Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association

NOTE: This class will focus on still life. Bring what you’d like to paint and your light and Carol will see you there!

Oil paint has been the medium of choice for a wealth of famous painters. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paul Cezanne. There is just something spectacular about the beauty of oil paint which captures the eye and the imagination.

Whether you’re a raw beginner or an experienced painter, this oil painting class will take you to the next level. It’s full of personal hands-on advice and a warm, welcoming atmosphere!

Talented painter Carol Arnold teaches a monthly oil painting class at the BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Gallery! Carol is a member of Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik’s Putney Painters! All levels of painters are welcomed with open arms. The focus will be on drawing, edges, values and color. These are areas which a beginner can practice and an advanced student can hone to perfection.

Carol makes these classes fun and inspiring, while supporting you to the next level of your growth!

This monthly class meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm.

Cost:
The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one.
If there are only 1 or 2 students registered for a class, the class will be cancelled.
If there are 3 or 4 students, each student pays $20/hr for the class = $60 total.
If there are 5-10 students, each student pays $15/hr for the class = $45 total.

Invite your friends! Share the news! The more students which attend, the less you pay and the more fun it is to learn from each other.

When:
Thursday, September 6, 2018
6pm – 9pm

Where:
BVAA Alternatives 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 Alternatives Uxbridge Community Art Gallery Information

This class is open to the public. It is open to all ages and to all levels of painting ability.

Please make sure you register beforehand so we know how many to expect. Carol will send you a supply list to get you started.

To register, please make sure you email: carol@carolarnoldfineart.com

To learn more about Carol Arnold and to view her painting gallery:

https://carolarnoldfineart.com/

Follow Carol on Facebook!

Carol Arnold Fine Art on Facebook

RAIN RAIN RAIN!

The forecast is for solid rain all weekend long – and thunderstorms Sat morning exactly when the Jo Ellen sketching workshop would be at River Bend Farm. We don’t want anyone driving through thunderstorms!

We are POSTPONING both the River Bend Farm sketch event on Saturday and also the Blackstone Gorge watercolor event on Sunday.

The gallery will still be open Saturday from 10am to 3pm. If the weather is safe where you are, come on out. If it’s at all dangerous or thundery, please stay home. Again, don’t worry about the Show of Hands art show drop-off. It’s fine to drop items off next weekend. Please stay safe. If the rain happens to ease off and you want to come in and paint with me, that’s fine. If it’s too rainy, stay home and paint at home. We can post photos for each other on Facebook and Instagram as we work on things :). That could be fun. A virtual paint group.

Ask with any questions. I’ll let everyone know when we figure out a new date for the two events.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Lisa Shea & the team at the BVAA

If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out! It’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free!

If the weather is nice out, we’ll also do an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready. We just need some sunshine!

Note there IS NO YOGA IN THE GALLERY THIS WEEK. So the gallery will close at 3pm.

When:
Saturday, Aug 11th, 2018
10am – 3pm
(note Lisa runs a little late in the morning, so please be patient if she isn’t there right at the crack of 10am 🙂 )

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

This is an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.

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

Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.

Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!

The 2018 BVAA Alternatives “Tapestry” Art show is primarily located at the Uxbridge Gallery at 5 South Main Street, Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

The art is also hung at other area locations to spread the creativity and beauty throughout the Uxbridge region. We will create a “travel map” to encourage visitors to explore all of these locations to see the artwork.

These art pieces range from photography to watercolors, from acrylics to watercolors to mixed media. Each location can choose a piece of art which resonates with their theme.

Here is our planning list. Please let us know if you can contact one of these locations to determine if they’re interested in participating in 2018 and how many pieces they would like to show. Please talk with us first before contacting anybody so we can coordinate one contact per location.

Thank you in advance!

Blue Duck
Books Books
Bridals by Rochelle
Capron Corp Office
Coves Insurance – 2 medium pieces
Dynamic Hair Salon
Dynasty Café – 3 small pieces
Harry’s Pizza – 4 small pieces
K&T Nails – 3 small pieces
Lynches Liquors Store – 2 small pieces
M&B Candies
Savers Bank – 1 large piece on easel
UniBank – 2 small tabletop pieces
Uxbridge Dental Office – 3 medium pieces
Uxbridge Library – 3 medium pieces on easels
Uxbridge Senior Center
Uxbridge Town Hall

Thank you all for your help!

2018 Tapestry Community Art Show – main page

The Blackstone Valley Art Association is using this page to coordinate its donations for the raffle and prizes for the 2018 “Tapestry” Community Art Show. This art show has been running since 2000 and now is in its 18th year.

Together we can celebrate the creativity of our community!

We need cash donations to support the prizes given to the winners in each category.

Also, we need raffle items to give away for our raffle. These can be items like gift certificates for goods or actual items.

Here is an alphabetical list of donations made and sought in previous years. Please let us know if you have a contact at any of these organizations and/or are willing to talk with them. Also let us know if you know of any other organization in the Uxbridge region who would support the BVAA / Alternatives creative mission. I will note next to each name the person who will talk with them, so we can keep track of who is working with what company.

Brother’s Liquors
China Pacific
Depot Café
Don Salon 89
Dunkin’ Donuts
Elegant Nails
Elysian Salon and Spa
Friendly’s Discount Liquors
Harbro
Heavenly Hair
Imperial Car Wash
Imperial Cars
Inspirations
Jube’s
Katalina’s Boutique
King Jade
Kyoto
Linwood Mills House Wines
Maison De Manger
Major League Cuts
Miss Mendon Diner
Moms
Nona’s in Milford
Paga Gino’s
Sassy Fox
Think Local
Touch of Magic / Lisa Shea
Uxbridge Houe of Pizza

Thank you for your help!

2018 Tapestry Community Art Show – main page

ASHTON MILLS EXCURSION SAT 8/4/2018 CANCELLING DUE TO RAIN! WILL RESCHEDULE!

You can of course go anyway – just wear a raincoat! 🙂

If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out! It’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free!

If the weather is nice out, we’ll also do an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready. We just need some sunshine!

Note there IS NO YOGA IN THE GALLERY THIS WEEK. So the gallery will close at 3pm.

When:
Saturday, Aug 4th, 2018
10am – 3pm
(note Lisa runs a little late in the morning, so please be patient if she isn’t there right at the crack of 10am 🙂 )

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

This is an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.

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

Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.

Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!

This is our third annual art-poetry show! This page here explains how the show works, for the artists and poets who are interested in participating. The show is a “traveling” show which will be at the Blackstone Library in March 2019 and then the Millbury Barnes & Noble in April 2019. In previous years we had been at the Worcester Public Library to start in February, but they are undergoing renovations. If you have any thoughts as to where we could be in February, please let us know.

The artists are drawn from our Blackstone Valley Art Association. The poets are drawn from the Sutton Writing Group and the Worcester Writers Collaborative.

Anyone interested in participating lets Lisa know by MONDAY OCTOBER 29 2018 of that interest. They let her know if they prefer a partner they can meet in person or if they prefer to work remotely, staying in touch via email.

Soon after that, each artist is paired with a poet. They form a team for the duration of this project.

Sometime before December 1, 2018, the poet provides the artist with a poem. The poem can be custom-written for this project or it can be a favorite the artist already has written. The poem will be hung in the show on a maximum size of 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper so it should be short enough to fit on that paper at a reasonably sized font. With that being said, the poem can otherwise be as short or as long as the poet desires. It can be a short haiku or a long sonnet.

The artist now has until January 31, 2019 to create a work of art that represents that poem. The art can be a literal interpretation. It can convey the emotion of the poem. It can focus on one aspect of the poem. It is up to the artist to choose how to present their interpretation. That pairing of poem-plus-artwork will be hung side by side at the show.

In parallel:

Sometime before December 1, 2018, the artist provides the poet with a piece of art (a JPG photo of it is fine). Again, the artwork can be custom-created for this project or it can be an existing favorite.

The poet now has until January 31, 2019 to write a poem based on that piece of art. The poem does not need to literally describe the artwork. It can convey an emotion. It can create a story based on the scene. It can be whatever the poet wishes. Again, The poem will be hung in the show on a maximum size of 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper so it should be short enough to fit on that paper at a reasonably sized font. With that being said, the poem can otherwise be as short or as long as the poet desires. It can be a short haiku or a long sonnet.

When each poem and artwork is complete (both in the first and second round), please also send a copy to Lisa so she can work on the Tetris-like logistics of seeing what will fit where. For art, let her know the dimensions of the piece when you send the JPG.

Here are the pairings from previous years to see how this works:
2017 Art-Poetry Show
2018 Art-Poetry Show

Since we are not restricted in size this year by the Worcester Library cases, our size restriction is primarily the Blackstone Library cases. Half of the artwork needs to go in the cases there while the other half can hang on the wall. Lisa will coordinate who will go where once we determine the pairings. We’ll try to ensure that people who “went small” in previous years to fit the space constraints have the opportunity to “go large” this year if they wish.

If anybody has any questions or comments, please let Lisa know. Let her know if you’re interested in participating!

My current roster is:

Poets
Samantha Schroeder
Christine Beauchaine
Linda DeFeudis
Patty Cahill
Frank Robertson
Jane Nozzolillo
Sheryl Kimball
Liz Decasse
Trisha Wooldridge
Nasim Mansuri
Kara Emily Krantz
Danielle Redden
Evan Plante

Artists
Sue Dion
Christine Beauchaine
Linda DeFeudis
Patty Cahill
Frank Robertson
Pam Siderewicz
Young Farwell
Dennis Smith
Liz Decasse
Bob Evans
Trisha Wooldridge
Kara Emily Krantz
Danielle Redden
Deb Bottomley
Carole Plante
Verne Thayer
Marcia Ciak

Let me know if you’re interested in joining us! Last call is Monday, October 29th, 2018 at midnight EST!

Enjoy!

Every two months we rotate the art show at the Milford TV Station. We arrange our drop-offs on the last Thursday of the month preceding the show. The drop-off for the upcoming September-October 2018 show on the theme of “Autumn Splendour” is Thursday, August 30th from 6-8pm.

This date is also the reception (and take down) for the existing “Good Ole Summertime” show. Please try to wait until the end of the evening before you take your art off the walls. That way people who come to the reception to see the show are able to see all the art. If you’re not able to make it for the reception date, please wait until after the reception to stop by and retrieve your art.

The public is warmly welcome and encouraged to attend the art reception!

Artists – please bring food or drink to share!

The Milford TV Station is at:

138 South Main Street
Milford, MA

https://www.milfordtv.net/

The Milford people handle the labels and hanging for us, so there is no need to use our online submission form to indicate what you’re bringing. Simply be sure to label the back of each piece with its title, your name, and the price.

The Milford TV station does not take any commission on sales. Neither does the BVAA. So this is an ideal sales venue, and we do see sales regularly at this venue.

This show is for BVAA members only and is free to participate in.

Most artists bring in three items but if you have more which match the current theme that’s great! The items can be any size or shape – Milford has a great hanging system which can accommodate pretty much anything.

Ask with any questions!