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, June 7 include Berkshire Art Center, Clock Tower Artists, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge/Dorothy’s Estaminet, Hotel on North, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Marie’s North Street Eatery and Gallery, Marketplace Cafe, NUarts gallery + studios, Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, and the Soda Chef. 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, Stefanie Weber and Carmel Wilson

Open Studios: Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm

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

Performance by KR3T’s Dance Company/Dance Circle with Wandering Dance Society
Friday, June 7, 5 to 6 pm

Happy Together Band 
Friday, June 7, 6 to 8 pm

Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street

“Scattered” by Jill Gustavis

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

Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds, 119 Fenn Street

Nicole Fecteau, Kiel, Olly Diamond, and Hernan and Jackeline Bonilla

On View: Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm ONLY

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue

“In Practice” by Ellie Kreischer

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm

Pottery in Palace Park with Jim Horsford

Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm

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

“Within These Scales”

On View: Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm

Berkshire Art Center/Brothership Building, 141 North Street

“Scallops and Swirls” by Abby Klein (north window)

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

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

Soda Chef, 161 North Street

Nicole March Art – Window Display

Drag Story Hour at Sottile Park, corner of North and Eagle Street

Friday, June 7, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 pm

Hotel on North, 297 North Street

“Beyond the Surface: The Depth of Identity”

Jody King Camarra

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 5 to 8 pm

NUarts gallery + studios, 311 North Street

View the Hall Gallery featuring the works of resident artists.

On View: Friday, June 7, 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, June 7 until 10 pm

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