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Northampton Center for the Arts
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The Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA) provides affordable space for artists, performers, and educators while developing programming dedicated to arts education, multidisciplinary collaborations, and community connections.
📣SAVE THE DATES!!!🎉

👉We’ve got an exciting lineup of events coming in 2026!🤩

🎨Jan 9 - Arts Night Out
🐰Jan 31 - Understanding Bad Bunny
🎭Feb 7-8 - Youth Performance Festival
🏳️‍🌈Feb 13 - Queer Adult Prom
🎸Feb 15 - Juanito Pascual and Friends
🎹Feb 26-28 - A World of Piano Jazz Piano Series
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🤩We have so many exciting classes coming up in 2026!🥰

💃🏻Dancing with Form and Flow
🐸Needle Felting Woodland Creatures with
🖼️Inspired Art
✍️💀Figure Drawing and Anatomy
🌺Expressive Botanicals in Watercolor with
🩰🤸🏽Adult Ballet/Modern Dance
📸B.Y.O.C. Photography
🎨Drawing Into Watercolor
🧵Supported Sewing
December 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🔥 Experience the passion of flamenco!

Join us for JUANITO PASCUAL AND FRIENDS IN CONCERT—an electric evening of flamenco guitar, song, and dance.

🗓️ Sunday, February 15 | 4:00pm
📍 Northampton Center for the Arts
🎟️ Tickets: $15-$40 sliding scale (link coming soon!)
www.nohoarts.org/juanito-pasc...
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎹 A WORLD OF PIANO - JAZZ PIANO SERIES 2026 is back
✨ Thu 2/26 - Arturo O’Farrill
✨ Fri 2/27 - Marta Sanchez
✨ Sat 2/28 - Wayne Horvitz
All shows at 7:30PM. Tickets are $15-$35 (sliding scale). Come to one or all 3!

Get your 🎟️ and be part of a Valley tradition!
www.nohoarts.org/jazz-piano-2...
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🎨 Expressive Botanicals w/ Paige Quinn Vasic
🌿 5 Wednesdays, April 1–29 | 6:30–9PM
🎟️ Sliding scale $200–275
Explore playful watercolor techniques + botanical inspiration. All levels welcome!

#Watercolor #ArtsWorkshop
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ready to dive into the world of Bad Bunny? Join us for “UNDERSTANDING BAD BUNNY: A Talk with Professor Juan Pablo Rivera” on Saturday, January 31 at 6:00pm! 🌎✨

Tickets are $5-$35 (sliding scale). 🎟️

Check the link for more!
www.nohoarts.org/bad-bunny
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
DRAWING INTO WATERCOLOR IN NATURE

TAUGHT BY JEANNIE DONOVAN

FOUR THURSDAYS, MAY 7-28, 4:00-6:00PM

SLIDING SCALE $150-$250,* PLUS SUPPLIES

Connect with your creativity in this fun and relaxing class. This session is open to all experience levels!

www.nohoarts.org/drawing-into...
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🎭 Puppets, bloopers & big heart! Melissa & Joie remind us: Creativity Connects Us. Your gift keeps arts space joyful, affordable & open to all. Thanks to Ezekial for the clapboard magic!
💖 Donate: www.nohoarts.org/the-annual-fund

#CreativityConnectsUs #FundTheFun
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Needle felting workshop: make your own woodland creature 🐿️🦊
A hands-on class at the Northampton Center for the Arts covering needle felting basics, with time to create a small felted animal to take home. All materials provided.

To register or for more information: www.nohoarts.org/needle-felti...
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
THURSDAY ART GROUP
THURSDAYS, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, JANUARY 1-29, 2026

Cost: $75 for the entire month, or $15/session

Registration: email [email protected]

Kick off the new year with an energizing month of drawing, painting, or sculpting at Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley!
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🎆 2026 is your year to invest in yourself + the business of being an artist. AMP it Up is here to support your creative growth with mentorship, workshops, space & more. Let’s make it explode - in a good way. 🎇 Apply now: www.nohoarts.org/amp-it-up
#AMPitUp
December 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
5Rhythms invites participants into a music-driven movement practice that supports embodiment, creativity, and connection. No steps to learn, just show up and move as you are!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27

COST: $25

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Details at www.nohoarts.org/dance!
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's Giving Oddities - a Queer Winter Art Market
☃️SAT, DEC 20th from 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM☃️
FREE TO ATTEND!

Join us on the last shopping weekend before the holidays for IT’S GIVING: ODDITIES—a queer-run, free-to-attend winter art market!

www.nohoarts.org/its-giving-o...
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Discover your creative spark at “Inspired Art with Sara Gately”!

Join us for four Wednesdays, March 4-25, from 3:00-5:00PM.
Sliding scale: $150-$250.*

Unleash your creativity and reserve your spot today!

www.nohoarts.org/inspired-art
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🧵“I wish I knew how to sew.”

🪡”I have my grandmas old machine, but I don’t know how to use it.”

📍“I have so many ideas, but I need help getting started!“

👉If you see yourself in any of these statements, this is the class for you!🤩

www.nohoarts.org/supported-se...
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
💖REGISTER NOW for February ArtPlay!🎨👣🎭🎵🎉

🌎https://www.nohoarts.org/artplay

(Register for all sessions Jan 1.)

🤩ArtPlay, the Center’s unique vacation arts program, encourages kids ages 6-12 to think of themselves as fundamentally creative beings with a fun, interactive, interdisciplinary approach.
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When artists gather, we build more than walls—we build community
Board Chair Ginny Mayer invites you to support the Northampton Center for the Arts Annual Fund.
Help keep creativity thriving for all: www.nohoarts.org/the-annual-f...
#SupportTheArts #NorthamptonArts
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
IT’S GIVING: ODDITIES
Sat, Dec 20th from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
FREE TO ATTEND!

Join us on the last shopping weekend before the holidays—a queer-run, free-to-attend winter art market! Don’t miss out on unique finds and festive vibes!

www.nohoarts.org/its-giving-o...
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🎨Arts Night Out at 33
🗓️ Fri, Dec 12th | 5:00–8:00 PM
📍 33 Hawley, Northampton
✨live music by The Wise Guys
• “Home as Counterpoint” (Barn Door Gallery)
• “Worlds in Pieces” (Split Level Gallery)
🎤 Artist Talk at 7:00 PM
🎨 Noho Art Club meet-up Eli's room 5:00–7:30 PM
www.nohoarts.org/arts-night-o...
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This Saturday 12/13, Joel Stanley leads a 5Rhythms session at 33 Hawley, an opportunity to engage deeply with movement, presence, and rhythm.

$25, no registration required. For more information, visit: www.nohoarts.org/5rhythms-joe...
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Refine your figure drawing skills with Rami Baglio's upcoming classes at 33 Hawley.
Long Pose Figure Drawing and Red Chalk Intensive

Open to all skill levels. For more information visit: www.nohoarts.org/visual-art 🎨
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“When creativity leads, communities thrive.” —Michael Favala-Goldman, NCFA board member.
Support a future where art connects and transforms.
🌱 Give today: www.nohoarts.org/the-annual-f...

#GiveCreatively #NorthamptonCreates #NCFA
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
⋆✨💀🎁2024 Stars & Skulls Crafty Craft Fair🎁💀✨⋆

☃️Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 12 PM - 4 PM

🎁Free Parking & Admission

This is the perfect spot to pick up holiday gifts that are just as unique as the people on your list!bMore in the link below!
www.nohoarts.org/2025-stars-s...
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🌟 Exciting News! 🌟
Join us for Theater as Ceremony Thursday, December 11th, 2025! 🎭✨

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

👉 FREE to attend!

Let’s discover together how theater can be a transformative experience. www.nohoarts.org/theater-as-c...
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
👨‍🎨 In Inspired Art, taught by Sara Gately, you will explore the life and artwork of several artists who have shaped society’s aesthetic. 🤩

🎨Learn more about them and experiment with their style. This is partly an art history class, and mostly an art-making class. 🖌️🖼️

🌍 www.nohoarts.org/inspired-art
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM