Resources within the Five Colleges
Resource
Notes
Events/Programs for Teens
Amherst College
Amherst College Mead Art Museum
https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mea
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Amherst Student Groups
-Early American portraits
-American Impressionist paintings,
-European old master paintings
-Collections of Yoruba sculpture
-Russian pre-Revolutionary Modern art
-Mexican folk art
-Japanese prints.
-Evenings at the Mead: art,
music, and food
ARTing Club
Ssong13@amherst.edu
ARTing Club: fundraiser events
and workshops with YAC.
Much Ado About Knitting
sgamalinda14@amherst.edu
Knitting Club: possibility of
arranging knitting workshops for
YAC.
Hampshire College
Eric Carle Picture Book Museum at
Hampshire College
http://www.carlemuseum.org/Home
-Exhibitions of picture book art from around the world
-Hands-on Art Studio
-Auditorium for performances, films, and lectures
-Library for reading and storytelling
-Tours
Hampshire College Art Gallery
http://www.hampshire.edu/library/galler
y.htm
-Environmental installations
-Dance and performance pieces, video presentations.
-Works by graduating students, fine arts faculty, and
emerging regional artists, contemporary artists of
national and international stature.
-Tours
Hampshire Student Groups
Barts Arm Art Collective
bartsarm@lists.hampshire.edu
Barts Arm Art Collective:
-Supports all visual art mediums.
-Modeling sessions
-Screenings
-Artist talks
Blacksmiths’ Guild
ejl09@hampshire.edu
Glass Collective
dab07@hampshire.edu
Guerilla Arts Brigade
adampgottlieb@gmail.com
Jewelry Collective
emilyraesinger@gmail.com
Blacksmiths:
-Help teach the basics of
blacksmithing and to give tips on
making the perfect piece.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 810 PM
Glass:
-Train students to do
lampworking, a method of
blowing glass.
Guerilla:
-Use the arts as a means of
building community at
Hampshire, raising awareness
around issues of social justice,
and making our campus and
college more beautiful and
joyful.
-Every two weeks or so we
gather to play music, dance,
speak poetry, and make art
together to celebrate the
spontaneous creativity of the
human spirit.
Jewelry Collective:
-Jewelry making
-Informational jewelry
class/demonstration
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum/
Highlights:
-Dramatic 2nd c. Roman portrait of Faustina the Elder
(wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius)
-Rare Greek bronze statuette of a youth
-Gem-like panel painting of an angel from Duccio’s
celebrated Maestà altarpiece (ca. 1308-11)
-Stone sculpture of the god Ganesh from 11th-century
India
-Workshops with tours for K-12
Mount Holyoke Student Groups
Society of Art Godesses
millm22m@mtholyoke.edu
Art Godesses:
-Works with the campus art
Student Art Board
mhcartboard@gmail.com
museum to engage the Mount
Holyoke College community
with artworks, artists, and artistic
ideas through student-centered
museum events
-Trips to local arts
organizations/artist studios, art
career panels, networking, and
more.
Art Board:
-Strives to foster campus-wide
appreciation of the arts by
organizing exhibits in The
Blanchard Student Art Gallery.
-Trips to various art museums
and exhibits in and beyond the
Pioneer Valley.
Smith College
Smith College Museum of Art
http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/
-Contemporary paintings and sculpture
-17th and 18th c. European art with medieval and
ancient
-Renaissance works
-19th c. American art
-Early 20th c. American and European art
-19th c. French art
-Themed gallery talks with
hands-on artmaking activities
ex. 19th c. art
Smith Student Groups
Art Resources Committee
artres@smith.edu
Ceramics Club
ceramics@smith.edu
UMass Amherst
University Museum of Contemporary
Art (Fine Arts Center at UMass)
https://umafacweb1.admin.umass.edu/O
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-Asian Arts and culture program
-International performing arts series for dance,
orchestra, chamber music, Broadway
-Student artwork, contemporary artwork
-Emphasis on works on paper 1960
-Artist talks
-Musical, dance performances
UMass Craft Center
http://www.umass.edu/rso/craftctr/
-Crafts supply store and instructional crafts programs
-Leather
-Sewing
-Beading
-Silk screening
-Silver
-Photo
-Stained glass
-Paper-Marbling
-Book making
UMass Student Groups
DIY UMass
diyumass@gmail.com
Independent Film Production Club
ecabr0@student.umass.edu
Photography Club
tschneeb@student.umass.edu
DIY:
-Promote underground music and
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture for
the greater campus community.
Film Production:
-Film and video production club
-Recruit writers, directors,
actors, editors, crew, etc.
Photography:
-Experiment with different kinds
of photography, different types
of cameras (point and shoot,
SLR, film, camera phone)
Galleries in Northampton
List of art galleries in Northampton with information and contacts for each:
http://www.northamptonma.gov/aboutNorthampton/Arts__Entertainment/Galleries/
Arts Night Out (Monthly Gallery Walk)
Arts Night Out, the second Friday of every month, is an event hosted by Northampton art spaces to promote creative works and
community. This monthly gallery walk offers the opportunity to enjoy a Friday night in town while experiencing diverse visual and
performing arts.
http://www.northamptonma.gov/aboutNorthampton/Arts__Entertainment/Galleries/
Easthampton City Arts (ECA)
List of visual artists, fine craftspeople, theatre/film/video artists with background and contact information for all.
http://www.easthamptoncityarts.com/pages.php?which_page=directory
Easthampton Cultural Council has merged with Easthampton City Arts
https://www.mass-culture.org/Easthampton
Art Walks
Art Walk Easthampton on the "Second Saturday" of the month from 5-8 pm. Locations all over Easthampton host free visual, music
and performance art events in an energetic sampling of local, regional and national talent. Just look for large, yellow Art Walk banners
outside each participating venue.
http://www.artwalkeasthampton.com/