Happenings!
Saturdays at Syd’s
- The region’s largest local art gallery! 30+ artists, 3+ rooms, 125 works in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, pen & ink and mixed media. Originals and reproductions, notecards. Many favorite Art in the Park artists exhibit here year-round!
- New member artists are encouraged to join the ongoing exhibit as it changes every four to six months.
New exhibit is up at the Gallery @ Syd’s. Thirty-six artists, 130+ works of art. Beautiful oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, woodcuts, photographs and very unusual multi-media works. Gallery @ Syd’s, 43 St. James Street in Keene.
Public very welcome: the Gallery is open daily and all are invited to drop by and browse. Like a museum. It’s a destination. An art resource for everyone.
The Gallery @ Syd’s is delighted to highlight seven pastelists, whose art is collected in one area we are calling “Pastel Possibilities.” If you stand at the doorway to the Syd’s sales staff office, you can see works by Kate Beetle, Ruth Sterling, Peggy Van Valkenburg, Maryann Mullett, Chris Reid, and, by taking just a few forward steps, Chris Justice and Carol Corliss. The different ways each artist uses the same medium is evident and interesting.
Join accomplished watermedia artist Sue Ann Hum as she demonstrates the use of a gel plate technique to create images on paper for use in your artwork. These papers can be used to enhance or fully create your floral, landscape or portrait artworks. You will have the opportunity to try it as Sue Ann welcomes “hands on.”
SAT, NOV 14 • 10am-Noon
Hannah Grimes Center, Roxbury Street, Keene
Public welcome, no registration
MAAA members Bob King and Mary Iselin have launched an amazing program for the Gallery @ Syd’s and have been joined by committee members Jeanne Maguire Thieme, Jenny Pettis, Mary Kirk, Sue Cadmus, Wendi Hulslander and Ruth Sterling.
The Benefit Art Sale will take place Friday and Saturday, December 4 and 5, at the Gallery. Fifty member artists will register to donate an 8×10 artwork which will be displayed and sold for $150. All proceeds will benefit Cedarcrest, a home for children in Keene.
One of the first things the group determined was that we needed uniform 8×10 frames for the art. Thanks to Tyler Rogers, Indian King Framery has agreed to build the 50 frames at a discounted price. And JoAnn and Bill Fenton of Fenton Family Dealerships have offered to sponsor the cost of the frames. These were very welcome early developments in this ambitious project. MORE
In the comfort of Jeanne Maguire Thieme’s warm and welcoming studio in Swanzey, NH, MAAA members can participate in monthly Critiques led by Jeanne herself.
- Artists in all visual media are invited
- Group size is limited to 7 each month
- Each participant brings 1-2 pieces for discussion
- Participants can expect encouragement, feedback, support and suggestions
- Attendees may contribute potluck snacks, tea provided
- No fee to attend but registration is required.
NOV 19 next session
Spring and Fall Meetings
Twice a year the association gathers for meetings, often at Hannah Grimes Center on Roxbury Street in Keene. Programs include updates on association business, workshops, demonstrations and socializing with other members. Refreshments are provided and the get-togethers are free and open to the public. The next meeting is SAT, NOV 14, 10am-Noon at Hannah Grimes Business Center.
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