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All Things Animals! Show at Boston Children’s Museum

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The Boston Children’s Museum has a call to art out on the theme “All Things Animals!” running September to November 2016.

Because this is a children’s museum all items must be kid-friendly. Any frames must be acrylic or Plexiglas – no actual glass.

All submissions must be in to the Boston Children’s Museum by May 1, 2016.

The selection process will be done by June 1, 2016.

Chosen works will be dropped off September 18-19, 2016.

Full details:

https://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/gallery-shows-opportunities

Patterns Show at Attleboro Arts Museum

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The Attleboro Arts Museum has a national call to artists out for their upcoming “Patterns” show.

Submissions must be done by CD or by hand-delivering the entry. They do not take any online submissions for this show.

CDs must be received by May 13th. Hand-delivered entries must arrive between May 20-21, 2016. Fee is $18/2 for museum members and $25/2 for non-members.

Show runs June 22 through July 22, 2016.

Full details:

https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/index.php/exhibitions-events-2/cals-for-artists/

2016 Spring Bull Gallery Juried Photographic Exhibition

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For the photographers out there!

The Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, RI is having a juried show all about photographs.

Film and digital, black and white and color.

They cannot be printed on canvas.

Works must be dropped off in person to be evaluated. Drop-off is February 27 – March 2, 2016.

If you’re not chosen to be in the show you pick yours up on March 4, 2016 – March 6, 2016.

Show runs March 5 thru March 30, 2016

Entry fee $20/1 or $30/2

Full details:

https://springbullgallery.com/

Cyanotype Hands-On Session

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We’ll be hosting a two-part hands-on cyanotype session next Sat and Sun March 5th and 6th, 2016! We’ll work from 2-4pm each day. Saturday will involve painting objects with the cyanotype fluid and some practice with pre-done pieces of paper. The objects need to dry overnight so Sunday will then be about exposing those items to the sun with leaves, gears, and other items.

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If you can only make it to one session that’s fine – we’ll have spare papers both days for you to play with. If you can make it to both, you’ll be able to see the whole process through from start to finish!

Let us know if you’d like to come to one or both days.

This is one of those “might get a little messy” activities so it’s probably best not to wear your prom dress or tux ;).

Claflin Hill – The Irish & Italian Summit

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The BVAA, in conjunction with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, is offering a fun night of art and music! The orchestra provides the music while the BVAA provides the art!

On Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 7:30-10pm the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra will be performing a show. The BVAA will have art up for patrons to enjoy before the show and during intermission.

Deadline to submit your titles and sizes via the online form is Monday, February 29th. This gives us time to determine how many panels will be needed. There’s no fee to participate.

BVAA Online Submission Form

Drop-Off for the show will be Thursday, March 3rd and Friday, March 4th from 4-6pm. Everything will then be set up Friday night so it’s ready to go for Saturday. Pick-up will be Sunday morning from 8-10am. If you can’t make that, email us to make other arrangements.

We need volunteers to help us hang the show from 5-6 on Friday and to take it down at 8:30 on Sunday. Please let us know if you’re available. There is a 20% commission on sales which will be forgiven for those who help out!

The music being performed on Sat the 5th will be:

Featuring “I –Squared” The Two Tenors
Italian and Irish Vocal Selections
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Hardiman: Lord of the Dance

We should aim to bring the best art in our libraries, to match the high quality of the performance. That being said, if you have two great pieces and one features an Irish or Italian theme then that might be a perfect one to choose!

Here’s the official Claflin Hill page with all details on the concert –

https://www.claflinhill.com/symphony-series/2016/3/5/the-irish-italian-summit-italian-and-irish-vocal-selections

DROPOFF DETAILS:

To get to to Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street from Millbury take 140 S for around 10 miles. Take a slight left on West Street, which becomes Exchange Street. Turn left onto Main Street/MA-16 for about 2 1/2 miles. It’s a tall white steepled building very hard to miss. There are parking lots on either side of the bldg. as well as street parking.

You may enter by the side entrance where the handicapped ramp is, go in via the ramp and basement entrance and use the elevator to go to the second floor. Anne will have signs up around the building indicating where these are.

2016 Norfolk Open Invitational

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The 2016 Norfolk Open Invitational Art Show is being held at the Norfolk Library in Norfolk, MA. The show has a submission date of February 29, 2016. The show runs from March 28-April 3, 2016. The opening reception is April 9th from 5-7pm.

Payment is via check or money order only and must be postmarked by April 29th. Entry fee is $20 for one or $30 for two. They will let you know by March 19th if your submissions were accepted.

Pickup is April 30th from 9am to 11am.

Full details:

https://www.virtualnorfolk.org/public_documents/norfolkma_ncc/Norfolk%20Open%20Invitational%202016%20docs/NOI2016application.pdf

Minutes of BVAA Meeting Tues 16Feb16

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Current Shows
There was a lot of interest at our Claflin Concert show.

The Choco L’Art show is ongoing and several ballots have been received.

Upcoming Shows
We are still looking for a venue for our Spring show.
Amazing Things is booked through the year. Pam will contact them soon for next year.
Consider the Atria? Norfolk Public Library? Patriot Place Gallery 21?

Plein Air – We haven’t received any feedback on a location. It is being supported by a grant from
the Sutton Cultural Council so it must be in that area.

Field Trip 2/16/16 to the Worcester Art Museum Cyanotype show.

Next meeting: March 15th. Sarah Alexander will present a demonstration on Three Dimensional Water Color painting

Garden Party Nature Show at Attleboro Arts Museum

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The Attleboro Arts Museum is having a Garden Party art show from March 17-20, 2016. Artists can submit up to 2 pieces and the museum guarantees at least one will be chosen. Fee is $20 for Museum members at $25 for non-members for one, and $30/$35 for two pieces.

The piece cannot have been shown at the Attleboro Arts Museum before. It must be a max of 36″ x 36″ including frame and under 100 pounds. The sales commission is 30% for members and 40% for non-members. There are cash prizes.

You drop off your actual physical artwork between March 3 and 5, 2016. Hours are 10-4. They’ll post which ones they accepted on their website and if one of yours wasn’t chosen you pick it up between March 10th and 12th.

The actual show is Thursday, March 17th through Sunday, March 20th, 2016.

Final pickup of exhibited works are March 20-23.

Full details:

https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/index.php/exhibitions-events-2/cals-for-artists/