#westernmassart

[arlenisanchez]

The watercolor palette. It’s available as stickers on our Etsy shop BirchandBirdee @birchandbirdee :) @arlenisanchezart . . . #watercolor #watercolorpainting #illustration #plannerstickershop #birchandbirdee #watercolorpalette #palette #painting #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #planneraddict #asanchezartist #artistsoninstagram #massartist #westernmassart #instaart #sticker #stickershop https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_n_rPppIw/?igshid=1tnnn4rm4omj4

[elmersstore]

we’re psyched to host wonderful local artist Mary Walsh-Martel and potter Guy Matsuda @elmersinashfield #elmersstore #elmersinashfield #westernma #westernmass #westernmassart #westernmassartists (at Elmer's Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3GSxzxhNbm/?igshid=n6ewrnw2vaop

[pmdart]

A fun show! Peter Dellert’s Cry Cry Cry in foreground and Joanne Holtje’s String Duet on the wall. #racestreetgallery #peterdellert #joanneholtje #westernmassart (at Holyoke, Massachusetts)

[bigink]

We’re back visiting our old Western Mass stomping grounds for @biginkprints large-scale woodblock printing event @zeamaysprintmaking ! ••• Due to the threat of nasty weather we’ve moved the festivities into Zea’s gallery. It is an intimate space but the public is still welcome to attend this weekend, Aug 11th & 12th, from 10 - 5 pm. ••• Participating artists include @alisonpdarrow @angelalearley @antdas @dinachapeau @thisisdbc @elizabeth.k.ing @peronsondra joncartledge livstanislas rebeccagerman patconant scottschnepf ••• #zeamays #zeamaysprintmaking #westernma #westernmassart #westernmass #massart #massachusettsart #bigink #biginkprints #woodblock #reliefprint #reliefprintmaking (at Zea Mays Printmaking)

[entertim]

Went with @artontheluc to MASSMOCA today. It was beautiful to spend the day looking at art and the museum.

[printclubltd]

We first encountered Esther White's work after she contacted us to arrange a print swap earlier in the year. Being a fellow Mass-dweller we were interested in finding our more about her practice, particularly her printed work. Thus, a new printerview is included below, enjoy!

When did you start printing?

I first studied printmaking in high school when I took a night class at Mass Art in oil-based monotype. As a college student at Barnard, I split my studio time between the digital lab at the International Center of Photography and the printmaking studio at Columbia University, where I learned etching, stone lithography, and relief printmaking. 

Where do you make your work? Home studio? Shared print space?

I split my art-making time between my home studio, where I draw and paint, and a shared print space where I make monotypes and silkscreened work. I belong to Zea Mays Printmaking, a community studio dedicated to safer and sustainable printmaking. I also do some of my work at HeadQuarters, an underground (literally -- it's in a basement garage), DIY art space in Northampton, MA. HeadQuarters is the home of HQ Press, and it's where I make copier art and artists' books.

Who would you love to collaborate with?

This is a tough question because within my arts community, and especially within HeadQuarters/HQ Press, I have a lot of opportunity for collaboration on curatorial and publishing projects. I'm working on a compilation book project for HQ Press right now called "Future Thought Collection," and I invited a number of my favorite cartoonists to participate. I'm excited to work with my contributors as an editor, but I would also love to do a more intimate collaboration someday. I struggle with drawing, so I think I'd like most to work with someone who's better at it than I am --- they could push me!

  Where are some of your favorite spaces in Western Mass for contemporary art or design?

We're lucky in Western Mass to have a whole host of alternative art spaces, including the Flywheel Arts Collective, Feeding Tube Records, and Flying Object.

I've already mentioned HeadQuarters a number of times, but I can't emphasize enough the importance it has in my world! The collaboration & experimentation that it facilitates in Northampton is very important to me. And if it's alright, I'd like to make a plug here: HeadQuarters is currently doing a fundraising drive to stay open, with further information here.

The printmaking studio where I work (and teach), Zea Mays, is also a hub for exciting new artwork. The studio is also a gallery and research center with over 70 artist members, many of them working in cutting-edge non-toxic printmaking techniques. My colleagues at Zea Mays have a huge influence on my work, and using a shared studio space is a huge asset when I'm stuck on an idea and need some informal feedback.

NB: the images included are from her series of monotypes titled "Hands" which is an ongoing body of work where Esther is investigating her experience with chronic pain through the act of drawing her own hands. 

[arlenisanchez]

@arlenisanchezart . . . #procreate #procreateartists #procreateillustration #coupleillustration #childrensbookillustration #asanchezart #massartist #westernmassart #illustration #illustratorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CcYHqVvrYSO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elmersstore]

Art in September @elmersinashfield #elmersstore #ashfieldmass #westernmass #franklincountyarts #pioneervalleyartists #pioneervalleyarts #westernmassart (at Elmer's Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2S-7j4BKzC/?igshid=i90kt0opzryf

[entertim]

Start your day off strong. New mug from my lovely and talented lady @artontheluc. Strong men need strong coffee.