Dear Blue Door members and friends,

We are pleased to announce a new program to help BDAA artists show their work to the public. We are developing a group of storefronts, lobbies and public venues that have agreed to exhibit your work on an ongoing basis. These venues include stores, restaurants, libraries, City Halls and other public buildings, both in Yonkers and elsewhere in Westchester. We will expand these community partnerships as our membership base continues to grow.

To join this program, you must be or become a paid up member of the Blue Door Artist Association. Please let us know if you wish to be included - we will then put your name on a list of interested artists. We will keep the list in the order that requests are received and will start by selecting artists from the top of the list and work down the list to the end and then start over. Further instructions will be sent to you as a space becomes available. There will be no hanging fees and there will be no commissions for artwork that is sold.

You will be expected to help with the installation and removal of your artwork; you will get 'volunteer hours' credit for participating in the program. Please email us at yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com to register. Visit our website at www.bluedoorart.org to pay the membership dues. Remember that this opportunity only applies to paid-up members.

It is a great pleasure to offer you this continuing opportunity to show your artwork.

Please join us at our monthly open meeting at Blue Door Gallery on Tuesday, April 12th at 6:30 pm for additional info and networking with other members!

Due to ongoing volunteer requirement fulfillment issues among members, attendees of our last meeting have voted that, as of March 2011, all new and existing members of the Blue Door Artist Association will be required to volunteer for a minimum of nine hours a year, and those who cannot meet our volunteer requirements may join as non co-operative members for an adjusted annual fee of $140.00.  

Members-only benefits include:

- PROMOTION: Your own  gallery page on our website

- RESUME AND SKILL BUILDING: Gain valuable curatorial experience as well as create and 

develop community programs

- EXHIBITION: Participation in our annual members juried show at Blue Door Gallery, 

the opportunity to sell small works including craft items at our Holiday Show

- COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: Democratic voting rights regarding important decisions 

and future plans at our monthly meetings

- UP-TO DATE INFORMATION: Notification of special art opportunities, 

Listings on our Arts Calendar

- DISCOUNTS: Discounted admission to all workshops and serives

CLICK HERE OR FOLLOW THE PAYPAL LINK BELOW TO REGISTER AS A NEW OR CONTINUED MEMBER 

 

Payment Type

Commit to 9 volunteer hours this year - $40.00Forgo volunteer requirements - $140.00

 

Blue Door Gallery is preparing it's next publication about the current FIBER PLUS exhibition which will include writings and ekphrastic poetry inspired by the adventurous mixed media artworks on the walls.  

Open Mic poets, Artspeak Workshop participants, and other interested poets and writers are invited  to visit the gallery this weekend to begin to form their poetic ideas, and/ or  join BDG's Poet-in-Residence Golda Soloman on 

SATURDAY, APRIL 16th FROM 1 TO 3 PM for an Ekphrastic poetry walk- about and writing session. Golda will be available for guidance and editing to prepare submissions for our publication. 

Deadline for written submissions is April 30th.

Suggested donation: $5-$10.

As with Blue Door Gallery's earlier book, OUT OF AFRICA, the included Artists and Poets are entitled to purchase their own copy at cost (TBD) and extra copies for an additional $5 each.

Artists working in all media are invited to submit work influenced by the theme of "generations". Artwork should illustrate an expression of cultural, historical, social, or geographical characteristics connecting young and old such as: ancestry, heritage, family or community bonds, social dynamics, collaboration, guidance and growth. Please share with us your own interpretations of "generations".

This eight-week exhibition will be held in conjunction with free community programming dedicated to fostering the bonds and creativity of young people and their significant adults. 

The workshop expressions will be in the forms of performance art and poetry, dance, puppetry, drawing, painting, clay and fabric crafts, podcasting, and more TBA. To honor all generations 

we will exhibit artwork created by the youth of Yonkers in conjuction with the works of professional artists whose art addresses  the exhibition theme. 

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT ONLINE 

Your ordered or reserved copies have arrived and will be available during gallery hours starting April 8th. 

To make payment or place a new order, you may respond to this email with your address and either pay online:

CLICK HERE TO PAY SECURELY ONLINE 

BEST IDEA:

Plan to pick up your book on Tuesday, April 12th at the next BLUE DOOR OPEN MEETING at 6:30 PM at Blue Door Gallery (13 Riverdale Avenue, between Main Street and Hudson Street)

The Blue Door Artist Association is a 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to bringing 

the arts to underserved communities throughout the tri-state area. We do this through exhibitions (link to BD Gallery), public art projects, workshops, mentoring programs and special events.

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