The BVAA now has 800 followers on Pinterest! Come join the pinning fun!
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Here’s instructions on how to use pinterest as an artist –
Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association
Macabre Show at the Canal Restaurant
The BVAA’s Macabre Show is now live! Come by the Canal Restaurant between Oct 25, 2016 and Oct 31st (Halloween!!) to see the great images! Here is just a selection of what’s on show! The official reception is on Thursday, October 27th from 6-9pm – come on out!
Minutes of Meeting Tuesday 18 Oct 2016
President Bob Evans announced:
- The Fall show in Uxbridge is underway
- Calendar voting will begin soon
- 11/14 Uxbridge tapestry entries must be in
- 10/19 Dustin Neece is in Concord at 10:30
- 10/25 Macabre show will start
- Lisa Shea has written a book on Twitter that she is offering at no charge
- We are removing our work from Whitensville Antiques. The owner has other less expensive artwork she would like to display. We continue to have a good relationship and may do something with smaller more affordable works in the future.
- Jay at the Grafton Inn has agreed to accept all of the work submitted online and will not charge commission on any sales. Dropoff is this weekend.
- 11/5 The first Claflin Symphony Orchestra performance. Set up is Friday and take-down is Sunday at 8am. Work can be dropped off before 11/4.
- 11/26 Small Shop Saturday at Alternatives from 10-4:00. Bins, cards, etc are welcome. We need a Santa Costume.
Lisa Shea presented a fun hands-on demonstration of Gelli printing.
BVAA Print Making 18Oct16
We all had a blast at our print making session last night experimenting with making prints using acrylics and gelli plates!
BVAA 2017 Calendar Options
It’s voting time! Here are all of the options for our 2017 calendar. Browse and enjoy!
Every BVAA member gets to vote for up to 13 images – one for each month plus one for the cover. Email us at info@bvaa.org with your choices. You can say which month you think each image would be good for or just choose your 13 favorites without assigning them to months – either way is fine. We’ll sort it out! Get those votes in by Tuesday, November 1st at midnight!
Note that it is perfectly fine to vote for your own images! Since each artist could only submit up to 5 images, that still leaves you with some votes left over to cast for other artists :).
Tapestry Show 2016
The Alternatives Uxbridge location is holding their 2016 Tapestry event! This art show is open to all artists and celebrates the richness of our community.
You can submit up to three works to the show – only the first work will be judged. There are both youth (17 and under) and adult (18 and over) categories.
A paper form must be submitted by November 4, 2016 to enter.
Pieces must be submitted by November 4th to be judged.
Opening night is Friday, November 11th from 4-7pm.
The show will also be part of the Uxbridge First Night on Saturday, December 3.
Pickup is after December 23rd. Sales include a 20% commission.
Full details in entry-form PDF:
BVAA Fall Show Reception
We held our reception for the Fall Show at Alternatives in Uxbridge on Friday night and had another great turnout and fantastic artwork.
Congrats to everyone who entered for the show and we recommend that you call in and see the high quality of the work yourself.
First Place
Carol Frieswick “Kitty Point Skiff”
Second Place
Judy Belben “Going Places 42nd St. NY”
Third Place
Lisa Shea “Worcester Auditorium”
Honourable Mentions
Anne McNevin “The Three Graces”
Frank Robertson “New England Central”
Carol Dandrade “Golden Hour”
Laura Cenedella, painter
Laura Cenedella, painter, is our featured BVAA artist of the day!
https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-laura-cenedella/
Fall Art Show TODAY
Today! Fri 10/7/16 from 4-7pm – the opening reception for our Fall Art Show in Uxbridge! Food! Drink! Art! Come on out!
Gelli Monoprints at Monthly Meeting
Our monthly meeting for October is on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 at the Northbridge Senior Center.
This month we’ll be playing with a hands-on demo and workshop in Gelli printing! These monoprints use acrylic paint and let you make one-off creations.
Wear clothes that can get a big messy and prepare for fun!
We did a number of hands-on workshops last year with Gelli plates and everyone had a blast. In essence these are the same things as gelatin plates that you can make yourself but they last longer and oddly they are even cheaper to buy than to make in most cases.
Lisa has a number of books on Gelli printing that she’ll bring to lend out.
Here’s photos from one of our previous smaller workshops –
Ask with any questions!