Project Art

Project Art Project space for contemporary ceramics offering residencies, workshops, studios, gallery + events i Location: 3.5 hours from NYC, 2.5 from Boston.

Project Art is a renovated 8000 square foot mill building on the bank of the Westfield River in Cummington, MA, USA. It is a live/work art studio, seasonal gallery, library and home base for Ferrin Contemporary. Studios are available for rent and short or long term residencies. Occasionally a loft style one bedroom apartment is available for rent. Open to the public by appointment and during for p

rogrammed events. Midway between the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley, 1/2 hour from Northampton, Pittsfield and North Adams. Walking distance to hardware store, lumber yard, post office and general store. Nearby institutions include MASS MoCA, The Clark, Berkshire Museum, Historic Deerfield, Hancock Shaker Village. Colleges nearby are GCC, BCC, MCLA, Williams, Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, UMASS. Nature out the window and at the doorstep. Studios range $250 – 600, apartment $1000. Call for current availability
413.446.0614
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Open to the public on occasion for programmed events otherwise, by appointment. [email protected], Hampshire, UMASS. Nature at the doorstep. Call for current availability.

Rural Intelligence, July 23, 2026 – The 20th Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour This Weekend in Cummington“A weekend of open studio...
07/24/2026

Rural Intelligence, July 23, 2026 – The 20th Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour This Weekend in Cummington

“A weekend of open studios, a new digital field guide tracing two decades of Western Massachusetts ceramics, and rotating exhibitions at Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art.”

Thank you Rural Intelligence for covering the weekend! We are so thrilled to be included.

See you during our Open House on July 25 & 26, 2026, 10am-5pm both days, and for the Public Talk on July 25th, 1:30-2:30pm.

Ferrin Contemporary & Project Art
54 Main St
Cummington, MA

Link in bio for the full article.

PUBLIC ART ON VIEW AT PROJECT ARTVisible from Main Street, Project Art displays multiple permanent public artworks by re...
07/15/2026

PUBLIC ART ON VIEW AT PROJECT ART

Visible from Main Street, Project Art displays multiple permanent public artworks by resident artists. Works are visible by car or foot, neighboring other temporary and permanent public works on Main Street as part of the Cummington Cultural District Art Walk.

During the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour’s 20th Anniversary and the Open House at Project Art & Ferrin Contemporary, we hope you take a tour of the Public Artworks on view. Ferrin Contemporary galleries will also be open during the weekend featuring work from represented artists and Private Collections.

1 & 2: “Mama Cat”, by Sergei Isupov on view in the newly installed portal gallery.
3-5: New animal works from Sergei Isupov in the gardens/building exterior
6: “Miss Comet”, a ceramic mosaic collaboration from Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets
7: “Everything is Upside Down” a sculpture made from a repurposed tree by Sergei Isupov

Visit us during the Open House on July 25-26th from 10am-5pm!

07/10/2026

JULY 25 & 26, 2026 | OPEN HOUSE & PUBLIC TALK DURING THE HILLTOWN 6 POTTERY TOUR

In celebration of the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour’s 20th Anniversary, Project Art is hosting an Open House and Public Talk to announce the launch of a new, digital resource: A Field Guide to Ceramics in Western Massachusetts.

Over the twenty years, the region has become widely known as a center for independent potters and ceramic artists. Visitors are drawn to the annual studio tours and attend workshops and community programs. Throughout the weekend of July 25 & 26, 2026, we invite you to join us at Project Art to join the celebration and contribute your our own memories as we document the history of contemporary ceramics and studio pottery created in the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts.

At Project Art – also the home to Ferrin Contemporary – we are featuring recent works by resident artists Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets; visiting artists Paul Scott, Mara Superior, Russell Biles, and new public art installations. Project Art studios and Ferrin Contemporary’s galleries will be open Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour.

We hope to see you there! Read our recent newsletter or visit projectart01026.com for more information.

Open House & Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour:
July 25 & 26, 2026, 10am-5pm both days

Public Talk:
July 25th, 1:30-2:30pm

Drone footage courtesy of Evan Biles, edited by Isabel Twanmo.

07/10/2026

OPEN HOUSE & PUBLIC TALK
DURING THE HILLTOWN 6 POTTERY TOUR

In celebration of the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour’s 20th Anniversary, Project Art is hosting an Open House and Public Talk to announce the launch of a new, digital resource: A Field Guide to Ceramics in Western Massachusetts.

Over the twenty years, the region has become widely known as a center for independent potters and ceramic artists. Visitors are drawn to the annual studio tours and attend workshops and community programs. Throughout the weekend of July 25 & 26, 2026, we invite you to join us at Project Art to join the celebration and contribute your our own memories as we document the history of contemporary ceramics and studio pottery created in the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts.

At Project Art – also the home to Ferrin Contemporary – we are featuring recent works by resident artists Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets; visiting artists Paul Scott, Mara Superior, Russell Biles, and new public art installations.

Project Art studios and Ferrin Contemporary's galleries will be open Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm during the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour.

We hope to see you during the Open House! Click through to learn more about the talk, the weekend, and the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour.

Read our recent newsletter to learn more about the weekend, Public Talk, and works on view from Ferrin Contemporary artists:
https://mailchi.mp/projectart01026.com/open-house-2026?e=f3faf112e3

Look who came to visit on Monday! Michael Kline - fun fact - he lived in Western Mass and made pots that sold at PINCH ...
05/06/2026

Look who came to visit on Monday! Michael Kline - fun fact - he lived in Western Mass and made pots that sold at PINCH also and worked at Spoleto Restaurant Northampton. He was one of the potters who was here in the 80’s and one of the original potters who started together the beginning of Stonepool Pottery with Mark Shapiro and Sam Taylor. When the 19th century mill building that is now Project Art was originally for sale - he was one of the many who looked at its possibilities but a session with Michael Simon at Penland School of Crafts .. not sure about the exact chronology but he moved to NC.

In 2004 Sergei Isupov and Leslie Ferrin went on a tour with Mark Shapiro, Michael McCarthy and Bill Kelly - the rest is history. Sergei and my family moved in fall of 2006.

20 years later … Michael Kline (still living in NC) was teaching at Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program and participating in Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail as a guest of Donna Mcgee at East Street Clay Studios in Hadley, MA

So great to reconnect and reflect on the stops and starts, the hairpin turns and how we continue to do things that bring us together.

Joe Wheaton’s sculpture and other signs of spring In January, sculptor Joe Wheaton closed up his shop and began a new ch...
04/13/2026

Joe Wheaton’s sculpture and other signs of spring

In January, sculptor Joe Wheaton closed up his shop and began a new chapter in his life. As he departed, he handed over this sculpture to us for safe keeping at Project Art. We love it!

Signs of spring, slowly the snow melts, the mice rejected alliums appeared, crocus, daffodils bloomed, blood root popped up and the peepers began signing.

April Project Art

Grayson here! I’m the archivist at Ferrin Contemporary at Project Art. You can often find me bouncing around Western Mas...
04/07/2026

Grayson here! I’m the archivist at Ferrin Contemporary at Project Art. You can often find me bouncing around Western Massachusetts in museums and libraries, whether it’s sorting books or moving boxes of documents. I’ve been working here for a few months like an archeologist digging into boxes filled with files of ephemera and printed material related to 40+ years of gallery history in Western Massachusetts and beyond.

With multiple locations, hundreds exhibitions, years of art fairs, now based all in one place at Project Art in the heart of Cummington’s Cultural District, I’m starting to connect the dots between thousands of artists, collections and developing a timeline for late 20th and early 21st century ceramics. Throughout the next few months, I’ll be posting some of my favorite finds from our archives and sharing some stories, bringing to life memories from 1979 to the present. Let us know if you have any ideas of what you’d like us to feature, or if you’d like to learn more about any part of our history!

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Everything is Upside Down! The snowstorm dumped ~ 20” and we are still digging out! Sculptures by at in the of Wester...
01/29/2026

Everything is Upside Down! The snowstorm dumped ~ 20” and we are still digging out!

Sculptures by at in the of Western Mass.

Snow days at in the and Kadri Pärnamets are in the studio is in the archives 40+ years of and PINCH
01/18/2026

Snow days at in the

and Kadri Pärnamets are in the studio is in the archives 40+ years of and PINCH






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54 Main Street
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01026

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Wednesday 9am - 9pm
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