Colrain & The Hilltowns On Canvas Art Show VII

Friday, September 18, 5 pm - 9 pm

Saturday, September 19, 10 am - 4 pm

Sunday, September 20, 10 am - 4 pm

Shelburne Buckland Community Center 

53 Main St., Shelburne Falls 

An exhibition from private collections: over 50 works by 30 different artists - from contemporary to our long gone regional professionals - Wm Lester Stevens, Woodward. Maniatty, Symons, & Hale Johnson. 

This is a Fundraiser for the Colrain Historical Society.

All New Scenes Of Colrain & Hilltowns By The Local & By The Famous.

Painting by Robert Steinem: “Off Road Vehicle” 

Painting by Brent Shields: “Buckland Farm Early Autumn”

CHS Facebook post:

We are up to 60:painting including ones by Marshall Looman, Althea Brigham, A Hale Johnson and Donald Greason from Colrain as well as contemporary painters Hui Jing, Rob Steinem, Tom Yeomans, Albert McGuire, Cynthia Herbert, Giselle Harrington, Lynn Fisher, Rodger Desreuisseau, Kendra Daniel, Leslie Brooks and Laura Bruffee also from Colrain. It will be a very interesting show with many historical paintings of the Hilltowns as well as modern pieces.

2026 Calendar Still Available

It’s not too late to get your 2026 Colrain Historical Society calendars, featuring 12 stunning paintings of local scenes by local artists, all from private collections and seen in our sixth annual art exhibit last fall. The calendars are available at $15 each at the Catamount Store and Pine Hill Orchards in Colrain, Hagers’ Store in Shelburne, and at Nancy Dole Books in Shelburne Falls

2026 Calendars Now on Sale

Front cover of the 2026 CHS calendar

The Colrain Historical Society has captured 14 of the vivid paintings from the “Colrain and Hilltowns on Canvas” exhibition last Fall in a 2026 calendar which is now available for $15. The calendar will make a great holiday gift!

You may purchase it at 

Catamount Country Store, 113 Main Rd, Colrain, MA

Pine Hill Orchards, 248 Greenfield, Rd, Colrain, MA

Hager’s Farm Market, 1232 Mohawk Trail (Route 2), Shelburne, MA

The calendar size when open is 17” x 11”.

Back cover of the calendar

The artists, images, and locations are

Front cover, A. Hale Johnson, Blue Barn

January, W. Lester Stevens, The Red Mill, Colrain

February, Pricilla Phelps, The Ed Stowe Place, Adamsville, Colrain

March, Jim Murphy, Grazing by the River

April, Maurice Kennedy, Coal Silos, Conway St., Buckland

May, Althea Brigham, Apple Blossom Time

June, Chris Bagg, Buckland Bridges

July, Robert Strong Woodward, Grey Heights, Buckland

August, Cynthia Herbert, Sipping Summer, and Watching

September, Rodger Desreuisseau, The Red Mill, Colrain

October, Lynn Fisher, Farming at Shoestring, Colrain

November, David Brewster, Cows in Green Station, Herzig Farm, Colrain

December, unsigned, Reed Farm, Conway

End page, Joseph Baker, Birches

Colrain and the Hilltowns on Canvas VI Art Show

Red Mill by W. Lester Stevens

Adamsville Road, Colrain

Colrain Historical Society’s Annual Colrain and the Hilltowns on Canvas VI Art Show

Friday, September 19, 5 pm - 8 pm

Saturday, September 20, 10 am - 4 pm

Sunday, September 21, 10 am - 4 pm

at the Shelburne Buckland Community Center

53 Main St. Shelburne Falls, Ma. 

For this fundraising event, 80 pieces of art covering the 19th to the 21st century from private homes and collections in West County will be hanging.

As in the past, there are famous regional painters, professionals as well as self-taught artists included in the show. Every painting is new to this show. There will be a silent auction of 3 paintings including a Dirk Xu of Arms Academy and an A. Hale Johnson print. 

Admission is $10.00.

For more information contact Deb Wheeler at 413-624-8800.

2025 Calendars Now on Sale

Front cover of the 2025 CHS calendar

The Colrain Historical Society has captured 14 of the vivid paintings from the “Colrain and Hilltowns on Canvas” exhibition last Fall in a 2025 calendar which is now available for $15. The calendar will make a great holiday gift!

You may purchase it at 

Catamount Country Store, 113, Main Rd, Colrain, MA

Pine Hill Orchards, 248 Greenfield, Rd, Colrain, MA

Hager’s Farm Market, 1232 Mohawk Trail ( Route 2), Shelburne, MA

Nancy Dole Books, 20 State Street, Shelburne Falls, MA

The calendar size when open is 17” x 11”.

Back cover of the calendar

The artists, images, and locations are

Front cover, A. Hale Johnson, The Sled

January, Robert Emmett Owen, Shelburne Center

February, Robert Strong Woodward, A Winter’s Day, Buckland

March, Shepard Klar, Sugaring, Conway

April, Denis Bordeaux, Catamount Bobcat

May, Albert Maguire, The Lineup, Windswept Farm, Colrain

June, JoAnne Sherburne, Summerfield, the Dude Ranch, Colrain

July, Fred Burrington, Waiting to Smell Roses, Foundry Village, Colrain

August, Cynthia Herbert, Summer’s Day at Keldaby, Heath Rd, Colrain

September, David Brewster, Tumble In, Barber Hill, Colrain

October, W. Lester Stevens, Pumpkin Hollow, Conway

November, Joseph Baker, Martin Farm, West Leyden Rd, Colrain

December, Robert Steinem, Wild Raspberries, Colrain

End page, Ingrid Greenberger, Old Homestead, Ed Clark Rd, Colrain

Pile of calendars at Catamount Country Store

Copies of Industries and Occupations of Colrain are also available for sale for $20.

Colrain and Hilltowns on Canvas - 5th Annual Show!

September 21 and 22, 2024, 10am to 4pm 

Cost of admission is $10.00. 

 The Colrain Historical Society will sponsor the fifth annual fundraising art show at the Shelburne Buckland Community Center, 53 Main St. in Shelburne Falls. 

As well as Colrain themed art, paintings showing our neighboring hilltowns will round out the display. Regionally famous painters will include George Gardner Symons, Steve Maniatty, Robert Strong Woodward, W. Lester Stevens and A. Hale Johnson among others. 

There will be over 50 paintings by 40 different artists. Most are works on loan from private collections and homes in the hilltowns. The artists are contemporary or deceased, famous and not so famous, as well as self taught. It is intentionally a non-curated show. The mixed media, skill of the artist and their prospective is part of the magic experienced when walking through the rows of art. Many of the paintings show a period of time long gone and people find themselves reminiscing about their family's past. 

We will also have prints and reprints of items in the Historical Society’s collection and old maps of our area for sale. 

Please join us again this year for a rare opportunity to see this bit of visual history.

The photo above shows a landscape painting by George Gardner Symons.

[Source: September 2024 issue of the Colrain Clarion.]

2023 Calendars now available!

On Sept 22nd and 23rd the Colrain Historical Society hosted an exhibition of paintings titled “Colrain and the Hilltowns on Canvas”. The exhibit’s offerings of over 75 paintings by 40 different artists, all from private collections, ranged from 19th century works to contemporary pieces reflecting the changing face of our towns over time. 

The thirteen images in this calendar are selected from the exhibit. Calendars can be purchased for $15 at Pine Hill Orchards, Catamount Country Store or Hager’s Farm Market. For more information call 624-8800.

Colrain and the Hilltowns on Canvas - Sept 23rd and 24th

 

The Colrain Historical Society will sponsor its fourth annual fundraising art show on Sept 23 and 24, 9 am - 4 pm,  at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center, 53 Main Street in Shelburne Falls. Admission: $10.

There will be over 75 paintings by 48 different artists, all paintings not seen in previous years. Most are works on loan from private collections and homes in the hilltowns. The artists are contemporary or deceased, famous and not so famous, as well as self-taught. It is intentionally a non-curated show. The mixed media, skill of the artist, and their prospective is part of the magic.

Please join us again this year for this rare opportunity to see a slice of hill town art and history. Regionally famous painters will include George Gardner Symons, Steve Maniatty, Robert Strong Woodward, Edwin Lorenzo Elmer and A. Hale Johnson among others. A special feature will be paintings by Judith Russell, a longtime Shelburne Falls folk artist.

We will also have prints and reprints of some items in the Historical Society’s collection and reprints of old maps for sale as well.

The Historical Society will also have a new booklet for sale, based on the Industries and Occupations of Colrain done by Katherine Cram in the late 1930s.

Front cover

Back cover

2023 Calendars Now on Sale!

You can get yours at the Catamount Country Store, Hager’s Farm Market, Pine Hill Orchard Farm Store, or Boswell’s Books in Shelburne Falls for $15.00 each. They make wonderful Holiday gifts!

All 14 pictures in the calendar are from paintings in the 2022 Colrain on Canvas III Art Show. The cover is a painting of Colrain Center by Marshall Looman dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s.

(Check out our new website, colrainhistoricalsociety.org.)

Artist biographies for the paintings featured in the calendar are in the Art Show hand-out, photos below.

Third Annual Art Show!

SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Colrain on Canvas III Art Show

Shelburne-Buckland Community Center

53 Main St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

The Colrain Historical Society will hold their third annual art show, Colrain on Canvas, September 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center. 

Some 50 paintings, not previously shown, will include Colrain scenes, people and animals by many artists, past and contemporary. There will be a special display of works by the late Colrain artist A. Hale Johnson. Other works will include paintings by George Gardner Symons, Steve Maniatty, and Colrain native Evelyn Pennegar, among many others.

Prints of some of the paintings will be for sale, along with a silent auction of two paintings of Colrain scenes.

Admission to this benefit exhibit is $10. Please call 624-8800 for more information.

Credit: Greenfield Recorder, Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Save the Date - Art Show!

SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Colrain on Canvas III Art Show

Shelburne-Buckland Community Center

53 Main St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

The Colrain Historical Society will hold their third annual art show, Colrain on Canvas, September 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center. Some 50 paintings, not previously shown, will include Colrain scenes, people and animals by many artists, past and contemporary. 

There will be a special display of works by the late Colrain artist A. Hale Johnson.

Other works will include paintings by George Gardner Symons, Steve Maniatty, and Colrain native Evelyn Pennegar, among many others. 

Prints of some of the paintings will be for sale, along with a silent auction of two paintings of Colrain scenes.

Admission to this benefit exhibit is $10. Please call 624-8800 for more information..

Colrain on Canvas II Art Show Prints For Sale

These are 6 prints of paintings that were in the Colrain on Canvas II Art show. They are for sale at $10.00 each. They can be mailed for an additional $1.50. 

Payment can be mailed or sent through PayPal. Local pickup with cash payment is also an option. All proceeds benefit the Colrain Historical Society. For more information email Deborahjeanwheeler@gmail.com or send a message through the Colrain Historical Society Facebook page.

The prints measure 11 “x 14”, including the border. 

• Top left is the Second Baptist Church on Christian Hill by Debra Schecterle Booth. 
• Top right is Griswoldville by Maria Miller Kingsley. (Ignore the glare from my camera.)
• Middle left is Colrain Center by Jim Baker.
• Middle right is Smith covered bridge by Robert Chandler.
• Bottom left is Colrain Center by Althea Brigham.
• Bottom right is The Red Mill by William Lester Stevens.

Colrain the inspiration for weekend art show

 

An article about the “Colrain on Canvas II” Art Show was in the Recorder on Tuesday, September 28. Read the article on the Greenfield Recorder website.

https://www.recorder.com/Colrain-the-inspiration-for-weekend-art-show-42693955

Colrain on Canvas ll

Colrain on Canvas ll

Saturday and Sunday, September 25-26

10 am - 4 pm

Shelburne Buckland Community Center

53 Main St, Shelburne Falls, MA

Admission $10

The Colrain Historical Society will present Colrain on Canvas II, with 65 Colrain scenes recently found in private collections.

Most of the works are from private collections in the Hilltowns, many depicting homes and villages in Colrain “as they once were.” The paintings are all different from the last show in 2019.

Artists are both contemporary and deceased, famous and not-so-famous, trained as well as self-taught. It is intentionally a non-curated show: the mixed media, the varying skills of the artists and their perspectives are part of the magic. Among the paintings to be shown is this Griswoldville scene by Colrain native, Maria Miller Kingsley.

In a separate room, prints of some of the show paintings, antique map reproductions, and some contemporary paintings will be available for sale.

Also, there will be a separate side exhibit assembled by Sarah Hollister, “Found at the Conway Dump,” which documents the names and lives of workers in the early Griswold Mill, 1838 to 1842. This material came from a ledger kept at the mill by a 19-year-old accountant of sorts, which was found recently at the Conway dump.

The show is a fundraiser for the Colrain Historical Society.

“Colrain on Canvas” 2020 Calendar

The Colrain Historical Society has captured 12 of the vivid paintings from the “Colrain on Canvas” exhibition last spring in a 2020 calendar which is now available for $15. The calendar will make a great holiday gift!

Available at the following locations:

• Marty’s Repair, Main Road, Colrain
• Catamount Country Store, Main Road, Colrain
• Pine Hill Orchards, Greenfield Road, Colrain
• Colrain Town office
• Colrain Post Office
• Hager’s Farm Market, Rt 2, Shelburne
• Sawyer Newsroom Co., Bridge St, Shelburne Falls
• Boswell’s Books, Bridge St. Shelburne Falls

The calendar size when open is 17” x 11”.

• January - High St. Griswoldville - Jack Braudis 
• February - Call Rd. Lusty Farm - Ida Waslake
• March - Willis Block Place - Evelyn Pennegar
• April - Wilson Hill - A. Hale Johnson
• May - Pasture Vacationers - Alice Gammell
• June - Colrain Center - Unknown, ca. 1850
• July - Colrain Center - William Lester Stevens
• August - Colrain Center - James Lister
• September - River St. Covered Bridge - Althea Brigham
• October - Roberts Farm - Myrtle Fish Purington
• November - Colrain Center - Nord Bowlen 
• December - West Branch Adamsville - Raymond Ewing

Also, save the date for “Colrain on Canvas II” on the weekend of May 23 & 24, 2020, at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center, 53 Main Street, Shelburne Falls.

Art Exhibition Brochure

Buckland-Shelburne Community Center, 53 Main Street, Shelburne Falls

Art Exhibit Brochure (top of page 1)

Click this link for a PDF copy of the Art Exhibit Brochure available to everyone who attends the show.

"Colrain on Canvas" 

Sat. and Sun., April 13 and 14, 2019

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Guided tours at 11 am and 2 pm

Shelburne-Buckland Community Center

53 Main Street

Shelburne Falls, MA

Suggested contribution is $10 for adults, children under 12 free. 

 For more information call (413) 624-8800.