SAVE THE DATE: BCA Annual Meeting   

Wednesday, May 11, in the Great Room at Old Town Hall    

It's always a great party, and this year will be no different: outstanding food (heavy hors d'oeuvres), interesting entertainment, your Board's annual update and the election of next year's Board.  

Because BCA is a membership organization, e-mail our Membership Maven to be sure that yours is up to date before the invitations are sent. 

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CSF Scholarship to honor BCA founder       

Jerry Christen, BCA's founder, will again be honored by a Citizens' Scholarship Foundation (CSF) award given to a graduating Bedford High School senior who intends to pursue a career in art. Past recipients have included Ben Gould, Nick Nevereux and Aren Imsong.

Because there will be no house concert this year, BCA requests your assistance in funding this year's scholarship. If you are a house concert regular and would like to help by donating the amount you'd have paid in admission, please remit your contribution to BCA, PO Box 404, Bedford, MA, 01730 with Scholarship on the memo line.   

The Boston Area Coffee House Association (BACHA) that also honors Jerry Christen will be awarded at the WUMB Folk Festival in June.   

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BCA's Wednesday Evening Art Flicks  

Our home cinema programs live on 

Based on the popularity of last year's showing of Who Does She Think She Is? BCA is offering a spring mini-series of films based on artists and the arts in a comfortable local home theater where you'll find a congenial atmosphere, light food and drink, plus food for the soul.

The film Rivers and Tides, Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time will be screened on Wed. April 27th. T

Rivers and Tides, Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time will be shown on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 pm.This astonishing documentary shadows renowned British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy as he creates works of art using ice, driftwood, leaves, stones, dirt and snow in open fields, rivers, creeks and forests. With each new creation he carefully studies the energetic flow and transitory nature of his work. 

Note: This showing will tune you up for Goldsworthy's one-man show coming to the DeCordova Museum in May. Museum trustees are raising funds for a permanent installation of Snow House on the grounds facing Flint Pond.

Save the date: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision on Wednesday, May 18, and Typeface on Wednesday, June 15.

Tickets are $10 each; contact Sing Hanson to arrange your admission and pay at the door. 

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Poetry Event   

Thursday, April 28, from 7:30 to 9 pm, in the BCA Space   

The BCA is sticking a poetic toe in the water to gauge interest among local writers in establishing an ongoing poetry group.  

Poets of any stripe, established or novice, are invited to share their work.  If you haven't authored a poem but love poetry, bring one of your favorites to share.    

We'll gather in the BCA space in Old Town Hall.  Questions?  Contact Susanna Natti, szmnatti@comcast.net.

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April is Membership Card Month at BCA    

While there was a healthy response to BCA's recent notice, there's still time to renew your membership in time to be invited to BCA's annual meeting on May 11, and to get your membership card when they're mailed in a couple of weeks.   

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 on Tuesday, April 5, at LensProToGo in West Concord. We'll meet the owner, learn about his outstanding collection of rental equipment and also explore the studio he rents. Please click here if you'd like to join us! 

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

Third Friday Crafternoons:  Want to do something special for all the mothers in your life? Then come to Third Friday where we will be making Mother's Day cards, mosaic vases and paper flowers to give as gifts.    

Designed for crafty kids and their adults, 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 April 15 from 3 to 6 pm.

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The Brush Gallery in Lowell is showing Massachusetts Artists 2011, juried by the MFA's Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, through April 30.  Carol Rissman is one of the 32 artists whose work is in the show. There will be an artists' reception on Sunday, April 3, from 2 to 4 pm.  For more information, visit the gallery's website or call 978-459-7819.    

Also in Lowell, you'll find Liz Rodriguez's pottery at the Western Avenue Open Studios on Saturday, April 2. Her studio is in the A Mill (#A208) across from the hall from the Loading Dock Gallery. Click to see Liz's work on Flickr.

Sing Hanson's fine art prints and artists' books will be available in Open Studios at Emerson Umbrella on the weekend of April 2-3 from 1 to 6 pm each day. Her show Sidetracks, abstract images of ancient railroad steel that have become digital fine art prints, is on display in the new gallery at Albright Art on Main Street in Concord through May 8.  

Work by Maria Green and Doris Smith along with other members of the Studio Seven Art Collective is included in the 4^th annual Beyond the Book exhibit of artists' books and collage in the gallery at the Honan-Allston branch of the Boston Public Library from April 7 through May 9. The library is located at 300 North Harvard Street in Allston. Click here for hours and directions.