North Central Mass Events

Collagraph Printing at Creative Connections

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

Make a collagraph plate at Creative Connections in Ashburnham on August 23 from 1:00-3:00 PM. Instructor Ann-Marie LaBollita will demonstrate how to make a collagraph plate. Collagraphy is a printmaking process where materials are glued to something rigid and used to imprint a design. Bring acrylic paint in various colors, scissors, lighter weight paper (rice, […]

Self Awareness and Love: A Poetic Reading at Creative Connections

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

Join us at the Creative Connections Gallery on February 17th at 1:00pm for Self Awareness and Love: A Poetic Reading. In the gallery for a reading of ekphrastic poems inspired by the paintings of Jennifer Okumura, as well as additional works by Jess Mynes, Elayne Clift, Fred Gerhard, Simon Hunt, Pat Frederick, Robert Brooks, and […]

Jen Okumura: “Self Awareness and Love” at Creative Connections

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

Creative Connections in Ashburnham will host an open reception for the exhibition of art by Jen Okumura in their second-floor gallery, February 3, 1:00-3:00pm. Self Awareness and Love: All-Inclusive Works, a collection by Jen Okumura, will be on display in the second-floor art gallery of Creative Connections from February 3 to March 30. Works in […]

Alexey Neyman at the Creative Connections Gift Shop and Gallery

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

Attend the opening reception for Alexey Neyman's "New Watercolors" at the Creative Connections Gift Shop and Gallery in Ashburnham on January 13 from 12:00-2:00pm. The display will be open from January 13 to February 24. Alexey Naumovich Neyman has been painting for nearly sixty years. His work has been exhibited dozens of times across the United […]

Painting with Wool: Introduction to Needle Felting

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

This needle felting workshop on April 22 is  in a creative, joyful environment. In this short workshop you will learn the basics of needle felting two dimensional art. Creative Connections artisan Lyn Slade has 20+ years of needle felting teaching experience and is considered one of the area’s leading experts. She will walk you through […]

Local Art: Whimsical Wall Shrines

Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery 56 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma

New England artist Thomas Schneider's "Ecstatic Gates: Devotional Objects, Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture,” features miniature wall shrines with a sense of wonder and whimsy, on display at the Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery in Ashburnham on Feb. 4. Schneider is an artist who has recently moved his studio to North Adams, MA. His work […]