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October
6: Thurs 6:30 (NOTE)
NAA Board meeting
New Art Center
13: Thurs 7:30 - 9 pm
NAA Demo
Sr Ctr
345 Walnut St,
Newtonville
Maris Platais
"Lost Art of Pen & Ink
Drawing"
15: Lasell College
Wedeman Gallery
Exhibit DROP OFF
10:00 - noon
20: Wedeman Exhibit
Reception
6:30 - 8:30 pm
30: Wedeman Exhibit
SALE: noon - 4:00 pm
November
3: Thurs 7:00
NAA Board meeting
New Art Center
6: Wedeman Exhibit
PICK UP 10:00 - noon
10: Thurs 7:30 - 9 pm
NAA Demo Sr Ctr
345 Walnut St,
Newtonville
Ginny Zanger
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Grey & Leslie Held (collabotators)
658 Watertown Street
Newton, MA 02460
617-584-0648
Veronica Kavin
2310 Commonwealth Ave
Apt. 3-5
Newton MA 02466
617-388-5453
Romeo, Patricia
4 Candlelight Way
Ashland MA 01721
508-881-0515
Pram Townsend
165 Tremont Street, #1503
Boston MA
617-933-9093
Wolfeld, Leonora
85D Seminary Ave., #136
Newton MA 02466
617-965-7731
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Upcoming 2016 NAA Exhibits
Lasell College-Wedeman Gallery Exhibit
Oct 18 to Nov5
Drop off: Saturday
Oct 15, 10 to noon;
Reception: Thursday,
Oct 20, 6:30-8:30pm
Sale: Sunday, 10/30,
Noon to 4 pm
Pick up: Sunday,
Nov 6, 10 to Noon
James King Bonnar Show
New Art Center
Dec.12, 2016 to Jan7,2017
Drop off:
Monday, Dec 5th - 9 -11am
Reception/Awards/Sales Event: Friday,
Dec 9, 6 - 8pm,
Holiday Sales continue
into Saturday, December 10,
11am - 4 pm
Pick up: Sunday,
Jan 8, 2017 , 1- 4 pm
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DEMO SCHEDULE
2016
13 October -
Maris Platais
"Lost Art of Pen & Ink Drawing"
10 November
Ginny Zanger
"Watercolor on Yupo"
8 December
Christina Hajosy
"Mixed Media Image Transfers"
Monthly Demos
2nd Thursday of month
Refreshment at 7:00 pm
Demo begins at 7:30 pm
Newton Senior Center 345 Walnut Street, Newtonville
Free & open to the public
Sponsored by the NAA
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Demonstration
Thursday Oct 13
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Maris Platais was born in Latvia and has lived in New England since 1949. He is a graduate of Tufts University and The Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he later taught drawing for many years. Currently, he gives private lessons.
He is a member of The Guild of Boston Artists where he has had several one-man shows. He has won four
Awards for Excellence at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT and four
Honors Awards from The Academic Artists Association, Springfield, MA. He is a
Signature Member of The American Society of Marine Painters(ASMA) & he is a Past President of The Concord Art Association, Concord MA.
Maris is well known for his acrylics on canvas, pen & ink drawings and limited edition etchings of New England landscapes and boats. Many of his fine works depict Kennebec, Maine, and the magnificent trees that surround his studio near Concord, Massachusetts. He paints on location in every season, but the blazing colors of his autumn scenes are treasures.
He has seen service in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Atlantic and the Pacific, has crewed on the Friendship of Salem, Schooner America II, and sailed his sloop Quill on the Maine coast. Recently he had a solo exhibit in his native Latvia in 2015.
oil painting in header by Maris Platais
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I have exciting news to share! Our new
website
will be operating in a matter of days. There will be notification when it is up and running. While most of the website is functioning, parts of it will still be under construction. What will work is the Log In, and most of the links on the menu bar at the top of the home page. By logging in you will be able to create a profile, and create an artist's page with up to five images, your artist statement and contact information. The menu bar will take you to various links within the site that will provide you with information about all of our events including exhibits with a description of each and a link to the application form. You can now apply on line and pay exhibit fees via Pay Pal or credit card. Other areas will be membership, a calendar, the current and archived newsletters, and the about menu, which includes our contact information, members of the board, our history, volunteer opportunities and our organization guidelines. Watch for the notification email and then have fun exploring the website. You will like it.
Our next exhibit is the
"October Reflections" exhibit at the Wedeman Gallery at Lasell College
. The juror for this exhibit will be Jennifer Johnston, owner of Three Stones Gallery in West Concord. Following that will be the Bonnar Show, this year taking place at the New Art Center. There will be an opportunity to sell your work at a Holiday Sale. The juror for the Bonnar will be Katherine French, former executive director of Danforth Art and currently the gallery director at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, VT. She will be present at the reception and awards ceremony. In January we will have a juried show at the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center in Dedham. There will be a call to artists in mid-November. We are seeking large works of art as well as smaller works of art. If you work large, this is your show. Applying members will submit up to three digital images to our website. Cindy Clements, Newton artist and board member of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Casey Curry, exhibits director at New Art Center will judge and curate the exhibit. Both of these exhibits will be available online at our website.
If you need help with images to submit to the Mother Brook for to have for your artist page, we are holding two drop in
photography sessions offered by our member, Cindy Cole. She will photograph your work and provide you with digital images. Look for information about this elsewhere in the newsletter.
And as I said last month, our association is made of entirely of volunteers. I hope that as a member you will volunteer to help in some way with the events we have this year. If you have any questions please contact me.
Watch for the website email.
Thanks.
James
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N A A F A L L C R I T I Q U E S
"
It's not like the creative act and critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it."
Robert Motherwell
So please come with one or two blurts/paintings & we'll look at all work with the goal of making improvements.
This is a fun, informative way to learn and grow as an artist as well as nurture others in the process
Wednesday, October 26
from
5-7 PM
at the home of Myra Abelson
Tuesday, November 15
from
3-5 PM
at the home of Myra Abelson
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CONGRATULATIONS
to our 2016 Library Show Winners!
Judge: William F. Pope, Executive Director, Zullo Gallery
Gene Faucher Award - First Prize
Marian Dioguardi, "Entaglement", oil panel - A wonderfully vibrant work that takes a very complicated subject - the layering of transparent color plastic cups and presents it as a beau
tiful mix of colored lines and shadows that is bold and elegant in its simplicity.
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Russell Award - First prize -
Paul Alie, "Basket Series with Apples #2"
, transparent watercolor - This is a very well composed painting with a great sense of depth & the monochromatic coloring of almost everything but the apples -which are rendered extremely well atop a wonderful old basket that seems to come to life through a great use of light and shadows.
M
ollie and Henry Schoenberg Award - First Prize
Ruth Kates, "The Happy Campers"
great job at capturing the unique character of the four individuals in this painting each with their own facial expression and
pos
e - the individual body language of their hands and legs
and feet- as if i
n a photogra
ph but with much more emotion - bringing them together as a group for us to study and enjoy.
Second Prize
James C. Varnum, "Mythic Mood", watercolor and ink - A captivating, mysterious work full of intrigue and questions - seemingly on an organic level with layers of color and complex lines and shapes rising from a red raw emotional level to the peaceful blue surface and beyond -trying nobly and succeeding in a certain way to illustrate the mythical.
Third Prize
Gitty Schacher, "Ambiguity", watercolor A very clean precise work that softly dramatizes the look from the subject's eyes under the brim of a straw hat and a line of shadow. An impressive watercolor painting that works through the use of subtle color and light changes on the contours of the face that makes us wonder what the individual is thinking.
Honorable Mention
Barney Levitt, "Under the Tuscan Sun", oil This is an accomplished optimistic painting composed in a way to make it look as if it came from the old world. Strong use of color and size and shape - and captures the materials of glass and cloth to bring the bounty of fields to the forefront.
Honorable Mention
Linda Rinearson, "Reflections" watercolor - A quiet almost fragile painting that works so well through the deftly painted branches and trees mixed with saturated, beautifully blended fields of color in the water and the woods that captures the feeling of being on the river in late fall.
Honorable Mention 
Adrienne Robinson, "Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu", collage A powerful piece with an amusing narrative from the noble to the comical - with a third person presenting a choice - or a way. Each wonderfully attired through the use of a mix of materials and hand drawn faces to create a strong dynamic and an interesting story.
Honorable Mention
Gary Tucker, "Farmers Market Copley Square", watercolor Gary has created a beautiful gem of a painting making the most of the ability of watercolor to communicate a lot of information economically. The great old faded building in the back ground allows the colorful figures in the foreground to standout and gives us the good feeling of being in the market on a bright and sunny day.
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Congratulation Irwin Thompson
Currently in a show at the New Art Center
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NEW ENGLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
Congratulations Prize Winners:
Gary Tucker and
Nancy Levin
Marilyn Sabin Memorial Award Winsor & Newton Award
The following members were accepted in the
NEWS 2016 North American Juried Exhibition
Anne Palms Chalmers
Nancy Levin
Gary Tucker
James Varnum
September 25 - October 29, 2016
North Shore Art Association
11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930
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Anita Cohen
National Association of Women Artists
Anita has 3 pieces in this show!
BOTANICA, at the Cahoon Museum on the Cape.
October 5-November 20
Reception
on Friday, October 7, 5:30-7 pm
in Cotuit - or anytime from October 5-November 20.
Anita is also
at the
Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall "Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition" October 6-31, City Hall Plaza.
Reception
October 6 from 6-7 at Boston City Hall
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Jeanne Gugino
Congratulations
to Jeanne who got accepted into the National Association of Women Artists
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Anita Cohen, Diana Kazmaier, Ellen Fisher
and James V
arnum
17th Annual Roddy Exhibition - Concord Art Association
September 15 - October 20
37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA
Above painting by James Barnum titled "Dream Catcher"
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Vartus Varidian
55 Fruit Street
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
2nd Floor Mezzanine
Dear Friends,
I want to make you aware that 9 of my paintings are hanging at Mass General Hospital, Yawkey Cancer Center lobby on the 8th floor. A floor that I've waited many years for my oncologist for consultations and treatments and always admiring the artwork on the walls. As a result of my cancer, 6 years later I now can look at m own work!
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Sherry Autor
Thru November 12th "Bricks at the Mill: Brickbottom Artists at the Old Schwamb Mill", 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA 02476. Sherry Autor, David Campbell, Daniela DesLauriers, Pauline Lim, Cynthia Maurice, Piotr Parda. Right off the Minuteman Bikeway in Arlington, this is the oldest mill building in the USA.
12 November 2016:
11:00-5:00 Annual Old Schwamb Mill Fall Open House
11:00-1:45 Continuous Mill tours
2:00-3:30 Live music by Sea Smoke
3:30-5:00 Closing reception (exhibit available 11-5)
Open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
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Anne Palms Chalmers
Anne Palms Chalmers' watercolor, "Just Blooming," was accepted in The Guild of Boston Artists 2016 Regional Juried Exhibition and received an Award of Merit.
The Guild of Boston Artists
162 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 am to 5:30 pm
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Won Kim
Avery Crossings - October 2016
Avery Crossings
110 West Street
3rd Floor
Needham, MA
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Wini Breines
CONGRATULATIONS to Wini Breines who achieved Signature Membership in the New England Watercolor Society
STUDIO SUGGESTIONS?
ALSO Wini is looking for a studio (she lives in Brookline) and
wonders if members can suggest locations
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NAA Art Show Opportunities
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Notice to all Newton Art Association Members
Artwork Photography Assistance
In January the NAA is having a juried show at Mother Brook Arts and Community Center in Dedham, MA.
Mother Brook is a former elementary school that has been converted into artist studios, community classrooms, a performance space and a gallery. The gallery consists of the lower and upper corridors of the building. The gallery space is large and requires large works of art. The call to artists will ask for large artwork.
In mid-October there will be the call for artists to submit up to three jpg images along with the application and exhibit fee. You will apply online and upload up to three images for the show. The images uploaded to the website will be used by our judged and curated by Cindy Clements and Casey Curry to jury in members for the Mother Brook exhibit. You may submit up to three images from Mid-October to Mid-November. There is no limit on size. Please do not submit artwork that is less than twelve inches on a side.
The NAA, in collaboration with the New Art Center will be offering Saturday afternoon appointments to get paintings photographed by our generous member, Cindy Cole. Cindy will photograph up to three of your paintings for $25.00 per image. She will then process and adjust coloring and resolution and send them to you via Drop Box. You should receive your images within one week. Photography will take place in the Elvas Studio at NAC.
Your pieces, if canvas, will be hung by the cross bar behind the canvas on nails so that they are vertical. Works on paper should be presented without a frame, glass or acrylic over the painting. Provide a pre-cut neutral mat that can go around the paper to keep it flat. The mat will be mounted to a vertical wall with pushpins at the outer most corners. Mats should be temporarily attached to artwork with archival tape.
Dates available are: Saturday, October 8, and15, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Please sign up for the Saturday and time slot that works for you (see below). Payment can be made in cash, or by check. If interested, please email James Varnum at jcvarnum@icloud.com. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thank you
James Varnum and Cindy Cole
Email me the time that you would like to come to the Elvas Studio at the New Art Center to get one to three pieces of artwork photographed. My email: jcvarnum@icloud.com
Please write "Photography" in the Subject line. Appointments will be filled on a first come, first served basis so include a 2nd & 3rd choice.
Saturday, October 8th 1:30__ 2:00__ 2:30__ 3:00__ 3:30__ 4:00__
Saturday, October 15th 1:30__ 2:00__ 2:30__ 3:00__ 3:30__ 4:00__
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New Art Center
The evening will be a celebration of art and community, honoring Anita Walker, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). Enjoy artful dining by MAX Ultimate Food; artwork and choreography courtesy of Massachusetts Cultural Council's 2016 Artist Fellows; and a live auction featuring unique experiences, fabulous getaways and priceless art.
Tickets are on sale now on a first-come, first-serve basis, as seating is limited.
The Massachusetts Cultural Council promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities. Anita oversees a range of grant programs, services, and advocacy for the arts in communities across the state. Thanks to her efforts, towns have been revitalized, millions of people have had powerful encounters with the arts, lives have been transformed, and jobs have been created.
Anita challenges us to think about who we are, and what we may do as a community to engage more people in creative experiences. NAC is grateful to have someone like her fighting to keep the arts thriving in Massachusetts, and invites you to spend the evening with her, surrounded by MCC Fellows' artworks and choreography.
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Other NAA Opportunities to Show Your Art
Keyes Pharmacy -
Newton Art Association members can have an art display in the window of Keyes Pharmacy located on Commonwealth Avenue in Auburndale. For information contact Bev Droz bevdroz@comcast.net
Address is 2090 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02466
Avery Crossings -
In Needham on the third floor, space is available for individual art shows or group art shows. A reception with food is provided. If interested contact Carole Slattery
carole@slattery.com
or Cynthia Clark
cynthia.clark22@gmail.com
Address is 110 West Street, Needham, MA 02494
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C A L L F O R A R T I S T S
The Newton Free Library
The Newton Free Library is seeking proposals of two-dimensional, original work by local artists for July-December 2017 shows. Exhibiting policy at
www.newtonfreelibrary.net under the Events tab.
Deadline: Friday, December 9, 2016 at 12 noon
Questions? Contact Ellen Meyers at emeyers@minlib.net or 617-796-1410.
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The Newton Art Association is an organization of around 220 art enthusiasts
and artists. We are run by a cooperative board of
volunteers
who take on
roles in the NAA.
Diana Kazmaier (snail mail)
Snail Mail - Diana Kazmaier, 617-969-8360
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Exhibits - Each exhibit is run by a different team of volunteers.
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Scholarships - Nancy DuVergne Smith & James Varnum
* Corresponding Secretary/Historian -
Arlene Hecht Arlene Bandes
Joan Pollard John Vaccaro
Helen Cohen
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We are always looking for volunteers who would like to take on a task & learn more about art in Newton.
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