Summertime is a busy time for many of our artists, so we keep our summer workshops light and fun.
The workshop will involve Carol Frieswick’s book and card set “The Artist’s Muse – Unlock the Door to Your Creativity”. There are bunches of cards with all sorts of challenges and prompts to get you thinking out of the box with your art. We’ll have watercolors, acrylics, pastels, paper, and brushes on hand. If you have a preferred medium feel free to bring along your own paints, pastels, pencils, or camera. We will tackle the creative challenges with whatever we like to work with. Or, heck, if you normally work in one media, try changing over to another to see how it goes!
Our August 2022 monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 16th from 6:30-9pm.
Location: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
The space is fully handicapped / disability accessible with no stairs. It is immediately next to a large free parking lot.
This meeting and workshop is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all try new things we’ve never done before.
Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the workshop part of the evening. Feel free to come for whichever half interests you the most. In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.
All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to try some new things and explore your creativity!
Ask with any questions!
Our meetings are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Painting from life, (painting from photos is okay, but from life is preferred) all levels of development welcomed. Bring what you want to paint. If you have no idea, you can paint my still life that I demo from, and we can discuss how to make a decision on what YOU want to paint.
I will demonstrate the first hour and then students paint for the remaining two hours. I will help everyone and answer questions as I walk around to each student for one-on-one advice and helpful information.
This will be a fun and positive environment where everyone is free to express their creativity and bond with other artists.
This monthly class usually meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm.
Cost: The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one. Cost is $20/hour.
Invite your friends! Share the news!
When: Thursday, September 1st 2022 6pm – 9pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Painting from life, (painting from photos is okay, but from life is preferred) all levels of development welcomed. Bring what you want to paint. If you have no idea, you can paint my still life that I demo from, and we can discuss how to make a decision on what YOU want to paint.
I will demonstrate the first hour and then students paint for the remaining two hours. I will help everyone and answer questions as I walk around to each student for one-on-one advice and helpful information.
This will be a fun and positive environment where everyone is free to express their creativity and bond with other artists.
This monthly class usually meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm.
Cost: The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one. Cost is $20/hour.
Invite your friends! Share the news!
When: Thursday, August 4th 2022 6pm – 9pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Artists pour their souls into their creations. Each artwork can represent a different stage of the artist’s life or step in their journey. How could an artist choose just one piece of art as their “favorite”? This show presents that very challenge!
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Where? The Favorite Artwork art show is held at the:
Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery Whitin Mill 50 Douglas Road Whitinsville, MA
About the Show Many art shows revolve around a specific theme. The artwork must be monochromatic or feature flowers. Maybe the art has to be created within the past four years. For this show, we decided to release all boundaries. Any style of art is welcome. It can be from your teenage years or finished last week. It could have been entered in previous BVAA shows!
The single most important thing is that you consider it your current FAVORITE work of art that you’ve created. We’ll be fascinated to find out why you chose it!
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Submissions The submission deadline for the Favorite show is Friday September 9th 2022. Use the standard online form for your submission. You can enter ONE and ONLY ONE piece.
This show is open to all BVAA members and is free to participate in. This is not a judged show – it is primarily a visibility, conversation, and sales opportunity. By having it not judged, artists can feel free to put in their true personal favorite. They don’t have to give any consideration to how a judge might evaluate it.
Any sales will include a 30% commission taken by the Whitin Mill. The BVAA takes no commission on this show. Full BVAA terms: BVAA Show Terms and Conditions
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Drop-Off The drop-off for the Favorite is Monday September 5th through Friday September 9th, 2022 during Open Sky working hours (9-4). If you can’t make these dates, contact Lisa Shea via the info@bvaa.org email and she’ll arrange something.
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Public Reception Reception is Friday, September 16th, 2022 from 5-7:30pm. Invite family and friends! Share the news!
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Pick-Up Pick-up for the show is Monday, October 31st from 9am to 4pm, 2022.
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Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing what you choose as your favorite piece of art!
Thank you so much to ValleyCAST for this opportunity to hold a show in this beautiful, historic building.
Here are the wonderful artwork items featured in the Blackstone Valley Art Association’s 2022 Sunflower Show! This is held at the Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster, Massachusetts.
Click on any artwork item to see it in a fuller size with its artist’s name. If you have sunflower art to add to this show, please contact Lisa to be added to this list. Thanks! We currently have 17 images out of the 18-20 the show fits.
Artists:
Betty Havens Beverly Tinklenberg Brent DeWitt Carol Frieswick Christine Beauchaine Frank Robertson Jean McKay Lisa Shea Meagan Fedigan Mike Zeis Sue Dion
Our Sixth Annual BVAA Sunflower Show celebrates the sunny beautiful flower! It is the perfect summery experience. The art show is held at the delightfully local Booklovers’ Gourmet.
Where? The sunflower art show is held at the: Booklovers’ Gourmet 72 E Main Street Webster, MA 01570
About the Show If there ever was a flower which symbolized glorious summertime, the sunflower is the one. Did you know that nearly all of the 70 species of sunflowers are native to North America? They can grow to be up to six feet tall and they even tilt as the sun moves so they always face it!
The Blackstone Valley Art Association is celebrating this sun-shaped delight with a sunflower show throughout the month of August at the Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster. Come on out to appreciate the artistic visions and explore the shop’s offerings!
Submissions The submission deadline for the sunflower show is Monday, July 25th, 2022. We have limited wall space here for 18 items sized 16×20 so what we’ll do is have each member submit one JPG of an artwork via email to info@bvaa.org they’d like to include. If we get too many for the wall space we’ll do a Facebook vote. All submissions will be in the virtual version of the show.
This show is open to all BVAA members and is free to participate in. This is not a judged show – it is primarily a visibility and sales opportunity. Any sales will include a 30% commission taken by the shop. The BVAA takes no commission on this show. Full BVAA terms: BVAA Show Terms and Conditions
Drop-Off The drop-off for the Sunflower Show is Friday, July 29th between 10am-5pm. If you can’t make this date, contact Lisa Shea via the info@bvaa.org email and she’ll arrange something. The Booklovers’ Gourmet shop will take care of hanging the items.
Public Reception Reception is Saturday August 13th from 3-5pm. Invite family and friends! Share the news!
Pick-Up Pick-up for the show is Thursday, September 1st, any time during their open hours.
Theme This show is all about sunflowers! Anything related to sunflowers is fair game. Photography, paintings, drawings, mosaics, you name it!
Congratulations to the winners from the 2022 BVAA Series Show! This show was for BVAA members and celebrated the fun of artwork on a theme. Each member could submit 2 or 3 works which somehow constituted a series, in whatever way the artist chose to link them.
The judge was Carolyn Winkler.
First Place – Bob Evans
Second Place – Steve Paulson
Third Place – James Hunt
Honorable Mention – Elizabeth Havens
Honorable Mention – Leslie Breault
Honorable Mention – Merilyn Rocks
Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to all the artists who entered this show.
To see the show in person, come on by the Uxbridge art gallery – the BVAA is there Saturdays from 10am to 3pm! This show will be live from June 18th through July 23rd. Note that the show comes down on July 23rd, so come in early to be able to see everything :).
Painting from life, (painting from photos is okay, but from life is preferred) all levels of development welcomed. Bring what you want to paint. If you have no idea, you can paint my still life that I demo from, and we can discuss how to make a decision on what YOU want to paint.
I will demonstrate the first hour and then students paint for the remaining two hours. I will help everyone and answer questions as I walk around to each student for one-on-one advice and helpful information.
This will be a fun and positive environment where everyone is free to express their creativity and bond with other artists.
This monthly class usually meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm.
Cost: The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one. Cost is $20/hour.
Invite your friends! Share the news!
When: Thursday, July 7th 2022 6pm – 9pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
The Blackstone Valley Art Association is sponsoring the 2022 Teen Self Expression Show – this show is open to the public! All styles of teen-created family-friendly artwork are warmly welcome! FREE FOR TEENS TO ENTER!
When: July 30th to September 3rd 2022 (NOTE NEW DATES!)
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Participation is FREE and is open to the public. The show is open to any person who is a teenager. Each participant may exhibit up to three pieces of artwork. These will be judged for cash prizes.
Entering the Show The show is completely free to enter. The artwork can be on any theme and in any medium.
Please check out our Show Terms and Conditions. Note that some of the conditions about framing and wiring do not apply to this show. If you simply wish to bring in 5×7 printed photos or artwork, that is fine, We can handle matting those for you. If you wish to bring in other forms of art that is framed and/or ready for display, that is fine too. Ask with any questions.
We should also make sure everyone sees this section of the terms: “Works submitted to the BVAA must be original work created by the submitting artist. All entries must contain copyright-free material or material released with consent from the original source. Unauthorized use of any copyrighted images, text, or other material will not be accepted.” We know teens love to copy online art and to represent favorite movie characters. For legal reasons, this show needs to feature original art only.
Submissions To submit your entries use our BVAA Online Submission Form. The deadline to submit is 3pm on Saturday, July 30th, 2022. Work should be dropped off by Saturday, July 30th, 2022 at 3pm. All work which is brought in will be hung (as long as it is family-friendly). If you can’t make it by Saturday, contact us and we’ll arrange a later drop-off for you. We hang the show on Wed, August 3rd.
Judging The teen self expression show awards ribbons based on the number of entries received.
Opening Reception The opening reception for the show is Friday, August 5th from 5-7pm. Invite family and friends – all are welcome!
Pick Up Saturday, September 3rd, 2022, from 10am to 3pm. If you aren’t able to make that, please contact us for other arrangements.
The Blackstone Valley Art Association is sponsoring its fourth annual Series Show! This is a fun, creative art show which celebrates the magic of creating artwork in a series.
This show is for all BVAA members to participate in. You can submit two or three artwork items as your series. They can be related to each other in any way that you wish. It’s wholly up to you to define the theme of your series.
Maybe they are all shades of blue. Maybe they’re all landscapes. Do they all involve triangles? Cows? You can mix your artwork styles. Do one photo, one sculpture, and one watercolor painting. Explore your creativity!
When: June 18 to July 23, 2022
Where: BVAA / Open Sky Uxbridge Community Art Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Each BVAA member may exhibit up to three art items. These will be judged *as a series* (i.e. one prize for a whole group) for cash prizes. Note that you CAN submit items which you’ve submitted separately for judging before. This time they’ll be judged as an entire series. Also, when you submit items to this show as part of a series you CAN then submit them separately for a future show as individual items. This here is a fairly unique show in that we’re judging the art items as one coherent “group”.
Entering the Show The entry fee for this show is $20 for up to three pieces. Note that you can’t submit just one item :). It needs to be 2 or 3 items which relate to each other. They can be presented together if you wish, as in a triptych frame.
Artwork can be any size. That being said, please contact us first if you plan on bringing anything over 20″ x 30″ in size. We need to arrange for space for those separately.
All art must be family friendly and properly wired for hanging. Our hanging system does not work with saw-tooth or triangle hangers. If you are new to preparing art for shows, read our page on How to Mat and Frame a Photo. Please also check out our Show Terms and Conditions. This includes all details including the 25% commission for any sales of exhibit artwork in the gallery. You may also choose to have your artwork listed as not for sale.
All art items which are entered are hung. There is no “pre-selection” process where some are accepted and others are rejected. If you submit artwork, and it is family-friendly and wired properly, it will be part of our show.
Submissions To submit your entries use our BVAA Online Submission Form. The deadline to submit your online details is midnight on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Work must be dropped off by Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 3pm. All work which is brought in will be hung (as long as it is properly wired and is family-friendly).
We plan on hanging the show on Thursday, June 23rd from 4-6pm. We’d love to have you join us! Please contact us in case we change the date or time.
Judging Judge to be announced
Opening Reception The opening reception for the show is Friday, June 24th from 5-7pm. Invite family and friends – all are welcome!
Pick Up Saturday, July 23, 2022, from 10am to 3pm. If you aren’t able to make that, please contact us for other arrangements.
