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| 2010-2011 BCA BOARD
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Sing Hanson
Julie Turner
Recording Secretary, pro tem:
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Treasurer, pro tem:
Rosemary Barnett
At Large:
Linda Christen
Jean Hammond
Elizabeth Nemirovsky
Susanna Natti
Susan Grieb
Joanna Nickerson
Kati Oates
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February, 2011
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V-Day Bedford 2011
February 25 and 26 at 8 pm at First Church, Congregational, Bedford
Under the leadership of BCA board members Linda Christen and Kati Oates and Director Briget Scholnick, dozens of actors and volunteers are working to produce V-Day Bedford 2011 - The Vagina Monologues for two performance at Bedford's First Church, Congregational at 8 pm on Friday, February 25, and Saturday, February 26.
Cast members include Carla Bradford, Cathy Mann, Charlotte Christen, Cheyenne Fox Tree McGrath, Claudia Fox Tree, Elisa Bucchianeri, Jan Shaw, Kate Mayhew, Kathy Sinclair, Kitty Picard, Liz Rodriguez, Sally Okoniewski, Sing Hanson and Vicki Righettini.
Members of the cast have found some of the script an unusual challenge. Cast member Charlotte Christen described performing a speech that she initially found difficult. "Words lose their power once they lose their shock value," Christen said, "so I'm saying things I would never have said before and they'll never hurt me again."
Hans Christen, Nathan Meyers and Scot Aurenz are in charge of the sound and lighting; Ronnie Gould is helping with set design; and Carlton SooHoo is the production's official photographer.
Proceeds from the performance will benefit Boston Area Rape Crisis Center; The Center for Healing of Merrimac Valley/Lowell and the V-Day 2011 Spotlight on Haiti Campaign.
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BCA receives 2011 Cultural Council Award
Bedford Center for the Arts recently received word that the Bedford Cultural Council awarded us final approval in the amount of $1,000 to support the commemorative plaque for Jeptha and Paddy Wade's gift to the Town of sculptor Chaim Gross's work Dance Rhythm. BCA will collaborate with the Town Manager, the Selectmen and the Department of Public Works to secure final approval and siting of the Wade gift across from the Library. Return to Top |
Monthly BCA activities for February
The BCA Photo Group: A non-trivial self-help group for intermediate & advanced photographers, the Photo Group will meet at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 8, in the BCA Space. The February meeting will include a review of Lightroom 3, an update about the Lucien Aigner exhibit at deCordova and a conversation about staying in touch with the group using Facebook.
Studio Artists' Breakfast: Banish your winter blues and join Mary Johannessen and other local studio artists for coffee and conversation on Tuesday, February 1 at 8 am in the BCA Space. BYOB (bring your own breakfast) - Mary Johannessen's brewing the coffee.
Third Friday Crafternoons: This month, the Third Friday Crafters will be making winter-themed projects. There's no fee, and no need to pre-register. Adults and kids of all ages are invited to turn up in the BCA Space on the ground floor of Old Town Hall (16 South Road) on February 18 from 3 to 6 pm and enjoy!
Play-Reading Group: On Wednesday, March 9, Lois Pulliam will lead a reading of The Madwoman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux's 1943 satire about Aurelia and her friends, the 'little people" who rail against business and government." Going around the room, each person in sequence reads the next speech, assuring everyone an equal chance at the good parts as well as the not-so-wonderful ones -- and occasionally matching unlikely voices and characters! Please click here to let us know that you'd like to participate!
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BCA Members ~ Out & About
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Bedford's (and BCA's) fused glass artist Mary Johannessen will present a program about her work for the Bedford Arts and Crafts Society meeting on Tuesday, February 15 at 1 pm in the meeting room at the Bedford Free Public Library. And if you happen to be visiting in or around Baltimore at the end of the month, visit Mary's booth at the prestigious American Craft Council show. Check Mary's website for details
BCA board member Liz Rodriguez will be selling handmade ceramic tableware and tiles at the Cabin Fever Indie Gift Show in Boston on Sunday, February 13th. You'll find bowls, plates, mugs, tumblers and vases in Liz's distinctive patterns. She'll also be taking orders for custom work intended to become heirlooms such as engraved wedding bowls, porringers or tiles imprinted with baby's hand or foot print.
Sean Dresel and A Common Thread will perform at Main Streets Market and Cafe in Concord on Friday, February 11, from 8:30 to 11:30 pm. Join the fun: live music, drinks and a bite to eat.
Far-flung friends of BCA: Mary Taylor of Marshfield, sends word of her current exhibits. Sculptor Linda Hoffman is showing her Ox Herding Series, ten sculptures depicting Zen Buddhist teachings on the stages of enlightenment, at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard through March 19th.
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In the Bedford Library Gallery
Hot Spots, through March 7, during regular library hours
This month you'll find Hot Spots, colorful abstract paintings by Uli Kapp and handmade dolls by Arlette Laan, in the library's atrium gallery.
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Community Events
Our listing of selected community events now has its own page.
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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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