a community arts venue in Greenfield, MA

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A Community Arts Center & Venue in Greenfield, MA

Our mission is to create opportunities and build community in and through the arts and humanities. We are a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard.

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Mondays, 11am-2pm
Tuesdays, 4-6pm
Wednesdays, 11am-2pm
Thursdays, 5-8pm
Fridays, 5-8pm
Saturdays, noon-3pm

self-serve, donation-based coffee and tea… library full of artsy stuff… awesome music… chat with friends… make new friends!… work, write, doodle, daydream…

Upcoming Events

Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic

Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic

Thursday, Dec 7, 2023    
7:00pm—9:00pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
Join us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding [...]
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Poetry Crawl featuring Nina Gross and Orice Jenkins

Poetry Crawl featuring Nina Gross and Orice Jenkins

Friday, Dec 8, 2023    
7:00pm—8:00pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
Crawl around Greenfield on Friday, Dec. 8! The Poetry Crawl starts off at 6pm at 10 Forward with Soanell Esguerra and Wren Hannah. Leave by [...]
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Saturday Holiday Salon

Saturday Holiday Salon

Saturday, Dec 9, 2023    
12:00pm—3:00pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
Shop local and support small businesses and artists this holiday season! Every winter since we opened in 2020, The LAVA Center in downtown Greenfield hosts [...]
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Current Gallery Exhibits

4th annual Community Art Show

This year’s artists: Laurel Carangelo, Patricia Crosby, Edite Cunhã, Allen Fowler, Daniel Hales, Julia Hamel, Drew Hutchinson, Maddy Keating, Robert Machado, Sarah Marquesen, Everett McKee, David Nader, Kaylee Pernice, Vanessa Query, Alice Thomas, Barbara J. Watts, Lindy Whiton, Diane Worth, and Cameron Wrisley. On display through December.

Climate Crisis Community Photography Exhibit

A selection of photos submitted by our neighbors in the Connecticut River Valley and the Hilltowns, this exhibit will focus our attention on our immediate surroundings, as we see evidence of weird weather, attributable to climate change, in Western Massachusetts. And we will start to think about ways to confront and deal with these changes. On display through December.

Interested in displaying your work on our walls? Click here for details!

Our new project indiVISIBLE is part of MassHumanities’ Expand Massachusetts Stories program. Guided by Lindy Whiton and Alfonso Neal, indiVISIBLE will document—in images and stories—lives of indispensable, yet too-often-invisible, agricultural workers in Franklin County.

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a statement from
Franklin County Arts Being the Change/ Black Lives Matter

The LAVA Center is located on the unceded, stolen land of the Pocumtuck, who are still present in the area. 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.