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Myself to Myself to the World – An Interview with Tanner Slick

November 16th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

Myself to Myself to the World - An Interview with Tanner Slick

Tanner Slick is a puppeteer, painter, sculptor, photographer, and organizer.  His work, in whatever medium, succeeds in being engaging, visually exciting, and, usually, entertaining- it’s dark yet playful, witty, fun, smart, and self-reflective.  Tanner’s mischievous and playful nature shines authentically through all of his work, which jumps effortlessly between media.  I was blown away by […]


>>>> Springfield Artist in Business Training!

November 16th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, Featured Events

>>>> Springfield Artist in Business Training!

Attention all Springfield and Western Mass Artists! The UMass Arts Extension Service is proud to offer a 2-day Artist in Business Training on December 8th and 9th at the Springfield Museums, thanks to a Springfield Cultural Council grant.  This intensive training will focus on business planning and marketing. It is essential that local artists have […]


FOOT NOTES WALKING TOURS

October 29th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, Featured Events, Uncategorized

FOOT NOTES  WALKING TOURS

This winter, C3 presents FOOT NOTES, a series of cool and casual guided walking tours of Northampton’s nooks and crannies.  The walks will last about 90 minutes each. Please wear sturdy walking shoes and warm layers. $5-ish suggested donations. COMING UP: SOUND WALK—————————————————————————————————————- >> Sunday, November 27, 3:30pm This primarily silent walk will turn us […]


Artists in Context presents Connected and Consequential: generating new art ecologies

October 29th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, Featured Events, Uncategorized

Artists in Context presents Connected and Consequential: generating new art ecologies

  Join Artists in Context, C3, Valley Art Share, and others on Saturday, November 12 from 9-5 for a free day-long conference on socially engaged art in the Pioneer Valley.


Chris Collins: A Whole Lotta Nonsense

October 11th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

Chris Collins: A Whole Lotta Nonsense

Chris Collins is a South Hadley composer, filmmaker, photographer and writer (whew!). He also is an amazing supporter of other artists. Chris runs the Nonsense Society, a website dedicated to exposing new artists to the world. He’s an unassuming, modest guy  but when you look at the immense body of work he’s created your jaw just drops. His […]


Dance and Text: A Lethal Combination

October 10th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, Featured Events

Dance and Text: A Lethal Combination

Watch as Ben Hersey and Seth Lepore take two artistic forms that shouldn’t go together and make them worse. A chair, a voice over about a cringey break-up. A shadow moving to the sound of crickets. Watch as the creative process goes to the most uncomfortable places and never returns. When dance and journal entries […]


C3 Welcomes Teal & Carolyn to the Core Collective!

October 7th, 2011  |  by  |  published in C3 news, featured, Uncategorized

C3 Welcomes Teal & Carolyn to the Core Collective!

  C3 is excited to announce the addition of two new people to our core collective, Teal Van Dyck and Carolyn Clayton! Teal and Carolyn both bring fresh inspiration, ideas, and energy to C3, and we are thrilled to work with them!  Check out their bios below and brace yourself for some seriously awesome C3 […]


Lauren Parent: Carefully Categorized Chaos

October 6th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

Lauren Parent: Carefully Categorized Chaos

As a new member of C3 I would like introduce an artist who is both new to me and new to the Pioneer Valley.  This past spring Lauren Parent and her husband Trevor Healy moved from the Bay Area to Easthampton.   They moved into a shared studio/shop space in the west-end basement of the Eastworks […]


The Nature and Politics of Denise Beaudet’s Paintings and Practice

September 26th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists, Uncategorized

The Nature and Politics of Denise Beaudet's Paintings and Practice

“all of my experiences, loves, nightmares, quandaries and questions are the exquisite fuel of my work.” – denise beaudet Denise Beaudet is an unassuming artist who creates intricate collage-like paintings that invite you into a deeply personal and political world embedded in nature.  Denise has been living and making art in Western Massachusetts for over […]


What It Means to Be Human: Haley Morgan’s Handmade Homebody Heart

September 14th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

What It Means to Be Human: Haley Morgan's Handmade Homebody Heart

If you live in Northampton, the chances that you haven’t already met Haley Morgan or encountered her work are pretty slim. Here’s a little primer of her various creative talents and community-improvements:  She’s in a band called HOME BODY, with Eric Hnatow — and they’re about to release first EP, Fire Places. (You can even […]