Enjoy a dozen art shows and exhibits during the First Fridays Artswalk on Friday, August 5, 5 to 8 pm. Explore art and meet artists during opening receptions on the first Friday of the month from 5 to 8 pm, with most art on display all month long. Download the Downtown Pittsfield app in the App Store or on Google Play to follow a virtual walking tour of art on your cell phone.

 

Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will present Indoors Out! Free Kids’ Paint & Sip on Friday, August 5, 5 to 7:30 pm, at the parklet and outdoor seating area at The Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street. This free event is best suited for ages 5 to 12, although older children are welcome. All materials, instruction, snacks, and juice will be provided. August’s painting theme will be watermelons, baseballs, and ice cream. Children must be accompanied by an adult and masks are recommended. The alternate rain location will be at Hot Harry’s covered outdoor seating area at 37 North Street.

 

Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will also present a Children’s Scavenger Hunt for art from 5 to 8 pm on August 5. Children who complete the hunt will receive a coupon for a free ice cream or frozen yogurt. A copy of the hunt can be found at downtownpittsfield.com a few days before the event, or at the Paint & Sip location above.

 

 

Event Highlights (South to North):

 

Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield

175 Wendell Avenue

“No Rhyme Or Reason” by Amarie

Reception: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Artists at the Clock Tower

75 South Church Street, Third Floor

Lori Bradley, Joanie Ciolfi, Mary Davidson, Marion Grant, Caroline Kelley, Mollie Kellogg, Mark Mellinger, Shany Porras, Ilene Richard, and Sally Tiska-Rice

Open Studios: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Soma’s Aromas

81 East Street

Art and Photography

Store Hours: August 5, 12 to 8 pm

 

The Marketplace Cafe

53 North Street

JD Logan Fine Art

Reception: August 5, 5 to 7 pm

 

Indoors Out! Free Kids’ Paint & Sip

Outdoor Seating at 53 North Street

Rain location: Hot Harry’s (37 North Street)

Friday, August 5, 5 to 7:30 pm

 

Lee Bank

75 North Street

Paintings by Anita Plouffe

Window Display

 

Barrington Stage Company’s Wolfson Theatre Center

122 North Street, Rhoda and Morris Levitt Lobby

The Art of Humberto Fernandez: A recollection of Cuba inspired by Anna in the Tropics

On View: August 5, 5 to 8 pm (*masks must be worn at all times on BSC property)

 

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts

28 Renne Avenue

Herman Melville’s Arrowhead and the Berkshire County Historical Society present

Moby-Dick exhibition

Jim Jasper and Christopher Volpe

Reception: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

TKG Real Estate

137 North Street

MOSAIC

Leslie Alfin and Karen Dolmanisth

Reception: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Brothership Building Window

141 North Street, curated by Berkshire Art Center

Paintings by Wednesday Nelena Sorokin

Window Display

 

Hotel on North

297 North Street

“What Keeps My Heart Awake”

Paintings by Marita O’Dea Glodt

Reception: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

ReDefine

5 Melville Street

 

Methuselah Bar and Lounge

391 North Street

Dramatic Themes/ Cosmic Dust

The Paintings of Edward Pelkey

On View: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

The Funky Phoenix

441 North Street

 

Mission Gastropub

438 North Street

Dennis Fougere

On View: August 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Thrive Diner

145 Wahconah Street

Mural “Thrive Blooms”

Diane Firtell