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Sermons and Serenades Collaboration by Ellen Eisenman and Marianetta Porter Wednesday, September 24 - Wednesday, October 15   Sermons and Serenades is both a tribute and an acknowledgement of the artists' indebtedness to the past. Through photography, sculpture, and mixed media arts, they mine history, materials and imagery and transform these resources into new expressions of power and promise. Like pebbles dropped into water, these artworks emanate from the center of their experiences, acquiring new shapes and meanings as they extend outward to engage the larger community.

Ikarus Randy Chung Gonzales Monday, October 20 - Friday, November 7   Born in Tarapoto, in the Amazon, in 1982 into an Indigenous, Chinese, and Hispanic family, it was the cloud forest environment as well as the local myths and legends and the way of life of the locals that inspired much of Gonzalez’ early work. However, in 2002 he experienced his first session of ayahuasca, the Amazonian psychotropic plant brew. It was led by a shaman from the native Quechua Lamista community. This experience introduced him to ‘another reality’ and radically changed his life and work. His way of seeing the world was no longer the same and his painting underwent a profound metamorphosis where humans, nature and the spirits live harmoniously.

Cyn Horton Reading by Northampton poet Wednesday, November 5   7:00 pm - Reading works from a new release by Equinox Press entitled, To a Careless Sailor, Cyn J Horton cites black & white television, cowboys and spies as her early influences, spicing her work with a film noir flavor. Trained as a child in the graphic arts, she began journaling on the advice of her oil painting instructor. Poetry became a natural outlet. Born in Natick, MA, Cyn attended Beloit College and received a degree in Theatre Arts. In her quest for notoriety, she moved to NYC and broke into the union at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the first woman ''art handler." After an eight year stint in San Francisco, she returned to New England craving the change of seasons. At this reading she will reveal why she no longer plays softball.

Transporting: oil, water, arteries and veins in the Amazon Installation by Patty Bode and Ecuadorian Artists Monday, November 17 - Friday, December 5   This exhibit features paintings by artists from the Secoyan community in Ecuador, and artist / educator Patty Bode, who was a recipient of a grant from the Augusta Savage Gallery’s Arts International Residency (AIR) Program in 2007. She taught classes in the Ecuadorian rainforest for the length of her residency. This collaborative show transports us to the Amazonian rainforest at the intersection of indigenous life and global oil production, consumption and contamination. It comments on the erosion of the Amazon environment and indigenous ways of life, while celebrating the Secoyan’s resilience and resistance to globalization.

Gems in the Valley Works of Professor Nelson Stevens Monday, February 9 - Friday, March 13   This exhibit will showcase paintings created by Professor Nelson Stevens that are owned by art collectors in the Pioneer Valley. His rhythmic, multi-layered reassembling of form and color can be likened to the quality of syncretism inherent in many aspects of our African-American culture. These works have been shown nationally and internationally, but they have never been exhibited together. It will give an opportunity for those collectors to meet each other and compare Gems. For more information about Nelson Stevens visit: www.nelsonstevens.com

Nomad: Women On the Move Collaboration between Elizabeth Ross, Teresa Puig, Dorothea Fleiss, and Cristina Fernandez Wednesday, April 1 - Friday, April 10   An international focus on artists Elizabeth Ross from Mexico, Teresa puig from Spain and Norway, Dorothea Fleiss from Germany and Romania; and video journalist Cristina Fernandez from Spain. The installation is based on a fundamental premise: Migration is creating a completely new globalized woman. Most often, from poor countries, women have to migrate to find a way of survival. They leave their land, their families, their cultural roots and face an usually hard welcome in those rich promiseland nations. Through video, photos, audio materials, and objects, these artists will research in the cities where they live among the many women who are affected by migration.

Art from the Heart Paintings and Drawings by Yusef Lateef Thursday, April 16 - Thursday, April 30   A solo exhibition of recent works by Yusef Lateef. This Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, educator and philosopher has been a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. He is universally acknowledged as on of the great living masters and innovators in the African American tradition of autophysiopsychic music, which comes from one's spiritual, physical and emotional self. In this rare exhibit Yusef Lateef once again shows himself to be a fully engaged student of life, with an endless supply of curiosity and joy. In his words: "It has been said: 'If you must paint, then, paint trees.' Therefore, I conclude that the many trees created by Providence serve as a prototype for my embodiment of my intuitive feelings and conceptions where-by Providence strengthens and excites the beauty which is already in your heart." Lateef's trees, created in the last two years since his retirement from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are far from conventional, as one might expect, giving us yet another glimpse into his fully engaged life.