A note from ECA's Arts & Culture Program Director
Dear ECA Community,
Easthampton City Arts is excited to announce our lineup of upcoming Programs and Events, from April through December 2026! As many of you know, we’re doing things a little differently this year — we’re introducing new programs, boosting our existing programs, and will be engaging more artists and community members than ever before! We’ll also be creating more opportunities for new artists across all media to get involved by sharing out 5 different “calls to artists” this year — and, we are proud that with these new changes, a significantly larger percentage of our annual funding will directly support working artists, too.
We invite you all to mark your calendars for what’s to come — and, we encourage you all to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive regular updates and announcements about these programs and more! ECA announcements are also shared through our monthly newsletter, too!
PROGRAMS
Join us for ART WALK on the first Saturdays of every month at various locations in Downtown Easthampton!
April is POETRY MONTH in Easthampton! Featuring an ECA Gallery Exhibit by the Easthampton Public Library, a Poet Laureate Reading, a Poetry Poster Project, Poetry Ice Cream at Mt. Tom’s Ice Cream, and more!
We’re thrilled for our inaugural season of BEATS ON THE BOARDWALK, taking place on the Nashawannuck Pond Promenade from May 14th–September 24th! Join us every other week on Thursday evenings from 5-7pm!
And for this year’s PUBLIC ART programming, we’ll be introducing a brand new public mosaic sculpture on Union Street, plus our Have a Heart for Public Art fundraiser brunch will be taking place at Glendale Ridge — see details below!
EVENTS
SAT MAY 2 – MAY DAY SPRING FLORAL* – A day of handmade flowers, plein air painting, festive crafts, and floral themed windows in the Cottage Street Cultural District!
SAT JUNE 6 – SIDEWALK STRUT – Featuring Live Music, SHOW Circus Studio, Caravan Puppets, Art In Motion Dance Stage, a Floating Sculpture Exhibition, Makers Market, Kids Activities, and more!
SAT AUGUST 22 – SUMMER SOUNDS EASTHAMPTON – A one-of-a-kind summer concert at Park Hill Orchard! More details to come!
SUN SEPTEMBER 20 – HAVE A HEART FOR PUBLIC ART – A fundraiser brunch at Glendale Ridge, to support ECA’s Public Art Initiative!
SAT OCTOBER 24 – WICKED STROLL* – An evening of tricks, treats, and Halloween-themed adventures! Featuring live music and performances!
SAT NOVEMBER 21 – FRIENDS NIGHT OUT* – Late night shopping event in the Cottage Street Cultural District!
SAT DECEMBER 5 – NIGHT OF ILLUMINATION* – An inspiring evening of luminaries and candlelight in the Cottage Street Cultural District.
*In collaboration with the Cottage Street Merchants Association
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Once again, 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
This Saturday, May 2nd, from 4-7PM, visit @cityspace413 for the monthly Pop-Up market, community Bluegrass Jam, and tour of old town hall!
Pop-Up Market:
This month`s market will showcase work by @dorismadsen and @jorenard_art! Be sure to visit their pages to explore their creations!
Bluegrass Jam:
Musician David Clark Carroll of @daringcoyotes will be leading the jam in the Blue Room - open to all experience levels, whether you want to play or observe!
Old Town Hall Tour
A free guided tour of the building`s second floor, where you`ll get an inside look at the vision and plans shaping its future.
....And don`t forget to stop by the amazing exhibitions up at Elusie and ECA Galleries!
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Join us at Elusie Gallery @bigredframe during Art Walk this Saturday, May 2nd, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "Interconnectedness via the Garden" by Julian Parker Burns @julianparkerburns.
“My pictures are taken from my commutes, regular visits, and favorite locations, and my garden – I see the same places and people in many different lights over a period of time. With these images, I will create a montage of my photographs by intuitively pairing and combining complementary moments to form a working composition. I then print out overlapping sections from a digital image and affix it with acrylic medium to a primed wood panel. Then I respond to the image with pastel, pencil, and paint to infuse an energy that the mechanized elements (the camera, computer, and printer) of the process lack. I then may further alter the composition by reintroducing the photographic elements or continue to add pigmented layers of color, line, and texture. The work is completed when I feel the line between photograph and hand-applied pigment has been blurred, and conventions of space and physics have been challenged.”
For more information about this Art Walk listing, visit bigredframe.com or easthamptoncityarts.com
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Join us at @oxbowgallery during Art Walk on Saturday, May 2nd, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "Seen and Unseen" by Kathy Ford (front gallery) and "Tricennium" by Bonnie Ashmore, Joanna Dunn, David Schell, Cyndy Sperry, and Jason Travers (back gallery).
Seen and Unseen: Kathy Ford @a.quiltmakers.way
"I use fabric, thread, and the structure of quiltmaking to create abstract geometrics and/or representational collage, watching for what lives in the spaces between composition and stitching. Seeing what lives in the spaces between things is exciting for me. I like to think of this process as discovering order. Within composition, handwork, or machine stitching, the ‘unseen’ that emerges happens most naturally in slow motion, most often as I am moving back and forth between two developing quilts and allowing time to do its work too."
Tricennium: Bonnie Ashmore, Joanna Dunn, David Schell, Cyndy Sperry, Jason Travers
“Tricennium is a celebration of 30 years of making art, community, and connection. The 5 artists comprising Tricennium were privileged to be part of two classes that worked side by side in a warren of studios in the Cassel building at American University’s MFA program in the late 1990’s. The spirit of that time continues to carry through our work. The artists are grateful to have the time and space to show together."
Come meet the artists and see their work on May 2nd, and be sure to catch this show before it closes on May 24th!
To view the full Art Walk listing, visit our website easthamptoncityarts.com
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Join us THIS Saturday, May 2nd, for our May Day Spring Floral! Presented in collaboration with the Cottage Street Merchants Association, expect a day of handmade flowers, plein air painting, live music, and floral-themed storefront windows in the Cottage Street Cultural District!
At 3:30pm, we will be welcoming painters on the Nashawannuck Pond Promenade to set up their easels and paint while The Enchantivists @theenchantivists perform a live set straight from the boardwalk!
This event will also coincide with Art Walk, taking place from 4-7PM, so be sure to check out open studios, gallery exhibitions, and pop-up markets all around downtown Easthampton!
We can`t wait to see you there!
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A big big thank you to all those who showed up to our Spring Poetry Celebration this past weekend!
We are beyond grateful to Easthampton Poet Laureate, Carolyn Zaikowski @carolynzaikowski for organizing this event and to @abbrewery for giving us a space in which to host it.
Thank you to all the amazing poets who shared their work: @juponglin, @bethbeasties, @theflimsyquill , @snabulsi, @thndrkat , @vers_big_spoon and @mwfoulk!
We can’t wait for the next one!
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Here’s your week (ish) in Easthampton!
Special feature this week for the @easthamptonfilmfest taking place april 23rd-26th! Get out there and see some films!
As always, if you would like your event featured in the next edition of Easthampton weekly, please send us your event flyer or venue calendar!
*For specific questions about events, please contact hosting venues directly*
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Sharing this job posting from our friends at Black Labyrinth Tattoo @blacklabyrinthtattoo!
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Sharing this out for our friends and colleagues in the City Planning Department!
Come learn about and identify Easthampton species with the City Conservation Agent and Pascommuck Conservation Trust! On Sunday, April 26th, Easthampton is participating in a global bioblitz, an effort to document as many wild species as possible. No plant identification skills necessary to participate, just a phone with a camera and a love for our Easthampton ecosystems and trails!
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We`re thrilled to welcome Deborah Way to ECA Gallery next month - and we invite you all to come out to Art Walk Easthampton on Saturday, May 2nd, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "What Wears You?"!
"Working largely in the medium of soft sculpture, I make work that is a physical manifestation of what we hide and what we cannot help but reveal. Colorful and playful at first glance, the work can be seen to illustrate the secret fears that are alleviated when allowed to be examined. I explore the interaction between what our civilized, outer selves present to the world, while our inner selves toil messily beneath."
For more information about this artist and their work, visit deborahwayart.com
*ECA Gallery is located in Old Town Hall at 43 Main St. Gallery hours: Tues & Thurs 12-2PM, Wed 12-3PM*
See you there!
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