Looky Here

Unproductive Behaviors with Sierra Dickey (6 weeks - Mondays 5:00 - 7:00)
2024-01-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
See week one (1/8) for tickets/registration!

Generative Poetry Workshop with Adrie Rose (4 Sundays - 2:00-4:00p.m.)
2024-01-21 14:00 - 16:00
See week one for tickets/registration

Generative Poetry Workshop with Adrie Rose (4 Sundays - 2:00-4:00p.m.)
2024-01-21 14:00 - 16:00
See week one for tickets/registration!

Clothing Swap!
2024-01-20 13:00 - 15:00
Clean out you closets! It’s a Looky Here Clothing Swap! You are welcome to bring as much as you’d like and take as much as you’d like. Looky Here will donate and upcycle the unwanted leftovers! Please donate $5-10 to participate!

Paint What You See with Julia Shirar
2024-01-18 18:00 - 20:00
Tickets and info in week 1!

Make our Merch!
2024-01-17 13:00 - 17:00
In this free workshop, we will be learning different methods of up-cycling clothing to create a line of Looky Here Looks! All items made in this workshop will be for sale at the shop.

Hand-sewn Quilt Workshop with Sarah Guzzetti (6 Tuesdays - 6:00-8:00p.m.)
2024-01-16 18:00 - 20:00

Unproductive Behaviors with Sierra Dickey (6 weeks - Mondays 5:00 - 7:00)
2024-01-15 17:00 - 19:00

Generative Poetry Workshop with Adrie Rose (4 Sundays - 2:00-4:00p.m.)
2024-01-14 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for a generative poetry workshop this January. We’ll play with forms, use sizzling hot poems as jumping-off points, and get into our bodies in order to flex our voices, all in a warmly supportive space. Poets of all levels are welcome, just bring a way to write and your enthusiasm for words–what they can do and the places where they’re not enough! Taught by Adrie Rose, editor of Nine Syllables Press at Smith College, and author of I Will Write a Love Poem (Porkbelly Press) and Rupture (Gold Line Press).

Risograph Workshop
2024-01-13 12:00 - 15:00
Make your own mini zine!

Art Commune Film Series: Free Spirits (2007), the Renaissance Community commune
2024-01-12 18:00 - 20:00
For the first film in the monthly screening series on Art Communes, we will be watching “Free Spirits, the incredible true story of the Renaissance Community commune, one of the largest, most controversial intentional communities of the 1960s and 70s, and its flamboyant founder, Michael Metelica Rapunzel. The Renaissance Community settled in Turners Falls and Gill, MA, and still has a presence there today. “Free Spirits” was written and directed by a Renaissance Community member, Bruce Geisler

Figure Drawing 1/11/24
2024-01-11 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials.
Easels and Drawing horses provided!

Spanish Through Art - January 10th (6:00-8:00)
2024-01-10 18:00 - 20:00
We will talk in Spanish about Gaudi and make a Gaudi inspired piece!
In Spanish through art, we spend 30 minutes discussing a Spanish speaking artist or an art form from a hispanic country (all in Spanish of course) and then we spend the remainder of class making art in a similar style to what we just learned.
Classes are open to all levels of Spanish speakers, but they are conducted entirely in Spanish! Be ready to immerse yourself in art and language and have fun!
All materials included.

Quilting By Hand with Sarah Guzzetti (6 Tuesdays - 6:00-8:00p.m.)
2024-01-09 18:00 - 20:00
Complete a full size quilt in just 6 weeks! Make it by hand, make your own patterns, DO IT YOUR WAY! There will be plenty of materials on hand but feel free to bring your own fabrics, be it silk or old socks. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to sew well– we’ll keep it simple and have fun!
Runs 6 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 6:00-8:00, 1/9 – 2/13!

Unproductive Behaviors with Sierra Dickey (6 weeks - Mondays 5:00 - 7:00)
2024-01-08 17:00 - 19:00
This writing circle for queer-identified people focuses on generating new work of any genre. We will write and revise in community through the 100s method popularized by feminist scholars like Lauren Berlant and Dr. Kim Tall Bear. The 100s asks each participant to write 100 words a day on an assigned day of the week. Participants write in one shared document where they can see and take momentum from each other’s work. During the week, writers will be given an optional prompt and are expected to write 100 words on their given day. When the group gathers we will review each other’s writing, discuss the process of generating together, and support each other as we explore ways to take our fragments further. This workshop is titled ‘unproductive behaviors’ because it is dedicated to generating work without adhering to ideals of productivity that harry writers to push out word counts or tangible products. By depending on a group of writers to generate in concert (akin to singing in the round), the 100s process invites us to dally in the process.

Fee: $120 per person
Dates: 5-7pm Mondays for 6 weeks. Jan 8 – Feb 12
Scholarship: two free spots open for queer writers of color. Email Sierra to request a spot.
Contact: dickey.sierra@gmail.com

Paint What You See with Julia Shirar (Alternating Thursdays - 6:00-8:00)
2024-01-04 18:00 - 20:00
In this workshop, you’ll look at things and paint! We’ll take it from the beginning and get really comfortable pushing paint around and mixing different values. We’ll use acrylics and cover ideas and techniques that can be used with any kind of paint.
Materials are included! But definitely bring heavy paper, cardboard, or canvas board if you’ve got it. 18″x 24″ is a good size.
Alternating Thursdays (1/4, 1/18, 2/1) from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Walk: Opening for QUILT SHOW
2023-12-29 17:00 - 20:00

The Strange Page - Experimental Writing Workshop (7 Tuesdays, November 7th - December 19th)
2023-12-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-21 18:00 - 20:00
Get tickets and info in week 1!

2023 Masquerade Gala (at the Pushkin Gallery in Greenfield)
2023-12-16 19:00 - 23:00
Looky Here Masquerade Gala Fundraiser at the Pushkin Gallery
Drinks! Food! Music! Art! Friends! Masques! 🙂
PHOTO BOOTH FROM 7:00-9:00!
7:00 – Shea Mowat / 8:00 Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth Tribute Band / 9:00 Loculus Collective

9:30 LIVE AUCTION! (in-person only goods and prizes)
10:00 – All auction/raffle winners announced, including a PRIZE for best Masquerade Costume!
Begin online bidding now!

Our auction is live! Place your bids! Make an account at 32auctions.com and place all of your bids online. It’s free and easy!

Pre-sale tickets – $15 (buy yours below – Presale ends Friday, 12/15 at midnight!)
Tickets at the door – $20 (same day tickets. Presale ends the day before the Masquerade Gala!)

Spanish Through Art (3:00-5:00)
2023-12-14 15:00 - 17:00
We are offering our Portrait Painting Spanish through art classes through Greenfield Community College’s Continuing Engagement Program on Thursday November 16th, and December 14th from 3:00 – 5:00p.m.

We’ll talk about Frida Kahlo’s portraits and her techniques in Spanish, and then paint our own self-portraits! You don’t need to be a fluent Spanish speaker or a professional artist, just excited for both!

ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED!

This class is co-taught by Hannah Brookman and Vanessa Brewster.

Get tickets through Greenfield Community College here!

Western Mass Makers Market
2023-12-09 10:00 - 16:00
Find us at the Holiday Market at the Northampton Center for the Arts on 33 Hawley st in Northampton from 10am-4pm

Figure Drawing 11/30/23
2023-11-30 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials
Easels and Drawing Horses provided

Interaction of Color
2023-11-22 18:00 - 20:00
Josef Albers Interaction of Color Reading and Color Theory Class

In this 8 week class, we will work through the color experiments presented by Josef Albers in his 1963 publication “Interaction of Color”. Albers taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University’s department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Students will need to have a copy of the text as well as color swatches to work with (color swatches from paint stores work best!). Experiments will be done at home and in class.
(TICKETS IN WEEK 1)

Collage Club at Looky Here - All ages!
2023-11-18 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.

Figure Drawing 11/16
2023-11-16 18:00 - 20:00

Spanish Through Art (3:00 - 5:00)
2023-11-16 15:00 - 17:00
