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

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.

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.

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.

2022 Calendars For Sale

 

The “Colrain on Canvas” 2022 calendars are for sale at 

• Pine Hill Orchards in Colrain
• Catamount Country Store in Colrain
• Hager’s Farm Market in Shelburne
• Boswell’s Books in Shelburne Falls

$15 each, proceeds benefit the Colrain Historical Society. These make great gifts!

For shipping please email deborahjeanwheeler@gmail.com. Shipping $3.00 additional.

“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.