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Past Art Walk September 08, 2007

Artist: Volunteers Medium: Mixed Media Venue: Easthampton Historical Society Address: 7 Holyoke St Event: Once a hub of mills and railroad lines, Easthampton's landscape and economy have dramatically changed. The Easthampton Historical Society invites you to explore the exhibit, "Celebrating a Child" and to tour the "History House," a 9-room peek into Easthampton's past and way-of-life. The "Celebrating a Child" exhibit includes a restored crib, toys, garments and reading materials of children from the early 1900s. Purchase Contact: Theresa Perrea 413-527-3108

Artist: Paul Root Medium: Painting - Oil Venue: Valley Art Supplies Address: 76 Cottage St Event: I grew up in Western MA and moved around a lot in my undergraduate College years, experiencing personal stories and upheavals that are most likely not uncommon for many people. Through navigating tough terrain I've had to engage with concepts that challenged me and pushed me further from my comfort zone. Through self-examination I have arrived not at a final destination, but at a mid-point. This is a place where I need to look no further- a place where I can breathe and rest. This is what my work is really about. Purchase Contact: Edward or Juliette info@valleyartsupplies.com 413 527 0763

Artist: Bruce Barone Medium: Photography - Black White Venue: Awen Tree Address: 102 Cottage St Event: Light Refreshments and Wine Tasting Will Be Offered by AwenTree During Artwalk. An artist once asked me, “Bruce, what’s your favorite photograph.” I closed my eyes and imagined my photographs. I answered, “I have favorites, of course, but my most favorite image is always the next photograph. In this series of images at Awentree I believe a sense of prayer, or astonishment, pervades the photographs and I hope the viewer sees what I see; the wonder, and the awe, the beauty and the extraordinary in the ordinary—the gravestone, the statue, the religious icon. Often, I ask myself "What am I called to do?" And "How can I make the world a better place." To paraphrase Rumi; I remind myself: I need to be permanently astonished. The second thing I need is love; draw upon love for vision and energy. And the third thing is sacrifice--give the drop that is myself. To be astonished, to become more like a child, to be nourished by being amazed—and by giving. Photography is my passion. The pursuit of wow. This is the way I try to live my life. Every where I turn and see I truly am astonished. I celebrate life and the spiritual ties that bind us together and I do this by trying to be always astonished. Simone Weil said: "Absolute attention is prayer." When I photograph an icon I both draw upon my degree in art history and years working as a documentary photographer and in a profound sense I also forget the past , turn toward the icon in a prayerful manner and I become truly astonished. Tielhard de Chardin wrote: "Seeing: We might say that the whole of life lies in that verb - if not ultimately, at least essentially." We design the world by the way we choose to see it. I choose to see beauty and to share that wonder, that astonishment with you. Of course, my goal is not to change the world all at once, but one person at a time; by reaching out with my eyes wide open--seeing; being astonished; mending the part of he world that is within my reach--to bring light where there is darkness. Peace and Beauty. Bruce Barone, September 2007 Purchase Contact: AwenTree AwenTree@yahoo.com

Artist: Art Larson Medium: Printmaking Venue: Blue Guitar Gallery Address: 186 Northampton St Event: The printer Art Larson, best known for being Leonard Baskin's longtime printer at Gehenna Press, shows up in his role as printmaker and geometer. Sacred geometries, delineated with pigments unearthed from the same source that Imhotep himself would have used. Purchase Contact: Christina svane 247-9454

Artist: Marty Klein Medium: Photography - Color Venue: Apollo Grill Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 121 Event: “Getting Closer to Flora and Others...Images from Green World” Over the past year, I have been creating 'scanographs', using my flatbed scanner as my camera and 3-dimensional materials as my subjects, to produce high resolution images from nature. Post-scan, I edit in Photoshop to create detailed compositions that portray essences, often revealing the less-seen. Owing to my interests in ecology, foraging and gardening, I possess an intimate knowledge of 'green world' in the Pioneer Valley. I strive to share that with others through my art, among other ways. Subjects include wild plants/mushrooms and vegetables. Recurring themes include sensuality, balance, change, beauty in things overlooked and playfulness. I will include a few photographs in this exhibit, as well. Purchase Contact: Marty Klein forager7@yahoo.com

Artist: Pacifico A. Palumbo Medium: Painting - Oil Venue: KW Home Address: 82.5 Cottage St Event: 'Flowers and my Gardens' Fiore, Fleurs, Flor,Flowers, Giardini, Jardins, Garten, Gardens. No matter how we say it we all love them. Artist Pacifico A. Palumbo presents a collection of his latest original 'Floral and Garden' paintings. Purchase Contact: Pacifico A. Palumbo info@greenemporium.com 413 -6243275

Artist: Carol Abbe Smith Ensemble Medium: Music Performance - Jazz Venue: Gazebo at Pulaski Park Event Time: 5:30-7:30 PM Address: 1 Main St. Event: The jazz performance of the Carole Abbe Smith Ensemble will leave you feeling energized. Come enjoy this family-friendly concert in the park. Grab your lawnchair, perch on a bench or dance in the grass. Joining the Ensemble for a dramatic finale is the popular fire arts performace group Team FADE. Listen to jazz standards and bebop and feel the heat of fire spinning. The Ensemble has performed at Caffeines and the Sonoma Grille of Springfield, Peoples Pint in Greenfield, Unitarian Society in Northampton, and at Easthampton's Tavern on the Hill and Treydons. Purchase Contact: Carole Abbe Smith Ensemble cabbe@netzero.net

Artist: Astrid Sheckels Medium: Painting Venue: Elusie Gallery Address: 43 Main St. Event: Astrid Sheckels - a 2004 graduate from Greenfield Community College - works out of her studio in Greenfield, in an old factory building with a beautiful view out over a waterfall on the Green River. Her work includes still life oil paintings, watercolor landscapes, commissioned portraits, and children’s book illustrations. Purchase Contact: Jean-Pierre Pasche info@eastmontgallery.net

Artist: Jene Youtt Medium: Photography - Motion Venue: Mary Ann's Dance and More Address: 56 Cottage St Event: I’ve always been interested in the science of light and moving objects. The universe and it’s movements captured my childhood imagination and the more I learned the more fascinated I became. I picked up paper and paint and let my imagination fly. Throughout my art education colors and feelings became meaningful. I fell in love with the fauves and impressionist period. For me, their use of color elicited feelings of time and place. Working in the theater all my life has expanded my palate and offered new opportunities of expressions with dancers and movement. To capture a moving object wasn’t as important as capturing the feeling of movement. The dances of life as it were. So it is through time, movement and hues that my photoscapes come alive. I try to capture not only the feeling of movement but the emotion and give it to you, the viewer to touch. Jene Youtt http://www.musecube.com/jeneyoutt/111596/ Purchase Contact:

Artist: Nancy Natale Medium: Painting Venue: Nancy Natale Studio Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 230 Event: COLORFUL, ABSTRACT PAINTINGS For September – a new series of encaustic paintings that combine the deep brilliance of encaustic colors with natural materials. Stop by my studio to learn about the ancient technique of encaustic (painting with melted beeswax). Look around, smell the beeswax, ask questions, have fun! Image: Trinity, 12x12 inches, encaustic on panel. www.nancynatale.com Purchase Contact: nancy@nancynatale.com nancy@nancynatale.com

Artist: Silver Swimmers Medium: Performance Art - Street Art Venue: Awen Tree Address: 102 Cottage St Event: The Silver Swimmers are an awe-inspiring roving street-type performance ensemble based in Western Massachusetts. These silver dancers saturate space with their enchanting movement reminiscent of an underwater imaginal realm. Dressed in originally designed early 1900's era swimming costumes and bathing hats, completely swathed in silver body paint, they silently swim against the pressure of absent water. These ephemeral figures transform a bustling street into a meditational haven. Influenced by the study of such techniques as Butoh, Contact Improvisation, Continuum and the sciences of the Environment, these performers bring an artistry to their movement that is enchanting and intelligent. The ensemble exposes a crossover in dimensions- the swimmers live in a land in which the qualities of air and water are reversed. They have broken through the fabric of reality to arrive in our world. Unaware of this fact, the swimmers cannot see the mesmerised crowds. Completely accidentally, they sometimes catch the passers-by in their bubbles. Purchase Contact: AwenTree AwenTree@yahoo.com

Artist: Norma Kostek Medium: Fiber Venue: Mary Ann's Dance and More Address: 56 Cottage St Event: It has been a long time dream of mine to have a business where I could sell my crafts. I truly enjoy doing my crafts and hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Special orders are available. If you don't see something that you are interested in, please contact me. I am also a Chapter Coordinator for a non-profit organization called Project Linus. We make blankets for terminally ill and traumatized children. They have chapters throughout the country if you would like to help. Purchase Contact: Norma Kostek sales@normasnotions.com

Artist: Mark Nomad Medium: Music Performance - Blues Venue: Luthiers Co op Address: 108 Cottage St Event: MARK NOMAD'S music has been heard on radio stations all over the world and has been used in commercials and in film. Nomad's blues have been tempered by years of living and experience - expressed by the plaintive cry of a bottleneck on acoustic guitar or the driving rhythm of an electric band. Nomad has been acclaimed as a master slide guitarist, a singer-songwriter and a bandleader. Whether performing solo or with his band, Nomad passionately takes the listener on a journey to where the blues have been and where they're going. Saturdays we will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at night, our only late night hours. We usually will sponsor some type of music. For example, on September 8, we will have New England's own Mark Nomad, reknowned blues guitarist with his new cd in tow, 'Acoustic Land'. He'll have his cd's with him if you want to pick up a copy. He will be playing in the shop from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. For our own part, every second Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. we will give free verbal appraisals on vintage instruments, so if you have anything in the attic or cellar, from fretted instruments to violins, we will be happy to give you price quotes. Those who have frequented our repair shop, know it takes a week to get a set-up back, acoustic or electric. With an appointment on that second Saturday we will offer same day set-ups. Either while you wait or drop off and pick up later. Such a deal! Take advantage of it because it only happens once a month and our workshop is usually extremely busy. http://www.marknomad.com/ Purchase Contact: Frank Lucchesi, Lucchesi Vintage Instruments 413-527-6627

Artist: Luke Cavagnac Medium: Painting Venue: Invisible Fountain Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 206 Event: Paintings by Luke Cavagnac : blue, purple, red, yellow, brown, green, orange, black, white, grey & MORE!!! Purchase Contact: luke@invisiblefountain.com 413.527.9300 info@invisiblefountain.com

Artist: "Not Taken For Granted" Medium: Performance Art - Spoken Word Venue: Easthampton Cultural Council Event Time: 5-7 PM Address: 43 Main St. Event: The Easthampton Cultural Council will sponsor an Open House at the Old Town Hall during the ArtWalk of September 8, 2007, from 5 pm - 7 pm. Easthampton was awarded $7,530 in grant monies from the Commonwealth for 2008. Samples of previous grants, copies of the 2008 grant application, and members of the Cultural Council will be on hand to answer your questions about applying for Cultural Council funding. Additionally, for 2008, the Cultural Council is specifically requesting applications on the theme described below, and encourages collaborations across the many individuals and organizations working within the community. Easthampton Intersections: Farmlands & Factories A remarkable number of opportunities exist in Easthampton due to its distinctive past as both an agricultural center and an industrial town. While the uses of these spaces have evolved over the years, Easthampton possesses singular access to 'rural' and 'labor' traditions. Through utilizing local farms, conservation land, working and converted industrial buildings, citizens of Easthampton have an insight into many facets of New England history that can be explored through the arts and other cultural events. The postmark deadline for grant applications is October 15, 2007. For further information, visit http://www.massculturalcouncil.org or email eculturalcouncil@aol.com Purchase Contact: Stephanie J. Gibbs eculturalcouncil@aol.com

Artist: Chris White Medium: Fiber Venue: New England Felting Supply Address: 84 Cottage St Event: Please join us at New England Felting Supply for a demonstration of our felting machine. Anyone interested in the process of felt making is encouraged to stop by. Professional feltmaker and author Chris White will be describing the basic principles of his ancient craft as well as some of the most modern techniques. Purchase Contact: Rory Valentine sales@feltingsupply.com

Artist: Mischa Epstein Alvarado Medium: Collage Venue: Mt.Tom's Homemade Ice Cream Address: 34 Cottage St Event: Mischa Epstein Alvarado creates collages that are bright, colorful and made for children of all ages, 1 to 100. Her collages are created using handmade paper, beads, buttons, snaps, wood, wine bags and whatever inspires her. Each collage comes from emotions, thoughts, and concepts generally adult in nature, yet what results is a whimsical and childlike piece of art. Each collage reflects special detail, inspiration and techniques, and each has its own story to tell. Each is meant to soar with your imagination while giving you the same feeling of joy she receives from creating them. Purchase Contact:

Artist: Carol Ostberg Medium: Painting - Mixed Mediums Venue: Carol Ostberg Studio Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 234 Event: Large and small one of a kind painted items; boxes, mirrors, picture frames, art pieces, and small tables. New mixed media ornaments. Lots of color and pattern blanket each piece. Colorful home additions and great gifts. Purchase Contact: Carol Ostberg (413) 585-0107

Artist: Juli Kirk Medium: Mixed Media Venue: Manhan Cafe Address: 88 Cottage St. Event: Although Juli's paintings are primarily oil on board or canvas, she will be displaying a selection of oil pastels on paper. Purchase Contact: Douglas Hurteau manhancafe@yahoo.com

Artist: Luann Rose Medium: Painting - Watercolor Venue: ReMax Hill and Valley Address: 78 Cottage St Event: A native of Westfield, MA, I have been painting for over 20 years. I have studied with Maria Nace, SP, Marcia Reed, Jack Flynn, Catherine Anderson, Tom Lynch, and Louise Currin. I am inspired by color, shape, and simplicity. Most of my paintings are landscape, floral, and abstract themes. It is my personal philosophy that painting should be interpretative, spontaneous and intuitive. Purchase Contact: Luann Rose lanrose@yahoo.com /413-568-6067

Artist: Team FADE Medium: Performance Art - Street Art Venue: Gazebo at Pulaski Park Event Time: 7:15 - 7:45 PM Address: 1 Main St. Event: The hugely popular fire arts troupe Team FADE returns to Easthampton's Pulaski Park for a dazzling show of fire spinning, throwing and juggling and a unique improvisational performance in conjunction with Carol Abbe Smith's jazz ensemble. Get there early to get a seat. Video of Team Fade is at: http://www.fadeteam.awardspace.com Purchase Contact: Joe Lapaire (413) 209-0497 or acrobaticmisfit@gmail.com

Artist: Carrie Ferguson Medium: Music Performance Venue: Metacomet Stage Event Time: 5-6pm Address: 43 Main St Event: SingerSongwriter & native-Northamptoner, perform in PACE's cafe! Stroll around town and take in all the art from Main St to Union St to Cottage St! Purchase Contact:

Artist: Group Show Medium: Assemblage Venue: d.ART Galley Address: 116 Pleasant St, Eastworks Bldg, Suite 145 Event: This is an exhibition introducing d.ART into the Easthampton art community. Every month will be a diferent exhibit with a diferent theme, however this month will be a mix of media and style to introduce the type of work which d.ART will be having through the year. There will be a mix of items from photography, painting, sculpture, glass, jewelry and many other pieces of art by local and regional artists. Purchase Contact: Nayana or Megan d.art@daniphotography.com

Artist: Behind the Veil Medium: Performance Art - Coreography Venue: Pirate's Den Restaurant Event Time: 4-5 PM Address: 58 Cottage St Event: Kicking off the evening's Art Walk is an early, 4-5 PM, belly dancing performance by members of "Behind the Veil." They will perform traditional Middle Eastern dance. This is a lively first stop on your Art Walk adventure. Purchase Contact:

Artist: The Scratches Medium: Music Performance - Folk Venue: Nashawannuck Gallery Event Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Address: 40 Cottage St Event: Join us at The Gallery and enjoy the live music of The Scratches, whose acoustic ensemble is sure to please. LATE CONCERT ... 7-9 P.M. Purchase Contact:

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