Sandisfield Arts Center

Spring Forward - Berkshire Artist Guild Group Show! Free
2023-05-07 16:00 - 2023-06-04 18:00 (America/New_York)
June 11: If you got to this page through a bad link from our eblast, here is the Zoe Lewis Returns page.
Opening reception – free. Sunday May 7, 4-6 pm. Show runs to June 4, 2023.
Picture above is Spring Celebration 40″ x 30″ ( colorful abstract) by Natasha Wein.
The Gallery is open before and after performances and by appointment. To arrange an appointment, please contact Jess Cofrin gallery@sandisfieldartscenter.org
We are delighted to present the works of these Guild of Berkshire Artists members:
Leslie Alfin
Karen Carmean
Gail Gelburd
Serena Weld Granbery
Carolyn Kelley
Thaddeus Kubis, who has generously offered photography workshops here in past years, both over Zoom and in person
Patti Lippman
Doane Perry
Amy Pressman
Bruce Shickmanter
Natasha Wein, who was one of the 2022 winners of our Daniel Manacher Award for Young Artists
About the Guild: (from their website)
The Guild of Berkshire Artists (GBA) is a vital, active, nonprofit visual arts organization that supports and promotes its members through education, exhibits and community events while contributing to the cultural life of the Berkshires.

The establishment of the Guild of Berkshire Artists (formerly the Richmond/West Stockbridge Artists Guild, Inc.), a Massachusetts Non-Profit Corporation, grew out of the successful, inaugural Fine Art Show held in September 2014 at The Richmond Congregational Church. That show organized by Helen Febbo drew more than 30 exhibiting artists from the area and hundreds of attendees. Helen and Howard Greenhalgh, our first president, organized regular plein air and live model painting and sketching programs that first fall. Since then artists have been gathering to enjoy creating and sharing art.
A sample of what you’ll see – come to the show to see more!

Spring Celebration 40″ x 30″ ( colorful abstract) Natasha Wein

Chaos Quilt 22″ x 22″ (quilt) Leslie Alfin

Fiery Sunset 20″ x 16″ (color photograph) Doane Perry

Tree Death Valley -16″ x 20″ (black and white photo) Thaddeus Kubis

Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists - Call for Artists Extended!
2023-05-06 - 2023-07-16
Call for artists is now through July 15, with notification by July 25.
The image above is Shwoopy Loops, 2013 by Daniel Manacher.
JULY 15 DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR 2nd ANNUAL PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
The Sandisfield Arts Center is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists.
Three artists will be selected as finalists and each will receive $350 in support of their art practice, as well as a group show of their work at the Sandisfield Arts Center with an opening reception on August 19, 2023 – the show runs through September 17.
The prize was created by Adam Manacher and Carol Birnbaum, the parents of Daniel Manacher, in memory of their son and his passion for art.
“Daniel worked on different surfaces, always hand-drawn,” said his father, Adam Manacher. “He loved interacting with people in their love for art. We hope, with the Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists, to inspire other young artists and to assist them as they reach for their dreams.”
About Daniel Manacher.
We are thrilled to say that Natasha Wein, one of the 2022 award winners, has work in our Berkshire Artists Guild group show opening May 7 and running through June 4.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Eligible artists are those 17-26 years of age living or attending school in Berkshire County. There is no fee associated with the application and all entrants will be judged based solely on the merit of the work presented. Past winners are not eligible to apply.
This year, applications will be accepted from those working in painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, digital paintings, and digital drawings. The entry deadline is June 30. The applications will be reviewed by a juror and artists will be notified no later than July 25.
Please use this Google form link to submit your application. Please direct any questions to gallery@sandisfieldartscenter.org.

Gallery Reception and Show: Matt Glushien Paintings
2022-12-11 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-09 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-08 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-07 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-06 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-12-04 16:00 - 18:00 and 18 more dates
Matt Glushien is a Sandisfield resident and studied painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He has spent much of his career teaching art to children and is a seasoned mushroom forager who has offered two workshops this season for the Arts Center.
His work can be viewed here
The show runs through November 12 and can be viewed before other events or contact gallery@sandifieldartscenter.org to arrange a viewing.
Artist statement:
” I am a contemporary painter by context, but very traditional in the way I paint. I like to paint and draw everything and anything that is in front of me. That way the answer can always be found by looking at the subject. I am relieved when the subject is chosen, and am ready to start. I don’t have much interest in any part of the process that is not putting the brush to the canvas. For me, the real root is, and will always be the action of using the paint to record or recreate an image and feeling. When I paint outside or from a model, my observation time is limited by the sunset or the model leaving. I don’t mind the light changing or the model moving. This only leads to me depending on the true essence of the subject and how to attain that in other ways. In recent years I’ve painted extensively in Switzerland and Thailand, as well as France. Knowing that my time is limited puts a certain kind of pressure and acuteness on the experience, I seem to be able to tune in better. If it is a very short, as in Paris, I am able to take home with me a sense of the place and not have my own thoughts or emotions effect it. Over time, as I build a relationship to my surroundings, and the new gets old, my feeling begin to override the initial impression. Throughout the years I have practiced acquiring this information as well as the execution of the picture making process. This needs to happen naturally so that I don’t have to think while I paint and can enjoy the process. If the act of painting is not fun for me, then I won’t do it. I believe that a list of influences can do more for the viewers understanding than I can do in writing, so in no particular order: Alice Neel, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Klimt, Schiele, Bonnard, Monet, Manet, Degas, Braque, Diebenkorn, DeKooning, Hartley, Ingres, Mucha, Kandinsky, Ben Shawn, Jacob Lawrence, Pissaro, Vulliard, Japanese woodcuts, Fauves, Art Noveau, Impressionism, and Expressionism.”
Gallery receptions are always free.

Christmas Poetry for the Family! (and some carols) - Free
2022-12-11 16:00 - 17:30
Come together with your neighbors to hear wonderful Christmas and seasonal poetry read by Benjamin Luxon and to join in singing some of your favorite carols! Ben will accompany the carols on the keyboard.
This event is free!

Afternoon Tea with Simon Winchester
2022-11-19 15:00 - 17:00
What could be more fun than delicious afternoon tea and discussion with author Simon Winchester and fellow author and good friend, André Bernard? André and Simon will chat about his life, his career as a writer and a preview of what may be next. Just a glance at Winchester’s titles promises a fascinating afternoon with one of our (that’s our as in the world not just Sandisfield) leading and most original thinkers. André Bernard was the longtime vice president and publisher at Harcourt Trade Publishers and is now vice president and secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Join us for this special afternoon.

This event is free but we recommend reserving a space to be sure you can attend!
Donations are gratefully accepted.
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