We're thrilled to announce and welcome our incoming Easthampton Poet Laureate, Carolyn Cushing! And we are also thrilled to announce this year's lineup of Easthampton Poetry Month programming (see below)!

Carolyn A. Cushing is a lyric poet inspired by nature and currently focused on the places where life and death meet. Her poems have been published in local, regional, and national poetry journals. As an active member of the Connecticut River Valley’s poetry community, she attends and helps facilitate poetry readings, literary events, and gatherings for writers. Inspired by seeing the collaborations of Easthampton creatives since moving here in 2000, she seeks out ways to collaborate with fellow writers and artists as well as share poetry in more dynamic formats, resulting in projects such as the Poetry Oracle (2020) and Chapbook in the Street (2022).

Carolyn is a recipient of grants from the Easthampton Cultural Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council, and was a finalist for the Philbrick Poetry Award of the Providence Athenaeum (2012) and the Tarantula Poetry Contest of Pilgrimage Journal (2018). Find her online at soulpathsanctuary.com.

We extend our sincere gratitude to the dedicated members of this year's Poet Laureate selection committee: Easthampton Poets Laureate Alex Woolner & Jason Montomery, ECA Committee Member & Founder of Press On Maude Haak-Frendscho, and local poet Michael Medeiros.

And, we encourage you all to follow us on Instagram & Facebook for upcoming posts and more detailed information about the events and activities listed below. 
Happy Easthampton Poetry Month, Everybody!

Mark your calendar's for Easthampton's monthly Art Walk events, taking place on the SECOND THURSDAY of each and every month! See full listings HERE.

Easthampton City Arts is thrilled to welcome the 2023 Art Workspace Easthampton (AWE) Studio Residents! Congratulations, Artists!

Gabrilla Ballard // Session I
Painting, poetry, workshop facilitation
@gabrillaballard

Xuân Pham // Session II
Interactive multimedia installation
@_xuan_pham

Michelle Marroquin // Session III
Dance and performance
@michelle_marroquin_dance

Lyn Horan // Session IV
Interactive retrospective exhibition
@lynhoran3869

Pamela Acosta // Session V
Painting and illustration
@pamacostah
@pensamientosvagabundos

Applying for ECA’s AWE studio residency program was an exceptionally competitive process once again this year. Many thanks and acknowledgements to the members of the selection committee who navigated the process so thoughtfully, thoroughly, and with such care. Many thanks to this year’s review committee members:

Pasqualina Azzarello
City Arts Coordinator
@pasqualinaazzarello

Tracey Eller
ECA Chair, local artist, and Eastworks representative
@traceyeller

Maude Hauke-Frenscho
ECA Committee Member, arts administrator, and community connector
@neighboring.systems

Pamela Matsuda-Dunn
Local artist and former AWE participant
@pmatdunn

Malaika Ross
Local artist and former AWE participant
@malaikaross_studio

We also send our heartfelt acknowledgements to everyone at Eastworks (@eastworks_community)
who continues to so generously support this program!

Stay tuned for many more details to come about the 2023 AWE studio residents and their incredible work!

*We encourage you all to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive regular updates and announcements about these programs and more! 

Many thanks to each and every one of you for supporting and celebrating our beloved community of local working artists in all the ways you do!

With art + heart,
Pasqualina Azzarello

City Arts Coordinator
Easthampton City Arts

Easthampton City Arts (ECA) is thrilled to collaborate with Danielle Tait Photography for this exciting and creative fundraising initiative that integrates art, local businesses, and community. As a city organization with a mission to create positive, innovative, and accessible arts programming and cultural events to generate and increase opportunities for artists and the local economy, ECA will apply 100% of the proceeds raised through this program to directly support working artists in our community, through upcoming programming.

*We've raised more than $1,000 so far and all of these funds were added to the ECA Artist Grants Initiative so that more artists can be supported through this program.

Thank you so much, Danielle, for reaching out to ECA and for offering this wonderful opportunity to work together to raise more funds for local artists!

Here's a list of locations throughout downtown Easthampton where you can purchase a pin! Many thanks to all of our retail partners for your participation!