V-Day Success in 2011    

For two nights at the end of February, Upper Fellowship Hall at First Church, Congregational, was filled to capacity with women wearing red and black in solidarity with the actors of V-Day Bedford, 2011, in performances of Eve Ensler's classic Vagina Monologues.

Congratulations to Linda Christen who brought the performance to Bedford; to Director Bridget Elston Scholnik; and to the cast and crew! 

Describing the camaraderie among the cast, actor Sally Okoniewski said, "Apart from the importance of the message, the actors are an amazing, multigenerational group of strong women, from their teens to their seventies -- every decade was on stage."  

The performance also delighted audience member Doris Webber, an honorary member of BCA in recognition of her long-term support of our organization. "I've now seen the Monologues several times, and I think this one is the best," she continued. "It seems to have benefited from editing over the years."   

Click here to see cast member Claudia Fox Tree's photographs from the evening.    

Net proceeds from the performances will benefit the 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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March is Membership Renewal Month at BCA    

BCA's renewal notices are out, and another mailing will go out to a list of potential members in the next few weeks.

In a new development, BCA is investigating an online membership payment option, but for now we'll appreciate receiving your membership checks via 'snail mail'!

If you didn't get a renewal notice, click here to see and print the letter and mail your membership along to BCA. 

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The BCA Photo Group: A non-trivial self-help group for intermediate & advanced photographers, the Photo Group will meet at 7 pm today, March 1, in the BCA Space. Michael Milicia will speak about camera RAW image capture. The next photo group meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 5, at LensProToGo in West Concord. 

Studio Artists' Breakfast: Banish your winter blues and join Mary Johannessen and other local studio artists for daffodils, coffee and conversation on Tuesday, April 5 at 8 am in the BCA Space. BYOB (bring your own breakfast) - Mary Johannessen's brewing the coffee.  

Third Friday Crafternoons: It's not quite spring yet, but if you think warm breezes and sunshine are in your future you'll want to attend the March session of Third Friday. Crafts will include making helicopters, pinwheels and birds for fun outdoor play.   

Third Friday meets in the Bedford Center for the Arts space on the ground floor at Old Town Hall, 16 South Road in Bedford. Prior registration isn't required and there is no fee.  Come as you are and drop in for the fun and crafts on March 18 from 3 to 6 pm.

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Ronnie Gould's raku-fired rooster is included in 500 Raku, Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique published by Lark Crafts.   

A celebratory birthday cake inspired by Mary Johannessen's kiln glass was commissioned by the American Craft Council in celebration of its 70th anniversary. Mary was chosen for the second year in a row as one of the craft artists in the ACC's prestigious Baltimore show. 

Sidetracks, an exhibit of Sing Hanson's photographs, is featured at Albright Gallery on Main Street in Concord, and in the gallery's full-page ad in Art New England. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 10, from 6 to 8 pm. Sing's postcard for One Book, One Bedford was recently delivered to all residential postal customers in town.

Works by Doris Smith and Sing Hanson were chosen for Members Juried II: Photography, Drawing, Mixed Media, Crafts and Graphics showcurrently on display at the Concord Art Association.

Work by BCA's Joyce Collier Fearnside is included in Natural Surroundings and Sequences, the current show in the gallery at Mass Audubon's Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is on display through April 4.  The Gallery is open daily from 10 am to 4 pm at 293 Moose Hill Street, Sharon, MA. For more information call 781-784-5691 ext. 8111.

Bedford composer Halsey Burgund has a new exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. Click here to learn more or here to listen to an excerpt from a recent about Halsey's exhibit on Radio Boston

Visitors to the Burlington Library can see Judi Babcock's paintings of dancers through the month of March.  

BCA board member and ceramic artist Liz Rodriguez will open her new ceramic studio for First Saturday on March 5th from noon to 5 pm in Suite A208 in the A Mill building of Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue in Lowell. Liz creates unique hand-crafted tableware, tiles and custom work.

BCA photography student Carol Reynolds will present From Barrow to Seward, a travelogue about her Alaskan adventure, at 1 pm on Wednesday, March 16, at the Council on Aging in Town Center.