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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.

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.

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

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!

Project Art
Cummington Cultural Districtt
Ferrin Contemporary

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.

01/18/2026

Snow days at in the

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

10/09/2025

WORKSHOP UPDATE | 3 SPACES AVAILABLE

A few spaces have opened up in our upcoming workshop with Sergei Isupov and Cristina Córdova/The Study for the Study of Figurative Ceramics. If you’d like to secure a spot, please email [email protected] to register and coordinate payment.

DESCRIPTION
This November, Project Art and The Center for the Study of Figurative Ceramics invite you into an immersive, two-day encounter with two of contemporary ceramics’ most influential figural sculptors: Cristina Córdova and Sergei Isupov. Participants are invited to spend the weekend observing the two artists’ alternating sessions, learn from their interactions and participate in active conversations between artists and participants. This is a great opportunity for sculptors interested in expanding their skills and making connections with the two artists and other participants.

Each artist, distinct in vision and art practice, will lead focused, live demonstrations of their studio techniques while in dialogue with one another and the participants.

DETAILS:
$850
November 15-16, 2025, 9-4pm each day
Project Art
54 Main Street in Cummington, MA, 01026.

Learn more on the Project Art 01026 website under “In-Person Workshops”. Housing information during the workshop can also be found on the workshop page.

09/25/2025

Thank you for attending our RAKU Firing Event this weekend with and Kadri Pärnamets! Community members from across Western, MA gathered at Project Art to glaze and fire pieces in the RAKU kiln one by one. Each piece resulted in unexpected textures and patterns from the quick-burning kiln, with participants getting to see the process in real time.

Across the street, Emmett Leader offered his hand-made and transportable oven for a breadmaking demo and activity.

Later in the afternoon, guests ventured into the Summer Gallery for an artist talk and reception of Kadri Pärnamets’ newest exhibition, MURAKA. Kadri spoke about her work as it relates to her life along the Westfield River.

These events took place during the RiverFest. Thank you to the Cummington Cultural District for organizing the event, to Emmett and his oven for feeding and educating, and to all who attended the firing and reception.

09/20/2025

In the Summer Gallery and are proud to present Kadri Pärnamets: MURAKA, a solo exhibition by one of Project Art’s resident artists. The exhibition features new and recent porcelain sculptures inspired by and reflecting on the universal element of water and natural forms.  On Saturday, September 20th, stop by during the ‘s all-day RiverFest. Join us for a short talk and reception with Kadri Pärnamets and gallery director, Leslie Ferrin, at 4:30 pm.

09/18/2025

Welcome to Emmett Leader and his bread oven on Main Street.

This summer he built a moveable bread / pizza oven and its maiden voyage is this weekend during RiverFest.

We’re celebrating the Westfield River (East Branch) that runs through Cummington through its history, the ecology, its beauty, its gifts with songs, art and events all organized by

It starts off Friday night with songs about the river, Friday Night Cafe and runs through Saturday with talks, walks, hands on art for kids and adults. Join us here at we’re hosting a Raku firing with resident artists and Kadri Parnamets and an all day open house at to see the studios and in the Summer Gallery, is Kadri’s solo show MURKAKA. Saturday ends with a reception for Kadri at 4:30.

We are grateful for all the support, enthusiasm and funding for RiverFest, the public art on Main Street, Emmett’s oven, our first RiverFest.Join us in Massachusetts’ s, smallest and most rural Cultural District this weekend!

Learn more more at CummingtonCulture.art

09/17/2025

THIS WEEKEND AT PROJECT ART: RAKU FIRING EVENT + OPENING + RIVERFEST - Project Art invites you to visit this Saturday, September 20th during Cummington Cultural District's all day RiverFest. Throughout the day, explore the gardens, visit studios, learn about Kadri's Community Clay Class, Sergei's workshops and see selected works by represented artists at Ferrin Contemporary. Raku from 10 - 4, reception for Kadri Pärnamets: MURAKA, a new exhibition in the Summer Gallery 4:30 - 5:30. https://mailchi.mp/projectart01026.com/raku-firing-and-riverfest-2025

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54 Main Street
Cummington, MA
01026

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 9pm
Saturday	8am - 9pm
Sunday	8am - 9pm

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+14134460614

Website

http://projectart01026.com/

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