33 Hawley, 33 Hawley Street, Northampton, MA (2026)

02/18/2026

The Northampton Figure and Portrait Drawing Groups are a community of artist from diverse backgrounds with the common love of creating art drawing, painting and sculpting from life. The hosts provide no instruction, only inspiration and encouragement.

The group was started by Sandra Wakeen, Dominique Thiebaut, and Bobby Turk as well as their friends from the various drawing groups in the valley. They wanted a quiet space with controlled lighting to do their best work.

“If we only had a little more time with the model...” That is the common refrain after the last session with a model. Artists employ photo reference, preparatory sketches and memory but, there is nothing like having the model in front of you. It’s more than what you see. It’s the model’s energy and personality that gives your artwork (life). Bernini said that the artist had to sop up the model’s presence. This group offers a rare opportunity to work from the same model in the same pose for longer, five sessions of three hours each.

Our current economics are causing artist’s to loose studio space or downsize. These five week sessions have given figure and portrait artists that time with the model. Thanks to the we are able to keep the cost affordable at $15 per 3 hour session, a rate of $5 per hour. The groups are also attracting new artists that have little or no experience working from the live model. Often these artist’s background have been limited to landscape, still life or abstract art. We welcome all wishing to create art from a live model!

02/05/2026

Mondays from 7:00-8:30pm holds open level Modern. It is a gentle movement class open to all; absolute beginners welcome❣️ Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, the class will warmup and practice full, unapologetic embodiment. Class will include phrasework, improvisation, and follow-along exercises to help us cultivate buoyant, adaptive bodies. Students will sweat, stretch, and condition.

These clips are from ’s class this week, you can catch Michelle again next week on January 12
No class January 19 for the MLK holiday.
will be teaching January 26

02/02/2026

Shake Your Soul with Hayley on Sunday mornings is all about grounding in your body. It’s not about shape, it’s about moving in a way that sparks joy. All experience and mobilities are welcome! Release tension, nurture your body and soul, and experience the joy of dance in a fun, fluid movement practice. Hayley will guide you with dynamic playlists that inspire and energize!

02/01/2026

Thank you everyone that attended ’s sold out lecture ‘Understanding Bad Bunny’! This event was a fundraiser for the Community Fund, which was created for people in the local community who need financial support to access the spaces and programs offered by the Center. In this reel we see codirectors Heather and Kelly introducing and supporting Juan Pablo.

01/29/2026

Michael Favala Goldman hosts "Poetry Critique Meet-ups" and “The Poetry Collaborative,” both virtual poetry critique groups.

At each session, each poet is invited to bring two poems or two pages of poetry. The class limit is five poets. Sign up through

In addition to getting concrete feedback on each person’s writing, what is working and what may benefit from revision, this is a unique opportunity to build community with other poets.

Michael offers guidance and a short poetry monologue at each session.
He also offers consultations outside of the sessions, including poetry feedback, submission guidance, manuscript construction, etc.

01/15/2026

Join us for this unique performance in the Workroom on Sunday, February 1st.

Four-time Grammy Award winning cellist Eugene Friesen and actor/writer Court Dorsey collaborate to create “Poems with Wings,” an improvised performance of poems from Dorsey’s Tiger Stripes poetry collection and works by other poets.

Eugene’s passion for improvised music has been featured in concerts all over the world with Paul Simon, the Paul Winter Consort and with Trio Globo. Dorsey has 50 years’ experience as an actor, poet and playwright. He released his mystical poetry collection in 2024.

01/14/2026

Last year ' Q***r Prom was a very special date night. You're going to want to join us for the second annual Q***r Prom on Friday, February 13th! A radiant night of dancing, self-expression, and joy in a space where everyone belongs. This isn’t just a party - it’s a bold celebration of q***r identity, creativity, and community care.

Whether you come solo, with a partner, or in a group of chosen family, you’re invited to show up exactly as you are. Expect music, movement, outfits that sparkle, and the kind of love that transforms rooms.

Every dollar raised at Q***r Prom goes directly to NCFA’s Community Funds, continuing to fuel access, inclusion, and creativity for our neighbors. The Northampton Center for the Arts Community Fund enables local residents to attend programs and rent Center spaces, regardless of financial circumstances. Whether it’s subsidized space rentals for non-revenue-generating events or scholarships for arts programming, this fund removes barriers and opens doors. By joining us for Q***r Prom, you’re not just celebrating q***r joy, but you’re helping to ensure everyone in our community can experience the transformative power of the arts in Downtown Northampton.

01/13/2026

What are some basic facts that all Americans might wish to know about Puerto Rico? Where did the island’s latest global celebrity, Bad Bunny, come from? How did he become a superstar in the music industry, hired to play the halftime show at the 2026 Super Bowl? What are his lyrics about, and why does his music appeal to listeners across the world? This engaging presentation by Professor Juan Pablo Rivera will appeal both to fans of Bad Bunny and curious people unfamiliar with him. Understanding Bad Bunny is intended for mature audiences 16+, and will feature slides, music, and videos that help explain Bad Bunny’s global allure!

Professor Juan Pablo Rivera teaches at Clark University. He is a graduate of Yale and Harvard universities, is the author of two books of essays and two poetry collections, and has published over a dozen articles on Latin American literature and the study of gender and sexuality. His latest scholarly book, “Futuro país imaginario [Future Imaginary Country]” analyzes the different futures that Puerto Rican literature imagines for a country that seems to have a precarious political, economic, and climatological destiny. His previous scholarly book, “La hermosa carne [Gorgeous Flesh]” studies how different types of bodies (the “fat” body, the black body, the absent one…) have been represented in contemporary Puerto Rican poetry. A finalist for multiple awards in teaching excellence at Harvard and at Clark, Rivera teaches courses on Latin American literature, language, and culture from the 19th to the 21st century. He was raised in Puerto Rico, is a long-time resident of the Connecticut River Valley, and serves on the Board of Directors of NCFA

*Tickets purchased on the upper end of the sliding scale help support our ongoing commitment to accessibility and sliding scale models. This event is also a fundraiser for NCFA, and we appreciate your support!

01/13/2026

Join us for a reception on February 13th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM to honor the group of artists showcasing work in the exhibit "Listen to my Photographs". The exhibit will be shown from January 21st to February 28th. Here's a bit more about the artists showing work.

In July 2025, students in The Care Center's high school equivalency program for young mothers explored the art of storytelling in a series of photography workshops organized and facilitated by Ani Rivera, Mari Champagne, and Madeline Keating. The work featured in this exhibition emerged from those workshops, where more than a dozen participants learned to use the tools of photographic image-making to express their voices and visions. They used D-SLR and film cameras, created cyanotype prints, wrote about their photographs, digitally edited them, and learned about curation. They gained valuable camera skills along with insight into photography as fine art and as a profession.

helps women whose educations have been interrupted by pregnancy, parenthood, and systemic barriers complete high school and succeed in college. The Care Center’s high school equivalency program for young mothers provides small class sizes, robust academics, art, poetry, athletics, and an unwavering commitment to success. Supports such as transportation, daycare, counseling, meals, and a nurse practitioner allow students to concentrate on their studies. With all this in place, 75% of graduates continue to college each year, creating new trajectories for their families. At the college level, The Care Center partners with Bard College to run Bard Microcollege Holyoke, the nation’s first college for young mothers and other low-income women. Graduates enter the workforce prepared for meaningful jobs, and many students continue their education further, earning full scholarships at prestigious colleges and universities. The Care Center is also the home of the Bard Clemente Course in the Humanities, a two-semester introductory college course. It is the longest-running Clemente course in the country and the only one exclusively serving women.

01/10/2026

Join us for an artist reception on January 13th from 5-8 pm at 33 Hawley to honor 's work. Mutating Origins examines departure from one’s homeland, the fluxality and liminality of migrants and their identities, the duality of home and belonging, as well as migrants’ use of space, materiality of movement, the expectations of home and elsewhere, and the dimensions of return. The collection of images include portraits of people in their homes highlighting ways they re-create an aesthetic, culture, and affiliation to their place of origin, photographs of mementoes they have brought along on first arrival, evoking what’s lost or left behind and what is carried on to new places of abode, and photographs of spaces (church, football fields, festival spaces, African stores, etc) in which first-generation migrants form ties of affiliation and community.

Counterpointing these series of thematically synchronous works, the project seeks to answer the question of how contemporary African migrants negotiate and navigate identity, and how new engagement with race, home and belonging, memory and history shape this negotiation.

ADEYEMI ADEBAYO was born in Osun, Nigeria, and is a documentary photographer interested in themes of home, belonging, migration, and the environment. He received his undergraduate degree in Agriculture and a Master's in Ecology and Population Genetics, and is currently doing a Master's in Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts. Adeyemi’s work has been featured in Nataal, Oulun yliopistolehti, Defunkt magazine, and NoWahala Magazine. He is the recipient of the Frank and Folwell Photography Award 2024, the 2024 ACDD grant, the 2024 University of Massachusetts UMCA Eva Fierst Curatorial Fellowship, and the Factory of Willow 2024 Summer Resident Artist.

01/08/2026

We love to see a before and after like this! This little patch of unused land is at the back of the 33 Hawley parking lot. was awarded an ARPA grant to convert this empty space into an outdoor performance space. Open air spaces are so important in the COVID era. Developing this small patch in the parking lot will have us prepared for future airborne pandemics. We will be able to use the courtyard and this area for events! Construction and landscaping will start later this year. We can’t wait to welcome you to an outdoor event in the Art Yard!

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