Archive for July, 2011

travels from the recent past… and into the near future

July 29th, 2011  |  by  |  published in inspiration

travels from the recent past... and into the near future

They started in 2006 floating down the Mississippi on rafts made of junk turned treasure. Now this group of artists has begun a new installation in Philly this summer. Be sure to check it out if you are traveling in the area: http://www.missrockaway.org/wordpress/07/10/the-armada-lands-at-paa-in-philadelphia/  


An Abbreviated History with Burns Maxey

July 29th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

An Abbreviated History with Burns Maxey

Burns Maxey is an inter-media artist based in Easthampton who’s work was recently featured in the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library.  This body of work, the Easthampton Alphabet is an incredible journey through the hilarious, strange, heartfelt, and tragic history of Easthampton’s residents. These works on paper were inspired by sifting through microfiche and finding […]


Open Call for Juried Exhibition

July 26th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, inspiration

Open Call for Juried Exhibition

  Follow the River: A Juried Exhibition Presented by the Northampton Arts Council Deadline for Submissions: August 14, 2011 Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. –Leonardo da Vinci Theme: Water This October, the Northampton Arts Council and the city of Northampton […]


Double Edge Theatre’s The Odyssey: 2011 Indoor/Outdoor Traveling Spectacle

July 23rd, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, Featured Events, Uncategorized

Double Edge Theatre's The Odyssey: 2011 Indoor/Outdoor Traveling Spectacle

Since 2002, Double Edge Theatre (based in Ashfield, MA) has presented a major community performance each summer. These performances, known as “the indoor/outdoor traveling performance spectacle” series, take place both in and out of doors, using the hills, fields, barns, woods and pond of our 105-acre Farm Center. Fusing myth and story with daring circus […]


Chris Millette – Man of the Imagination

July 23rd, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, featured artists

Chris Millette - Man of the Imagination

  I first met Northampton-raised painter, sculptor, printmaker and general handyman Chris Millette last spring, when we teamed up to create a cave-paint-glitter-themed dance party in the Dynamite Space.  About a week after that (or maybe it was before, I don’t remember) we enacted a Performance Painting in APE for Jamie Kent’s CD release party, […]


swoon makes us swoon.

July 20th, 2011  |  by  |  published in inspiration


Wild Life Sanctuary STUDIO

July 18th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, inspiration, space

Wild Life Sanctuary STUDIO

For well over a decade, Rythea Lee’s WILD LIFE SANCTUARY has been offering affordable studio space/time for artists and other folks who need to practice, teach, rehearse, play, dance, party, meet, and perform. It’s at the Arts & Industry Building at 221 Pine Street in Florence. TOTALLY bike-able from downtown Noho. And totally walkable, if […]


collages of the future in the [nospace] gallery

July 8th, 2011  |  by  |  published in C3 news, featured

collages of the future in the [nospace] gallery

C3 has recently taken over the curation of the [nospace] gallery, right outside of our very own Dynamite Space in Thornes.  We’re kicking it off with an exhibition of the collages created by those who participated in this winter’s Collage of the Future party.  Check it out starting Friday, July 8th.


DYNAMITE SPACE

July 8th, 2011  |  by  |  published in featured, space, Uncategorized

DYNAMITE SPACE

RENT DYNAMITE SPACE! Dynamite Space is an open, raw space with wood floors, brick walls, and large windows, conveniently located at 150 Main St., in the basement of Thornes Marketplace in the heart of downtown Northampton, MA. The space measures roughly 2,000 sq. ft., big enough to accommodate large groups of people. There is a […]


Todd Trebour: Foxy Experimental Opera Fanatic

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

Todd Trebour: Foxy Experimental Opera Fanatic

I had the pleasure of interviewing fellow C3 Core Member Todd Trebour about a whole lotta somethin’. Todd has been quite busy of late. The premiere of Come and Sleep: An Operatic Fantasy for Voice, Cello, and Silence just took place at the A.P.E. Gallery in May. He’s about to embark on a month-long tour of Come and […]