Upcoming events
Happenings in Western Massachusetts
by and for LGBTQIA+ folks and our allies
Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group!
Spring Youth Studio
Spend spring break creatively! Each program day will include a featured project, ranging from printmaking, sculpture, painting, and felting.
Opening Reception: Fans, Fashion and Feminism
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.
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Doodle-A-Thon Closing Event
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!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Painting Skill Builder
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.
Full House Fridays: Earth Art
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.
Drop-In Public Studio
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!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Painting Skill Builder
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.
Collage Club
RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints, and collected odds and ends, so we figured it was time to give you collage fanatics a special program just for your cut 'n paste treasure hunts!
Full House Fridays: Earth Art
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.
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Painting Skill Builder
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.
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Full House Fridays: Earth Art
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.
Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Painting Skill Builder
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.
Spring and Pride Artist Barter Party
Join artists of all backgrounds, styles, and mediums for an evening of swapping art and celebrating the season!
Full House Fridays: Earth Art
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 Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Youth Summer Studio: Fiber Frenzy
Weaving, needle felting, hand sewing, cross stitch, and textiles, oh my! We’re kicking off summer 2026 with the latest crafting craze: all things fiber!
Youth Summer Studio: Fables and Fantasy
Are you called to all things magical? Would you feel most at home in a Hobbit house? Do you wish you could ride a dragon or befriend a unicorn? Fables and Fantasy is the week for you to live the mystical story of your dreams!
Youth Summer Studio: Reduce Reuse ReCRAFT!
Does your young artist like digging through the trash? Do you hear “don’t throw that away, I might use it to build something!” on recycling day? We have a new week new this summer designed for environmentally minded artists.
Youth Summer Studio: Make It Mini
If tiny things call your name, look no further! Experiment with all the techniques that make mini-making so unique, including clay, shrinky-dinks, repurposed recyclables, and much more. We say: the smaller, the better!
Full House Fridays: Earth Art
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.
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Doodle-A-Thon Springfield Event
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.
Family Make & Take Sundays
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: Earth Art
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 Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Collage Club
RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints, and collected odds and ends, so we figured it was time to give you collage fanatics a special program just for your cut 'n paste treasure hunts!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Drop-In Public Studio
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!
Get Your Act Together: A Circus Variety Show
SPEC Circus presents a bold contemporary circus production assembled live from a community bulletin board. Guided by a show director searching for acts about deconstruction, performers step forward with aerial, dance, puppetry, and acrobatics that question inherited beliefs, productivity culture, family narratives, and the need for validation.
Full House Fridays: Color Chaos
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.
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Full House Fridays: Color Chaos
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 Art Group (QTAG)
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!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group!
Full House Fridays: Color Chaos
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.
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Doodle-A-Thon Kickoff Event
Our kick-off event at High Five Books will have MEGA Doodling, DIY tie dye, raffle prizes, craft kits for purchase, and a build-your-own mini art studio workshop. 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!
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Collage Club
RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints, and collected odds and ends, so we figured it was time to give you collage fanatics a special program just for your cut 'n paste treasure hunts!
RCA Teen Studio
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!
Family Make & Take Sundays
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.
Drop-In Public Studio
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!
Full House Fridays: Color Chaos
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 Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group!
February Youth Studio
Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens over February break and getting their hands messy with art at RCA!
February Youth Studio
Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens over February break and getting their hands messy with art at RCA!
February Youth Studio
Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens over February break and getting their hands messy with art at RCA!