Montague, Gill and Erving Notebook: Jan. 9, 2025
Published: 01-08-2025 3:47 PM
Modified: 01-09-2025 8:27 AM |
MADISON, Wisc. — Montague resident Julia Walkowicz was named to the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall semester. Walkowicz is a student in the College of Letters and Science.
To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete at least 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own grade point average requirements for students to be eligible to receive the distinction.
MONTAGUE — RiverCulture, an organization looking to foster Montague’s creative economy, is seeking artists to participate in a summer mural project. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 16.
The town will install six large-scale, site-specific wheatpaste murals on historic brick buildings in May and they will be displayed until September. Wheatpaste is used to create temporary murals by pasting printed paper to surfaces like buildings. Designs can be created digitally and printed onto the paper.
The project seeks three artists, who will each receive $4,000 for two mural designs that integrate themes identified by the community. Applicants may only apply for one pair of murals in either Millers Falls, Turners Falls or along the Canalside Rail Trail. Artists that expand the diversity of public art in Montague or with a strong connection to Montague are encouraged to apply. Selected applicants are not responsible for printing or installing their projects.
Visit the RiverCulture website, riverculture.org, for more information about the selection criteria, locations, community input materials, file requirements, a timeline and a link to the application.
ERVING — The Erving Public Library will host a puzzle swap on Sunday, Jan. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. Attendees don’t need to bring a puzzle in order to take a puzzle.
TURNERS FALLS — The Brick House Community Resource Center of Turners Falls and the Salasin Project in Greenfield have come together to offer an eight-week program called “Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey.”
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The program will be held on Fridays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. starting Jan. 10 and continuing through Feb. 28.
This is a confidential support and discussion group that explores the impact of interpersonal violence and trauma on individuals. The group will explore ideas for creating safety and developing healthy relationships while sharing healing activities for the mind, body and spirit.
The group is open to people who are at least 18 years old and identify as female. Free child care is available for in-person attendees. It is a hybrid program being held at The Brick House at 24 Third St. and also on Zoom.
For more information and/or to register, contact either Stacey at slangknecht@brickhousecommunity.org or 413-800-2496, or Lynn at 413-575-0042 or lynn-resiliency@wmtcinfo.org. Registration is required.
TURNERS FALLS — The Brick House Community Resource Center at 24 Third St. is hosting a two-part workshop on money management starting Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and continuing on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the same time.
The first workshop will focus on household budgeting, while the second one will be about financial planning for the future. Participants can attend one or both sessions.
Register by contacting Stacey Langknecht at slangknecht@brickhousecommunity.org or 413-800-2496.
MONTAGUE — Back by popular demand, a COVID-19 and flu clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Montague Town Hall Annex, 1 Avenue A.
Patients ages 12 and older will receive a $75 gift card after vaccination. Only 100 gift cards are available per clinic.
Registration is recommended, though walk-ins are welcome. Register at home.color.com/vaccine/register/cdrmaguire?site=montaguetown-hall-annex.
With questions/comments, contact Registered Nurse Robin Neipp at Robin.Neipp@VHRCare.org or call 413-863-3200, ext. 20.
TURNERS FALLS — The Brick House Community Resource Center and the Montague Council on Aging are offering a six-session program for grandparents raising teens.
The program will run on Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for the first five sessions starting Jan. 28 and continuing through February. The sixth session on Feb. 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. will include dinner.
The Tuesday sessions will be at the Gill-Montague Senior Center at 62 Fifth St. and the last one will be at The Brick House at 24 Third St.
For more information and/or to sign up, contact Stacey Langknecht at slangknecht@brickhousecommunity.org or 413-800-2496.
GILL — “Countervail: The Words and Work of Anne Thiam,” which includes sculpture, music and poetry, is on display at the Rhodes Arts Center at Northfield Mount Hermon School through Jan. 24. Visits to the gallery can be arranged by making an appointment with Jamie Rourke (jrourke@nmhschool.org).
Thiam is a ceramics and installation artist based in Andover who has shown her work at galleries across New England. “Countervail” includes work that she’s created over the past decade.
“This collection of work reflects on the heartbreak of struggle and the joy of resilience,” Thiam wrote in her artist statement. “I hope to reach the viewer beyond the aesthetic. These sculptures, poems and music invite the viewer to experience and contemplate themes of identity, memory and the human experience.”
Thiam is chair of the board of the nonprofit arts organization Essex Art Center in Lawrence. She is also an alumna of NMH, where she began her work with ceramics in an art course before going on to major in ceramics, with a double minor in printmaking and art history, at the University of Miami.
“Whether someone spends five minutes or five hours with [Anne’s] work, I think that they’ll be nourished in a really poignant way by how much of herself she invests into the process,” Rourke, NMH’s gallery coordinator, said in a statement.