With Thanksgiving fast approaching, the holiday season begins again. Please consider bringing your friends and family to the Opening Reception for AVA's Holiday Sale and Exhibition on Friday, November 27, 5-7pm. This annual display features fine arts and crafts created by AVA's many talented members and delights visitors and shoppers alike.

Please join us -- we're excited to see you!
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center

Call for Entries: AVA Gallery and Art Center's Holiday Sale and Exhibition 2015

Artwork Delivery Dates:
Monday, November 16, 11am-5pm
Tuesday, November 17, 11am-5pm
 
Pick Up Dates:
Tuesday or Wednesday, December 29 and 30; 11am - 6pm
 
Eligibility:
Current AVA membership. Membership not current? Join or renew today! Annual membership is $55 for an individual or $75 for a family.
 
AVA's Annual Holiday Sale and Exhibition
November 27 - December 24
Opening Reception: Friday, November 27, 5-7pm  

Additional Holiday Hours:
Sundays, December 13 & 20, 12noon-4pm
Mondays, December 7, 14 & 21, 11am-5pm
Thursday, December 24, 11am-3pm
 
AVA wishes to thank Hutchens Media for sponsoring the 2015 Holiday Sale and Exhibition.
Collages of Color: Recent Work from Art Lab Classes at AVA
On Display through November 28
Johnson Sisters Library, Second Floor
 
  
 


Professionally Printed Greeting Cards Featuring Your Art!
New Fundraiser Supports AVA's Scholarship Fund

PLEASE RETURN YOUR CARD DESIGNS TO AVA BY NOVEMBER 19! 
 
Following on the success of last year's Greeting Cards Fundraiser, AVA is happy to announce that we will be offering community members the opportunity to have greeting cards made that feature their own original artwork.

A box of 20 greeting cards with your artwork on the cover, professionally printed on nice paper and with envelopes, can be yours for $20. A portion of the proceeds raised through this campaign will go to AVA's Scholarship Fund.

It's easy to participate. Stop by the AVA office to pick up the appropriate card template. Make your art directly on the paper provided. We'll call you when your cards have been printed and are ready for pick-up!

If you have further questions, please click here to email for more information or give us a call: (603) 448-3117.

 
AVA Is Now on Instagram! 
Please Use #avagalleryandartcenter When Posting Your Art Experiences With Us.   
Please follow us the next time you log in, like the images that appeal to you, and contribute your own by tagging them with #avagalleryandartcenter.

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AVA Open House
Saturday, December 5, 11am-4pm  
Please join us for AVA's annual Open House.

Visitors are invited to watch artist demonstrations, learn about AVA's "green" building, meet with AVA faculty members and enjoy unique glimpses into working artists' studios.

AVA's Annual Holiday Exhibition and Sale will also be on display, featuring artwork in a rich variety of media, and our popular Community Art Open Studio (CAOS) will be free that day.

There will be light refreshments as well as live music-we hope to see you here!

Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom at AVA -- Failures

Poster Art: Follow Your Heart by Dave Laro
 Food from Caribbean Cooking, Caroline and Balvin Borlen
Beverages by Brocklebank Craft Brewery
Music by Never Too Late

Got a story to tell on the theme Failures? Click here to email us your story.


National Trust for Historic Preservation Features AVA in a New Article

The article begins:

Adaptively reusing an old building can have benefits both tangible and intangible. Just ask Bente Torjusen, Executive Director of AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Several years ago, the organization purchased and renovated the 1850s former H.W. Carter & Sons overalls factory and turned it into an energy-efficient art center with studios, classrooms, and exhibition space. When we talked with Torjusen about local travel ideas for the Fall 2015 issue of Preservation magazine, we found the AVA Gallery story so interesting that we asked her to elaborate on it. Excerpts from our conversation with her are below.
 

Call for Artists and Curators: New Art Center, MA
Deadline: January 25
The New Art Center's Curatorial Opportunity Program (COP) is an open-call curatorial platform that investigates contemporary culture through the visual arts. It makes possible diverse curatorial visions in a collaborative, non-profit and alternative exhibition space. Curators of selected group exhibitions receive a $1,000 stipend and administrative, promotional and technical support.

We host exhibitions involving two or more artists and incorporating at least one public presentation in our 2,000 square-foot gallery.

The New Art Center has a 35-year tradition of using its Main Gallery for group exhibitions curated by an independent curator. Since May 1991, we have continued this tradition through our Curatorial Opportunity Program's public call for proposals.

Click here for complete details. 
 
AVA Gallery and Art Center   
11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm, Open until 7pm on Thursdays
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturdays 11am - 5pm
 
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