State House Holiday Card Contest (Seniors Only)

State Representative Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk) announces the 15th Annual Senior Citizens Artistic Interpretation of the State House Holiday Card Contest. Sponsored by the Secretary of State’s office, the theme is ‘December Holiday at the State House’. It is open only to citizens who are 62 and over.
It can be any in medium and must be between 5”x7” and 18”x24”, with the State House being the focal point or included as part of the main theme. It should be matted and framed but if the artist is unable to mat or frame the entry, the Secretary of State’s office will provide the matting using basic materials. Entries must have the artist’s name, address and telephone number printed on the back.
Entries must be received by August 1, 2011 by being mailed or delivered directly to Dolores McCray, Commonwealth Museum, Massachusetts Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Entries will be judged by professional artists. If you want your artwork displayed on the website, a signed authorization form must also be attached. The authorization forms are available on-line at www.state.ma.us/sec/trs or by contacting Representative Winslow’s office at 617-722-2060.
This year’s winning cards will be reproduced and sold as the State House Gift Card
with the artist’s name printed on the card. The Office of the Secretary will retain ownership rights to the artwork only as a card. An Affirmation of Award will be presented to selected artists in a ceremony held at the Commonwealth Museum in early autumn at a date to be announced. Artwork may be retrieved during the ceremony, but if an artist cannot attend, the Secretary of State’s Office will gladly return their artwork to the artist.

Dick Fotland at the Woodshed Gallery

The Woodshed Gallery is holding a salon-style exhibition of over 60 oil paintings by Dick Fotland. The exhibition will run from June 7 through July 2nd. A reception will be held from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday, June 11. Check www.woodshedgallery.com for details. See a preview of Dick's work at The Woodshed Gallery.

Franklin Art Center Opening :: Victor Pisini featured!

Foxboro Art Association member Victor Pisini will be the featured artist at the Grand Opening of the Franklin Art Center, which is located at 5 Main Street, Franklin, Mass.

The opening reception is Friday, May 20, 2011, from 7-9pm at the gallery.

Come by if you can. It's always great to support local artists!

Franklin Art Sale This Weekend

The Franklin Art Association is celebrating its 40th anniversary and will conduct a giant art sale this Saturday and Sunday afternoon, May 21-22, under a tent at Haywood Manor, 195 Main Street, Franklin. There will be refreshments and entertainment. Check their web page for more info: www.franklinart.org.

Final Meeting Until September 2011

We held our final meeting of the school year on May 10 at a brand new location, St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Foxboro, and elected officers for next year:

Frank Quinn was elected President
Jack Gannon Vice President
Haydi Hurley was re-elected Secretary
Paula DePierro was re-elected Treasurer.

Kathy Hutchinson, who has served admirably as President for the past three years, is stepping down because of a job conflict on Tuesday nights -- when we have to meet at St. Mark's. But she promises to stay involved and hopefully continue to write her beautiful columns for our Newsletter.

Our annual scholarships were also announced: Kim Weineck received the Member Scholarship to help pay for a painting workshop. Kim has been active behind the scenes in a number of activities to include helping establish this blog page.

The Foxboro High School winner's name was also announced, but we will withhold her name here, pending the official notification.

Marla explaining her process

Other business included a discussion of the annual Fall Members' Show which this October will be exhibited at the new gallery at Patriot Place. In the meantime, members were encouraged to sign up for a weekend this summer as a featured artist. More info can be found on its blog: www.artgalleryatpatriotplace.blogspot.com.

Marla's palette

Our demonstrator was award-winning watercolorist Marla Greenfield who showed us the studied techniques she uses to produce wonderful jewel-like paintings. Her work can be viewed on her web page: www.marlagreenfield.com.

Marla's demonstration in progress - luminous color!

Our next meeting will be the second Tuesday in September - Sep. 13 - at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

May meeting :: Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Please mark it on your calendar (but I know it's already there) that our next meeting is tomorrow, TUESDAY, May 10, at 7 pm.

We're meeting at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South St. (next to the high school), Foxboro MA. Be sure to note our new temporary meeting location.

Our demo will be award-winning watercolorist Marla Greenfield.

While you're at the meeting, you may want to sign up for an upcoming weekend slot for the Art Gallery at Patriot Place.

Patriot Place Changes Name of Gallery

Patriot Place has inserted the word "Studio" into the title of the new art gallery there. So now the new title is the "Art Gallery & Studio at Patriot Place". This change underscores the right of artists to paint inside (and outside) the gallery at Patriot Place. The photo here shows Polo Barrera doing just that. If you want to paint at Patriot Place, c'mon down. Maybe we should schedule a paint-out this summer?

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.