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SUMMARY:Special Saturday\, July 12 First Fridays Artswalk
DESCRIPTION:The First Fridays Artswalk in downtown Pittsfield continues its 5-month season (May through September) on Saturday\, July 12 from 1 to 4 pm (this special Saturday Artswalk is due to the First Friday falling on July 4th). \n  \nParticipating venues on Saturday\, September 12 include Berkshire Theatre Group\, Clock Tower Artists\, Framework by Downtown Pittsfield\, Inc.\, Hotel on North\, Marketplace Cafe\, Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds\, and the Soda Chef. \n  \nDownload the Downtown Pittsfield App in the App Store or on Google Play to follow a virtual walking tour of art on your cell phone. \n  \nThe Clock Tower Artists at 75 South Church Street will host an open studios event on Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm. Clock Tower Artists (CTA) is the largest and most diverse contemporary\, working artists’ group in Berkshire County. Now numbering two dozen working creatives\, the Clock Tower Artists Open Studios will feature original paintings\, prints\, photographs\, and sculptures. Enjoy an insider’s look into the world of working artists. \n  \nArtists with Open Studios at the Clock Tower on July 12 include 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. \n  \nDowntown Pittsfield\, Inc. and Framework will feature a brand-new exhibition featuring a collection of Huck Elling’s recent paintings exploring color\, patterns\, and pursuit of joy. The exhibition will be on view July 7 through July 24\, 2025\, at Framework by Downtown Pittsfield\, Inc. (437 North Street). \n  \nThis year\, Huck was selected to create the poster for the 2025 Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade. The theme being “Young at Heart”. The original artwork will be on view as part of this exhibition. \n  \n“I have always been motivated to make art which inspires human connections\,” says Huck. “For more than twelve years I have been fortunate to be working as a professional artist\, in a variety of mediums\, methods and scales\, and at the heart of everything I do is the desire to inspire curiosity\, connection\, and joy.” \n  \n“Public Art has the specific beauty of belonging to everyone\, it is art without barriers. As a Public Artist\, I am motivated by activating communities\, through identifying the architectural and visual landscape and enhancing it with art projects including the people of the neighborhood. Together we create lasting contributions to the vibrancy of the community.” \n  \nThere will be an opening reception with the artist during the special Saturday\, July 12 Artswalk from 1 to 4 pm. \n  \nThe exhibition will be on view Monday through Thursday\, 10 am to 2 pm\, July 7 through July 24\, by visiting the Downtown Pittsfield\, Inc. offices at 431 North Street. \n  \nHotel on North\, 297 North Street\, will feature artworks by Sally Tiska Rice July 1 through September 1. This beautifully restored boutique hotel blends 19th-century architecture with sleek\, contemporary design—and is the perfect backdrop for Sally’s richly layered light-filled artwork. \n  \nMeet the artist on Saturday\, July 12 from 1 to 4 pm at an Opening Reception during the Special Saturday Artswalk. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Sally in person\, explore her creative process\, and hear the inspiring stories behind her work. Her paintings draw from deep wells of personal experience\, including her journey as a spinal injury survivor—and now\, as she bravely faces breast cancer with strength and creativity. Her art is not just visual—it’s emotional\, healing\, and vibrantly alive. \n  \nSally\, a lifelong Berkshire resident\, has worked in many mediums\, including watercolor\, acrylic\, oils\, pastels\, and mixed media. Her style blends atmosphere\, memory\, and light\, creating emotionally resonant works that have been commissioned and collected internationally. With a 25-year career at Crane & Co. hand bordering luxury stationery for names like Cartier\, Tiffany & Co.\, and Aretha Franklin\, her artistic pedigree is matched only by her passion and perseverance. \n  \nRoots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds\, 119 Fenn Street\, will present eco-friendly products by Aisha B. and the Cosmic CoArt Cooperative’s Cosmic Butterfly Procession project during a reception on Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm\, during the Special Saturday Artswalk. \n  \nArtist and artisan Aisha B. will be showcasing her natural handcrafted eco-friendly products which include reusable concrete candles\, zero-waste soaps\, clay jewelry\, canvas art\, and more alongside the Cosmic CoArt Cooperative’s Cosmic Butterfly Procession project. \n  \nThe Cosmic CoArt Cooperative is a multi-talented artist cooperative that strives to thread together common strengths through the living arts. They sincerely feel creating a culture of a “beloved community” while crossing borders of race\, class\, culture\, language\, ability\, and creed can be done hand in hand through the forces of creativity and the human phenomenon of art. \n  \nArtists include Annalisa Jacobsen\, Peppa\, Aisha B.\, Drake\, Jean Minuchin\, Macarena\, Beth Fairservis\, Matt Brinton\, Nicole Fecteau and Olly. \n  \n  \nNow through July 12\, Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) is proud to partner with the Guild of Berkshire Artists in displaying their art show\, “Creative Diversity\,” in The Colonial Theatre lobby at 111 South Street. The exhibit consists of ten works of art selected from Guild of Berkshire Artist applicants by a jury\, and each piece is available for purchase and viewing Tuesdays-Saturdays from 12 to 5 pm. BTG will host a Closing Reception on Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm during the Artswalk. \n  \nWorks range from photographic realism to impressionistic landscapes to gestural abstract expressionism and you are left to use your creative diversity to make your own interpretation. \n  \nThe Marketplace Cafe\, 53 North Street\, will feature the surreal landscape paintings of Sean McCusker July 2-30. \n  \nSean McCusker is an artist\, curator\, and all-around art lover devoting his work and free time to the arts. His surreal landscapes have been displayed at the Berkshire Museum\, Gallery 14\, and Rehoboth Art League. Sean runs an art installation business and is Exhibitions Curator at the Becket Arts Center. Berkshire Art Association recently voted him as VP of Exhibitions where he is in charge of development\, expansion\, and installation of their art exhibitions. \n  \nContrasted by stillness\, drama unfolds as cascading shadows fall heavily on the colorful landscape. Figures find themselves bathed in the sun as they dot the landscape and contemplate their surroundings. Paintings are made up of roughly 30 translucent layers\, creating McCuster’s glowing compositions of dark shadows suspended in light. \n  \nMeet the artist on Saturday\, July 12 during the Artswalk from 1 to 3 pm. \n  \nDownload 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/tour/55868 \n  \nFirst Fridays Artswalk is supported in part by The Feigenbaum Foundation. \n  \n  \nEvent Highlights (South to North): \n   \nArtists at the Clock Tower\, 75 South Church Street\, Third Floor \nKaren 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. \nOpen Studios: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm \n  \nBerkshire Theatre Group/Colonial Theatre\, 111 South Street \n“Creative Diversity” \nGuild of Berkshire Artists \nClosing Reception: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm \n  \nMarketplace Cafe\, 53 North Street \nSurreal landscape paintings by Sean McCusker \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 3 pm \n  \nRoots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds\, 119 Fenn Street \nCosmic CoArt Cooperative and the Cosmic Butterfly Procession Project \nAnnalisa Jacobsen\, Peppa\, Aisha B.\, Drake\, Jean Minuchin\, Macarena\, Beth Fairservis\, Matt Brinton\, Nicole Fecteau and Olly \nReception: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm \n     \nLichtenstein Center for the Arts\, 28 Renne Avenue \nCommunity Access to the Arts’ annual exhibit “I Am a Part of Art” \nNot Open on Saturday\, July 12 \n  \nSoda Chef\, 161 North Street \nWindow Display \nNicole March Art \n  \nHotel on North\, 297 North Street \nSally Tiska Rice \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm \n  \nFramework by Downtown Pittsfield\, Inc.\, 437 North Street \nRecent paintings by Huck Elling \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, July 12\, 1 to 4 pm \n 
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LOCATION:Downtown Pittsfield\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201\, United States
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