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Claflin Hill – American Dreamscapes

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The BVAA, in conjunction with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, is offering a fun night of art and music! The orchestra provides the music while the BVAA provides the art!

On Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 7:30-8:30pm the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra will be performing a show. The BVAA will have art up for patrons to enjoy before the show and during intermission.

Deadline to submit your titles and sizes via the online form is Monday, April 25th. This gives us time to determine how many panels will be needed. There’s no fee to participate and the show is open to all BVAA members.

BVAA Online Submission Form

Drop-Off for the show will be Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th from 4-6pm. Everything will then be set up Friday night so it’s ready to go for Saturday. Pick-up will be Sunday morning from 8-10am. If you can’t make that, email us to make other arrangements.

We need volunteers to help us hang the show from 5-6 on Friday and to take it down at 8:30 on Sunday. Please let us know if you’re available. There is a 20% commission on sales which will be forgiven for those who help out!

The music being performed on Sat the 30th will be:

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Lerner & Lowe: Music from Camelot
Peter Boyer: The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers
All your favorites from The Frank Sinatra Songbook and more!

We should aim to bring the best art in our libraries, to match the high quality of the performance. That being said, if you have two great pieces and one features an Americana theme then that might be a perfect one to choose!

Here’s the official Claflin Hill page with all details on the concert –

https://www.claflinhill.com/symphony-series/2016/4/30/american-dreamscapes-featuring-tommy-gatturna

DROPOFF DETAILS:

To get to to Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street from Millbury take 140 S for around 10 miles. Take a slight left on West Street, which becomes Exchange Street. Turn left onto Main Street/MA-16 for about 2 1/2 miles. It’s a tall white steepled building very hard to miss. There are parking lots on either side of the bldg. as well as street parking.

You may enter by the side entrance where the handicapped ramp is, go in via the ramp and basement entrance and use the elevator to go to the second floor. Anne will have signs up around the building indicating where these are.

2016 Norfolk Open Invitational Reception

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Reminder! This coming Saturday, April 9th from 5-7pm is the Norfolk Open Invitational art show reception. There’ll be food, wine, and prizes! The show was judged by Attleboro Art Museum Executive Director Mim Fawcett.

Several BVAA members were chosen for this show including Carol Dandrade and Lisa Shea. Congrats to Carol D who has already had her photo sell!

If you’re also in the show let us know!

Location:
Norfolk Public Library
139 Main St, Norfolk, Massachusetts 02056

Full details on the show:

https://bvaa.org/2016/02/23/2016-norfolk-open-invitational/

How to Take Photos of Art

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Mark your calendars! Our April meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19th from 6:30-9pm. We’ll be doing a session on how to take high-quality images of your non-photographic art. So this includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more. There are so many reasons that you might need good photos / JPGs of your art either to submit online for a show or to post about your works on social media. Come on by to learn the techniques!

The session will be moderated by talented photographer Al Weems.

Our monthly meetings are open to all – members and non-members.

We’d love to see you there!

They’re held at the Northbridge Senior Center, 20 Highland Street, Whitinsville, MA.

Ask with any questions!

Premier Gallery Reception Thursday 24Mar16

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Premier Show Reception

We had a great showing at the Premier Gallery Reception.

First
The Storm-Elizabeth Havens
Second
House On The Point-Dick Fotland
Third
Chatham-Lisa Bailey
Fourth
The Torso-Libia Goncalves

Honourable Mentions
Nightmare-Bob Evans
Winter Light-Sue Dion
Tampa Bay Sunset-Lisa Shea
Congrats to all participants and a great showing by BVAA members !!

 

 

Also, the next Premier Show will be for photography and starts immediately after pick-up for this show.  Details below

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Premier Image Gallery Reception – Mar 24 2016

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Enjoy an evening of art, food, and fun conversation!

The Premier Image Gallery in Ashland, Massachusetts is hosting a joint art show with the Blackstone Valley Art Association and the Franklin Art Association. The opening reception for this show is Thursday, March 24th, 2016 from 6-8pm. There’ll be food, drink, and lots of interesting works of art!

All are welcome.

Come out to see which works won and to enjoy the talent of local artists!

The address is:

Premier Image Gallery
290 Eliot Street
Unit #15D
Ashland, MA 01721

Phone:
508-881-4730

We look forward to seeing you there!

Full details about this show:
https://bvaa.org/2016/01/18/premier-image-gallery-show-2/

Brush Art Gallery – National Park Service Show

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The Brush Art Gallery and Lowell National Historic Park are celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service with an art show. It’s $25 for up to three works. Submission deadline is Friday, April 1, 2016. Chosen items need to be delivered by May 2nd and the show opens May 7th.

The public reception is Sunday, June 5th from 2-4pm.

Pickup is June 12th and 13th.

More details:
https://thebrush.org/PDF/Prospectus-Telling%20Stories.pdf

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.