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Updated 9/1/2023

AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

  • Massachusetts

    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performance Facility

Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. supports contemporary artists working in all disciplines, by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work. A.P.E. was conceived of as a workspace for artists. Its "shape" was largely determined by the creative needs of the Northampton community, tempered by the strong commitment of its directors to the understanding that space, time, and protection from economic pressure are critical for the realization of new and original work. A.P.E. has always insisted that the work of creating is valuable in and of itself, separate from any economic return.

 

A.P.E. receives funding from box office receipts, sales of artwork, individual donors, corporate, local, state and national sources, as well as many in-kind contributions.

Find Me

Meredith Bove (she/her)
Job Title: Program Coordinator
Phone: 413-586-5553
Fax: 413-584-8739
Address:
126 MAIN STREET
Northampton, MA 01060-3131
Website

Social Media:

Facebook
Instagram

Additional Content:

  • YouTube Channel

    This channel shows videos of virtual exhibition tours created during the pandemic by video artist Nick Verdi

  • Vimeo page

    A sampling of public Zoom performance events presented during the pandemic.

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performance Facility

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1980

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performance Facility

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

1980

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • Veteran/Active Duty Military Personnel
  • People with Disabilities

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision

Media Gallery

Shiny, golden fabric fills a gallery with a grey floor and white walls. The fabric is suspended from the ceiling, creating triangular peaks and rippled slopes.
A black and white woodblock print showing a scene of destruction. A man stands in the foreground with his back facing out.
Cut felt shapes lie on a brown woven mat on the floor. A white woman's arms are visible holding one of the shapes. She wears a light blue shirt and has a tattoo on her right forearm.
A white man in a grey suit jacket and white shirt performs, manipulating a mixing board with cords coming out the back of it. His left arm reaches to the side. There is reddish light filling the space.
An art installation with a table filled with food on blue speckled plates, two mugs, a beer, and a bowl filled with squash. The table is covered with a white lacy tablecloth. In the background, a fuzzy, black & white video is projected on the wall.
A black and white image with a seated man silhouetted. He faces a dancer in a white dress. Her arms are extended and she looks up. Behind her, there is video projection showing hands scrawling looped, intersecting black lines on a white background.
Colorful flowers fill a foreground, and three black and white cutout images of white women in cut offs and crop tops stand against a tinfoil backdrop. Hands reach into the frame, one wearing lavender gloves, adjusting the flowers and the cutouts.
A gallery space has yellow, rippled video projections covering its walls. 6 dancers are in the space—two pairs of dancers are touching, one pair crouched on the ground. One dancer stands looking straight out ahead towards the camera.

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Venues for Rent/Use

The Workroom at 33 Hawley
Venue Address: 33 Hawley Street Northampton, MA 01060
Venue Phone: 413-586-5553
Venue Website
Venue Type: Theater
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $85
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $1000
Venue Capacity: 315
Venue Accessibility: Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision. Access accommodations for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Stage Details: Black Box
Venue Seasons: Fall, Winter, Summer, Spring
Venue Features: Air Ventilation System, Dance Floor, Dressing Room(s), Green Room, Light System / Track Lighting, Loading Dock, Movie Screen / Projection Capabilities, Sound System, WiFi
Trained Crew Available: Yes
Union Crew Available: No
The Gallery at 126 Main
Venue Address: 126 Main Street Northampton, MA 01060
Venue Phone: 413-586-5553
Venue Website
Venue Type: Gallery / Museum
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $50
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $200
Venue Capacity: 150
Venue Accessibility: Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision. Access accommodations for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Venue Seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
Venue Features: Air Ventilation System, Exhibition Walls, Light System / Track Lighting, Movie Screen / Projection Capabilities, Sound System, WiFi