Often, August brings a slower pace, and possibly even some downtime. Why not let it be the perfect gateway for the arts?

You could begin your relaxing break with a trip to AVA to see our 2015 Juried Summer Exhibition, which will be on display through August 28.

But wait, there's more. Read on to learn about the many other opportunities AVA has coordinated for you and your family in the coming weeks.

And watch for AVA's Fall 2015 / Winter 2016 print publication inserted in the Valley News on Saturday, August 15!

We look forward to seeing you soon,

~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center

 

 

 
AVA's 2015 Juried Summer Exhibition
On Display through August 28


Juror:  Susan Strickler, Director, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH

AVA wishes to thank Ledyard National Bank, generous sponsor of the 2015 Juried Summer Exhibition.
In This Issue
* AVA's 2015 Juried Summer Exhibition
* Joaquin Andres: the jump off
* AVA Public Art: Linocut Printmaking & Spark! Community Center
* Adult Classes Starting Soon
* AVA's 2015 Summer Art Camps
* AVA Public Art :: Street Art
* Summer Programs for Teens
* Creative Aging Workshops offered to NH Teaching Artists
* Call for Artists: Cornish Fair Art Show and Sale
* Call for Artists: THE FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT
 
Follow-up Links
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center

11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
 
Joaquin Andres: the jump off...
July 24 - August 31
On AVA's 3rd Floor
 
AVA Public Art: Linocut Printmaking & Spark! Community Center

 
Brett Mayfield, Executive Director of Spark!, receives the AVA prints surrounded by Adam Blue, Josh Yunger and members of the Spark! community. 
 

During the spring of 2015, AVA's Linocut and a Public Art Project class collaborated to create and donate a printmaking project to the Spark! Community Center. Natalia Callaghan, Edward English, Gwendolen Gensler, Bonita Libby, Todd Renninger, and Josh Yunger worked together to cut, ink and print two 24" x 36" prints of their building, the former Lebanon Junior High School. The framed prints were given to the Spark! Community Center, on Thursday, July 23, where they now hang.

 

The Spark! Community Center provides adults with special needs a valuable resource to positively affect all aspects of life. Many participants in AVA's Art Lab program--our weekly art program for adults with special needs--are also active within the Spark! community, and the delightful relationships that have grown through the intersection of these two programs inspired this most recent public art project.

 

 
 
AVA's 2015 Summer Art Camps
Only Three Weeks of Camps Remain!
Offered through August 21, 2015  
 
Micro Macro with Anna Nuttall, July 2015. 

AVA members receive significant discounts on tuition. Membership is open to all. 

  

A limited number of scholarships are available.      

 

    

 
AVA Public Art: Street Art
Installed July 2015



Teens participating in AVA's Street Art camp, taught by Christine Orcutt Henderson, install their murals on the west-facing fence of Lebanon's Colburn Park. The paintings will be on display for one month. Enjoy! 

 

 
Summer Programs for Teens
One Teen Camp Remains Open!  


Glass Fusing for Teens

 

Creative Aging Workshops offered to NH Teaching Artists  

September 16 & 17 -- Register Now!

   

 

The NH State Council on the Arts is teaming up with two partner sites to offer Creative Aging Teaching Artists Workshops with Lifetime Arts trainers from NYC.  

 

In these workshops, Maura O'Malley, CEO and Co-founder of Lifetime Arts and Annie Montgomery, Master Teaching Artist at Lifetime Arts will introduce teaching artists to the field of creative aging. Lifetime Arts has developed and implemented training workshops for Creative Aging Programs, libraries and teaching artists nationally. One of the goals of the workshop is to introduce interested artists to the emerging field of Creative Aging. These professional development workshops are open to teaching artists, arts educators, traditional artists and artists with an interest in designing arts programs for seniors.  

 

The workshop will include: best practices in Creative Aging; teaching artists qualities and qualifications; designing and facilitating creative aging programs; curriculum development and social engagement strategies; nuts and bolts of program implementation.

 

Early registration is encouraged! Registration fee of $50 includes lunch and all materials. To learn more and to register online, visit www.nh.gov/nharts or contact Catherine O'Brian, Arts Education and Arts in Health Coordinator, NH State Council on the Arts, 603-271-0795 .


Click here for complete information. 
 

Call for Artists: Cornish Fair Art Show and Sale

 

 

 

The Cornish Fair will be held on August 21, 22 and 23 on Townhouse Road in Cornish, NH. During the festivities, the Cornish Town Hall becomes a dedicated exhibition space for professional artworks. Sales are encouraged, with the Fair retaining 20% of the price to benefit the Cornish Fair Association Scholarship Fund. 

 

Click here to email for complete information about exhibiting your work at the Cornish Fair.

 
 

Call for Artists: THE FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT 

Socially and Politically Engaged Art 
Deadline: August 19



SOCIAL & POLITICALLY ENGAGED ART is a national juried show focused on socially engaged and politically motivated art. Progressive art has been integral in the development of contemporary art. This exhibition explores the current trends and trajectory in this field. Recent social, political, and economic uncertainty has encouraged the production of works that are not meant for mere market commodity but rather serve as avenues or agents for societal transformation.

Click here for complete information.