2024 EVENTS + EXHIBITIONS
WE MEET AGAIN
A Hatchery Young Artist Project Proudly Presented by The School for Contemporary Dance and ThoughtDecember 13- 14, 8pm
December 15, 2pm
The Workroom
EXPERIMENTAL DANCE- MUSIC- THEATER- VIDEO
CELEBRATING and SPOTLIGHTING the inspiring and essential voices of our TEENS
Works by professional guest artists: Bisko Kabisko Kaba, Lauren Horn, Katherin Kain, Jen Polins and Hatchery Company Members: Irina Andrews, Jamie Hougen-Smith, Libby Hayes, Pfieffer, Tovah Boucher, Dayal Fuller, Serena Gross, Andrew Jones Linehan, Morgan Brown
MOVING // BEING FESTIVAL
December 6- 8
The Workroom
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6:
10- 11:45am • Countertechnique with Maya LaLiberté
12- 1:45pm • Countertechnique discussion with Maya LaLiberté
4- 5:30pm • Informal Showing by Sarah Konner + Austin Selden Dance
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7:
9am- 1pm • Moving / Being Workshop with Patty Townsend, Jennifer Nugent, + Andrea Olsen
8- 9:30pm • LIGHT: new works by Sarah Konner, Maya LaLiberté, Andrea Olsen, Molly Rose-Williams, Shayla Vie-Jenkins + guests
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8:
9- 10:45am • Dragons Dancing: Qigong + Movement Flow Workshop with Andrea Olsen + Caryn McHose
ON THE MOVE- REMIX
Presented by The Community PlayersDecember 3, 7pm
The Workroom
FREE / Donations appreciated
RESERVATIONS welcome but not required
Come celebrate, commune, release, ponder, empower, question, enjoy an evening of live performance, support the community, inquire, examine....
THE COMMUNITY PLAYERS, a new group of older artists making artwork from a deep sense of commitment to collaboration, improvisation, innovative storytelling and conversation present a new evening length dance theater piece that celebrates the constant movement that we all participate in.
THE ARCHITECTS:
In PerformanceA Movement Improvisation Ensemble
November 15- 16, 6:30 pm
The Workroom
an evening of ensemble dance improvisation, film screening, live music and more
Kathy Couch, Katherine Ferrier, Lisa Gonzales, Jennifer Kayle, and Pamela Vail
with Jason Palamara
$15 general / $10 students + seniors
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
NOVEMBER 16, 12-2pm
COLLABRATORY: ENSEMBLE IMPROVISATION AND ATTENTION
a Workshop with the Architects
This movement improvisation workshop balances in-depth individual exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. All levels welcome.
$10-$15 sliding scale
COMMUNAL MEAL + ART ACTIVATION
with artist Yanira Castro and guestsNovember 1, 6pm
The Workroom
Free + Special Event
Please join us for a communal meal prepared by artist Yanira Castro. At this gathering, we will collectively experience the project audio score 'What is your first memory of dirt?', share food prepared with local ingredients, and be in conversation that centers land and remembrance as a collective tool toward liberation.
THE NORTHAMPTON PRINT & BOOK FAIR
October 26, 12- 5pm
The Workroom
The Northampton Print & Book Fair will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from noon – 5 pm at 33 Hawley Street inside the expansive 3,800 square-foot Workroom space managed by A.P.E. Gallery. Artists from throughout western MA and across New England will be showing and selling their works, including but not limited to handmade artist prints and books, zines, comics, books of poetry, risograph prints, mini sculptures and ceramics, wearable art, and much more. Food and drink will be available from Vegan Pizza Land and Pour Things Coffee. NPBF is free and open to the public!
More details HERE
QUADRALECTIC:
A Group Solo ShowSeptember 6- 28
Split Level Gallery
Opening reception • September 13; 5-8pm • Part of Arts Night Out
“Quadralectic: A Solo Group Show,” is a unique exhibition curated by Malinda Labriola featuring the work of four artistic personas, each representing a different facet of Malinda’s artistic practice.
Meet the Artists:
- Siggie Zampa, the cartoonist, shares humor through playful cartoons created using just two vibrant colors.
- R.L. Stilzkin, the illustrator, opens up detailed worlds with intricate line drawings of whimsical characters that spark the imagination.
- GASEO, the abstractionist, captures the essence of motion and energy by using the movement of cars to create dynamic line drawings, often transformed with watercolor
- Mal Labriola, the printmaker, merges nature and art by crafting unique prints and compositions with ink pads and local flora.
MALINDA (MAL) LABRIOLA; curator (they/them) is an Easthampton-based artist whose curation of artforms began in childhood at the Garrison Art Center (GAC) on the banks of the Hudson River in Garrison, NY. An illustrator, painter, printmaker, pyrographer, writer, and musician, Mal enjoys exploring as many artistic mediums as delight them, preferably while learning from others. “Quadralectic” is Mal’s first “solo” show.
SHADOW AND LIGHT:
An Expression of the Cancer ExperienceAugust 3- 28
Split Level Gallery
Many cancer patients express their experiences with cancer in artwork and writing that’s rarely seen. Curator and artist Malaika Ross wants to change that by creating this exhibition where this work can be seen and honored for the incredible artwork and writing that it is.
MALAIKA ROSS is a Caribbean American visual artist in Western Massachusetts. In April 2023, she became the one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States. She’s currently working on The Visibility Project, a series of paintings that center black female breast cancer survivors whose chests were radically transformed after surgical treatment.
with support from Cancer Connection and Resilient Community Arts and The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Valley Creates
MY MAMA AND THE FULL SCALE INVASION
Presented by Spindrift TheaterAugust 22- 24, 7pm
August 25, 2pm
The Workroom
Spindrift Theatre will present Sasha Denisova’s extraordinary new play about love and resilience set against the backdrop of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, called My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion.
The production is Directed by the award-winning director, Robert Freedman. The play is being produced with permission of the playwright and with talents of three actors: Laura Nichols of Rockville, CT., as Sasha, Liam Bobersky of Florence, MA. as Man, and Jaris Hanson* of Whately, MA. as Mama.
Tickets are $24 for students and seniors, $26 general admission.
For more information, to request a press packet, or to set up an interview with the Director, call Robert Freedman at 413-586-6095, or email leveebreak14@gmail.com
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of stage actors.
OTHER REFRAINS
An In-Process ShowingAugust 2, 7pm
The Workroom
Lailye Weidman will present an in-process showing of her solo work Other Refrains in the Workroom at 33 Hawley St. Other Refrains is a dance theater anti-memorial that reckons with heritage and the ways that bodily memories, gestures, and stories move across time and generation. The work will run approximately 40 mins with a conversation to follow. Tickets are free, RSVP suggested
LAILYE WEIDMAN is a choreographer, educator, and a queer parent raising a feisty toddler in Western Massachusetts. Through multiple projects over the past two decades, Lailye has been looking at the forces that move us and asking how bodies respond to those forces. Her work has been shown in venues on both coasts, the Midwest, and Europe. She has been an artist-in-residence at APE in Northampton, SPACE in Portland, Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen, Light Box in Detroit, the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature, and Dance (iLAND) in New York City, Pieter PASD and Hothouse/UCLA in Los Angeles, and the SEEDS Festival at Earthdance. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hampshire College, where she combines improvisation, somatics, and mindfulness with a focus on the politics of movement and embodied action. Lailye has also worked independently and collectively to produce dance and interdisciplinary events, residencies, and festivals in New England and beyond. Lailye is also a 2024 & 2025 member of the Workroom Cooperative, a project of APE.
A CELEBRATION OF BRILLIANTS!
Presented by ETTA Arts and The Rainbow PlayersJune 29, 7pm
The Workroom
Join us as we begin our 25th year of celebrations. You will enter an Inclusive Art Exposition of area artists. Then, you will make your way to the Carnival of Misfits, a taste of the many life experiences when you live with a label of disability. Walk around our set and explore the artifacts of life as a labeled person. Then, take your seats and the Master of Ceremonies will welcome you to our 3 Ring Circus- Past, Present and Future works!
How is the mindset laid out as the labels are diagnosed? What is the fallout? What choices are there? Certainly to change the lens from within… this is the journey to ‘brilliance’, to shifting the viewpoints: inside and out. Where did these viewpoints begin? And how can we shift them? Join us to see. You will get an inside view of the process of improvisation to bring a story to stage! You’ll get to talk to the actors in a special discussion part of the show…. So, come, enjoy!
MOVING WATER
Presented by Serious Play Theater EnsembleJune 20- 22, 8pm
June 23, 2 pm
The Workroom
Limited Seating / 12 yr + up
CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY FORUM
June 22, 4-6:30pm
FREE with REGISTRATION / 14 yr + up
PERFORMANCES, AUDITIONS, AND FILM SCREENINGS
Presented by SCDT’s Hatchery Young Artists ProgramJune 14- 16
The Workroom
FULL DETAILS HERE
BODY & EARTH INTERNATIONAL:
Moving Between Worlds WorkshopJune 3- 9
The Workroom
Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose offer seven days of practices for creative living and forming. Full details HERE
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Friday, June 7, 12- 1:30pm
Transience of Forms
Join Eeva-Maria Mutka (Finland/UK) for a performance installation followed by a discussion on art-making with visual artist/poet Rosalyn Driscoll
$0-$10 sliding scale
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Friday, June 7, 6- 8 pm
Origins and Current Practices
A Friday evening presentation by Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and UK-based Eeva-Maria Mutka open to the public.
$15 (free to workshop participants)
THE DEEPWOODS QUINTET
May 21, 5pm
The Workroom
FREE ADMISSION / DONATIONS ACCEPTED
The Deepwoods Quintet met in the Graduate program of UMass Amherst. What started as informal gatherings of music sight reading quickly turned into a shared interest for exploring the boundaries of genre and performance in chamber music. Coming out of the classical tradition of string playing, they are excited to present a program that not only embraces the Canonical repertoire, but also explores their shared passion for folk traditions around the world.
IMPROVISATION AND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
Presented by SCDT a Workroom Cooperative MemberMay 10- 11
The Workroom
WIP, SPECIAL WORKSHOPS and RIFF TALKS
FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE + TICKETS
THE BUILD-A-FLOOR CELEBRATION FESTIVAL
May 2- 5
The Workroom
Join us to celebrate the newly installed sprung-floor and the legacy
of Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, and Contact Improvisation.
Workshops, performances, talks, and multi-arts events!
FULL DETAILS HERE
Happening across 2 locations across Northampton
THE WORKROOM @ 33 Hawley +
The Shepherd's Barn @ Historic Northampton
SPRING EPHEMERALS:
New Works by Maya LaLiberté and FriendsApril 20, 12- 1:30pm
The Workroom
SOUND BATH
With Donnabelle CasisApril 14, 3- 4pm
The Workroom
Through her training with KIN Unified Healing Institute in Sound Therapy, artist and sound practitioner Donnabelle Casis uses various sound modalities which can help promote physical health and emotional well-being. Every session is unique and intuitively guided.
$35 per person. All proceeds will benefit The ArtSalon. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Reserve your spot today
Full Details HERE
SMALL SEEDS and QUAD
Presented by SCDTApril 12, 6pm
April 13, 8pm
The Workroom
SMALL SEEDS
a gathering of artists rooted in contemplative practices
Friday, April 12 at 6:00pm
Performance followed by a conversation with:
Sara Smith, Vanessa Anspaugh, Amber Bemak, Hana van der Kolk, AND Roz Driscoll
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QUAD
New Quadraphonic Compositions
an immersive sound experience
Saturday, April 13 at 8pm
new multi channel compositions by:
Jake Meginsky, Jenifer Gelineau, Omeed Goodarzi, C.Lavender
BIOMORPH:
Shape, Pattern, FormMarch 2- 27
Split Level Gallery
ARTISTS RECEPTION: MARCH 8, 5- 8pm (part of Arts Night Out)
BIOMORPH is an exhibition of works by Madge Evers, Laurie Miles, and Rachel Thern. Using different media, their work is unified by a shared curiosity fueling an expression of architectural forms and patterns in nature.
Evers creates atmospheric cyanotypes from foraged plant material. Using photography, Miles reveals the transparent networks within vegetables. Thern draws from her imagination to generate rhythmic patterns in charcoal. Real or imagined, BIOMORPH offers the audience unique perspectives and reverence for the natural world.
NEW WORK/ SOLOS
Featuring performances by Zach Hebert, Rebecca Schrader and Wendy WoodsonMarch 22, 8:30pm
March 23, 4pm
The Workroom
Written and Directed by Wendy Woodson
Created in collaboration with Zach Hebert and Rebecca Schrader
Tickets $10-$20/ $5 students
COMMUNITY DANCE BASH/ CELEBRATION OF SPACE
Presented by SCDTMarch 8- 9
The Workroom
FULL DETAILS HERE
SCDT is a part of The Workroom Cooperative
FRIDAY MARCH 8
OPEN CLASS IN THE WORKROOM
10:00AM- 12:00PM
Sofia Engelman + Em Papineau
FIVE MINUTES MAX PERFORMANCE
7:00PM- 9:00PM
SATURDAY MARCH 9
OPEN CLASS IN THE WORKROOM
10:00AM- 12:00PM
Jenna Riegel
WESTERN MA DANCE MEETUP
12:30PM- 2:30PM
(free)
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE
7:00- 8:00PM
QUEER VOICES
February 3- 24
Split Level Gallery
Opening reception FEBRUARY 9, 5- 8pm (Arts Night Out)
The Queer Trans Art Group at Resilient Community Arts is presenting a collection of their work at the Split Level Gallery at 33 Hawley St. After biweekly collective meetings, the group has produced a colorful and meaningful body of work ranging from drawing, fiber arts, painting, sculpture, collage and more. The Queer Trans Art group, fondly known as “QTAG,” is made up of artists local to the valley who have shared identities and experiences living as Queer and Trans people in our world. By valuing mutual support and vulnerability, the group has cultivated a community that’s collectively honored as a space for emotional processing and profound creative expression.
A SENSE OF PLACE
January 5- 28
Split Level Gallery
Suzanne Artemieff, Liz Chalfin, Lindsey Clark-Ryan, Edda Valborg Sigurðardóttir, BZ Reily, Annie Silverman, Julie Lapping Rivera
POETRY READING • JANUARY 25, 7pm
An artist residency allows one to step away from the responsibilities of daily life and dive deeply into creative work. This might take place in a remote setting, where an artist can concentrate on a project without distraction. Or, it might occur in an exotic location that stimulates new work.
The seven printmakers in this exhibition invite you to share explorations and discoveries resulting from their experiences as resident artists. While each has created work that explores “a sense of place” as a connecting theme, this exhibit offers up a range of approaches and techniques.
LABYRINTH
A Hatchery Young Artist ProjectJanuary 26- 27, 7pm
January 28, 2pm
The Workroom
PRESENTED BY THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT
FEATURING THREE PERFORMANCE EVENTS at the A.P.E. WORKROOM THEATER
"teens who think on their feet" hampshire gazette
CELEBRATING and SPOTLIGHTING the inspiring and essential voices of our TEENS
DANCE- MUSIC- THEATER- VIDEO
LIVE ART LIVE ART LIVE ART LIVE ART
Together- we create something greater than ourselves
New works by HATCHERY dancers and pit band,
featuring guests Young@Heart Chorus, and works by: Shakia the key, Brenden Drake
MAKING GROUND: LIVE!
A.P.E.’s Re-Opening of The WorkroomJanuary 19- 20, 7pm
The Workroom
This January 2024, A.P.E. will host a special two-day live performance event to celebrate the reopening of the Workroom at 33 Hawley after its extensive renovations. The event will echo the pre-renovation participatory ceremonies of MAKING GROUND, a public art + drawing project, in which the community covered the 3800 sq-foot floor of the Workroom with chalked drawings in an invitation to consider creative engagements with land, community, space, imagination, and stewardship.
For this January event, 16 artists and artist groups—dancers, musicians, performance + theater artists, writers, and poets—have been invited to create a performance offering of 6 minutes or less. Confirmed artists include: Frieda Kipar Bay and Jesse Olsen Bay, Javiera Benavente, Mary Beth Brooker, Roy Faudree, Julia Handschuh and Anna Hendricks, Hatchery Youth Performance Company, LOCULUS Collective (Olana Flynn and Madison Palffy), Trenda Loftin, Emrys Maxner, Rowyn Maxner, Jen Polins, Gabrielle Revlock, Ro Sigle, Jules Skloot, Batya Sobel, and Anne Woodhull.
Join us January 19 + 20: with a different bill each night!
Stay tuned for more details.
RETURNING TO THE WELL:
Authentic Movement as a Restorative Practice for Aging BodiesJanuary 21, 1- 4pm
The Workroom
Faciliated by Mary Ramsay
As we age, our experience in our bodies can be defined by our physical limitations, aches, and pains and by society’s attitudes about aging. How can we tap the resources we have embodied through our years of living – imagination, curiosity, creativity, wisdom (to name a few) – to change our experience of aging and our relationship to our aging bodies?