Category: Non-BVAA Events

The Jamestown Art Center in Jamestown, Rhode Island is having their 2016 Summer Soiree Exhibition with a tribute to white. One submission per artist. What will you submit? How white will it be?

Entry fee is $25 and the deadline is March 30, 2016. If you’re selected, you’ll be notified by May 1st, 2016, and you’ll get two tickets to the soiree.

The artwork must have been completed within the past year.

It can’t have been shown at the Jamestown Art Center before.

For more details:

https://jamestownartscenter.formstack.com/forms/summersoiree2016

The Wickford Art Association in Wickford, Rhode Island has an open juried show “The Blues” with a reception on Sunday, February 7th, from 1-3pm.

Registration for this show is:

Wed Feb 3 from 11am – 7pm
Thu Feb 4 from 11am – 3pm

Pickup is Tue March 1st from 11am to 6pm

The show is wholly open to interpretation – have fun with it!

All works must be less than four years old, properly wired, and for sale.

Fees for non-members are 1/$18, 2/$36, and 3/$47

For more details:

https://www.wickfordart.org/

Looking for a solid challenge – or a chance to have some fun? The Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, RI is having their 25th Annual Fakes & Forgeries show. You can take this seriously and try to become a master forger. You can go the more lighthearted route and play around with something famous. As long as it’s a painting, sculpture, or other hand-made art (no photography allowed) you’re able to stretch your creative talents!

Maximum Size:
150 inches in circumference including frame.

Drop off:
January 30 – February 4, 2016 (Saturday – Thursday Noon – 4:30pm)

Pick Up Date:
February 29 – March 3, 2016 ( Monday – Thursday Noon – 4:30pm)

Fee: 1 Entry Only – $20.

More details:
https://springbullgallery.com/archives/entries/25th-annual-fakes-forgeries

Last call for submissions to the Rayko Plastic Camera show – today Monday January 11 2016! Get those Holga, Diana, and other plastic camera images in!

https://raykophotocenter.com/call-for-entry-b/?mc_cid=696623b47a&mc_eid=e3f7edfcd5

 

Reminder – tonight Friday Jan 8th 2016 from 4-7:30pm in Whitinsville MA is the opening reception for a cool show on Printmaking –

https://bvaa.org/2016/01/04/the-art-of-printmaking/

The Sprinkler Factory art gallery in Worcester Massachusetts will be celebrating all the glory of the color blue on Saturday, January 23rd. The reception begins at 7pm and the suggested donation is $10.

There will be cyanotypes, music from the group “Cyantype,” and even blue-themed food! Plus a disco dance party.

For more details –

https://www.facebook.com/events/1108583649160055/

The Attleboro Arts Museum in conjunction with the Monotype Guild of New England is having their Fourth National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition from April 6th to May 7th, 2016. There will be $1800 in prizes awarded.

Entry fees are $30 for MGNE members and $45 for non-members for up to 3 works. The prints entered must have been created in the past five years. Entries are done online.

The deadline to submit is February 1, 2016.

For more details:

https://mgne.org/4thnational/

The Alternatives Whitinsville location is showcasing “The Art of Printmaking” from January 8 to February 26, 2016.

The opening reception is Friday, January 8th from 4-7:30pm. It will feature live demonstrations, wine and cheese, and discussion with the artists.

The printmaking techniques showcased include woodcut, engraving, etching, collagraphy, lithography, monoprint, and even some experimental techniques.

The image shown is “Stacked Cards” by artist Lunita Shimizu.

The Alternatives gallery is at 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville, MA.

More details:

https://www.alternativesnet.org/event/printexhibit/

 

It’s here! It’s here! It’s time for the 4th Annual Alternatives Art Palette Contest! This is always a fun out-of-the-box creativity challenge.

Here’s how it works. You pay a $14 entry fee and you pick up, from the Alternatives Whitinsville location, a standard wood 16″ x 20″ palette.

You need to pick that up by February 19, 2016.

Now you have until Friday, February 26th to drop your finished palette off at Alternatives.

The show is March 4 to April 29 2016. The reception is Friday, March 4 from 4-8pm.

Here’s the brochure with information. Note that some copies of this brochure mistakenly have other dates for the drop-off. The February 26, 2016 date is the correct one.

Need inspiration?

2015 Palette Show Photos
2014 Palette Show Photos

 

For more information:

https://www.alternativesnet.org/

 

The Davis Art Gallery in the Printer’s Building in Worcester, MA has a call to artists out for “Snapshot in Time.”

The deadline to submit is January 22, 2016.

This is all about still life variations in 2D and 3D, in traditional and contemporary styles. Mix it up!

The show is February 12 to May 20, 2016.

Opening reception is Thursday, February 11, 2016.

For more details:

https://davisartgallery.com/Upcoming-Show.aspx