In This Issue
Mother's Day Card-making Workshop
BCA Annual Meeting
Jerry's House Concert Featuring Scott Alarik
Kudos to BCA Artists
Bedford Student Art Show
Call for Artists - Lowell Schools
Master Singers' 40th Anniversary
Sarah Whitney Concert
BCA BLAST
May, 2009
Tents on the Common
BCA Open Studios


Last month's Open Studios were a great success - If you missed them, watch for the next edition!
Mother's Day Card-making Workshop
TODAY  -  May 1                3 until 7 pm
 
When you care enough to send the very best, make your own! Join us after school or after supper to create hand-made cards for Mom, Granny or Great-grand-mère.

We'll supply paper, posies, poems and paste. You'll bring the love!

This workshop is a gift from BCA to your family.
BCA's 2009 Annual Meeting

BCA will celebrate the year just past at its Annual Meeting at 6:30 pm on May 8 with all three floors of the building in use.

Carlton SooHoo's panoramic images will be on display in the ground floor BCA space, and you'll find John Cornelius's Polaroid transfer prints of images from Frederick Harris Jewell's journeys to Egypt, India and China between 1921 and 1937 in the Bedford TV studio.

In the Great Room, Ian Faulkner and Dan Fiori will play saxophone and keyboard for your listening pleasure; delectable nibblies will tempt your palate; and we'll hold our brief annual business meeting.

RSVP as quickly as you can: info@bedfordarts.org
Jerry's House Concert

Folk singer and author Scott Alarik will present a house concert in memory of Jerry Christen, BCA's founder on May 30. Doors will open at 7:30 and the show starts at 8pm.  Tickets are limited and additional details will be available shortly.
Kudos to BCA Artists

Ronnie Gould's work was cited for excellence during the recent exhibit "State of Clay" in the Parson's Gallery at Lexington Arts and Crafts Society.

BCA glass artist Mary Johannessen's work has been chosen for both the Marlboro and Northampton Paradise City Arts Festivals.
2009 Bedford Schools Art Show

Stop by the Bedford High School on Friday May 1 from 6-9pm, Saturday May 2 from 10am-4pm, or Sunday May 3 from 11am-3pm to see artwork by every child in the Bedford public school system.  The kids are proud to see their work and you're apt to be amazed by the quality of their work.
Call for Artists in Lowell
 
Superintendent of Lowell Public Schools Chris A. Scott cordially invites artists to attend an informal meeting of district art teachers and local artists.

The meeting will brainstorm creative possibilities for partnerships between local artists and district art teachers and investigate ways for local artists to enhance and enrich the visual arts experiences of students and consider how we might establish ongoing partnerships and programs between local artists and art teachers.

May 12, 2009, 6:30-8:00 p.m., at the Whistler House Museum of Art,
Worthen Street, Lowell. RSVP on or before May 6 to June Cormier,  jcormier@lowell.k12.ma.us 
40th Anniversary Master Singers Concert
 
The Master Singers of Lexington will celebrate their 40th Anniversary with a gala concert on Saturday evening, May 9, at 8:00 p.m. at First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road on the Battle Green. 

Bedford residents Meg Weston and David and Sarah Getty have sung in this select chamber choir for an aggregate of 92 years! 

Tickets are $25 general, $20 students and seniors.  To order tickets, call 781-862-6459, email msingers@themastersingers.org.
Sarah Whitney Violin Chamber Recital
 
Sarah Whitney with special guests Laura Metcalf, Cello and Deborah DeWolf Emery, Piano. 2pm on Sunday, May 31 at the Concord Free Public Library.

Sarah Whitney, an active solo and chamber musician, has been heard worldwide across stages in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. Open to the public. Free admission.
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