Each person can order whatever they want and will get their own bill, so it is wholly up to you what you want to eat or drink from that menu. We are doing it this way so there is no stress about last minute cancellations. If you run into a problem last minute and can’t make it, that’s fine! There’s no up-front payments. If you aren’t able to attend even though you’d like to, we commiserate and understand. Times are tricky right now.
Please let us know if you are thinking about coming, just so we have a rough headcount for the restaurant. You’re welcome to bring someone with you.
We would love to see you on June 21st. If you’re not able to come for any reason at all, we understand. We will miss you! Hopefully the world will settle down to be safer in the coming months.
There will not be any event in the Uxbridge gallery on Tue June 21st. We will only be at the Grill 122.
Ask if you have any questions, and have a great weekend!
We had an amazing evening tonight to celebrate our first in-person reception in over two years! This was for our open-themed Spring Show. Thank you to everyone who came out to participate! Click on an artwork to learn more about it! The judge for this show was Kris Occhino. Stop by the gallery on Saturday from 10am to 3pm to see it in person!
First Place:
“Pat” – watercolor by Beverly Tinklenberg $200. Judge notes: I love the painterly quality of this watercolor. The artist really captured the countenance of the sitter for this portrait.
Second place:
“Surf’s In” – Acrylic painting by Frank Robertson $200. Judge notes: I love the composition and the brush work in this acrylic. The water and rocks are beautifully executed.
Third Place:
“Rest and Renew” – acrylic by Merilyn Rocks $155. Judge’s notes: The artist’s brushwork and choice of color makes us feel the mood of this landscape.
“January Morning Repair” watercolor by Donald Dineen $700. Judge notes: I love the unusual composition and viewpoint of this watercolor.
“In Memory of Janet” – gouache by Michele St. Pierre – not for sale. Judge notes – The artist has drawn us into this painting with all of the beautifully composed objects that reminded her of Janet.
“Sunset Cruise” photography by Michael Bachunas $225. Judge notes – I love the light in this photo and the bold landscape.
Did you miss seeing our BVAA Spring Show in person? Here is the video walkthrough of it! Let us know if you’d like to contact any artist to learn more about their works.
Carol is looking to start up a monthly class. Contact her if you’d be interested!
Location: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
This meeting and demo is free and open to the public.
Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the demo 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 demo is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!
Ask with any questions!
Some samples of Carol Arnold’s work:
This Uxbridge gallery is supported in part by BVAA member dues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by ValleyCAST. The space use is kindly donated to us by ValleyCast, the community outreach department of Open Sky Community Services. Open Sky uses this space for special-needs client activities during daytime weekdays. They allow the BVAA use of the space – and its gallery walls – on evenings and weekends. We actively support their inclusive mission. All are welcome to all of our events and activities!
It’s time for a critique session! We all bring in our latest works or images and then offer each other suggestions and advice. You can bring the works in in person or bring JPG images on a thumb drive for us to view on a laptop. You can bring in paintings, drawings, or sculptures. Whatever you wish! It’ll be fun, relaxed, and conversational.
If you aren’t able to bring the item in, and don’t have a thumb drive, you can email the image to our normal info@bvaa.org address sometime before Tuesday and we’ll handle it for you. Bob Evans will be on laptop duty for the night :).
Our April 2022 monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19th from 6:30-9pm.
This critique will be moderated by the talented award-winning painter Carol Arnold!
Carol is looking to start up a monthly class. Contact her if you’d be interested!
Location: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn 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 learn some new things and explore your creativity!
Ask with any questions!
Some samples of Carol Arnold’s work:
This Uxbridge gallery is supported in part by BVAA member dues, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by ValleyCAST. The space use is kindly donated to us by ValleyCast, the community outreach department of Open Sky Community Services. Open Sky uses this space for special-needs client activities during daytime weekdays. They allow the BVAA use of the space – and its gallery walls – on evenings and weekends. We actively support their inclusive mission. All are welcome to all of our events and activities!
The Blackstone Valley Art Association is sponsoring its annual BVAA Spectacular Spring Show – this is our 64th year! The show is open to all BVAA members. If you’re not yet a BVAA member, now’s the time to join us!
When: April 30 to June 18, 2022
Where: BVAA / Open Sky Uxbridge Community Art Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
About the Show: The Blackstone Valley Art Association celebrates its 64th year with its annual Spectacular Spring show. This open-themed extravaganza features the very best artwork from its diverse membership. We explore stunning black and white photography, soaring landscapes, delicate watercolors, swirling acrylics, precisely detailed oil paintings, and much, much more. Our members range from teens to retirees, from those just starting out to award-winning Putney Painters. We warmly invite you to our opening reception where you can enjoy insightful conversations with the artists and infuse inspiration into your life!
Entering the Show The entry fee for the Spectacular Spring show, open to all styles of artwork, is $8/piece or $20 for three. You can submit up to three pieces. The theme is wide open. You can submit a portrait, landscape, still life, abstract, seascape, you name it. Your imagination is the limit. Because this show is judged, you cannot enter anything which has previously been submitted for a BVAA judged show. It’s fine to enter works which have been in non-judged BVAA shows.
All artwork must be family friendly. Any hanging artwork MUST BE properly wired for hanging. The gallery will not accept non-wired wall-hanging artwork. If you are new to preparing hanging artwork for shows, read our page on How to Mat and Frame Artwork. Please also check out our Show Terms and Conditions
Submissions To submit your entries use our BVAA Online Submission Form. The deadline to submit the online form is midnight on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. Work should be dropped off that Saturday, April 30th from 10am to 3pm. All work which is brought in will be hung (as long as it is properly wired and is family-friendly).
We will have a sign-in sheet. Please make sure you sign your art in so we can track what is in the gallery.
The show will be hung on Tuesday, May 3rd from 5-7pm. We’d love to have you come participate! Hanging is easy and fun now that we have the wall hanging system. It’s all about figuring out which artwork styles go together.
Judging This show awards cash prizes based on the number of entries received. The judge for this show is Kris Occhino.
Opening Reception The opening reception for the show is: Friday, May 6th, 2022 5-7pm
There’ll be music, fun, and lively conversation! Bring a snack to share – just how creative can you get? Lisa might bring her ladybug-tomato-on-mozzarella! That is nice and springy!
Please invite family and friends – all are welcome!
Viewing Hours Mondays through Saturdays 10am-3pm. If coming during the week, note that Open Sky uses this space for their work with clients. Call ahead to make sure someone will be there.
Pick Up Pick up for this show is:
Saturday June 18th, 2022 10am-3pm
If you aren’t able to make that, contact us for other arrangements. Address any questions via our BVAA Contact Information
Ask with any questions! We look forward to seeing your entries!
Greetings, everyone! It’s that time of month! Our monthly meeting! Always the third Tuesday. This is Tuesday, March 15th, 2022. And we have a real treat this month – the talented artist Jo Ellen Reinhardt is going to do a demo of a watercolor landscape!
Our BVAA meetings are open to the public and are free.
BVAA Uxbridge Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
We will do this HYBRID since we have a mix of people who enjoy in-person as well as those unable to come to the gallery right now.
Our meeting will start, as always, at 6:30pm at the Uxbridge gallery. We’ll discuss upcoming shows and other events.
Jo Ellen will start her watercolor demo at 7pm. I will bring the video camera and live-stream it on Zoom for BVAA members.
If you can’t make it in person, we’ll post the video in a private members-only link to watch it afterwards.
Due to the snowstorm, our Saturday January 29th, 2022 art session will be VIRTUAL ONLINE ONLY and not in person at the Uxbridge BVAA Gallery.
The Uxbridge BVAA Gallery will be CLOSED ON SATURDAY.
Please stay home and stay safe! Join us virtually online on Facebook at any time between 10am and 3pm to hang out and say hi! You can paint along, sketch, doodle, chat, or whatever you want. Poke in and wave!
This is a sneak preview for the 2022 BVAA Anything Goes photography show! Some of the labels weren’t fully updated yet – I corrected everything I found manually in the video. I wanted to make sure I got this up before our reception on Sunday January 16th at 2pm, when the winners are announced.
Some of the photo glass (mine included!!) showed very glare-ey in the video. If your photo has glare on it, you can send me (Lisa) a JPG of the photo and I’ll put it here on our BVAA website. That way people can see the image without glare. I tried my best with different angles, but as you can see from my two photos, sometimes it’s an enormous challenge, especially with darker image areas.
Ask with any questions!
Here are the photos I’ve been sent, so you can see them more clearly. Click on one to see it at a larger size.
“Fall in New England” – Cindy Wilder THIRD PLACE
“Carolina Wren” – Lucia Hackett FIRST PLACE
“Bodie CA” – Mike Blake HONORABLE MENTION
“Tufted Titmouse” – Richard Allain HONORABLE MENTION
“Lea” – Lisa Shea & Bob See
“Ilara” – Lisa Shea & Bob See SECOND PLACE
“Caught!” – Mike Zeis
“Just Another Day At The Office” – Tami Reichel HONORABLE MENTION
Thanks to the Douglas Cultural Council, the Blackstone Valley Art Association was able to create a celebration of art and beauty centered on various locations in Douglas. We have workshops on photography, watercolors, sketching, pencil, and much more.
Here are some videos featuring Douglas to get you inspired. The lead artist is talented Beverly Tinklenberg.
Also be sure to look through all the videos we created about Douglas, including many on the E. N. Jenckes store, for 2020!
If you’ve wanted to try pastels or improve your pastel skills, mark your calendars! On Saturday, February 12th, 2022, talented artist Jeff Ventola will lead a workshop on pastels.
NOTE THE NEW DATE!! RESCHEDULED DUE TO ICE STORM!! FEBRUARY 12th!!
Where: Singh Performance Center at the Alternatives Whitin Mill 50 Douglas Road Whitinsville Massachusetts
When: Saturday, February 12th, 2022 9am – 3pm
Cost: $30 for residents of Northbridge, $45 for non-residents Supported in part by the Northbridge Cultural Council
Attendees will be provided with a list of supplies they should bring.
Here is Jeff’s description of this workshop:
Please join me for this fun, one-day workshop as we thoroughly explore and examine the pastel process from early concept to finished painting, where you will learn firsthand how to execute simple practices and push the limits with advanced techniques.
Focus will be on the dynamic landscape and how to express yourself through your work by ‘thinking’ and creating dramatic compositions, adding intense value and lighting techniques and utilizing head turning color palettes. Leave your comfort zone and learn how to begin with an effective underpainting and layer building for finishing touches. We will even review framing and supplies, and current marketing practices to give you and your work the love it
To RSVP for this fun, entertaining event, please contact Carol Frieswick at csf@meganet.net
