Spread the news and get those teen artworks in! The deadline is this Saturday, Feburary 24, 2018. It’s free to participate and there’ll be cash prizes!
Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association
52Frames.com Photography Challenge – Levitation
The 52Frames.com challenge for this week (ending Feb 18 2018) was Levitation – here’s the entry by Lisa Shea – what did you submit?
She wanted to do something trickier with a meditation cushion but ran out of time. Only 24 hours in a day!
Holga Photography Workshop – Mar 24 and 31 2018
The Holga film camera is a 120 medium-format film camera which is the darling of the art world. It creates square, beautifully soft images known for their quirks and shadows. Here are just a few photos shot with a Holga film camera.
This two-part workshop INCLUDES THE CAMERA AND FILM. The price for the workshop gets you your very own Holga 120N film camera and two rolls of 120 medium-format film. The first workshop steps you through preparing your camera, loading it, and how to take photos. The follow-up workshop answers any questions you have and has a photo shoot. If a person can only come to one or the other, they will get prepared and set up with their camera at that session.
You will also get a free copy of Lisa’s ebook on techniques for using the Holga film camera.
The cost for this series including the Holga camera, two rolls of 120 film, and ebook is $60. If you already own a Holga, the cost is $25.
When:
Saturday, March 26, 2018
Saturday, March 31, 2018
1pm – 3pm
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 fascinating workshop is open to the public. Please make sure you register beforehand so we can order your Holga film camera plus film and have it ready for you at the workshop. There is a limited class size of 12 for this workshop.
The instructors for this workshop is:
Free Photography Workshops
These are all the free photography workshops we’ve done in January 2018 or have coming up in February 2018.
What should we do in March?
Let us know what topics you’d like to see us cover!
Basic Photography Course Postponed due to Snow
The Basic Photography Course has been postponed for one week due to the incoming snow on Sunday morning. We will instead have our first meeting on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 from 10am to noon.
Full details:
7th Annual Choco l’Art Show Winners 2018
Our 2018 Choco l’Art show was our 7th annual show at the Whitinsville Social Library! The show was live February 1st through 8th, 2018. It was the votes of the patrons of the library which determined the winners!
Here are the votes! We had 70 total – the most ever!
17 and the winner – Chocolate Rabbit by Carole Plante!
12 – Janet’s “Scooter” (dog)
5 – Janet’s “Winter Snack” (deer)
4 – Bonnie’s Blue
4 – Linda’s Twilight
3 – Sue’s Salt Marsh
3 – Bonnie’s peony
3 – Bob’s berries
2 – Bonny’s Candy Heart
2 – Bob’s dragon (iguana)
2 – Anne’s two books
2 – John’s snake
2 – Lisa’s watercolor of Alaskan hills
1 – Sue’s field of gold
1 – Betty’s sleeping beauty
1 – Carol F’s romance
1 – John’s tiger heron
1 – Linda’s good morning
1 – John’s owl
1 – Bob’s heron
1 – Lisa’s watercolor of the library
1 – Linda’s daydream
Carol Arnold Oil Painting Class – March 2018
Carol Arnold, a member of Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik’s Putney Painters, is now offering oil painting classes at the Uxbridge Alternatives Gallery! All levels welcomed. The focus will be on drawing, edges, values and color. Carol’s goal is to make this fun and inspiring, while learning how to get to the next level of your growth!
This is an ongoing class that will meet on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm. The cost per student is $15/hour if there are 5 or more students in the class. If there are less than 5 students in the class, the cost per student is $20/hour. Class will be cancelled if fewer than 3 students register. The maximum class size will be 10 artists.
When:
Thursday, March 1, 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
The cost per student is $15/hour if there are 5 or more students in the class. If there are less than 5 students in the class, the cost per student is $20/hour. This class is open to the public. Please make sure you register beforehand so we know how many to expect.
To register, email: carol@carolarnoldfineart.com
The featured instructor for this class is Carol Arnold.
Cuttyhunk Plein Air Festival 2018 – Sat June 23 2018
The Cuttyhunk Plein Air Festival is not run by the BVAA, but we are sharing news of it.
Here is the writeup.
Artists are urged to register now for Cuttyhunk Plein Air 2018, set for Saturday, June 23, 2018 with Sunday, June 24 reserved for a rain date. The $75 registration fee includes roundtrip ferry ticket, choice of box lunch, reception, and prizes. Island participants pay a $30 fee, including lunch.
A reminder that a dozen artists were waitlisted in 2017, so act quickly to secure a spot.
Sponsors for the 2018 festival are the Cuttyhunk Cultural Council, Cuttyhunk Historical Society, and the Long-Range Planning Committee for the Town of Gosnold. Fatherdaughter team of Jim and Molly Conway, former owners of the Pea in Your Pants Gallery, will present two purchase awards. Jurors will award gift certificates of $200, $100, and $50 from Dick Blick Art Supplies to the top three paintings.
Cuttyhunk, a 580-acre glacial remnant, is the most remote of the Elizabeth Islands chain, and the only one with public access. Approximately three-quarters of a mile wide and a mile and a half long, the quaint island is easily walkable and abounds with scenic views of rocky beaches, cliffs, sailboats, distant islands, wildflowers, and handsome homes.
Cuttyhunk welcomes artists throughout the season. In addition to splendid scenery, the island offers public rest rooms at the Marina and Town Hall, engaging exhibits at the Museum of the Elizabeth Islands, tasty fare from the Island Market, Cuttyhunk Café, Raw Bar, Soprano’s Pizza (evenings), Lucky Dog Grill, Scuttlebutt Café (some evenings), Cuttyhunk Fishing Club (breakfast), and aboard the M/V Cuttyhunk which provides daily passenger service from New Bedford to the island. Captain John Paul Hunter, aboard his SeaHorse water taxi, also offers transport.
The inaugural Cuttyhunk Plein Air 2016 took place on June 18, 2016, a sparkling Saturday with 45 participants: 40 from the south coast of New England and five from the island. Jurors Helen Sturgis Nadler, Bob Smith, and Jodi Stevens selected the top three artists: Mary Benton, of Swansea, MA, took the first prize with a painting of Church’s Beach distinguished by her brushwork and palette; Heidi Hallemeier, of South Dartmouth, MA, was second with a scene featuring the Fish Dock and Raw Bar boat described as evocative; and Barbara Healy of North Dartmouth, MA won third place. Each artist received commemorative ribbons and $200, $100. and $50 gift certificates respectively from Dick Blick Art Supplies. A special Spirit of Cuttyhunk Captured award went to Suzanne Lewis of Bristol, RI for her painting of the school house. The prize was selected by a representative of each of the sponsoring organizations, the Cuttyhunk Cultural Council, the Cuttyhunk Historical Society, and the Long-Range Planning Committee.
Cuttyhunk Plein Air 2017 concluded with clearing weather and happy artists. Organizers, artists, and island ambassadors breathed a collective sigh of relief as the fog lifted and the ferry landed for Cuttyhunk Plein Air 2017. Fifty artists, accompanied by Ambassador Patty Andrews picked up box lunches prepared by CTHK Café and Island Market, were scooped up by volunteers with golf carts, and distributed to island motifs and front porches to spend the day capturing Cuttyhunk. They were returned to the US Coast Guard Boat House and their work hung along the east wall of the historic structure. Jurors Jodi Stevens, Severin Haines, and Bob Smith roamed up and down the display before conferring and passing their choices to Festival Director Teri Bordenave to be announced to the gathering crowd of more than 100 islanders.
First place went to Anne McKee of Wayland, MA for “That Tree,” located on the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club property. Elizabeth Havens received second honors for “Cuttyhunk Charm.” The third prize ribbon was for Jane Owen’s “Pond View.” The artists received $200, $100, and $50 gift certificates, respectively, from Dick Blick Art Materials. Molly and Jim Conway were the donors and jurors for the Spirit of Cuttyhunk purchase prize. They chose “Bass Cove” by Barbara Healy. The winning painting was then donated to the Cuttyhunk Historical Society for the Museum opening auction on Saturday, July 1. Ms. Healy was the third prize winner in 2016. The painting was purchased by a CHS board member and donated to the museum. Following the announcement of winners the crowd enjoyed a wine reception _ARTY! in the Boat House before artists boarded the ferry for the return ride to New Bedford.
Ms. Bordenave counted 15 sales of works done during the paint-along. The paint-in-place event was promoted along the South Coast of Massachusetts and as far west as Providence and Newport, RI. The participants hailed from New York to New Hampshire.
For more information, or to register for Cuttyhunk Plein Air 2018, please visit www.cuttyhunkpleinair.com Contact Director Teri Bordenave at bordenave.teri@gmail.com or Publicist Sara Lehner at sellisl@mac.com.
Bus Trip to NYC – Sat April 21 2018
For those who are interested in a visit to New York City, Carole Berren is putting together a trip primarily composed of artists.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
Cost: $55 Round Trip
If you are interested, please contact Carole soon at caroleberren1@gmail.com
Details:
Spring is coming, has already been here, is coming again. 60 + degrees on Feb. 21, 14 degrees a month ago, a foot of snow!this has certainly been a strange winter. But I do believe as we approach the mid to end of April, it might get back on track for a fine spring day.
Therefore we have a bus trip to NYC planned for Saturday the 21st of April. We might find cherry blossoms ready to bloom as we journey through Central Park, magnolia petals echoing the Gothic architecture of many churches and tulips dancing in the wind in Washington Square.
For those who are interested in watercolors, the American Watercolor Society’s annual international exhibition will be open (from 1 – 5 PM) at the Salmagundi Club ( 47 Fifth Ave.) during its last days of the exhibit.
There are many great museums and galleries; shopping galore; some may go to a Broadway play: off Broadway play; On this day in NYC, you are welcome to do anything yo’d like. Perhaps you’ve heard of a great restaurant – even in Brooklyn, you’ll have time to do it. And one year we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. Another time we found our way to the Brooklyn Museum. It’s fun to walk through Greenwich Village or Soho.
And don’t forget the new beautiful twin towers in lower Manhattan.
The bus will start the journey in Warwick at 7:30 AM (exit 10A Park and Lock on Rte 117). There will be 1 stop in CT for food and bathroom. In NYC there will be 3 stops going down Fifth Ave from north to south. First stop at the Met (around 82nd St) Met, Guggenheim, Neue Gallery of Austria and German art, Frick, MOMA, etc.
The 2nd stop will be midtown (around 45th St) .St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, great shopping, etc.
The 3rd will be downtown somewhere around Houston St. which separates Greenwich Village from SOHO .Washington Sq. AWS show, Chelsea, Twin Towers, Wall St., Canal St etc.
The bus will pick us up on 42nd Street at Bryant Park near the NYC Library ( midtown) at 6:00 PM sharp for our return trip. We should be back in Warwick ( after a short stop in CT), by about 10 – 10:30 or so.
The cost of this trip will be $55 pp.
Brush Gallery – Four by Four for Education 2018
This cyanotype was made from bicycle gears by Lisa Shea for the Brush Gallery scholarship auction. All donations are done on a 4″ x 4″ canvas.
Did you donate anything to the cause? Share your images!
