The Blackstone Valley Art Association is a creative non-profit organization. The team which guides our community shares their time and energy for the love of our group! We would be delighted to have you join us. It is rewarding, fun, and energizing!
Officers and board members are voted on by our members at each May Annual Meeting. An officer’s term is one year – it runs from September through the following August. A board member’s term is a three year term. Officers and board members answer the info@bvaa.org email and brainstorm ideas about upcoming events. Every three months, they meet at the Uxbridge gallery (or virtually if necessary) to think up ideas for events and outings for the coming season. It’s a lot of fun!
Here are our current elected officers and board members!
Lisa Shea – President
Gallery Guru
Lisa is eclectic. Creative. She adores trying new things and stretching the boundaries. If it’s out of the ordinary, like red scale photography or bicycle gear cyanotypes, Lisa dives into it. She loves coming up with out-of-the-box ideas for our Saturday workshops. Lisa sends out the weekly newsletters – if you’ve got something to share in them, let her know!
LisaShea.com
Bob Evans – Vice President
Renaissance Man
Bob has traveled the globe and experimented in a fascinating variety of art styles. He sees the big picture. He deftly balances our time, energy, and creative passions. He’s a talented artist, photographer, and inventor who is just as comfortable designing our amazing tech window display as he is running courses on advanced Photoshop. Best of all, when there’s a Street Photography field trip, he has no problem at all diving face-first into the snow to give the participants the shot of a lifetime.
BobEvansPhoto.com
Brent DeWitt – Secretary
Inventor and Engineer
Brent is talented in a wide range of areas – 3D printing, photography, engineering, radios, and more! We love to see what he comes up with next.
Carol Frieswick – Treasurer
Penny Pincher
The Blackstone Valley Art Association has been around for a full sixty years! That’s an amazing wealth of history and tradition in our group. Carol Frieswick is the one who makes sure we’ll be around for another sixty years. She maps out our monthly workshops and makes sure we can pay all the instructors while having enough for artwork supplies, reception costs, and all the myriad of other things which are involved in running an organization like ours. It’s thanks to Carol’s tireless efforts that our group flows so smoothly!
Carol Frieswick Artist on Facebook
Michelle Benjamin – Social Networking
Creative Instigator
Michelle works at Open Sky and is fantastic at developing partnerships for us to expand and enrich our activities. She’s both an artist and a poet. We love having her creative ideas in our mix!
All of our board members and officers volunteer their time and energy. Our Blackstone Valley Art Association membership appreciates their efforts and enthusiasm!
In addition to the above voted-in names, we also would like to celebrate a special member who brings our events and social occasions to brilliant life.
Laura O. Cenedella – Board Member
Inspirational Genius
Amazingly creative. Laura is the one painting in the daffodils. Teaching us impasto at River Bend Farm. Out on the street creating beautiful images of the café across the way. If there’s something inventive going on, you can bet Laura is at the root of it!
Term – Sept 2022 to Aug 2025
Laura Cenedella’s BVAA Gallery
Cathy Willey Douty – Board Member
Supportive Optimist
Cathy is multi-talented and a wonderful part of our organization. We appreciate you, Cathy!
Are you interested in joining our team? We’d love to hear from you!