Past Events 2022
FLAT FILE
FINAL
POP-UP
This is your last chance
to grab some art from one of our
50 FLAT FILE ARTISTS.
Gallery will be open normal hours
DECEMBER 15th-18th
for this special pop-up
Dec 15th: 12-5pm
Dec 16th: 12-8pm
Dec 17th: 12-5pm
Dec 18th: 12-5pm
Click here to find out more about our Flat File Program
FINAL
POP-UP
This is your last chance
to grab some art from one of our
50 FLAT FILE ARTISTS.
Gallery will be open normal hours
DECEMBER 15th-18th
for this special pop-up
Dec 15th: 12-5pm
Dec 16th: 12-8pm
Dec 17th: 12-5pm
Dec 18th: 12-5pm
Click here to find out more about our Flat File Program
A.P.E. in partnership with Alexandra Ripp present
A THOUSAND WAYS (Part Three): An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
A THOUSAND WAYS (Part Three): An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
Illistration by Cass Sachs-Michaels
After six sold out shows, we are thrilled be able to bring back this this unique theater experience from one of the world’s most acclaimed theater companies. Obie Award-winning 600 HIGHWAYMEN present A Thousand Ways (Part Three): An Assembly. The final experience of their triptych of encounters between strangers is an intimate reckoning—of how small we are in the face of awesome natural forces, and of our mutual dependence. AN ASSEMBLY tasks an audience of 16 strangers to reconstruct an evocative story of perseverance and ruin. This unique theatrical event tests the ways we arrange ourselves after so much time apart. This experience is enacted by you and the other audience members. The instructions for the performance are written on a stack of 4"x5” notecards, and audience members read what is written on them.
600 Highwaymen (Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone), “standard bearers of contemporary theater-making” (Le Monde), who have “quietly been shaking up American theatre since 2009” (The Guardian), have been making live art that, through a variety of radical approaches, illuminates the inherent poignancy of people coming together. Their productions exist at the intersection of theater, dance, contemporary performance, and civic encounter.
Doug Anderson’s book of poems, The Moon Reflected Fire, from Alice James Books, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 1995, and Blues for Unemployed Secret Police, from Curbstone Books, a grant from the Academy of American Poets. His play, Short Timers, was produced at Theater for the New City in New York City in 1981. His memoir, Keep Your Head Down, Vietnam, the Sixties and a Journey of Self-Discovery, was published by W.W. Norton in 2009. His book of poems is Horse Medicine, from Barrow Street, was published in 2015. His new book, Undress, She Said, was published by Four Way Books in September of 2022. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Poets & Writers, and other funding agencies. He has taught at Emerson and Smith Colleges, the University of Massachusetts, and the MFA programs at Pacific University of Oregon and Bennington College. He is an affiliate of the Joiner Center for the Study of War and its Social Consequences at UMASS Boston.
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Rebecca Hart Olander’s poetry has appeared recently in Jet Fuel Review, The Massachusetts Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and elsewhere, and her collaborative visual and written work has been published in multiple venues online and in They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence Press, 2018). Her books include a chapbook, Dressing the Wounds (dancing girl press, 2019), and her debut full-length collection, Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press, 2021). Rebecca teaches writing at Westfield State University and Amherst College and works with poets in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press. Find her online at rebeccahartolander.com or @rholanderpoet.
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photo by Carol Lollis
CELEBRATING LISA THOMPSON
Open House and Reception
Saturday, December 10th 5:30-7pm
A.P.E. Gallery at 126 Main St.
After 26 years of stewarding A.P.E.'s vision and programming, Lisa Thompson is stepping down from her position as Associate Director. Often working tirelessly behind the scenes, Lisa has supported the work of hundreds of artists and helped sustain the vibrancy of the Valley's art scene. We hope you will join us on December 10th to celebrate Lisa and all of her work.
Please come offer your thanks, memories, and kudos to Lisa!
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Open House and Reception
Saturday, December 10th 5:30-7pm
A.P.E. Gallery at 126 Main St.
After 26 years of stewarding A.P.E.'s vision and programming, Lisa Thompson is stepping down from her position as Associate Director. Often working tirelessly behind the scenes, Lisa has supported the work of hundreds of artists and helped sustain the vibrancy of the Valley's art scene. We hope you will join us on December 10th to celebrate Lisa and all of her work.
Please come offer your thanks, memories, and kudos to Lisa!
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
A.P.E. Flat File Sale Pop-UP
in collaboration with
Northampton Print & Book Fair 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Northampton Print & Book Fair: 12:00–5:00pm
A.P.E. Flat File Sale: 10:00am–3:00pm
Free and open to the public
These two distinct events happening on the same day at 33 Hawley celebrate the potential of flat media in all forms and bring together A.P.E.’s flat file program with NPBF!
A.P.E.’s Flat File Pop-Up Sale
As a previous host for the Northampton Print & Book Fair at A.P.E.’s 126 Main Street gallery, Flat File curators Jil Crary-Ross and Aidan Wright are excited to be collaborating with the NPBF on October 1, 2022 at 33 Hawley Street. A.P.E. will host a pop-up Flat File show and sale in A.P.E.’s Workroom Theater, celebrating flat media alongside the NPBF in the Center for the Art’s Flex space. Both events occur at 33 Hawley St and will be free to the public. A.P.E. has encouraged all its flat file artists to attend if possible as it will be a great opportunity to meet fellow flat-file artists, print and book fair artists and to sell work!
A.P.E.'s inaugural Flat File Program celebrates the potential of flat media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles, ceramic and collage. This collection of small works, selected from an open call, represents a variety of approaches to flat media either as finished works or momentary components of a creative process. A.P.E.’s Flat File Program features the work of 50 local, regional, and national artists, many of them new to A.P.E, with the goal to highlight and provide exposure to emerging artists and experimental work that is less likely to be shown in a traditional exhibition setting.
Northampton Print & Book Fair 2022
After a two year hiatus, the Northampton Print & Book Fair makes its return to downtown Northampton this Fall. On October 1st, over 20 artists will gather at 33 Hawley for a one-day celebration of contemporary artist publications, prints, and multiples. This event will feature a diverse community of artists, publishers, and collectives from across western Massachusetts and throughout New England. Artwork will be on display and for sale and will include artists’ books, zines, chapbooks, poetry, comics, screenprints, risograph prints, photographs, photobooks, mini sculptures, ceramics, wearable art, and much more.
The NPBF is run by volunteers and is produced by Fugitive Arts – a collaborative, transient curatorial project dedicated to promoting experimental art and emerging artists in western Massachusetts, with a goal to create innovative, accessible, and engaging arts programming through exhibitions, publications, and public events. Fugitive Arts was founded by Esther S White and Trevor Powers.
in collaboration with
Northampton Print & Book Fair 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA
Northampton Print & Book Fair: 12:00–5:00pm
A.P.E. Flat File Sale: 10:00am–3:00pm
Free and open to the public
These two distinct events happening on the same day at 33 Hawley celebrate the potential of flat media in all forms and bring together A.P.E.’s flat file program with NPBF!
A.P.E.’s Flat File Pop-Up Sale
As a previous host for the Northampton Print & Book Fair at A.P.E.’s 126 Main Street gallery, Flat File curators Jil Crary-Ross and Aidan Wright are excited to be collaborating with the NPBF on October 1, 2022 at 33 Hawley Street. A.P.E. will host a pop-up Flat File show and sale in A.P.E.’s Workroom Theater, celebrating flat media alongside the NPBF in the Center for the Art’s Flex space. Both events occur at 33 Hawley St and will be free to the public. A.P.E. has encouraged all its flat file artists to attend if possible as it will be a great opportunity to meet fellow flat-file artists, print and book fair artists and to sell work!
A.P.E.'s inaugural Flat File Program celebrates the potential of flat media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles, ceramic and collage. This collection of small works, selected from an open call, represents a variety of approaches to flat media either as finished works or momentary components of a creative process. A.P.E.’s Flat File Program features the work of 50 local, regional, and national artists, many of them new to A.P.E, with the goal to highlight and provide exposure to emerging artists and experimental work that is less likely to be shown in a traditional exhibition setting.
Northampton Print & Book Fair 2022
After a two year hiatus, the Northampton Print & Book Fair makes its return to downtown Northampton this Fall. On October 1st, over 20 artists will gather at 33 Hawley for a one-day celebration of contemporary artist publications, prints, and multiples. This event will feature a diverse community of artists, publishers, and collectives from across western Massachusetts and throughout New England. Artwork will be on display and for sale and will include artists’ books, zines, chapbooks, poetry, comics, screenprints, risograph prints, photographs, photobooks, mini sculptures, ceramics, wearable art, and much more.
The NPBF is run by volunteers and is produced by Fugitive Arts – a collaborative, transient curatorial project dedicated to promoting experimental art and emerging artists in western Massachusetts, with a goal to create innovative, accessible, and engaging arts programming through exhibitions, publications, and public events. Fugitive Arts was founded by Esther S White and Trevor Powers.
No Theater
let go Performances
July 28 - August 6
a short adult comedy about love, death and piles of paper....
LET GO with Roy Faudree and Jane Karakula
@ A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA
Performances
July 28 - August 6 at 8:00 PM
No Theater now rarely performs locally. During the 70s and 80s they regularly presented new
original works such as The Elephant Man, DFS (de fiance suction), Last Resort, and Dupe.
Recent local productions:
A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh (2020);
google gogol, inspired by Nikolai Gogol (2019);
and Richard Maxwell's Cave Man (2016-2018).
No Theater's work has been performed throughout Europe, in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo,
Singapore and Australia.
let go Performances
July 28 - August 6
a short adult comedy about love, death and piles of paper....
LET GO with Roy Faudree and Jane Karakula
@ A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA
Performances
July 28 - August 6 at 8:00 PM
No Theater now rarely performs locally. During the 70s and 80s they regularly presented new
original works such as The Elephant Man, DFS (de fiance suction), Last Resort, and Dupe.
Recent local productions:
A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh (2020);
google gogol, inspired by Nikolai Gogol (2019);
and Richard Maxwell's Cave Man (2016-2018).
No Theater's work has been performed throughout Europe, in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo,
Singapore and Australia.