From Comb to Candle- How to Make Hand Dipped Beeswax Candles
2024-09-21 12:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
In this class you will learn how bees make beeswax and how humans have worked with beeswax over millennia. Then you will learn how to render beeswax for candle making and hand dip candles from beeswax. You’ll take home a set of two hand dipped candles for your own ritual needs.

All skill levels welcome, no candle making experience is necessary. Must be able to sit for prolonged periods (45 min) and stand periodically for candle dipping. All materials provided.

Saturday 9/21 12:30-3:00
$38 per person

Collage Club - 9/28
2024-09-28 13:00 - 15:00
The Collage Club is where you can play, experiment, and learn the fundamentals of creating a collage! No experience is necessary to participate and open to all ages! All collage materials will be provided or you can bring your own. We will meet from 1-3 pm. Tickets for this event are $10 each class. Let’s cut things up, glue them down, and create something beautiful!

Gallery Closing for Buoyant Heart "Back and Forthness"
2024-10-02 19:00
Last chance to see the show and a PLAY organized by Buoyant Heart!

Figure Drawing 10/3
2024-10-03 18:00 - 20:00
Figure drawing at Looky Here is an uninstructed drawing session with a nude model.
Easels and drawing horses are provided but please bring your own materials.

POSTPONED! Falling in Love with Community: A Conversation Party
2024-10-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
EVENT POSTPONED! We will try again in the winter!
Speed dating for friendship!
Be scared, be shy, come anyway!
6:00-8:00

Strange Page Reading
2024-10-15 19:00
Join us for a reading from Strange Page Participants!
7:00!
$10 suggested donation
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Looky Here 3rd Annual Gala Auction Opening, Looky Beer Release, and TRIVIA
2024-10-16 20:00 | The People’s Pint, 24 Federal St, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
ART OPENING/BEER RELEASE/TRIVIA! – On October 16th at 8:00 we will hang a portion of our available artworks at the People’s Pint and host a celebration of our new “Looky Beer” collaboration with the restaurant. Join us for TRVIA with prizes!! Plus, every pour of “Looky Beer,” earns Looky Here $1!!!

!DONATE NOW!
Browse the online auction and BEGIN BIDDING!
Its easy!
The auction will close at 10:30pm on the night of our Victorian Saloon Gala at the People’s Pint, December 14th, 2024. The event will have Live Piano Karaoke, raffles, and special in-person live auctions starting at 9:00pm. You won’t want to miss it, but need not be present to win!
This year, our fundraising goal is $50,000. Since opening in 2017, we have hosted over 1,250 workshops, curated over 40 gallery shows, trained over 100 people in Riso printing, organized nearly a dozen community festivals, and rehomed countless boxes of art supplies. Looky Here has been largely volunteer-run since its inception. Although we started our Looky Here journey nearly 8 years ago, we are raising $50,000 as part of a start-up fund so that we can support and sustain our nonprofit and become eligible for larger capacity grants.
With more funding, we would be able to pay our managing directors a minimum wage, hire a larger team, provide more robust scholarships for workshops, offer more free events, upgrade our facilities, host visiting artists and sustain our mission of affordable arts for all!
goals:
$10,000 by September
$15,000 by October
$25,000 by November
$35,000 by December
$50,000 by 2025!

Figure Drawing
2024-10-17 18:00 - 20:00

Palmistry by Diana Waldon and Tarot Readings by Amber Wolfe Rounds (Sign up for your 15 minute slot!)
2024-10-18 17:00 - 19:00
Tarot Readings by Amber Wolfe Rounds

Amber Wolfe Rounds is an astrologer and tarot reader with 15 years of experience. She provides astrology services including predictive forecasting, natal charts for individuals, and composite readings for couples or groups. Amber offers tarot card readings for public events and private parties.

Amber earned an M.Ed. from Antioch University New England after submitting her thesis: Tone Art: Anthroposophy, Astrology, Music. She is a Class Teacher at The Hartsbrook School in Hadley, MA. Amber composes and performs musical scores from astrology for Zizia.

Palmistry Readings by Diana Waldon

Diana’s palmistry readings are informed by the study of books dedicated to the art of hand analysis.
She has read the palms of friends and strangers alike for over a decade. The lines on your palm change with time, reflecting the dynamism of life and most importantly, your ability to self-determine; palmistry readings at Looky Here will feature analysis of major and minor lines, mounts, and phalanges.

Readings are $20. Sign up in advance for a time slot through Looky Here.

Still Life Social Club
2024-10-24 18:00 - 20:00
Still Life Social Club – biweekly on Thursdays 6-8pm. Bring drawing or painting supplies, a drink or a snack, a playlist or a good story and an item to add to the still life ! $10 tickets online 🎨✏️💐🏺🧃🍿🎶🧸📚

Greenfield Arts Walk: "when you are here" paintings by Clare Churchill Seder.
2024-10-25 17:00 - 20:00
Join us on FINAL FRIDAY to celebrate “when you are here” paintings by Clare Churchill Seder.
October 25th, 5:00-8:00pm at 28 Chapman St in Greenfield!

Collage Club 10/26
2024-10-26 13:00 - 15:00

Comedy Workshop with Mo Schweiger (Mondays 11/4-12/9)
2024-11-04 18:00 - 20:00
This six session comedy workshop is designed to make performing stand-up comedy less daunting!
Over six weeks, we will alternate between “content” workshop sessions and open mic workshop sessions. In “content” sessions, we will watch comedy sets by pros and discuss what makes them great. We will break down their jokes, their stage personas, and the structures of their sets and learn from them what works and doesn’t.
Then, on open mic weeks, we’ll take our skills to the mic!
This workshop is specifically meant for people underrepresented in traditional comedy spaces, though all are welcome. No experience necessary/all levels of experience welcome!
$150

Botanical Posters Risograph Workshop! 6:00-8:00 $60
2024-11-06 18:00 - 20:00
Scan leaves and flowers to make a run of 20 11″x17″ multicolored posters on the risograph!

Figure Drawing 11/7
2024-11-07 18:00 - 20:00

Queer Erotica Open Mic for Writers
2024-11-09 19:00
Woah! 7:00pm

Entropy Workshop with L. Scully (Tuesday 11/12 6:00-8:00)
2024-11-12 18:00 - 20:00
ENTROPY is an in person, generative writing workshop hosted by L Scully. The two hour class aims to produce the beginnings of 2+ new pieces of writing based on original prompts provided live and in session. We will discuss our artistic interpretations of ENTROPY as a theme in reference to our personal and collective creative practices, as well as sharing work by writers who add to our understanding of Disorder as a concept. This class is designed to be cross-genre and is open to new and seasoned writers alike.
We will brainstorm, create, discuss, and share work in a supportive and conversational setting.

We are living in a conundrum of degradation. our bodies age, the State is falling, disorder(s) run rampant in our minds. God feels random and chaos feels inevitable. There is no choice but to write toward uncertainty. What does the end of the world look like to you as an artist? What does the future look like for writers whose worlds have already ended? Cope, world-build, freak out, investigate together.

(Tues, Nov. 12th, 6-8pm)

LADYSPLAIN RETURNS! Friday 11/15 7pm!
2024-11-15 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a night of words from the ladies who splain.
Sarah Wisby
Kel Warren
Vanessa Brewster
Friday 11/15/2024 at 7pm!
$10 suggested donation N.O.T.A.F.L.O.F.

Figure Drawing 11/21
2024-11-21 18:00 - 20:00

Collage Club 11/30
2024-11-30 13:00 - 15:00

Figure Drawing 12/5/24
2024-12-05 18:00 - 20:00

Greenfield Holiday Market Pop-Up at The Pushkin
2024-12-06 11:00 - 2024-12-08 20:00 | Pushkin Building
Come celebrate the holiday season with a collection of some of the best makers, craftspeople, and artists in The Valley! Greenfield’s yearly Holiday Pop Up Market returns for a weekend of local shopping, small business support, and holiday fun!
Looky Here will be tabling all 3 days and will be joined by Mrs Claus!
Friday December 6th, 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Saturday December 7th, 11:00 – 6:00 PM
Sunday December 8th, 11:00 – 3:00 PM
In The Pushkin Gallery

Closing reception for “when you are here” paintings by Clare Churchill Seder
2024-12-06 17:00 - 20:00

Looky Here Magazine Release and Reading. Winter/Spring 2024
2024-12-07 12:00 - 15:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Join us in celebrating the release of the 3rd edition of Looky Here Magazine! This Winter/ Spring 2024 issue is printed in a limited palate of teal, yellow and black and features the first ever winner or our Short Story Contest! Winner, Sierra Dickey, as well as other contributing writers will read their piece in the magazine, and we will toast to the completion of another juicy release from Looky Here Press, and to all of the artists who made it possible.

Expressive Arts Shindig! 12/10 6:30-9:00 All materials included!
2024-12-10 18:30 - 21:00
A workshop for people to engage playfully with different art forms, individually and as a group. We will focus on process more than product to create community that will allow for spontaneity, creativity without judgement, individual expression and….FUN! No experience necessary. Just bring an open mind, yer rebellious spirit and your willingness to say yes or no to the offerings.
Tuesday, December 10th 6:30-9:00p.m.
ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED!

Looky Here's 3rd Annual Gala! Piano Bar Karaoke, Raffles, Auction Closing!
2024-12-14 21:00 - 23:30 | The People’s Pint, 24 Federal St, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
This year’s annual fundraising gala will be a Victorian Saloon at The People’s Pint! A selection of donated art will hang for 2 months and will be auctioned to help us reach our goal of $50,000 by the end of 2024. Many of the donated items will not be on view at The Pint, but will be up for auction online only. Be sure to browse the whole collection! The online auction will open on October 16th at 4pm. At the same time and date, we will host a celebration of our new “Looky Beer” collaboration with the People’s Pint at the restaurant. We will hold a trivia contest with prizes, drink our “Looky Beer”, which earns Looky Here $1 per pour, and will begin bidding on the displayed and online works! The auction will close at 10:30pm on the night of our Victorian Saloon Gala at the People’s Pint, December 14th, 2024. The event will have Piano Bar Karaoke, raffles, and special in-person live auctions. You won’t want to miss it, but need not be present to win!

!DONATE NOW!
And browse the online auction to begin bidding!
Its easy!
This year, our fundraising goal is $50,000. Looky Here is a non-profit art space founded by artists in Greenfield, MA in 2017. We provide the community with affordable used art supplies, art workshops, exhibition space and access to our Risograph printer, which we use to produce an ever-growing collection of cards, books and prints from local artists. Our funding comes in the form of donations, ticket sales, printing revenue, merchandise sales and the occasional local grant.
Since opening in 2017, we have: hosted over 1,250 workshops, curated over 40 gallery shows, trained over 100 people in Riso printing, organized over 10 community festivals, and rehomed countless boxes of art supplies. Looky Here has been largely volunteer-run since it’s inception. The funding needed to sustain the space would ideally come from large grants, however, we need at least $50,000 to become applicable for these larger capacity grants. With more funding, we would be able to pay our managing directors a minimum wage, hire a larger team, provide more robust scholarships for workshops, offer more free events, upgrade out facilities, host visiting artists and sustain our mission of affordable arts for all!

That’s A Wrap! A last chance holiday pop-up at Looky Here
2024-12-18 12:00 - 2024-12-21 17:00
Come for custom Looky-scrap gift-wrapping and to shop local vendors for a 4 day pop up at Looky Here!
Vendors include: Hope Street Clay, Buckingham Rabbits, Eternal Spiral Project, Blu Angel Flame, Good Girl Pottery and more!
hours are 12-5 Wednesday-Saturday December 18-21

Carousel (4 week writing workshop with L. Scully - Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 $100)
2025-01-07 18:00 - 20:00
One month, four themes, and your new year’s writing commitment. Over the course of four weeks, gather to discuss and generate new work with writer L Scully. This workshop will occur Tuesday evenings in January in two hour, limited group sessions at LookyHere. Each week we will explore a different theme through literary and artistic references, group discussion, and generative writing prompts provided live and in session. The ultimate goal of this workshop is to jumpstart your writing practice for 2025 in a supportive and productive environment guided by a tapestry of subject matter. Let’s get weird!
4 Tuesdays 1/7-1/28
6:00-8:00pm
This class will end with an Open Mic Reading on Friday, January 31st at 7:00!

Riso Workshop: Botanical Posters (1/9)
2025-01-09 18:00 - 20:00
Learn to print and layer colors on Looky Here’s Risograph printer in this 2 hour workshop! Students will collaboratively make a series of 20 11×17 posters by scanning leaves and flowers. All materials provided, though feel free to bring your own plant matter.

Still Life Social Club (1/9/25)
2025-01-09 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials, drinks and snacks! We Provide the still life and good vibes
