Category: BVAA Shows and Events

Bob Evans has graciously offered up his home as a location for a hands-on printmaking session this coming Sunday, January 10th, 2016 from 2-4pm. We will be inspired by the Alternatives Printmaking opening reception on Friday and then see what we can do with our own two hands!

For even more inspiration, take a look through all the photos from November 2015’s demo with printmaster Randy LeSage –

Let us know if you’re interested in joining us, so we can plan for the number of people!

We’ll have Kindle and print copies of the official Gelli book available for reading. Here’s a sample from it – it has great examples and instructions!

Today’s our BVAA Holiday Christmas Party! Make sure Carol knows you’re coming, if you’re planning on joining us!

Full details:

https://bvaa.org/2015/12/08/2015-holiday-party/

The Blackstone Valley Art Association is sponsoring the “4th Annual Anything Goes Photography Show.”

The show will be held at the Alternatives Gallery, 1 South Main Street, Uxbridge, Mass. Participation is open to the public. Each participant may exhibit three photos and they will be judged for cash prizes. Applications and hanging guidelines for the show can be found in the top menu bar of this site. A portion of all sales goes to support the work of Alternatives in the community.

The entry fee for the main show, open to all styles of photography, is $20/3 pieces for members and $30/3 pieces for non-members.

Opening reception for the show is January 15th, 2016 from 4-7pm.

Image shown is from last year’s second prize winner, Al Weems.

Film Sub-Show
Last year’s educational component to the show was two classes on the use the of the Holga Camera. There will be a smaller exhibition of these and other film photos at this show. A separate best of show will be awarded to this section. The entry fee for this is $5 each for up to 3 pieces.

Hands-On Demo
This year’s educational component will be held Tue, Jan. 19th at the Northbridge Senior Center 7-9pm, on the abstracting of photography. This is also open to the public as are all our meetings and classes. Partial funding for our activities comes from Local Cultural Grants.

Address any questions via our BVAA Contact Information

Final deadline for submission details: January 11th, 2016
Drop-off: January 13th, 9-3pm
Pick up: February 26th or February 29th, 9-3pm

Every two months we rotate the show at the Milford TV Station. The drop-off for the upcoming January-February 2016 show on the theme of “Black and White” is Thursday, January 7th from 6-8pm. Note that this is a week later than usual. Usually we do it on the last Thursday of the month, but we are moving it forward a week in this case to avoid New Year’s Eve.

This date is also the reception (and take down) for the existing “Small Works” show. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Please bring food or drink to share!

The Milford TV Station is at 138 South Main Street.

https://www.milfordtv.net/

The Milford people do the labels and hanging for us, so please use the online submission form to indicate what you’re bringing and also label the back of each piece with its information. This show is for BVAA members only and is free to participate in.

Our BVAA 2015 Holiday Party will be on Tuesday, December 15th from 6:30-9pm. This year we’ll be catering the main dinner and then doing pot-luck for dessert. This should help to make cleanup easier.

If you wish to participate in the Yankee present swap, bring a $10 wrapped present for the festivities.

Let Carol F know if you’re planning on attending, so she can get the final headcount!

It’s at the Northbridge Senior Center, as all our meetings are.

Note that we’ll be voting on the proposed new bylaws at the start of the meeting. If you haven’t read them yet, they are in our “About” area.

BVAA members – get your art titles submitted by tonight Mon 12/7 for this weekend’s Milford MA Holiday Pops show –

https://bvaa.org/2015/12/01/claflin-hill-art-show-holiday-pops/

 

Bob

 

Reminder – drop-off for this weekend Chain of Lights art show in Millbury is tonite Fri 12/4 from 4-6

https://bvaa.org/2015/12/01/millbury-chain-of-lights/ 

Make sure to post your images in our Facebook thread – or get them to Lisa so she can do it for you – by Tuesday, December 1st. That way we can figure out which images we want for which months!

https://www.facebook.com/BVArtAssoc/posts/931706133572836

The BVAA, in conjunction with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, is offering a fun night of art and music! The orchestra provides the music while the BVAA provides the art!

On Saturday, December 12th from 7:30-10pm the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra will be performing a show. The BVAA will have art up for patrons to enjoy before the show and during intermission.

Anne McNevin is organizing the art for this show. Deadline to submit your titles and sizes via the online form is Monday, December 7th. This gives Anne time to determine how many panels will be needed. There’s no fee to participate.

BVAA Online Submission Form

Drop-Off for the show will be Thursday, December 10th and Friday, December 11th from 5-7pm. Everything will then be set up Friday night so it’s ready to go for Saturday. Pick-up will be Sunday morning from 8-10am. If you can’t make that, email Anne to make other arrangements.

The music being performed on Sat the 12th will be themed along timeless classics like “Sleigh Ride,” “Stille Nacht,” a holiday sing-along, and a visit from Jolly ol’ St. Nick. We should aim to bring the best art in our libraries, to match the high quality of the performance. That being said, if you have two great pieces and one features a Christmas theme then that might be a perfect one to choose!

Here’s the official Claflin Hill page with all details on the concert –

https://www.claflinhill.com/symphony-series/2015/12/12/holiday-pops

DROPOFF DETAILS:

To get to to Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street from Millbury take 140 S for around 10 miles. Take a slight left on West Street, which becomes Exchange Street. Turn left onto Main Street/MA-16 for about 2 1/2 miles. It’s a tall white steepled building very hard to miss. There are parking lots on either side of the bldg. as well as street parking.

You may enter by the side entrance where the handicapped ramp is, go in via the ramp and basement entrance and use the elevator to go to the second floor. Anne will have signs up around the building indicating where these are.

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Claflin Hill Holiday Pops PDF