Featured BVAA artist of the day – talented painter Elizabeth Havens!
https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-elizabeth-havens/
Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association
Rug Maker Ellen Gould
BVAA featured artist of the day – rug maker Ellen Gould!
https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-ellen-gould/
BVAA 3-Ring Binder – Sept 2016
We’re in the process of updating our BVAA 3-Ring Binder for the upcoming fall art show season! Please take a look at this and let us know what updates you’d like to make to your page. You can swap out your featured image, change your artist’s statement, or both!
Read through what others have written and let us know what you’d like to update!
We bring the binder to all shows and events, and a binder is kept at the Milford TV Station with our art show there, so this is a great way to get your information seen by a wide audience.
Boston Street Photography Sept 2016
We’re planning an excursion into Boston to do some street photography. The plan is for Saturday, September 24, 2016 with a rain date of Sunday, Sept 25.
The plan is for late afternoon street photography in Central Square and early evening shooting under the Zakim Bridge from parks on the Cambridge side of the Charles.
North Point Park and adjacent Paul Revere Park.
Photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_z/28012190802/
The idea would be to leave at 2 pm from a meeting point near here and shoot in Central Square from 3 pm to 5:30 pm +/-. Then we would travel to the park (not even 15 minutes to get there), and shoot the bridge and the skyline as sunset happens and the lights come on (sunset = 6:30 per the internet). Heading back home 7:30/8, finishing the day at the local rendezvous approx 9 pm.
Dinner? Bring a sandwich, which we would eat below the Zakim. That way we don’t spend the nice-light part of the evening sitting in a restaurant.
A bonus is that Blick and Artist & Craftsman Supply, both major league art-supply retailers, are in Central Square, so a few of us will sacrifice some shooting time to browse, I bet.
Another bonus is that the Lynch Family Skatepark is under the Zakim, too, right next to the parks.
Let us know if you’re interested!
Apertures Open-Theme Photography Show – Sept 2016
The Apertures open-theme photography show at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod has a submission deadline of Friday, September 9th. While it is open themed, there are honorable mentions being given in specific categories, so it’s wise to be aware of those.
Full details:
IMPORTANT DATES
Entry deadline Friday, September 9 at 11:59pm
Notification of winners Friday, September 23
Online gallery open Friday, October 7
AWARDS
All winners will be displayed in our online gallery at www.cultural-center.org
First Place: $500 cash prize
Second Place: $200 cash prize
Third Place: $100 cash prize
Six Honorable Mentions will be recognized in the following categories;
Landscape, Seascape, People, Animals, Floral, and Abstract.
THEME
Open theme; anything goes.
ENTRY FEE
Member-$15 for first entry/$5 for each additional entry.
Non-member-$20 for first entry/$5 for each additional entry.
You may enter up to 20 images. Membership status will be verified. Payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance.
ELIGIBILITY
This call is open to all photographers worldwide, both amateur and professional.
RULES
Work that is copied or done under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible. All styles of photography will be accepted; film, digital, alternative process, iPhone, etc.
JURORS
Director’s choice. Please note, there is no personal feedback given by jurors.
NOTIFICATION
Notification will be done by email. If for any reason you do not receive your notification by the notification date, please check the filters in your email account.
ENTRY BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY
Entry is done through Café, a web-based service that allows artists to upload images and organize their artwork for submissions to galleries. To apply for a call, you must leave our website and go to the Café website at www.callforentry.org where you can create a FREE artist account. You will add your details and upload your images to Café and then you can submit work to APERTURES.
FORMATTING
All images must be in JPEG format using Café guidelines. The image size must be no smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi. Maximum file size is 5 mb.
SALES
All sales inquiries will be directed to the artist’s website.
ARTWORK DISPLAY
If granted permission, the Cultural Center will display the First Place winner’s image in our new Photography and Digital Arts Studio.
REGULATIONS
By submitting images, you agree that the images are your own work, you own all rights to the images, and you take full responsibility for the content of all images, including the likeness of recognizable individuals. The actual artwork will remain the property of the artist. The artists will grant copyright to the Cultural Center for display and promotional use.
Entry is done through Cafe
Jill Pottle Classes – Fall 2016
For those interested in taking classes with instructor Jill Pottle, here are some of the locations she’ll be teaching in the fall 2016.
Ryan Estate:
THE CLASS IS ALMOST FILLED
978-582-0985 or Fall Classes 2016
Sept. 28 – Dec. 7
Wednesday – 9:30-12:30 – Painting in Oils or Acrylics
Color And Light
Painting Workshops in Lunenburg, MA:
Contact Jill for more info. Pottleart@verizon.net 978-582-0985
Post Road Art Center:
508-485-2580 or Postroadartcenter.com
Sept. 15 – Nov. 3
Thursday – PASTEL class – 9:30-12:30
Worcester Art Museum:
508-799-4406 or WAM
Sept. 12- Nov. 21
Monday – PAINTING Methods in oils or acrylics – 1-4
DRAWING WITH COLOR – 6-9
Oct. 2 only – Pallet Knife painting workshop – 9:30-4
Arlington Center for the Arts:
781-646-6220 – https://www.acarts.org
Sept. 29 – November 17
Thursday – Acrylic and Oil painting – 2-5
Pastels and Painting – 6-9
Concord Art Association:
978-369-2578 www.concordart.org
Sept. 21 – Oct. 26
Wednesday – Painting in Diptychs and Triptychs – 1:30-4:30
Fruitlands Museum:
978-456-3924 www.frutilands.org
Friday – Painting in Oils or Acrylics – 9:30-12:30
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society:
781-862-9696 LACS
Sept. 17 – Nov. 12
Saturday – Teen Portfolio Class – 9:30-12:30
Nov. 6 only – Pallet Knife painting workshop – 9:30-3
Beverly Tinklenberg
BVAA artist of the day is Beverly Tinklenberg who paints gorgeous landscapes!
Field Trip to Worcester Historical Museum
On August 5, 2016, the Blackstone Valley Art Association took a field trip to the Worcester Historical Museum for their Free Fun Friday event. It was a blast! Here are just a few photos. If you have some to add from this event please let us know!
Mike Zeis
BVAA artist of the day – talented Mike Zeis who explores all variety of obscure photography
https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-mike-zeis/
MultiMedia Art Collaboration Project
Thanks to Bob Evans for thinking up this fun collaborative project!
Here’s the idea.
We start with an image. Let’s say it’s of a house. We then divvy that image up into sections for each person to portray. Maybe an oil painter gets the roof. Maybe a watercolor person gets the doorway. An acrylic painter might get the front side. A pen-and-ink drawer might get the side of the house.
Everyone makes their image however they wish.
All of the pieces are then given to Bob and he assembles them in PhotoShop to connect together to show the house.
Then we can showcase in an art show the original image, each person’s standalone work, and then the final, assembled image.
Let us know if this sounds interesting to you and what types of items you’d be interested in working on!