The Quabbin Art Association (QAA) is hosting its first ever New Artists-New Perspectives exhibit at the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA), featuring twenty emerging artists from ten Pioneer-Valley Universities, Colleges, and Community Colleges. The exhibit runs December 4, 2024 through January 3, 2025, at 33 Hawley Street, Northampton.

This new initiative is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Festivals and Projects grant and awards a $250 cash stipend and 2-year QAA membership to each participating artist. Projects like this one—funding opportunities for young artists to share their unique perspectives and styles with the public—reflect the Quabbin Art Association’s mission to support the arts in Pioneer Valley.

Congratulations to all of the new student artists that will be featured in the up-coming exhibit:

American International College — Rhaymi Porter
Amherst College — Bela Achaibar, Caly Van Leeuwen, Eads Fouche
Elms College — Sarah Paradee, Catalyna Alexopoulos
Greenfield Community College — Valentina Cacaj, Mari Champagne, Erin Shabunin
Holyoke Community College — Malyna Dansereau
Mount Holyoke College — Lize Brown, Sophia Jakobson, Aj Treat
Springfield College — Christopher Sanabria, Nhu Truong
University of Massachusetts — Jenezy Ortiz, Heeju Yoo
Western New England University — Ariana Masterjohn
Westfield State University — Maddison Deboise Wetherell
Independent — Emma Aiken