A note from ECA's Arts & Culture Program Director
Dear ECA Community,
Easthampton City Arts is excited to announce our lineup of upcoming Programs and Events, from April through December 2026! As many of you know, we’re doing things a little differently this year — we’re introducing new programs, boosting our existing programs, and will be engaging more artists and community members than ever before! We’ll also be creating more opportunities for new artists across all media to get involved by sharing out 5 different “calls to artists” this year — and, we are proud that with these new changes, a significantly larger percentage of our annual funding will directly support working artists, too.
We invite you all to mark your calendars for what’s to come — and, we encourage you all to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive regular updates and announcements about these programs and more! ECA announcements are also shared through our monthly newsletter, too!
PROGRAMS
Join us for ART WALK on the first Saturdays of every month at various locations in Downtown Easthampton!ย
April is POETRY MONTH in Easthampton! Featuring an ECA Gallery Exhibit by the Easthampton Public Library, a Poet Laureate Reading, a Poetry Poster Project, Poetry Ice Cream at Mt. Tomโs Ice Cream, and more!
Weโre thrilled for our inaugural season of BEATS ON THE BOARDWALK, taking place on the Nashawannuck Pond Promenade from May 14thโSeptember 24th! Join us every other week on Thursday evenings from 5-7pm!
And for this year’s PUBLIC ART programming, we’ll be introducing a brand new public mosaic sculpture on Union Street, plus our Have a Heart for Public Art fundraiser brunch will be taking place at Glendale Ridge — see details below!
EVENTS
SAT MAY 2 โ MAY DAY SPRING FLORAL* โ A day of handmade flowers, plein air painting, festive crafts, and floral themed windows in the Cottage Street Cultural District!
SAT JUNE 6 โ SIDEWALK STRUT โ Featuring Live Music, SHOW Circus Studio, Caravan Puppets, Art In Motion Dance Stage, a Floating Sculpture Exhibition, Makers Market, Kids Activities, and more!
SAT AUGUST 22 โ SUMMER SOUNDS EASTHAMPTON โ A one-of-a-kind summer concert at Park Hill Orchard! More details to come!
SUN SEPTEMBER 20 โ HAVE A HEART FOR PUBLIC ART โ A fundraiser brunch at Glendale Ridge, to support ECAโs Public Art Initiative!ย
SAT OCTOBER 24 โ WICKED STROLL* โ An evening of tricks, treats, and Halloween-themed adventures! Featuring live music and performances!
SAT NOVEMBER 21 โ FRIENDS NIGHT OUT* โ Late night shopping event in the Cottage Street Cultural District!
SAT DECEMBER 5 โ NIGHT OF ILLUMINATION* โ An inspiring evening of luminaries and candlelight in the Cottage Street Cultural District.
*In collaboration with the Cottage Street Merchants Association
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Once again, we encourage you all to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive regular updates and announcements about these programs and more! AND, we encourage you to sign up for our monthly newsletter, too!
Many thanks to each and every one of you for supporting and celebrating our beloved community of local working artists in all the ways you do!
With art + heart,
Pasqualina Azzarello
Arts & Culture Program Director
Easthampton City Arts
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HAPPY POETRY MONTH EASTHAMPTON!
Weโve got a stacked lineup for you this month across multiple venues including ECA Gallery, Payson Gallery, Elusie Gallery, Easthampton Public Library, Mt Tomโs, Abandoned Building Brewery, and more!
A big thank you to our Poet Laureate @carolynzaikowski and to all our generous sponsors and partners!
We are so excited for all these events and to kick off poetry month THIS Saturday at Art Walk! Hope to see you there!
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Head over to Cottage Street during Art Walk this Saturday, April 4th, from 4-7PM to @valleyartsupplies and @mt.toms.icecream for some crafting and photography!
Valley Art Supplies: DIY Wooden Egg Decoupage
โWritten instructions and materials will be provided to create your own 2โ standing wooden egg with the use of assorted seasonal/floral/bird printed images to decoupage with. Beverages will be available for purchase with N/A options as well.โ
Mt. Tomโs: Images by John Opatkiewicz
โThese photographic images represent the travels I have taken in my lifetime. They are a collection of landscapes, close ups and still life snapshots of scenes that stood out to my eye. Hopefully they will recall wonderful memories of places you have been and things you have seen.โ
To view full art walk listings, visit easthamptoncityarts.com
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Join Easthampton Skate Club during Art Walk this Saturday, April 4th, for the "Forbidden Arts" artist market, featuring a variety of makers and creatives!
For more information about this event and participating vendors, visit @easthamptonskateclub
*Easthampton Skate Club is located in Eastworks Suite #030*
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We are thrilled to welcome Easthampton Public Library @ehlibrary to ECA Gallery next month - and we invite you all to come out to Art Walk on Saturday, April 4th, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "Visual Poetry", an exhibition celebrating Easthampton Poetry Month!
"The `Visual Poetry` exhibition will feature: printed photos of book spine poetry made by EPL teens, a selection of zines made in recent EPL workshops, a collaborative poem created from patron submissions to a passive project we are hosting, as well as an interactive invitation using post-its that visitors can contribute to in real time."
To view the full art walk listing, visit easthamptoncityarts.com
*ECA Gallery is located in Old Town Hall at 43 Main St. Gallery hours: Tues & Thurs 12-2PM, Wed 12-3PM*
See you there!
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Join @michaelsjostedt and @dry_humor_bottle_shop during Art Walk THIS Saturday, April 4th, from 5-8PM for the opening reception of Wheels For Meals, an art fundraiser to support the Easthampton Community Center!
"100% of sales from Michael Sjostedtโs classic car original collages and prints will directly benefit ECCโs food distribution program. Dry Humor will also donate a portion of its sales from the month to support ECC."
Art will be available to purchase all month long - come out, support a great cause, sip some free samples of non-alcoholic wine, and take home your favourite piece!
We`ll see you there.
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Join @50arrowgallery during Art Walk on Saturday, April 4th, from 4-7PM for the launch party of HYPHAE, a pop-up market featuring a curated mix of art and handmade goods created by artists and makers from Western Mass!
"Shop art, stickers, clothing, and functional goods, handmade by BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ artists and makers in Western Mass. Brought to you by the founders of Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market, HYPHAE at 50 Arrow will be open during gallery hours and will offer monthly Featured Artist Pop-Ups."
For more detailed information about this event and participating vendors, visit @hyphae_community!
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Join us at @oxbowgallery during Art Walk on Saturday, April 4th, from 4-7PM for the opening reception of "Particle Theory" by Katherine Weinstein (front gallery) and "Holding Still" by Karen Evans (back gallery).
Particle Theory: ("Stages of Love" pictured above)
"With this body of work, Weinstein continues to reinterpret her practice, based on her classical figurative training; embracing a freeness to refine rhythms as she discovers them and finding meaning in ambiguity. The human-centered principles of her classical training concede to her curiosity about some unifying force of nature which she feels, but doesn`t quite understand."
Holding Still: ("Edge of Pond" pictured above)
โEvans will be exhibiting a collection of recent oil paintings. The title of her show refers to her practice of quieting her mind to better perceive both the outside world and the world created on the canvas.โ
Come meet the artists and see their work on April 4th, and be sure to catch this show before it closes on April 26th!
To view the full Art Walk listing, visit our website easthamptoncityarts.com
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Art in the Orchard is back! And entries are now open for sculpture submissions!
"Celebrating the 16th iteration of its iconic farm-based sculpture exhibition, this year is the Invitational, which combines several reprise works from last year`s biennial with about 24 new sculptures. We are seeking 24 new sculptures, and the honorarium this year is $500."
Email support@artintheorchard.org with your submissions!
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