The Living Room is the third annual exhibition produced by The Art Band, featuring multi-media works by Amelia Moore, hani rosenbaum thompson, Maddie McDougall, Marciela Garcia, Mary Noyes Craig, Ryan Murray, and Sharona Color.

In a moment when joy feels radical and connection feels urgent, Living Room offers a warm, tactile alternative to the sterile “white cube” of the art world. This exhibition by The Art Band is a space to gather, sit, laugh, and talk — with each other and with the artists themselves. It’s intergenerational, informal, and full of play: a collage of colorful, messy, textured work that invites interaction, familiarity, and conversation.

You're invited to our celebration of the witchy and weird as our shop walls are taken over by paintings, tapestries, handmade masks, and knitted creatures. At the Small Victories studio we're all artists and creators, so take this chance to see a sampling of the cool things we make in our free time.

Learn about Lora Barrett's artistic practice and her current exhibit at Wistariahurst Museum during this free artist talk!

Join artist lora Barrett as she paints in Wistariahurst’s Gardens. Bring your art supplies and join in on this serene, artistic afternoon, or come to watch Barrett paint live. Ask the artist questions and learn about her craft!

A limited number of easels will be available to use. Artists must bring their own art supplies.

This event is weather dependent. If the event must be canceled due to inclement weather, attendees will be notified.

Wistariahurst Museum is excited to welcome senior artists into the gallery for “Creating COA Artists” this August 2025. This exhibition features artists involved in Holyoke’s senior center and Council on Aging. Participating artists have anywhere from months to decades of experience, and this exhibition celebrates artists at all stages. A variety of mediums are featured in this exhibition from watercolor, to acrylic, to ceramics and textiles. This diverse selection of artwork shows both a range of experience and mediums, coming together to form a truly unique exhibit.

Explore tufted art and handmade books by a self-described "art witch crafting visual spells that are portals to higher vibrations." Made with a tufting gun that shoots yarn through the back of a canvas to form a type of rug, tufted art can be displayed on a wall, table, or altar. These pieces add simplicity, softness, and enchantment to any space. Brenda believes that "crafting is a wellness practice" and she teaches book art workshops to share the magic of accessing a flow state through crafting.

Explore tufted art and handmade books by a self-described "art witch crafting visual spells that are portals to higher vibrations." Made with a tufting gun that shoots yarn through the back of a canvas to form a type of rug, tufted art can be displayed on a wall, table, or altar. These pieces add simplicity, softness, and enchantment to any space. Brenda believes that "crafting is a wellness practice" and she teaches book art workshops to share the magic of accessing a flow state through crafting.

Mirror, Mirror is a multidisciplinary art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born/raised/residing in Northampton, MA. The exhibit, on display from July 18th to August 8th, explores intersectional solidarity through immersive multimedia compositions and audience participation. In addition to presenting large figurative paintings, an original soundtrack, mirror/glass-based sculptures, and a new system of music notation, Indë will premiere the music video for “COME ON HOME,” featuring choir vocals by the Queer Joy Chorus, at the opening and closing receptions!

The Reparations in Residence (RiR) initiative creates opportunities for cross-sector collaboration, community building, and a commitment to spatial justice that goes beyond land acknowledgments and DEI statements. What if the last concert venue you entered was the site of an installation by a Nipmuc artist in residence? What if the next gallery you visit had a Black American musician in residence, responding to the artwork on the white walls? Recognizing that public and privatized American spaces are sites of European colonial violence and systemic racism, what can you do to platform the Black and Indigenous peoples who are here now?

Mirror, Mirror is a multidisciplinary art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born/raised/residing in Northampton, MA. The exhibit, on display from July 18th to August 8th, explores intersectional solidarity through immersive multimedia compositions and audience participation. In addition to presenting large figurative paintings, an original soundtrack, mirror/glass-based sculptures, and a new system of music notation, Indë will premiere the music video for “COME ON HOME,” featuring choir vocals by the Queer Joy Chorus, at the opening and closing receptions!

During the month of June, the Wistariahurst Museum will host an exhibition of artwork by members of the Holyoke Arts League (HAL).

Travel from the world we live in today in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts, to a future in this same place 100 years beyond the fall of capitalism. The River Valley Radical Futures exhibit shares the future visions co-created by members of at least 14 local groups who enact alternative ways of being in the Valley today.