A note from ECA's Arts & Culture Program Director
Dear ECA Community,
Easthampton City Arts is thrilled to announce our 20th Anniversary Year of community arts and cultural programming in the City of Easthampton! We extend our immense gratitude to each and every one of you who has played a part in establishing our organization, volunteered as an ECA Committee & Subcommittee Member, participated as a Visual Artist, Musician, Poet, or Performer, contributed to our programming as an event attendee or volunteer, and has shared your voice and vision with us as dedicated community members!
As a municipal organization, we orient ourselves and operate in direct response and relationship to this vital and evolving community we are a part of — and we are simultaneously honored, proud, and humbled to reach this meaningful milestone, as the direct result of working and growing together. Thank you all so much!
To celebrate, we’ve got a robust lineup of public programming throughout 2025 that’s free and engaging for people of all ages — and we encourage you all to mark your calendars for all that’s to come! And, if you aren’t familiar with ECA’s unique history and role in the City, you can learn more about it here.
COMMUNITY EVENTS & FESTIVALS
Art Walk: First Saturdays of the Month
February-December // Various Locations
*Congratulations to our incoming roster of ECA Gallery Artists!
Art in the Garden
Saturday June 7, 2-5pm // Various Locations
Host Garden Interest Form // Attendee Registration
Cultural Chaos
Saturday June 14, 12-5pm // Cottage Street Cultural District
Light Up the Arts
Date & Location Will Be Announced…
WEEKLY SPOTLIGHTS on OUR SOCIALS
- #ECAMondayMemories
- #ECA20th
*We encourage you all to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive regular updates and announcements about these programs and more! AND, we encourage you to sign up for our monthly newsletter, too! Many thanks to each and every one of you for supporting and celebrating our beloved community of local working artists in all the ways you do!
With art + heart,
Pasqualina Azzarello
Arts & Culture Program Director
Easthampton City Arts
Eca News
Annoucements
Oxbow Gallery’s upcoming exhibition will run from June 5th-June 29th, with an artist reception on June 7th from 5-7pm during Art Walk Easthampton!⭐️ The exhibiting artists are Stephanie Vignone and Katherine Weinstein. See below for further details on these artists and their work. @oxbowgallery
“In the Front Gallery will be shared, exhibiting Stephanie Vignone’s “Familiar Places: Landscapes” which will be a series of paintings in both Pastel and Oil. She uses her paintings to articulate her love of nature and demonstrate scenes she observes while outdoors.
The Front Gallery will also display Roxanne Boyd’s “Framing Light”. Boyd’s art is construction, and emphasizes the impact of light.
In the Back Gallery will be Katherine Weinstein’s “Junctures”, a series of figurative work. The title reflects the narrative and visual focus of this body of work; themes of adolescence, empty nesting, or just spatial tensions. When developing her images, Weinstein looks for transitional points and overlapping forms; jutting elbows, twisting torsos, bodies receding into space or crossing one another.”
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MXED Greens Queer Art Lounge is taking place this Saturday May 31st (6-9pm) in the Paragon Building. See below for more details!⭐️
@mxedgreens QUEER ART LOUNGE ~ MAY 2025
“Join us Sat May 31st, 6-9pm for art making - we’ll have supplies for carving and printing mini-linocut stamps into erasers, and thread & yarn for embroidery and knitting/crocheting. feel free to bring your materials or whatever project you are currently excited about (but please don’t take our tools home with you)!
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Feel free to come solo, bring a friend/date/your kids, and be social or in your own lane.
We aren’t charging a cover for this event, but if you’re using materials from the studio or would just like to contribute, $5-$10 is appreciated.
all ages welcome ~ KN95, N95, or equivalent respirator masks required for everyone while in the studio and there will be some at the door 💋😷 (just like for all our studio events, lil up-downs for tea/hydration inside is great, but for longer mask breaks or snacking we ask that folks into the hallway!). See our Directions & Accessibility page here for full access notes and how to find the studio!”
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We’re thrilled to welcome Ariel Kotker @arielko13 to ECA Gallery this month — and we invite you all to come out next Saturday June 7th (4-7pm) to experience “His Room as He Left It” at Art Walk Easthampton! Each piece in this show was hand-made, and the meticulous and dedicated craftsmanship is impossible to miss. You can visit @arielko13 for a sneak peak of what is in store. We congratulate you, Ariel! And we look forward to seeing you all out and about at Art Walk next Saturday!
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Next Friday at @newcitybrewery, Scotch and Bloom will be performing at 5pm! This performance is free!
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Get excited for Easthampton Farmer’s Market happening Sundays, May 25th- October 12!🍅🥬🌶️ @easthamptonmarket See below and on the poster for further details.
“😎 Will we see you at the Easthampton Farmers’ Market on Sunday? Let us know what you’re excited to find here! 👇
Easthampton, MA Farmers’ Market 2025
Sundays, 10am-2pm May 25-Oct 12
50 Payson Ave (behind city hall)
#itsineasthampton #inittogether #art4all #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusiness
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Show Circus Studio’s Scholarship applications for their Summer Session are now open! See below for more details✨ @showcircusstudio
“🏖 Scholarship applications for our upcoming Summer Session are NOW OPEN! You can apply for a scholarship up until Sunday, June 1st at 10pm.
🍦 Summer session will start on Monday July 7th and run through Sunday August 31st. The summer schedule and registration announcement will be coming very soon!
☀ You can apply at: https://tinyurl.com/37trbjk6“
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Today’s #ecamondaymemories goes out to these beautiful shots of last year’s Cultural Chaos festival✨We are so excited for this year’s festival happening June 14th, 12-5pm, and we can’t wait for the music, performances, food, art, and amazing community that comes along with it!
We hope to see you there!
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Easthampton Public Library @ehlibrary Quilting and Sewing Group is meeting tomorrow, Tuesday May 20th!🪡 This is a monthly recurring event, open to all!
#itsineasthampton #inittogether #art4all #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusiness
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Calling all lovers of collaging and creative writing!🗣️
Saturday June 7th 10am-12pm, before Art Walk Easthampton, make your way to @bigredframe for a Collage Vision Boarding for Creative Writing Workshop! This event requires registration so see details below for signing up.✨
“Join @michaelsjostedt and Cut Loose x Megan Tady for a fun, hands-on workshop: Collage Vision Boards for Creative Writing at @bigredframe on Saturday, June 7, from 10am–12pm.
We’re talking scissors, glue, imagination and a playful way to unlock new layers in your writing. Whether you’re diving into a new story or trying to wrangle a tricky character, vision boards can help shake things up (in the best way).
No pressure, no perfection — just a cozy space, creative energy, and maybe a little tea.
✂️ Space is limited to 15, so grab your spot soon!
Follow the events link in @bigredframe bio for tickets.”
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