May 2 First Fridays Artswalk

The First Fridays Artswalk in downtown Pittsfield returns for a 5-month season (May through September) on Friday, May 2 from 5 to 8 pm as part of the City of Pittsfield’s First Fridays at Five.

 

Participating venues on Friday, May 2 include Berkshire Art Center, Clock Tower Artists, Framework by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., Hotel on North, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Living in Recovery, Marie’s North Street Eatery and Gallery, Marketplace Cafe, Ralph Froio Senior Center, Soda Chef, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield.

 

Download the Downtown Pittsfield App in the App Store or on Google Play to follow a virtual walking tour of art on your cell phone.

 

Direct link: https://downtownpittsfield.stqry.app/list/55197

 

Event Highlights (South to North):

  

Artists at the Clock Tower, 75 South Church Street, Third Floor

Karen Carmean, Deborah H Carter, Lucie Castaldo, Joan Palano Ciolfi, Randy Foulds, Marion Grant, Nava Grunfeld, Caroline Kelley, Mollie Kellogg, Eric Korenman, Bruce Laird, Lisa Loustaunau, Mark Mellinger, Linda Petrocine, Shany Porras, Sally Tiska Rice, Ilene Richard, Audrey Shachnow, Stanley Singer, Ariel Smith, Jordan Stone, Sharon Walthew, Stefanie Weber, and Carmel Wilson.

Open Studios: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield, 175 Wendell Avenue

Fabric art by Kathryn Wedderburn

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

   

Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street

Hazle Weatherfield (Recent works by Michael McKay)

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 7 pm

 

Living in Recovery, 75 North Street

Shane Ott

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

    

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue

Portfolios by Pittsfield High School Art Students

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 7 pm

 

Palace Park, 122 North Street

Pottery Demo with Jim Horsford

“Art in the Park” with Shelsy Rodriguez

Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Marie’s North Street Eatery and Gallery, 146 North Street

Hidden by the Weight of Our Scales, 2.0

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Berkshire Art Center/Brothership Building, 141 North Street

The Legacy Exhibition, Honoring the Stories of Latina Women

Free All Ages Art Making Drop-In: Friday, May 2, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

 

Soda Chef, 161 North Street

Nicole March Art – Window Display

 

Persip Park, 175 North Street

Live Music with Futon Lasagna

Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Hotel on North, 297 North Street

Photographs by Shaun Harmon

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Ralph Froio Senior Center, 330 North Street

Art of older adults living with dementia and Alzheimer’s

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Framework by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., 437 North Street

Photography exhibition of Southwest America by Allan Seppa

Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 pm

 

Featured images in header (clockwise top left to bottom left): Kathryn Wedderburn, Bonnie Lingoski, Ilene Richard, Loic Adendedjan, Hazel Weatherfield (Recent works by Michael McKay), and Shaun Harmon