Open Paint and Calligraphy – Sat July 7 2018

If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out! It’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free!

Our special feature for this Saturday will be Calligraphy. I have a great book “Illuminated Letters Sketchbook” with every letter of the alphabet available. I’ll have tracing paper and watercolor paper. You can trace and then paint / color in the letters. We’ll also have a big-screen TV to watch calligraphy videos on, pens, and other how-to books. If you have your own pens, bring them along! It’ll be great!

If the weather is nice out, we’ll also do an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready. We just need some sunshine!

Note that there’ll be Yoga in the Gallery from 3pm-4pm. So come for the painting and stay for the yoga!
Yoga in the Art Gallery

When:
Saturday, July 7th, 2018
10am – 3pm

Where:
BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569

This is an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors to share.

There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.

BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Art Gallery Information

Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.

Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!

Here’s some of the books we’ll have on hand:

If you have any books please bring them along!

Plein Air at Foppema’s Farm Sutton – Aug 18 2018

This invitation comes courtesy of Dennis Smith! Thank you so much to Dennis for setting this up for us!

All active BVAA members are welcome to come paint for a day on the grounds of this beautiful farm.

When: Saturday, August 18, 2018
Time: 8:00am to noon

Because of limited parking on Saturdays, this will need to be a BVAA-members-only event. We will need to park in the employees parking as their main lot fills up on Saturday. Employee parking is on the grass at the north end of their paved parking lot.

We currently have me, Carol F, Pam S, and Libia G on our list. Who else would like to join us?

Bring a snack, water and painting supplies. If you’ve never been on a plein air before, this is your perfect time to give it a try! Here’s some information:

Preparing for your First Plein Air Outing

Please let Lisa know by Friday night, 8/17/2018, if you’re planning on going, so we know to watch for you and wait :). We will keep an eye on the weather and see how it goes. We really want to give this one a shot, even if it’s cloudy, because there aren’t many open dates to reschedule on right now. We’ve got a packed schedule! We’ll post and email if we end up having to cancel.

Hope to see you for a fun day of painting and good company!

https://www.facebook.com/foppemasfarm/

Free Fun Friday Museums – Friday July 6 2018

Free Fun Friday Museums

The Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Fridays are here for 2018! Every Friday there is a batch of museums in Massachusetts which are COMPLETELY FREE TO VISIT! Get on out and explore the culture in your own back yard!

These are the museums which are free on Friday, July 6, 2018.

Boston Children’s Museum • Boston
Peabody Essex Museum • Salem
Cape Cod Maritime Museum • Hyannis
Battleship Cove • Fall River
Amelia Park Children’s Museum • Westfield
Gore Place • Waltham
Falmouth Museums on the Green • Falmouth
Hancock Shaker Village• Pittsfield
Pilgrim Hall Museum• Plymouth
New England Quilt Museum • Lowell

Where would you like to go?

Here’s the full list of all the free museums and all the Fridays. Let us know what you’d like to go to in the coming weeks!

https://highlandstreet.org/programs/free-fun-fridays