THE BARN DOOR GALLERY
AT 33 HAWLEY
Stewarded by the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA), the Barn Door Gallery supports our mission to foster community connections through the arts, and is a dedicated venue for evolving, transformative dialogue between artists and audiences.
OPEN HOURS:
12 pm - 7 pm - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Closed - Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
The Barn Door Gallery is ADA compliant and admission is free.
Additional information can be found on our FAQ document.
THE SPLIT LEVEL GALLERY AT 33 HAWLEY
Stewarded by the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA) and A.P.E . (Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd.) the curation of this gallery is shared by both building partner organizations and supports our mission to foster collaboration and community connections through the arts.
Current Exhibits:
May 2024
COALESCENCE
NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION AND SENIOR SHOW
MAY 3 - MAY 29
Opening Reception on Arts Night Out
Come see Coalescence! The exhibit showcases the artwork of students enrolled in intermediate and advanced-level visual arts coursework at Northampton High School! All foundation classes will have work displayed in the school display cases for the month of May and installed by the students themselves.
June Split Level Gallery 2025
Queernology & Naturepunk
June 5 - June 27
Opening Reception on Arts Night Out
Queernology & Naturepunk explores queer existence across time, examining its natural roots, current challenges, and future visions. Through ink, etching, print, textile, and comics, this exhibition brings together two distinct yet resonant practices. Together, these works map a queer cosmology that spans myth and machine, ritual and data, deep time and urgent presence. Queernology & Naturepunk invites you to wander through past selves and future worlds, to reimagine belonging not as a fixed point, but as a living, evolving ecosystem.
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Emet Aron (he/they) presents etchings, sacred printed bandanas, tarot paintings, and pages from a graphic novel memoir that draw on myth, memory, and natural cycles. These pieces illuminate queer healing and self-realization. Rooted in dialogue with nature and spirit, their work invites viewers into deep listening—with intuition, with the animal body, with the sacred wild.
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JT Phillips (they/them) offers a contrasting lens: Bold Afrofuturist drawings of unfathomably ancient, alien nonbinary Gods observing humanity from the edges of space and time. An alternate yet possible timeline exists where these creatures bestow the gift of knowledge to humans. These dispassionate Dieties, neither benevolent nor cruel, witness our entwined relationships with nature and technology. Their presence asks us to consider: what future do we create through our actions, and who—if anyone—will be there to watch it unfold?