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The January thaw has come and gone, the days are getting longer, and here at AVA we've got art opportunities galore to keep you engaged.
Please join us for one of our upcoming free lectures, a gallery talk, or at our Denim Party on January 26! Consider visiting our current exhibitions, or sharpening your skills in a class or workshop. We appreciate the opportunity to be part of your creative journey.
We hope to see you soon,
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center
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Become an AVA Member!
While we extend a warm thank you to our current AVA members, may we suggest that becoming a member of AVA is a great way to start the New Year!
Membership not only provides important support for our nonprofit organization, it also comes with substantial benefits to our supporters. For example, members receive a $25 discount on every AVA class they register for; in addition, as of January 15, registration for our 2013 Summer Art Camps for children and teens are open to members only (open registration will begin in March).
Click here to learn more about the benefits of AVA membership and to join or renew.
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AVA Gallery and Art Center
 11 Bank Street Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
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Summer Art Camp Registration is Open!
With 34 Art Camps for ages 5-8, 9-12, and teens, AVA is the place for your child to gain creative confidence in a supportive and beautiful environment. AVA's Summer Art Camps will run from June 24 through August 23, 2013.
Click here for complete information about AVA's Summer Art Camps and to enroll online!
At this time, enrollment is open only to AVA members, and AVA membership is open to all. Should you decide to join AVA to enroll your child in camps, not only will you receive all the benefits of AVA membership, you will also save on camp tuition.
Scholarships from AVA's community-supported Scholarship Fund are available. Click here for information about applying for a scholarship.
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The Way We Work
On Display Through February 1, 2013
Gallery Talk: Thursday, January 17, 5:30pm
The Way We Work, on display in AVA's E.N. Wennberg Gallery and Gallery 3, will show how the artists who have studios in our Carter-Kelsey building work. Featuring works-in-progress next to finished pieces and the tools and materials used in each project, The Way We Work is a poignant juxtaposition to the Smithsonian's The Way We Worked, on display through January 27, 2013.
The Way We Work features nineteen artists, including Derek Bell, painting; Carrie Fradkin, mosaic; CATV, video; JennyLynn Hall, sculpture; Stacy Hopkins, jewelry and metalwork; John Joline, drawing; Winkie Kelsey, stone carving; Richard Langdell, papermaking; Sloane Mayor, architectural design; Dolly Miller, painting; Victoria Moors, printmaking; Edward del Rosario, painting; Joseph Saginor, painting; Richard Saunders, stone carving; Nance Silliman, painting; Everett Webber, stone carving; Kay Wegner, fiber art; Paulette Werger, encaustic and metalwork; and Anne Wilson, architectural design.
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The Way We Worked: A New Smithsonian Exhibition
On Display Through January 27, 2013
Whether you make a living in a factory, field, office, hospital, restaurant, or anywhere in between, you are a part of American history.
Rediscover the strength and spirit of American workers through rare archival images, compelling videos, and fascinating interviews.
The Way We Worked, an exhibition created by the National Archives, is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration among the Smithsonian Institution, New Hampshire Humanities Council, and Historic New England. Local support is provided by Mascoma Savings Bank and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Special thanks are due to Lebanon Historical Society, CATV, and Jack Rowell.
Click here to download the The Way We Worked Press Release
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Art Works at AVA
Free Special Events this January: Not To Be Missed!
Sunday, January 20, 4pm
Voices from the Back Stairs: Domestic Servants in 19th- and 20th-Century New England
Lecture by Jennifer Pustz, PhD, Museum Historian at Historic New England
Focusing on three Historic New England properties, this illustrated lecture will explore the diversity of domestic service in New England, illuminating the lives of servants and their relationships with their employers.
Sunday, January 27, 4pm
Mill Buildings in Lebanon
Lecture by Robert Welsch, Professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce College
Professor Robert Welsch, current Chair of Lebanon's Heritage Commission and former Curator of Lebanon Historical Society, will discuss the industrial entrepreneurs of Lebanon since the Civil War. His talk will emphasize how the H.W. Carter & Sons factory was not a unique example of Lebanon's role in industry, but merely one of the more successful ones.
Click here to download the Press Release for These Free Lectures and Events
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AVA Invites You To A "Denim Party"
January 26, 4-7pm
As a nod to our building's manufacturing past, and to kick off our 40th anniversary-year celebrations, don your jeans or overalls and join us for a free and fun afternoon party filled with music, refreshments, art activities for kids, and more--a great way to keep the winter blues at bay!
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Winter Vacation Camps
February 18-22. Morning and Afternoon Camps!
Up, Up and Away: Making and Flying Hot Air Balloons (W13C10)
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Beautiful Artist Studio Available
If you are an artist or crafts-person looking for beautiful studio space in our LEED-gold rated Carter-Kelsey building, please click here to email for more information or give us a call at (603) 448-3117.
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Call to Artists: Design the 2013 Prouty Bike Jersey!
Deadline: February 1, 2013
The Prouty, a fundraising event that benefits the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, is excited to announce the first-ever Prouty Bike Jersey Design Competition, a project intended to involve the great talent pool of artists of our region to come up with the snazziest bike shirt ever!
Click here for all the information you need to submit your design.
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The Awesome Foundation
Need Some Funding for Your Awesome Project?
The Awesome Foundation provides grants with no strings attached and claims no ownership over the projects it supports. It is, in the words of one of their trustees, "a micro-genius grant for flashes of micro-brilliance."
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