Of the Hilltowns
Exhibitions






Gallery Exhibitions - 2011


Becket Arts Center Gallery

Gallery Exhibit Hours: Friday - Monday 12-4pm and by appointment

Artist Receptions are Saturdays, 3-5pm, gallery talks at 2pm

Check calendar - Galleries not open if a workshop is in session.

Closed Wednesday.

Closed: Mondays - May 30, July 4, September 5

All exhibitions are free of charge.



Michele Klemaszewski - “Collateral Damage”
Wood-cuts

Friday, May 27th through Monday, June 13th
Downstairs gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, May 28th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gallery Talk at 2pm


Michele Klemaszewski - Wood-cutsThe chisel travels intently across the wood grain, cutting and chiseling away, leaving behind a rough landscape of hills, valleys and jagged edges. The resulting images are often bold, raw, and succinct. It is in this vein that Collateral Damage was produced, reaching down to the depths of one soldier’s soul, translating the raw emotion of his war experience into imagery, challenging the viewer to step into the scene, to hear the sounds, to taste, to touch, and to experience the sensations of that moment it time.
www.WoodcutsbyMichele.com



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Looking Through the Eyes -
Becket Washington School Children’s Artwork

Friday, May 27th through Monday, June 13th
Upstairs Gallery


Student and Parent Reception - Friday, June 3rd • 5:30-6:30pm.



Looking Through the eyesExperience the creative work of students in Jennifer Annand’s art classes at the Becket Washington School. These young artists, grades kindergarden through 5, have much to teach us through the joy they bring to their projects and how we see others. This year’s exhibit will include work from every student exploring the global issues in a child’s world, from a child’s perspective.



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Janet Goldmark, Painting
Friday, June 17th through Sunday, July 3rd
Downstairs gallery
Opening reception, Saturday, June 18th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Janet Goldmark - PaintingIn recent years I have developed a practice of meditation.  These paintings express my understanding of the interplay of the inner and outer worlds of experience.  The images are derived from my love of light, color, landscape and architecture.  I think of this body of work as "Mindsight."




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Gina Vernava, Silversmith & Multi-media artist
Friday, June 17th through Sunday, July 3rd
Downstairs Gallery
Opening reception, Saturday, June 18th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gina Vernava - SilversmithA long-time resident of Pioneer Valley, I consider myself part of the Outsider Artist Movement. Silver is my main medium, though I work in numerous other mediums, including lapidary work (with semi-precious gemstones) and glass (fusing and Dichroic)  both of which I utilize in my silversmithing work. I use my life as my pallet, my favorite saying is “anything worth doing is worth over doing” and I really emphasize this with my artwork.



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2010 Exhibiting Artists Group
Friday, June 17th through Sunday, July 3rd
Upstairs gallery
Opening reception, Saturday, June 18th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tiffany Hilton - Pottery CanisterMarguerite Bride, Watercolors; Nina Evans, Watercolors/Glass; Robert Alan Hyde, Metal; Tiffany Hilton and Andrew Quient, Pottery; Wilma Rifkin, Watercolor & Drawing; Katherine Borkowski-Byrne, Mixed Media; Wednesday Nelena Sorokin, Oil; Pottery canister by Tiffany Hilton.

Celebrate our previous artists in this inclusive group showing.



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Fiber Arts/Fiber Crafts
Friday, July 8th through Monday, July 25th
Upstairs Gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, July 9th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Barbara Barron - WhitecapsFiber in all its forms in a juried show of handmade, one of a kind, fiber art concurrently with an exhibit of hand made, for sale, fiber crafts.



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Nancy Magnusson, Wood Fired Pottery
Friday, July 8th through Monday, July 25th
Downstairs Gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, July 9th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Nancy Magnusson - Wood Fired Pottery - Stacked BoxesHaving discovering the subtle beauty of wood fired pottery many years ago, my work continues to reflect the serendipitous effects of fire.  Most pieces are thrown on the wheel and then altered.  This allows me to make just about any shape I can imagine.  Using glazes sparingly, I like my pots to retain the look and feel of the clay, the hands, and the fire that created the piece.
www.nancymagnussonpottery.com


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Stephen Filmus, Pastel
Friday, July 29th through Monday, August 15th
Downstairs Gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, July 30th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Stephen Filmus - PaintingInspiration for my artwork comes from my affinity for nature and the realist tradition of landscape painting. The hills, rivers, forests and changing seasons of the Berkshires are my subject. I venture into my surroundings and explore the possibilities. As I work on site and apply pastel to paper, I constantly evaluate the landscape. I simplify, dramatize and compose the various graphic elements in order to capture the essence of the scene.
www.stephenfilmus.com


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The Becket Arts Center is pleased to introduce Santa Monica jeweler Susan Ryza - Jewelry
Friday, July 29th through Monday, August 15th
Downstairs Gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, July 30th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

S. Ryza - Spool KnittingI use a wide range of techniques and materials in my work, among them chain maille, bead weaving, wirework, & bead stringing. I love learning & incorporating new methods. Having a textile design background, I especially enjoy adapting fiber techniques for jewelry, using wire, cord, ribbon, macramé, crochet, spool knitting, netting, weaving, knotting & braiding.

www.susanryza.com




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H. David Stein, Photography
Friday, July 29th through Monday, August 15th
Lobby & Landing

Opening reception, Saturday, July 30th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

HD Stein - Lilac DeconstructedI love to photograph flowers and have photographed them from the inside out and the outside in, from top to bottom and in-between. There are many features of flowers that are beautiful and interesting, but each individual photograph shows only one part of the flower.  I therefore set out to create photographs that showed many aspects of the flower in a single image. This meant taking multiple photographs and merging them into a montage. The end result is a floral image that shows many views of the flower’s beauty in a single image.  Look closely and you will see the different features.

www.hdstein.com.


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Susan Sommer, Painting

Friday, July 29th through Monday, August 15th
Upstairs gallery
Opening reception, Saturday, July 30th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Susan Sommers - PaintingUsing traditional oil painting methods, these paintings represent an ongoing exploration of the infinite possibilities for rhythms of color in nature. Working consistently over the last thirty years at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, I have aspired to see and listen to the beat of this exquisite environment. I strive to come closer to producing a statement illustrating that in a world of horror, chaos and injustice, the beauty of nature and the light that is cast upon it is always here.
www.susansommer.com


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Nina Rossi, Multi-media
Friday, August 19th through Sunday, September 4th
Downstairs gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, August 20th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gallery Talk - 2:00pm


Nina Rossi - The Wharf RatsMy ceramic work includes expressive wall faces decorated with accessories such as jewelry, studs, and glasses as well as randy Pan and Satyr sculptures. "The Wharf Rats" is a miniature jazz band of  mouse musicians sculpted in wax and cold cast in bronze and brass. Also exhibiting my distinctive mixed media paintings and collage, plus steam punk-y geared handbags, fabric necklaces, more!



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Barbara Winters, Photography
Friday, August 19th through Sunday, September 4th
Lobby & Landing

Opening reception, Saturday, August 20th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Barbara Winters - ForgetmenotsI always found nature, details and textures of closely observed landscape, exciting - while the ever changing weather inspire in me a need to capture its’ many fleeting moods. This need to be able to express what I saw and felt motivated me to learn the craft of photography and printing techniques. I learned from books, by trial and error. In the process I found ways to greatly enlarge very small things expanding my vision into a tiny universe of roadside weeds, grasses and tiny flowers. Their large portraits reveal beauty not so easily observed with a casual eye. It feels like a journey of discovery.



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Members' Exhibit - Mixed Media
Friday, August 19th through Sunday, September 4th
Upstairs gallery

Opening reception, Saturday, August 20th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Painting, collage, photography and sculpture by Becket Arts Center Members. Explore the variety of talent our Members bring to the Berkshire Highland landscape and visit  the 5th Annual Hilltowns Art Show at the Mullen House Educational Center.

To all members:
If you would like to exhibit in this years Members' Show you may obtain a form which contains all the information you need to enter the show. The form must be signed and submitted with your art work and a $5 fee for reception costs.


Print a form in your preferred format:


Print cards to submit with your art work in your preferred format:



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Wood Arts: Furniture and small items from members of The Berkshire Woodworkers Guild
Friday, September 9th through Monday, September 26th
Opening reception, Saturday, September 10th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Woodworkers Guild - Jim Law Table topAn extraordinary exhibit of fine art and artisan crafted woodworking in a variety of forms, and styles, and personal expression by the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild. is a diverse “We are a group of professional woodworkers who live and work in the vicinity of Berkshire County in western Massachusetts. We formed the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild as a not-for-profit organization in order to share expertise, tools, and business opportunities. We also want to promote awareness of the benefits and availability of custom woodworking.”
www.berkshirewoodworkers.org




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Cary Quigley, Photography
Friday, September 9th through Monday, September 26th
Opening reception, Saturday, September 10th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Cary Quigley - PhotographyI studied photography at The School of Visual Arts in NYC in the early 70’s. Until recently I worked in the field of alternative dispute resolution, a field I practiced with passion. I am excited about redirecting my energies to my chosen art medium and is pleased to launch my exposure through BAC. I have farmed since the early eighties and bring that familiarity to this series depicting what I consider an “at risk” profession.



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Special Exhibit: Antique Timber Framing Models
Friday, September 9th through Monday, September 26th
Opening reception, Saturday, September 10th • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Presentation at 2:00 pm (see Special Events)


The Timber Framer's Art - A collection of timber frame models will be on display that shows the breadth of the timber frame art from the 13th century in Europe to modern New England. Tithe barns from England and France show the use of sacred geometry to layout many things from intricate joinery all the way up to the building plan. Dutch and English barns in the Northeast United States show the timber framers need to express the structure in ways that go beyond simple structural needs; they celebrate the natural beauty of trees and the joiners' skill.

Will Beemer - Timber FramingWill Beemer
is the Director of the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts in Washington, Massachusetts and former Executive Director of the Timber Framers Guild.
www.heartwoodschool.com


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mail to:7 Brooker Hill Road,   Becket. MA 01223 - (413) 623-6635   office@becketartscenter.org


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