The Williston Band and Orchestra will perform the 1st Annual Winter Pops Concert this Sunday, February 23 at 4 p.m. in the Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center.

They will play some pieces ranging in style from folk and Celtic to soul and pop. The program includes arrangements from of China, England, Ireland, Korea, and the U.S. with music from Adele, Julie Gold, Nanci Griffith, Patti Labelle, John Legend, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and more.

The students have been working hard to put together an exciting program of music for all to enjoy and they look forward to presenting it this weekend!

Photography by Len Seeve will be on exhibit in the Grubbs Gallery until Jan. 28th. Seeve photographs a wide array of subject matter. He says that although these subjects “are widely varied – buildings and bridges often emphasize a certain stark geometric structure; natural scenery can serve as a foundation for experimentation with color and focus. Whatever the subject, my works are images first, reproductions second.” Seeve travels throughout the world to capture the subtle reality of places and people through his photos. An artist’s reception will be held on Sunday, January 19th, from 2-4 pm.

Update: Due to the weekend snowstorm, the Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit artists’ reception scheduled for Sunday was postponed until Wednesday, December 18, from 6-7:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, December 11, Williston’s Visual Arts Faculty gave artists’ talks in the Grubbs Gallery in conjunction with their exhibition.

Students, teachers, and guests were on hand to hear Ms. Chambers discuss her installation using corrugated cardboard and to hear about her working process and the role of improvisation in creating the work.

Ms. Verdickt shared the source of her inspirations and the symbolism inherent in the animals (mice and rabbits) in her work.

Ms. White described the relationship between her representational and her abstract work, and how she deals with changing conditions at the locations at which she paints.

Ms. Goldstein described how she develops a vision for costumes based on specific play scripts, and how she crafts her own jewelry from hundreds of tiny beads.

Mr. Hing was able to connect his history at Williston and his career trajectory, and to describe how one informed the other. He also described his years as a commercial photographer in New York, and what led him back to Williston.

Ms. Hume discussed her vases in the context of her “Slow Studio” line, and how being a designer and a maker both are philosophically connected for her. Attendees asked some excellent questions and expressed general appreciation of our talented art teachers!

Marcia Wise, a graduate of the L’Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, will open an exhibit of her work at Williston Northampton’s Grubbs Gallery on November 1.

Ms. Wise relies on emotion, intuitive inspiration, her dreams, and insights from meditation when painting and focuses on color placement and relationships.

“I am intent on creating an internal glow that will move the viewer to reflect on the potential within all of us,” she said in her artist statement. “The beauty and mystery of nature are at the core of my work.”

A reception for the artist will be held on Sunday, November 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Grubbs Gallery. Located at 40 Park Street, Easthampton, in the Reed Campus Center, the gallery is open on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon.