Looky Here

Reflective Drawing (a 3 week series 10:00am-12:00pm with Caroline James)
2024-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Reflective Drawing: Self Exploration Through Observational Drawing
In this workshop, we will curate our own scene for observational drawing, both to improve our technical drawing skills, and to create space within to explore our creativity!
We will spend three weeks exploring introspective drawing through gesture and style, personalized still-life, and costumed self-portraits.
3 Fridays from 10:00-12:00 starting August 2nd.
We will offer a second installment of the workshop in August that will be more portrait based!
We hope to see you there!

Figure Drawing 7/11/24
2024-07-11 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.

MUSIC! AT and the Fantasy Suites, Bryan Gillig, and Vanessa Brewster
2024-07-10 18:00 - 20:30
Two 6 piece bands and a rockin solo act at Looky Here, Wednesday 7/10.
$10-20 sliding scale!
Doors at 6:00
Show at 7:00

Rouge Readings Returns
2024-06-29 19:00 - 22:00
Rouge Readings Returns to Looky Here!
Elle Longpre
Lily Bix-Daw
Midge Hartshorn
Susan Patterson
7pm
$10 suggested donation

Collage club!
2024-06-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-25 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!

Bio: Bella LaMontagne is an analog collage artist based in Shelburne Falls Massachusetts. She is a Finalist in the 9th edition of the Boynes Artist Award: Young Artist Category. Her work has been published in multiple publications including, the Red Ogre Review, the Indianapolis Review, the Santa Clara Review, and Photosynthesis Magazine . Bella has exhibited her work both regionally and internationally. In March of 2023 Bella was an artist in residence, hosted by the Kolaj Institute, at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville Tennessee where she explored the role of folklore within the context of collage.

Greenfield Arts Walk: On Our Way by Chelsea Granger with a reading from her book!
2024-06-28 17:00 - 20:00
On Our Way, New Work by Chelsea Granger
I began work for this series by looking at specific local endangered species, wanting to honor and make visible my most local neighbors who are experiencing loss of their habitat, community, place, what we all stand to lose within a rapidly changing climate. As I moved deeper into making the series, the idea of endangerment shapeshifted into more abstract ideas about what is disappearing or becoming invisible to us and what we find within that loss. I wanted to make beauty for beauty’s sake within the enormous overwhelm of what is on a precipice of disappearing. I wanted to sing a praise song with my work.
How can we live honoring what is dying? How do we lift up what we love, regardless of whether it will survive or not? In what ways can we celebrate what is fleeting and be with what is here while it is here?
How do we sing a song to the butterfly, praise the sun, and say thank you to a flower?
Where do we as people land in all of that unknown disappearing?
My practice focuses on painting as a celebration, painting as a prayer. I hope that this work brings light to what we have/what we stand to lose and the potential for us to make rituals of thanks to it all.

Chelsea Granger is a multidisciplinary artist. Painting, drawing, illustration, murals, and tattoos are the foundation of her practice. She recently self-published a zine about death and grief titled So Many Ways to Draw a Ghost. After the death of her mom as well as a dear friend, she started seeing her art as a way to sing up life, with the hope that her art can act as a doorway to create conversations about death and grief. Chelsea’s art is of the everyday, inspired by the overlap of earth/spirit dimensions, and woods as church. She is interested in painting as medicine, painting as a portal, painting as a spell. Her work has been exhibited across the Northeast, and her murals exist across New England.

Figure Drawing 6/27/24
2024-06-27 18:00 - 20:00

Still Life Social Club 6/20 - $10
2024-06-20 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 🎨✏️💐🏺🧃🍿🎶🧸📚

Botanical Gel Printing With Melissa Reid
2024-06-19 18:00 - 20:00
Learn to create beautiful, unique botanical prints with a gel plate. Experiment with mixing colors and developing layers while printing a variety of leaves and flowers. Experience the excitement of pulling one-of-a-kind prints that are perfect for displaying or gifting. Let our tools and tips guide you to create something uniquely your own.
Class cost $35, includes all of the necessary materials. Botanicals may vary based on availability.
Class size is limited to 8 participants

Face Painting!!!
2024-06-15 12:00 - 15:00
Celebrate Greenfield PRIDE with face painting by Hannah Brookman.
$10 donation, drop ins welcome!

Open Mic for Writers AND Staged Readings by Wren
2024-06-14 19:00 - 21:00
Come hither poets and writers and speak your words.
Seltzers, snaps, and tears provided.
THEN!
Holy Smokes Theater Presents!
Staged Readings of, “A Serious Threat” and “Dandy in the Underworld: Queer Sex Magic” by Wren.
$10 suggested donation
doors at 6:30
Open Mic – 7:00
Staged Readings – 8:00

Figure Drawing 6/13/2024
2024-06-13 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials.
Easels and Drawing horses provided!

Design and Print Stationary with the Risograph!
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00
Design and print a set of stationary and envelopes on the risograph!
All materials included!
Wednesday, June 12th from 5:00-8:00pm!

Music Show!
2024-06-07 19:00
Kristine Leschper and Page Page
Mere of Light
Annie Grizzle
Eileen Stillwell
Doors at 7:00
$15

Still Life Social Club
2024-06-06 18:00 - 20:00
Starting in June, Hannah will host 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 🎨✏️💐🏺🧃🍿🎶🧸📚

Design and Print Stationary on the Riso!
2024-06-05 17:00 - 20:00
Design and print a set of stationary and envelopes on the risograph!
All materials included!
Wednesday, June 5th from 5:00-8:00pm!

Clothing Swap 1:00-3:00 $10 suggested donation
2024-06-01 13:00 - 15:00
Spring is springing, Summer is coming, let’s swap booty shorts and Hawaiian shirts!
1:00 – 3:00
$10 suggested donation

Final Friday: Closing Reception for Emily Gaimari's "Inside, Outside"
2024-05-31 17:00 - 20:00
Last chance to see Emily Gaimari’s show, “Inside, Outside” during Greenfield’s Gallery Walk on Final Friday from 5:00-8:00!

Figure Drawing 5/30/24
2024-05-30 18:00 - 20:00

Tie-Dye T-Shirt Workshop (Saturday May 18th from 1:00-3:00)
2024-05-18 13:00 - 15:00
All materials provided (yes, including t-shirts!)
Come make your own glorious tie-dye and make Jerry proud!

Figure Drawing 5/16/24
2024-05-16 18:00 - 20:00

QUILT CLUB! (Bi-weekly Tuesdays from 6:00-8:00)
2024-05-14 18:00 - 20:00
Bring your quilting project, though a darning situation would not be frowned upon.
We have scraps galore and plenty of thread! Plus, Emily Gaimari’s paintings are hanging up, looking awe-inspiring.
Space is limited!

Hedgewitch and Wishbone Zoe
2024-05-11 18:00 - 20:00
Hedgewitch and Wishbone Zoe present an evening of arts, crafts, and video art in community. We will be showing animations by Wishbone Zoe, as well as Hedgewitch’s new music video made by June Ku. Masks appreciated, we’ll have some crafting supplies on hand but feel free to bring your own as well! Sliding scale $0-10, NOTAFLOF.

World Collage Day Workshop
2024-05-11 13:00 - 15:00
In celebration of World Collage Day, come make a piece of collaborative artwork with like minded creatives! By working in groups, each participant will start their own collage and then pass it around the group. Each person in the group will contribute to each collage until everyone has their original artwork back. To make it more interesting, everyone will work in black and white until every collage has made its way around the group. Then each artist will finish their artwork by adding some color! This event is for beginners and experienced collage artists alike and is a perfect workshop to bring friends and family along to collaborate with. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any special materials or imagery that you have at home. During or after the event you can share your World Collage day experience using the hashtag #WorldCollageDay! All ages welcome!
Bella is an analog collage artist based in Shelburne Falls Massachusetts. Her art and process are based in Naturphilosophie, which explores the relationship between Nature and the mind. Through the medium of collage Bella breaks down the binary between humans and the wider biotic community. Her work speaks to the human right to roam, exploring the importance of access to natural spaces. She does this by combining fragments of symbolism, folklore, mythology, and contemporary material from magazines and books, to guide viewers through a thought provoking visual narrative that remystifies the world. Bella is a Finalist in the 9th edition of the Boynes Artist Award: Young Artist Category. Her work has been published in multiple publications including, the Red Ogre Review, the Indianapolis Review, the Santa Clara Review, and Photosynthesis Magazine. Bella has exhibited her work both regionally and internationally.

Songwriting Workshop with Christina Schneider (4 Mondays 5/6 - 5/27 from 6:00-8:00)
2024-05-06 18:00 - 20:00
Do you have songs inside of you that need to come out, but you’re not sure where to start? Have you been writing songs forever but you want an extra push to connect with other songwriters and talk about craft? Join me in this 4 week workshop for a deep dive into the magic of songwriting! Together we will explore: lyrics, song structure, experimenting with chords, tools for inspiration, and developing your own musical point of view. By the end, you will have a collection of new songs under your belt! I can’t wait to hear the music that only you can make.

Design and Print Stationary on the Riso!
2024-05-04 12:00 - 15:00
Design and print a set of stationary and envelopes on the risograph!
All materials included!

Re/vision: Written Works by Visual Artists
2024-05-03 18:30
Join the UMASS MFA cohort with a reading of Written Works by Visual Artists.
Doors at 6:30!
$10 suggested donation – no one turned away!

Figure Drawing 5/2/24
2024-05-02 18:00 - 20:00

QUILT CLUB! (Biweekly Tuesdays 6:00-8:00)
2024-04-30 18:00 - 20:00
