It’s all about series! The reception for our delightful Series show is on Friday, April 5th, 2019 from 5-7pm. Bring family and friends! Come on out! The show is just amazing. Our artists really came up with stunning combinations of items to create their series.
Location:
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.
If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
This Saturday April 6th is also INTERNATIONAL SLOW ART DAY! It’s a day for taking your time and really appreciating a work of art. We have a super-cool series show in the gallery right now. Come on in and soak in its beauty!
Open Paint 10am-3pm For the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
We’ll also do a casual drop-in workshop in Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other main social networks. If you’ve got one you’d like to learn more about, stop on in and we’ll lend a hand.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, April 6, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
Here are a few photos of the Art and Poetry Show at the Millbury Barnes & Noble from April 1 to April 7, 2019. The closing reception, with poetry being read, is on Sunday, April 7th from 2-4pm.
Be sure to come on out and see the show in person!
It’s our second annual event! Come join us and celebrate!
Uxbridge features some of the most beautiful scenery in the region. Did you know that within a five-minute walk of our Uxbridge Art Gallery there is a train station, several old churches, two historical homes, a waterfall, and several old stone buildings?
We have created a day of creativity, art, and fun to explore all that is delightful about Uxbridge!
This event is FREE and open to the public! All are welcome and warmly encouraged to participate! From raw beginners to experienced artists, come enjoy the day! The morning will be sketching around Uxbridge. The afternoon will be portrait sketching in the gallery. Come to one or both halves, whatever you wish! FREE!
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
MORNING EVENT: URBAN SKETCHING
In the spirit of Urban Sketchers, we will sketch Uxbridge!
This sketch walk will be led by talented artist Dennis Smith and instructed by Laura Sfiat. We will meet at the BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Art Gallery at 5 South Main at 10am to get acquainted. We’ll discuss what sketching is all about. At 10:30am, we will head off as a group to a first sketch site. At 11:15am we will move to a second sketch site. You can stay with the group to get the instruction and feedback, or if you wish to roam on your own, Dennis has put together an amazing set of maps and photos of area locations to get you started.
You can bring your sketchbook or pad, pens, pencils, watercolors or whatever your favorite medium and have at it. If you don’t have materials, we will have items to share.
Materials List – bring your own or we’ll supply them:
1-Staedtler Pigment Liner, 0.1mm, Black Ink (308-0.1) and 0.4mm Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHW56PK/ 2-Pentel Arts Pocket Brush Pen, Includes 2 Black Ink Refills (GFKP3BPA) Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LJRKN8/ 3-Cotman Watercolors: (affordable line, not the professional) cerulean blue ultramarine blue yellow ocher sienna sap green perylene green indigo bamboo brushes small and medium small spray bottle napkins water water container watercolor paper 140 cold press pad (any brand) optional: an old toothbrush for spatter and a small natural sponge for trees
Lunch is from around noon to 12:45pm. You can bring a picnic lunch to eat at the waterfall or in the gallery. There are plenty of restaurant options along Main Street, or if you wish, we’ll order in a pizza or two and you can chip in for a share of that. Whatever your lunchtime ideas, We will meet back at the Uxbridge art gallery around 12:45pm to share our experiences. We will create a wall of our sketches so we can take photos of the art and our group.
Urban Sketch by Laura Sfiat
AFTERNOON EVENT: PORTRAIT SKETCHING
For the afternoon, Laura Sfiat will guide us through how to create portrait sketches. We’ll be inside in the gallery for this portion. Again, all levels are welcome to join us and participate. The portrait sketching runs from 1pm to 3pm.
You can bring your own favorite supplies or we’ll have some on hand.
Materials list (bring your own or we’ll supply them):
bristol smooth pad 2b and 4b pencil or mechanical pencil kneaded eraser
As part of our Uxbridge celebration, we’ll have a showcase of local Uxbridge-themed art on hand for visitors to explore. From notecards to prints to original paintings, we’ll delight in the fantastic beauty which is Uxbridge.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
NOTE: This class will focus on still life. Bring what you’d like to paint and your light and Carol will see you there!
Oil paint has been the medium of choice for a wealth of famous painters. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paul Cezanne. There is just something spectacular about the beauty of oil paint which captures the eye and the imagination.
Whether you’re a raw beginner or an experienced painter, this oil painting class will take you to the next level. It’s full of personal hands-on advice and a warm, welcoming atmosphere!
Talented painter Carol Arnold teaches a monthly oil painting class at the BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Gallery! Carol is a member of Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik’s Putney Painters! All levels of painters are welcomed with open arms. The focus will be on drawing, edges, values and color. These are areas which a beginner can practice and an advanced student can hone to perfection.
Carol makes these classes fun and inspiring, while supporting you to the next level of your growth!
This monthly class usually meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm. We are experimenting with other days to see how they work.
Cost: The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one. If there are only 1 or 2 students registered for a class, the class will be cancelled. If there are 3 or 4 students, each student pays $20/hr for the class = $60 total. If there are 5-10 students, each student pays $15/hr for the class = $45 total.
Invite your friends! Share the news! The more students which attend, the less you pay and the more fun it is to learn from each other.
When: Monday, April 8, 2019 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.
This is a sneak preview of the 2019 series art show! It’s not fully hung yet, or labelled, or anything. We just have things randomly on the walls. The opening reception for this will be on Friday, April 5th from 5-7pm. Come on out!
If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
Open Paint 10am-3pm For the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
We’ll also do a casual drop-in workshop in Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other main social networks. If you’ve got one you’d like to learn more about, stop on in and we’ll lend a hand.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
The 2019 Art-Poetry show is live at the Blackstone Public Library in Blackstone, Massachusetts from March 1 to March 30, 2019! Be sure to stop by and see it in person! The public reception is Tuesday, March 26th from 6pm – 7:45pm.
Thank you so much to Sue Dion for jumping in with barely 8 hours notice to teach a delightful workshop in both acrylics and watercolors on painting roses! She’s amazing!
Here’s a few photos from the event at our monthly meeting on March 29, 2019. She teaches at the Worcester Art Museum and at her studios in Worcester and Uxbridge.
If you’re interested in photography, painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
There are three components to our Saturday of events.
Open Paint 10am-3pm First, for the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
Flash Photography with Al Weems 10am-noon The award-winning, amazingly talented Al Weems will guide us through best use of flash in photography. Bring along any flashes you have to best learn your equipment! This workshop will focus on on-camera flashes.
High Key / Low Key Photography 1-3pm You’ve seen the images. Bright whites. Darkest blacks. Play with these extremes of photography.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, March 9, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
