Looky Here

Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever
2023-07-30 17:30 (America/New_York)
Dance to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights in costume all at the same time!
5:30pm

Closing for Julia Shirar's Portrait Residency
2023-07-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Join us for Final Friday in Greenfield with the closing of Julia Shirar’s Portrait Residency.

Lil ones at Looky
2023-07-28 10:30 - 23:30, 2023-07-21 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-07-14 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-07-07 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-06-30 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-06-23 10:30 - 11:30
10-15 donation

Figure Drawing 7/ 27
2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:00
Byo materials
easels provided
masks optional
Session starts 6pm prompt!

Julia Shirar Portrait Residency
2023-07-27 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-07-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-29 12:00 - 17:00
“From June 1st through July 28th 2023, from 12pm to 6pm on Thursdays, I’m inviting the people in Greenfield to sign up or stop by Looky Here to be painted. I’ll paint from life,whoever is there, in the time allotted, what I can get down on the page or canvas. The results will be a portrait painted from life, a notation of an interaction in a given time, hung on the wall as they are completed. The portraits can be of individuals or groups and very much depend on the moment at hand and what is happening in the space. Please spread the word to friends and family to encourage a wide range of participants and not just those privy to the Looky Here calendar. All participants are invited to a closing party on July 28th that will correspond with Greenfield’s first Friday gallery walk, with food and drink and where the subjects of the portraits can meet and talk or just mill about. When the exhibition closes, the portraits will be documented and reproductions given to the participants.” – Julia Shirar
email julia@juliashirar.com for a portrait appointment

Strange Page– Experimental Writing Workshop
2023-07-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-18 18:00 - 20:00
Tickets and info in week 1!

Liberated Paper Workshop
2023-07-22 13:00 - 15:00
Come learn how to make paper pulp art that is a combination of collage, assemblage, painting and bas-relief sculpture!
In this workshop, you will make a batch of paper pulp out of stuff from the recycling bin. Local paper artist Amanda Petrovato will show you what she has learned about creating with this versatile and inexpensive medium.
You are invited to bring a few pieces of junk mail or paper packaging or you are welcome to use the materials provided. This workshop is for anyone age 10 and up.
Please inquire at sambadelicmail@yahoo.com about scholarship opportunies if you would like to learn but the participation fee is prohibitive.
Amanda Petrovato is an Easthampton resident and artist who has been working in western
Massachusetts for over 20 years. Amanda believes that nobody should be denied creative expression or inhibited by the expense of traditional art materials. She has recently been experimenting with the possibilities of repurposing used materials which can be acquired at low or no cost and wants to share what she is learning.
$25

Risograph Workshop! 1 page zines!
2023-07-20 17:00 - 20:00
learn to layer colors and riso print mini zines in this scan-in riso workshop!
All materials included for each participant to make an edition of 25.

Tapered Yurt Build!
2023-07-19 08:00 - 2023-07-31 17:00
Interested in learning how to build a 24 ft diameter tapered wall yurt? This summer 2023 Looky Here and Dickenson Reach Yurts are collaborating to offer a free 13 day workshop from July 19th to the 31st! Come camp out on 43 Acres in Marlboro Vt and try your hand at building a tapered wall yurt, originally designed by Bill Coperthwaite, author of “A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity” ! This workshop will be led by the talented Mike Iacona, Bill’s successor and apprentice in Yurt Building. ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME! Meals and camping accommodations will be provided.
The workshop is free to attend. Donations for meals are welcome!

To register please visit https://forms.gle/qC7ixiQdpeCfyoup7 for more information and questions feel free to Email Goodarziomeed@gmail.com

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Eco-printing(Botanical Contact Printing)
2023-07-15 11:00 - 13:00
Learn how to capture the beauty of natural plant material on paper.

Eco-printing(Botanical Contact Printing) refers to the act of using plant materials to directly apply color and printed marks to textiles and paper. No additional paint or colourant is used, just an alchemical process using the elements, fire and water which express the natural colour pigments of the plants. It is a simple and surprisingly beautiful art form. Eco printing is a contemporary application of the tradition of natural dyeing.

During this workshop; participants will each create beautiful prints on watercolor paper. We’ll work with collected leaves and flowers and learn the simple tin can bundling process. Each participant will have the opportunity to make a print which transfers the natural colours and shapes of the plant onto paper.

Fiction Workshop
2023-07-12 18:00 - 20:00
This 8 week writing series will consist primarily of workshopping short story and novel drafts. Each participant will have two opportunities to submit their work for peer review, one of which may (but does not have to) be a revision. In addition, we will use writing exercises and published short stories as launching points for generating new material and discussing all aspects of fictional craft. Writers in this class can expect in-class writing, assigned readings, discussion, and feedback from your peers and instructor. While there will be written feedback, we will be focusing our critique energies on a robust in-class discussion. Limited to 12 students.

About the teachers:

Vanessa Brewster is a writer, musician and teacher living in Greenfield. She is a candidate in the Bennington MFA program for fiction, and has a Masters degree in Spanish Literature from Middlebury College. Her work is published with Monkeybicycle and she is the cofounder and editor of Looky Here Magazine.

Kel Warren is a writer from New England. Her short stories have appeared in Tilted House Review, Roi Fainéant, and elsewhere. Her writing has received support from the International Literary Seminar and the Juniper Writing Institute. Kel is a Frances Perkins Scholar at Mount Holyoke College, prose editor of The Mount Holyoke Review, and founder of SARDINES Press.

Drawing into Painting for Teens
2023-07-12 14:00 - 16:00

Strange Page– Experimental Writing Workshop
2023-07-11 18:00 - 20:00
The Strange Page is an 8 week writing workshop open to all writing styles, (poetry, fiction, CNF, experimental, etc!) but it must be kept under one page! Working with a new prompt each week, class time will be divided evenly to critique and discuss everyone’s writing. This generative writing workshop is open to adults and mature teens with any level of writing experience. Limited to 12 students.

About the teacher: Vanessa Brewster is a writer, musician and teacher living in Greenfield. She is a candidate in the Bennington MFA program for fiction, and has a Masters degree in Spanish Literature from Middlebury College. Her work is published with Monkeybicycle and she is the cofounder and editor of Looky Here Magazine.

Gel Printing for Collage
2023-07-08 13:00 - 15:30
Gel Printing for Collage
July 8th
Create all the pieces to make a unique mixed media, hinged book. In the first class create easy textured and layered painted papers with a gel plate. Experiment with mark making using familiar and unusual tools. Let the tools and tips guide you to create something uniquely your own.

You’ll learn how to:
Use and care for a Gel plate.
Create fun marks and layered patterns
Pull monotype (one of a kind) painted papers

Then join the second class on Aug 19 to assemble the painted papers, marks and recycled paper into easy, serendipitous collages that we’ll use to create hinged mini books..

$35 per class includes use of all materials

Class size limit 8

Attending both classes is recommended but not required. I’ll supply painted papers etc for the August class if needed.

Drawing into Painting for Teens
2023-07-05 14:00 - 16:00
In this 4 class series, teens will learn the basics of drawing from observation with a variety of materials and mediums including pencil, charcoal and paint. The course will run Wednesdays through July 2-4pm at Looky Here. The class is limited to students ages 14-17.
About the instructor: Loren Burke is an artist from New England. Loren spent the last decade as a member of the art collective Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth.

Marbled Stoneware Pendant Workshop with Malea Rhodes
2023-07-01 12:00 - 14:00
Marbled Stoneware Pendant Workshop with Malea Rhodes
July 1, 12-2pm
Students will have all the tools available to make their own one-of-a-kind marbled stoneware pendant from assorted stoneware clays.
The finished pieces will be mailed out 2 weeks after the class. Students will have a choice of chain, or leather cord for their finished pendant.

Gallery Walk
2023-06-30 17:00 - 20:00

Figure Drawing 6/29
2023-06-29 18:00 - 20:00

Spanish through Art
2023-06-28 18:00 - 20:00
Tickets in Week 1!

Falling In Love with Community
2023-06-27 18:00 - 20:00

Locolos Co Festival
2023-06-25 12:00 - 17:00

Risograph printing workshop! Scan-in collage
2023-06-24 12:00 - 15:00
Learn to layer colors and print on this risograph in this scan-in collage workshop. Participants will have time to make collages using found objects and materials, and will then print editions of 20 art prints on the Risograph.
