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Minutes of BVAA Meeting Tues 16Feb16

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Current Shows
There was a lot of interest at our Claflin Concert show.

The Choco L’Art show is ongoing and several ballots have been received.

Upcoming Shows
We are still looking for a venue for our Spring show.
Amazing Things is booked through the year. Pam will contact them soon for next year.
Consider the Atria? Norfolk Public Library? Patriot Place Gallery 21?

Plein Air – We haven’t received any feedback on a location. It is being supported by a grant from
the Sutton Cultural Council so it must be in that area.

Field Trip 2/16/16 to the Worcester Art Museum Cyanotype show.

Next meeting: March 15th. Sarah Alexander will present a demonstration on Three Dimensional Water Color painting

Garden Party Nature Show at Attleboro Arts Museum

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The Attleboro Arts Museum is having a Garden Party art show from March 17-20, 2016. Artists can submit up to 2 pieces and the museum guarantees at least one will be chosen. Fee is $20 for Museum members at $25 for non-members for one, and $30/$35 for two pieces.

The piece cannot have been shown at the Attleboro Arts Museum before. It must be a max of 36″ x 36″ including frame and under 100 pounds. The sales commission is 30% for members and 40% for non-members. There are cash prizes.

You drop off your actual physical artwork between March 3 and 5, 2016. Hours are 10-4. They’ll post which ones they accepted on their website and if one of yours wasn’t chosen you pick it up between March 10th and 12th.

The actual show is Thursday, March 17th through Sunday, March 20th, 2016.

Final pickup of exhibited works are March 20-23.

Full details:

https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/index.php/exhibitions-events-2/cals-for-artists/

ArtsWorcester Show – Terra Firma

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The next call to arts for ArtsWorcester, based in Worcester, MA, is for their Terra Firma show. The deadline for registration for this is Wednesday, April 27th, 2016.

From their email:

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For this members exhibition, ArtsWorcester seeks artwork that engages with our natural environment. While traditional approaches to landscape are welcome, we encourage works that move beyond notions of idealized landscape and the pastoral.

Please consider submitting:
• art that represents humanity’s impact on the planet
• art in dialogue with the fields of ecology, cartography, and biology
• art that considers how we commodify and market the earth
• art that depicts our simultaneous praise for and exploitation of natural resources.

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For more details on this show, visit here:

https://artsworcester.org/calls-grants/

Milford TV Show / Green Theme

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Every two months we rotate the show at the Milford TV Station. The drop-off for the upcoming March-April 2016 show on the theme of “Green” is Thursday, February 25th from 6-8pm. We do these on the last Thursday of the month preceding the show.

This date is also the reception (and take down) for the existing “Black and White”” show. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Please bring food or drink to share!

The Milford TV Station is at 138 South Main Street.

https://www.milfordtv.net/

The Milford people do the labels and hanging for us, so please use the online submission form to indicate what you’re bringing and also label the back of each piece with its information. This show is for BVAA members only and is free to participate in. Most artists bring in three items. They can be any size or shape – Milford has a great hanging system which can accommodate pretty much anything.

UPDATE: The theme for this show has been expanded to include all Spring topics. Please bring by additional artwork for the show!