Happy February to all!

Please join us for the Opening Reception and Award Ceremony for the 2015 Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition on Friday, February 13, 5-7pm. Our galleries will display well over 100 works made by enthusiastic teens and provides a snapshot of life in our region unlike any other!

Two gallery talks scheduled to have taken place in January will instead be given on February 6, the last day of our current exhibitions. Gail Smuda's talk is at 3pm, and Harry Bernard will talk about his paintings at 4:30pm. A Closing Reception will follow.


There are many more creative opportunities listed below, so please read on.

 

Yours in the arts, 

~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center  

 

 

 
AVA's 7th Annual Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition  
February 13 - March 6
Opening Reception and Award Ceremony: Friday, February 13, 5-7pm
 


 This celebration of the creative achievements of our regional youths is made possible by the generous support of:

Amberger Design Group
CoolSnowGlobes
Defiance Electric & Crossover, Inc. & Leading Edge Design Group
The Doris Mollica Fund of the Rotary Club of Lebanon
Goss Logan Insurance Agency
Jennifer Snyder, Coldwell Banker-Redpath & Co.
Mascoma Savings Bank
Schuster, Buttrey, and Wing P.A.

2015 Award Winners will be chosen by Trevor Fairbrother, Independent Writer and Curator
    
 
 
In This Issue
* Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition
* Bernard, Smuda, Winebaum
* Winter 2015 Classes
* AVA's 2015 Summer Art Camps
* New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Challenge Grant
* AVA Paint the Peak at Killington
* AVA's 2015 Camp Assistants and Interns
* Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom
* Call for Artists: The Shandaken Project at Storm King
* League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Executive Search
* Art Chemical Safety Workshop
 
Follow-up Links
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center

11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
Bernard, Smuda, Winebaum  
On Display through February 6 

 






Harry Bernard -- WasHere
Gallery Talk: Friday, February 6, 4:30pm *New Date* 
Clifford B. West Gallery

Gail Smuda -- Historical Fictions
Gallery Talk: Friday, February 6, 3pm *New Date*  
Elizabeth Rowland Mayor Gallery

Sumner Winebaum -- Bits and Pieces in Bronze
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry and E.N. Wennberg Gallery

A closing reception will follow the two gallery talks on February 6.

Click here to read the press releases for the Harry Bernard, Gail Smuda, and Sumner Winebaum exhibitions.

 

Winter 2015 Classes, Camps and Workshops
Click through to enroll

 
Ages 5-8
Collage, Mosaic & Sculpture   AVA members / non-members This camp is full!
Pleasure of Painting   AVA members / non-members

Ages 9-12
Cartooning   AVA members / non-members
A Garden in Winter: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture   AVA members / non-members

Teens
Painting through Technique   AVA members / non-members 


Children and Teen Classes Starting the First Week of March
Ages 5-8
Turning Trash into Treasure    AVA members / non-member
My Own Little World    AVA members / non-member

Ages 9-12
Digital Photography for Kids    AVA members / non-member
Robotics II    AVA members /  Non-member

Teens
Abstract Painting    AVA members /  non-member

  

A limited number of scholarships are available     

 

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

   

 

AVA's 2015 Summer Art Camps!
AVA Members: Enrollment Is Open!
 
 

Click here to see the complete list of offerings.

Non-member enrollment begins March 14. 

  

A limited number of scholarships are available     

 

    

 

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! 

 

 
AVA Paint the Peak at Killington!
     

 

 

Paint the Peak is a new partnership program being offered between AVA and Killington!  

 

During the morning, participants will tour Killington Ski Area with a ski instructor and a photographer. Lunch will include a delicious farm-to-table meal at the Killington Peak Lodge. And the afternoon will be spent working with an AVA instructor to capture their skiing experience in paint.

 

Click here to learn more about this innovative new partnership program. 

 

 
AVA's 2015 Camp Assistants and Interns 
Applications Due April 1 

 

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 important skills as they learn about the art world.

 

Camp Assistants, 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 1.  Click here to download the 2015 Summer Camp Assistant application. 


Interns, 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, arts education and community arts programming, or arts administration would be rewarded by their time at AVA. The application deadline is April 1. Click here to download the 2015 Internship Application. 

 

 
Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom -- "Paws and Claws"

The Mudroom, modeled after NPR's The Moth Radio Hour, continues to draw large crowds to AVA for lively evenings with talented storytellers and mesmerized audiences.

 

We are currently looking for storytellers on the theme "Paws and Claws" for the next Mudroom, scheduled for March 26, 2015. 

 
Call for Artists: The Shandaken Project at Storm King
Deadline: February 20
        
Storm King Art Center and The Shandaken Project announce a two-year partnership for the first-ever artist residency program hosted at Storm King Art Center: The Shandaken Project at Storm King.  

 

This residency, offered at no cost to participants, will follow the process focused model of The Shandaken Project and encourage artists to engage with Storm King in new ways.  

 

The Shandaken Project at Storm King will award approximately 15 residencies per season (from June
through September). The length of the residencies will be two to six weeks, with three artists on site at a time. This intimate scale encourages dialogue between residents. Additionally, the inspirational setting at Storm King Art Center will allow for intense focus on individual practice. The artists will be housed together on the Storm King property and will each be given a private studio, following the plans developed and executed for Shandaken's original campus.

 

An open call for applications to The Shandaken Project at Storm King residency closes February 20, 2015. The Shandaken Project at Storm King offers residents the opportunity to focus exclusively on process, and is open to cultural producers of all disciplines. An anonymous panel of art professionals will jury applications, and successful candidates will be announced in March. 


Click here for complete application information.

 
The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Executive Search

Application Deadline: February 21        

 

The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen seeks a dynamic, motivated Executive Director with a passion for fine craft to lead the League as we absorb an era of unprecedented growth and continue to redefine ourselves as a leader in the handmade craft movement in the state and the nation. The ideal candidate will build on our 83 years of tradition and accomplishments, our stellar staff and dedicated cadre of volunteers, and envision and lead us to reach for our potential. S/he must be an energetic, inspirational leader who can support the staff, attract and support artists, donors, volunteers, affiliated galleries, and community partners - new and existing.  

 

The Executive Director is responsible for the operation, administration, oversight and development of mission related projects and implementation of strategic plan goals. Reports directly to the sixteen member Board of Trustees and supervises all employees of the organization.


Click here to email for complete information.

 

 
Art Teacher and Artist Chemical Safety Workshop
May 29, 2015

Art teachers and artists looking to:
  • Identifying hazardous characteristics of the chemical products in their studios
  • Understanding how to reduce the risk of harmful exposures
  • Improving chemical storage and labeling practices
  • Understanding how to collect, process and dispose of hazardous waste
  • Knowing where to go to get more reliable information on these topics
Are invited to participate in a one-day workshop on these topics and more at River Valley Community College in Claremont, NH.