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!
Light Up the Arts
Friday December 5th; 6-9pm // Marigold Theater
*Purchase tickets to this special event HERE!
*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
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Looking for a post-Art Walk activity this Saturday?
Head over to @thcc413 for a great lineup co-presented with @promotorhead!
Haunting Titans @hauntingtitans
Psychedelic punk from CT!
Green Street Fiends @greenstreetfiends
Western Mass doom / ska!
Zar Nuk @zar_nuk
Intergalactic emperors of cosmic nuclear doom metal!
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Don’t miss these incredible shows on view now at @oxbowgallery. Catch them before they close on March 29th, 2026! And don`t forget to attend the artist reception taking place THIS Saturday, 4-7PM, during Art Walk Easthampton!
"Inside Out" by @elizabeth_meyersohn
Meyersohn will be exhibiting a collection of recent oil paintings. The work on display will focus on veiled windows and views with moons and branches. Through this show, Meyersohn continues to explore the emotional impact of perceiving nature.
"Tension" by @catherineswiftpaintings
Swift has always been an artist, but developed an acute interest in painting over the past 20 years. She describes it as a critical form of expression, which she uses to communicate experiences, thoughts, and feelings. The basic tenet of her work is an “internal landscape” which she presents through shape, color, texture, and abstract images.
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As you explore during Art Walk this Saturday, March 7th from 4–7PM, be sure to stop by three incredible exhibitions happening around town at @mt.toms.icecream, @84_andahalf, and @dry_humor_bottle_shop!
Stephen Levine Photographs @mt.toms.icecream
"Stephen Levine is a retired family physician who practiced at Holyoke Medical Center for the past 39 years. He has always loved photography and has, in recent years, been able to fine tune his photographic skills. He particularly enjoys photographing local nature scenes as well as local flowers."
Richard Neal Mixed Media @84_andahalf @chalkboardstudio
"While many of you have enjoyed Barbie turns 50 in the window at 84 1/2, we’d like to invite you to come out and see some of the other cool, large mixed media works by Richard Neal! Neal is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, and was recently the subject of a one-person exhibit at the Provincetown Art Museum."
Ashley Aponte-Rivera @dry_humor_bottle_shop
"Ashley (they/them) is a Borikén artist whose work explores Taino spirituality, ancestral lineage, and the reclamation of Indigenous Caribbean identity. Their art acts as both personal reflection and collective remembrance, with a contemporary Pop art twist, amplifying Indigenous presence in modern art spaces."
Spend the evening walking, discovering, and supporting local artists. See you out there!
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Join us this Saturday, March 7th, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of John Darby’s “The Five Tantric Mandalas” at Elusie Gallery @bigredframe!
“Based on Tantric Buddhist principles, The Five Mandalas whimsically express the 5 energies where enlightenment and neurosis can be found in the same place.”
For more information about this exhibition, visit @darbyartisan or bigredframe.com!
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We`re thrilled to welcome Rebecca Schrader to ECA Gallery next month - and we invite you all to come out to Art Walk Easthampton on Saturday, March 7th, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "Chromaticism"!
"Chromaticism is a solo painting exhibition featuring abstract color-fields and gestural mindscapes, as well as live original music on cello+electronics."
For more information about this artist and their work, visit @rebeccamstudio or rebeccamaslandschrader.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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Another packed week of events! Make sure to mark your calendars!
As always, if you would like your event featured in the next edition of Easthampton Weekly, DM us your event poster or use the event submission form linked in our bio!
*For specific questions about events, please contact the hosting venues directly*
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Easthampton City Arts (ECA) and the ECA Public Art Subcommittee are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for its public art initiative, The Union Street Pathway to the Mills, which will feature a public mosaic sculpture. All project details and application information can be found at www.easthamptoncityarts.com and in the link of our Instagram bio.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday March 25th.
This project is being funded by proceeds raised at the “Have a Heart for Public Art” fundraiser at Galaxy restaurant, with additional partnership and support provided by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Easthampton Planning Department, the Department of Public Works, and the Manhan Rail Trail Committee.
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Only one week left to see Trace Meek’s incredible exhibition “Lost Town”, up now at ECA Gallery!
Artist Statement: “I’m Trace Meek, a designer, artist, photographer, writer, and musician based in Massachusetts. Whatever medium I work in, I enjoy the interplay of the heart, the mind, and the hands. I love to search for meaning, develop ideas, and express them in visual, tactile, and intellectual form. Lost Town is a series of eleven paintings inspired by the true story of the four lost towns of the Swift River Valley.”
Trace will be hosting open gallery hours tomorrow, Saturday, February 21st, from 9:30AM-12PM! Don’t miss the chance to see this collection up close.
For more information about this artist and their work, visit @trace_meek_ or tracemeek.com. To find out details about this specific exhbition, read Trace’s blogpost at tracemeek.com/lost-town.
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So much happening this week we couldn’t fit it all on one page!
Easthampton — here’s your weekly calendar for arts, music, and cultural happenings around town!
Want your event featured in the next edition of Easthampton Weekly? Send us a DM or use the event submission form linked in our bio!
We plan to publish this calendar every Wednesday for the week ahead, and all featured events will also be added to our online calendar at easthamptoncityarts.com
*For specific questions about events, please contact the hosting venues directly*
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