The Valley Arts Newsletter is a weekly newsletter published on Tuesdays with listings for art shows & events, craft fairs & pop-ups, calls for artists, art classes, studio space, and art/ist crowdfunding. Listings are submitted by our readers and are focused on the visual arts in the Pioneer Valley area of western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties). See the Submissions page for details about submitting your listing. Listings are free!

Featured Listings:

Fall 2025 Online Classes in Arts Management

Date & Time: September 2 - December 9, 2025
Fee: varies
Location: online via UMass Arts Extension Service
City/Town: Amherst
Website: umass.edu/arts-extension-service/academics/online-classes

Want to turn your passion for the arts into real-world impact? This fall, the Arts Extension Service is offering fully online courses in Arts Management! Whether you're managing your own practice or running community programs, these courses give you the tools to lead with confidence. All AES courses are 100% online, asynchronous, and led by experienced arts professionals passionate about sharing their expertise. Level up your career and register by August 22 to reserve your spot!

Contact: [email protected]
413-545-2360

It All Begins With Matter / The Echo of Thickness

Artists: Rebecca Muller, Mercedes Sicilia
Start Date: July 22, 2025
End Date: August 31, 2025
Location: Sanford Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking
Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-5pm
Address: 320 Riverside Drive (lime green door)
City/Town: Florence
Website: zeamaysprintmaking.com/sanford-gallery

Muller and Sicilia explore photopolymer etching to evoke a sense of presence using physical matter. Muller uses eroded material or matter, and Sicilia works with photo images familiar physical objects placed on a scanner. Sicilia speaks of her work as 'evocators, enduring conduits for recall and imagination'. Muller describes coming from a place of 'not-knowing', and following 'matter as it moves into form and atmosphere and then dissolves' thus, reflecting our human and worldly conditions.

Contact: Rebecca Muller
[email protected]
413-427-0689

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