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Co-Chairs:
Sing Hanson
Julie Turner
Treasurer:
Kati Oates
Recording Secretary:
Linda Christen
At Large:
Jean Hammond
Elizabeth Nemirovsky
Susanna Natti
Susan Grieb
Joanna Nickerson
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PMC KIDS'
NIGHT OUT
The BCA Third Friday team brought craft materials to The Edge so that the participants in PMC's Kids' Night Out could make origami birds, feathered stick puppets and
greeting cards along with the other activities in this fun-filled event.
Click to see what the craft table was like!
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 June 2010
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David Torrey
Gallery Reception & Annual Meeting Update
In the BCA Space at Old Town Hall on Wednesday, June 2, 6 to 8 pm
If you missed the chance to see the exhibit of David Torrey's paintings during BCA's Annual Meeting, we're holding a gallery reception featuring his "Travel Watercolors 1995-2009," on Wednesday, June 2 from 6 until 8 pm.
Torrey's architecture/preservation firm. Menders, Torrey & Spencer, Inc.,
is responsible for the award-winning restoration and adaptive re-use design of Old Town Hall and he spoke of that work as well as his involvement in community arts during the Annual Meeting. A video of his comments will be available during the reception.
After his presentation, Torrey left the room and returned as the Revels' One-Man Band, a character he originated. Hilarity ensued as kazoo-tooting meeting-goers followed Torrey in a parade around the Great Room and down the front stairs to the steps of Old Town Hall on South Road.
Notecards and mounted enlargements
of many of these paintings along with additional original framed watercolors of
New England hills and shores will be available during the reception, and a portion
of their sale proceeds will benefit BCA.
Click here to RSVP if you'd like to join us.
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Photo Class for Point & Shoot Enthusiasts
In the BCA Space, six Tuesday evenings at 7 pm, beginning
on June 15
Participants' exhibit and reception on Tuesday, August 3, at 7 pm
During BCA's spring photo series it
became clear that learning to take better point and shoot pictures was
important to many people in the group.
Holly
Bloomfield, a BCA member and professional photographer, has designed a
six-session class specifically geared toward point-and-shoot camera
enthusiasts, and BCA will present it this summer.
With your
camera and its instruction manual by your side, Holly will help you to
learn digital vocabulary, the functions in your camera and how to
take better photos. No previous photography knowledge is needed.
There
will be a photography assignment each week to practice of the
concepts that Holly will cover in class. The course will finish with a class
exhibit and reception on
August 3.
About the
course: We'll meet in the BCA Space at Bedford's Old Town Hall on
six Tuesday evenings beginning on June 15 from 7 to 8 pm, with an optional review and
discussion of your photo assignments until 8:30;
there will be no class on July 6.
The fee for the series is $60, with an additional charge to prepare
for the show; all proceeds will benefit the Bedford Center for the
Arts.
The class is limited to 15
participants.
About
our instructor: Holly Bloomfield is a portrait and
event photographer. She owns and operates Portraits by Holly in Bedford.
She
has studied with portrait, event and wedding photographers as well as photo
journalists. She has passed both the technical and artistic
requirements
for certification by the Professional Photographers of America and is an
active
member of the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts.
Please click here for more information, or to register.
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Play Reading in the BCA Space
"Blithe Spirit" on June 30 at 7:30 pm
Lois Pulliam returns to lead a reading of Noel Coward's popular 1941 comedy, Blithe Spirit.
Savor Coward's wit and wisdom as the ghost of Charles Condomine's difficult and departed first wife Elvira torments him and Ruth, his living wife who can neither hear nor see the ghost.
With no specific parts assigned, the reading will go around the room, with each participant reading the next speech in sequence, thus assuring that everyone has an equal chance at the good parts as well as the not-so-wonderful ones -- and occasionally matching unlikely voices and characters!
Click here to reserve your place.
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Studio Artists' Breakfast
Thursday, June 3, from 8 to 9:30 am in the BCA space
Do you yearn for the company of other artists? BYOB* and join Mary Johannessen for the third session of this studio artists' get-together.
It's a come-as-you-are coffee time. A place for conversation and contacts. You might meet someone new, or reconnect with old pals as summer begins.
*BYOB: Bring your own breakfast if you want more than coffee!
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Third Friday Crafternoon
June 18 from 3 to 6 pm, BCA Space at Old Town Hall, 16 South Road
This month we will be making Father's Day cards. Join us and honor all the Dads in your life!
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Illegal Art Journal Project
Six BCA artists are taking part in 60 Days, a two-month journaling project devised by Illegal Art, an artists' collective in Manhattan that seeks to create
interactive public art that inspires self-reflection, thought and human
connection.
Journals were distributed on May 1 and will be collected at the end of June. They are being used to collect and display photographs of the daily changes at Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge as well as more personal transformations. Some artists are working alone, others are sharing their journal with friends so that the final product will be a collective effort.
At the end of the project, Illegal Art plans to display the journals in New York and the BCA artists plan to attend the opening reception when it takes place.
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UPDATE: Alloy Orchestra in Bedford
Somerville's Alloy Orchestra visited the Bedford High School on Friday, April 21, both in the afternoon when they played for 150+ Middle and High School students and then in the evening when nearly that many adults and kids returned for a performance of Douglas Fairbanks' silent film, The Black Pirate.
Bedford Center for the Arts applauds the efforts and energy of Nicole Picard O'Toole, the new Head of the schools' Music Department for her support of Alloy Orchestra's visit as well as Lee Vorderer, Sean Dresel, Sing Hanson and Kathy Register, the BCA volunteers who worked tirelessly to bring this event to life.
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UPDATE: Jerry's House Concert
Thanks to the efforts of Charlotte and Linda Christen, Seattle musician Hans York played to a sell-out crowd in the 2010
Jerry's House Concert on Saturday, May 8. Proceeds from the House Concert support
Bedford Center for the Art's Jerry Christen Scholarship. Named in memory of BCA's founding visionary and president, this annual scholarship will awarded to a graduating BHS senior who
intends to pursue a degree in the arts at the Citizens Scholarship Foundation's award ceremony on June 2.
Also, the Boston Area Coffeehouse
Association will present the Jerry Christen Memorial Award during the WUMB MusicFest on Sunday, June 6, from noon to 7 pm at UMass Boston's waterfront campus. The award is given to a current member of the Boston folk music scene who embodies Jerry's values and enthusiasm. Prior winners have included the founders of Rounder Records, Dick Pleasants, Scott Alarik and Bill Staines.
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BCA Members ~ Out & About
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Mike Milicia's bird photos will be on exhibit at
Emerson Hospital from June 15 to August 15. Click here to see Mike's new Facebook page or his website.
Learn about mosaic styles, applications, tools as you create a stepping stone for your garden during Mary Johannessen's two-part workshop (Saturday, June 5 from 9:30 to 11:30 am and Sunday, June 6 from 1 to 2 pm). On the first day you'll create your stepping stone using a concrete paver and one of three patterns specifically designed for the project.You'll return the next day to grout your work, clean the surface and be able to take your work home to enjoy in your garden. Limit 6 students; $35 fee includes instruction and all materials. Click here to RSVP by June 2.
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In Collaboration with BCA
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Bedford's Library Gallery
A Sense of Place continues through July 14
The current
exhibit at the library's atrium gallery, A Sense
of Place, highlights the work of artists with a special cultural or geographical
connections.
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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, presenters, supporters, collaborators, volunteers
and superb appreciators.
Located on the ground floor
of Old Town Hall, alongside Bedford Common, BCA offers artist studios and
programming space. BCA members and friends are involved in a wide range
of arts and cultural activities around town and in our region.
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