Past
Past events have been completed. If you are interested in hosting one of these events please let us know. These events may be made available again by request if there is sufficient interest.
Chinese-style Watercolors of Vartus Varadian
The first time Vartus’s work had been shown in the Pioneer Valley. Completed 2026
Tracy Eller’s The Creative Portrait
How to make creative, compelling photographic portraits in the studio and on location. Hands on workshop.
Easthampton studio of Tracey Eller at the foot of Mount Tom. Completed 2025
Workshop: Rock & Roll and Stage Photography
Learn to take better photos at concerts, plays and other stage events! Techniques for capturing high quality performance images at concert/stage venues under complex stage lighting.
The Iron Horse, Completed 2025
“The Reflected Image” Workshop
A one-day workshop taught by widely exhibited Northampton image maker, Dave Madeloni – Master the reflected image and produce your own, as works of art and intrigue! These images also make excellent source art for both realist and abstract paintings. Completed 2026
Readings: Chapters From A Memoir
A poisoned child, a dissociated priest, a dangerous gambler, a child who drowns without knowing, lives molested, an analysts couch. Love lost to cancer, love found again. Tales from shame to resilience. Ongoing by chapter.
The Parlor Room. First reading completed 2025
From Mobile to Instant – Cell Phone Plus Polaroid
The resurgence of analog instant, provided by the new Polaroid, yields a vast array of options for creative photography. In this 1-day workshop we will create live Polaroid images in a mini studio utilizing studio flash to deliver beautiful and professional portraits, still lifes or model studies. A model will be provided. You will work with the i2, the latest Polaroid flagship camera, offering aperture and shutter priority, plus full manual, and sync with studio flash! You will also use The Polaroid Lab to take an image from your mobile phone screen (iPhone/Android) and print it onto Polaroid color or Black and White film. We will review the new apps that make this even better! You will learn the Polaroid Emulsion Lift technique, which allows you to free your Polaroid image from the frame and place it on a variety of substrates. 4-5 packs of color and B&W Polaroid Film and acid-free cotton watercolor paper for up to 4 lifts will be provided. (Additional film and paper may be available at or near cost.)
Northampton Center for the Arts, Completed 2025
Workshop: From Personal Trauma to Public Stage
A half-day workshop in mining personal experience to use as source material for monologues, storytelling, and solo shows. Ideas transformed into action and silence into voice. Taught and performed by playwright Jay Sefton.
Easthampton CitySpace, Completed 2025