Special Saturday, July 12 Artswalk

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). Participating venues on Saturday, September 12 include Berkshire Art Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Clock Tower Artists, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, Framework by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., Hotel on North, Marketplace Cafe, NUarts gallery + studios, Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, and the Soda Chef. Download 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 First Fridays Artswalk is supported in part by The Feigenbaum Foundation. Event Highlights (South to North): Artists at the Clock Tower, 75 South Church Street, Third Floor 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. Open Studios: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm Berkshire Theatre Group/Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street “Creative Diversity” Guild of Berkshire Artists Closing Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street Surreal landscape paintings by Sean McCusker Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 3 pm Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, 119 Fenn Street Cosmic CoArt Cooperative and the Cosmic Butterfly Procession Project Annalisa Jacobsen, Peppa, Aisha B., Drake, Jean Minuchin, Macarena, Beth Fairservis, Matt Brinton, Nicole Fecteau and Olly Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue Community Access to the Arts’ annual exhibit “I Am a Part of Art” Not Open on Saturday, July 12 Berkshire Art Center/Brothership Building, 141 North Street Window Display “Making Space for Joy: Works by Deb Koffman” Soda Chef, 161 North Street Window Display Nicole March Art Hotel on North, 297 North Street Sally Tiska Rice Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm NUarts gallery + studios, 311 North Street View the Hall Gallery featuring the works of resident artists Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm Framework by Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., 437 North Street Recent paintings by Huck Elling Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm Dottie’s Coffee Lounge/Dorothy’s Estaminet, 438/444 North Street COLOR FORM AND TEXTURE: Works by contemporary artists J. D. Logan, Diane Firtell, and Scrap Wrenn Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 1 to 4 pm