Editor’s note: These listings, which focus on local galleries and artists, are free. Email them to features@recorder.com. The deadline is the Thursday before publication, by 8 a.m. Photographs of the art being exhibited are always welcome and will be happily run, space permitting.
NINA’S NOOK, 125 Avenue A, Turners Falls: Experience Natasha Hanna’s photographic art, “On the Cusp.” Hanna’s lens brings the viewer into a magic world through a focus on the everyday scenes transformed with digital artistry. Opens Thursday. Meet the artist at a closing reception on Saturday, May 7, 5 to 7 p.m. Open Thursday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. 834-8800, ninasnook.com
ARTSPACE, 15 Mill St., Greenfield. Artspace Pastel Studio Gallery Show. Works by Becky Clark’s Advanced Pastel Class at Artspace. Hours Monday through Wednesday and Friday, noon to 2:30 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, noon to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m. and by appointment info@artspacegreenfield.com, 772-6811. April 1 to 29.
AUGUSTA SAVAGE GALLERY, UMass, Amherst. “I Breathe With You.” The exhibition will be featured in two parts. The first part finished March 11. The second part runs through May 6. The exhibition features artwork from the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries. Through paintings, prints, drawings, photos, digital projections and videos, artists have expressed passionate concerns for equity and justice. Free. 545-5177.
BAYSTATE FRANKLIN MEDICAL CENTER, 164 High St., Greenfield: photography exhibit “Summertide Revery.” In the hall outside Oncology on the main floor. A collection of photographs by 20 members of the MeetUp group Base Camp Photo Adventures in the Pioneer Valley and Beyond. Through April.
BUDDHA NATURE, paintings by Juliet Seaver: Juliet Seaver spent 1 year painting a Buddha a day. On exhibit 22 images from that collection. Free. Salmon Falls Gallery. 1 Ashfield St., Shelburne Falls. 413-625-9833. salmonfalls@megaplanet.com
BURNETT GALLERY, Jones Library, 43 Amity St., Amherst: “Still LIFE!” an exhibit of oil and pastel paintings by Anne-Marie Taylor. Taylor combines the classic serenity of still life with vibrant light and color in the tradition of the American Impressionists, through April 29.
HALL GALLERY, Jewish Community of Amherst, 742 Main St., Amherst. “Works on Paper: aqueous media and gouache.” By Diane Schlappi. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Through April 29.
THE GREENFIELD GALLERY AND FINE ART PRINTING, 231 Main St., Greenfield. Varied local artists with work across media, including smaller work for a variety of gift-giving options. Large sculptural works in wood, as well as ceramics, prints and jewelry. Fine art printing services include archival, gallery-quality prints up to 44 inches wide, photography, reproduction and editing. Professional photographic services are also available. Tuesday & Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday & Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
HISTORIC DEERFIELD is a nationally recognized museum offering tours of period houses in Old Deerfield. ■ The Henry N. Flynt Library will be open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ■ The Museum Gift Shop and Bookstore is open every day except Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Seasonal winter admission: $7 adults, $5 youth (6 to 17), under 6, Deerfield residents and members free. Historic Deerfield’s museum houses are closed to the public during the winter months (January through mid-April), however pre-arranged tours by appointment, school tours and group tours are scheduled. For more information, call 775-7214 or email:
tours@historic-deerfield.org
LOOT, 62 Avenue A, Turners Falls. “Zuihitsu,” paintings by Greta Svalberg. Through May 8.
MASS MOCA, off Marshall Street, North Adams. Fall/winter/spring hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. www.MASSMoCA.org ■ Liz Deschenes: Gallery 4.1.1 Deschenes takes the medium of photography itself and its conditions as the subject of her work. Described as “self-reflexive” or “concrete photography,” Deschenes’ practice makes visible the materials, properties, and chemical processes of photography rather than represent the external world. The complexity of the resulting images is evident in the range of descriptions assigned them, which includes meditative, elegiac, playful, captivating, somber, surprising and mind-altering. ■ “Artists’ Choice: An Expanded Field of Photography.” In conjunction with a solo exhibition of work specifically made for MASS MoCA, Liz Deschenes has curated a group exhibition featuring six artists whose work expands the field of photography. Dana Hoey, Miranda Lichtenstein, Craig Kalpakjian, Josh Tonsfeldt, Sara VanDerBeek, and Randy West will be represented with a combination of new and existing work (chosen by the artists themselves). Several of the featured artists make work that is considered photographic but is camera-less, while, for others, photography has laid the groundwork for the moving image or functions as a jumping-off point. In this major mid-career museum survey, “Landscape Seen & Imagined” documents Ross’ long-standing project to reconcile realism and abstraction. The exhibition takes place throughout two buildings, six galleries, and an exterior performing arts courtyard. Among other works, the exhibition includes a 24-foot-high-by-114-foot-long photograph on raw wood that spans the length of MASS MoCA’s tallest gallery and an immersive installation of animated video on 12 separate 24-foot-high screens. Ross’ hyper-detailed photographs of hurricane waves and mountains are included along with a new “invisible art” project featuring animated virtual elements only accessible by means of the viewer’s smartphone.
Outer Form, Inner Image: Through April 28, Paintings by Tania Coletta. The Cummington Community House Gallery. 33 Main St., Cummington.
SALMON FALLS GALLERY
SAWMILL RIVER ARTS GALLERY, next to the Book Mill, Montague Center. “From Darkness Into Light” Members spring show through May 1. Art works include fiber, ceramics, photography, muti-media, paintings, drawings, gouards and paper constructions. Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Thursday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. 367-2885,
sawmillriverarts.com
WENDELL FREE LIBRARY, Wendell: Tamara Metosic’s new exhibit “Homegrown,” is showing through April 30. More than 30 frames are filled with candid photos of Wendell Old Home Day taken this past summer. The artist writes in her statement, “the photographs captyure the relaxed atmopshere, feeling of mirth, and sense of community that are distinctive of Wendell.” Hours: Tuesday, noon to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; thursday, 3 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.