PULP Holyoke

And a shout out to the amazing for all the work they do to support the arts. Thanks for the shout out of .dibble who is showing in our front room - upcoming opening reception this Saturday 5-7pm . Bronwen rocks !!

Installation shot of 15 drawings from the series ‘Her Seven Arms and Eight Legs’ by , part of the exhibition
Under Starry Skies , opening reception-
SATURDAY, JULY 13TH from 5-7PM - also with an amazing group of ceramics by artist .

We are excited to have work by .dibble in our Front Room. Please join us Saturday, July 13th from 5-7pm for the Opening Reception. The show features drawings and paintings from Anna’s sketchbooks.
Anna Dibble’s paintings have been featured in solo, group, and invitational exhibitions in museums, cultural centers, and galleries for over forty years: Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland. Spaces include the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine and Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine, Carver Hill Gallery in Camden, Maine, Gallery B Gallery in Castine, Maine, George Marshall Store Gallery in York, Maine, Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill, Maine, Elizabeth Wilson Museum in Manchester, Vermont; the Sarah Doyle Gallery of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; the Atrium Gallery of Bard College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; the Strathmore Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland; Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art; the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, Vermont, and the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Dibble was a freelance writer, music composer, and co-designer for multiple animated shorts on Children’s Television Workshop’s Sesame Street. She has designed and created sets for opera and theater, taught workshops in both visual art and writing in Vermont and Maine schools. In the 1980s and 90s she worked in commercial and independent animation in Los Angeles – feature films, television specials, theatrical shorts : Disney, Marvel, Hanna Barbera, Murakami-Wolf, Don Bluth, among many others.

Primarily a self taught visual artist from a family of self taught professional artists, she studied at Parsons, New School, Boston Museum School, Vermont Studio Center, Pittsburg Art Institute, and from mentors: her father, Thomas Reilly Dibble, sculptor Lothar Wuerslin, printmaker/sculptor George Nama, and painter Paul Stopforth.

OPENING RECEPTION!
SATURDAY, JULY 13TH
5-7PM.

UNDER STARRY SKIES - SARAH H. PAULSON ,
w ceramics by We’l be setting up the website over next few days as we get ready for the opening. More info coming soon on these two amazing artists.

Visit Pulp this weekend or shop online- either way 15% off Saturday & Sunday. Use code DOGDAYS in checkout at www.pulpholyoke.com Link in profile. Enjoy the weekend.

Last weekend to see local treasure drawings and prints in our Front Room. Come visit ! We’ll be here Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11-4pm.

So grateful to Hudson, NY artist Kathy Osborn and Barre, VT artist for taking part in Alone, Together. This is the final weekend to see their show. We’ll be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11-4. Our 4th of July sale continues through the weekend. Use code ‘DOGDAYS’ on our website to get 15% off any purchase. www.pulpholyoke.com , link in profile.

15% off from July 4th through July 7th. Use code - DOGDAYS in check out on our website. Link in profile : www.pulpholyoke.com We’ll be open this weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11-4pm. Sale applies to sales at the gallery as well. Come visit ! Stay cool 😎!

Are we headed there again?
We came back from a succesful Outsider Art Fair feeling great about Pulp and our future. We felt grateful for the financial and emotional support that the gallery received. My old partner and I used to debate whether a retail shop should have transparency in sales performance. The never let them see you sweat perspective vs. the ship is sinking honesty. You can probably guess what side I fell on.
So here we are... since the Fair in February, our sales are down 50%. Retail often has downturns, or unexplainable periods of sales or drought. In the 5 and 1/2 years we have had Pulp I have been unable to discern any
trend. seasonal or otherwise.

So.. that’s the financial report. My sense is that the political environment is making people nervous.
Are people pulling back from spending?
It always feels like a miracle that we sell art. at all. I am incredibly grateful for all the social media, gallery visits, and support Pulp gets. But it doesn’t buy the groceries. Grateful for this space… this job. and gift of the artists and their art.

Sunday 11-4. Come visit!

During the late 19th century Holyoke produced 80% of the writing paper used in the U.S. and had the largest paper, Alpaca and wool mills in the world. Many of the mills are still standing. Like many 19th century mill towns, Holyoke is a mix of decay and development. As development moves down the river from Northampton to Easthampton (which now feels like a satellite of Brooklyn with an inordinate number of blundstone wearing hipsters), and south to Holyoke, I wonder what’s next. Not hating on Blunstones.. I am part of the 1st wave of New York transplants that invaded the area in 2005 with a massive boat load of attitude and opinion. I love Holyoke in the same way I loved Brooklyn. It is home to a diverse group of people with a rich history. Come explore.

Painting by Kathy Osborn from our current show Alone, Together.
22 7/8” x 15 5/8”. You can see all of Kathy’s work online at www.pulpholyoke.com.

fed a drawing of mine (swipe), and a short description of Holyoke and Pulp into the AI machinery and this is what it spit out. - see images.. here is what the AI had to say about it - “A historical document with geometric shapes in the center, styled to reflect the theme of an old mill town known for its paper mills and called ‘Paper City.’ The geometric shapes retain vintage tones of sepia, soft blues, and muted greens, incorporating intricate details and elements of paper and mill machinery. The background has an aged parchment texture with detailed illustrations of mill buildings and industrial elements, adding a gritty feel. An ornate, antique-style border frames the document with complex and modular designs. The text in the image should only include ‘PULP’, ‘PAPER CITY,’ and a minimal occurrence of ‘HOLYOKE,’ with ‘PAPER CITY’ and ‘HOLYOKE’ capitalized and ‘PULP’ always in uppercase. Focus more on ‘PULP’ and ‘PAPER CITY.’”

beautiful series of drypoint prints by in our front space. We’ll be open Sunday 11-4.

stay cool out there. we’ll be open Sunday 11-4. ‘Cabana Afternoon’ by , part of our current exhibit Alone, Together.

Swipe to see a few scenes from a PBS video featuring artist Kathy Osborn. Instagram doesn’t allow for a link.. but you can google Kathy Osborn dollhouse paintings to find. We are open Saturday and Sunday 11-4. Kathy is part of our current two person show Alone Together with - up through July 7th.

There is magic in Julia Zane’s Vermont home.. multi generational magic that reaches back to her Mom’s beautiful gum bichromate photographs, Julia’s paintings, sculptures and puppet work .. and son sculptural figures. Can’t wait to return and spend time digging .. and it is deep,, through the work to bring back to Pulp and for future show.

Incredible cast of characters in this painting by Morris , . ‘Lunch at 12:30’, flashe, gouache, paper collage on panel, 36” x 48”. Part of our current show , Alone, Together. Visit our website to see all of Hannah’s paintings. Dont melt out there.

We’ll be here till 11-4pm. Then a certain dad will attempt to school the kids and their significants in the game of pool.

‘stopover’ 2024, flashe, gouache, paper collage on panel.
24” x 24” by , Hannah Morris. . We’ll be open today , Saturday , June 15th 11-4pm.

talking shop with at the reception this evening at in Northampton, MA . Good to see the world of Brantner out in the world. Go visit this amazing art institution in Northampton, MA.

It was great to see world of art that is out in the world.. stretching their legs and kicking ass at
, New England Visionary Artists Museum. Great opening tonite . If you are in the area go check out this local treasure of an art space in Northampton, MA. Picture - Branter and ceramic artist Maryanne Benns.

Closed Friday .. back open Saturday, June 15th 11-4pm bird man by , top painting by .by.harry

HANNAH MORRIS
STOPOVER, 2024
flashe, gouache, paper collage on panel.
24” x 24”.

Wonder what they are talking about. Untitled by .
oil on panel, framed.
14.25” x 10.25” (framed 15.25” x 11.25”).
Check out Kathy’s artist tab on our website ! Link in profile.

We will be here Sunday 11-4. Enjoy your day!

that was fun. Amazing art and artists and great visits last night at the opening. Thanks to for most of the photos and sorry to for not getting a photo (used her daily drawing ). We will be open Sunday 11-4

ARTIST RECEPTION TONIGHT!
SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH 5-7PM

Hope you can make it to the opening of Alone, Together with work by and & in our front room space. Come out and meet the artists! Rumor has it that ceramic studio will be open next door as well , with work by in the windows. Hope to see you tonite ! Painting by Hannah Morris -
LOCALS, 2023
flashe, gouache, paper collage on panel.
9” x 12”.

Getting back room ready for tomorrow’s opening Saturday June 8th 5-7pm. Come out and meet 3 amazing artists- (Hannah Morris) and .. you can preview all of the work from the show on the website , www.pulpholyoke.com

ARTIST RECEPTION
SATURDAY JUNE 8TH
5-7PM
We are excited to have works on paper by artist in our Front Room. Lynn continues to play an important roll in our area as an exhibiting artist , educator, collector, and all around incredible human being person. Please come on out if you can and meet Lynn and talk Drypoint. Below is partial artist statement. Also all Lynn’s work can now be seen on the website.

“Lately, I’ve been drawing with a brush, with gouache paints, mustering the confidence and commitment that comes with that medium. I’m drawing what’s on my tables inside, or what I notice outside. I’m interested in everyday beauty and making compositions out of random arrangements of ordinary objects or natural forms. I’ve worked so much in color in my work, that I found using just black and sometimes white a simplified pleasure. When I do use color, I tried to use it primarily as colored, drawn gestural marks.
Gouache paint, also known as opaque watercolor, soaks into paper quickly, making it hard to change or remove. It can be used with enough water to keep it transparent, but the quality I love about it is its definitiveness and solidity. For decades, I’ve made drawings, prints, paintings, animations and murals. Whatever the medium, it’s always about the marks and how they immediately create forms and space. Here, in these drawings, the marks also add up to, magically, tell small stories. The stories are about of the relationship of the mark and the forms and the relationships between forms, The marks make the forms but also, I hope, convey the energy and joy of seeing, anywhere I look.”