The time is yours! Each Drop-In Saturday includes a featured activity, but you are always welcome to just hang out in community, use any of RCA’s supplies, and create independently!

Join High Five Books and local author Vicki Johnson for a celebratory launch of her affirming new picture book, MAC WEARS A HAT, illustrated by Gillian Reid, on Saturday, May 2, from 10-10:30am. Storytime is free and no registration is required to attend.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups.

Whether it be a monologue or scene from a work that they really want to perform, a story they want to tell, a piece from something they’ve written they’d like to showcase, or something new entirely they want to create to share, we’re excited to provide performers the space to say something - and for you to hear it!

A public gathering and sing-along of the music that the late, great Evelyn Harris taught in Northampton: freedom songs! The program will feature the Ujima Singers, the Afrocentric music collective founded by Harris, and singalongs with alumni of the Ku’umba Women’s Choir, which she directed at NCMC for 16 years.

Take in a luscious western mass spring by building new painting skills over four weeks! Each session we will use water-soluble oil paints to focus on a different painting technique, helping you build confidence to take your painting practice outdoors.

A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!

This single session, non-athletic workshop is an inclusive, embodied, and practical experiential supplement to your childbirth ed class, or an inspiring refresher class for those who've birthed before! Learn & practice proven techniques to build your confidence going into labor. We conclude with a guided visualization of a healthy birth. All are welcome! This session is enhanced by demonstrations by newly trained doulas.

The MA Commission on LGBTQ Youth would love to invite you to our Drag Lab, hosted in partnership with local performers and Hampshire Pride.

Kids and caregivers are invited to join children’s book creator and ceramic artist Anna Alter for a hands-on workshop where you will design and illustrate your own ceramic tile, fired in time for Mother’s Day.

They are honored to partner with WANDER Berkshires to host an event called “Out Here: Mapping Our Power” on April 25th from 12:00-3:00 PM. This event will include workshops focused on how to be an advocate and organize in your rural community, as well as a space to share about your experiences in MA.

Our closing event at Eastworks will have 30ft of doodle space, DIY mosaic tiles, a workshop with Allie the Brave, and discounted registration for upcoming programs. Free and open to all, so bring the whole fam to help us support and celebrate youth artists in need, and make a donation today!

Open to anyone who identifies as queer, trans, or gender-expansive, come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space!

Wistariahurst Museum is delighted to announce that on April 21, it will exhibit, reveal, and demonstrate the secret language of the Victorian hand fan. The event will feature an exhibit of beautifully crafted fans and a live demonstration of how “fan language” was used to communicate without speaking a word.

On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 11am-12pm, meet author/illustrator Esme Shapiro, who painted a bespoke mural in the new programming room. Esme will read her new picture book Ruthie, and we will do a Ruthie-themed craft.

Acting Class: 2 Fast 2 Furrious is part drag extravaganza, part theatrical masterclass, part group ritual, part clown riot — blending drag, commedia dell'arte, experimental performance, and deeply human silliness into an evening that you won’t soon forget, even if you try. Expect chaos, wisdom, unexpected animals, sassy puppets, and the kind of absurdist joy that only a 1,200-year-old drag grandma and her disreputable colleagues can provide. 

Join Transhealth on April 19 for Trans Joy! A Fundraiser for Transhealth. Indivisible Northampton/Swing Left Western Mass in collaboration with Transhealth have organized this event as a concrete way to support the transgender community at this critical time.

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group!

Acting Class: 2 Fast 2 Furrious is part drag extravaganza, part theatrical masterclass, part group ritual, part clown riot — blending drag, commedia dell'arte, experimental performance, and deeply human silliness into an evening that you won’t soon forget, even if you try. Expect chaos, wisdom, unexpected animals, sassy puppets, and the kind of absurdist joy that only a 1,200-year-old drag grandma and her disreputable colleagues can provide. 

Come meet bestselling novelist Kate Milford! The author of the GREENGLASS HOUSE series will be in the High Five Books studio after school from 4-6pm on Friday, April 17 to celebrate the launch of her new magical mystery book, RIALTO. Please join us for a free meet-and-greet with Kate, who will answer Qs about writing and inventing new worlds.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups.

Queer & Trans New Parents Support Group is free and open to all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community who are expecting, adopting, fostering, and/or parenting from pregnancy through postpartum. This group is a monthly space for deep listening, meaningful connection, and community care.

A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!

The Art is for Everybody Fund helps youth from low-income homes attend programs at RCA, but we can only offer this scholarship through fundraising at our annual Doodle-a-thon! Our second event will celebrate Springfield’s youngest artists with 30ft of doodling space, snacks, music, dancing, and a doodling competition.

Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.

A workshop for independent creatives.

This one's for the tiny creators with big ideas!! Family Make & Take Sundays are a special studio play time for kiddos ages 3+ and their caregivers.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups.