Brattelboro Flea Market
2023-06-02 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

CLOTHING SWAP!
2023-06-03 12:00 - 15:00
out with the old and in with the new! refresh your wardrobe!
$5-15 donation for Looky Here

Julia Shirar Portrait Residency
2023-06-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-15 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-22 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

Blue Room Pop Up Market
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Craft Market in the Blue Room, Old Town Hall, Easthampton

Lil ones at Looky
2023-06-09 10:30 - 23:30, 2023-06-16 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-06-23 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-06-30 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-07-07 10:30 - 11:30
10-15 donation

Gel Print Workshop
2023-06-10 13:00 - 15:00
Learn to gel plate transfer magazine images, book print and laser print photos for textured, ethereal, and one of kind prints. We’ll slow the gel plate process down by selecting images for the best possible transfer, building layers on the plate and timing the magical reveal of each unique print. We’ll troubleshoot some of the common challenges and you’ll leave with a handful of monotype prints and the knowledge needed to explore the art of gel plate image transfer at home.
You’ll learn how to:

use and care for a Gel plate.
pick the best images to transfer
pull the prints
troubleshoot challenges – not every transfer is successful but we’ll work through the common problems.

$35 includes the use of all materials. I’ll provide magazines to work from but feel free to bring your own. For the best results I recommend high end fashion, home or travel magazines ie. Vogue, Elle, Dwell, Condé Nast Traveler etc.
Class size limit 6

Spanish through Art
2023-06-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-06-21 18:00 - 20:00
Tickets available in week 1!

Figure Drawing 6/15
2023-06-15 18:00 - 20:00
Byo materials
easels provided
masks optional
Session starts 6pm prompt!

Guiding Star Grange Market
2023-06-17 12:00 - 15:00
At the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield

How to Paint with Oils
2023-06-17 13:00 - 15:00
Tips and tricks by Emily Tatro

Critique Night!
2023-06-22 18:00 - 20:00
sign up to get your work critiqued by your peers and guest artists!
each participant will have an opportunity to present a piece of their own work for the group to discuss.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Drawing into Painting for Teens
2023-07-12 14:00 - 16:00
Tickets and info in week 1!
