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Bedford Cultural Council
Grant Deadline
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The deadline for submitting your Bedford Cultural Council grant is October 15.
For details click here
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MEMBERSHIP
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BCA membership is open to all
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Haven't you been looking for a way to get involved?
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 October 2009
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Giant Puppets on Parade
Bedford Day Update
Click to view a slideshow of the puppets in the Bedford Day parade, or to reprise the slideshow about building the giant puppets.
BCA Open Studios
Begin your holiday shopping at BCA Open Studios
November 7 and 8, noon to 5 pm
Sharpen your pencil and start working on your gift list: BCA Open Studios offer an unparalleled opportunity to secure the best, brightest, wittiest and most glorious holiday presents. The values are amazing, and you'll be able to claim meeting the artist or designer right here in Bedford without scrambling through the mall.
There will be handmade greeting cards. painted-silk scarves and some things to wear; miniature furniture for dollhouses or display; paintings, photographs and ceramics along with inventive and useful glass work.
Click this link to check out Open Studios artists and their work!
You're enthusiastically invited to meet artists and artisans working in media from paintings,
ceramics, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry and more. Their work will be on display
and for sale throughout Bedford in studios, homes and in the BCA Space at Old Town Hall.
For further information e-mail Susan Grieb or call her at 781-275-3991.
Volunteers Needed
And there's fun to be had!
Volunteers make the world go round, and BCA has identified several enjoyable and creative opportunities for Open Studio volunteers. You're welcome to help, whether you're a BCA member or not (and it's a great way to get to know us!)
You might wish to
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Create a photo display on poster board using pictures of
artists works and their locations. BCA will supply the materials (photos and
board) but the ultimate end product will be your creation.
- Help to create an Open Studios passport. The visitor's passport will be stamped at each location; once a certain number of studios have
been visited, the visitor is entered into a
drawing.
- Spend a couple of hours at the membership table in the
BCA Space in Old Town Hall sharing information about BCA and Open
Studios.
- Visit each studio to be certain that the artists' needs are met. A fun job that includes
something that you would be doing anyway.
- Take a studio sitting shift (two hours) to give participating artists a chance
to see other artists' work while spending quality time in their studio.
- Host or help with the after-party for
artists and volunteers at 6 on Sunday evening .We need people to help with
the set-up, getting food (pizza and salad), as well as the inevitable clean up.
Please volunteer by e-mail to Maria Green or by calling 781-275-1439.
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3rd Friday Crafternoons
Monthly Art & Craft Adventures for Kids: Friday, October 16 at 3 pm
Try your
hand at bricolage on Friday, October 16, by creating wonderful fanciful creatures called "Trashimals" from the assortment
of recycled materials we'll have available. We will also have a copy of Dr. Seuss's McElligot's Pool on
hand to look at or read for
inspiration.
What is a Trashimal? It's whatever fanciful creature you
decide to create from our assortment of recycled materials! And bricolage is French for art made out of
trash.
We'll be working in the BCA Space on the ground floor of Old Town Hall, 16 South Road, from 3 until 6 pm, with snacks available until 5.
No
reservations required for this free parent/child activity but everyone will have more fun if you're there!
After you've had your hand in creating some wondrous creatures, you and
your family can plan a trip to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem (using a Friends of the Library museum pass, if you're not a PEM member) to view Trash Menagerie, an exhibit of
realistic and fanciful creatures made by artists from around the globe on display through June 1, 2010.
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Come to the Spooky Writing Night
Friday, October 30 from 7 to 10 pm in the BCA Space at Old Town Hall
Want to get into the spooky spirit for Halloween? Like scary stories
and ghost tales? Don a mask or costume, drag your chains or fly on
your broom, but don't miss this night of spooky writing with ghostly writing
exercises and scary story prompts. Create goose-bumpy individual and
group stories.
Between 7 and 8 pm leader Mindy
Pollack-Fusi will share scary writing tips and creepy writing
prompts; you'll then write for 20-30
minutes and create a story, a poem or a paragraph with others or
on your own and prepare for the evening's spooky readings. From 8 o'clock on,
you'll read what you write or post your stories to the Scary Board. Whether
your writing is private or public, whether you're in costume or not, please
join us! Light tricks and treats served.
Sponsored by Bedford Center for the Arts (BCA) and The Place for Words, this event is for
adults and high school students; reservations are required and participation
is limited to the first 20 who register.
Fee: $5 per person; please send your check
made out to BCA to Bedford Center for the Arts, PO Box 404, Bedford, MA 01730
Questions? E-mail theplaceforwords@gmail.com
/ call 781-275-7301.
If you don't sign up now, you
know it will haunt you forever.
Dust off the cobwebs and join us!
College Application Essay WorkshopWednesday, October 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 pmBedford freelance writer Mindy Pollack-Fusi will offer one more Improve Your College Application Essay session
this fall. She will teach you tips to break through your fear or frustration and
complete your essay with passion. Bring a laptop or pen and paper. Limited to
6.
Wednesday, October 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
BCA members $20; non-members $25
All BCA-sponsored classes will be held in the BCA Space
on the ground floor at Old Town Hall, 16 South Road, Bedford.
Sign up for classes and mail your payment to Mindy Pollack-Fusi at The Place for
Words, 200 The Great Road, Bedford, MA 01730.
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Three Apples: 2009-2010, A Year in Stories
Stories in the Orchard: October 4 and 12, from 1 to 3 pm
Enjoy free storytelling, apple picking and family fun at Shelburne Farm when the Three Apples Storytelling Festival begins A Year in Stories in collaboration with the Massmouth Storytellers and sponsored in part by Bedford Center for the Arts.
Oct 4th October 12
Andrea Lovett Doria Hughes
Elsa Zuniga Laura Packer
Michael Anderson Kevin Brooks
Nicolette Heavey
Cindy Rivka Marshall
At Shelburne Farm, 106 West Acton
Road, Stow (Tel) 978-897-9287
SAVE THE DATE: Three Apples Family Dance & Stories with Tim
Van Egmond in the Great Room at Bedford's Old Town Hall, 16 South Road on Sunday, November 15 from 4 to 6 pm. Presented in collaboration with Bedford Center for the
Arts and Bedford Unplugged.
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The Bedford Center for the Arts is your local non-profit
organization specializing in community building through the arts. Arts for All and All the Arts. Collectively
we are artists, performers, supporters, presenters, collaborators, volunteers
and superb appreciators.
Located on the ground floor
of Old Town Hall, alongside Bedford Common, BCA offers artist studios and
programming space. Our members and friends are broadly involved in a wide range
of arts and cultural activities around town and in our region.
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