This Thursday November 30th 2017 from 4-7pm is the opening reception for our BVAA Fall Show! It’s at the Atria Draper facility in Hopedale.
Please share the news and come on out!
Here’s the virtual walkthrough –
Category: BVAA Shows and Events
Ornament Painting Demo – Dec 7 2017
Watch as Bonnie Frederico demonstrates how to create beautiful ornaments. A perfect way to spend a holiday afternoon, amidst beautiful artwork of the Grafton Common Art Gallery.
Where?
Grafton Common Art Gallery
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!
When?
Thursday, December 7th, 2017
4pm – 5pm
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Make Your Own Christmas Ornament – Dec 9 2017
A great way to spend a Saturday morning. Perfect for all ages! Make your own Christmas ornaments with the help of artist Janet Aleid! Explore an Art Gallery, visit the nearby Pet Shop, and create memories to last a lifetime!
All supplies are included. The cost is $1 for a regular ornament and $2 per large ornament.
Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the Apple Tree Arts in it!
When?
Saturday, December 9th, 2017
10am – noon
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Make Your Own Christmas Ornament
A great way to spend a Saturday morning. Perfect for all ages! Make your own Christmas ornaments! Explore an Art Gallery, visit the nearby Pet Shop, and create memories to last a lifetime!
All supplies are included. The cost is $1 for a regular ornament and $2 per large ornament.
Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!
When?
Saturday, December 2nd
10am – noon
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
It’s Black Friday!
It’s Black Friday! Come on out to the Grafton Common Art Gallery between noon and 6pm to get beautiful local art at surprisingly low prices! This abstract art is by Katie Messina.
We’ve got 14 artists represented, all local!
Camera Photography Basics Workshop – Sun 11/26/2017
Want to learn more about how to use your camera? Confused by the various settings of time, aperture, and so on? Want some hands-on help becoming a better photographer before the holiday season?
This free workshop will get you started! You can drop in any time and we’ll get you familiar with your camera.
Where?
Grafton Common Art Gallery
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!
When?
Sunday, November 26th, 2017
2pm to 5pm
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Author Signing – Sat Nov 18th 2017 3-6pm
Come on out! Meet local authors Paula Sullivan, Tom Johnson, and Jane Nozzolillo! Learn about happiness, conservation, and local history!
Full details:
Meet the Authors – Sat 11/25/17
Meet the Authors! Saturday, November 25th, 2017 from noon to 6pm. It’s Shop Small Saturday! Support local artisans! Six local authors will be on hand to talk about writing, publishing, and of course their books! Signed copies of books make wonderful Christmas presents.
Where?
The Grafton Common Art Gallery
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!
When?
Saturday, November 25th, 2017
noon to 6pm
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Jane Nozzolillo / noon
I’m the cutest little house in Grafton, maybe in the whole wide world.
I have a small porch, where the children can stand and look through the windows to see what is inside me.
Please come and visit me at the Mill Villages Park, 61 Main St, South Grafton, it will make me so happy.
Tom Johnson / 1:00 pm
Threaded Journeys is a compilation of fly fishing and bow hunting stories ‘interwoven’ with discussions on various issues regarding conservation, preservation, and healthy living. The author, Tom Johnson, delves into topics about our blue-green planet and its resources that we must preserve. He argues that employing the use of our natural resources while mitigating damage to the environment is our great challenge going forward.
Johnson also weaves in a dialogue about physical fitness and awareness and how a proper diet should be emphasized in our schools and implemented into our culture if we are to succeed and prosper. “In order to grow, work and play at our fullest potential we need to educate at a new, higher level that requires taking better care of our physical and consumption needs,” notes Johnson. “Our mental, psychological and physiological foundations will improve when we teach these bodily basics along with the ABCs.”
Lily Pinter / 2:00 pm
Early one September evening, fifteen-year-old Hank goes running through the woods in his small New England town, fearing his best friend Jane is in trouble.
When he stumbles down an embankment alongside the path, he finds far more than he was looking for…
Hank has been transported back in time to 1786, a time when tensions ran high in Massachusetts and rebellion, just three years after the end of American Revolution, seems inevitable.
Now, Hank must push forward, attempting to survive in these dangerous ‘bygone’ times, not knowing if Jane is safe, not knowing if he’ll ever get back to his own time.
Or if he’ll still belong there if he does.
Christine Beauchaine / 3:00 pm
On September 21, 1938 a hurricane charged up the East Coast of the United States. It made landfall without warning. It devastated Long Island, New York and Southern New England.
Over 600 people lost their lives. Thousands of houses were damaged. The storm did what would be over $4 Billion worth of damage by today’s standards.
Intertwined with the story of the storm is the story of Lilly and Richard. Lilly and Richard are a troubled young couple who need to lose one another in order to find each other.
Ophelia Sikes / 4:00 pm
Lea knew what the land folk were good for – very little. They stumbled around awkwardly on spindly legs and smelled of sweat and dung. She preferred the open freedom of the ocean. To be able to plunge hundreds of feet into its shadowy depths or to ride in exhilaration along a cascading wave.
But today’s waves were different.
A torrential storm pounded the coastline as she desperately pushed north to reach her sisters. On her hip was an urgent message. And nothing could stop her from reaching her destination.
Until she realized a young boy clung desperately to his currach, and a towering wave was about to shatter him into tiny pieces …
Lisa Shea / 5:00 pm
Willow likes her quiet routine. She edits books from her small apartment. She occasionally goes out to the local diner for a tuna melt. She enjoys living in Worcester. It’s where the Worcester Lunch Car Company made diners from 1906 to 1957. And now she gets to enjoy one in all its vintage glory.
But her quiet, predictable evening at the diner is disturbed when four restaurant workers come in complaining about a theft. And her inquisitive mind soon notices something …
This gentle mystery features a heroine with Asperger’s Syndrome.
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Create your Facebook Fan Page – Hands-on Workshop Sun 11/19/2017
You’re an artist, and you’re looking to build your fan base. You’re hoping to make sales. Did you know that a Facebook fan page is the most important page to have, more than a website, a blog, or another form of social media? Why?
Come to this hands-on workshop where Lisa Shea will help you set up your fan page right there, on the spot. Bring your Facebook username and password so she can give you access to your page (you’ll type it in yourself).
Learn why it’s important to build up your fan numbers. Why a post that gets more likes and shares – even if it’s not by your target audience – makes it FAR more likely that your target audience will even know you exist.
What are the tricks to getting people to see your posts? What are the secrets that convinces someone to click and buy?
You’ll get a free copy of Lisa’s ebook on Facebook as well.
Come on out and take that next step to artistic success!
Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA
It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!
When?
Sunday, November 19th, 2017
2-5pm
All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!
For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:
Art Reception TONIGHT Thu 11/16!
Come on out to the Grafton Common Art Gallery reception! All are welcome!