EVENTS

DEC 7th, 2024 11am-4pm | Open House & Holiday Sale

DEC 7th, 2024 11am-4pm | Open House & Holiday Sale

Open House & Holiday Sale

December 7, 2024
11am-4pm

54 Main Street, Cummington, MA

WHAT TO EXPECT


December 7, 2024 | 11am-4pm

Get your holiday shopping done early at Project Art in Cummington, MA! Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art welcome you to shop and view works from resident artists, faculty, and staff.

Installations by Ferrin Contemporary artist will be on view in the Ferrin Contemporary/Project Art galleries from 11-4pm.

Ferrin Contemporary at Project Art is located at 54 Main Street Cummington, MA.

See you there!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS


ROOSI ISUPOV

Roosi Isupov Parnamets, Pins & Earrings

JEANNE JOHNS

Samuel LaPell, Artwork Sample

ALEX RENEE

MOLLY SMITH

Mara Superior, Dutch Tile Pins

Posted by Isabel Twanmo in EVENTS, OPEN HOUSE, Public Art, Sergei Isupov, UPCOMING EVENT
OCT 5th & 6th, 2024 | Hilltown Open Studio Tour

OCT 5th & 6th, 2024 | Hilltown Open Studio Tour

Open Studio Tour & Artsfest

October 5 & 6, 2024
11am-5pm each day

Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets will be at Project Art during the Hilltown Open Studio Tour

Hilltown Arts Alliance website

DEMONSTRATIONS & EVENTS


October 5 & 6, 2024 | 2:30pm each day

Sergei Isupov will speak about his recent public art sculpture on Main Street, Everything is Upside Down


Installations by Ferrin Contemporary artist will be on view in the Ferrin Contemporary/Project Art galleries from 11-5pm each day.

ABOUT THE TOUR


Explore fall in the gorgeous Hilltowns of Western Mass and meet artists where they live and work. This year’s tour features twelve studios with 26 artists. Enjoy art demonstrations, performances, local food and drink.

The Hilltowns are just 30 minutes from the Berkshires, Springfield, Holyoke or Northampton. Spend the weekend — or just a few hours — enjoying memorable art and the unparalleled fall scenery of the Hilltowns of Western Mass.

Posted by Isabel Twanmo in EXHIBITS, OPEN HOUSE, Past Events, Public Art, Sergei Isupov
JUL 27th, 2024 | Project Art & ACC Lunch during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

JUL 27th, 2024 | Project Art & ACC Lunch during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

ACC EVENTS SATURDAY, July 27, 2024


SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACC MEMBERS
Link to Eventbrite to RSVP for special events on Saturday, July 27th.

 

12:30 – 2:00 ACC LUNCH at Project Art, Cummington, MA


American Ceramics Circle and their guests are invited to gather at Project Art to enjoy a casual lunch with friends, meet other members, compare notes and explore the former mill building, now the home of Ferrin Contemporary, gallery, library and archives.

The gallery offers works for sale and study by resident & visiting artists including:

Russell Biles, Sergei Isupov, Kadri Parnamets, Paul Scott, and Mara Superior.

Also on view are selected works from Ferrin’s collection of souvenir plates, figurines and commemorative ceramics recently featured in Our America/Whose America? recently presented as an activation in the Wickham House at The Valentine Museum in Richmond, VA.

Sandwiches, beverage and dessert – sandwiches can be selected in advance from the Old Creamery – download menu HERE.

For Additional Questions or Details, please email info@projectart01026.com.

Posted by AxelJ in EVENTS, Past Events
SEPT 30th & OCT 1st, 2023 | SERGEI ISUPOV TALK/TOUR | The Road to Cummington at Project Art

SEPT 30th & OCT 1st, 2023 | SERGEI ISUPOV TALK/TOUR | The Road to Cummington at Project Art

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30 & SUNDAY OCTOBER 1

 

In-person artist talks At Project Art at 54 Main Street during the 2023 Hilltown Open Studio Tour

 

Isupov’s ceramic sculptures on view in the gallery at Project Art trace his career with works made in studios throughout the world (Estonia, Hungary, and the USA) and date from 1990 – present.

In 2006, Sergei Isupov moved to Cummington, MA to establish Project Art with Leslie Ferrin, director of Ferrin Contemporary. Arriving in the USA in 1994 from Estonia, he lived in Kentucky, Virginia and now, for 17 years in Cummington. Isupov was joined by his wife, Kadri Pärnamets from Estonia in 2008. Their daughter Roosi, now 13, grew up at Project Art and is also creating artwork in the family’s shared studio. Sergei’s family who still live in Kyiv, Ukraine, are also producing artists.

Isupov’s reputation is international, both as a sculptor and teacher. He is highly sought after by students who seek him out from throughout the world to take workshops and participate in his performance based fire sculptures. Isupov’s works are shown and collected in museums throughout the world. A recent mosaic 10′ high sculpture “Miss Comet” was produced in 2022 with shards donated by the community and is now on view permanently on Main Street in the newly designated Cummington Cultural District, the first awarded to a small, rural community by Mass Cultural Council.

Sergei Isupov will give a tour of Project Art and speak about his work each day, September 30 and October 1 at 1 pm at Project Art at 54 Main Street, Cummington. Isupov’s ceramic sculptures on view in the gallery at Project Art trace his career with works made in studios throughout the world (Estonia, Hungary, and in the USA) and date from 1990 – present. The talk will run for 45 minutes and is limited to 30 people each day.

This event is sponsored by Ferrin Contemporary.

Sergei Isupov will give a tour of Project Art and speak about his work each day

The talk will run for 45 minutes and is limited to 30 people per event.

RSVP for SATURDAY,
September 30 Talk/Tour
HERE


RSVP for SUNDAY,
October 1 Talk/Tour
HERE

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV


Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramics using traditional hand-building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using colored stains highlighted with clear glaze.

Learn more about Sergei Isupov here.

Stop by 54 Main Street in Cummington MA to meet Sergei Isupov and Kadri Parnamets and see their wonderful work.

The Ferrin Contemporary Showroom will also be open for guests with ceramic works from represented artists.

For more information about HOST, visit the Hilltown Arts Alliance website.

Posted by AxelJ in EVENTS, Past Events, Public Art, Sergei Isupov
SEPT 30th & OCT 1st, 2023 | Project Art Open House during the Hilltown Open Studio Tour

SEPT 30th & OCT 1st, 2023 | Project Art Open House during the Hilltown Open Studio Tour

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Stop by Project Art in Cummington MA to

Meet Sergei Isupov & Kadri Parnamets + See their Work

& View the Ferrin Contemporary 54 Main Street Showroom 

For more information about HOST, visit the Hilltown Arts Alliance website.

 

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PUBLIC EVENTS


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SERGEI ISUPOV | The Road to Cummington

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SEPT 30th & OCT 1st

1 PM | at Project Art at 54 Main Street, Cummington

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Sergei Isupov will give a tour of Project Art and speak about his work each day:

Isupov’s ceramic sculptures on view in the gallery at Project Art trace his career with works

made in studios throughout the world (Estonia, Hungary, and the USA) and date from 1990 – present.

The talk will run for 45 minutes and is limited to 30 people each day.

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RSVP for SATURDAY, September 30 Talk/Tour HERE

RSVP for SUNDAY, October 1 Talk/Tour HERE

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS


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SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramics using traditional hand-building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using colored stains highlighted with clear glaze.

Learn more about Sergei Isupov here.

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KADRI PARNAMETS

Kadri Pärnamets works in porcelain using traditional hand-building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form. Her biomorphic, organic forms provide a means to convey her personal interests ranging from fragile, natural environments to female identity. Her surface treatments feature a range of gestures and expressions with either abstract shapes or narrative figure painting, inspired by painters from the European Renaissance and Impressionist eras, like Lucas Cranach the Elder and Edouard Manet.

Learn more about Kadri Parnamets here.

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ANNOUNCING


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Ferrin Contemporary Anchors in Cummington, MA

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NORTH ADAMS, MA to CUMMINGTON, MA– ARE WE THERE YET? is a celebration of Ferrin Contemporary’s 40+ years as leaders in the field of modern and contemporary ceramics. What began in 1979 as a woman-owned cooperative studio and gallery in Northampton, MA has flourished across the years and the locations to become the international ceramic experts and material champions known as Ferrin Contemporary.

Part of the Open House at Project Art, during the 2023 Hilltown Open Studio Tour, Ferrin Contemporary will open the doors of its
54 Main Street Showroom to the public.

Beginning September 30th, the long-time residents of Cummington will be open by appointment to interested collectors, arts professionals, ceramic artists, and art fans.

With the 2023 designation of Cummington as a cultural district, and the central location of Project Art to the gallery’s lives and growing focuses, the choice to highlight this unique space and follow this momentum on The Road to Cummington, was the right path.

Join Ferrin Contemporary as it sponsors its first Open House Event at the Cummington Space:

Sergei Isupov | The Road to Cummington

SEPT 30th | 1 PM

OCT 1st | 1 PM

RSVP ABOVE

 

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WHAT YOU WILL SEE

During the course of four decades, the gallery has championed artists whose primary medium is clay. Beginning with a commitment to providing support for living artists, decades-long relationships grew with artists whose works explore traditions and history, deliver social commentary, experiment with the material, and use the medium to challenge themselves to produce new works.  

As part of the exhibition that ushered Ferrin Contemporary from North Adams to Cummington, selected classic works will be presented directly from the artists’ archives or offered by private collectors, illustrating career highlights both in the Project Art 54 Main Street Showroom and online.

The exhibition asks us, the artists, and the collectors to reflect on the road we’ve taken and invites the public to join the dialog while we speculate about the future.

Learn more about Ferrin Contemporary HERE

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Posted by AxelJ in EVENTS, OPEN HOUSE, Past Events
JUL 29th, 2023 | Lunch with Linda Sikora during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

JUL 29th, 2023 | Lunch with Linda Sikora during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

Linda Sikora Artist Portrait, 2023, photo by John Polok

Saturday, July 29, 2023
1pm—2pm
Project Art

A special lunch with artist Linda Sikora and her artwork during the Hilltown Six Pottery Tour.

This event has already passed. See photos below!

ABOUT LINDA SIKORA

Linda Sikora’s studio is anchored in the genre of functional ceramics. Sikora is interested in the philosophical and the agency of things. Complex, colorfully decorated, and often conceptualized in prototype groups or series, the work draws from the traditions of European 18 & 19th century industrial production porcelain and common crockery infused with a freedom and lightness that is innovative and contemporary. Her work explores the dual nature of ceramics—as objects of beauty and as objects of use—questioning the blurred line between visual art and functional subjects in cultured spaces.

Sikora is the recipient of a United States Artists Fellowship, an award for excellence in teaching and has been recognized for her mentorship as an educator.  Her work was acquired by the Smithsonian in 2022 and featured at the Renwick in their 50th-anniversary exhibition “This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World”. She is a renowned ceramics professor at Alfred University where she maintains an active studio practice and lives with her husband Matthew Metz and daughter.

Learn more about Linda Sikora here.

Posted by Isabel Twanmo in EVENTS, Past Events
OCT 1st & 2nd, 2022 | Hilltown Open Studio Tour

OCT 1st & 2nd, 2022 | Hilltown Open Studio Tour

October 1st & 2nd, 2022
11 AM – 5 PM Each Day

Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets will be at Project Art during the Hilltown Open Studio Tour

Stop by 54 Main Street in Cummington MA to meet Sergei and Kadri and see their wonderful work.  For more information about HOST, visit the Hilltown Arts Alliance website.

Posted by Beckie in EVENTS, EXHIBITS, OPEN HOUSE, Past Events, Public Art, Sergei Isupov
New exhibition of Sergei’s sculpture at Ferrin Contemporary, and two public art pieces

New exhibition of Sergei’s sculpture at Ferrin Contemporary, and two public art pieces

Sergei Isupov is creating work all over the Berkshires this summer!  Miss Comet is taking shape outside of his studio at Project Art in Cummington,an exhibition of sculpture titled Past and Present recently opened at Ferrin Contemporary (with and upcoming artist talk on June 4th), and a huge public sculpture firing and performance event with a satellite solo show at TurnPark Art Space.

Read all the details here –and please join us for one or all of these events!

 

 

Posted by Beckie in EVENTS, EXHIBITS, Public Art, Sergei Isupov
NOV 27th, 2020 | Sergei Isupov at the Ceramic Congress

NOV 27th, 2020 | Sergei Isupov at the Ceramic Congress

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Tickets for the Congress start at $10, for admission and watching the workshop ONLY on Friday 27th, at 7 PM EST.   With this ticket, any of the 30+ workshops in the Congress can be watched only at the time they are posted on the schedule. For lifetime access to all of  The Ceramics Congress Workshops,  Tickets are $59.

For more information and ticket purchase: https://ceramic.school/the-ceramics-congress/
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Posted by Beckie in EVENTS, Past Events
JUL 21st, 2019 | FREE PUBLIC ARTIST TALK | JASON WALKER

JUL 21st, 2019 | FREE PUBLIC ARTIST TALK | JASON WALKER

 

 

FREE ARTIST TALKS with Jason Walker

Sunday, July 21, at Project Art in Cummington, MA, 7-8 pm

Join us for a welcome pot luck dinner and illustrated artist talk in conjunction with Jason Walker’s week-long hands on workshop “Personal Narrative” Sunday, July 21, 6- 8pm at Project Art in Cummington, MA.
Dinner is 6-7, talk 7-8pm.

Thursday, July 25th, 2019 at  Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA, 5-7pm

Join us for a gallery talk and reception for Jason Walker’s solo exhibition “Personal Encounters” on view July 6th–August 10th. The talk and reception takes place Thursday, July 25th, 5–7pm at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA in conjunction with Downstreet Art, talk at 6pm.

Click for More on Jason Walker’s Workshop “Personal Narrative” at Project Art in Cummington, MA

Click for More on Jason Walker’s Exhibition “Personal Encounters” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA

Posted by admin in EVENTS, Lectures, Past Events