Looky Here

Open Mic for Writers ($10 Suggested Donation)
2025-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Bring something borrowed, something blue, or something new to read! Sign up at 7:00.

Watercolor Painting for Adults (6 week series with Giselle Harrington 11/10 – 12/15 6:00-8:00pm)
2025-11-10 18:00 - 20:00
Watercolor Painting for Adults
Learn traditional methods of handling transparent watercolor in representational painting. Students will learn how to control watercolor through washes and glazes, creating soft edges, and using wet-in-wet techniques. They will also learn how to quickly identify a strong value design in a scene: key to success in watercolor.
Materials: Participants may choose to bring their own supplies or rent supplies for use during the class; Supply rental is: $5 per day or $25 for the full session. They can pay at the first class. Students choosing to bring their own supplies can find a supply list here.

Public Interest Zine Making with Holly Muñoz and Randy Lesage (pay what you can!)
2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00
“Public Interest” is a concern for the well-being of all people, rather than individuals, specific groups, or companies.
The world is messed up and scary. Information and education can help. Learn how to make zines. Get your message across to people. Help them understand why we all do better when we all do better.
Suggested donation of $15 for the two-hour workshop. No one turned away. Proceeds support Looky Here. All supplies included.

Hand Dipped Beeswax Candle Making with Ang Roell (3:00-5:00pm)
2025-11-16 15:00 - 17:00
You will learn about where beeswax comes from, its importance in the hive and in human history. Then you’ll learn how to make hand dipped beeswax candles, and take two hand dipped tapers home with you.

*Figure Drawing (11/20 6:00-8:00 $15)
2025-11-20 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials! Easel and drawing horses provided. Figure Drawing at Looky Here is an uninstructed drawing session with a nude model. $15 per session, running 6-8pm on over other Thursday evening.
*Participates in Card to Culture

Riso Zine Workshop (5:00-8:00 $80 all materials included)
2025-11-21 17:00 - 20:00
Risograph Zine Workshop! 5:00-8:00 $80
Make 20 copies of your own mini zine with two layers on the risograph!

Make a Flutterbook (5:30-8:00 with Sarah Wisby)
2025-11-25 17:30 - 20:00
The flutter book is an accordion-style artist book with a wrap-around cover that is ideal for displaying prints, drawings, watercolors, or blank pages to be filled as you see fit. Pages can be glued, taped, or sewn together. Bring your own decorative papers or make use of provided materials. Makes a great gift!

Design your own Holiday Cards (20 notecard/envelope set)
2025-11-28 14:00 - 17:00
Design your own holiday cards and envelopes printed in two colors the Risograph printer.

*Collage Club – 1:00-3:00 (Every final Saturday of the Month)
2025-11-29 13:00 - 15:00
1:00-3:00
$10.00 (free for members!)
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!
*For Card to Culture Tickets, please email LookyHereGreenfield@gmail.com

Risograph Botanical Posters (1:00-3:00)
2025-11-30 13:00 - 15:00
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.
Leave with 20 unique posters
$60

How to develop film without a Darkroom (3 week series with Lindsay Layne 6:00-7:30)
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:30
How to develop film without a darkroom! Explore the timeless art of analog
photography—no darkroom required. This class is designed for beginners and photography
enthusiasts who want to teach or learn film photography using accessible, low-cost methods.
Discover how to shoot, develop, and digitize black-and-white or color film using simple tools and
alternative processes. We’ll cover camera basics, film selection, at-home development, and how
to scan negatives for digital sharing or printing. Whether you’re in a classroom, community
center, or your own kitchen, this course empowers you to bring film to life with minimal space
and equipment.

Figure Drawing 12/4/25
2025-12-04 18:00 - 20:00

The Lady of Shalott - Friday
2025-12-05 19:00 - 20:00
The Lady of Shalott is a modern-day interpretation of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott,” about a young woman who secludes herself in her room, getting everything she needs delivered to her door. Her only interactions with the outside world are through the messages she gets from viewers as she streams her daily life online. She is drawn out of her room when she sees a photo of Lancelot, the man of her dreams. The show is interactive, as we encourage audience members to participate in the live chat as the Lady of Shalott streams live on Twitch in real time.
“One of the best sight gags you will see at fringe this year.” -PortFringe 2025, Independent Review Team
6:30 Doors 7:00 Show
$15 online – $20 at the door

The Lady Of Shalott - Saturday
2025-12-06 19:00 - 20:00

*Craft Club (First Sunday of every month 1:00-3:00 $10)
2025-12-07 13:00 - 15:00
Come craft, make a diorama, build a bird house, work on your crotchet project, hot glue random things together. Whatever you like!

Craft Club 12/7/25
2025-12-07 13:00 - 16:00
Come craft, make a diorama, build a bird house, work on your crotchet project, hot glue random things together. Whatever you like!
*Free for members! (email to register)
*Participates in Card to Culture

2026 Looky Here Calendar Gallery Reception
2025-12-10 17:00 - 20:00
2026 Looky Here Calendar Gallery Reception at Hosmer Gallery (in Forbes Library), Northampton, featuring 12 artists!

Public Interest Zine Making with Holly Muñoz and Randy Lesage (pay what you can!) 12/11
2025-12-11 18:00 - 20:00

Weirdo Zine Forms: The Flexagon and the Victorian Puzzle Purse 12/12/25
2025-12-12 17:30 - 20:00
Weirdo Zine Forms: The Flexagon and the Victorian Puzzle Purse
Come reinvent the zine with two oddball forms! The flexagon is a flat object with multiple sides or pages, a “book” in a constant state of opening. The Victorian Puzzle Purse is an origami form (square paper, no cutting) that is full of surprise

Big Hat Bingo + Art Auction!
2025-12-13 11:00 - 14:00
🎩 Big Hat Bingo + Art Auction
📅 Friday, December 13 | ⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Magpie Pizza in Greenfield
Bingo starts at 12:00 PM
Raffle Winners announced at 1:45, Art Auction ends at 2:00!
Join us at Magpie for a fabulous day of games, prizes, portraits, poems, art, and a delicious brunch spread!
✨ Ticket Options ✨
🎟 Snack Squad — $20
Enjoy the company, games, the art, and a tasty selection of snacks from Magpie. Bingo sold separately.
🏆 Looky Lover — $75
Reserved seating plus a complimentary set of Bingo Games (valued at $25 – 10 games total, with prizes worth over $700!)
🎁 The Biggest Hat — $200
Reserved seating, 2 sets of Bingo games valued at $50, 20 raffle tickets for our grand prize raffle, and a gift bag filled with limited edition prints!
Kids – $5 each!
Bingo cards sold at event. $25 for all 10 games, or $5 each for separate games!
🎨 Come play bingo, eat yummy snacks, win up to $700 in prizes, and celebrate Looky Here!

Open Mic for Writers ( Book Release Party for Riso Book Class) 12/17/25)
2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
Open Mic for writers, plus a class reading for the Riso Book Class!
Come at 7 sharp
$10 suggested donation – NOTAFLOF

Figure Drawing 12/18/25
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00

Gallery Opening for Emily Tatro
2025-12-19 17:00 - 20:00

That's A Wrap! Pop-up Market + Fill-a Bag sale AND photos with Mrs. Claus!
2025-12-20 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-21 12:00 - 17:00
🎁✨ That’s a Wrap! ✨🎁
Join us for a Holiday Pop-Up Market with Mrs. Claus & our beloved Fill-a-Bag Sale!
🗓 December 20th & 21st
🕛 12–5 PM
📍 Looky Here, 28 Chapman St, Greenfield, MA
Come shop handmade goods, art, vintage treasures, and baked treats from amazing local artists and vendors!
🧥 Buckingham Rabbits Vintage
🎨 Chelsea Granger
🧁 Baked Bads
💖 Elevate Love Today
🎁 Please and Thank You Vintage
🎨 Emily Tatro
🎅 Snap a photo with Mrs. Claus
🎁 AND fill a bag from our thrift store of art supplies for just $10!
Plus! 🎁 plenty of elves will be around with wrapping paper and bows to get your gifts ready!

Holiday Break!
2025-12-22 - 2026-01-02
Shop Closed! Open again Saturday January 3rd.

*Morning Shift: Community Open Writing Time (Saturdays from 10:30-12:00)
2026-01-03 10:30 - 12:00
*Morning Shift: Community Open Writing Time (Saturdays from 10:30-12:00)
Want to write but having trouble getting started? Or tired of writing alone into the void? Join us for a drop-in writing space, open to all and free (donations to Looky Here for letting us use the space are encouraged). We will say hello to each other, share a prompt or brief piece to get us going, but mostly we will just write together. This is not a workshopping group or an open mic, come with your notebook or laptop and get ready to get some words on the page in good company.
FREE!
* Participates in Card to Culture

*Craft Club / Open Studio Time (every first Sunday or the month) 1:00-4:00
2026-01-04 13:00 - 16:00
Bring ant project you like. We will set you up with a large table. You can use our sewing machines, glue guns, and whatever other resources we have! $10 – free for members

Drawing for Beginners with Giselle Harrington (6:00-9:00 4 week session)
2026-01-05 18:00 - 21:00
Drawing for Beginners
4 Monday evenings, 6-9pm (3 hours). January 5, 12, 19, 26. $220
If class has to be canceled due to snow or ice, please note that there is no make-up date and students will be reimbursed for the individual canceled class.
Description:
Drawing is the backbone of any work on paper. Learning to draw also means learning to see in a way that applies both to drawing and to working with color. This way of seeing is about looking at objects as two-dimensional, related, abstract shapes rather than real objects. This class will teach you how to master drawing through a series of exercises which you can continue to practice at home to develop your skills. In this class you will also learn basic principles such as how to hold the drawing tool, what tools you can use for drawing, how drawing relates to image-making as a whole, and how perspective works.
Tools: Students bring their own tools. Minimum: paper, board to support the paper and clips to hold it (if paper is not in a hard cover sketchbook), pencil, eraser. Recommended: Newsprint pad not smaller than 9×12 but preferably bigger, a board with clips to support the paper, willow charcoal or graphite pencil, and eraser: kneaded (for charcoal) or hi-polymer such as Mars Plastic or Pentel.

The Mixed Technique: Painting with Acrylic and Oil with Julia Zanes (4-week 1/7-1/28)
2026-01-07 18:00 - 20:00
Hieronymus Bosch and the Pieter Bruegel (and many other Netherlandish artists ) used a technique we sometimes call the “mixed technique” because it used both egg and linseed oil.
In these classes we will appropriate this technique using acrylic paints for the first layers and oil at the end. The process involves an earth colored ground and working only with lights and darks, an ochre layer, more darks and lights with the goal of achieving a wide range of values. For the last layer a transparent glaze of oil paint is added. We look at the painting only in terms of value until the last layer which is when the color is added.
I took a class in this technique many many years ago and often still think in terms of layering.
It will be fun, not as technical as it sounds, just a nod to the tradition.
