Author: Blackstone Valley Art Association

Come on by the Worcester Public Library on Saturday, March 18th, 2017 from 1-3pm to meet the artists of the BVAA Art & Poetry show!

Each artist created a work of art for a poet to write a poem about.

Each poet created a poem for the artist to then interpret!

Here are all the results:

Art & Poetry Show Listing

Join us on the 18th to learn more!

The show runs from March 1 – March 31, 2017 at the Worcester Public Library. Visit there any time during regular open hours to see it!

Worcester Public Library website

Make sure you come in to the Worcester Public Library and see the show! It’s live from March 1 – 31, 2017.

Here’s what we’re sending around about our upcoming March 2017 Art-Poetry show:

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Greetings!

I wanted to let you know about a cool show which will be at the Worcester Public Library for the month of March. Here’s the details. Let me know if you’d like to learn anything else! I can send images …

“Painting is silent poetry,
And poetry is painting that speaks.”
— Plutarch

The Blackstone Valley Art Association has paired up with the Sutton Writing Group and the Worcester Writers Collaborative to present an intriguing pairing of art and poetry. The venue is the Worcester Public Library main branch on Salem Street in Worcester. The dates are the entire month of March. It’s an adventure in creativity!

Here’s how it worked. Each visual artist was teamed up with a poet. The artist gave that poet a work of art. It might be a photograph, a watercolor, an oil painting, an acrylic, or anything else. The poet then had to write a poem about that work.

Happening at the same time, the poet wrote an original poem on anything they wanted. It might be an ode to snow. A haiku about raindrops. Whatever the poet chose to write, the artist now had to represent those words visually. The artist was allowed to interpret that poem in any way they wished.

The resulting pairs will be on display!

In some cases the artist did their best to literally portray the scene laid out in the poem. In other cases, the artist explored the mood or feeling of the written work. The same was true for the poets. Some poets described what might be happening in the visual image. Other poets delved into the feelings that the piece of art brought about.

We’ll be having a meet-the-artists-and-poets event during the exhibition period. Please check the Blackstone Valley Art Association’s website at BVAA.org to find out the date and time of that reception. On our website you’ll also be able to learn more about the artists, poets, and the works as well.

We look forward to meeting you!

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Worcester Magazine
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Hi,

Make sure you come on down to the Whitinsville Library and check-out our annual Choc O l’Art show and sample the candy !

Bob

Here are the cases available at the Worcester Public Library for displaying artwork.

There are two areas for display, with the cafe in between them. First, the center-main-floor area. This area has two rows of two floor cases each (on tables) and then two vertical (wall) cases behind them. Six cases total. In this image you are looking down on top of the four floor cases and then looking straight-on at the two wall cases on the top.

To help visualize this, here are photos of those cases.

Next up, by the doors there is an area with two tabletop cases and then two wall cases. Again, the tabletop cases are shown with a top-down view and the wall cases are shown from a side-on view.

Submission deadline is TONIGHT Feb 13 – get those titles in to be part of the Choco l’Art show!

Choco l’Art Details

And then everyone is welcome to come by on Saturday and enjoy the festivities!

Our August 2017 Sunflower Show celebrates the sunny beautiful flower! It’s held at the:
Booklovers’ Gourmet
55 E Main St
Webster, MA 01570

About the Show
If there ever was a flower which symbolized glorious summertime, the sunflower is the one. Did you know that nearly all of the 70 species of sunflowers are native to North America? They can grow to be up to six feet tall and they even tilt as the sun moves so they always face it!

The Blackstone Valley Art Association is celebrating this sun-shaped delight with a sunflower show throughout the month of August at the Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster. Our show complements the massive garden of live sunflowers which the bookstore is famous for. Come on out to admire the live flowers, appreciate the artistic versions, and explore the shop’s offerings!

Submissions
The submission deadline for the sunflower show is Monday, July 17th, 2017. We have limited wall space here so what we’ll do is have each member submit an image or two they’d like to include. Depending on how many entries we get, we’ll see how many items we can hang per person. It’s open to all BVAA members. This is not a judged show – it is primarily a visibility and sales opportunity. Any sales will include a 25% commission taken by the shop. The BVAA takes no commission on this show. Full BVAA terms: BVAA Show Terms and Conditions

Update: We got enough entries that we are going with one per person! The list:
List of Entries for the Sunflower Show

Drop-Off
The drop-off for the Sunflower Show is Saturday, July 29th any time before 5pm. The shop will take care of hanging the items.

Public Reception
The reception will be 2-4pm on Saturday, August 12th.

Photos from the Sunflower Show Reception

Pick-Up
Pick-up for the show is Thursday, August 31st, any time before 6pm (during their open hours of course 🙂 ).

Theme
This show is all about sunflowers! The Booklovers’ Gourmet is well known for their beautiful sunflower garden, which will be in full bloom during the show’s run.

Use the BVAA online submission form to submit for this show.

Volunteers Needed
The BVAA is run by volunteers – please lend a hand! We need volunteers for the following activities:
* Watching over the reception
* Take-down of the show
Let us know on your submission form how you’re able to help out.