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:

Confluence

Artist: Paula Hite
Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 31, 2025
Reception Date: May 1, 5-7pm
Location: Gallery A3
Hours: Thur-Sun 2-7pm
Address: 28 Amity Street 1D
City/Town: Amherst
Website: gallerya3.com

Repeating bands of vibrant color weave through Paula Hite's recent abstract acrylic paintings on paper. The view from her large studio windows led Hite to explore Nature as a metaphor for connection and community. A vital energy emerges in the intertwining organic forms inspired by interconnecting trees and shadows. These animated ribbons of color jostle, nudge, appear, merge, and disappear--inviting the viewer to enter into the painting's flow in an act of confluence. Image: Dormancy Undone

Contact: Paula Hite
[email protected]
413-687-7258

STCC Spring 2025 Student Art Exhibition

Artists: group show
Start Date: April 22, 2025
End Date: May 3, 2025
Reception Date: Saturday, May 3, 11am-1pm
Location: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College
Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30-4:30pm, Tue & Thu 1-5pm, Fri 12:30-3:30pm
Address: 1 Armory, Building 28 (Pearl Street Gate)
City/Town: Springfield
Website: stcc.edu/campus-life/arts-culture/amyhcarberrygallery

Each semester, the STCC Fine Arts program faculty selects works to showcase their students' best creations. From colorful paintings and designs to intricate charcoal drawings, wall-sized 3D sculptures, traditional gelatin silver photographs, and many other outstanding projects, all the artwork represents the culmination of a semester's efforts. Fine art courses are open to everyone regardless of academic major or career goals. May 3rd, 11am-1pm: end-of-semester celebration for student artists.

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

Hands All Around Quilt Show

Artist: Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild
Date: May 3 & 4, 10am-4pm each day
Location: Robert Crown Center, Hampshire College
Address: Rt. 116
City/Town: Amherst
Website: handsacrossthevalley.org

The Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild will present its biennial quilt show May 3 & 4 (10 am–4pm) at Hampshire College. More than 200 quilts. Styles from traditional to avant-garde/modern, realistic to abstract. Free demos, including intro to quilting for beginners & advanced quilting techniques. Raffles, textile-related vendors, sale of small-scale quilts. Quilt appraisals. Mini-exhibit from New England Quilt Museum: "From Lobstah to Green Monstah: What's Best About New England".

Contact: Emily Weir
[email protected]
413-586-4076

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