The Anchor House of Artists
Established in 1997 by artist Michael Tillyer, Anchor House of Artists subsidizes the studio lives of artists living with persistent mental illnesses, and represents and preserves their artworks. Studio and public viewing hours are Wednesday, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Located at 518 Pleasant Street about 1/2 mile north of exit 18 from I-91 and just a 5 minute walk from the center of Northampton. For inquiries call (413) 584-4323 or visit http://www.anchorhouseartists.org

No Theater
Contemporary production company No Theater was founded in 1974, taking its name from its lack of a physical space in its founding years. In 1977, No Theater became the resident theater production company of A.P.E.  No Theater has designed and directed productions at the Academy of Music, the MIT Media Lab, the Bunkamura Cultural Center in Tokyo,  Ars Electronica in Austria; and the Ruhr Triennale, Germany. In addition, the company has created new works for the Victoria Theater, Ghent, Belgium; Spiel Art, Munich; and Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia. Directed by Roy Faudree and Sheena See.

Serious Play! Theater Ensemble
Since 1992, Serious Play has offered rigorous theatre training programs which challenge and support young adults as they deal with the intense and often-confusing internal and external changes in their lives. The Serious Play Youth Theatre Ensemble was formed in 1994. Directed by actor/director/teacher Sheryl Stoodley, the company of actors aged 16 - 25 develops and performs works on themes that are important to its members. Stoodley exposes the young actors to a variety of avant-garde and traditional theatre techniques, including those of Anne Bogart, Tadashi Suzuki, and Kristin Linklater, in order to help them become highly skilled artists.

The Dance Generators
The Dance Generators are an inter-generational performance company whose work shatters myths about aging and redefines audiences' expectations of dance. Comprised of dancers ranging in age from their 20s to their 80s, the group comes together around a commitment to innovative theater making. Founded in 1996 by Amie Dowling, the company has performed and taught throughout New England and continues to appear annual at local theaters, schools, colleges, senior homes, and community centers. Since 2006, Kristin Horrigan has been the Artistic Director.

Roots to Resistance
Visual artist and creative activist Denise Beaudet is bringing forth the images and stories of women activists in her project Roots to Resistance. She has created portraits of activists from around the globe to use in a a political postcard and web campaign. Roots to Resistance seeks to raise awareness of the work of women activists by bringing women’s stories to life. Promoted by AWID (Association of Women in Development), TruthOut (an online social justice media outlet) and partnerships with local organizations in the activists’ home countries.

Cell Block Visions
A.P.E.'s Library has recently been given a remarkable body of work collected by artist and author Phyllis Kornfeld, and described in her book Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America, published by Princeton University Press in March 1997. The collection includes drawings, paintings, and objects made within the last 20 years by inmates of jails and penitentiaries in six states. Prison folk arts including soap carvings, cigarette wrapper purses, toothpick clocks, and toilet paper sculpture are featured alongside decorative arts including handkerchief art and decorated envelopes. Works by self-taught artists in the collection have been illustrated in a variety of publications and shown in prominent galleries.