AVA's Spring Education Program for Children and Teens launches with our Spring Vacation Art Camps during the week of April 15-19. Click through to learn more about the half-day and full-day opportunities we have available for children age 5-8, 9-12, and teens.  

If you would like to receive a paper copy of AVA's Spring and Summer program, please click here to email us your mailing address. 

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Call for Artists: Exhibit Your Sculpture in Kira's Garden

Deadline: May 6 

 

Kira's Garden, the beautiful sculpture garden by the east entrance of AVA's Carter-Kelsey building, given in memory of Kira Fournier Schore (1950-2002) by her husband, Ben Schore, was inaugurated in 2008.

The sculpture garden features both permanent and temporary installations. On permanent display is one of Kira's bronze sculptures, "Split," a reclining female figure on a black granite plinth, adjacent to a bench of the same material. In addition, granite slabs have been placed throughout the garden to serve as bases for temporary sculpture installations. Among the sculptures that have been displayed are works by Herb Ferris, Dimitri Gerakaris, Sue Katz and Li Shen.

AVA is now accepting proposals for another round of sculptures for temporary display in Kira's Garden. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals for work that fits the context of the site; durability as well as the safety of the visiting public, including children, will be important considerations. There will be an opening reception in late June for the new work in Kira's Garden; the selected sculptures will be on display for a year, unless sold.

Click here to download the submissions proposal. Further information is also available by calling AVA at (603) 448-3117. Proposals must be received by May 6.

AVA's Education Director, Adam Blue, will be leading a "brown-bag lunch" conversation as part of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts ongoing series of Entrepreneurial Workshops.  

The talk, titled Public Art: Community, Participation & Commerce will be held at the Kimball Jenkins School of Art in Concord, NH.  

AVA's diverse programs provide dedicated and capable high school and college students the opportunity to make an essential contribution to the work we do in the community, while also gaining skills as they learn about the art world.

Camp Assistants, who are generally high school students passionate about the visual arts, work directly with faculty members to create exciting and memorable Summer Art Camps for children and teens. The application deadline is April 15. Download the 2013 Camp Assistant Application here. 

Interns, who are generally high school seniors and college students, help in multiple ways with our education, exhibition, and community arts programs. AVA internships are designed with the unique interests of each applicant in mind - individuals seeking experience in a fine art gallery, art education and community arts programming, or arts administration would be rewarded by their time at AVA. The application deadline is April 15. Download the 2013 Intern Application here. 

A new dance performance by Flock Dance Troupe, choreographed by its founding director, Carol Langstaff, will take place at AVA on Thursday, April 18, at 6:00pm.

The new work, entitled Museum Pieces II, builds on Museum Pieces I, which was inspired by the works of well-known visual artists and performed at AVA in February 2012.

Of the April 18 performance, Langstaff observes: "Dance is music made visual, sculpture in motion. Dance and fine art communicate without words."

The performance will be followed by light refreshments and the opportunity to view AVA's current exhibitions.

Goods for weaving, framing, jewelry, quilting, pottery, knitting, paper art, spinning, beading, sculpture and more will be available from over 20 vendors. Great bargains and some freebies, too!!!  

This event is sponsored by the Town of Norwich & Sustainable Hanover

There will be a live music, spoken word, and visual arts show performed and created by young adults on April 20, 2013 from 4-10pm at the Wilder Center in Wilder, VT. 

For more information about this event, intended for young adults between the ages of 14-30 who are celebrating substance free creativity, and with the goal of empowering young people who are working to stay strong around temptation, please click here. 

Montpelier Alive seeks proposals for artwork to be hung on, or between, the light poles in front of Montpelier City Hall during the summer and fall of 2013 with a possible extension, at the discretion of Montpelier Alive, through the winter. City Hall Plaza is a highly visible location in the heart of Vermont's vibrant capital city that has displayed a variety of solid color and photographic banners over the past ten years. The successful new design will be a creative response to the plaza, the city, and its surroundings. Designs will be judged on their creativity, visual impact from the street, and durability.

Prize:

One winning artist or art team will receive:

$2013 fee for materials, production, and honoraria.

Promotion of the work through press releases submitted to local and regional publications.

Inclusion in concurrent art walk guides and maps.

For complete information and application guidelines, please click here to email Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Montpelier Alive's Executive Director.