March will be a non-stop month of art, events, parties and activities at AVA. And spring officially arrives this month, too!

Please read on to learn about the Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition; Vintage Posters; AVA's 2015 Silent Auction - including the Party and Final Bidding Event; the "Paws and Claws" Mudroom; Winter, Spring, and Summer Classes, Camps, and Workshops; Artist Opportunities; Information about Summer Internships and Camp Assistant Positions and more!

We look forward to seeing you soon!

~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center  

 

 
Exhibition and Silent Auction of Vintage Posters from the Collection of Alfred T. Quirk 
March 17 - 28
An exhibition and silent auction of vintage posters from the collection of former AVA Board Chair Alfred T. Quirk will take place in AVA's Johnson Sisters Library from March 17 through 28. The exhibition will overlap with AVA's 2015 Silent Auction. Featuring a selection of beautifully framed classic posters, including Harper's Bazaar and World War II propaganda posters, this exhibition/auction will conclude at 7:30pm on March 28 during AVA's Silent Auction Party. While no admission is charged to preview the exhibition or to make early-bird bids, there is an admission fee to attend the Silent Auction Party, when the final bidding takes place.

 

We extend our sincere thanks to Al Quirk, who, over the years, has so generously donated posters from his extensive collection to benefit our nonprofit arts organization.

 
 
In This Issue
* Vintage Posters
* AVA's 2015 Silent Auction
* Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition
* Winter 2015 Classes
* Spring / Summer 2015 Education Program
* AVA's 2015 Summer Art Camps
* New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Challenge Grant
* Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom
* AVA's 2015 Summer Camp Assistants and Interns
* Fact and Fiction
* Call to Artists: Healing with Art
Call to Artists: White Mountain National Forest Artist-in-Residence
* Call to Photographers: LensCulture
 
Follow-up Links
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center

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Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
AVA's 2015 Silent Auction 
March 21 - 28: Preview and Early Bidding
Silent Auction Party and Final Bidding: Saturday, March 28, 5:30-8pm

Mark your calendars now, and be sure not to miss AVA's 2015 Silent Auction!  

 

All donated auction items -- artwork in a variety of media as well as donations from the business community, ranging from furniture to gift certificates -- will be available for preview and early-bird bidding for a week prior to the Silent Auction Party.

 

Admission is free during the preview period, and anyone who wishes may place early-bird bids. There is an admission fee, however, to attend the festive Silent Auction Party, when the final bidding will take place.

 

So stay tuned! As time draws near, specific details about AVA's liveliest and most anticipated fundraising party will be coming your way!

 
 
AVA's 7th Annual Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition
On Display through March 6
164 Student Artworks from 18 High Schools 



This celebration of the creative achievements of our regional youth 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., Realtors
Mascoma Savings Bank
Schuster, Buttrey, & Wing, P.A.

2015 Award Winners were chosen by Trevor Fairbrother, Independent Writer and Curator

 

 
    
 
 

Winter 2015 Classes and Workshops
Click through to enroll

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.
 
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Thanks to the generous donation of an anonymous donor, Senior Art has expanded to include both morning and afternoon sessions on Thursdays. Click here to learn more.  

 

 

 

AVA's Spring / Summer 2015 Education Program Now Online
Click through for Adult, Children & Teens
Digital Photography for Kids

  

A limited number of scholarships are available     

 

    

 

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

  

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! 

 

 
Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom -- "Paws and Claws"
Thursday, March 26, 6:30pm



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. Click here to email for more information about telling your tale at The Mudroom.

 

Click here to purchase your $5 admission in advance of the March 26 event.

 

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

 

Three of AVA's talented and hardworking 2014 interns.

 

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. 

 

 
Fact and Fiction
An Exhibition by Margaret Jacobs
March 3 - April 4
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7 

 

 

 

An exhibition of artwork titled Fact and Fiction by Margaret Jacobs, AVA's Exhibition Coordinator, will be on display in the 3rd floor gallery at Studio Place Arts (SPA) from March 3 through April 4, 2015 with an opening reception on Saturday, March 7 from 5 - 7pm.  

 

SPA is located at 201 North Main Street in Barre, VT.

 

 
Call to Artists: Healing with Art
Deadline: March 31

 

 

 

The Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center has issued a call for art for an exhibit to be hung in the Norris Cotton Cancer Centers in Lebanon, Manchester, and Nashua. The exhibit is based on the belief that art contributes to and reinforces the healing process for patients who have been diagnosed with and are receiving treatment for cancer. Art provides a therapeutic refuge for those in need of finding perspective on what is happening in their lives, and this exhibit is intended to offer enlightenment and encouragement to patients, families, and staff of the Cancer Centers. This exhibit will be hung for four months at the Centers.


Click here for complete details.

 

 
Call to Artists: White Mountain National Forest Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: April 17

 

 

 

Artists in all media are invited to apply for the 2015 White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) Artist-in-Residence program, a collaboration between the WMNF and the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire.


The program highlights the ways in which the arts can be used to explore and interpret the forest environment and forest-related ideas and issues. 

  

The residency offers professional and emerging artists in any art form from around the country

(visual and performing artists, craftspeople, writers, composers and choreographers, eco artists and media artists) an opportunity to pursue their work while being inspired by the surrounding forest and, on several occasions, share their art and their artistic process with members of the public. Artists in residence are also invited to meet with and learn from Forest Service personnel in their areas of interest (wildlife, forestry, hydrology, etc.).      


The artist selected will choose a period of at least three weeks between July and September to be in residence.

  

Click here for complete information. 

 

 
Call to Photographers: Sidney Zuber Photography Award

Deadline: March 15           

 

INFOCUS, the photography support organization of Phoenix Art Museum, is calling for entries for the first INFOCUS Sidney Zuber Photography Award. The award will be granted biennially to an emerging or early career photographer who demonstrates artistic promise. The competition is open to photographers who are residents of the United States, working in all photographic media and styles.  

 

The artist selected for the INFOCUS Sidney Zuber Photography Award will receive an unrestricted cash award of $5,000.  

 

Click here for complete information and to enter.