First Fridays Artswalk joins The City of Pittsfield’s First Fridays at Five in 2024! Enjoy a Makers Market, Family Fun Zone, live entertainment, and so much more at this new downtown Festival!

 

First Fridays Artswalk transforms downtown Pittsfield retailers, restaurants, and organizations into art galleries. Explore art and meet artists during opening receptions on the first Friday of the month, May through September from 5 to 8 pm, with most art on display all month long. Open studios, art making, and live art demonstrations on the first Friday.

 

Participating venues on Friday, July 5 include Berkshire Art Center, Berkshire Black Economic Council, Clock Tower Artists, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge/Dorothy’s Estaminet, Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., Hotel on North, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Living in Recovery, Marie’s North Street Eatery and Gallery, Marketplace Cafe, NUarts gallery + studios, Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, Soda Chef, and THECOLLAB. There will also be Interactive Pottery Demos in Palace Park with Jim Horsford and a Free Kids’ Paint and Sip on Dunham Mall.

 

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.

 

Event Highlights (South to North):

  

Artists at the Clock Tower, 75 South Church Street, Third Floor

Karen Carmean, Deborah H Carter, Joan Palano Ciolfi, Randy Foulds, Marion Grant, Nava Grunfeld, Caroline Kelley, Bruce Laird, Mark Mellinger, Linda Petrocine, Shany Porras, Sally Tiska Rice, Ilene Richard, Audrey Shachnow, Jordan Stone, Sharon Walthew, Stefanie Weber, and Carmel Wilson

Open Studios: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

City Stage Entertainment (south end of the road closure on North Street near Park Square)

Amy Ryan Band: Friday, July 5, 5 to 6 pm

Misty Blues: Friday, July 5, 6 to 8 pm

   

Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street

“Biosphere” by Lori Bradley

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 5 to 7 pm

 

Living in Recovery, 75 North Street

Artworks by Shane Ott and Jeff Malderez

“The art of poetry” – poems written by Living in Recovery members

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Berkshire Black Economic Council, 33 Dunham Mall, Suite 101

“The Creative Journey”

DeSean Scales

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, 119 Fenn Street

Rochely Dejesus and Hernan and Jackeline Bonilla

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm ONLY

  

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue

“I AM A PART OF ART”

Community Access to the Arts’ Annual Art Show

Celebrating the work of artists with disabilities

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Pottery in Palace Park with Jim Horsford

Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Marie’s North Street Eatery and Gallery, 146 North Street

“Hidden By the Weight of Our Scales”

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Berkshire Art Center/Brothership Building, 141 North Street

“All Fired Up Again: Open Call” by the Berkshire Potters Collective (north window)

“Sue Browdy, Potter: The First 65 Years” (south window)

Free All Ages Art Making Drop-In: Friday, July 5, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

 

Soda Chef, 161 North Street

Nicole March Art – Window Display

 

THECOLLAB, 163 North Street

Noah Beauregard and Mike Carty

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

Free Live Performance by SACR3D from 7 to 8 pm

 

Sottile Park, corner of North and Eagle Street

Live Art Demo with Mollie Kellogg

Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Hotel on North, 297 North Street

“Beyond the Surface: The Depth of Identity”

Jody King Camarra

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

NUarts gallery + studios, 311 North Street

View the Hall Gallery featuring the works of resident artists.

Ma’leek Adams-Powell, Casey Dougherty, Marney Schorr, Elina Estrella, Myk Daigle, Brent Ridge, Julia Britell, Richard Britell, Madeleine Boga, Dawn Meltzer, Laura Thompson, Kathy Gideon, Joan Rooks, and Kate Merlini

On View: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. and Framework, 431 North Street

“Pittsfield Parade Posters Through The Years”

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 5 to 8 pm

 

Dottie’s Coffee Lounge/Dorothy’s Estaminet, 438/444 North Street

“FOR THE LOVE OF: Culture, The Figure, and the Landscape”

On View: Friday, July 5 until 10 pm

Live music with local cover band, Mr. Doubtfire, from 7 to 10 pm