The mission of the West Springfield Arts Council, a Massachusetts Local Cultural Council (LCC), is to promote, support, and encourage the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences within the West Springfield community.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
Taylor Rose Mickens ~ Recorded Concert at The Artist Cafe
This program is supported in part by a grant from the West Springfield Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Access the Taylor Rose Mickens Recorded Concert 2023 at http://tinyurl.com/3ve6txjm
Hilltown Families Suggested Events
Hilltown Families’ list of Suggested Events is supported in part by a grant from the West Springfield Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
2024 West Springfield Arts Council Grant Funding
2024 West Springfield Arts Council Grants Awarded
The West Springfield Arts Council is pleased to announce they have awarded grants for 23 events and programs for the coming year.
The Arts Council members considered each of the 30 proposals submitted and determined that 16 of the applicants successfully met the funding criteria established by the Mass Cultural Council.
The mission of the West Springfield Arts Council is to enrich the cultural life of the West Springfield community. Each year, cultural grants help to support a wide array of programs, including concerts, exhibits, festivals, short-term artists residencies, school performances, workshops and lectures.
2024 West Springfield Arts Council Calendar of Events & Programs:
Complete information about each of these events to follow.
January 1 through December 31
~ Cancer House of Hope Restorative Movement & Music
January 1 through December 31 (online programs)
~ Hilltown Families Suggest
January 8 through March 25
~ Art With Amanda, West Springfield Boys & Girls Club
February 29
~ Tight Pants: A Theater Thursday Reading, Silverthorne Theater Company, Inc., Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke
March 22 (date change)
~ Equinox and Solstice Arts & Meditation Mini-Retreat Series with Dori Dittmer, West Springfield Public Library
April 29 (1:30 pm)
~ Name That TV Theme with Richard Plasse, West Springfield Senior Center
April 29 (5 pm)
~ Painting Seascapes Inspired by Winslow Homer: Maintaining Habitats with Gregory Maichack, West Springfield Public Library
May 1
~ Bring Back Musician Dave Ruch / Create a Little Library, Memorial School and John Ashley School
May 4
~ Music Performance by Piper-Hopkins Band, Irish Cultural Center
May 10
~ Music Concert by The Jazz Bones with David Neill, Grace Lutheran Church
May 23 to May 26
~ Afternoon of Brass #3, Mechanics Hall & Old South Church
May 1 to August 30
~ The Stockbridge Sinfonia: Intergenerational Community Orchestra of the Berkshires, Zion Lutheran Church
June 21
~ Equinox and Solstice Arts & Meditation Mini-Retreat Series with Dori Dittmer, West Springfield Public Library
June 25
~ “Artful Mechanisms” Jay Mankita, Playful Engineers, West Springfield Public Library Summer Reading Program "Read, Renew, Repeat"
June 28
~ Blue Skies - Free Concert with Sarah Clay, West Springfield Public Library
July 9
~ Scott Martell, Magician, West Springfield Public Library Summer Reading Program "Read, Renew, Repeat"
July 16
~ “Adventure of the Froggyman” Mary Jo Maichack, West Springfield Public Library Summer Reading Program "Read, Renew, Repeat"
July 23
~ "Minecraft Madness" Jungle Jim, West Springfield Public Library Summer Reading Program "Read, Renew, Repeat"
July 29
~ Drum & Strum with Timothy Kane, West Springfield Public Library
July 30
~ “Bouncing Ball on Cotton” Art project, Kulina Folk art, Garine Arakelian, West Springfield Public Library Summer Reading Program "Read, Renew, Repeat"
July 1 through August 30
~ Sevenars 56th Anniversary Season, Worthington
September 21
~ Equinox and Solstice Arts & Meditation Mini-Retreat Series with Dori Dittmer, West Springfield Public Library
December 14
~ Equinox and Solstice Arts & Meditation Mini-Retreat Series with Dori Dittmer, West Springfield Public Library
The West Springfield Arts Council, a local agency, is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
The Mass Cultural Council allocated the West Springfield Arts Council $24,900 for its FY24 grants budget.
Arts Council members include Joanne Burke, Anthony Cignoli, Diane Doe, Janet Eckert, Donna Laconti, and Patricia Murphy. Eileen Chapman, Director of the West Springfield Public Library is the West Springfield Arts Council Town Liaison.
Friday, January 5, 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
A Fond Farewell to Robert Whitney and Madelyn Miller
The West Springfield Arts Council extends our thanks to Senator John Velis, Representative Michael Finn, and Mayor William Reichelt for their letters of appreciation and citations from the State's Senate and Representative's offices to Robert Whitney and Madelyn Miller who are retiring from the Arts Council after over seven years of service to our community.
