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Stone, Brick, Glass and Metal

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worcestercourthouseFrom the Seven Hills Camera Club:

Hello Photo Friends!

Our next City Hall show, “Stone, Brick, Glass, and Metal: Worcester’s Buildings and Monuments”, is now open for submissions!

We maintain a gallery at Worcester City Hall which hosts four shows every year. Twenty-five images fitting the theme Stone, Brick, Glass, and Metal: Worcester’s Buildings and Monuments will be displayed from December through March. We are partnering with Preservation Worcester for this exhibit. (Please note, you may not reuse photos from any previous exhibit with Preservation Worcester or the City Hall Gallery.)

Details:

https://www.meetup.com/SevenHillsCameraClub/events/225231067/

Out of the Dark

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Lisa is donating her art installation “Child’s Play” to benefit our local Worcester battered women’s shelter.

Please consider donating to help the cause! Full details about “Out of the Dark” –

https://www.facebook.com/events/163558510651391/

If you’re not on Facebook, here is the gist of the details from that page:

An art show fundraiser with the proceeds going to artists and the “Abby’s House” shelter project.

Abby’s House is a multi-service organization assisting homeless and battered women and their children. With this art event, “Out of the Dark”, we are working to support local artists and the organization’s work with homelessness and mental health by aligning the theme of the show with the mission of Abby’s House. Artists are welcome to fully donate their artwork, or at least a required minimum of 50% of each sale will be donated, to Abby’s House in Worcester.

To find out more about Abby’s House, visit: https://www.abbyshouse.org/

To get involved, please email ablankenship AT clarku.edu

Reception: Saturday, November 21at 4:30pm – 8:30pm
Higgins University Center- Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts 01610

Serene Art Show – Uber Cafe

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The Uber Cafe show for the month of November is “Serene” – featuring Carol Frieswick, Dot Downing, and Beverly Tinklenberg.

Here are images from that show!

Here’s the Uber Cafe’s website –

https://www.ubercafe.net/

Be sure to plan a visit to see them! They’re in Mendon.

More show photos from “Serene” –

https://bvaa.org/past-events/past-events-2015/past-events-2015-serene-uber-cafe-show-nov/

 

November 2015 Meeting – Randy LeSage

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Our November 2015 meeting will be on Tuesday, November 17th from 6:30-9pm at the Northbridge Senior Center. Our featured artist for this meeting is the talented Randy LeSage! He’ll be doing demos of image transfer and other interesting techniques.

Here’s Randy’s bio from the Worcester Art Museum website –

Randy LeSage
Framingham State College, BA; Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, MFA

Randy LeSage enjoys teaching in various media including Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Mixed Media with beginner to advanced adult students. He’s been teaching at WAM for over 20 years. He’s also taught at various institutions since 1982, including Framingham State College, Clark University, Worcester State College, the Danforth Museum in Framingham. He’s also a librarian at the Goodnow Library in Sudbury. He values the written word as well as a wide range of exploration to inform one’s creativity. Randy enjoys creating in various visual media and also enjoys writing and going outdoors to draw and paint. While appreciative of various ways to make art, he considers the use of and hand and eye coordination in artmaking a vital aspect.

Here’s a link to a YouTube video:

Randy LeSage on YouTube

All BVAA members are welcome to attend!