HAND CARVED STAMP MAKING WORKSHOP
2/13, 5-7pm. Join gallery artist Vanessa Varjian for a hand carved stamp making workshop. Learn to carve a rubber stamp by hand during this 2 hour class covering basic tool safety, designing, carving, and printing on paper. Open to adults and mature teens. $30. – All materials provided! Stop in or call the gallery to sign up!
WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS
2/20-3/20, 5-7pm. Join gallery artist and owner Rebecca Fay for a beginner watercolor class where you’ll learn the basics and go home with several mini paintings, and a final project landscape painting! $150. – All materials provided! Stop in or call the gallery to sign up!
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY & ART RAFFLE!!!
2/21 , 5-7pm Please join us to celebrate the gallery’s TENTH year in business!! Along with LIVE MUSIC, some extra special snacks, libations, and community, we’ll have an AMAZING ART RAFFLE!!! Stop in all month long to see the different pieces in the raffle and buy your tickets early if you can’t make it to the party where the winning tickets will be pulled! Gallery artists have donated work to raise money for our local food bank here in town, THE SHARING CUPBOARD, where 100% of the raffle proceeds will be donated! IT’S A BIG, HUGE, WIN WIN!
DECOUPAGE CLOCK MAKING CLASS.
3/27, 5-7pm Join gallery artist and owner, Rebecca Fay for some FUN clock making! We’ll cut out and paste up our favorite images from magazines, maps, posters and all kinds of ephemera to make original working clocks! This is a great class for ALL AGES, or bring a bestie for a fun night out! $40. – All materials included! Call the gallery or stop in to sign up!
CERAMIC BIRD MAKING CLASS
4/3, 5-7pm Join local potter and gallery artist, Lisa Cohen to learn how to hand build a small bird out of clay! The class will include all tools, materials and clay, and your piece will be glazed and fired by Lisa, who will return your work to the gallery for pickup after a few weeks for drying, glazing and firing. This class is open to adults and teens. $30. Call or stop in at the gallery to register!
PLEIN AIR PAINTING ON THE COMMON
5/3, 10am – ? Last year was SO MUCH FUN we’re doing it again and inviting the public of ALL ages to join us this time!!! Come on out to the BEAUTIFUL West Brookfield Common with your art supplies and join the gallery artists as they paint outside!! (If the weather looks foul, touch base at the gallery to see if we’ve cancelled or chosen a last minute rain date!
THE BIRDS!
5/9, 5-7pm Please join us for the opening reception of a wonderful Spring show including recent work by gallery artists Susan Tilton Pecora & Rebecca Fay. You guessed it … the body of new work on display will focus on our feathered friends as they re-enter our local fields and woodlands! Stop in before or after dinner to enjoy a glass of wine with cheese & crackers along with community and fine art!!
HAND CARVED STAMP MAKING WORKSHOP
5/15, 5-7pm. Join gallery artist Vanessa Varjian for the 2nd session of the hand carved stamp making workshop! Learn to carve a rubber stamp by hand during this 2 hour class covering basic tool safety, designing, carving, and printing on paper. Open to adults and mature teens. $30. – All materials provided! Stop in or call the gallery to sign up!T
CERAMIC BIRD MAKING CLASS
6/5, 5-7pm. Join local potter and gallery artist, Lisa Cohen to learn how to hand build a small bird out of clay! The class will include all tools, materials and clay, and your piece will be glazed and fired by Lisa, who will return your work to the gallery for pickup after a few weeks for drying, glazing and firing. This class is open to adults and teens. $30. Call or stop in at the gallery to register!
PUT A RING ON IT!!
6/8, 2-5pm. Learn how to MAKE YOUR OWN STERLING SILVER RING!! Choose from a variety of sterling silver stock materials – to pattern or not – or choose already patterned wire! Students will choose their material and customizing options, cut, file, and solder their rings and form them into finished bling using tools and materials provided. $50. plus materials fee paid to the instructors. The sterling will be weighed and priced at the going rate for sterling at the time of the class. Stop into the gallery or call to register!
OUTDOOR SUMMER SOLSTICE PARTY!
6/20 – 6pm-10pm Stop in for an outdoor summer party with live music and great food!! It’s a fabulous collaboration with the gallery’s neighbor THE JOY OF BEANS for a great evening of art, music, and the finest coffee concoctions around!! Check back for more details and rain date!
COSMOS & THE COSMOS!
8/8 – 5pm-8pm. An evening of tarot readings with gallery artist, Cheryl O’Donnell! Enjoy a cosmo while you wait for your reading! Call the gallery to reserve a spot, space is limited! $20.00 for a 20 minute reading.
BOOKS, ENGRAVINGS & DRAWINGS
10/3, 5pm-7pm Save the date for a rare, one woman show with Abigail Rorer, a local American wood engraver, publisher of limited edition fine press books, and practitioner of the fine art of silverpoint. Please join us at an opening reception for the show with wine, cheese, and like minded community for a lovely start to your Fall evening!
COSMOS & THE COSMOS!
10/24, 5-8pm. An evening of tarot readings with gallery artist, Cheryl O’Donnell! Enjoy a cosmo while you wait for your reading! Call the gallery to reserve a spot, space is limited! $20.00 for a 20 minute reading.
3rd ANNUAL JEWELRY SHOW
11/7, 5-7pm. Join us for our 3nd ANNUAL JEWELRY SHOW opening reception with wine, cheese, and community as jewelry maker & silver smiths, Cathe Palo & Cassandra Goldwater exhibit new work just in time for the holidays!
DECOUPAGE CLOCK MAKING CLASS (SECOND SESSION)
11/20, 5pm-7pm. Join gallery artist and owner, Rebecca Fay for some FUN clock making! We’ll cut out and paste up our favorite images from magazines, maps, posters and all kinds of ephemera to make original working clocks! This is a great class for ALL AGES, or bring a bestie for a fun night out! $40. – All materials included! Call the gallery or stop in to sign up!
9th ANNUAL HOLIDAY GROUP SHOW
12/5, 5-7pm. Please join us for a great start to your evening at our 9th ANNUAL GROUP SHOW opening reception! It’s a SPECTACULAR display of recent work by gallery artists with special snacks and libations … just in time for holiday gift giving!