How December flies by! During the flurry, we hope you will find a moment to visit AVA's Holiday Exhibition--where you can find something for everyone on your list AND enjoy a momentary respite that will feed your creative soul!

And speaking of creative souls, the Board and the Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center would like to thank you all for your continued interest in our programs and for your support of the arts in the Upper Valley. We are honored to work together with artists, members and friends to sustain a vibrant artistic community throughout the region and hope you will find new ways to become involved in 2016!

Wishing you and yours a creative and Happy New Year!
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center
   AVA's Annual Holiday Sale and Exhibition

   Additional Holiday Hours:
   Sunday, December 20, 12noon-4pm
   Monday, December 21, 11am-5pm
   Thursda, December 24, 11am-3pm
 
AVA wishes to thank Hutchens Media for sponsoring the 2015 Holiday Sale and Exhibition.

Ellison, Morgan, Webber, Field, Lennon
January 8-February 5
Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 5-7pm

Ingrid Ellison-Adrift
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry
Gallery Talk: Friday, February 5. 4:30pm
Click here to download the press release for Ingrid Ellison-Adrift 
 
Robert Morgan-Large Watercolors
Clifford B. West Gallery
Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 9, 2pm
Click here to download the press release for Robert Morgan-Large Watercolors

Everett Webber-The Anatomy of a Series: Hiding in Plain Sight
 
Sabra Field-Recent Work
Elizabeth Rowland Mayor Gallery
Film Showing: Thursday, January 28, 6pm. Free /AVA members; $10 /non-members
Click here to download the press release for Sabra Field-Recent Work 
 
Mark Lennon-Abstract Color
Johnson Sisters Library
Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 23, 2pm 
Click here to download the press release for Mark Lennon-Abstract Color 
 
 

 

Winter 2015 Classes Starting Soon
The New Year is a wonderful opportunity to try a new artistic adventure or pull out the supplies you have and get energized to use them in a new way. Check out the variety of classes and workshops being offered this winter!


Adults    
1/11 The Still Life: Exploring Form in Charcoal
1/14 Scanning Your 35mm Slides
1/16 Drawing the Figure
1/16 Woodblock Printing
1/18 Fiber Mondays: Sewing, Knitting, Embroidery and More!
1/20 Daytime Open Studio
1/20 Evening Open Studio
1/21 Evening Beginning Drawing
1/22 Long-Pose Figure Sculpture
1/23 Introduction to Digital Photography
1/25 Watercolor Painting
1/26 The Richness of Oil Pastels
1/27 Drypoint Etching for All
1/30 A Few of Your Favorite Things: Still Life in Watercolor

Children and Teens   
1/11 World of Art  AVA member / non-member
1/13 The Wonders of Winter   AVA member / non-member
1/13 Lego Robotics Club   AVA member / non-member
1/14 Arctic Animals   AVA member / non-member
1/15 Homeschool Studio   AVA member / non-member
1/15 Teen Oil Painting Studio   AVA member / non-member 
 
Click here to see AVA's complete Winter 2016 Adult education program.
Click here to see AVA's complete Winter 2016 Children and Teens education program. 
 


AVA Gift Certificates
An AVA Gift Certificate is the perfect way to encourage your friends or family to make art a part of their lives. Redeemable for classes, camps, memberships and artwork in the gallery, AVA Gift Certificates are available in any amount and offer the recipient an array of creative opportunities.
Holiday Schedule for AVA's Special Programs
will meet Friday, December 18, then begin again on Friday, January 8
will meet Saturday, December 19, then begin again on Saturday, January 2
will begin again on Tuesday, January 12
will begin again on Wednesday, January 6
will begin again on Thursday, January 7

January Film Series: Focus on Film--As Art, On Art
Sundays, January 10, 17, 24 at 4:30pm
Thursday, January 28, 6:00pm
 
If your new year's resolutions include spending time in a creative way, than AVA's January Film Series is sure to get you started on the right path. With a focus on artists and the creative process, curator and experimental filmmaker Rich Fedorchak will introduce us to a wide range of imaginative ways of seeing the world with an intriguing film each Sunday, January 10, 17 and 24. On Thursday, January 28, filmmaker and Dartmouth Professor Bill Phillips will offer his personal reflections on two films which he created and will share with us on Sabra Field in conjunction with Sabra's exhibition at AVA from January 8 to February 5. Please join us for some or all! Sunday's programs are free, Thursday's program is free/AVA members, $10/non-members.

Sunday, January 10, 4:30pm
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

Sunday, January 17, 4:30pm
River and Tides

Sunday, January 24, 4:30pm
The Artist as Filmmaker-A Program of Short Experimental Films

Thursday, January 28, 6:00-9:00pm
Sabra: the Life and Work of Printmaker Sabra Field
Bonus Materials
   
Click here to download the press release for the entire January Film Series.


AVA Open House
The Annual Open House of the Carter-Kelsey building on Saturday, December 5 was a great kick-off to the holiday season. CAOS (Community Arts Open Studio) was free and hopping with artists of all ages. Heidi Baxter's piano and flute students provided a beautiful back drop of festive tunes. Frames and CoolSnowGlobes were in high demand with sales benefitting AVA. The Holiday Exhibition was brimming with one-of-a-kind artistic treasures and artists' studios were open and welcoming visitors to see the incredible variety of art that is happening at AVA every day!

Thank you to our many volunteers who helped make the day a wonderful time for all!

Call for Artists: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
Deadline: March 15
 
The broad theme of "Wide Open 7" encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge and freedom and love - wide open spaces...arms wide open...eyes wide open - but as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite - wide open to attack...corruption...failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This national juried show looks to explore the idea of "wide open" in all the hidden niches of our collective psyche.

$3000 in cash prizes

Juror: Beth Saunders, Curatorial Assistant, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Click here for complete information.
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