Tonight! Gallery opens at 5:00pm!

The new Art Gallery at Patriot Place opens tonight at 5:00pm.

Will you be able to come by this weekend?

Hope to see you there!!

Art Gallery at Patriot Place

At our last meeting Jack Gannon announced he had negotiated space for an art gallery in one of the vacant stores at Patriot Place, but that the details were still to be determined. Since our meeting on April 13, a lot has happened.

The “Art Gallery at Patriot Place” will be open weekends beginning April 29. Six anchor artists, from the Foxboro Art Association, will staff the gallery and fill 60% of the wall space with their works. The remaining 40% will be filled by three different “featured artists” each weekend to ensure a fresh display. More importantly, the gallery will be available for our annual Fall Members’ Show in October. So start painting! We now have a place to show our work while the Boyden Library is closed for reconstruction.

The gallery is located at store #217, at the Cinema end of the mall, diagonally between Life is Good and CBS Scene, and aside of Fossil – a high-end accessories store. And it already has a blog: artgalleryatpatriotplace.blogspot.com

To help recoup start-up & on-going costs, there will be a per weekend fee of $25 for all featured artists. There is no commission on sales. Each artist must sign an insurance waiver daily to protect Patriot Place from any injury liabilities. Each featured artist must be present during the weekend to sell their art.

This is a major coup for Jack and a wonderful opportunity for members of the Foxboro Art Association. We are goin’ Uptown for our Members Show in October! And who knows what else might develop? In the meantime, all are invited to drop by and check out the new gallery! Jack’s goal is to make it FUN, RELAXING and ENJOYABLE! Let’s help him make it so.

Coming Attractions

Reception Friday April 29 6:30 - 8:30 pm:.”Arts in Bloom 2011", Cultural Arts Alliance of Hopkinton, 98 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA. Tatiana Roulin is one of the juried artists participating. April 29th – May 22, 2011. All are welcome.

Reception Saturday April 30 6-8 pm: Spring Reflections: A new art show by the Mansfield Art Association at the MMAS Morini Gallery (at the Black Box Theater) 377 North Main St., Mansfield from April 30th to May 30th. The show may be viewed Tuesday to Friday 11 – 5, and weekends by appointment. The artist’s reception is Saturday, April 30th from 6 –8 pm

May 10: Foxboro Art Association will hold its last meeting of the year Tuesday, May 10 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 116 South St., Foxboro.

May 21 & 22: The Franklin Art Association will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an outdoor art sale under a tent on the grounds of Haywood Manor, 195 Main Street, Franklin, MA. Saturday, May 21st noon to 6 pm, and Sunday, May 22nd noon to 4 pm.

June 11: Foxborough will celebrate its annual Founders Day with a parade and various booths on Saturday, June 11th.

Sep. 13: Foxboro Art Association will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday Sep. 13 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

Sep. 17 & 18: The annual Southeastern Mass. Arts Festival will be held on the South Common in Mansfield, featuring live music, great art and children’s activities Saturday & Sunday, Sep. 17 & 18.

Oct. 1: The 6th Annual Walpole Arts & Music Festival (WAMF) will be held Saturday Oct. 1 in the center quadrangle behind the new library and Blackburn Hall..

Another Great Demo

At our meeting on April 13, guest artist Dianne Panarelli Miller painted an amazing portrait of raffle winner Ben Macomber. Dianne, besides being a great painter, is also a terrific teacher and urged the artists in the audience to paint as often as they can to get better. Meanwhile she made painting Ben's portrait look easy, painting effortlessly (it seemed) as she described her portrait process step by step. It was our last meeting at the Boyden Library for 18 months or so, until the library finishes its renovation, and it ended with a bang. Next month, we will begin meeting on Tuesdays in the Parish Hall at St. Mark's Episcopal Church -- next to the High School. And our guest demonstrator will be watercolorist Marla Greenfield. See you there.

Norfolk Library Reception Saturday, April 16, 1-4 pm

Local artists Jennifer O'Neil and Kim Morin Weineck will display some of their recent works during the month of April at the Norfolk Library.

Jenn O'Neil is well known for her colorful abstract interpretations.

Kim Weineck, known principally for her pastel landscapes, is also the founder of the Neponset Valley Artists.

An artists' reception is scheduled for 1-4 pm on Saturday, April 16.

Tatiana Roulin Reception Sat., April 2

Tatiana Roulin will be having a solo show at Boyden Library in Foxborough throughout the month of April. The exhibition will comprise landscapes, still lifes, figurative art and others, all painted within the past two years in different mediums, mostly in pastel and acrylic. This exhibit will be Tatiana's 5th Solo Show. Some of the paintings on display received awards in domestic and international art competitions. The opening will be Saturday, April 2nd, from 1 to 3 PM. The Boyden Library is located at 10 Bird Street, Foxborough. To check out the Library hours please visit their web site: www.boydenlibrary.org

Member news :: Aivars Zandbergs

Aivars Zandbergs participated in the 6th Annual Grafton Art Festival, and was awarded 1st, Place in the oil & acrylic category for his painting "Passing Clouds " acrylic, 20x40, on linen. He also won 3rd, place, for his W/C " In the Shadows", and received a special Nature Award, from the Grafton Land Trust

The next day, at the opening reception of " Abstractions" at the Morini Gallery in Mansfield, he was awarded a 1st Place, for his painting " Square Off" acrylic, 22x28 Exhibit date ; March 26-- April23, 2011. 377 North Maine St, Mansfield, MA 508-339-2822

Boyden Art Auction A Big Success

Thanks to the generosity of scores of local artists, the long awaited art auction to benefit the Boyden Library in Foxboro was a big success. Held Saturday night, March 26, at the Foxboro Country Club, the event entertained a crowd of more than 150, including more than 70 enthusiastic bidders. Preliminary figures show that more than $13,000 were bid on 53 works of art -- an amazing achievement. But it didn't start out that way as bidders cautiously started out seeking bargain-basement deals. But as the evening progressed, the bidders warmed up and became more and more aggressive. It didn't hurt that many of the bidders were some of the donating artists themselves. It also didn't hurt that co-auctioneers Bill Greider and Kevin Weinfeld (see above photo)did a masterful job of extracting ever higher bids while entertaining the crowd with frequent funny quips. The highlights included a winning bid of $1,050 for Jackie Canna's watercolor painting of "Founder's Day Parade" and $1,100 for Mark Perry's wooden sculpture "Curlew Decoy". In all, it was a fun evening which accomplished its primary mission of raising extra money for the Boyden Library. The Foxboro Art Association is proud to have participated in this effort as a way of thanking the Boyden for its many years of support.

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

BJ Bjork is offering a $100 weekend watercolor workshop April 30-May 1 through the Rhode Island Watercolor Society at their gallery in Pawtucket, RI. For more information, see www.riws.org.
Last month's pastel demonstrator, Jeanne Smith, is offering various classes and workshops this April and May at her Sudbury studio, including a beginner class for pastelists. For schedules and prices, see her workshop tab on her web page: www.jeannesmithart.com.
On April 2 John Kilroy will provide a one-day $100 class (demo and lecture) on composition and picture making. This will be at Art Creations, Inc., 12 Rosenfeld Drive, Hopedale. No painting, just bring a notebook. For more info contact adele@johnkilroy.com.

FAA has a Facebook Page!

Are you on Facebook? If so, you may be interested to know that we now have a
Foxboro Art Association page on Facebook.

Simply click on the "like" button here.


Or, from Facebook, search for "Foxboro Art Association" and you'll find us. Our profile picture is the same logo you find on this blog and in our newsletter.

Our page will be another outlet for all things Foxboro Art in this information age.

Thanks. Hope to see you on Facebook!

Portrait Demo at the NextMeeting April 13

Dianne Panarelli Miller has agreed to do a free portrait of one of our lucky members as a demo at our next meeting Wednesday April 13. We will sell raffle tickets at the beginning of the meeting and the lucky winner will be the model. Dianne is a wonderful portrait painter and an entertaining demonstrator. You will not want to miss her. The meeting will start at the Boyden Library at 7pm, but you should come early so you can buy your raffle tickets.

Get Me To The Church On Time

Some time this May or June, the Boyden Library in Foxboro will relocate to smaller quarters to make way for the renovation project which will double its size. The renovation is expected to take about 18 months. So, starting in May, the Foxboro Art Association will begin meeting in the Parish Hall of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The hall is bigger and brighter than our current room at the library; it has an adjacent kitchen, and plenty of parking. St. Mark’s is conveniently located at 116 South St., next to Foxboro High School, and only ¾ of a mile from the Boyden Library. You get there by simply going around the Common rotary, and taking the right on South Street, just before taking Route 140 towards Mansfield. St. Mark’s is on the left, just before the high school entrance. The only glitch is we cannot meet there on Wednesdays. Instead we must switch our meetings to the second Tuesday of the month. So beginning May 10, we will start meeting on Tuesdays . (It will be daylight in May, so it will be easy to find.) And since we don’t meet during the summer, we will resume meeting there next September – September 14 to be exact. We plan to use St. Mark’s until the Fall of 2012, when we can hopefully return to the Boyden Library and a more spacious meeting room. Note however that we still need a gallery to exhibit our Members’ Shows. That search continues.

MMAS Abstract Show at Morini Gallery in Mansfield

Consider entering! Drop off deadline is March 19, 21, or 22. See below for details.

Four of Our Own at Reception March 5, 7-10 pm

To celebrate Women's History Month, the Preservation Framer Gallery in North Attleboro (16 North Washington St.) is featuring artwork by 15 local women artists during the month of March. Among the 15 women artists will be four of our own: Colleen Vandeventer, Karole Nicholson. Donna MacLure and Kim Weineck. The gallery owners have invited all participating artists to speak during the opening reception on Saturday evening March 5th from 7-10pm. There will also be live music. The art show will hang for the month of March.

Reception Norfolk Library March 12, 2-4

March 1 - March 31, 2011 - "Five Visions" art exhibition at the Norfolk Public Library featuring the works of Jean White, Susan Sheridan, Gail Eckberg, Paul Peterson and Dick Fotland. There will be a reception with the artists Saturday, March 12, 2-4 PM with refreshments.

Art Auction Drop-Off Successful

On Saturday, February 26, 44 generous artists delivered 51 art works valued at more than $10,000 in total for the Boyden Library Art Auction. The 51 works will hang in the Fuller Room for 4 weeks until the art auction Saturday evening, March 26.
Janet Pineault, one of the LIbrary Trustees, and a member of the Foxboro Art Association for many years, greeted and thanked the donating artists in person. The works were of high quality (of course) and were well-received by library staff and patrons who happened by. A reporter for the local newspaper, the Foxboro Reporter, also dropped by and took lots of photos. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all 44 of the the generous artists and those stalwarts who helped hang the works: Kathy Hutchinson, Haydi Hurley, Vera Cross and Frank Quinn.

Patriot Place Irish Festival March 12

The Foxboro Art Association has been invited to participate in the
Irish Festival at Patriot Place, Saturday, March 12th. This is a chance for artists to exhibit and hopefully sell their Ireland related artwork. This is planned to be an outdoor event, but if rainy or windy, we have been told we can move indoors. We are hopeful this can develop into an anuual event. If interested, please contact our own Jack Gannon at College.Handbook@GMail.com for more details

Tatiana Roulin Reception Sat., March 5

Our own Tatiana Roulin will exhibit her recent paintings at The Art Emporium Gallery in Needham throughout the month of March. Her exhibition will feature Landscapes, Still Lifes and Portraits, all painted within the past two years in either pastel or acrylic. Some of the paintings on display recieved awards in domestic and international art competitions. The opening is Saturday, March 5th from 2 to 4 PM. The Art Emporium is located at 32 Chestnut Street, Needham. Call 781-449-6722 or visit www.artemporium.us for more information.

41 Members To Donate to Library Art Auction

So far, 41 members of the Foxboro Art Association have said they will donate at least one work of their art for the Boyden (Foxboro) Library Art Auction to be held at the Foxboro Country Club March 26. As of February 14, this is the list of the art donors:

Jerry Assis, Nancy Bacevich, Lisa Bailey, Polo Barrera, BJ Bjork, Ralph Calderwood, Adele Corrigan, Vera Cross, Paula DePierro, Margaret DeVito, Tony Donovan, Dorothy Downing, Bob Finneran, Dick Fotland, Jack Gannon, Carolyn Godin, Ann Gorbett, Karen Gordon, Lois Hebner, Haydi Hurley, Kathy Hutchinson, Leonard Karp, Cindy Kerr, Elaine Levin, Donna MacLure, Toni Marshall, Bernie McNichols, Karole Nicholson, Kris Occhino, Judith Ofcarcik, Paul Padalino, Janet Pineault, Frank Quinn, George Ransom, Katherine Richards, Frank Robertson, Tatiana Roulin, Susan Sheridan, Coleen Vanderventer, Kimberly Weineck, Laura Zanghetti

Their works will be previewed at the Library during the month of March, before being auctioned off March 26 at the Foxboro Country Club. The public is invited to view them for free during the Boyden Library's regular hours.

Two Art Receptions Saturday, Feb. 12

In addition to the reception at the Norfolk Library from 4-6 pm (described below for our own Karole Nicholson and other artists), there will be an earlier reception down the road from 3-5 pm at the Woodshed Gallery, 1243 Pond St., Franklin, for our own Kris Occchino plus artists Rick Cardoza, Lavonne Suwalski, and Robin Wessman. This is a great opportunity to discover new places, mingle with fellow art lovers, eat free cookies and enjoy the day.