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A. BISTRO 63 AT THE MONKEY BAR 63 North Pleasant Street bistro63.com B. AMHERST HISTORY MUSEUM 67 Amity Street amhersthistory.org C. BURNETT GALLERY AT THE JONES LIBRARY 43 Amity Street joneslibrary.org/burnett D. AMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER 28 Amity Street amherstcinema.org E. GALLERY A3 28 Amity Street, 1D gallerya3.com F. VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER 35 South Pleasant Street amhestdowntown.com • amherstarea.com G. AMHERST TOWN HALL GALLERY 4 Boltwood Avenue amherstma.gov/art H. HOPE AND FEATHERS FRAMING & GALLERY 319 Main Street hopeandfeathersframing.com I. EMILY DICKINSON MUSEUM 280 Main Street emilydickinsonmuseum.org J. THE LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT 383 Main Street lumberyardamherst.com K. HOME AND HOMME 534 Main Street homeandhomme.com L. HALL GALLERY at the Jewish Community of Amherst j-c-a-.org M. MEAD ART MUSEUM AT AMHERST COLLEGE Amherst College campus amherst.edu/mead N. THE CENTER DANCE STUDIO 321 Main Street thecenterdance.com Fine Art at the Colleges and UMass At Amherst College Mead Art Museum on the Quadrangle amherst.edu/mead Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall amherst.edu/arts/museums-and-galleries Russian Center Art Gallery, Webster Hall amherst.edu/arts/museums-and-galleries At Hampshire College Hampshire College Art Gallery, Harold Johnson Library hampshire.edu/gallery/hampshire-college-art-gallery The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 125 West Bay Road carlemuseum.org Yiddish Book Center, Brechner Gallery 1021 West St. yiddishbookcenter.org/visit At the University of Massachusetts University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online facebook.com/umca.umass Augusta Savage Gallery, New Africa House fac.umass.edu/Online/VisualArts Hampden Gallery, Southwest Residential Area fac.umass.edu/Online/VisualArts Herter Gallery, Herter Hall umass.edu/art/places/herter-art-gallery Welcome to Amherst -- a vibrant community with many cultural offerings, a world-class university and colleges, a history and tradition of liberal thought, and home to poets, artists, educators, and the creative spirit. Visit Art Venues Enjoy Arts Night Plus! 1st Thursdays, 5-8 pm Explore more Art venues online at amherstartwalk.com The Amherst Public Art Commission, with the support of the Business Improvement District and Amherst Cultural Council, has published this guide for residents and visitors to enjoy our public art, galleries, and museums- -all part of the cultural landscape of Amherst. The guide focuses on a downtown cultural tour, but you will find additional art venues, such as those listed at the Colleges and UMass, also of interest and worth exploring. For a free cell phone friendly map to over 60 art installations and galleries, visit www.amherstma.gov/arttour THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS Amherst Art Walking Tour Map
Transcript of Fine Art at the Colleges and UMass Visit Art Venues
A. BISTRO 63 AT THE MONKEY BAR63 North Pleasant Street bistro63.com
B. AMHERST HISTORY MUSEUM67 Amity Street amhersthistory.org
C. BURNETT GALLERY AT THE JONES LIBRARY 43 Amity Street joneslibrary.org/burnett
D. AMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER 28 Amity Street amherstcinema.org
E. GALLERY A328 Amity Street, 1D gallerya3.com
F. VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER35 South Pleasant Street amhestdowntown.com • amherstarea.com
G. AMHERST TOWN HALL GALLERY4 Boltwood Avenueamherstma.gov/art
H. HOPE AND FEATHERS FRAMING & GALLERY319 Main Street hopeandfeathersframing.com
I. EMILY DICKINSON MUSEUM280 Main Street emilydickinsonmuseum.org
J. THE LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT383 Main Street lumberyardamherst.com
K. HOME AND HOMME534 Main Street homeandhomme.com
L. HALL GALLERY at the Jewish Community of Amherstj-c-a-.org
M. MEAD ART MUSEUM AT AMHERST COLLEGE Amherst College campus amherst.edu/mead
N. THE CENTER DANCE STUDIO 321 Main Street thecenterdance.com
Fine Art at the Colleges and UMassAt Amherst College Mead Art Museum on the Quadrangle amherst.edu/mead
Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall amherst.edu/arts/museums-and-galleries
Russian Center Art Gallery, Webster Hall amherst.edu/arts/museums-and-galleries
At Hampshire CollegeHampshire College Art Gallery, Harold Johnson Library hampshire.edu/gallery/hampshire-college-art-gallery
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art125 West Bay Roadcarlemuseum.org
Yiddish Book Center, Brechner Gallery1021 West St.yiddishbookcenter.org/visit
At the University of MassachusettsUniversity Museum of Contemporary Art,Fine Arts Center fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Onlinefacebook.com/umca.umass
Augusta Savage Gallery, New Africa House fac.umass.edu/Online/VisualArts
Hampden Gallery, Southwest Residential Areafac.umass.edu/Online/VisualArts
Herter Gallery, Herter Hallumass.edu/art/places/herter-art-gallery
Welcome to Amherst -- a vibrant community with many cultural offerings, a world-class university and colleges, a history and tradition of liberal thought, and home to poets, artists, educators, and the creative spirit.
Visi
t Art
Ven
ues
Enjoy Arts Night Plus! 1st Thursdays, 5-8 pm
Explore more Art venues online at amherstartwalk.com
The Amherst Public Art Commission, with the support of the Business Improvement District and Amherst Cultural Council, has published this guide for residents and visitors to enjoy our public art, galleries, and museums--all part of the cultural landscape of Amherst. The guide focuses on a downtown cultural tour, but you will find additional art venues, such as those listed at the Colleges and UMass, also of interest and worth exploring.
For a free cell phone friendly map to over 60 art installations and galleries, visit www.amherstma.gov/arttour
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Amherst ArtWalking Tour Map
1. PORTAL forged steel sculpture by Matt Evald Johnson installed for the 2010 Biennial. North end of Kendrick Park 2. AMHERST COMMUNITY HISTORY mural designed by David Fichter for the Amherst Historical Commission. Construction in progress. Mural will be re-created during 2018. See images at davidfichter.net/muralPortfolio 3. BRICK TILES series in terracotta featuring quotes from Amherst authors created by Judith Inglese and Helena Dooley Mehta. 40 Main Street plus 9 more throughout downtown 4. FOR MY RELATIONS ceramic mural given to the Town by Judith Inglese. Bangs Center west entrance 5. MURAL by teen artists in the Youth Action Coalition depicting teens on the move, one of three YAC murals in Amherst. South of Share Coffee 6. ANGEL OF THE LILES Amherst’s stained glass treasure by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Unitarian Universalist Society at 121 North Pleasant Street 7. A POETIC DIALOGUE steel sculpture on stone. An imaginary conversation between Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost by Michael Verzi. Main Street near Sweetser Park 8. PANGEAN LAUREL stained-glass window celebrating nature by Mark Ricker. Town Hall window facing Main Street 9. NOAH WEBSTER MEMORIAL allegorical bronze statue by W.D. Paddock to honor one of the founders of Amherst College. Webster Circle at Amherst College near the Arms Music Building 10. TWO LINES OBLIQUE DOWN mobile sculpture by George Rickey in gleaming steel contrasts with the historic stone chapel steeple nearby. At the entrance to Mead Art Museum
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