Paintings of snowy New England by husband-and-wife artists John and Debra Dunphy will be on view Thursday through May 31 in the New Gallery at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, at 30 Locust St. in Northampton.
Images include Vermont inns, ski resorts, country stores and street scenes.
Debra Dunphy’s style exudes a soft realism that suggests a magical, storybook quality, while her husband’s paintings are more illustrative, with a fair amount of detail.
A portion of the proceeds of sales of the artwork will go to the hospital.
Also on view in May is an exhibit, in the North Gallery, of watercolor paintings by John Tomasetti of Shutesbury. On view will be paintings of seasonal landscapes of New England, florals and coastal scenes.
There will be a reception for all the artists Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
“Melvin and Percy and Their Curious Friends,” an exhibit of new acrylic paintings, drawings and etchings by Travis Louie, will be on view through June 11 at William Baczek Fine Arts, 36 Main St. in Northampton. There will be an artist’s reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Louie anthromorphizes animals, instilling them with physical and behavioral human characteristics.
The artwork in this show centers around a fictional town, Oxhoofville, North Dakota, Louie made up after reading about a statue of Paul Bunyon and Babe, his blue ox.
“I’ve always been fascinated with folklore and ‘tall tales,’ ” he writes in an artist’s statement. “The town is full of peculiar characters; most of them animals.”
For information, visit www.wbfinearts.com.
The Lisa Leizman Dance Company, a resident company of the Northampton Center for the Arts, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a performance Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls.
The program will include “All Blues,” set to music by Miles Davis, “Down a Country Lane,” with music by Aaron Copland and the first full performance of “Instructions for When There’s a Mountain,” written by company composer Andrea Kwapien, and inspired by her travels to Southeast Asia.
A reception with a buffet dinner prepared by the dancers will follow.
Tickets (which include the buffet) cost $15; $7 for children under 10. To reserve, visit www.nohoarts.org. Tickets sales at the door are cash and check only.
Mariken Palmboom (harpsichord) and Emily Hale (Baroque violin) will perform Saturday at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Worthington, 159 Huntington Road (Route 112) in Worthington.
On the program: Music from the early 17th century Italian and German composers (Castello, Uccellini, Rossi, Bertali, Biber, Schmeizer and J.S. Bach).
The concert is a fundraiser for the church; there is a suggested donation of $15 to $30.
“Be Still An Instant: Still Life by Valerie Bassett” an oil painter from Florence, will be on view through May 31 in the second-floor waiting room at 22 Atwood Drive in Northampton.
Bassett says she’s a “seeker of stillness,” and finds peace and order in still life painting.
She is a member of the Old Deerfield Painting Group and teaches oil painting in her home studio.