Category: BVAA Shows and Events

Shop Small Saturday began back in 2010 and has spread to be a US-wide celebration of small, local shops. The Grafton Common Art Gallery is a proud supporter of this tradition! We feature 14 local artists of all styles, from oil paintings to watercolors, from landscape photographers to fabric artists.

Come on by and support your local artists!

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Saturday, November 25th, 2017
10am – 6pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

It’s time to celebrate! The Blackstone Valley Art Association’s Grafton Common Art Gallery opens TODAY, November 1st, 2017!

We’re open from noon to 6pm today. Come on out and explore our gallery!

Here’s a virtual tour –

Come early to get your favorite pieces!

Full details about the gallery:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28th!! GET THOSE ENTRIES IN!!

 

The BVAA, in conjunction with Alternatives organization, is celebrating the 17th year of the Tapestry Art show! Tapestry refers to the weaving of all members of our community together. The art itself can be any format – watercolor, sculpture, acrylic painting, photography, oil painting, fabric arts, and so on. It can be on any theme.

Alternatives Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA

The show is a centerpiece of the annual Uxbridge First Night celebration. In 2017 that takes place on Saturday, December 2nd.

Submissions
Deadline to submit your titles and sizes via the PDF printed form is Saturday, November 11th. Note that this show does NOT use our online submission form. They prefer a printed form for the Tapestry show. Print this out and fill it in!

Tapestry Entry Form

It is FREE to participate in Tapestry. If your item sells, 25% of the fee goes to support the Tapestry show.

You can bring your PDF form in with you when you bring in the artwork. All artwork brought in will be hung (as long as it is family friendly, etc.). You can choose one piece out of the up to three you bring in to be judged.

Note on Judging: The Tapestry show is an Alternatives show, not a BVAA show, so it’s fine to enter works here that have already been judged in another BVAA show.

Drop-Off
Drop-Off for the show will be up through Saturday, November 11th. If you bring in items after November 11th they might still be able to be added to the show but they cannot be judged at that point.

NOTE ON DROPOFF: Typically this gallery’s drop off times are 8:30am to 9am, 11:20 to 12:30pm, and 2:30 to 3:30pm M-F. If someone wants to drop off on that very last day, Saturday, November 11th, please call first to set up a time.

Public Viewing
The main viewing for this show is on Uxbridge First Night on Saturday, December 2nd from 4-7pm. This is a huge event with music, events, shops, and much more. Be sure to come out!

Pick-Up
Pick-up for this show is from December 29th through January 5th.

Ask with any questions! All are welcome to participate, whether they are BVAA members or not!

Celebrate Small Shop Saturday with an intimate demonstration of the beauty of colored pencils!

Come watch Bonnie Frederico showcase how painting with colored pencils works. You can ask her questions. Explore her technique. Get ideas for your own artwork, or just enjoy watching an artist at work.

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Saturday, November 25th, 2017
11am – noon

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

To see more of Bonnie’s beautiful paintings, visit her website here:

https://www.sellarshop.com/

Oil painting has a stunning history. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. John Singer Sargent. Caravaggio. There’s just something about the luster of oil. Its ability to capture light. The details of a face.

Come watch Carol Arnold showcase how oil painting works. You can ask her questions. Explore her technique. Get ideas for your own painting, or just enjoy watching an artist at work.

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Friday, December 1st
6pm – 8pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

To see more of Carol’s beautiful paintings, visit her website here:

https://carolarnoldfineart.com

Here are another few examples of her work:

Oil painting has a stunning history. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. John Singer Sargent. Caravaggio. There’s just something about the luster of oil. Its ability to capture light. The details of a face.

Come watch Carol Arnold showcase how oil painting works. You can ask her questions. Explore her technique. Get ideas for your own painting, or just enjoy watching an artist at work.

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Tuesday, November 28th
5:30pm – 8pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

To see more of Carol’s beautiful paintings, visit her website here:

https://carolarnoldfineart.com

Here are another few examples of her work:

Oil painting has a stunning history. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. John Singer Sargent. Caravaggio. There’s just something about the luster of oil. Its ability to capture light. The details of a face.

Come watch Carol Arnold showcase how oil painting works. You can ask her questions. Explore her technique. Get ideas for your own painting, or just enjoy watching an artist at work.

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Sunday, November 5,2 017
1-3pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

To see more of Carol’s beautiful paintings, visit her website here:

https://carolarnoldfineart.com

Here are another few examples of her work:

‘Tis the season to decorate your world with symbols of love, hope, and peace. The crane is the perfect representation of all of these things!

Come on out to our Grafton Common Art Gallery for a FREE hands-on workshop on creating origami ornaments! We supply all the paper, hooks, and beads. You supply the creativity! It’s a perfect craft for young and old. Once you learn the technique, you could fill your entire tree with cranes and give them as special gifts.

What color will you make? Shimmering white? Shining gold? A pattern of red and green? The sky’s the limit!

 

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Saturday, November 4th, 2017
6-8pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

Here’s a few more ideas to get you thinking!

Come on out to our Grafton Common Art Gallery reception! There will be music, food, fun, and of course beautiful artwork of all shapes, sizes, and colors! We have landscapes, still lifes, oil paintings, photography, watercolors, and more. There are ornaments and notecards, prints and jewelry.

This gallery features the work of these local artists:

Janet Aleid, painter
Joe Altruda, photography
Carol Arnold, painter
Deb Bottomley, painter
Gary Cunningham, painter
Bonnie Frederico, painter
Carol Frieswick, painter
Muriel Funka, fabric arts
Betty Havens, painter
James Hunt, photographer
Katie Messina, painting and photography
Lisa Shea, painting and photography
Bev Tinklenberg, painter
Al Weems, photographer

Where?
One Grafton Common
Suite 123
Grafton, MA

It’s the building with the AppleTree Arts in it!

When?
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
5-8pm

All are welcome! Share the news with family and friends!

For more about the Grafton Common Art Gallery, visit:

Grafton Common Art Gallery

Here are a few photos from our light painting workshop we held on October 19, 2017! It was amazingly fun. We used a Pixel Stick for many of these images. Models are Libia Goncalves, Michelle Benjamin, and Lisa Shea.

Light Painting Workshop Details