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Happy June, Everyone!
We hope you like the new look of our monthly eNewsletter, but don't let the new colors distract you. There's lots of information about exhibitions, artist talks, open studios, classes and camps, collaborations, websites, and more.
Yours in art,
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center
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AVA's 19th Annual Summer Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, June 29, 5-7pm
The 19th Annual Summer Juried Exhibition will be on display from June 29 - August 3, 2012.
The exhibition is being juried by Janie Cohen, Director, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington.
AVA would like to thank Ledyard National Bank, sponsor of this year's Juried Summer Exhibition.
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11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
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Call for Entries: AVA's 19th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition
Delivery of Works: June 16, 18, or 19. 11am-5pm.
Hand-deliver no more than two of your works to AVA between 11am and 5pm on Saturday (6/16), Monday (6/18), or Tuesday (6/19) for consideration for this year's Juried Exhibition.
One Entry: $20 /AVA members; $25 /non-members
Two Entries: $25 /AVA members; $30 /non-members
Please click here to download the complete submissions guidelines.
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Two Spacious Artist Studios Currently Available at AVA
Both studios, located on AVA's third floor, have wooden floors, high ceilings, and beautiful natural light from windows with southern exposure.
The third floor has a large common area, with sinks, bathrooms, and pleasant spaces for communal gatherings among the many "resident" artists.
There are twelve artists' studios on the third floor and a total of twenty studios in the building. Tenants have the opportunity to be featured in Open House events sponsored by AVA, and to be part of a unique arts community in an historic building (formerly the H.W. Carter & Sons overall factory). The building was recently renovated and awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-certification.
All utilities are included in the rent; however, phone and internet services are paid by individual tenants. There is ample free parking space around the building.
Tenants have 24/7 access to their studios.
Specifics:
Studio 307 is 470 square feet and rents for $470/month.
Studio 309 is 504 square feet, and rents for $515/month.
Leases are subject to renewal annually.
For inquiries, please email Thomas Bueschel or call (603) 448-1855.
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Upcoming Artist Talks from the Current Exhibitions -- Please Join Us!
Torin Porter - Out of This World
Saturday, June 2, 3pm
Karolina Kawiaka - 2D and 3D Drawings
Thursday, June 7, 5:30pm
The current exhibitions, which also include Lou Hicks - Contemporary Landscapes, are open through June 15.
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Featured AVA Classes for June
For Adults and Teens:Photographing Your Art (S12A09)Charley FreibergJune 30 Saturday, 1:00-5:00pm One 4-hour class Class limited to 6. Tuition: $90 /members; $115 /non-members Artists often need professional-quality photographs of their works for exhibitions, online postings, and print publications. In this workshop, you will discover how best to photograph paintings, sculptures, ceramics, woodwork, jewelry. You will learn what equipment is needed, how to get the best from your digital camera and, possibly, a bit of Photoshop. Bring up to five pieces of your artwork to photograph and leave with the images on a CD. Upon enrollment, please let us know the type and size of the art you intend to photograph. If you have a digital camera, please bring it along. Summer Art Camps for Ages 5-8, 9-12, and Teens:The Week of June 25-29The Wonder of Horses Seuss-tastic! Digital Photography for Kids Polymer Clay Sculpture Realistic Drawing Please click here for complete Summer Art Camp details.
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AVA's 2012 Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition Featured in the Summer Issue of Image Magazine
Those of you who were able to attend the February opening reception for the Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition likely noticed photographer Jack Rowell shooting the event.
A gorgeous selection of his photographs capturing the spirit of our region's young artists are featured in the Summer issue of Image Magazine! Look for it in stores soon. |
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AVA's Event Facilities Featured in the May Issue of Valley Business Journal
AVA was delighted to be featured as a prime event space in the May issue of Valley Business Journal. Hosting an event in our galleries or studios offers a creative environment for your gathering. For more information, please contact the AVA office by email or phone (603) 448-3117. |
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AVA and the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging: Memoir Website Live!
AVA and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center have partnered in a number of wonderful free community arts offerings, including sessions on Writing Memoir and Poetry, Sculpture, Mosaics, and Tai Chi.
We are now excited to announce that the website for the Writing Your Life: Memoir sessions, coordinated by group leader, Katherine Harbaugh, is live.
Please take a moment to click through to read the stories that this group has created together!
Beyond creating the website, the group is participating in the Hopkins Center's Hands on Pianos Public Art Project; they will also have a public reading of their works in AVA's Clifford B. West Gallery on June 1 at 6:30pm. If you would like to come to the reading, please call (603) 653-3460 to register for the event.
Congratulations to all!
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AVA and SafeArt: Teen Printmaking Website Live!
Funded by a grant from the Highfield Foundation, AVA and SafeArt partnered in offering after-school printmaking classes to teens in the winter and spring of 2012.
Led by Erica Venuti and Derek Bell, these sessions provided teens the opportunities to develop their own imagery while learning techniques in printmaking processes, including monotype, collagraph, and linocut.
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Call for Entries: Vital Signs - Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
Deadline: June 17
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.'s (ASCI) annual, juried, art-sci competition exhibition will be held at the New York Hall of Science, September 1, 2012 - February 3, 2013.
This year ASCI is seeking original art inspired by our biological world with a special interest in what lies beneath its surface, and/or reflects upon scientific research questions, processes, ethics, and the stunning discoveries being made in biology and the biosciences today.
Previously, ASCI only accepted original digital prints, but this year they also welcome giclee prints made from any original 2-d art, as well as digital photos of 3-d art if that image is compelling in its own right.
ART CO-JUROR: Patricia Kernan, curator of the New York State Museum's illustration collection; and curator of the museum's international, biennial, "Focus on Nature" exhibits.
SCIENCE CO-JUROR: Dr. Dana Boyd, microbiologist and Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School; long-time collaborator of Joe Davis, the "father" of bio-art.
Please click here for complete Vital Signs details.
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