Fezziwig’s Holiday Faire

Tuesday, December 9: 10 am - 8:00 pm Scanlon Banquet Hall, Westfield State College, Western Ave. FREE! Over 40 crafters!

CarolFezziwig’s Holiday Faire with the Fezziwigs, bow to Queen Victoria and finish your holiday shopping in grand style at this juried crafts show, with 40 plus crafters which this season visits Westfield State (with day and evening hours to accommodate all holiday shoppers).

Co-produced with the Good Morning Adoption Fund, Westfield on Weekends,

A Dickens of a Day Historic House Tour

Sunday, December 7: 11:00 am - 4:00pm. Begins at Westfield Athenaeum, 6 Elm Street. Tickets: $15

Scrooge and his ghosts are your hosts for this self-guided tour of irreplaceable homes, decked out for the holidays. the 6^th annual tour benefits historic preservation.

Sponsored by the Western Hampden Historical Society.

The Lanternlight Parade and The Mayor’s Greenlighting Ceremony

Monday, December 1: Parade assembly at 5:30 pm.

Green Festivities begin at 6:00 pm; Parade kicks off at 6:15 pm; Greenlighting at 6:30 pm.

Make your own lantern and join the the Lanternlight Parade, proceeding from the First Congregational Church Parking lot on Broad Street to the green, where the Mayor lights the city and the holiday season officially begins here in Westfield!

Sponsored by the City of Westfield, Westfield G & E and The Westfield Business Improvement District (WBID) and Westfield on Wekends (WOW).

Anna Deavere Smith in ”Let Me Down Easy- A Play in Evolution

Sunday, November 30, 7:30 pm, Dever Auditorium, Westfield State College. FREE! Tickets at the Westfield Athenaeum, the Westfield YMCA, WSC and at the door.

Award-winning TV/stage/film actor/writer Anna Deavere Smith (”Rachel Gets Married,” “West Wing”) speaks of grace and the human spirit as she performs a concert version of her moving new work, Let Me Down Easy - A play in evolution. Not to be missed!

Sponsored by the Westfield State College Foundation, as part of its Speaker Series.

 Rinova Building    105 Elm Street

We are so excited and pleased to welcome…

Westfield State College Celebrates its 170th year

Past Presence Alumni Art Show

Westfield State College Downtown Art Gallery

 Rinnova Building - 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

September 23 - October 31

Tuesday - Saturday 2:00 - 5:00

Artist Reception

Homecoming Weekend October 18, 5:30 - 8:00pm

Distinguished Alumni Artists featured in the Past Presence Show include:

Nevartte Bedrosian:  Abstract Expressionist, Painting, Member of the Art Students League, New York, New York during the early 1950’s.  Her career brought numerous awards.

Diane Savino: Tempera Painter, Exhibitions John F. Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.,

World Financial Trade Center NYC, Chelsea Art Fair, London, England, among others.

Reviews in American Art Collector, American Artist Magazine, Art New England among others.

Laura Jennings:  Paintings are part of the following collections:  musician Bruce Hornsby, television personality Joan Lunden, major modern artist Steve Pace

She has exhibited extensively including the Harvard Museum.

Roberta Williams:  Painting, local artist with extensive exhibitions and part of permanent collections one of which is Westfield State College.  

Questions contact Gallery Curator Faith Lund at flund@wsc.ma.edu