Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association

The Blackstone Valley Art Association is sponsoring its sixth annual Series Show! This is a fun, creative art show which celebrates the magic of creating artwork in a series.

This show is for all BVAA members to participate in. You can submit two or three artwork items as your series. They can be related to each other in any way that you wish. It’s wholly up to you to define the theme of your series.

Maybe they are all shades of blue. Maybe they’re all landscapes. Do they all involve triangles? Cows? You can mix your artwork styles. Do one photo, one sculpture, and one watercolor painting. Explore your creativity!

NOTE NEW DROPOFF DATE! NOW JUNE 8TH!!

When:
June 8 to July 6, 2024

Where:
BVAA / Open Sky Uxbridge Community Art Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569

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

Each BVAA member may exhibit two or three art items. These will be judged *as a series* (i.e. one prize for a whole group) for cash prizes. Note that you CAN submit items which you’ve submitted separately for judging before. This time they’ll be judged as an entire series. Also, when you submit items to this show as part of a series you CAN then submit them separately for a future show as individual items. This here is a fairly unique show in that we’re judging the art items as one coherent “group”.

Entering the Show
The entry fee for this show is $20 for two to three pieces. Note that you can’t submit just one item. This submission needs to be 2 or 3 items which relate to each other. They can be presented together if you wish, as in a triptych frame.

Artwork can be any size. That being said, please contact us first if you plan on bringing anything over 20″ x 30″ in size. We need to arrange for space for those separately.

All art must be family friendly and properly wired for hanging. Our hanging system does not work with saw-tooth or triangle hangers. If you are new to preparing art for shows, read our page on How to Mat and Frame a Photo. Please also check out our Show Terms and Conditions. This includes all details including the 25% commission for any sales of exhibit artwork in the gallery. You may also choose to have your artwork listed as not for sale.

All art items which are entered are hung. There is no “pre-selection” process where some are accepted and others are rejected. If you submit artwork, and it is family-friendly and wired properly, it will be part of our show.

Some reading material:
Stephen DiRado Photography Alzheimer’s Series
January 2019 Monthly Meeting – Photography in Series

Submissions
To submit your entries use our BVAA Online Submission Form. The deadline to submit your online details is midnight on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Work must be dropped off on Saturday, June 8, 2024 between 10am and 3pm. Please do not bring in art to the gallery at other times. All work which is brought in will be hung (as long as it is properly wired and is family-friendly).

We plan on arranging / labelling the show on Monday, June 10th starting at 6:30pm. We’d love to have you join us! Please contact us in case we change the date or time.

Judging
Judge to be announced

Closing Reception
The closing reception for the show is Friday, June 28th from 5-7pm. Invite family and friends – all are welcome! NOTE NEW DATE!! JUNE 28!!

Pick Up
Saturday, July 6, 2022, from 10am to 3pm. If you aren’t able to make that, please contact us for other arrangements.

Address any questions via our BVAA Contact Information

Ask with any questions! We look forward to seeing your entries!

Full 2024 BVAA Uxbridge Gallery Art Show Schedule –
2024 Uxbridge Gallery Schedule

For inspiration, here is the video walkthrough of the 2023 Series Art Show.

For inspiration, here’s the winners of the 2022 Series Show!

Series Show Winners 2022

It’s that time of year! BVAA Spring Party Time! This is when we celebrate the start of summer. We also hold elections for our officers for the 2024-2025 year, which will begin in September. Our BVAA calendar year runs from September 2024 to August 2025.

We will be holding our meeting on our regular monthly meeting date, the third Tuesday:

Tuesday May 21st 2024
6:00pm

Bob and Carol Evans once again set up all the details for us! Thank you Bob and Carol!

Grille 122
91 Providence Road
Whitinsville MA
https://grille122.com/menu/

We have a private room reserved for our group.

Each person can order whatever they want and will get their own bill, so it is wholly up to you what you want to eat or drink from that menu. You can order just a tea! Just a salad! There’s no up-front payments.

Please EMAIL US DIRECTLY at info@bvaa.org if you are thinking about coming. That way we can create a table count for the restaurant. You’re welcome to bring one person with you.

We would love to see you on May 21st. If you’re not able to come for any reason at all, we understand. We will miss you!

There will not be any event in the Uxbridge gallery on Tue May 21st. We will only be at the Grille 122.

Ask if you have any questions, and have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Lisa Shea & the BVAA Team

Open Critique Session

It’s time for a critique session! We all bring in our latest works or images and then offer each other suggestions and advice. You can bring the works in in person or bring JPG images on a thumb drive for us to view on a laptop. You can bring in paintings, drawings, or sculptures. Whatever you wish! It’ll be fun, relaxed, and conversational.

If you aren’t able to bring the physical item in, and don’t have a thumb drive, you can email the image to our normal info@bvaa.org address sometime before Tuesday and we’ll handle it for you. Lisa Shea will be on laptop duty for the night :).

Our April 2024 monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 from 6:30-9pm.

This critique will be moderated by the talented award-winning painter Carol Arnold!

https://www.carolarnoldfineart.com/

Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569

This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.

Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the workshop part of the evening. Feel free to come for whichever half interests you the most. In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.

All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!

Ask with any questions!

Some samples of Carol Arnold’s work:

This Uxbridge gallery is supported in part by BVAA member dues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by ValleyCAST. The space use is kindly donated to us by ValleyCast, the community outreach department of Open Sky Community Services. Open Sky uses this space for special-needs client activities during daytime weekdays. They allow the BVAA use of the space – and its gallery walls – on evenings and weekends. We actively support their inclusive mission. All are welcome to all of our events and activities!

We have an absolutely amazing two-part workshop and demo on Sunday March 24th 2024! Note the Sunday date!

You are invited to attend a two-hour workshop in Asian arts with local artist Bayda Asbridge. The first 30 minutes will revolve around Saori (Japanese weaving) where you will see the artist weave on her portable loom. You may even get a chance to run the shuttle yourself and experience weaving personally. She will introduce this art form and explain in what way it is different from traditional weaving. Meanwhile, there will be a Powerpoint presentation of her fiber art playing in the background. She will be able to answer any questions that arise during that period of time.

In the remaining 90 minutes, you will learn about Classical Asian Brush Painting – the 4 gentlemen. The focus will be on two of them by practicing the basic strokes of the bamboo stalk and leaves & wild orchid flowers and their leaves.

This workshop is FREE and is open to the community. If you want to participate in the brush painting portion, please RSVP to info@bvaa.org so that we know how many stations to set up for the brush painting. We have a hard limit of 24 brush stations. All materials will be supplied for the brush painting portion of the session.

The date for this workshop is Sunday March 24th, 2024. Bayda will start setting up at 12:30pm and we’ll get started at 1pm. Feel free to arrive at 12:30pm to chat and get updates on our spring schedule. We’ll aim to start with the Saori weaving portion right at 1pm.

Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569

This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.

Please note the SUNDAY DATE! In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced. For March 2024 we are moving this meeting to SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY :).

All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!

For more about Bayda –

https://www.baydasart.com/

The RSVPs we have are:

Deb B
Carrie N
Edith D
Susan H-S
Mike Z
Joyce I
Ann W
Marcia C?
Marcia T?
Monika S (via website)
Lisa S
Carol F

Our meetings are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Celebrate the beauty of the Blackstone Valley in Massachusetts! Our “Local Beauty” community art show is open to ALL forms of art – photography, watercolors, acrylics, oil paintings, pastels, printmaking, sculpture, and more. The topic is our local Blackstone Valley in Massachusetts. We eagerly look forward to seeing local landscapes, architecture, visions, and interpretations of:

Auburn, Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton, Leicester, Mendon, Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, and Worcester.

Do you have a photo of Purgatory Chasm in Sutton? A watercolor painting of the Millville canal lock? An abstract interpretation of Worcester City Hall? We’d love to see how you interpret this topic!

This show is FREE to participate in and is open to all community members! You don’t have to live in a listed down to participate. The image itself needs to somehow represent one of those towns.

Please vote for your favorite! Voting is open through Friday April 5th – winners are awarded at 6pm!

When:
March 2nd to April 6th, 2024

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

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

BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Art Gallery Information

Participation is open to the public. Each participant may exhibit up to three pieces of art.

Entering the Show
Artwork can be any size. That being said, please contact us first if you plan on bringing anything over 20″ x 30″ in size. We need to arrange for space for those separately.

All art must be family friendly and properly wired for hanging. Our hanging system does not work with saw-tooth or triangle hangers. 3M stick-on hangers are notorious for falling off – please don’t use those. If you are new to preparing photography for shows, read our page on How to Mat and Frame a Photo. Please also check out our Show Terms and Conditions

All art which is entered is displayed. There is no “pre-selection” process where some are accepted and others are rejected. If you submit artwork, and it is family-friendly and wired properly, it will be part of our show. You can have your art listed with a price for sale, or you can have it Not For Sale if you wish.

Submissions
To submit your entries use our BVAA Online Submission Form. The deadline to submit the online label information is midnight on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. Work must be dropped off on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 between 10am and 3pm. Please only bring artwork in on Saturday – the staff in the location during the week do not handle artwork processing. All artwork which is brought in will be hung (as long as it is properly wired and is family-friendly).

Please indicate on your label which town each image represents. We’ll be using that information to create our town-specific slideshows, explained below.

Judging
This show will be a community choice voting. Every person can vote for a first, second, and third place. Winners will be announced at the reception.

Video Slideshows

In addition to the in-gallery experience and the traditional full show video walkthrough, we will also do town-specific slideshows as part of this project. We’ll create a slideshow of the images representing Uxbridge, the images representing Grafton, and so on. That way people who are interested in art from a particular town can easily find it.

Reception
The reception for this show will be on Friday, April 5th, 2024 from 5-7pm. Prizes are usually awarded around 6pm. Winners will receive ribbons and certificates.

Pick Up
Pickup of the art is on Saturday, April 6th, 2024, from 10am to 3pm. If you aren’t able to make this date, please contact us for other arrangements. Please do not stop by the gallery during the week to pick up art – the weekly staff are not able to process the art items.

Address any questions via our BVAA Contact Information

Ask with any questions! We look forward to seeing your entries!

This Uxbridge gallery is supported in part by BVAA member dues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by ValleyCAST. The space use is kindly donated to us by ValleyCAST, the community outreach department of Open Sky Community Services. Open Sky uses this space for special-needs client activities during daytime weekdays. They allow the BVAA use of the space – and its gallery walls – on evenings and weekends. We actively support their inclusive mission. All are welcome to all of our events and activities!

Have you ever wanted to try printmaking? This FREE workshop on Basic Intaglio Printmaking is just what you need!

Artist, Printer and Living Historian Andy Volpe will host a workshop at the BVAA meeting on Tuesday February 20, 2024, to demonstrate some basics on an Intaglio platemaking technique known as Drypoint, using plexiglass, plastic sheet and some other possible materials for printing plates.

He’ll also show and talk about some of his work in both modern and traditional techniques.

Members should bring some sort of metal scribing tool (nail, X-acto knife, etc.) and think about a simple image to work on, thumbnail size (around 3 inch x 4 inch) due to limited timeframe.  Then we’ll print!  Andy will look to bring a portable rolling press.  

Paper, ink and plates will be provided

Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569

This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.

Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the workshop part of the evening. Feel free to come for whichever half interests you the most. In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.

All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!

Here is the video!

You can learn more about Andy Volpe here:

https://www.andyvolpe.com/

Our meetings are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.