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A Community Arts Center & Venue in Greenfield, MA
A cafe & community space to hang out. An arts incubator to nourish creative work. Programs on local history & social & environmental justice.
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6th annual LAVA Film Festival
Thursday-Saturday, November 12-14
A showcase of Massachusetts filmmaking talent—
from students to professionals and everyone in between.
We spotlight local filmmakers who create films
that engage with the community and are made with joy.
Current Exhibits
7th annual Community Art Show
The LAVA Center is opening its 7th Annual Community Art Show with a reception on Saturday, Nov 7th, 11-2pm! The show will be on display through December 19th.
RE-ART
LAVA’s extended season of creating art from reclaimed, repurposed and reused materials! Through workshop sessions, we will learn from local artists who turn waste to wonders, trash to treasures. RE-ART will culminate in the fall with a community art show featuring work created by those who have attended one or more of the sessions.
Upcoming Events
Writers Read 11/11: Katelyn Ludwig, Eric Wasileski, Carla Manene Cooke
LAVA Film Festival, 6th annual!
CURRENT HUMANITIES PROJECT:
Rising River’s Edge
Rising River’s Edge is a film documenting extreme weather events (specifically in 2023) in Franklin County through farmers’ struggles, and how that shapes consumer experience.
The extreme weather in 2023 left farmers struggling with funds to make it to their next season. Damaging floods and late frosts contributed to major crop loss and revenue loss for the local farms in our county. This film documents 3 local farms (Clark Brothers Orchards, Red Fire Farm, and Just Roots) as they navigate difficult weather patterns in order to continue their livelihood. Franklin County’s strength comes from local farms who provide nutritional food to the public through farm stands and farmers markets. The mission of our film is to bring awareness to drastically changing weather, and that by supporting our local farms we can keep Franklin County strong, profitable, and healthy.
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Franklin County Arts Being the Change/ Black Lives Matter
The LAVA Center is located on the unceded, stolen lands of the Pocumtuc nation. Today, the Pocumtuc nation no longer exists, done in by the effects of English colonization in New England, which brought with it epidemics, violence, and warfare; yet, there remains an Indigenous presence throughout our region today.
We encourage people to learn more at the Nolumbeka Project. Also, if you are from elsewhere, we encourage you to learn about the indigenous past and present of your homelands.
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