Interesting Links

Magazines

Raw Vision
http://www.rawvision.com/
Raw Vision was first published in 1989 with the express purpose of bringing the phenomena of Outsider Art to a wide public. The first edition of Raw Vision presented works known to just a handful of people around the world. Raw Vision has since continued to feature new discoveries of Outsider artists and unknown places such as sculpture gardens and extraordinary self-made buildings.

Raw Vision remains the world's only international journal of the art of the 'unknown geniuses' who are the creators of Outsider Art. Untrained, unschooled and uninfluenced by the art world, the work of these artists continues to stun and amaze. They invent their own forms, techniques and create private worlds. Only in the pages of Raw Vision can readers discover for themselves the world of Outsider Art.

This high quality quarterly publication takes a fully international view of events and presents all the latest news of exhibitions and publications in this fascinating field. It features artists from every continent and its news pages cover many different countries around the globe.

The Outsider Magazine
http://www.art.org/theoutsider.htm
A publication of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

The Outsider provides in-depth coverage of Intuit's exhibits, programs and special events as well as other important discoveries in outsider art. Published two times per year, The Outsider has a worldwide readership of over 6,000

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art promotes public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of intuitive and outsider art through education, exhibition, collecting and publishing.

Intuit defines ‘intuitive and outsider art’ as the work of artists who demonstrate little influence from the mainstream art world, and who instead are motivated by their unique personal vision. This definition includes art brut, non-traditional folk art, self-taught art, and visionary art.

The Folk Art Messenger
http://www.folkart.org/mag/messmain.html
The Folk Art Messenger is a publication of Folk Art Society of America. It features articles about self-taught artists, exhibition and book reviews, news, an international calendar of events, and much more. The Messenger, a benefit of membership, is published three times a year and carries no advertising.

Directories of Cool Artists, Locations & Web Sites

Rare Visions Road Trip
http://www.rarevisionsroadtrip.com/
Since 1995, Randy, Mike and Don the Camera Guy have been loading up their cramped minivan to document outsider artists, grassroots art environments and offbeat attractions of all kinds exploring creativity across 39 states and 3 time zones.

What began as a single show on a local Public Television station has grown into 54 half hour episodes and 3 one-hour specials, seen currently on PBS stations from coast to coast.

From the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas, to Dr. Evermor’s Forevertron in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and to Vollis Simpson’s Windmill Park in North Carolina (and countless places in between), the boys have shown viewers the best the backroads have to offer in terms of art and oddities, food and fun.

Narrow Larry's World of the Outstanding
http://www.narrowlarry.com/
Explorations into the Undisney: a very narrow guide to visionary folk art environments, modern architecture, and travel.

DetourArt.com
http://www.detourart.com/
Detour art is dedicated to the sheer joy of outsider, folk, visionary, self-taught, vernacular art and environment discoveries found all along the back roads (and side streets) around the world.

SPACES: Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments
http://www.spacesarchives.org/
SPACES: Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments - is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) public benefit organization that was incorporated in 1978 for the purposes of identifying, documenting, and advocating for the preservation of large-scale art environments. Founding Director Seymour Rosen conceived of SPACES as a national (and, later, an international) organization; currently operating out of offices in northern California, it boasts an archives of approximately 25,000 photographs as well as numerous books, articles, audio and video tapes/DVDs, and artists documents.

Queen Califia's Magical Circle
http://www.queencalifia.org/
The only American sculpture garden and the last major international project crated by Niki de Saint Phalle. Inspired by California's mythic, historic and cultural roots, the garden consists of nine large-scale sculptures, a circular "snake" wall and maze entryway, sculpturally intgrated bench seating and native shrubs and trees planted within the interior plaza and along the outter perimeter.

Outdoor Art Galleries - USA

Storm King Art Center
http://www.stormking.org/
Storm King Art Center is a museum that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Five hundred acres of landscaped lawns, fields and woodlands provide the site for postwar sculptures by internationally renowned artists. At Storm King, the exhibition space is defined by sky and land. Unencumbered by walls, the subtly created flow of space is punctuated by modern sculpture. The grounds are surrounded by the undulating profiles of the Hudson Highlands, a dramatic panorama integral to the viewing experience. The sculptures are affected by changes in light and weather, so no two visits are the same

Opus 40
http://www.opus40.org/
About one hundred miles from New York City, tucked into a pocket of the Catskills near Saugerties, lies one of the most extraordinary pieces of sculpture ever created by a single man. The work is an immense composition of finely fitted stone, rising in ramps and swirling terraces around pools and trees and fountains out of the rock bed of an abandoned bluestone quarry. It spreads out over more than six acres. It is the product of more thirty-seven years of a man's life. His name was Harvey Fite. He worked alone, using his hands and traditional quarryman's tools, to build his masterpiece: Opus 40. Today, Opus 40 is maintained by a not-for-profit corporation, which is responsible for its maintenance, for opening to the public, and for presenting arts programs.

CoSM - Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
http://www.cosm.org/
The Mission of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, is to build an enduring sanctuary of visionary art to inspire every piligrim's creative path and embody the values of love and perennial wisdom. The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, is a 501(c)(3) organization, supported solely by charitable donations from the community. CoSM provides a public exhibition of the Sacred Mirrors and the most outstanding works of mystical art by Alex Grey. Sixty-five miles north of New York City and just a 20-minute walk from the MetroNorth train stop at New Hamburg, in the town of Wappinger, CoSM will reopen a magnificent new Chapel exhibition environment for the artwork that has become a context for a growing community. Full Moon celebrations in 2009 will be hosted in a variety of locations and begin on the land after renovation has prepared a space for guests, anticipated for late spring 2009. The exhibition of Alex Grey's Sacred Mirrors collection will not be open until the spring of 2010, after massive renovations of the existing brick exhibition hall. People of all ages, colors, and faiths from around the globe will pilgrimage to this place of beauty to enter into contemplative union with the artworks and nature.

Galleries & Musuems - INTERNATIONAL

Museum Tinguely
http://www.tinguely.ch/en/index.html
This museum is unlike others: here, things rattle, squeak, crash and thump. Colourful scrap rotates, multi-coloured lights flicker. It is a place full of vitality, laughter, amazement and discovery; a place that sets the feelings in motion and where art reaches across to the spectator. A museum that arouses in children and adults alike a need to experiment, to play and to think about art.

Il Giardino dei Tarocchi
http://www.nikidesaintphalle.com/
This is Niki de Saint Phalle esoteric sculpture garden based on the Tarot cards, located in Tuscany, Italy. This projected started in the 1970's and ended when Niki passed away in 2002. The web site gives you access to information regarding the garden, direction, history, biography and much more.

Niki Museum
http://www.niki-museum.jp/
The Niki Museum, which opened in Nasu in 1994, is a unique art museum that is solely dedicated to the works by Niki de Saint Phalle, one of the most famous female artists of this century. It developed from the private collection of the late director Ms.Yoko Shizue Masuda, which was originally shown at the Space Niki in Ueno, Tokyo. Its collection covers the whole career of the artist, and the Museum is filled with the overwhelming power of the works and the passion of Ms. Masuda who dearly loves Niki and her works. The Museum moves the visitors with the positive message coming out from the works full of movement and freedom. The entrance to the Museum is a landscape garden fully representing the charm of nature in Nasu all the year round.

Sprengel Museum Hannover
http://www.sprengel-museum.de/v1/englisch/smhframes.html
Opened in 1979, the Sprengel Museum Hannover, with its comprehensive Collection and diverse programme of temporary exhibitions, ranks among the major art museums of the 20th and 21st century. The museum today builds on the original collection owned by Dr Bernhard Sprengel, who favoured German Expressionism and French Modern Art. The last 20 years have seen the Collection expand to include works from the most important epochs of contemporary art. Moreover, the Department of Photography and Media came into being in 1994. The museum holds on average 25 temporary exhibitions each year, numerous symposia and several different series of lectures. It also offers a comprehensive educational programme and since 1993 houses the Kurt Schwitters Archive. The Sprengel Museum thus provides a lively forum for art and art studies.

Museum of modern and contemporary Art - Nice
http://www.mamac-nice.org/english/
The artistic program of the museum finds its main structure in the relation between the New European Realism and the American Tendency towards the Art of Assembling and Pop Art. This possibility to confront certifies the big historical complicity of the two artistic waves. The museum collections point out the work of New Realists, which are here justifying their existence from the Parisian manifest to the assessment exhibition in 1970 in Italy. The New York's pop artists are present with significant works.

Museum of modern and contemporary Art - Nice
http://www.ulmer-museum.ulm.de/

Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval Monument Historique
http://www.facteurcheval.com/
Ferdinand Cheval (1836 – 19 August, 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building Le Palais Idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.

Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.

Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.

For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp.

Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement. For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp. Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement.

BrunosArt.com
http://www.brunosart.com/
Hidden amongst the lush rain forests North East of Melbourne, Victoria, is the rare jewel that is Bruno's art and sculpture garden. The original and unique artworks of sculptor and painter Bruno Torfs have brought joy and inspiration to thousands of visitors from all over the world. Below is a slideshow that will allow you to see a small sample of Bruno's works.

Unfortunately on the 7th of February 2009 a bushfire raged through the township, decimating everything in its path without mercy and claimed the lives of our friends and neighbours indiscriminately. Bruno was extremely lucky to survive and the rest of the family are safe and well. Bruno's home and art gallery were completely destroyed in the blaze, with Bruno only managing to save a handful of paintings. The damage to the main attraction, the sculpture garden, is yet to be discerned as we are unable to return to Marysville until the police have finished investigating the scene and identifying the remains of those who perished in the fire.

Pools, Ponds & Water Art

Water House Pools
http://www.waterhousepools.com/
Chris Rawlings graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Industrial Design. He began his working career at the Mystic Sea Port Museum in Mystic Connecticut. While at Mystic, Chris taught traditional wooden boat building courses and worked as a shipwright preserving the museum’s historic watercraft collection.

He relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico and worked for Plants of the Southwest , a progressive nursery specializing in drought-tolerant native species, which are propagated and planted in residential and commercial landscapes.

Returning to the Northeast, he began the furniture and architectural accents company Pietown Design, which specialized in recycled and certified wood products. During this time, Chris taught wood sculpture to high school students while creating his own sculptural work inspired by current environmental issues.

Having grown up with a father in the excavation business, Chris began Rawlings Excavation Services LLC in 2000. Always drawn towards projects involving water and the setting of large stones, the evolution to Natural Swimming Pools was a logical result. With an extensive design background, heavy equipment experience, and an environmentally conscious approach, it is Chris’ goal to create unique pools and ponds that nourish the people who use them, while revitalizing the landscapes in which they are constructed.

Art Galleries & Museums

Ferrin Gallery
http://www.ferringallery.com/
Ferrin Gallery, established in 1979, is one of the nation's premier ceramic art and sculpture galleries. The gallery program presents changing exhibitions featuring contemporary art, photography and sculpture from throughout the region along with nationally known ceramic sculptors and studio potters. The gallery is located in downtown Pittsfield in the heart of the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts,an area known for its cultural offerings - music, theater and museums. Pittsfield is just over three hours from New York City and a little over two hours from Boston. Contemporary art gallery in the Berkshires, located in Pittsfield, MA, specializing in ceramic sculpture and studio pottery and a selection of regional artists in painting, photography and mixed media.

Charles L. Flint Antiques, Inc.
http://www.flint.cc/
Art Dealer and Gallery located in the Beautiful Historic Berkshires in Downtown Lenox, Massachusetts. Charles Flint Antiques has 17th, 18th, and 19th Century American and European works of Art; Shaker Furniture and accessories; Folk Art; Decorated Stoneware; Early Blown Glass; Revolutionary and Civil War items; Early American Furniture and Norman Rockwell works, among other priceless pieces. Our inventory items are all museum quality. Charles Flint Antiques has been providing services in the Berkshires for over 40 years. Feel free to have a look around our site and contact us with any questions.

Mixed Media Arts

Roger DiTarando
http://www.ditarando.com/
Roger DiTarando is a sculptor of singular craftsmanship and inventive precision who uses a variety of techniques in his unique sculptures. His high level of technical skill coupled with his attention to detail and insight into the unpredictability of nature allows him to elevate a static moment to one of fluidity and movement. He has spent the last thirty years forging a reputation as a traditionalist who breaks the rules as well as an innovator who pays homage to the past. The one thing you can't do with Roger's sculpture is pigeonhole it.

His work adorns gardens, houses, and museums, and his weathervanes are rural landmarks. His historical and contemporary architectural restorations have made buildings come alive for thousands of city-dwellers. Whether viewing works in the gallery, or commissioning the artist, be prepared to embark on a journey where sculpted forms come alive and tell a thousand tales.

Nan Fleming
http://nanfleming.com/
Nan Fleming discovered metal as an art form while at UMASS in 1992 when taking a welding class on a whim. Always a hoarder of the discarded and used, she was drawn to the shapes and patinas of the broken farm equipment and rusted gears rather than the shiny sheets of new metal available in the foundry. Manipulating a shape with heat continues to be pure magic for me. She combines these worn metal elements with other materials such as wood, paper, clay and small found objects to create both functional and purely sculptural pieces. Usually a single shape will suggest a gesture or the beginning of an idea. She tend to work on 2 or 3 pieces at the same time, solving problems and sometime waiting for months to realize the final detail needed to complete a sculpture.

Art of Robert Markey
http://rmarkey.blue-fox.com/
Over the years Robert Markey's artwork has taken many forms - drawing, sculpture, painting, video, performance/theater and mixed-media/mixed-genre. This page has links to much of his work. He has also recently been spending more and more time working on his music - sitar and guitar, and working with some very fine musicians. Here you will also find links to upcoming gigs and MP3s.

Phil Smith Photo Arts
http://home.comcast.net/~ps410/site/
Each mixed-media photo collage piece is based on original, un-retouched photographic images of objects seen every day… windows, doors or buildings. Some prints are mounted with a release paper adhesive to foam board, creating the third dimension of depth, while others remain as flat photographic surfaces. They are then cut out eliminating unnecessary or distracting elements. The mood created through the edited photographs is expanded by employing a variety of materials and techniques. Along with blueprints, wood, wire, paper, stamps, paint, colored pencil, pins, beads or other articles which enhance the feeling the images themselves impart, the photographs are re-assembled to become the focus of three-dimensional mixed-media constructions. The final collage is mounted with gel medium on archival-quality mat board. The completed piece is titled and framed under glass in canvas-depth molding or in an antique box. While growing up in Decatur (IL), Phil Smith studied art privately for eight years with a number of artists and teachers at Millikin University. After moving to the Chicago area in 1969, he resumed work as a watercolorist and began to photograph subjects to paint in his spare time. Smith joined several area art leagues and began exhibiting original framed photographic images. In 1983, he merged the disciplines of painting and photography, constructing three-dimensional mixed-media collage pieces that combine photographic images with airbrush and traditional painting techniques and found objects.

Fine Arts

Barbara Farren
http://www.barbarafarren.com/
Barbara Cuddy Farren's paintings have been exhibited in galleries and various venues since the mid 1970?s. Originally, working solely in watercolours, the artist painted only on-site summer and winter. This resulted in several sell-out shows. As well, works were recognized and collected by the Canada Council Art Bank. Recently she has completed commissioned trompe loeil works in the U.S. and Canada. Avenue Art Gallery and Beaux Arts David Astrof,both of Montrreal,Canada, currently represent Barbara.Barbara Cuddy Farren was born in London, Ontario, Canada, in 1948. She received a B.F.A. from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Joanne Delphia
http://www.jdelphia.com/
Each of Joanne Delphia's watercolors reflect the "fables" we encounter in our life and serve to remind us that that legends can be found in so-called routine adventures. While the figures re-enact a common human experience, it the artist's hope that the representation of the non-human form panel will serve as a symbol of that "routine experience" in the future.

Elezabeth L. Solomon
http://www.elizabethsolomonfineart.com/e.s.fine/Welcome.html
Elizabeth Solomon has been part of the One Cottage Street artist community in Easthampton, Massachusetts since 1985. Much of her work focuses on the "domestic interior" and the intimate scenes of daily life. Most recently I have shifted this focus to include the "exterior landscape". This new body of work is inspired by the great paintings of the American tonalist painters John Francis Murphy, Charles Warren Eaton and George Inness. Her paintings are oil on panel and she works in a small format because she finds it so wonderfully intimate.

Performing Arts

Carol Langstaff's Dance FLOCK Troupe
http://www.flockdance.org/
FLOCK inspires people through evocative yet accessible dance and enhances our understanding of gesture and body language. FLOCK seeks to move its audiences toward a new recognition of our place as human beings in the natural order of life on earth. Artistic Director Carol Langstaff's work with FLOCK translates and transforms tensions and difficulties through humor, visual beauty, stunning music, and graceful, ecstatic ensemble dance.

S.K. Thoth, Modern Mythmaker, And The Rite Of Sub-Creation
http://www.skthoth.com/
As a one-man opera and sub-creator, S.K. Thoth, stands amongst those who have inspired and gone before him. His life, philosophy, mythological world and ultimately what he calls his “death dance” are a fine balance of earlier methods from many areas of art, literature, music, and drama; he is one born as a new leaf upon the great tree. A primary influence, who will remain with him his entire life, is J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This piece endeavors to explore the creative process of the mythological work of S.K. Thoth, along with his philosophy on creativity, spirituality, and sub-creation.

Steven Michael Harris
http://stevenmichaelharris.com/
Unified Theory of the Nervous System and Behavior: The Writings and Podcasts by Steven Michael Harris that build the argument for a new school of thought offering possible answers for how the brain and body create the mind, with testable implications for future research and a reinterpretation of current explanations arising from pharmaceutical and other evidence. The implications of this new way of looking at the systems of life come across as many new theories that reach into the fields of science (biology), philosophy, medicine, psychology, sociology, evolutionary studies, education, ethics and more.

In addition, Steven is a very entertaining performer!!! Listings with pictures of the professional writing/performing adventures and other accomplishments of Steve Harris.
And as if all that talent is not enough Steven, is a dynamic public speakerand runs an amazing workshop called "Embracing Writing in School and Life" - that has appeared in over 4,000 schools around the country.

Music Arts

Institute For Musical Arts
http://www.ima.org/pages/home.html
What If: all-female bands were as common as all-male bands? What if we could all name three Native, Latin & Asian American musicians without thinking twice. What if it was ordinary to see a woman running the sound at a concert, or if female producers & engineers weren't anomalies. What if there were more women at the top of record companies?

IMA is...a non-profit teaching, performing and recording facility dedicated to supporting omen in music and its related businesses.

The Institute for the Musical Arts was founded by Ann Hackler and June Millington in Northern California in 1986. It operated its studio and programs from Bodega, CA's historic Old Creamery until 2001 when property was purchased in Western Massachusetts for a permanent facility. The institute has a nonprofit status of 501(c)3 with a mission to support women and girls in music and music-related businesses. Rooted in the legacy of progressive equal rights movements, IMA's development is guided by the visions, needs and concerns of women from a diversity of backgrounds and has grown from the need to nourish ourselves and each other.

The 25-acre estate on which IMA is located features a house and several barns all built in the early 1800's. The largest barn has been converted into a recording, performance and teaching facility. The space accommodates a multitude of artistic endeavors and has a seating capacity of 200, a recording chamber that could hold an orchestra, and housing for up to 25 people. In addition to its summer camps, IMA offers year-round programming in support of its nonprofit mission which, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public.

Primate Fiasco
http://www.primatefiasco.com/news.html
A long time ago, before ipods, there were a group of cave men who, in between mammoth hunts and alien encounters, would play a primitive style of music with their primitive instruments on the street corner as glaciers drove by. Like so many young aspiring musicians of the era, they were frozen solid and locked in ice for an untold amount of time. Due to global warming, they recently found themselves thawed out with a huge sleepy sand in the eye and they all had to pee really really bad. After the shock and amazement of their new surrounding set in, they noticed that their instruments were still relatively in tune. They were taken in by the modern primates, bathed, shaved, and dressed. There was much rejoicing.

Alleged Artist
http://allegedartist.wordpress.com/
Amazing, gifted and generous musician in NYC area.

Cow Island Music
http://www.cowislandmusic.com/
Country, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Western, Swing and All the Stops in Between. ARTIST ROSTER: Arty Hill | Preacher Jack | The Starline Rhythm Boys | Nate Gibson | The Twilight Ranchers

Maude's Music
http://www.maudesmusic.com/
Amazing, gifted and generous musician in NYC area.

Sara Lee Gutheris & Johnny Irion
http://www.sarahleeandjohnny.com/
"Authentic." "Timeless." "Harmonious." "Exhilarating." Any or all of these adjectives could describe the folk-rock sound created by Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion (eye-ree-un). The musical richness and psychological depth of their initial collaboration, the fittingly titled Exploration, is irrefutable proof that the disarming granddaughter of Woody/daughter of Arlo and the prodigious South Carolinian quite naturally bring out the best in each other.

Stone Arts

Tim DeChristopher
http://www.ohmysoul.org/master/main/index.html
Tim DeChristopher is a sculpture whose installations appear in public and private settings across the United States. Working Primarily in stone and steel, his work is deeply rooted in the tradition of architectural stonework and sculpture. His work reflects cebturies old-old tradition of the architect, mason, and sculpture of stove while still expanding the vocabulary and exploring new ways to to re-dress traditional forms with contemporary sensibilities.

The Cathedral Project is a monumental site-specific sculpture project to be built near the banks of the Connecticut River in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. This sculpture, this Cathedral Project, will tell an archetypal story of the human condition as it has manifest through time, in its own unique way, in the village of Turners Falls. From its difficult and tragic beginnings, to its agricultural and industrial underpinnings, its present state, and uncertain future.

It is hoped that the larger grounds of the site will become a center of artistic activity within the community with the inclusion of rental studios, possibly a gallery/cafe, or a small, grass roots museum.

Gray's Stone Work
http://www.graystonework.com/
Stonework is a New England Art Stonework is a talent & skill that has been passed down for thousands of years. It seems that good stone craftsmanship is a fading art that my crew and I are trying to bring back to the area. There is great satisfaction in building something that you know is going to stay forever. Our stone masons have many different styles of building to accommodate your needs and the look you wish to achieve on your property. If there is something that you do not think can be done in stone, please don’t hesitate to call and ask because most likely we can build it.

Metal Arts

James Kitchen
http://www.jameskitchen.com/
Down the paved asphalt drive, past the secret of the universe, the butler, a five foot tall eye ball, and other characters in this strange procession of misfits lies the workshop. A tall and towering James Kitchen often calls himself a mad scientist with a workshop, in Chesterfield Massachusetts. The madman, however, is not mad at all. Gifted artist is more fitting. His "oddly compelling art" as his business card describes it, is part science, part imagination, part "historian," and part "archeologist."

Dale Rogers Studio
http://www.dalerogersstudio.com/index2.php
Dale Rogers takes pleasure in creating work that inspires the public to think about the world differently. His strength is in creating thought-provoking work that is sophisticated, easily recognized and serves as a "mental postcard," if you will. The contemporary curves of his pieces convey a feeling of graceful motion and at the same time, a sense of tranquility.

Dale believes that by adding sculpture to the public landscape, government agencies, cities and towns together with their developers and architects, share with residents and visitors, the beauty of art as a reflection of the quality of their community.

Matt Evald Johnson
http://www.evaldart.com/index.html
The urban/industrial scene has always supplied Matt Evald Johnson with subject, materials, processes and narrative. Whether the work is figurative or not - whether it is two or three dimensional, the physical undertakings during artmaking mirror the intended tone of the given piece. The idea not only determines but demands that the piece be what it must. My resources, within me and without, must change with the challenge of each new work or body of work. The limitations of his intellect, body and studio are to be constantly engaged thus assuring stimulation, growth and renewal in life as well as in art.

Steven Fluery
http://www.stevenfleury.com/
In creating kinetic art and rolling ball sculptures Steven FLuery try to achieve balance; a balance between the technical aspects -- steel track, chains, sprockets, wires and motors -- and the artistic aspects of a sculpture -- color, line, shape and spatial relationships. For him, a kinetic piece not only needs to be fun to watch when it's in motion but it also needs to be appealing when it is at rest.

Peter Robinson-Smith
http://www.petesmithart.com/
In Peter's own words: "For the most part I am a self-taught "outsider" artist but I've had various instances of formal training. What comes to mind most importantly is a three-month intense study in human anatomy at Rhode Island School of Design. The human sculptures I now do from wire mesh are far more directly linked to actual drawing and sketching than most would believe. Cross-hatching is vital for depth of field; a natural grid already exists in screen-mesh. All works are created freehand, using the imagination, preliminary sketches and only my fingernails; never with molds."

WB Scultpture Studio
http://www.wb-sculpture.com/
At the WB Sculpture Studio you will find the work of Whitmore Boogaerts. You will find photos of past work, a gallery of pieces, schedule, contact information (directions) and resume. Please note that this is just some of the type of work that Whitmore has done. With thousands of pieces out there in the world, he has created a huge assortment of work. There is usually an inventory of completed pieces at his studio, which are not all on this website. Commissions are always a possibility. Working together to make the right piece for your specific site is his specialty. Choosing from the available body of work is also a sure bet. Please take your time and enjoy.

William Stock Rathbun
http://www.galleryartship.com/Rathbun.html
The range of William Rathbun's work cannot be embraced easily or quickly. There is a very evident continuity and cohesiveness in the development of his handling of line, color, and space throughout the decades, even as he has moved through presentation genres in the quest to express his idea in the manner and medium which might prove the most pliant and transparent. A review of the incredible abundance of pieces over the decades also suggests that the artist's need to manage and communicate his experience overwhelmingly dictates both medium and style at all times. His intense and fluid language reaches deeply into his personal life and uses symbols for that experience which are occasionally, both amusing and poignant simultaneously. The passion both for, and in, this documentation is staggering.

John Stritch
http://johnstritch.org/art/DirIndex.php?path=book
Painter, sculptor, printmaker, teacher and medical doctor. John Stritch has been all these things and much more in his 81 years. Stritch first picked up the paint brush and set aside his medical career during a two year spell in France, where he met Pablo Picasso and absorbed all that Europe had to offer. Upon returning to the United States he settled in the Berkshires where he has been creating often whimsical sculpture from found metal objects; his distinctive series of serigraphed posters for Tanglewood, the Josh Billings Run Aground, JacobÕs Pillow and other Berkshire institutions; and original paintings and prints. In addition he taught at the De Sisto School and others and has always been interested in reaching out to and working with young people.

Karen Rossi
http://www.karenrossi.com/
Karen Rossi is the New England workshop of narrative artist/designer Karen Rossi. Highly regarded for her original metal sculptures, she also licenses her whimsical characters of hobbies and professions, known as Fanciful Flights™. A growing brand, Rossi Studios is constantly introducing many programs. The newest additions include SCI Promotion and Great American Puzzle Factory.

Kevin Caron
http://www.kevincaron.com/
Here you'll find sculptor Kevin Caron's whims and works, from commissions to sculptures straight from some inner place: enjoy his windchimes, bells and chimes ... his fountains and other water features ... his pure imagination in his free-standing sculptures ... his appreciation of nature in his whimsical metal creatures...

What sets Kevin's work apart and has earned his conceptual work such responses as "fresh," "lively" and "honest" is his lack of preconceptions, his remarkable imagination and his unshakable commitment to practicality, which is rooted in his ability to build things to last. Now, however, they are as likely to be beautiful and inspiring as sturdy.

Landscape Arts

Ralph Williams Lanscape Design & Trains and Trees
http://www.trainsandtrees.com/
Ralph Williams and Eric Peterson are a creative Father and Son team that design great landscapes and do all the installation work. Ralph jokes: “I have the best job on earth, I design and Eric does all the work!” They believe in quality work and customer service. They understand that personalized attention to detail affects the positive outcome of any project.

Ralph and Eric do all types of landscaping, including:
New Construction; They pick up where the builder left off.
Relandscaping; Revitalize old plantings by selective saving and replacing.
Swimming Pool; Design and Layout are paramount, let them help you.
Gardens of all kinds; Vegetable, Perennial, Annual, Butterfly and Water.
Garden Accents are very important features in today’s Landscapes. Arbors, Gazebos, Trellis’, Fire Places, Fire Pits, Bonsai, Grasses, Planters, Bamboo, Stepping Stones, Fence, Garden Art, Bird Baths & Feeders, Topiary, Lighting, Lanterns, Gnomes, Statues, Pergolas, Benches, Furniture…the Odds and Ends that make gardens so interesting…

Garden Railways: We can design and build a Garden Railway of any size, especially suited to your yard. From a telephone consult to a fully installed "turnkey" operating Layout and any stage in between, we are the team to call!

Garden Form
http://www.gardenform.net/
Gardenform is a garden design and construction company focused on providing comprehensive design solutions and precision craftsmanship. An excellence in stonework and a refined approach to garden construction enables Gardenform to create fine outdoor spaces that will stand the test of time. Garden elements such as stonework, woodwork, earthwork, water features, and plantings are brought to life with a high attention to detail and sound construction practices. By identifying the attributes of a site and understanding the specific interests of the clients, Gardenform builds peaceful outdoor spaces with a unified design.

Furniture & Interior Art

Eileen Jagger
http://www.eileenjager.com/
"I'm endlessly fascinated by the dance of glass and light. This has been my passion since a magical moment at Chartres Cathedral when I was struck by the power of light and color to transform space." Eileen is inspired by world travels, the cycles of nature and the balance of form and function. Each piece she creates is a journey revealed through vision, trust, and perseverance. Her luscious glass mosaic furniture and aquatiture are multidimensional sculptures, a sensory delight to see, hear, touch and experience. Iridescent glass shimmers while water gently flows creating a subtly soothing and energizing ambiance. Ms. Jager is moved by the power of art to transform and enhance our lives. She welcomes commissions for site-specific projects in private homes and gardens as well as public spaces.

Murals

Christine Kenneally
http://www.smashinggoodtimes.com/
The style that all of my art has in common is an exploratory expressiveness, and a spiritual journey takes place for me in the making of it. In fact, this journey is often the purpose of my art. I enjoy the process as much as the finished product. I learn about myself through each decision and each action, through each relationship I develop with the lines, the shapes and the design as it comes together and the journey unfolds- piece by piece. Often, this journey is designed by a power greater than me, and I become simply the hands that put it together and the witness to the creation taking place.

For me, the symbolism of mosaics is clear and very significant: the bringing together of many small pieces to create a whole represents the diverse community that we are as human beings, as well as the many different parts that make up each of us. My life is like a constantly evolving mosaic. I choose and shape the components that make me who I am. If a piece is too big, I smash it into many small pieces (which sometimes hurts!) and fit it back together in a way that works better for me. I can choose pieces that add dimensionality and reflective surfaces or I can create order and predictability with the pieces I choose. For me, mosaics are an expression of rebirth, an opportunity to redefine and create immense worth out of materials that previously were worthless, giving them life.

Christina Jamolinksi
http://www.muralmosaic.com/
Unity through diversity - "Mural Mosaic" brings together hundreds of individual paintings created by hundreds of artists into one unifying image. Each painting reflects an individual's unique creativity and style. When a painting is completed it is carefully placed in sequence within the mural to assemble one masterpiece.100% original art. No special effects. Hundreds of individual paintings. 1 - masterpiece mural.

Wedding & Bridal Arts

Zaxwear Custom Bridal Wear
http://studiosofandreazax.com/
Custom Bridal Wear Special Occasion Dresses, Mother of Bride Gowns, Veils, Jackets, Expert Alterations, Costumes and Festival Wear. Store location in Belchertown, MA.

Berkshire Hills Productions
http://www.berkshirehillsproductions.com/
The husband and wife team of Ed and Helen Pelletier have been satisfying clients with their video services since 1996. They bring their special blend of creativity and professionalism to projects large and small. They excel at capturing the subtlety and nuance of a situation, whether it be the exchange of wedding rings or a dance recital or a soccer game. Dedicated to capturing the pageantry of the most important day in your life. Serving Western Massachusetts & Southern New England, Boston, Cape Cod & the Hudson River Valley.

Garden Supplies

Goshen Stone Company
http://www.goshenstone.com/
Goshen Stone Company offers top quality landscaping stone for walks, patios, steps, walls, hearths, ponds as well as individual ornamental pieces.Our landscaping stone is a micaschist flatstone formed in the lower Devonian Period (400 million years ago). Goshen Stone is a metamorphic rock derived from sandy mud sediments deposited on an ancient sea bottom.This beautiful Goshen Stone is mostly a silver and bluish gray color with some coppers, rusts and golds.

Annie's Garden Store
http://www.anniesgardenstore.com/
Annie's Garden & Gift Store, located in Amherst, Mass., focuses on the customer experience. We offer plants, pottery, gifts, garden art, and organic gardening supplies in a funky and fun setting. Each display is created to inspire and delight. We celebrate each season with ideas for your home and garden.

Crystal Gardens Unlimited
http://www.crystalgardensunlimited.com/
Crystal Garden's Unlimited is a unique plant nursery specializing in low maintenance perennials, shrubs, trees, natives and organics...Crystal Gardens has everything you need for beautiful gardens and landscapes.

Moss Acres
http://www.mossacres.com/
Moss Acres is the one stop resource for gardening with moss. Located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Moss Acres ships four species of moss throughout the U.S. We also offer a complete line of accessory products for growing moss as well as an extensive technical information section. Moss Acres now also offers eight highly desirable varieties of ferns. Spring is an ideal time to plant moss... Cool temperatures and abundant moisture at this time of year allow moss plants to become stabilized so growth can begin.

Mohican WindHarps
http://www.mohicanwindharps.com/
These unique lawn ornaments are not only beautiful additions to any garden yard décor or classic sculpture gardens, functioning as stylish garden statues or lawn decorations, but will also produce beautiful music in a light breeze, delighting both the ears and the eyes. Our designs make for unique garden art or lawn art all on their own, and once you add in the haunting melodies these delightful garden decorations make, you'll find they are the perfect outdoor sculpture or garden sculpture for you.

Posies by Piper
http://posiesbypiper.com/
The Home of Sugar House Quilts … and more. Nestled in a grouping of birch, hemlock, ash and maples sits our roadside Garden Shed, "Posies by Piper". It's at the top of a hill on the border of Conway Road in Williamsburg, MA and East Guinea Road in Conway, MA. Patricia Anne Jamrog, owner, got the inspiration for this venture from a childhood roadside stand which she had as a child growing up in the Willimansett Section of her hometown of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Her father, Edward "Ed" Pelland, who was in the wholesale fruit and vegetable business, decided early on that his oldest daughter, and middle child, needed a summer project to keep her boundless energy and desire for new projects challenged! So each summer on the front lawn of the family homestead on Chicopee Street, Patsy (as she was then called by family and friends) set up a vegetable stand. While waiting for customers to stop by, she sat on the family front porch and worked on needlework projects, which her Mom Dorilla "Dot" (Gauthier) Pelland patiently taught her. Sometimes Patsy could convince her friends Dorothy and Cecile to stay a while to play a few games of cards, but usually off they went to have a swim or go on vacation with their families. So Patsy was left with her needlework and books for company.

Now, some 60 years later, Patricia has decided to bring her Granddaughter Piper Elizabeth Day into the new venture of a roadside stand. Piper is planting flowers for bouquets and Patricia (now known as "Nan" to Piper and her younger sister Penley Ann) sells needlework pieces, lap quilts and doll quilts, which she has crafted under the name "Sugar House Quilts", since her son Kris has a beautiful sugar house on the Property. Kris’ Maple Syrup is also available for sale (but selling out quickly!), along with herbs like Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Dill and more.

Environmental Appreciation & Forest Preservation

Massachusetts Woodland Cooperative
http://www.masswoodlands.coop/
Massachusetts Woodland Cooperative are a coop of local landowners managing our forests responsibly to conserve land and protect the resources of our region: clean water, healthy forests, diverse wildlife habitats, and sustainable wood products. The wood they process is done locally to support the region's wood producers and keep local dollars in the region. They proudly offer responsibly harvested, locally grown and locally made wood products from an abundant natural resource. Buying HomeGrown Wood is one way to help us in our mission of using an abundant natural resource wisely for the good of our communities.

Earth Spirit
http://www.earthspirit.com/
EarthSpirit is an organization dedicated to the preservation and development of Earth-centered spirituality, culture and community; we particularly focus on the indigenous traditions of pre-Christian Europe known collectively as paganism, which have survived in varying degrees in the present day. To further its aim EarthSprit provides a wide variety of programs and services include education, public information, seasonal celebrations, advocacy, conferences, artistic events, charitable activities, interfaith work, rite of pass age and personal services.

GodWood
http://www.godwood.net/
Nestled in the magical hills of Pelham, Massachusetts is a special place of indescribable good vibrations. Even the least connected of us is sure to be struck with the sheer beauty of the land. Those with greater connectivity can feel nature paying attention here. Located near the top of Pelham hill, at about 1100 feet above sea level, the ground is laced with huge boulders and quartz. What used to be farm land has largely grown back into forest leaving the stacked stone walls to meander this way and that with a forgotten purpose. A few fields still remain; one right behind the barn and one slightly neglected farther back on a path through the woods which eventually comes to a burbling brook. There are apple trees, a pear, quince, peach and plum tree...Grape vines line the newly revitalized garden and raspberries litter the edge of the lawn.

Economy, Antiglobalization and Activism

Beehive Design collective
http://www.beehivecollective.org/
A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective- a non-profit, volunteer driven, political arts organization based in eastern Maine is headed this way. The group's mission is to "cross pollinate the grassroots" through the creation of images as an effective medium for deconstructing and educating the public about complex geopolitical issues.

Most interesting is their methodology. The bees create collaborative, hand-illustrated posters of dizzying intricacy which are patchwork "quilts" of personal stories related to them in their travels. Before setting pen to paper, the hive does extensive touring and field research. Interviewing community members about the effects of globalization on their situation is a crucial component of the collective's investigative process. "We feel it's extremely important to gather our information from as close to the source as possible," an anonymous worker bee says. The imagery comprising the visual metaphors of the posters, featuring characters exclusively from the animal and plant world, are requests or edits from collaborators in Latin America.

Hilltown Home Garden Exchange (HHuGE)
http://www.hhuge.org/
The Hilltown Home Garden Exchange (HHuGE, Organized by the Eatin's Not Optional Committee (ENOC). Do you grow fruit or veggies at home? HHuGE will bring together? Hilltown residents who want to share, learn, and encourage growing food at home and want to distribute their excess bounty throughout the Hilltowns via their HHuGE Garden Wagon. It's a big beautiful portable shed/produce stand that will hold all of the nutritious, fresh food from your home garden that you bring to it. It's on wheels, so it will make its appearance at hot spots like the Chesterfield Parade and the Cummington Fairgrounds! What will it look like? We don’t know yet, but if you are a woodworker or artist, and want to contribute your ideas, let us know! Its default location isn't yet determined, but we'll let you know when it is! We want it to be open for business whenever you are! Also inside, you'll find garden tools to share, and a whole host of supplies anyone would need to promote a healthy garden.

Clothes Arts

Zax Festival Wear
http://studiosofandreazax.com/
Expert Alterations, Costumes and Festival Wear. Store location in Belchertown, MA.

Gratitude Gear
http://www.gratitudegear.net/
Clothes that inspire a new gravity.

Sign & Banner Arts

Banner Queen
http://www.bannerqueen.com/
As a fine artist and seasoned sign painter, it was only a matter of time, fate, and good fortune to find myself embracing the influences of the sideshow banner genre. Current events and pop culture mix with influences from the rich history of traveling carnivals and circuses in Johnquest's work. "Sideshow banners, like today's advertising, use grandiose depictions and verbiage that promise us more than what the reality behind the screen delivers," says Johnquest. In 1998 Johnquest created her first sideshow banner for a downtown Northampton music store window, "Half Man Half Beast Accordion Player." "At that moment I was struck with a keen sense of finding my way home." Since then Johnquest has been exploring her art through this genre, attracting commissions from notables such as Bruce Springsteen, The Disney Magazine, American Express and more.

Food, Restaurants & Culinary Arts

Cafe evolution
http://cafe-evolution.com/
Located in Florence, MA Cafe Evolution features the best vegan food in the Pioneer Valley. Our regular menu features Soups, Sandwiches, and Salads along with cafe favorites like Peanut Noodles and Chili Burritos. We also feature specials from Chef Heather Bergeron, whose hearty dishes are the talk of the town. Our decadent Vegan Baked Goods are legendary in Western Massachusetts, and we are currently adding gluten free and sugar free options! On Sunday from 10AM to 2PM we feature an amazing Vegan Brunch with pancakes, waffles, french toast, scrambled tofu, vegan omelettes, breakfast burritos, and bagel sandwiches. Not to be missed! On Saturday evenings we feature live jazz from the Evolution Trio.

Photo Arts

Cafe evolution
http://www.photographyforever.com/
This site represents the work of a family of photographic artists, Igor Svibilsky and Olga Sergyeyeva. In the galleries you will find the result of their effort to show more than a photo camera can depict. They are creators, using photography as a medium of expression. Each of their images is intended to bring a certain mood and atmosphere, make an invisible connection between the viewer and the scene and evoke the viewers experience from the past.