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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. Patrons are welcomed into our community and discover thought-provoking, entertaining, and inspiring works of art.
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Community Art Show 2023
Call for Submissions
CALL FOR ARTISTS!
LAVA’s 4th Annual Community Art Show
Submit an art piece of your doing and your choice of medium, to art@thelavacenter.org with the title of your piece, your full name, and an image (JPEG or PNG file formats only please) of the piece.
THEME: RECLAMATION
(use of reclaimed materials, reclaimed words or emotions, etc.)
DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
Pieces will be chosen by October 19th and artists will be informed if piece was chosen by then as well.
Exhibit will be on display at The LAVA Center November and December
(opening reception: Saturday, 11/4, 12-3pm)
*please no sculptures for liability reasons. (Wall hanging pieces are accepted, please reach out for specific details on this request.)
Join our Playwrights’ Circle
Playwrights are invited to gather to share short samples of their work, request readings of short pieces of work by others in the group, discuss topics of interest and importance to the playwriting community in general.
Local Film Screenings this Summer and Fall
Local Filmmaker Series
Thursdays at 6pm: July 13, August 10, August 31, September 14
Valley filmmakers share and discuss their work in this series leading up to the film festival.
3rd Annual
LAVA Film Festival
September 22-23, 2023
a showcase of MA filmmaking talent, from students to professionals and everyone in between
Current Gallery Exhibits
Dave Madeloni: “The Poetry of Puddles”
Dave finds beauty all around, not where we ordinarily look, but right in front of us, reflected in the thousands of puddles, canals, and ponds that we tend to ignore. Many of the images, all taken since the Covid pandemic began, are both alluring as well as a warning that our environment is in peril. (on display in September)
Black Families of Greenfield
Researched and designed by Carol Aleman, president of the Board of the Historical Society of Greenfield, this exhibit will serve as an introduction to some of the history of African-American families in Greenfield in areas such as music, sports, business, and military service. (on display through October.)
Come hang out in our cozy new cafe!
Mondays, 11am-2pm
Wednesdays, 11am-2pm
Thursdays, 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 Special Events
Puppetry Percolator
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
Writers Read
Gerard McGovern: “Portraits: A Lyrical Eye” - opening reception
Third Tuesday Greenfield Word
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.
