Happy Thanksgiving!

The Opening Reception for AVA's 2013 Holiday Sale and Exhibition is this Friday, November 29, 5-7pm. Please join us.

Gobble gobble,
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center
 
AVA's 2013 Holiday Sale and Exhibition
November 29 - December 28 
Opening Reception: Friday, November 29, 5-7pm



Our 2013 Holiday Sale and Exhibition will feature the work of artists long associated with AVA as well as those newly involved with our organization. Works in a variety of media will be on display and available for sale in a wide range of prices. The Holiday Sale and Exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to find unique, locally made, handcrafted gifts for your friends and family. The exhibition will be replenished as the work sells, so be sure to come by often to see the exhibit as it evolves from beginning to end!


Additional Holiday Sale and Exhibition Hours:
Sundays, December 15 and 22, 12noon-4pm
Monday, December 23, 11am-5pm
Tuesday, December 24, 11am-3pm   

Closed December 25 and 26   

 

At the Opening Reception on November 29, AVA will be accepting donations of nutritious, non-perishable foods to be given to the Upper Valley Haven. Please consider bringing a donation of food if you are able. Thank you.  
In This Issue
* AVA's 2013 Holiday Sale and Exhibition
* AVA's Winter 2014 Brochure
* Classes and Workshops Starting Soon
* The Mudroom
* AVA's 2013 Open House
* "AVA Reads" and the Norwich Bookstore
 
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center

11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
 
AVA's Winter 2014 Brochure Releases Soon
Check the Valley News on 12/7 and Your Mailbox Shortly Thereafter

Our Winter 2014 program is filled with diverse arts opportunities for all ages and abilities, including new exhibitions; more than 40 classes, camps and workshops; and many special programs that partner with other Upper Valley organizations. Come to AVA to keep your spirit warm during the coldest time of year.

If you have not previously received our brochures and would like one mailed to your home, please click here to email us your contact information. Thanks!           
 
Winter 2014 Classes and Workshops
Scholarships are available.                    
 
The Mudroom at AVA
Join Us for the December 5 Gathering



The Mudroom -- a program modeled after NPR's "The Moth Radio Hour," where adults in the Upper Valley come together to share real-life stories -- will have its second gathering at AVA on Thursday, December 5 at 7pm. 

 
The theme for this selection of stories will be "Law & Order."  
 

Tickets for the December 5 gathering may be purchased by clicking here or by calling (603) 448-3117.

 

In addition to the fantastic storytelling, the line-up for the December 5th gathering will also include:

Music by Tritium Well
Food and drink will be available as well

 
Save the Date: AVA's 2013 Open House
Saturday, December 7, 11-4pm

 

AVA's annual Open House will take place on Saturday, December 7, from 11am to 4pm.  

 

Throughout the day, there will be live music, our Holiday Sale and Exhibition on display in the galleries, refreshments, self-guided tours of our LEED Gold-certified building, and more. 

 

In addition, many of the resident artists on AVA's 2nd and 3rd floors will open their studio doors, offering you a chance to see the marvelous work they make - including a dazzling sale of CoolSnowGlobes!

         

Please join us!

 
"AVA Reads" and the Norwich Bookstore

A new selection of books around the theme of "40" is now available for sale at a 20% discount to AVA members through the Norwich Bookstore.  This month's batch features these titles:
 
A Curious Invitation: The Forty Greatest Parties in Fiction by Suzette Field
Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff by Calvin Trillin
Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janey Malcolm
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, Kate Bernheimer, Editor
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
Mistakes that Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How they Came to Be by Charlotte Foltz Jones, author and Jon O'Brien, illustrator