Feb 1, 2014
January 22 – March 1, 2014
Nancy Meagher’s paintings are now on view here at Hope and Feathers Framing. Each of her sculptural, layered oil paintings creates a sense of time, place, and emotion. This exhibition officially opened on January 22nd. It will be on view through March 1st.
Meagher finds beauty in the gray days of the Valley. Her paintings are about finding the green in winter, the silver lining of clouds, the lemons that hold lemonade. Her work reflects geology and the Earth’s history, miles of rambling stone walls, how the Connecticut River evolved, the beginnings of Leverett Pond, how Puffer’s Pond helped create paper, old brick Mills, and fish!
Nov 1, 2013
November 5-30, 2013
Hope & Feathers Gallery is thrilled to announce it will be showing the work of Vanessa Chakour. Now Brooklyn based, Chakour grew up in Amherst in a family of renowned musicians and educators. From November 5th – 30th, Chakour will exhibit select paintings and drawings from 2006-present
Abstract in nature, Chakour’s work incorporates “stream of consciousness” images and words. She releases thoughts, feelings and emotions onto her surfaces as a way of letting go and shedding layers like skins that house dreams, nightmares, memories and desires of one’s true self. Releasing these emotions and reforming them into colorful, bursting forms allows the artist to be free and celebrate being part of a bigger experience in conjunction with the universe.
In her newest pieces, Chakour is exploring connection to nature and desire to maintain wildness within and without. She will be collaborating with the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY, and developing workshops while bringing awareness to the issues facing wolves and top predators that are vital to our ecosystem. This show will raise help funds and awareness for the conservation center and more importantly speak to the issue of wolves who have recently lost their protection and are being killed and hunted at an alarming rate. For more information: vanessachakour.com and nywolf.org.
The exhibition opens during the Amherst Art Walk on Thursday, November 7th from 5-8pm. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, November 9th from 4-7pm. The show can also be viewed Monday – Friday 10-6pm and Saturday 10-4pm throughout the month of November.
Oct 1, 2013
October 1-31, 2013
In his new series of paintings, Chris Page explores qualities of time and space using gestural rhythms to create meditative visual fields. Based in witnessing the horizonless, daytime sky, these paintings mirror its dynamic pictorial diversity and optical spaces creating alternative worlds of light, form, and emptiness.
The show opens October 3rd from 5-8PM during the Amherst Art Walk, and there will be an Artist Reception Saturday, October 5th from 4-7PM.
Sep 1, 2013
September 3-30, 2013
Hope & Feathers Gallery is thrilled to announce its September show: work by debut children’s author and illustrator Aaron Becker. “Journey”, a wordless picture book published by the award-winning Candlewick Press, follows the adventures of a lonely girl into an enchanting realm just beyond a magical door drawn on her bedroom wall. Publisher’s Weekly, in one of the book’s several starred reviews, writes “Wonder mixes with longing as the myriad possibilities offered by Becker’s stunning settings dwarf what actually happens in the story. Readers will be both dazzled and spurred on imagined travels of their own.” A Junior Library Guild selection, “Journey” has quickly captured the attention of the book world in what School Library Journal calls an “auspicious debut picture book.”
Becker’s background in film design for such studios as Lucasfilm, Disney, and Pixar informs the book’s rich watercolor illustrations. Several original pieces, along with prints, artist proofs, studies, dummy books, and thumbnail sketches will be on display, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at his process. Signed books will also be available for purchase.
The exhibition opens during the Amherst Art Walk on Thursday, September 5th from 5-8pm. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, September 7th from 4-7pm. The show can also be viewed Monday – Friday 10-6pm and Saturday 10-4pm through out the month of September.
Prints, original sketches and watercolors, and artist proofs are available for purchase in our online shop.
Aug 1, 2013
August 1-29, 2013
In a significant departure from her “Submerged” series, which featured human figures in a variety of underwater environments, Cuomo’s new works, called “Follow Your Bliss,” focus on animals in brilliant color suspended in magical, mystical landscapes.
This exhibition, created specifically for Hope & Feathers, was inspired by a newfound cultivation of a childlike sense of adventure and a return to her love of painting. Says the artist, “Art and painting have always been my ways of leaving home without going anywhere.”
The show will open August 1 from 5-8PM during the Amherst Art Walk.
The exhibit can also be viewed any time during open hours, Monday-Friday 10 – 6, Thursday 10 – 8, and Saturday 10 – 4.
Jul 1, 2013
July 4-30, 2013
Photographers Donald David and Arthur Mange will exhibit at Hope & Feathers Gallery in Amherst, MA.
The Gallery will be a exhibiting a selection of black and white images from these two prolific photographers. Rather than staging, both artists happen upon their subjects in the landscapes, nature, and man-made environments around them. Their inspiration comes from a variety of sources: mysterious images, whimsical signs, animals and plants, unique lighting, landscapes, texture, and more.
The show will open during the Amherst Art Walk on Thursday, July 11th from 5 – 8 PM. The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit can also be viewed any time during open hours, Monday – Friday 10 – 6, Thursday 10 – 8, and Saturday 10 – 4.
Jun 1, 2013
June 6-29, 2013
Both troubled and inspired by the state of our current world, Sandy Litchfield creates landscapes – rural, urban and everywhere in between – in a state of cubist disarray. She creates these landscapes to learn something about what’s missing: the cities with their luminous promise to fill aspirations, the forests with their unruly patterns of enchantment, the pastoral country as a soothing respite for restoration.
The show opens during the Amherst Art Walk on Thursday, June 6th from 5 – 8 PM.
