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Minutes of BVAA Meeting Tuesday 15Mar16

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Minutes of BVAA Monthly Meeting March 15, 2016

Big Picture Frame in Milford is offering BVAA members a 50% discount. Carol F. will find out whether than is over and above their ongoing discount. Lisa will add this to our newsletter.

Field Trip to photography Shaw Farm is 3/18 from 5:00-6:00 at 17 Shaw Lane.

Show at Premiere Image is on after Lisa was able to encourage enough people to enter.
The opening is 3/24 from 6:00-8:00. Members are asked to bring munchies.

We have been invited to attend a show by the Quinebog Art Center in Southbridge of abstract expressionist painting by Marion Kolbe on 4/1 from 7:00-9:00. We might be able to use their venue in the future. Julie Pohaska is the director.

Pam will contact Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham to schedule our Spring 2017 show for April or May. Artwork will be displayed for a month. She will ask Ellen at Amazing Things if we can have a Saturday afternoon opening.

The Booklovers Gourmet in Webster will hold a cyanotype show in July.

The Plein Air is scheduled for 5/21 in Sutton with Gerard Blouin. Carol F. has received permission to use the Whittier Farm area. Lisa will contact a friend of hers who owns property with a view of 2 farms.

The Sutton Art Festival is 6/4. We will display our plein air paintings and other art.

There will be no formal meeting next month but the board will meet regarding officers for next year. Pam will be stepping down and Lisa has offered her name for consideration as president.

Guest presenter: Sarah Alexander showed examples of her beautiful paintings and gave a demonstration of her technique.

Shaw Farm Photo Shoot

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The weather is looking great, so we are a GO for the Shaw Farm Photo Shoot on Friday, March 18th at 5-6pm in Sutton MA!

Here is where we will be meeting up:

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Please bring good solid walking shoes and appropriate clothing – the barn is in rough shape and there is broken glass.

Coming from 146:

Take the Central Turnpike exit (exit 7) in Sutton and head west. This will be left if you’re on 146N and right if you’re on 146S. The intersection with Putnam Hill Road is just over three miles down. It’s where the Blue Jay Restaurant used to be, if you know the area. Take the right onto Putnam Hill Road, and then the right onto Shaw Lane.

Drive all the way up to the top of the hill, turn around, and then park on the right side (the north side) of the road facing back toward Putnam Hill Road. That way we can try to keep the cars out of our photos.

It should be an interesting field trip!

Let us know if you have any questions.

Cyanotype Show – Booklovers’ Gourmet

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The BVAA will be putting on a cyanotype show at the Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster, Massachusetts! The show will run from July 1 through July 30, 2016.

If you’re a BVAA member and are interested in being a part of the show, let us know!

They can handle 20-25 images so the number of images per person will depend on the number of participants.

The shop takes a 25% commission on all sales.

We’ll be holding a reception, date to be determined. Probably Saturday July 23rd.

Here’s their website with more details about the bookstore and cafe –

https://er3.com/book/

BookLovers’ Gourmet
55 East Main St.
Webster MA