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Artist reception: Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together – March 29 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Free

March 26, 2025

View Cameron Schmitz’s exhibit of paintings, enjoy refreshments, and meet the artist. Cameron Schmitz uses color and mark-making as her language of expression. At 4:15 p.m., Cameron speaks briefly … [Read more...] about Artist reception: Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together – March 29 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Free

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Quabbin Obscura: The Swift River in Black-&-White

March 8, 2025

March 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Free From farm to canvas to camera, artist Burt V. Brooks (1849-1934) captured the landscapes and daily life in the “drowned towns” before the Quabbin … [Read more...] about Quabbin Obscura: The Swift River in Black-&-White

Filed Under: art, Local History, News

First Friday: Make Your Own Paper!

January 3, 2025

January 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free Every First Friday of the Month, Turners Falls businesses and organizations stay open late. Join us for a craft night of tin-can papermaking in the Great Hall and … [Read more...] about First Friday: Make Your Own Paper!

Filed Under: art, Local History

Make Your Own Junior Duck Stamp!

December 1, 2024

December 7 - 8 Free In celebration of our Junior Duck Stamp exhibit in the Great Hall, have some hot chocolate And make your own Junior Duck stamp too! All ages. Meet in the Great Hall. … [Read more...] about Make Your Own Junior Duck Stamp!

Filed Under: art, News, Science, Stewardship

Art Naturally: Paper Marbling *

September 20, 2024

September 21 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Free Discover nature and history through story, poetry, and art in our series of free art programs. Using words and images, instruction and techniques you create … [Read more...] about Art Naturally: Paper Marbling *

Filed Under: art, Food Farms and Factories, Nature

Great Hall Exhibit:  Local Birds in Colored Pencil

July 26, 2024

August 1 - September 2 Free Artist Mark Majeski takes photographs of birds and plants and arranges them into collages as a guide for his drawings. Using this process, he emphasizes the coloration … [Read more...] about Great Hall Exhibit:  Local Birds in Colored Pencil

Filed Under: art, News

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Turners Falls, MA 01376
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