.

Contact: Sondra Peron
[email protected]
413-695-3196

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Artist: Xuân Pham
Start Date: February 13, 2025
End Date: March 16, 2025
Location: Hampshire College Art Gallery
Address: 893 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website: hampshire.edu/gallery

Xuân Pham experiments with ephemeral materials from the everyday experiences of Vietnamese immigrants--such as rice paper, pandan, and brooms--to reflect on the legacies of displacement, migration, and race within Asian American and immigrant communities in the United States. In this exhibition, Pham views the exhibition space as an extension of her studio--a place not just for viewing but also for collaborative creation, destruction, and renewal.

Contact: Lorenzo Conte
[email protected]
978-609-3379

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