Happy March!

If you haven't had the chance to see the Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition, this great show is on display until March 11.

On Saturday, March 5, the high-energy artworks from the exhibit will serve as the inspiration for a free Poetry Workshop (12noon) and free Valley Improv Performance (3pm). Participants in the Poetry Workshop will be invited to read their work alongside established poets at 4:30pm on Friday, March 11 at a Poetry Reading and Closing Reception for the High School Show. We also open our display of Vintage Posters in the Johnson Sisters Library on March 10.

And space is still available in our March afterschool classes for ages 5-8, 9-12, and teens.

And last but not least, please look for AVA's 2016 Spring and Summer Brochure inserted in the
Valley News on Saturday, March 12 and in your mailbox shortly thereafter!

Thank you for making art, and AVA, a part of your life,
~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center

Postcard Image by Luke Eastman

AVA's Eighth Annual Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition 
On Display through March 11 
This celebration of the creative achievements of our regional youths is made possible by the generous support of:

Amberger Design Group
Award Winners were chosen by Gerald Auten, Director of Exhibitions and Senior Lecturer in Studio Art, Dartmouth College
 To each of you from all of us, thank you!
 
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Upcoming AVA Classes for Adults, Children and Teens

Adults    
3/4   Fine Art and Giclée Prints
3/5   Jewelry-Scale Metal Casting
3/10 Creating an Artist Proposal
3/12 Advanced Photography
3/12 Over Dyeing with Fold-and-Clamp Shibori
3/19 Moments of Light in the Landscape

 

Children's Afterschool Classes
3/2   Mapping Our World (age 5-8)    AVA Member / non-member
3/2   Lego Robotics Club (age 8-12)    AVA Member / non-member
3/3   Pour, Spin, Drip (age 5-8)      AVA Member / non-member
3/4   Homeschool Studio (open ages)    AVA Member / non-member
3/4   Oil Painting Studio (teens)    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
 
Framed Vintage Posters from the Collection of Alfred T. Quirk
March 10 - April 2 
 

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 10 through April 2. The exhibition will overlap with AVA's 2016 Silent Auction. Featuring a selection of beautifully framed classic posters, this exhibition/auction will conclude at 7:30pm on April 2 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 organization.
AVA's Eighth Annual Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition Featured in the Valley News
Show of Optimism by Nicola Smith


Enrollment in AVA's 2016 Summer Art Camps Is Now Open for AVA members!
Non-member enrollment begins on March 12. 
June 27 - August 26
Our exciting, nine-week program features some AVA classic camps combined with a selection of brand new offerings. Camps will include partnerships with: the Dartmouth College Architecture Faculty, the Dartmouth College Biology Department, the Dartmouth College Computer Science Department, the Enfield Shaker Museum, the Upper Valley Land Trust and the Upper Valley Music Center.

We are also happy to announce a new program partnership with Crossroads Academy--with full-day Summer Art Camps offered at Crossroads' campus in Lyme, NH.

Click here to learn more about AVA's 2016 Summer Art Camps.

Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop -- Speaking of Art!
Saturday, March 5, 12-2:30pm
Free!

Poets of all ages and experience levels are invited to this free workshop on ekphrastic poetry-writing that takes inspiration from art! AVA's 2016 Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition will be on display in the galleries, featuring diverse works in multiple mediums that will serve as the visual prompts for our writing. Experienced poets will be available to guide writers as they create new works.

Participants are invited back to read their poems at AVA's Ekphrastic Poetry Reading during the closing reception for the Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition--Friday, March 11, 4:30-6:30pm.



Valley Improv Performance 
Saturday, March 5, 3pm
Free
 
Since 2010, the improvisational comedy troupe Valley Improv, or Improv for short, has performed throughout the community in a variety of venues. In fact, the then fledgling troupe appeared at AVA in 2011 in a program that combined the literary, performing and visual arts. Now, Valley Improv and AVA have formed a partnership that will showcase myriad aspects of the creative process.
Improv's founder, Becky Byars of East Thetford, VT, states that her goals in forming this troupe were to create a fun family show and to establish a creative outlet for local talent. "We live life on the edge by creating comedy in the moment based exclusively on audience suggestions," says Becky, a longtime performer in children's theater and improvisational troupes nationwide.
The performance, which follows the Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop listed above, is free and open to the public. The audience is always engaged, sometimes even on stage. The comedy is fast-paced, energetic, upbeat, and family friendly. Works included in the Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition are certain to provide visual inspiration for the performers. 
    AVA's Spring / Summer 2016 Brochure Release 
    Inserted in the Valley News on Saturday, March 12 and Sent to Your Mailbox Shortly Thereafter 
 
    Please look for AVA's Spring / Summer 2016 Brochure in the coming weeks. Graced with Sabra Field's
    Golden Rectangle II as the cover image, our upcoming 32-page print publication features information about
    AVA's upcoming Exhibitions, Classes, and Special Programs. We've planned so much to share with you --
    it's very exciting!

    If you would like us to send you a copy, please click here to email us your mailing address. 
Beyond the Stage & Behind the Canvas
The Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley presents 
Cultivating the Arts in the Upper Valley
Saturday, March 4, 10:00am-2:00pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Maynard Street, Hanover, NH
Free DCUV members / $10 for non-members

The talk, which includes light lunch, will include the history and challenges of arts organizations and a panel on sustaining the arts in the Upper Valley.

Emcee: Walt Cunningham, Director of the Dartmouth Gospel Choir
Speakers from: Northern Stage, Briggs Opera House, Opera North, Lebanon Opera House, The Hopkins Center, AVA Gallery and Art Center.

Click here to RSVP by email, or call (603) 643-3689.  
 

AVA 2016 Camp Assistants and Interns
Application Deadline: April 15
 
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 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 15. Click here to download the 2016 Summer Camp Assistant application.

Interns, generally 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 15. Click here to download the 2016 Internship Application.
 



Call for Storytellers: The Mudroom -- Going Home

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

Got a story to tell? Click here to email your submission to the Mudroom team.

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Call for Artists and Writers: The Whitefish Review
Deadline: March 15

The Whitefish Review is a nationally-acclaimed, non-profit journal publishing the distinctive literature, art, and photography of mountain culture. In addition to a diverse mix of stories, interviews and conversations, a 16-page color art and photography section is featured with commentary from the artists and photographers.

Submissions for Whitefish Review's 19th issue, on the theme of "Change," are currently being reviewed in art, photography, fiction, non-fiction, essays, and poetry through March 15. Cristina Eisenberg is the lead editor for "Change."

Eisenberg is an ecologist, writer, and nonfiction editor of Whitefish Review. She is the Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute, USA based in Boston, MA. Her most recent book is "The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America's Predators" (Island Press, 2014). Eisenberg is currently at work on a book about climate change.

"In this issue of Whitefish Review we explore change and all it means today. We are especially looking for submissions about how people have responded to change, both personal and global, turned challenges into inspiration, found humor in even the most difficult times, and grown in the process," says Eisenberg. "What are we doing as world citizens, artists, and scholars to adapt to and mitigate global change? What are our sources of hope? What can we say about our society's resistance to change?"

The Review editors seek stories and art that speak to a broad interpretation of the theme of "Change." Most people change jobs, partners, houses, diet, hair, college majors, and cars multiple times. Some of these changes are forced by circumstances beyond our control. Others are our way of making intuitive and creative leaps, rebelling, finding our path and our bliss, taking wild chances, shifting gears. While not all such changes are easy, many lead to very positive outcomes in our lives.

Click here for complete information.
  

Call for Emerging Curators: The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design
Deadline: March 28

Founded in 1996, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the field of craft through fostering new ideas, funding craft scholarship, and backing the next generation of makers, curators, and critics.

Since 2010, CCCD has supported the careers of emerging curators with an interest in contemporary craft through its Windgate Museum Internship Program. This year, CCCD announces a new initiative that will support curators by giving them resources, space, and technical assistance to nurture their talents.

The Curatorial Fellowship is a yearlong program created to give emerging craft curators a platform to explore and test new ideas about craft. Three Curatorial Fellows will be selected to fully develop and mount their proposed exhibition in CCCD's Benchspace Gallery & Workshop, located in Asheville, North Carolina, during the 2017 exhibition season. The Curatorial Fellows will work with CCCD staff to produce the exhibition, develop didactic material and an exhibition catalog, and deliver a curatorial talk.
Three selected curators will receive at no cost:
  • $5,000 honorarium (50% in advance, 50% upon completion of project)
  • $8,000 exhibition budget
  • Expenses paid Summer 2016 site visit to CCCD in Asheville, NC
  • Marketing of exhibition through print and web material
  • 20 page exhibition publication produced by CCCDProfessional exhibition photography
  • Curator's talk at CCCD during exhibition
  • 1 year, individual membership to Association of Art Museum Curators
Proposals are sought from individuals, two-person teams, and collectives for exhibitions to be considered in CCCD's Benchspace Gallery & Workshop 2017 season. No prior curatorial experience is necessary.
An experienced curator on staff will be available to provide guidance and support during the program.
 
Click here for complete exhibition information and to enter.   
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