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Happy October!
Please join us at AVA this month, as we have a wonderful array of arts events and opportunities scheduled.
We invite you to come see our beautiful exhibitions, participate in a class or workshop, and even be part of the NH State Council on the Arts' 2012 Arts Education Conference. You can also meet a regional artist at one of our many gallery talks, a book signing, or a poetry reading.
We hope to see you soon,
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center
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AVA's October Exhibitions
October 19 -- November 16
Opening Reception: Friday, October 19, 5-7pm
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry and Clifford B. West Gallery
Gallery Talk: Thursday, November 1, 5:30pm
Kiranada Sterling Benjamin -- Moon Ascending: Japanese Rozome Batik
E.N. Wennberg Gallery and Gallery 3
Gallery Talk: Saturday, October 20, 1:30pm
Barbara Bartlett -- The Art of Tea II
E.N. Wennberg Gallery and Gallery 3
Gallery Talk: Thursday, November 15, 5:30pm AVA's Opening Receptions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. You can download the exhibition press releases by clicking on the artists' names. |
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Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
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Ordman, Sverdlove, Emlen, Robinson, and Ellis Exhibitions
On Display through October 12
There's still time to see our current, exceptional show.
We hope to see you soon.
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Featured October Classes for Adults and Teens
Eighteen Classes Start this Month, Including:
Michael D. Kraatz October 9 - November 27 Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30pm Eight 2½-hour classes $40 model fee included. Materials list provided. Tuition: $290 /members; $315 /non-members In this class, we will cover a broad range of projects that will develop the student's personal vocabulary of drawing techniques. Participants will learn how important drawing is as a means of communication and how vital it is to all visual arts. Class work will include basic drawing exercises, challenging still lifes, as well as drawing the figure for three sessions. Come prepared for hard work, lively discussions, and fun. For students with little or no drawing experience. and Basics of Photography (F12A17)Liza Chrust
October 15 - November 12 Mondays, 4:00-5:30pm Five 1½-hour classes Materials list provided. Tuition: $135 /members; $160 /non-members This class will address the basics of using an SLR camera, showing you how to apply this knowledge as you create your desired images and develop your unique visual voice. All the basics of digital photography will be covered, including the handling and storing of your digital images. and
Esteban Saltos October 27 - November 17 Saturdays, 10:00am-12:30pm Four 2½-hour classes $5 materials fee included. Tuition: $130 /members; $155 /non-members Students will learn the art of origami as they fold paper into intricate creations, including animals, insects, and modular forms. This program will move quickly into more advanced techniques and knowledge of this beautiful ancient art. You can enroll online by clicking the class title.
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Featured October Class for Children and Teens
Six Classes Start this Month, Including:
Digital Photography for Kids
John Joline
Ages 9-12 October 15 - November 12 Mondays, 3:30-5:30pm Five 2-hour classes Tuition: $110 /members; $135 /non-members Besides being tremendous fun, digital photography is a great way to enhance one's visual and observational skills. In this class, we will create pictures of nearly every imaginable subject-both indoors and out. We'll concentrate on "image capture" rather than after-the-fact manipulation of the image on the computer. The beauty of both natural and human-made worlds, bathed in light and emanating luminous color, will be abundantly revealed as we pursue our craft! Participants will be using AVA's digital cameras, acquired by a generous grant from the Tane Family Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, given in memory of Lilyan and Toby Miller. You can enroll online by clicking the class title. |
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Figure Drawing Groups at AVA
As the saying goes, "If you can draw the human figure, you can draw anything."
AVA currently has two daytime groups (Monday and Wednesday mornings) and one evening group (Wednesday nights) that meet regularly.
If you are a committed figure drawer, and are interested in joining a group please click here to email the AVA office for more information about our figure drawing sessions.
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Book Signing Party for Josh Yunger's Hippo and Monkey
Tuesday, October 2, 5:00-8:00pm
A book signing party for the launching of Hippo and Monkey (Bunker Hill Publishing) by longtime AVA artist Josh Yunger, will take place in AVA's Clifford B. West Gallery on Tuesday, October 2, from 5 to 8pm. The book, described on the dust jacket as "a children's book for all ages," is filled with Yunger's expressive, colorful linoleum cuts, which accompany a tender and thought-provoking story.
A painter, printmaker and musician, Josh began taking painting classes at AVA at age 14, studying for a number of years with Clifford B. West. In 1999, Josh received a BFA in Printmaking and Sound Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has had several solo shows at AVA, where he also teaches printmaking.
All are welcome to the book signing party, and refreshments will be served.
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A Poetry Reading by Laura Boyajian
Thursday, October 4, 6:00pm
Artist and poet Laura Boyajian, of West Lebanon, NH, will read a selection of her recent poems on Thursday, October 4. The reading, at 6pm, will take place in the Clifford B. West Gallery.
Boyajian's ties to AVA go back more than two decades, with her frequent participation in solo and group art exhibitions as well as poetry readings.
A graduate of Smith College, she was prominently featured in the 1996-98 nationally juried traveling exhibition "Truth from Darkness," showcasing work by artists with mental illness. It was displayed at AVA in 1998.
In order to appeal to varied and challenging audiences, Boyajian states that her "original art and poetry must be powerful, potent and excellent!"
Like her sparse and poignant use of line, specifically evident in her pen and ink drawings, Boyajian's poems are similarly marked by an expressive quality and a rhythmic simplicity.
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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Opening Minds to the Arts
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Invites You
October 19 and 20, 2012
This conference brings big thinkers to New Hampshire for an exchange of ideas among school administrators, arts educators, teaching artists, arts advocates, scientists, parents and community arts supporters.
This year's conference will take place in the Upper Valley, including sessions at AVA!
For complete information and to register, please click here.
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Support AVA's Annual Fund
Our 2012-2013 Annual Fund campaign has begun, and your fully tax-deductible donation makes it possible for AVA to continue to thrive and, in turn, for your community to be nurtured and enriched by all that we offer.
We thank you for your generous support. Your contributions make a difference!
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