Happy New Year!

 

This January, AVA will feature new exhibitions in our galleries, a free weekend lecture series on Sculpture, and our dynamic classes and workshops for all ages and abilities begin again. And, if you treat yourself to dinner at Three Tomatoes Trattoria on January 7, you'll support AVA in the process! 

 

We look forward to seeing you soon,

~The Board and staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center  

 

 

 


Bernard, Smuda, Winebaum  
January 9 - February 6
Opening Reception: Friday, January 9, 5-7pm 





Harry Bernard -- WasHere
Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 17, 3pm 
Clifford B. West Gallery

Gail Smuda -- Historical Fictions
Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 24, 2pm 
Elizabeth Rowland Mayor Gallery

Sumner Winebaum -- Bits and Pieces in Bronze
Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 31, 2pm 
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry and E.N. Wennberg Gallery



 
In This Issue
* Bernard, Smuda, Winebaum
* Winter 2015 Classes
* January 2015 Talks and Films on Sculpture
* New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Challenge Grant
* Three Tomatoes Trattoria and AVA
* Call for Artists :: Botanicals
* Call for Photographers :: H20
* Call for Photographers :: H20
 
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center

11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117

A limited number of scholarships are available     

 

Please check the complete ADULT and CHILDREN'S listings to find the right class for you.
 

   

 
January 2015 Sculpture Talks and Films at AVA  
Free and Open to the Public -- Join Us!

Sunday, January 11, 4:30pm :: Two films by the late AVA artist Clifford B. West will be shown -- Bronze: River of Metal and Harry Bertoia's Sculpture.

Sunday, January 18, 4:30pm :: Ernest Montenegro will talk about the process of creating the 53 feet tall sculpture, "ourhandsthenandnow," commissioned by the city of Claremont, NH, for its 250th anniversary celebration.

Sunday, January 25, 4:30pm :: Paul Sanderson's film, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture will be shown. Henry Duffy, Museum Curator at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, will introduce the film.

Saturday, January 31, 2pm :: Sumner Winebaum will give a gallery talk about his work in the exhibition titled Bits and Pieces in Bronze.

 

AVA to Receive a Challenge Grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Help AVA meet the Challenge!  


AVA will receive a $10,000 challenge grant for operating support from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation once the grant's matching requirements have been met. This generous grant will support and enhance AVA's education, exhibition, and community programming, including numerous free and low-cost programs, while we simultaneously work to reach our $3.5 million capital campaign goal.

 

New and upgraded memberships as well as donations that exceed previous gift levels will help us meet the challenge. Generous donors who have recently given to AVA may also direct an additional gift to go specifically toward the challenge.

   

 

 

    

 

Thank you for helping AVA meet the challenge! 

 

 
Dine at Three Tomatoes Trattoria in Lebanon and Benefit AVA!
Wednesday, January 7



AVA Gallery is honored to be the organization featured in Three Tomatoes Trattoria's January 2015 Sustainable Communities initiative. As part of Three Tomatoes Trattoria's program, $1 from every dinner purchased on January 7 will benefit our non-profit community art center.

Please bring your friends for a delicious meal and know that in addition to great food and great company, you'll also support a great organization. Thank you!
 
 
Call for Artists: Botanicals at Linus Gallery

Deadline: January 12     

 

The beauty of plant life has been expressed in numerous art forms throughout history. They adorn our buildings, clothing, commodities and communities. Their organic shapes have never ceased to captivate us. In this call for entries at Linus Gallery, submit your work displaying how you've managed to capture and emulate this perennial subject matter!


Click here for complete information and to enter.

 

 
Call for Photographers: H20 at The Center for Fine Art Photography

Deadline: January 14     

 

Water is transformational; it carves the political and physical landscape of our world. Water is visually stunning in all forms, e.g. liquid, clouds, steam, snow or ice. We use it to calm us, to inspire us and to sustain life. It is symbolic, coveted, feared and increasingly scarce. The Center for Fine Art Photography welcomes all artist interpretations on this theme. All capture types and photographic processes are eligible to submit.

Click here for complete information and to enter.

 

 
Call for Photographers: 39th Annual Elden Murray Exhibition and Competition at the Howe Library, Hanover, NH

Deadline: January 19       


The Elden Murray Photographic Exhibition and Competition provides Upper Valley amateur photographers with an opportunity to display their work to the public. The exhibition is sponsored by Howe Library with a grant from the Elden Murray Foundation and is coordinated by the Quechee Area Camera Club.


Click here for complete contest rules and to preregister.