2020 Programming
A.P.E.@Hawley provides, to artists and researchers, affordable access to the dance studio, Flex Space, Mezzanine and Workroom/Theater (unfinished) at 33 Hawley. Our programming and rental structure strives to create the conditions for rich exploration and a maximizing of creative potential. We encourage inquiry-based processes and the open exchange of ideas towards the development of new, experimental, and challenging projects and works. A.P.E. welcomes inquiries and requests and reviews proposals on a first come/first serve basis. A.P.E.@Hawley partners with The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, SCDT and Historic Northampton to create dynamic programming at 33 Hawley
If you are interested in proposing a project or renting space at 33 Hawley Street please contact A.P.E.
If you are interested in proposing a project or renting space at 33 Hawley Street please contact A.P.E.
WORKROOM/THEATER FUNDRAISING
A.P.E. will have a 30-year lease on the 3,800-square foot “Workroom / Theatre” space to shepherd and program a vibrant space for creative residencies and projects to support the next generation of artists. This “unfinished” space is as yet not legally usable, until $600,000 is raised for Phase One buildout with: HVAC, walls, electrics, and sprung subfloor. In June 2020 The Arts Trust received a $100K matching grant from MCC to help fund Phase One buildout so we are on our way!
Help us complete Phase One and get the space open!
Ways You can Help:
All donations are made through the Arts Trust
Help us complete Phase One and get the space open!
Ways You can Help:
- Donate funds for the grant match (we need 50K)
- Build a Floor Project in honor of artist Nancy Stark Smith, hosted by Andrea Olsen
- Donate funds for HVAC, walls, basic electrics, acoustic treatments
All donations are made through the Arts Trust
ENDORSEMENTS
"Northampton needs a big raw safe space for children and the young to unleash their imagination: make ART. When No Theater came to Northampton in the early 70s (during the Nixon administration) local businesses were failing and there were many empty storefronts, lofts, classrooms, ballrooms, basements, tunnels, movie houses, a 19th Century theater, and WPA outdoor stages in parks that were available for our rehearsals and live performances. 50 years later we again have empty storefronts (and a Trump administration), but now the community needs to support the basic renovations necessary for occupancy of the Workroom at 33 Hawley. ART promotes growth."
—Roy Faudree, No Theater
"Painting is generally a solitary practice. As a visual artist, creating at 33 Hawley allowed me to expand my work in an interdisciplinary way with exposure to and interaction with performing arts. 33 Hawley provides a space for making in the context of others. The Workroom will provide a space where multi-generation creativity can occur. This engagement is essential for the creative community of Northampton as well as kids and other community members seeking connection and education outside their daily routine."
—Jil Crary-Ross, A.P.E. Board Member
Space opens the imagination: "Phase One is the most exciting! Opening the Workroom/Theater creates the frame to allow legal and healthy occupancy of a 3800 foot room at 33 Hawley for creative work to flourish. A big, open uncluttered space that returns to empty after each residency has been the heart of Available Potential Enterprise’s (A.P.E.’s) curation vision since its origins on Main Street in l977 and will continue in this new venue. Donations at all levels demonstrate that we care what happens next in our community, for all ages and at all stages of life. We need each other for motivation and imagination!
--Andrea Olsen: A.P.E. Board Member since l978 and Build-A-Floor Project Host
"Northampton needs a big raw safe space for children and the young to unleash their imagination: make ART. When No Theater came to Northampton in the early 70s (during the Nixon administration) local businesses were failing and there were many empty storefronts, lofts, classrooms, ballrooms, basements, tunnels, movie houses, a 19th Century theater, and WPA outdoor stages in parks that were available for our rehearsals and live performances. 50 years later we again have empty storefronts (and a Trump administration), but now the community needs to support the basic renovations necessary for occupancy of the Workroom at 33 Hawley. ART promotes growth."
—Roy Faudree, No Theater
"Painting is generally a solitary practice. As a visual artist, creating at 33 Hawley allowed me to expand my work in an interdisciplinary way with exposure to and interaction with performing arts. 33 Hawley provides a space for making in the context of others. The Workroom will provide a space where multi-generation creativity can occur. This engagement is essential for the creative community of Northampton as well as kids and other community members seeking connection and education outside their daily routine."
—Jil Crary-Ross, A.P.E. Board Member
Space opens the imagination: "Phase One is the most exciting! Opening the Workroom/Theater creates the frame to allow legal and healthy occupancy of a 3800 foot room at 33 Hawley for creative work to flourish. A big, open uncluttered space that returns to empty after each residency has been the heart of Available Potential Enterprise’s (A.P.E.’s) curation vision since its origins on Main Street in l977 and will continue in this new venue. Donations at all levels demonstrate that we care what happens next in our community, for all ages and at all stages of life. We need each other for motivation and imagination!
--Andrea Olsen: A.P.E. Board Member since l978 and Build-A-Floor Project Host
Current & Upcoming Projects
A.P.E. and SCDT present Practicing Presence 2020, September 24-27:
PRACTICING PRESENCE FESTIVAL 2020 features four days of on-line classes, workshops, talks, and performance events offering opportunities for clearing, calming, energizing, and focusing the body-mind for the challenges at hand.
Hosted by SCDT and A.P.E. in Northampton, MA, the full festival is available globally by Zoom. This year we honor our dear friend and inspirational dance artist Nancy Stark Smith as well as activating/mobilizing toward issues central to our time.
On site artists: Chris Aiken, Kathy Couch, Sha Harrell, Angie Hauser, Jen Nugent, Jen Polins, Jenna Riegel, Peter Schmitz, Batya Sobel, plus Zoom connections: Scotty Hardwig, Julie Larisoa, Andrea Olsen, and Lisa Thompson.
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
8:30 - 9:00AM MORNING PRACTICE: QI GONG with Andrea Olsen
10:00 - 10:15AM FESTIVAL WELCOME with Jen Polins
10:30AM - NOON PSYCHIC TRANSMISSION PROJECT Technique Class with Jen Polins
2:00 - 4:00PM BOTTLE LISTENING... Workshop with Kathy Couch and Batya Sobel
7:00 - 8:15PM ENGAGEMENTS Screenings by Mary Beth Brooker, Jennifer Green, and Jennifer Nugent from an online project with Peter Schmitz.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:30 - 9:00AM MORNING PRACTICE: YOGA with Lisa Thompson
10:30AM - NOON CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE Technique Class with Jenna Riegel
12:30 - 1:00PM BUILD A FLOOR FUNDRAISING PROJECT with Andrea Olsen and Kathy Couch
2:00 - 4:00PM ZOOM THEATER: IMPROVISATION AND FORMING Workshop with Peter Schmitz
7:00 - 8:30PM PERFORMANCE: HERE AND THERE with live Zoom performances by Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser, Jenna Riegel & Shaneeka Harrell, Jennifer Nugent & Peter Schmitz; film projects by Julie Iarisoa (Madagascar) and Scotty Hardwig (Ecuador); and a music soundscape created by Kathy Couch and Batya Sobel.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8:30 - 9:00AM MORNING PRACTICE: MEDITATION with Shaneeka Harrell
10:30AM - NOON CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE Technique Class with Jennifer Nugent
2:00 - 4:00PM WRESTLING WITH ABSENCE Workshop with Jenna Riegel and Shaneeka
RATES AND FULL SCHEDULE HERE
REGISTRATION HERE
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's MOVING WATER Project
This year-long development of the ensemble piece Moving Water is moving ahead via Skype, as musician Jonny Rodgers dials in from Oregon to work with playwright Eric Sanders and the cast, scattered around the Valley.
VIDEO PROJECT BY
SERIOUS PLAY THEATRE ENSEMBLE
MOVING WATER
AUGUST 22-30
Walk by the A.P.E. window at 126 Main Street, Northampton between August 22 and 30 to view the video loop displayed on the TV screen to share Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's first two short but fanciful storefront window experiments: Water Window One- Balloons, and Water Window Two-Sergei’s Daydream.
Water Window Videos at APE Gallery-Creative Performance Projects for the In Between.(The In Between refers to the time when we can be together as an ensemble in a small group, but before theatre spaces can re-open.) These video
experiments follow water themes and allow for an actor’s total physical expressiveness. Their creation has challenged us to stretch our ensemble’s artistic abilities as we try our hand at recording live window moments exploring: framing,
stylized movement, character investigations, point of view, scale, use of perspective and toy theatre techniques.
This year-long development of the ensemble piece Moving Water is moving ahead via Skype, as musician Jonny Rodgers dials in from Oregon to work with playwright Eric Sanders and the cast, scattered around the Valley.
VIDEO PROJECT BY
SERIOUS PLAY THEATRE ENSEMBLE
MOVING WATER
AUGUST 22-30
Walk by the A.P.E. window at 126 Main Street, Northampton between August 22 and 30 to view the video loop displayed on the TV screen to share Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's first two short but fanciful storefront window experiments: Water Window One- Balloons, and Water Window Two-Sergei’s Daydream.
Water Window Videos at APE Gallery-Creative Performance Projects for the In Between.(The In Between refers to the time when we can be together as an ensemble in a small group, but before theatre spaces can re-open.) These video
experiments follow water themes and allow for an actor’s total physical expressiveness. Their creation has challenged us to stretch our ensemble’s artistic abilities as we try our hand at recording live window moments exploring: framing,
stylized movement, character investigations, point of view, scale, use of perspective and toy theatre techniques.
ARTIST RETROSPECTIVES
APE@Hawley and SCDT are offering an online retrospective of the artists that have shared work at 33 Hawley over the past two years. The full retrospectives are HERE
APE@Hawley and SCDT are offering an online retrospective of the artists that have shared work at 33 Hawley over the past two years. The full retrospectives are HERE
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RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES
In theater, music, performance art, dance...at 33 Hawley ARTIST RESIDENCY during 4th weekend of each month Monday through Sunday Artist Residency (limited to 4th weekend of each month) Residency Rental includes: • 20 hours of rehearsal space • One evening for a work in progress showing • Informal, no tech showing either in the Dance Studio or the Flex Space at the end of your residency period. FEE: $300 Residency Rental Fee OTHER RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE - in the short and long term. Please contact us for more info. |