July First Fridays Artswalk

Enjoy a dozen brand new art shows and exhibits during the First Fridays Artswalk on Friday, July 1, 5 to 8 pm. 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.

 

First Fridays Artswalk transforms downtown Pittsfield retailers, restaurants, and organizations into art galleries. Explore art and meet artists during opening receptions on the first Friday of the month from 5 to 8 pm, with most art on display all month long.

 

Event Highlights:

 

Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will present Indoors Out! Free Kids’ Paint & Sip on Friday, July 1, 5 to 7:30 pm, at the parklet and outdoor seating area at The Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street.

 

Artists at the Clock Tower

75 South Church Street, Third Floor

Marion Grant

Caroline Kelley

Shany Porras

Ilene Richard

Sally Tiska-Rice

Open Studios: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

Hotel on North

297 North Street

CYCLE THERAPY – watercolor on the move

Marguerite Bride

On View: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

Lee Bank

75 North Street

Fine Art Photography & Digital Art

Nicole March

Window Display

 

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts

28 Renne Avenue

Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents

“I AM A PART OF ART”

On View: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

Methuselah Bar and Lounge

391 North Street

Dramatic Themes/ Cosmic Dust

The Paintings of Edward Pelkey

Reception: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

TKG Real Estate

137 North Street

“Photographer as Painter”

Janet Pumphrey and Bruce Panock

Reception: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

The Marketplace Cafe

53 North Street

Photography by Shaun Harmon

Reception: July 1, 5 to 7:30 pm

 

Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield

175 Wendell Avenue

Oil paintings and watercolors

David King

Reception: July 1, 5 to 8 pm

 

Other participating venues are ReDefine (5 Melville Street), The Funky Phoenix (441 North Street), and Thrive Diner (145 Wahconah Street).